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00:02It was my wedding day, yet my fiance kicked me straight into the mud.
00:06The bodyguards held me down, hard, on the ground.
00:10He looked at me like it meant nothing.
00:12Nova's baby needs a father on paper.
00:15Once I divorce him, I'll marry you.
00:17Everyone thought I'd swallow my pride and wait another month.
00:20After all, I'd already waited seven years.
00:23But that night I accepted my father's arranged match and left Dusk Hollow entirely.
00:27I vanished from his world completely.
00:30Three years later, I was back to the town.
00:33The demon spirit tournament here was about to begin.
00:36I was here helping my husband holding this.
00:38My husband had a work emergency, so he had his people in Dusk Hollow to collect me.
00:43At the boundary road where the old forest met the town, I walked out and froze.
00:48That person was Silas, my ex.
00:50The town boundary, torchlight from the iron posts.
00:54The air smelled like pine resin.
00:56Hey, isn't that you obsessed ex?
00:58Isn't that waiter Lena?
00:59Silas looked surprised to see me.
01:01He buried it fast.
01:03See?
01:04I told you.
01:05She'd come crawling back.
01:09The group laughed.
01:10She probably cries herself to sleep every night.
01:12But Lena, if you were going to stage a reunion, at least show up in something decent.
01:17You can't afford better than that?
01:19You look this pathetic?
01:21I used to dress sharply every single time I knew I'd see Silas.
01:25Best clothes.
01:26Best version of myself.
01:27Always.
01:28Not anymore.
01:29No point.
01:30I was pregnant now.
01:31My husband had told me to wear whatever was comfortable.
01:33The soft, traveling leathers I had on were custom made by him.
01:36But I noticed.
01:37They only knew my old name.
01:39They had no idea I was the person they'd been sent here to collect.
01:42Quinn!
01:43Lena!
01:44Hey, it's good you're back.
01:46Salmus has been asking after you for years.
01:50Yeah, our son is, uh, entering the young training cohort soon.
01:54You're in charge of the drop-off.
01:56He was still so incredibly arrogant, but I wasn't that naive girl anymore.
02:00I didn't want to waste another second on them.
02:02I was just about to tell them exactly who I was.
02:05I am-
02:05Please, don't blame Silas.
02:08He's just trying to take care of you.
02:10Who knows what kind of shady stuff you had to do to survive these years.
02:14Maybe a hooker.
02:15Three years, Nova still wore that exact same expression.
02:18It still made my skin crawl.
02:21Silas caught my face and assumed I was jealous.
02:23Something flickered in his eyes.
02:25Satisfaction.
02:26Alright, Lena.
02:27Drop the attitude.
02:29You clearly can't survive out there, so stop throwing tantrums and learn your place.
02:34Damn, Lena.
02:36Look how good Simus is to you.
02:38He's giving you free room and board.
02:41Lord, isn't babysitting better than whatever trashy life you're living now?
02:47Hurry up and say thank you.
02:50Don't worry, dear.
02:51If my son acts up, I'll handle him myself.
02:54You won't be mistreated.
02:55Why would she be mistreated?
02:57She bolted over nothing.
02:59She's back because the outside world didn't want her.
03:02A little humility is good for her.
03:04My heart stopped for a beat.
03:06The Silas who used to love me was long gone.
03:08He was no longer the one who protected me when I was sexually assaulted in the bar.
03:12But that was fine.
03:14It was over.
03:15No point.
03:16I was about to have my second child.
03:18I looked at Silas calmly and said,
03:20Aren't you here to pick me up?
03:21Let's go.
03:23Pick you up?
03:25Please.
03:27Read this carefully.
03:29We're here for Wynne.
03:31You even know who that is?
03:32Of course I knew.
03:33It was my name.
03:34Wynne is the lady of the Asheville line.
03:36She's made it to the Lord Caius.
03:38Our bar's mistress.
03:39Yeah!
03:40Caius is a legend.
03:42The child of the dark.
03:44He is coldest creature alive in the field.
03:46But completely devoted to one mate.
03:48Rumor is he refused every offer for years.
03:51Just waiting for Wynne.
03:53Everyone who matters knows the rule.
03:55You want Caius' favor?
03:56Go through Wynne.
03:57She is everything to him.
03:59I listened to them talk and felt myself smile.
04:02Three years of marriage.
04:04Caius' business had doubled.
04:06So had his reputation as the most fiercely devoted mate any supernatural alive had ever witnessed.
04:12Caius had a one-of-a-kind piece commissioned.
04:15The Nightbloom Pendant.
04:17An enchanted moonstone set in black iron.
04:19He paid a witch lord's ransom for it.
04:21Just to give to Wynne.
04:23She's the most envied woman in every territory.
04:27That pendant.
04:29That's it!
04:39Nice knockoff.
04:40Is this your salary for fucking man?
04:42I pulled my arm back.
04:44I ran my thumb over the moonstone.
04:46Silas saw me smiling.
04:47And his expression changed.
04:49He grabbed my wrist again and ripped the pendant free.
04:51I wasn't ready for that.
04:53He got it.
04:54Nova took it from him.
04:55Turned it over in her hands.
04:57Better quality than the replica I had made.
05:00Not that I'd ever wear mine outside.
05:03This outer territory imitation is something else.
05:07Then she laughed.
05:09Wait.
05:09Don't tell me you're when.
05:11Don't tell me you're Lord Caius' mate.
05:14The whole group fell apart.
05:16It was absurd to them.
05:18Caius was a myth walking.
05:19No one had ever seen his face and lived to gossip carelessly about it.
05:23And three years ago, I was just the wolf girl who'd been abandoned.
05:27They certainly wouldn't believe that two people like that could have any connection.
05:31I'll buy it off you, Lena.
05:33Double what you paid.
05:34I was scared she'd drop it.
05:37Give it back.
05:38Caius gave me that.
05:41Shut up.
05:43You do not say that man's name.
05:46You want to spread rumors about being connected to him?
05:48You trying to get us all killed?
05:50Caius is the bar boss.
05:52We all answer to him.
05:53Everything depends on staying in his favor.
05:55I wiped the blood from my lip.
05:57Whatever he saw in my eyes made him flinch.
05:59Nova caught it.
06:00She stepped forward, pointed a finger in my face.
06:03Pathetic.
06:06For old times' sake, I'm letting this go.
06:08Take the gold.
06:10Get yourself something decent to wear.
06:12If you don't want to watch my part, I'll find you something tolerable.
06:14Don't worry.
06:15Took the pendant from Nova's grip.
06:19No thanks.
06:21I don't take things from strangers.
06:23The Hollow and Fang is hosting the Grand Congregation in three days.
06:27I was going to bring you.
06:29Show you something real.
06:30But you'd need to actually look the part.
06:33You can't embarrass me.
06:34I'm good.
06:35But thanks.
06:37Fine.
06:38I'll take Nova.
06:40I won't let you down.
06:42Hope you're still this confident in three days.
06:45Three days later, the Hollow and Fang, the most famous gathering place in the supernatural world,
06:51Silas saw me the second I pushed through the iron door.
06:55Couldn't stay away.
06:57But if you're trying to win me back, you have to put in more effort.
07:00You can't show up to the Grand Congregation dressed like that.
07:03I'm talking to you!
07:06Our staff table is over here.
07:08Where do you think you're going?
07:09I pushed the pouch back.
07:11That's your table.
07:14How did she get in here?
07:16How dare she wear that pendant tonight of all nights?
07:19Tonight is Lord Caius' first public appearance with his mate at the Congregation.
07:24Is she trying to humiliate Wrynn?
07:28Silas, is this woman with you?
07:31No.
07:32Take that pendant off and get out.
07:36You sure you want me to leave?
07:48Trash.
07:49Acting like it's something sacred.
07:54Throw her out!
07:59Stop!
07:59I'm Caius'-
08:01Oh, now you're his what, exactly?
08:04His kept wolf?
08:05You wish.
08:07I hadn't planned to make a scene tonight.
08:10Wasn't worth it.
08:11But she'd made it worth it.
08:13Are you done?
08:14You show up chasing after me, wearing the pendant, dressed down on purpose.
08:18You wanted me jealous.
08:20Just say it and I'll give you what you want.
08:22Silas, you're a dead man.
08:25He frowned, opened his mouth.
08:27Who dares touch my woman?
08:29Creatures who'd been arguing, drinking, dealing.
08:36The child of the dark.
08:52Boss is coming.
08:53Behave.
08:56Nova and I broke it off, by the way.
08:57I don't understand what this has to do with me.
08:59Did he think I still like him?
09:01Gross.
09:02I was cradling my nearly broken wrist, looking at the male in front of me.
09:06Then Caius landed with our son in his arms.
09:09Our son squirmed down and ran.
09:13Lena, I'll forgive you for the three years.
09:15I'll give you another chance.
09:17Have my pup.
09:18I promise I'll get rid of Nova.
09:19I wasn't listening.
09:21I was watching our boy weave through the crowd of vampires and witches and wolfbloods toward me.
09:27He went completely still for a second when he saw my face.
09:31Mom!
09:32What happened?
09:33Who hurt you?
09:36Why is there so much blood?
09:38The ones who'd watched me get knocked around without doing a thing.
09:41All of them staring.
09:44I'm okay.
09:47I'm okay.
09:49Who did this to you?
09:53My chest ached looking at him.
09:56Caius was already crossing the bar toward us.
09:59Supernatural creatures moved aside without knowing why.
10:02I felt him before I saw him.
10:04He was going to be angry.
10:05I knew that.
10:06Since I'd started carrying our second, the sickness had been brutal.
10:10Caius had barely let me out of his sight.
10:12The only reason I'd arrived separately was because of his business.
10:15If I'd known this would happen, I wouldn't have come ahead without him.
10:18I turned around.
10:20Our son's white shirt made the blood on my wrist look worse than it was.
10:23And our son immediately straightened.
10:25Dad!
10:26Someone hurt Mom!
10:28Caius stepped forward and very carefully lifted my arm.
10:31His face was unreadable, but his voice was quiet.
10:34Lena, what happened?
10:37I'm right here and you're already hurt.
10:39I can't take my eyes off you.
10:41Whoever did this?
10:42He didn't finish the sentence.
10:44He didn't need to.
10:45The whispers completely stopped.
10:47Not the comfortable silence of last call.
10:50The kind that fell when every predator in a room, Silas's friends, shaking hard.
10:55Enough that they needed the counter to hold themselves up.
10:58The female they'd spent three days calling Silas's pathetic ex was Lord Caius's mate.
11:04They'd seen the pendant.
11:05She'd told them.
11:06Multiple times.
11:07Nova's friend, a witch named Petra who'd arrived late, hadn't gotten the memo.
11:12Nice performance, Lena.
11:14Where'd you dig up these two?
11:16Nova can get them booked with a traveling carnival if they need the work.
11:19Not that you could afford the commission.
11:21She smiled at Caius.
11:22Petra had arrived late.
11:23She had no idea who Caius was or what his child looked like.
11:28She dressed up tonight to find a high-ranking mate.
11:30The entire venue stared at her like she'd lost her mind.
11:34That finally got to her.
11:35She turned to Caius.
11:36You're actually quite something for someone standing next to her.
11:39If you ever want to leave, I wouldn't mind taking care of you.
11:42My mouth twitched.
11:43She was propositioning my husband.
11:45In front of me?
11:46I genuinely could not decide if that was brave or catastrophically stupid.
11:51Over the years, anyone who'd tried to get close to him, slipping notes under the bar's private door,
11:57sending signals through intermediaries making moves at the convocation,
12:01had vanished from every territory entirely.
12:05Petra finally registered the bar's energy.
12:08She drifted toward Nova.
12:11You just insulted Lord Caius and his mate.
12:14Do you want to be exiled from every terry at once?
12:19Lina, his rink.
12:21I just offered to take care of Lord Caius.
12:24Caius's reputation as the most protective mate in any supernatural circle was not a rumor.
12:30Petra started shaking.
12:31Then, someone near the back of the venue made a strangled sound.
12:36Heads turned.
12:37Petra's magic had misfired completely.
12:40Two of his people materialized from the shadows and quietly walked her out.
12:44Nova and Silas went scarlet.
12:46The gathered creatures looked at them the way you look at someone who has embarrassed themselves so completely,
12:52there is simply no coming back.
12:54Nearby, a healer, Caius had summoned, was cleaning the wound on my wrist.
12:58Could you be slightly more careful?
13:00He's helping me.
13:01Stop.
13:05Okay.
13:06I know.
13:06I'm sorry.
13:07Keep going.
13:08He visibly relaxed.
13:09She's fine.
13:10The baby is fine.
13:11The wrist is the worst of it.
13:13I'll use the best healing balm we have, do everything possible to make sure there's no scar.
13:16Caius said nothing.
13:17I knew that silence.
13:19Silas was sweating.
13:21He'd spent the last three days telling his ex to care for his pup.
13:24And she was, in fact, his boss's mate.
13:28Watching Caius with me now, Silas felt something he hadn't expected.
13:32He recognized it as jealousy and hated himself for it.
13:36But he couldn't afford to act on it.
13:38Not with his position on the line.
13:40I want to know exactly what happened.
13:42Everything.
13:43From the beginning.
13:44If I have to piece it together myself, the outcome will be significantly worse for every single one of you.
13:53It was a misunderstanding, my lord.
13:59As Lena's, as her former intended, I was simply reconnecting with her.
14:05Things got out of hand.
14:06Male ego.
14:07The absolute worst moment for it.
14:10You probably know she was quite devoted to me before she left.
14:13Reconnecting after years apart, it's natural that emotions would...
14:16Stop!
14:18You had your chance and you threw it away.
14:20Don't flatter yourself.
14:23I have loved exactly one person my entire life.
14:26And it's you.
14:28Every creature here can hear me say it.
14:32Lena.
14:34Nova and I are finished.
14:36Completely done.
14:37I know you mated with Caius to punish me.
14:39I get it.
14:39I'm not angry.
14:40Just come back.
14:45Nova can disappear.
14:47Just come home with me.
14:49I honestly could not believe what I was hearing.
14:51His arrogance had no floor.
14:53Caius' blood was smearing onto my wraps.
14:55But as I urgently pressed the binding to his palm, he suddenly let out a low, genuine laugh.
15:01Why are you laughing?
15:04Lena.
15:06You just said I'm the one you love most.
15:08Our son made a face and looked away.
15:11My fearsome father was currently acting like a lovesick hatchling.
15:14All because I defended him.
15:16The whispers spread through the crowd like fire through dry grass.
15:19The rumors are real.
15:20He is completely devoted to his mate.
15:22Silas stood there, his knuckles white with humiliation.
15:25But our son wasn't finished.
15:26He looked Silas up and down with open disdain.
15:29Cub tender?
15:31My mother is the most protected one in our den.
15:34You think you deserve her?
15:37I know all about you.
15:38You're the one who broke my mother's heart.
15:40You're not as impressive as my father.
15:42Not as strong.
15:44Not as well formed.
15:45And you smell like someone who peaked too early and never recovered.
15:48It's making my eyes water.
15:50Is your hatchling going to grow up leeching off others?
15:53Just like you?
15:54The guests surrounding us erupted.
15:56Everyone in that clearing knew the truth.
15:59He had coasted for years on Lyra's family resources.
16:02It was not a secret.
16:03Hearing all of this, Nova had completely lost her grip on rational thought.
16:08I'll kill you!
16:13The last thing I saw before I lost consciousness was our son's face.
16:18White with panic.
16:19I wanted to tell him not to cry.
16:21I didn't get the chance.
16:23I woke up in the bar owner's private office, which had a bed specifically for the owner to rest on.
16:28I stared at the ceiling for a while, feeling a bit dizzy.
16:31My best friend Amy was sitting in the chair next to me.
16:33As soon as she saw me open my eyes, she grabbed my hand.
16:37Oh, thank God!
16:38You're awake!
16:39If you had stayed under any longer, your mate and your son were going to tear this entire bar apart.
16:45What?
16:45She was definitely exaggerating.
16:47I reached for my stomach on instinct.
16:49You're both fine.
16:50The healer said it was shock and pain, that's why you went under.
16:53The unborn is completely safe.
16:56That Nova is something else.
16:58Going after a cub with a blade.
17:00My chest tightened.
17:02My son!
17:03Gaius, are they-
17:04Both fine.
17:05Physically, completely fine.
17:07Slow down.
17:08Drink.
17:09The tightness eased a little.
17:11You didn't need to throw yourself in front of him.
17:13Your husband will protect him.
17:15That's Chua.
17:17I know, I know.
17:18He's your whole heart.
17:19That terrifying little creature.
17:21He doesn't need protecting.
17:22He's more dangerous than most full-grown warriors.
17:27Where are they?
17:28Getting revenge.
17:30I wanted to come along, but your mate and your son are genuinely terrifying when they operate together, so I
17:35volunteered to stay with you instead.
17:37When I arrived, you were already under.
17:40From what I pieced together from the witnesses still standing, your son watched you collapse and went completely still for
17:46about two seconds.
17:47Then he picked up the knife Nova had dropped and drove it straight through her hand, into the stone beneath.
17:53A cub.
17:55I don't know where he gets that kind of strength.
17:57Caius found out about the strike at the border crossing three days ago, and the pendant, and everything they said
18:04to you.
18:04He had his people hold Silas down, and they dealt with the hand he used to hit you.
18:09Nova's face received the same treatment.
18:11And then Caius had a chest of gemstones brought into the clearing.
18:15All the shards from your broken pendant, and he told Nova that since she loved taking things that belonged to
18:21you so much, she could have them.
18:23All of them.
18:24She had to swallow them.
18:27You know what Caius said?
18:29You love taking what is hers, so here.
18:31I am giving you everything you wanted.
18:33The stones.
18:34And the mail.
18:35She refused at first, so Caius had her hatchling brought in.
18:38Then she did it.
18:39She swallowed a great many shards.
18:41They worked her over until she was barely conscious.
18:43Then Caius had her dropped beyond the outer bounders.
18:45Face first.
18:47Everyone who stands by and watches you get hurt is banned from the bar's transaction list.
18:51Then Amy left.
18:52That's my boy Caius.
18:53The child of the dark was precise, and he was cold.
18:56But every time I so much as bruised my arm, he acted like he'd personally failed.
19:01He was brutal because he was afraid.
19:02Not of losing power.
19:03Of losing me.
19:04The den door swung open.
19:06I thought it was Caius.
19:07Caius, can you grab my...
19:09Lena.
19:10It's me.
19:13His face was still swollen.
19:15He'd managed to find a decent cloak.
19:17The one I'd given him years ago.
19:19The one he'd told me was plain and unworthy of his rank.
19:22He had his methods for getting past sentinels, apparently.
19:26I stayed where I was.
19:28Last time I'd moved too fast, it had cost me.
19:30I'm not going to hurt you.
19:32I just needed to...
19:33What?
19:34I still love you.
19:36Every time I think about you with him, I can't breathe.
19:38I know it's too late.
19:40I know what I did.
19:41But I can't just...
19:42Rylan!
19:43You were with another female while we were still bonded!
19:46You let me humiliate myself!
19:48You abandoned me!
19:51And destroy me!
19:52And then tonight, when you had the chance to do literally anything else, you stood in front of my mate
19:57and told him I was devoted to you?
20:00You've had seven years and three more to figure out what you want.
20:04What you want keeps shifting based on what you can reach.
20:06That's not love.
20:08I was always your contingency.
20:10And you were never mine.
20:11Not really.
20:12He looked at me for a long time.
20:14Then he looked at the cloak.
20:16You gave me this for the winter solstice.
20:17I told you it was plain.
20:19I know.
20:20I kept it.
20:22I didn't say anything.
20:23He left quietly.
20:25A moment later, Silas hit the corridor outside and Caius' fist.
20:29I heard it from inside the den.
20:31One impact.
20:33Then nothing.
20:34Caius came in with his hand, newly wrapped.
20:36They both stopped when they saw I was awake.
20:38Then they were both in front of me at the same time.
20:41Chal getting there first.
20:42Lena.
20:44You're up.
20:44Are you...
20:45Does anything hurt?
20:46Do you need...
20:46Father.
20:47She was fine two minutes before you got here.
20:50She was talking and everything.
20:52Are you okay?
20:54Tell me you're okay.
20:56I'm okay.
20:58You say that every time.
21:00Because it keeps being true.
21:02Chal tucked himself under my arm.
21:04Mom.
21:06Are you upset that father raised his voice at me?
21:11Did he raise his voice at you?
21:13He maintained firmly that he was fine.
21:15He was the worst liar.
21:17Chal.
21:18He didn't yell.
21:19I pulled him closer and looked over his head at Caius, who was suddenly very interested in the den wall.
21:25Caius.
21:25He was scared.
21:27We both were.
21:29He wasn't really yelling.
21:30He was just...
21:31Loud.
21:35Protecting you is also my job.
21:36I'm not sorry.
21:38I know.
21:39I know, Mom.
21:40Amy eventually took Chal to find food.
21:42And it was just the two of us.
21:44Caius pulled up a chair and stayed there.
21:46Not quite touching.
21:47Like he was still afraid something would break if he moved too fast.
21:50I'll do better.
21:52You won't be alone like that again.
21:55Caius.
21:57This wasn't your fault.
21:58You were alone and you got hurt.
22:00I got hurt.
22:02That's not the same thing as being alone.
22:05I'm not made of glass.
22:07I'm also not leaving.
22:08You understand that?
22:09I'm here.
22:10I chose this.
22:11You chose it because your family arranged the alliance.
22:14I chose to stay.
22:16Every single day for three years, I chose to stay.
22:19That's not an arrangement.
22:20That's me.
22:22I thought about the hidden chamber behind the clan tapestry.
22:25His quiet, years-long devotion that he'd never once spoken aloud.
22:30While I stuffed a pouch of resource tokens into his pack and told him he was my honorary
22:35younger clansman.
22:36He'd loved me before he knew what to do with it.
22:39You want to know what I was thinking?
22:40Every time things got hard and someone told me I'd bonded with the wrong mate?
22:44That they'd never seen you bring me warmth stones when the cold fever took me.
22:48Or stay awake beside me through three full nights because I was homesick and couldn't
22:52sleep.
22:53Or look at me the way you look at me when you think I'm not watching.
22:57They were comparing you to whoever they assumed you were.
22:59I know who you actually are.
23:02Caius didn't show weakness easily.
23:05I don't need you to be fearless.
23:08I just need you to stop assuming I'll leave.
23:13I'm not going anywhere.
23:17They kept me in the healer's den two extra days.
23:20Caius and Dre's insistence, not the healer's.
23:23The morning they finally let me return to our den.
23:26I walked back through the entrance and stopped in front of the bonding tapestry.
23:30We were both so young in it.
23:32Caius already composed, already guarded.
23:35The barest pull at the corner of his mouth.
23:37Like he'd practiced not smiling until it became habit.
23:41Me looking sideways, like I hadn't fully believed in the moment yet.
23:45I lifted the tapestry, and I found the wall behind it.
23:50Image after image after image.
23:53Etched in the old way, dragon memory stone, the kind that holds a moment in its surface
23:58like pressed light.
23:59Me at 19, handing out forage tokens outside the training grounds.
24:03Me at 16, laughing at something off frame.
24:06Me at 14 in a clan corridor, arms full of scrolls, annoyed at the end of the day.
24:11Whoever had pressed the stone, he'd loved me across a decade before I'd ever said his
24:15name.
24:15I heard the den entrance behind me.
24:18Caius froze in the corridor, looked at the memory stones.
24:23Lena, I can explain.
24:25You noticed me first.
24:27I gave you resource tokens at the training grounds because I thought you couldn't afford
24:31to eat.
24:32I told you that you were my honorary younger clansman, and I never even asked your name.
24:36I didn't know it was you until I found these.
24:38I'm a little upset it took us this long.
24:41Think about all the time we wasted.
24:45You're not upset about the stones?
24:47No.
24:48I'm glad.
24:49I'm glad you kept looking.
24:53I never thought you'd say that.
24:54I know.
24:55That's the problem.
24:56You've been waiting for me to leave since the day I arrived.
24:59I'm not leaving.
25:01I've told you.
25:02I'll keep telling you.
25:04For how long?
25:06As long as it takes for you to actually believe me.
25:09Chol appeared in the den entrance, took one look at us, and silently backed away.
25:14Good cub.
25:15Caius held on a little tighter.
25:18Outside, the ancient forests of the Abyssal Reach kept moving.
25:22Wind through the canopy.
25:24The distant sound of wings.
25:26The slow pulse of a territory that had stood for 10,000 years.
25:30And I stayed exactly where I was.
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