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00:02she stood at the covenant altar wearing the exact same gown moon silk silver white lily
00:07she's just a friend jack always said the vixen her three red tails swaying behind her each tip
00:12blushing pink the sign of a fox in heat or in triumph she stood beside jack greeting guests
00:17together my hand traced my moon silk gown traditional bridal robe of the lichen people
00:21for the man i had loved eight years ready nervous a scent drifted from the great hall
00:27something sweet clowing and wrong fox i knew that scent a female young her paramones too strong for
00:34a guest she shouldn't be here i'm going to look rose rose everyone is here the five kingdoms you
00:41can't i know i'm just looking i pushed through the curtain and saw her lily jack wore his half form
00:48too
00:48golden lion's mane shining under the crystal lights a hybrid always ashamed of it but today he looked
00:53like a prince they looked good together behind me my mother sucked in a breath the hall went quiet
00:58ears turned towards me tails stopped swaying all eyes on me i breathed in wolves don't show fear
01:03my father's first lesson i walk into the hall my moon silk gown dragging across the stone floor
01:09my ears straight jack saw me his face changed muscles tightening under his mane he opened his mouth
01:16lily got there first rose what a beautiful gown oh what a coincidence ours match she looped her arm
01:25through jack's leaned her head on his shoulder jack didn't push her away i looked at him he looked
01:31at me amber eyes guilty flustered but not surprised he knew she would come he knew she would wear this
01:38maybe he planned it i smiled you do look perfect together loud enough for every beast in the hall to
01:45hear
01:45a fine pair lily's smile froze her tail stopped three tips trembling the tell of a fox caught in a
01:54lie
01:54then her eyes welled up rose how could you jack and i are just just she ran gown tangling under
02:03her
02:03feet jack's face burned red his mane flared tiger stripes rising under his skin rose how could you say
02:10that lily came to wish us well his voice boomed jack today is our vow ceremony he stopped five
02:18kingdoms are watching your father mine do you really want to fight me here over a friend his mane flattened
02:25he looked at me then at the silent guests his throat bobbed but he didn't apologize he turned and ran
02:31after
02:31lily left me standing at the altar in my moon silk gown alone one by one the crystal lights went
02:37dark
02:37guests rose and left some gave me pitying looks some smirked i stood still my mother came to me
02:43said nothing just draped a blanket over my shoulders it smelled like her cedar frost and a trace of old
02:50blood war wounds rose mother i want to be alone i stared at the altar she left the hall was
02:57empty i
02:58looked up at the soul bond contract hanging above the altar our names carved into a crystal after the
03:03vow ceremony the crystal would split in two each of us would hold half now it just hung there a
03:08joke
03:09i reached up and took it down the crystal was cold against my palm i remembered eight years ago the
03:14lake moonlight lake jack's first confession he was a hybrid i was the duke's daughter our union could
03:21have healed old wounds between lions and wolves i thought it was fate now i knew better it was just
03:27me
03:27i got the news on the way home jack took lily to moonlight lake after the reception moonlight lake
03:34our sacred ground where the wolf moon goddess bathed they said where the waters healed all wounds
03:40i was supposed to go there with jack for our mating moon he went with another woman griffin driven
03:46carriage clattering over golden city's stone streets i set down my communication crystal didn't reply
03:52told the driver to turn to the temple of life head to the temple of life the temple sat in
03:58the eastern
03:58quarter run by deer druids incense always burning an old doe received me her antlers gray but her eyes
04:07clear your certain child yes she sighed took a purple vial from the shelf a rune stone root severant runen
04:17drink the potion press the stone to your belly three days and the child's scent will fade i took
04:23the vial cold my hand didn't shake how long the rune works fast but recovery takes time you'll need
04:30someone to tend you the doe's voice was soft i drank bitter then i opened my gown and pressed the
04:37stone to my skin cold spread from my belly through my whole body like something being ripped out by the
04:43roots three days later the cub's scent was gone jack would notice his kind didn't have lichen noses
04:49but a father knows when his own blood goes missing but what did it matter he didn't care anymore
04:57neither would i pale moonlight bled through the fur curtains frost wolf decorations from the ceremony
05:02still hung on the walls they look like bad omens now i dragged myself to the bed collapsed onto the
05:08fur mattress lily's phantom image was the first thing i saw lucky to have you meant to be the image
05:15showed jack holding her close at moonlight lake moonlight silver on the water their lips about to
05:21meet matching rings on their fingers once i would have stormed over to demand answers now i just turned
05:28off the crystal and rolled over no tears just tired the next days brought no word from jack but lily's
05:35phantom images showed me everything kisses selfies market walks around moonlight lake every image had
05:41a location marker everyone had a sweet caption i didn't react i contacted a mage started preparing
05:47to sever the soul bond his name was gray claw avis my classmate from the academy his beast form was
05:52a
05:52feathered eagle in human form he still had those sharp raptor eyes he asked when he flew to my house
06:01you're sure yes he didn't argue just pulled a roll of cured hide from his satchel
06:11soul bond severation contract he said spreading it on the table under the codex of beasts severing a
06:18bond requires both parties to tear the contract before the council of elders the guilty party pays cub feed
06:23all costs from the pregnancy and recovery what else if a third party interfered in the marriage
06:29the innocent party can reclaim all property the guilty party spent on the third during the marriage
06:33gray claw's eagle eyes fixed on me jack bought lily an emerald bracelet worth a million crystals
06:40did you know i blinked then laughed i do now write it in two weeks later i was reviewing gray
06:48claw's
06:48draft at home when the front door opened jack walked in lily on his arm he'd gotten tan his mane
06:54had grown
06:55golden hair bright in the sun lily's three red tails wagging behind her our eyes met jack dropped her hand
07:01uncomfortable his mane flared then flattened tiger stripes flickering his nervous tail dry-throated
07:07lily had never seen the snowfields i took her to see them i said nothing you're carrying our cub
07:13the mage said you should rest his voice trailed off i looked back down at my papers nodded good
07:19you he stopped watched me not looking at him his mane flared again you
07:29what's your problem i told you lily just wanted to see the snow we can take our mating moon anytime
07:35why are you making a scene and i've told you a hundred times lily and i are just just siblings
07:41i know my face was blank wolf eyes flat his face went stiff mane flattening stripes fading he opened
07:48his mouth nothing came out lily stepped forward grabbed jack's wrist her tails low ears pinned back
07:54rose please don't be angry please don't fight with jack because of me lily's voice soft as cotton
08:01he didn't take you this time but he brought you a present jack give your wife her present
08:08she smiled at jack jack fumbled in his pocket pulled out a small box pushed it at me i got
08:15this just for
08:16you open it i glanced inside simple earrings flower shaped tiny crystals around the edges pretty enough
08:26but compared to the emerald bracelet on lily's wrist worth a million crystals it looked like market stall
08:33trash i pushed the box back no need i don't accept scraps the air turned cold jack's face went dark
08:43mane exploding stripes rising rose what does that mean i looked at the bracelet on lily's wrist moonlight lake yade
08:55green green as new leaves worth a fortune then i met jack's eyes what i said
09:02you give her emeralds you give me scraps you think that's all i'm worth
09:09jack's mane frozen his eyes flickered lily jumped in voice breaking rose don't be angry
09:17jack only gave me the bracelet because i loved it so much
09:20if it bothers you i can give it back she said this made no move to take off the bracelet
09:26jack pulled lily close glared at me lily don't listen to her the bracelet is yours
09:35she's always been like this small hearted jealous i looked at them said nothing turned back to my
09:43crystal gray claw had sent a message first draft ready also compiled list of jack's gifts to lily during
09:50the marriage total 3.72 million crystals i replied good jack saw me ignoring him got angrier
09:59he stormed out with lily slamming the door so hard he cracked two rooms
10:08i knew what he was waiting for
10:10he wanted me to run after him apologize like i always did
10:16this time i didn't even look up
10:20on the eighth day gray claw flew to golden city himself
10:24put the final soul bond severation contract in my hands
10:28sign he said i'll handle the rest
10:30i picked up the quill dipped it in ink
10:33i signed my name rose frostclaw daughter of the lichen duke
10:3772nd generation of snowfield wolves then pressed my paw print beside it
10:42silver gray the print glowed faintly on the hide
10:44scent rising cedar frost and something bitter
10:47my mark from this day jack had no part of me
10:50but the day before my follow-up exam jack sat in my living room
10:53nervous his mane flaring and flattening
10:56jack tomorrow you'll come with me
11:00of course
11:02i smiled then i sent lily a message
11:08maybe you're not as important to jack as you think
11:11he promised to take me to the temple tomorrow
11:13he says everything between you is just pretend
11:17lily was quiet for a long time
11:20finally just wait
11:21i set down the crystal
11:25smiled
11:25fox pride is more fragile than their tails
11:30i knew she wouldn't let me down
11:32the next morning
11:34jack was gone
11:36his pillow was still warm when i woke
11:38he'd left recently
11:42the sheets smelled like scorch
11:44his lying smell
11:47my crystal lit up
11:50lily's phantom image
11:51jack and her kissing
11:54the caption
11:58true love doesn't check the calendar
12:00i set down the crystal
12:02picked up the soul bond severment contract
12:04walked out
12:05gray claw waited outside covenant hall
12:07he came
12:09no
12:09but the council is inside
12:11then let's begin
12:13the fifteen elders sat in their places
12:15three from each kingdom
12:17their eyes followed me
12:19my grandmother sat among the wolf elders
12:21she nodded once
12:22i nodded back
12:23rose frostclaw wolf
12:25the high elder spoke
12:27you petitioned to sever the soul bond with jack golden mane
12:30is this true
12:31yes
12:32evidence
12:33gray claw stepped forward
12:35laid out the rolls
12:36phantom images
12:37crystal messages
12:38gift records
12:39the elders read
12:41the defendant
12:41defendant not present
12:43wait
12:43jack burst through the doors
12:45mane a mess
12:46shirt untupped
12:47he stopped in the center of the hall
12:49breathing hard
12:50amber eyes locked on me
12:52rose
12:52you
12:53his voice shook
12:54you planned this
12:55i said nothing
12:56yesterday
12:57you asked me to come with you
12:59you knew i'd go to lily
13:00you set me up
13:01defendant
13:02do you admit
13:04to improper relations
13:05with lily the fox
13:07jack opened his mouth
13:09closed it
13:10she's just a friend
13:12he finally said
13:14murmurs
13:15a friend
13:18the bear elder laughed
13:20you kiss your friend
13:22jack's mane flattened
13:24i made a mistake
13:25enough
13:26the high elder struck his staff
13:27this council finds in favor of the petitioner
13:29the soul bond is severed
13:31jack golden mane shall pay cub feed and damages
13:33totaling 5.3 million crystals
13:35rose frostclaw
13:36do you accept
13:37yes
13:38jack golden mane
13:39do you accept
13:40jack stood in the center of the hall
13:42shaking
13:43his eyes were red
13:44mane flat
13:45stripes gone
13:46i i don't accept
13:48louder now
13:49rose
13:51you're carrying my cub
13:52how could you
13:53gone
13:54he froze
13:56what
13:57the cub
13:58i looked at him
14:00calm
14:01two weeks ago
14:03at the temple of life
14:04i did the root severment
14:07the whole gasp
14:09jack's face lost all color
14:11turning deathly pale like ash
14:13his lips trembled
14:14you what
14:15his voice came from somewhere hollow and deep
14:18the cub is gone
14:20the day you took lily to moonlight lake
14:24jack's legs gave out
14:26he fell to his knees
14:29how could you
14:33how could you
14:35mumbling now
14:37our cub
14:38you knew it was our cub
14:41i looked into his eyes
14:43spoke each word clearly
14:46then why did you take another woman to moonlight lake
14:49while i carried it
14:51he had no answer
14:52just knelt there
14:53shaking
14:54completely broken and defeated
14:56the elders exchanged looks
14:58judgment stands
15:00the soul bond is severed
15:02this counsel is dismissed
15:04one by one the elders rose
15:06the wolf elders each touched my shoulder as they passed
15:10my grandmother said nothing
15:11just pressed a warm crystal into my palm
15:14the blessing of wolves
15:16i closed my fingers around it
15:19walked out of the hall
15:20behind me
15:21jack still knelt on the floor
15:23not moving
15:24i didn't look back
15:26after the bond was severed
15:28i went home to the snow fields
15:30wolf territory sits between frozen mountains
15:34winter all year
15:35i like the cold
15:38cold that went to the bone
15:39kept you awake
15:41my mother made me recovery food every day
15:43bone broth
15:45fish stew
15:46wild greens
15:48different every time
15:50my father didn't talk
15:51just left fresh kills at the door
15:53and walked away
15:54it took me a long time to heal
15:56root severment is hard on the body
15:58the deer druid said three months at least
16:00i didn't follow jack's news
16:02but gray claw told me anyway
16:03jack's not well
16:04he sat across from me in the longhouse
16:06his sharp eyes watching intently
16:11he's been in the taverns every night
16:13drinking until he can't stand
16:14a few times he shouted your name in public
16:17the lion council warned him
16:20lily
16:20she tries to see him
16:22but golden mane jack's father forbade it
16:25said if she comes near jack again
16:27he'll have her whole family run out of golden city
16:30she won't give up
16:31no
16:31gray claw shook his head
16:32she's been talking to you're a new patron
16:34one more thing
16:35i nodded
16:35gray claw pulled a scroll from his satchel
16:37the frost wolf trading house
16:39all of jack's shares have been transferred to you
16:41he signed
16:42didn't fight
16:42didn't fight
16:43no
16:44gray claw paused
16:46he was drunk
16:48after he signed he cried
16:50said he wanted to see you
16:52i was quiet for a moment
16:54no
16:55i said
16:56gray claw put away the scroll
16:58stood
16:58i'll be going then
17:00send word if you need me
17:01he spread his gray wings
17:03shot out of the longhouse
17:05into the sky
17:06i watched him disappear into the clouds
17:08then looked down at the roll in my hands
17:11frost wolf trading house
17:13jack and i started it together after we left the academy
17:16a market stall at first
17:18selling snowfield goods
17:20hides
17:20herbs
17:21crystals
17:22then it grew
17:23became one of the biggest trading houses in the five kingdoms
17:26bards used to sing about us
17:29the hybrid son and the duke's daughter
17:31against all odds
17:32building an empire together
17:36pretty story
17:38and the duke's daughter
17:38and the duke's daughter
17:38and the duke's daughter
17:38and the duke's daughter
17:38and the duke's daughter
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