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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02:15Weaponizes every outdated pack law.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.
09:29Oh, no!
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 i'm writing your discharge papers right now news spreads like wildfire through the capital
10:04sterling's daughter cancels her engagement to the air volunteers to mate the dead general instead
10:10within hours queen moira sends a formal response the counselor's daughter embodies true lunar
10:17spirit then the gifts arrive a crystal and moonstone mating crown white silk robes edged in silver
10:24thread jewelry that could ransom a small pack the queen's personal seamstresses come to take my
10:30measurements ruby cries while they work miss you'll be a widow forever
10:39you'll never have pups never have a true mate hush i tell her but inside i'm smiling because
10:47i know something no one else does silas isn't dead last life he came back three weeks after i mated
10:54caleb came back to find his widow had married his brother the scandal nearly destroyed the thorn pack
11:01but this time i'm his widow by choice his actual mate and caleb and pearl are the ones caught in
11:08the
11:09trap seven days until the ceremony seven days until silas comes home seven days until everything
11:16changes the seventh day arrives i wake before dawn put on the white mourning robes the mating crown feels
11:24heavy cold crystal against my forehead ruby braids my hair with white ribbons miss it's not too late to
11:32change your mind i meet her eyes in the mirror i'm exactly where i need to be the thorn great
11:38hall is
11:38drowning in white flowers incense smoke curls thick as fog i hold silas's memorial tablet against my
11:46chest the woods warm like it has a heartbeat we go through the mating ceremony i bow to the moon
11:52bow to the ancestors bow to the tablet in my arms the priestess marks my wrist with ash and silver
11:59you
12:00are bound legally i made it now to a dead hero to the war alpha meanwhile in a side courtyard
12:08caleb and
12:09pearl have their ceremony same day as mine but luna thorn made it brutally clear i'm the elder mate now
12:16pearl's wedding cannot outshine a widow's tribute so while i get the full traditional procession white wolves
12:23pulling a silver carriage pack members lining streets pearl gets a plain car and a servant's entrance
12:32pearl's family refuses to send a dowry her brother's mate actually laughs you already got a dowry the
12:38first time what you want us to pay every time you trade up if you keep mating new wolves we'll
12:44go
12:44bankrupt pearl arrives at thorn territory in a simple dress no witnesses no celebration no honor guard
12:51just caleb waiting by a side door like she's a secret he's ashamed of compared to my ceremony
12:58which has the queen's representatives in attendance she looks like the mistress she basically is i hear
13:04her crying to caleb before they enter why does she get the grand ceremony when she's mating a dead man
13:12we're actually together we should celebrate it's just formality pearl as long as we're together nothing
13:17else matters but i know it matters to her she wanted status wanted the luna crown wanted everyone
13:24to see her triumph and i've stolen it with one clever move after the ceremonies i change into morning white
13:32the ministry of rights has arranged everything i'm to carry silas's tablet through the capital streets to
13:38the moon temple every important wolf will watch i'm halfway through the processional route when hook
13:44beats thunder a scout on horseback riding desperately hard agent news
13:51general simus thorne he's alive my fingers tighten on the tablet my chest blooms with relief
14:01general silas was gravely wounded but stabilized he's conscious he's coming home
14:06blessed moon silas lives your blessing alara you made him and he came back to us
14:14you brought my son home the crowd goes absolutely wild cheering howling the whole capital celebrating
14:22strip the morning decorations prepare the alpha's quarters make it a proper mating suite when my son
14:28comes home we're giving him and his mate the celebration they deserve i glance back through the crowd
14:34find pearl and caleb their faces white as bone pearl swaying on her feet caleb staring at the scout
14:42like he's seeing a ghost because they are pearl just divorced her dead mate and married his brother
14:49mother on the same day the dead mate came back to life it's summer and the heat's oppressive but queen
14:57moira insists heroes deserve a proper welcome pearl's face has gone from white to flushed red she's swaying
15:04mother pearl looks unswell you should have stayed home
15:10the crowd starts murmuring the processionals entering the city gate then i see him silas thorne the war alpha
15:18your majesty your majesty rise general you've bled enough for this crown luna and alpha thorn rush
15:25forward our son
15:30pulls me along silas meet your mate alara starling silas looks at me there's warmth in them intelligent
15:38thank you for honoring me when i couldn't defend myself he says quietly now that the generals returned you
15:44two can have a proper mating celebration the moon brought you together in the strangest way
15:50the air's mate is collapsing a scream cuts her off someone get a healer i'll take her home no my
15:56voice
15:56rings out luna thorn regardless of history pearl is still technically pack if she's unwell and we don't
16:02treat her wolves will say thorn pack mistreats females it'll reflect badly on father on silas let's just
16:08have the royal healer i meet luna's eyes luna's jaw clenches so hard i hear teeth grinding fine
16:14for the pack's reputation the queen's personal healer kneels beside pearl then he stands bows to
16:20caleb congratulations air thorn your mate is three months pregnant silent complete ringing silence then
16:27chaos luna thorn shrieks three months but she only mated caleb seven days ago i press my hand to my
16:35mouth
16:35shock let my voice carry three three months pregnant but pearl said she never consummated
16:42her bond with simus she she's still your mated silas she swore she was still pure when she mated
16:48kylas my words definitely she lied about being untouched she was pregnant before the second wedding
16:55whose pup is it really did she cheat on the general before he even left did kayla get her pregnant
17:03while his
17:03brother was at war luna thorn's hand cracks across pearl's face the slap echoes
17:10you whore you red branched fox tell me right now who fathered that pup
17:17girl's sobbing trying to crawl toward caleb
17:23mother please don't call me mother luna thorn's wolf is in you married into this pack pure and left it
17:33tainted
17:33he can't meet anyone's eyes silas steps forward his voice cuts through the chaos like a blade
17:43brother did you touch my mate while i was bleeding on a battlefield
17:49he drops to his knees brother i answer me silas's alpha command hits like a physical force every wolf in
17:59the courtyard feels it girl sobs louder it's caleb's the pup is caleb's we we were in love before you
18:08went to war we made a mistake the crowd explodes she was betting the brother while married to the general
18:16while he was dying for us caleb and pearl are disgusting
18:22i walk up to caleb my hand moves before i think you liar when you knelt outside sterling gates
18:35you said you wanted to help poor widowed pearl you made me look cruel for refusing but you'd already
18:40gotten her pregnant you used honor and duty to manipulate me into approving your affair
18:49i canceled our engagement to spare myself from a cheater i chose silas because at least a dedo has
18:54more honor than you can't meet my eyes can't meet anyone's eyes silas stares at his brother like he's
19:00never seen him before i raised you taught you to fight to hunt to lead mother and father were always
19:09busy so i took care of you this is how you repay me at this moment the two brothers who
19:15were once as
19:16close as one split apart alpha thorne arrives at the palace gate he's being informed of everything
19:24his face is stone calum pearl come here they approach like prisoners walking to execution
19:35i have written to the queen requesting that caleb be stripped of his heir status
19:40for moral corruption for bedding his brother's mate for bringing shame to the thorn bloodline
19:46caleb's face goes white father no
19:50i'm your son you can't i have two sons one fought for this kingdom and nearly died with honor
19:56the other the other is a disgrace i'm ashamed to acknowledge he turns his back the queen will make
20:03her decision but regardless of her ruling you are no longer welcome in thorn manor pearl collapses
20:09completely starts away
20:13your first grandpa grandpup grandpup you think i want a pup concived in betrayal
20:21luna thorne's laugh is vicious a pup that represents everything disgusting about this situation you're
20:29not pack anymore pearl she steps closer get out of my sight before i have you thrown out three days
20:36later the queen's decree arrives caleb thorne is stripped of his heir status removed from line of
20:42succession pearl and caleb are forced to leave thorn manor they're given one small residence two rooms a
20:49kitchen a courtyard barely big enough to turn around in they can take personal belongings only
20:55no servants no allowance no pack support caleb has to buy servants from the labor markets pearl
21:02tries to go home to the mercer estate the gates stay locked master and mistress say there's no daughter
21:09named pearl here the family reputation is ruined because of you your cousins can't find mates because of
21:17your scandal don't come back pearl collapses on the mercer doorstep crying begging no one opens the door
21:27eventually caleb has to drag her away meanwhile at thorn manor everything changes
21:35elara you saved us save silas save the family name this is the household seal
21:46you're the lady of thornt manor now everything here is yours to command
21:57silas recovers quickly under the royal physician's care within a month he's walking without assistance
22:03training lightly in the courtyard i watch him sometimes the way he moves controlled power predator grace
22:10nothing like caleb's peacock strutting one morning he catches me watching join me
22:19mother says you studied combat forms show me we spar he's gentle testing my skill i'm rusty but the
22:26forms come back when we finish we're both breathing hard you're good for someone who was supposed to be a
22:35decorative mate i'm full of surprises
22:41i'm starting to realize that the queen summons us a week later the throne room is packed with officials
22:48general sylamis thorne for your service in the northern wars for holding the border against impossible odds
22:56we name you high commander first rank military authority the youngest wolf to ever hold this
23:03position this day would not be possible without you and lady alara thorne for your sacrifice your
23:11wisdom your loyalty we name you first lady of the royal court luna thorne insists on a proper wedding
23:20you two mated in mourning now we celebrate in joy the ceremony is everything the first one wasn't white
23:31silk everywhere gold lights a feast that lasts three days the queen and king attend personally send gifts
23:39pearl gold a breeding pair of rare white wolves i wear white and gold a flowery crown silas wears his
23:48military regalia we bow to the moon when the priestess binds our wrist with white silk i feel it the
23:54mate
23:55bond snapping into place like a lock finding its key silas's eyes widen he feels it too alara are we
24:07faded mates all along we were faded mates the moon knew
24:12the moon knew that night silas carries me to our chambers sets me down gently
24:20i won't rush you i know this is still new
24:28i've waited two lifetimes for this don't make me wait anymore
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