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I Gave My Mate Away
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00:00My fated mate's brother died in the Northern Territory Wars, left behind a Luna who never got her mating bite.
00:06Now Caleb's on his knees outside the Sterling Pack gates.
00:10Three days, three nights, begging me to let him take Pearl Mercer as his second mate.
00:16It should have been me who marked her, but the Pack elders paired her with Simus instead.
00:21Now my brother's dead and she's alone.
00:23His scent turns desperate.
00:25Alara, you're the daughter of the Pack counselor. You have the grace others don't.
00:28Give Pearl a place, that's all I'm asking.
00:31Last life, I said no. Pearl couldn't handle the shame.
00:34Hung herself on our mating night. White dress, silver rope, empty eyes.
00:39Caleb hated me for it.
00:41After the ceremony, he never stepped foot in my den again.
00:45Instead, he brought Pearl's memorial tablet into the Pack house as his second Luna.
00:51Put her ashes in the ancestral den like she'd earned it.
00:54Then he poisoned me. Watched me convulse on the floor.
00:57Organs shredding from the inside.
01:00You killed Pearl. Wild dogs can have what's left of you.
01:05But I'm reborn now, standing at the gate, watching Caleb kneel in the dirt.
01:11I smile.
01:12A second mate?
01:15Pearl deserves the full Luna title.
01:19Miss! Caleb Thorne's been kneeling for three days!
01:22Ruby, my Omega attendant.
01:25He's trying to force your hand.
01:28His own family beat him for wanting to mate his brother's widow, and now he's here making you the villain?
01:33Her words slam reality into place.
01:36I'm awake. I'm alive.
01:38I'm back at the exact moment Caleb came crawling.
01:41The thorn air kneeling outside sterling territory is the scandal of the season.
01:47Every wolf in the capital knows.
01:49The gates surrounded.
01:50Whispers.
01:51Stares.
01:52Judgment flowing like electricity through the crowd.
01:55I stand in the shadows of the entrance.
01:57Let myself smile cold.
01:59Of course he only begs me.
02:01His parents would never approve this disgrace.
02:04But if his promised mate gives permission, the Alpha and Luna can't argue with a willing bride.
02:11So he kneels.
02:12Performs his heartbreak for the audience.
02:15Weaponizes every outdated pack law.
02:18The world demands I bend.
02:20I move toward the gate.
02:21Ruby grabs my arm.
02:23Miss, you're not actually going out there.
02:25Of course I am.
02:27Because I'm going to give them exactly what they want.
02:30And destroy them with it.
02:32A sleek, black car pulls up to the sterling gate.
02:35A woman in white stepped out.
02:37She stumbles toward Caleb and drops her knees with a theatrical shock.
02:41Pearl Mercer.
02:42The grieving widow.
02:43The fallen Luna.
02:45Caleb looks at her like she's made of moonlight.
02:47Pearl, why are you here?
02:48This isn't your fault.
02:50Go back.
02:51You're too fragile for this cold.
02:53She shakes her head.
02:54Tears streaming perfectly down her face.
02:57Caleb, it's my cursed fate.
02:59Don't beg the sterling girl anymore.
03:02How could she understand my suffering?
03:04Yes, I never shared a better bed with your brother before he died.
03:07I'm still pure.
03:09My family won't take me back.
03:11They say I bring bad luck.
03:13But I won't let you debase yourself like this for me.
03:16Caleb pulls her close.
03:17His scent spikes with pine and possession.
03:19I promise I protect you forever.
03:22Now that Simon's is gone, that responsibility falls to me.
03:26He looks up, finds me standing in the gateway shadows.
03:29Projects his voice for maximum input.
03:34Allura, you're the counselor's daughter.
03:36You're supposed to be wise, compassionate.
03:39Understand Pearl's pain.
03:41Let me bring her home.
03:42I study Pearl's outfit.
03:44Moon white silk brocade that catches the light like water.
03:47The crowd thinks it's mourning clothes.
03:50Respectful widow's white.
03:51But that fabric costs more than most wolves earn in a year.
03:55Caleb treats her like blown glass.
03:57Protects her like she's breakable treasure.
03:59I don't see suffering.
04:01I see ambition in a designer dress.
04:03I step fully into the gateway.
04:06Let confusion cloud my face.
04:08Caleb, Pearl is your brother's widow.
04:13Simus died fighting for this territory.
04:16Every wolf here calls him a hero.
04:18Who would dare let his luma suffer?
04:21Why would his younger brother need to mate her for protection?
04:24Can't the thorn pack take care of one widow?
04:27Or are your servants abusing her?
04:30Because when I join your pack, I'll handle that myself.
04:34Or wait, can the great thorn family not even protect one daughter-in-law?
04:40The crowd murmurs.
04:42I press forward.
04:43Besides, when news of Simus' death reached the capital,
04:47didn't Pearl collapse from grief?
04:50The queen herself praised her devotion.
04:53Called her the perfect widow.
04:54Caleb's face darkens.
04:56But I'm not done.
04:57And now you want to mate her?
05:00Have you thought about what that looks like?
05:02Caleb pulls Pearl closer, stares up at me with that desperate lover intensity.
05:07It was always supposed to be me and Pearl.
05:10Our parents made a mistake.
05:13Matched her with Silas instead.
05:16Now he's dead and I can finally make it right.
05:19Miss Sterling, I should have ended myself already.
05:23But Caleb won't let me.
05:25Her voice drops to a whisper.
05:27The crowd still hears perfectly.
05:29You'll be his Luna soon.
05:31His true mate.
05:32Could you allow me to stay near him?
05:35Just as a companion?
05:36If you're worried, I'll bear his pups.
05:38I'll drink contraceptive herbs before entering.
05:40It's ways.
05:42Tears roll like matched pearls.
05:44The crowd's eating it up.
05:45That mercy girl is pitiful.
05:47These two were in love first.
05:48I let them talk.
05:49Let the pressure build.
05:51Then I reach into my sleeve.
05:52Pull out the betrothal contract.
05:54The one with both our blood marks.
05:56Caleb's eyes widen.
05:57Hope flares in his head.
06:02I rip it in half.
06:04Let the pieces fall in the dirt at his beat.
06:07From this moment, our engagement is void.
06:12Mate Pearl however you want.
06:14It's nothing to do with me anymore.
06:16Miss, you can't mean that.
06:19Ruby's voice cracks behind me.
06:22Caleb scrambles for the torn contract pieces.
06:24His face, pure triumph.
06:27He's actually laughing.
06:28Hilara, you're really letting Pearl have the first Luna position?
06:31Everyone said you were educated and refined, but this?
06:34This is true generosity.
06:37Absolutely not.
06:38My mother explodes from the Sterling Gates.
06:41Counselor Sterling's mate.
06:42She's got pack authority in her blood.
06:44Elea, you cannot make this decision on impulse.
06:48Your betrothal to the thorn pack was moon-blessed by the queen herself.
06:53She wheels on Caleb.
06:57If you want a mate or mistress, your parents decide.
07:00Not your promised bride.
07:01You're bypassing your alphas to manipulate a young female with public pressure.
07:07Her eyes flash gold.
07:08What kind of air does that?
07:10Gently touch my mother's arm.
07:12Feel her wolf vibrating with rage under her skin.
07:15Step forward.
07:16Meet Pearl's streaming eyes.
07:18Luna Mersel.
07:19You're certain you want to reject your widow status and give up being Silas's Luna?
07:27Yes, I'm releasing the general's honor.
07:30I just want to be with Caleb for the rest of my life.
07:35I don't care if he's heir.
07:37I don't care about Luna's status.
07:39We just want to be together.
07:41Simus's body isn't cold yet.
07:44You can't even wait three months to honor him as PAC law demands?
07:52You just need to approve Pearl entering the den.
07:54The rest isn't your concern.
07:56Silas is dead.
07:57The living have to keep living.
08:00Isn't that right?
08:03Caleb Thorne, I never knew you were this disgusting.
08:07Your brother barely dead and you're already trying to mate his widow.
08:12How could I ever bind myself to someone like you?
08:19Luna Thorne.
08:20The crown blessed a union between Sterling and Thorne.
08:23Pearl is rejecting her widow status.
08:26Giving up being the general's Luna.
08:28But Silas's memorial tablet still needs a widow to carry it to the moon temple.
08:36I'll mate General Silas.
08:39Complete silence.
08:41No!
08:45Alara, my son would be honored, but he's gone.
08:50You'd have to mate his memorial tablet.
08:53You'd become a widow instantly.
08:55You're too young for this sacrifice.
08:58I shake my head, look past her to the watching crowd,
09:01then deliberately turn my gaze on Pearl.
09:04General Silas was a warrior.
09:07Died protecting our borders.
09:09He's worth a thousand spinless cowards.
09:12Even dead!
09:13I'd rather be his mate than bind myself to someone like Kayla.
09:20Sterling's daughter has backbone!
09:23That's true, Counselor Bloodline.
09:25The Mercer girl couldn't wait a single season before climbing into the brother's bed.
09:29I'm dead!
09:32Disgusting!
09:33Disgusting!
09:33I watch my mother's face, silently beg her to trust me.
09:37If you do this,
09:39if you enter Thornpack as Silas's widow,
09:42you'll be family forever.
09:45Our honored daughter.
09:48And anyone who disrespects you answers to me.
09:57Mercer,
09:58I'm writing your discharge papers right now.
10:01News spreads like wildfire through the capital.
10:04Sterling's daughter cancels her engagement to the heir.
10:08Volunteers to mate the dead general instead.
10:11Within hours,
10:12Queen Moira sends a formal response.
10:14The Counselor's daughter embodies true lunar spirit.
10:18Then, the gifts arrive.
10:20A crystal and moonstone mating crown.
10:22White silk robes edged in silver thread.
10:25Jewelry that could ransom a small pack.
10:28The Queen's personal seamstresses come to take my measurements.
10:31Ruby cries while they work.
10:33Miss,
10:34you'll be a widow forever.
10:39You'll never have pups.
10:41Never have a true mate.
10:43Hush.
10:43I tell her.
10:44But inside,
10:45I'm smiling.
10:46Because I know something no one else does.
10:49Silas isn't dead.
10:51Last life,
10:52he came back three weeks after I mated Caleb.
10:55Came back to find his widow,
10:57had married his brother.
10:58The scandal nearly destroyed the Thornpack.
11:01But this time,
11:02I'm his widow by choice.
11:04His actual mate.
11:06And Caleb and Pearl are the ones caught in the trap.
11:09Seven days until the ceremony.
11:11Seven days until Silas comes home.
11:14Seven days until everything changes.
11:17The seventh day arrives.
11:19I wake before dawn.
11:20Put on the white mourning robes.
11:22The mating crown feels heavy.
11:25Cold crystal against my forehead.
11:27Ruby braids my hair with white ribbons.
11:30Miss,
11:31it's not too late to change your mind.
11:33I meet her eyes in the mirror.
11:35I'm exactly where I need to be.
11:37The Thorn Great Hall is drowning in white flowers.
11:40Incense smoke curls thick as fog.
11:43I hold Silas' memorial tablet against my chest.
11:46The woods warm like it has a heartbeat.
11:49We go through the mating ceremony.
11:51I bow to the moon.
11:52Bow to the ancestors.
11:54Bow to the tablet in my arms.
11:56The priestess marks my wrist with ash and silver.
11:59You are bound.
12:01Legally,
12:02I made it now.
12:03To a dead hero.
12:04To the war alpha.
12:06Meanwhile,
12:07in a side courtyard,
12:08Caleb and Pearl have their ceremony.
12:10Same day as mine.
12:12But Luna Thorn made it brutally clear.
12:14I'm the elder mate now.
12:16Pearl's wedding cannot outshine a widow's tribute.
12:19So while I get the full traditional procession,
12:22white wolves pulling a silver carriage,
12:25pack members lining streets,
12:27Pearl gets a plain car and a servant's entrance.
12:32Pearl's family refuses to send a dowry.
12:34Her brother's mate actually laughs.
12:36You already got a dowry the first time.
12:39What, you want us to pay every time you trade up?
12:42If you keep mating new wolves, we'll go bankrupt.
12:45Pearl arrives at Thorn Territory in a simple dress.
12:47No witnesses, no celebration, no honor guard.
12:52Just Caleb, waiting by a side door like she's a secret he's ashamed of.
12:56Compared to my ceremony, which has the queen's representatives in attendance,
13:01she looks like the mistress she basically is.
13:03I hear her crying to Caleb before they enter.
13:08Why does she get the grand ceremony when she's mating a dead man?
13:12We're actually together!
13:14We should celebrate!
13:15It's just formality, Pearl.
13:16As long as we're together, nothing else matters.
13:18But I know, it matters to her.
13:20She wanted status.
13:22Wanted the Luna crown.
13:24Wanted everyone to see her triumph.
13:26And I've stolen it with one clever move.
13:29After the ceremonies, I change into Morning White.
13:32The Ministry of Rights has arranged everything.
13:35I'm to carry Silas' tablet through the Capitol streets to the Moon Temple.
13:39Every important wolf will watch.
13:41I'm halfway through the processional route, when Hook beats Thunder.
13:45A scout on horseback, riding desperately hard.
13:47Agent news!
13:51General Simus Thorne!
13:54He's alive!
13:55My fingers tighten on the tablet.
13:58My chest blooms with relief.
14:01General Silas was gravely wounded but stabilized.
14:04He's conscious.
14:05He's coming home!
14:07Blessed Moon, Silas lives!
14:09Your blessing, Alara.
14:11You made him and he came back to us.
14:13You brought my son home!
14:15The crowd goes absolutely wild.
14:19Cheering.
14:20Howling.
14:20The whole Capitol celebrating.
14:22Strip the morning decorations.
14:24Prepare the alphas' quarters.
14:26Make it a proper mating suite.
14:27When my son comes home, we're giving him and his mate the celebration they deserve.
14:32I glance back through the crowd.
14:34Find Pearl and Caleb.
14:36Their faces, white as bone.
14:38Pearl swaying on her feet.
14:40Caleb staring at the scout like he's seeing a ghost.
14:44Because they are.
14:45Pearl just divorced her dead mate and married his brother.
14:50On the same day, the dead mate came back to life.
14:54It's summer and the heat's oppressive.
14:57But Queen Moira insists.
14:58Heroes deserve a proper welcome.
15:00Pearl's face has gone from white to flushed red.
15:04She's swaying.
15:04Mother, Pearl looks unswell.
15:07You should have stayed home.
15:10The crowd starts murmuring.
15:12The processionals entering the city gate.
15:14Then I see him.
15:15Silas Thorne, the war alpha.
15:18Your majesty.
15:20Rise, general.
15:21You've bled enough for this crown.
15:23Luna and alpha Thorne rush forward.
15:26Our son!
15:29Luna pulls me along.
15:31Silas, meet your mate.
15:33Alara Starling.
15:35Silas looks at me.
15:36There's warmth in them.
15:37Intelligent.
15:38Thank you for honoring me when I couldn't defend myself.
15:41He says quietly.
15:42Now that the generals returned, you two can have a proper mating celebration.
15:47The moon brought you together in the strangest way.
15:50The air's mate is collapsing!
15:52A scream cuts her off.
15:54Someone get a healer!
15:55I'll take her home!
15:56No!
15:56My voice rings out.
15:57Luna Thorne.
15:58Regardless of history, Pearl is still technically pack.
16:01If she's unwell and we don't treat her, wolves will say Thorn Pack mistreats females.
16:05It'll reflect badly on father, on Silas.
16:07Let's just have the royal healer check.
16:09I meet Luna's eyes.
16:10Luna's jaw clenches so hard I hear teeth grinding.
16:13Fine.
16:14For the pack's reputation.
16:15The queen's personal healer kneels beside Pearl.
16:18Then he stands, bows to Caleb.
16:20Congratulations, Air Thorne.
16:22Your mate is three months pregnant.
16:25Silence.
16:25Complete ringing silence.
16:27Then chaos.
16:28Luna Thorne shrieks.
16:29Three months?
16:30But she only mated Caleb seven days ago.
16:34I pressed my hand to my mouth in shock.
16:36Let my voice carry three months.
16:37Three months pregnant?
16:40But Pearl said she never consummated her bond with Silas.
16:44She's still your mated Silas?
16:46She swore she was still pure when she mated Silas.
16:49My words detonate my ex-posed.
16:51She lied about being untouched.
16:53She was pregnant before the second wedding.
16:56Whose pup is it really?
16:58Did she cheat on the general before he even left?
17:01Did Kayla get her pregnant while his brother was at war?
17:05Luna Thorne's hand cracks across Pearl's face.
17:08The slap echoes.
17:10You whore.
17:12You red-branched fox.
17:14Tell me right now who fathered that pup.
17:18Pearl's sobbing, trying to crawl toward Kayla.
17:23Mother, please!
17:25Don't call me mother!
17:27Luna Thorne's wolf is in.
17:29You married into this pack pure and left it tainted!
17:34Shane!
17:35You're a monster!
17:37He can't move anyone's eye.
17:39Silas steps forward.
17:41His voice cuts through the chaos like a blade.
17:43Brother, did you touch my mate while I was bleeding on a battlefield?
17:50Caleb drops to his knees.
17:51Brother, answer me!
17:54Silas' alpha command hits like a physical force.
17:58Every wolf in the courtyard feels it.
18:00Pearl sobs louder.
18:02It's Caleb's.
18:03The pup is Caleb's.
18:05We were in love before you went to war.
18:09We made a mistake.
18:12The crowd explodes.
18:14She was betting the brother while married to the general.
18:17While he was dying for us.
18:20Caleb and Pearl are disgusting.
18:25Disgusting!
18:26Disgusting!
18:27I walk up to Caleb.
18:28My hand moves before I think.
18:31You liar.
18:32When you knelt outside Sterling Gates,
18:34you said you wanted to help poor widowed Pearl.
18:37You made me look cruel for refusing.
18:40But you'd already gotten her pregnant.
18:41So you just don't wear life afferent.
18:43You used honor and duty to manipulate me into approving your affair.
18:49I canceled our engagement to spare myself from a cheater.
18:52I chose Silas because at least Adedo has more honor than you.
18:56You can't meet my eyes.
18:57Can't meet anyone's eyes.
18:58Silas stares at his brother like he's never seen him before.
19:02I raised you.
19:04Taught you to fight.
19:05To hunt.
19:07To lead.
19:08Mother and father were always busy so I took care of you.
19:11This is how you repay me?
19:13At this moment, the two brothers who were once as close as one split apart.
19:20Alpha Thorn arrives at the palace gate.
19:23He's been informed of everything.
19:25His face is stone.
19:27Calum.
19:28Pearl.
19:30Come here.
19:31They approach like prisoners walking to execution.
19:35I have written to the queen,
19:36questing that Caleb be stripped of his heir status.
19:39For moral corruption.
19:41For bedding his brother's mate.
19:43For bringing shame to the Thorn bloodline.
19:46Caleb's face goes white.
19:47Father, no!
19:50I'm your son.
19:51You can't.
19:52I have two sons.
19:53One fought for this kingdom and nearly died with honor.
19:57The other is a disgrace I'm ashamed to acknowledge.
20:01He turns his back.
20:02The queen will make her decision.
20:03But regardless of her ruling,
20:05you are no longer welcome in Thorn manor.
20:08Pearl collapses completely.
20:10He starts wailing.
20:13Your first grandpa!
20:16Grandpup?
20:17Grandpup?
20:18You think I want a pup concived in betrayal?
20:21Luna Thorn's laugh is vicious.
20:23A pup that represents everything disgusting about this situation?
20:28You're not pack anymore, Pearl.
20:31She steps closer.
20:32Get out of my sight before I have you thrown out.
20:35Three days later, the queen's decree arrives.
20:38Caleb Thorn is stripped of his heir status.
20:41Removed from line of succession.
20:43Pearl and Caleb are forced to leave Thorn Manor.
20:46They're given one small residence.
20:48Two rooms, a kitchen, a courtyard barely big enough to turn around in.
20:53They can take personal belongings only.
20:55No servants.
20:56No allowance.
20:57No pack support.
20:59Caleb has to buy servants from the labor markets.
21:02Pearl tries to go home to the Mercer estate.
21:04The gates stay locked.
21:07Master and mistress say there's no daughter named Pearl here.
21:11The family reputation is ruined because of you.
21:15Your cousins can't find mates because of your scandal.
21:19Don't come back!
21:22Pearl collapses on the Mercer doorstep, crying, begging.
21:26No one opens the door.
21:28Eventually, Caleb has to drag her away.
21:31Meanwhile, at Thorn Manor, everything changes.
21:35Ilara, you saved us.
21:37Saved Silas.
21:39Saved the family name.
21:41This is the household seal.
21:46You're the Lady of Thorn Manor now.
21:49Everything here is yours to command.
21:53The Lady of Thorn Manor.
21:54The Lady of Thorn Manor.
21:54The Lady of Thorn Manor.
21:54The Lady of Thorn Manor.
21:56The Lady of Thorn Manor.
21:57The Lady of Thorn Manor.
21:57Silas recovers quickly under the royal physician's care.
22:00Within a month, he's walking without assistance.
22:03Training lightly in the courtyard.
22:05I watch him sometimes.
22:06The way he moves.
22:08Controlled power.
22:09Predator grace.
22:10Nothing like Caleb's peacock strutting.
22:13One morning, he catches me watching.
22:15Join me?
22:19Mother says you studied combat forms.
22:21Show me.
22:22We spar.
22:23He's gentle, testing my skill.
22:25I'm rusty, but the forms come back.
22:27When we finish, we're both breathing hard.
22:31You're good.
22:33For someone who was supposed to be a decorative mate.
22:37I'm full of surprises.
22:41I'm starting to realize that.
22:43The Queen summons us a week later.
22:46The throne room is packed with officials.
22:48General Silamus Thorne.
22:50For your service in the Northern Wars.
22:53For holding the border against impossible odds.
22:56We name you High Commander.
22:58First rank military authority.
23:01The youngest wolf to ever hold this position.
23:04This day would not be possible without you and Lady Allara Thorne.
23:09For your sacrifice, your wisdom, your loyalty.
23:13We name you First Lady of the Royal Court.
23:17Luna Thorne insists on a proper wedding.
23:20You two mated in mourning.
23:22Now we celebrate in joy.
23:27The ceremony is everything the first one wasn't.
23:31White silk everywhere.
23:32Gold lights.
23:33A feast that lasts three days.
23:36The Queen and King attend personally.
23:38Send gifts.
23:39Pearl.
23:40Gold.
23:41A breeding pair of rare white wolves.
23:44I wear white and gold.
23:45A flowery crown.
23:47Silas wears his military regalia.
23:49We bow to the moon.
23:50When the priestess binds our wrist with white silk, I feel it.
23:54The mate bond.
23:55Snapping into place like a lock finding its key.
23:59Silas' eyes widen.
24:01He feels it too.
24:02Allara, are we...
24:07Faded mates.
24:09All along, we were fated mates.
24:12The moon knew.
24:14That night, Silas carries me to our chambers.
24:17Sets me down gently.
24:20I won't rush you.
24:22I know this is still new.
24:28I've waited two lifetimes for this.
24:31Don't make me wait anymore.
24:34I know this is still new.
24:36I know this is still new.
24:40I know this is still new.
24:41I know this is still new.
24:41I know this is still new.
24:41I know this is still new.
24:41I know this is new.
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