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The Commander's Mistaken Mate Dramareel
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00:00I married the Black Dragon Commander, Kalen.
00:02We were said to be 100% compatible.
00:05For two years, he never interested in me.
00:08Today, I found out the match was a lie.
00:11That explained why Kalen was always so cold.
00:13Underneath me, Kalen frowned.
00:15His golden pupils flared with dragon heat.
00:18Are we doing this or not?
00:19I have matters to attend to.
00:21I quickly put on my coat and stepped aside.
00:24Let's not.
00:25You go ahead.
00:27Kalen's brow tightened.
00:28Are you sure?
00:30Absolutely sure.
00:31He studied me.
00:32He put on his military uniform.
00:35Gold braid glinted against his heated skin.
00:37As soon as he left, I dialed the Covenant.
00:40What is going on?
00:41We apologize, Ms. Lyra.
00:43Database upgrade revealed a matching error.
00:46Commander Kalen is not your true soulmate.
00:48We've been married for two years and you're only telling me now?
00:52We're sorry.
00:53He still has an 80% compatibility with you.
00:56Theoretically, your marriage shouldn't be affected.
00:58You said theoretically.
01:00What about in reality?
01:01The staffer fell silent.
01:03In reality, your 100% match is someone else.
01:09Who?
01:10We're retrieving the corrupted file.
01:12Has Kalen been notified?
01:14Not yet.
01:15He blocked us.
01:17Yeah.
01:17Kalen loathed for assigning him a human wife.
01:20Don't tell him yet.
01:21I'll handle it.
01:23We are counting on you, Lyra.
01:25This was a dragon-ruled kingdom.
01:28Kalen was its all-powerful high commander.
01:31I was a human stranded here five years ago, barely surviving.
01:35When the Bureau found me, I agreed to the match at once.
01:37I wanted his connections to go home.
01:39But Kalen didn't want me.
01:41Human-dragon marriages were rare.
01:43He only agreed because of the 100% compatibility claim.
01:47I tried everything to win him over.
01:49To seduce him.
01:51He hated every move.
01:52I even threatened to call him impotent if he refused.
01:55He endured my touch, cold and resentful.
01:58Until today, the truth came out.
02:01Kalen could never love me.
02:02For dragons, soul bond is everything.
02:0580% meant nothing.
02:07Only 100% could open his heart.
02:09I thought back to two years.
02:12A chill struck me.
02:13When he learns the truth, will he burn me to ashes?
02:19I stopped messaging Kalen after that call.
02:22A week later, he messaged first.
02:25I've sent a physician to check you.
02:27I'm not sick.
02:28The housekeeper said you've been distracted.
02:30You stopped shopping.
02:31Are you well?
02:32I'm fine.
02:34Fine.
02:35Before, I'd boldly say I loved him or wanted him.
02:39Now, I said nothing.
02:41I'm coming home tomorrow.
02:42I immediately messaged rapidly.
02:45Then, sent a voice note.
02:46So soon?
02:47No need to rush.
02:48I'm fine.
02:49Focus on your duty.
02:50The kingdom needs you.
02:51Don't worry about us.
02:53Kalen didn't reply.
02:55Half an hour later, he walked in.
02:57He looked like he'd raced through a storm to get to me.
03:00He didn't even take off his uniform.
03:02He pressed his hand to my forehead.
03:04Temperature normal?
03:05Breathing normal?
03:07Scent normal?
03:07You're not sick?
03:12I keep telling you, I'm fine.
03:15Then why have you stopped going out?
03:17Your favorite brand drops new pieces every Monday.
03:20You used to come home loaded with bags.
03:23Trying to save you some money.
03:24Whatever you spend, I can earn back.
03:26We didn't marry for me to pinch pennies.
03:28I couldn't tell him that we would be divorced soon enough.
03:31In the silence, Kalen swept me into his arms toward the bedroom.
03:34You always wanted me to wear this uniform while we do something.
03:39Let's do it today.
03:40Just this once.
03:42No!
03:42No!
03:43I scrambled out of his grip.
03:45You must be exhausted from work.
03:47I'd be a beast if I jumped all over you the minute you walked through the door.
03:52You rest.
03:53I'm not that thirsty.
03:54I'll cook for you.
03:56I scurried to the kitchen.
03:57Glancing back, I saw Kalen standing still, his expression lost.
04:01A moment later, he followed me to the kitchen.
04:05An urgent matter arose.
04:06I have to go back.
04:07Go ahead.
04:08I'll return as soon as I'm done.
04:11Don't rush.
04:12Handle your duties.
04:14Since you're cooking yourself, I have to enjoy this meal.
04:17I had an idea.
04:19Shall I make it and bring it over?
04:21You're always running back and forth.
04:23It's too much.
04:25Very well.
04:26Kalen agreed instantly, surprising me.
04:28He'd never liked me at the headquarters before.
04:33I intended it as an excuse, but he accepted.
04:36Was he not feeling well?
04:38As he left, I handed the cooking to the chef.
04:40When the meal was ready, I headed to headquarters.
04:43The building was massive, radiating the same suffocating pressure as Kalen.
04:48Meet me at the old spot.
04:49Send your adjunct to pick this up.
04:51Come inside.
04:52I've authorized your entry.
04:54Isn't that wrong?
04:55This is top secret.
04:57No outsiders allowed in.
04:58It's fine.
04:59No one will dare stop you.
05:01I usually wait at the gate.
05:04Kalen paused.
05:06Just come in.
05:07Perhaps I was mistaken, but his voice sounded softer.
05:11I didn't want to go in.
05:12We were going to divorce.
05:14Why draw attention?
05:15But Kalen's word was law.
05:17I braced myself and walked in.
05:19Every eye in the building turned to me.
05:21The draconic guards were in their element here.
05:24A human in these halls was an anomaly.
05:26Hey, how did you get in?
05:27Are the guards slacking?
05:29I was Kalen's wife.
05:30Upon learning I was Kalen's wife, they peered at me with contempt.
05:33I caught their disdain.
05:35Kalen's marriage was clearly a joke to them.
05:38Outside his office, a commotion echoed from within.
05:40I heard Kalen say,
05:43Fine.
05:43You were supposed to eat with me.
05:45How could you forget again?
05:48It was Isolde, a lovely siren whose R-E-A-L shape is a nightingale.
05:54She was the daughter of Kalen's mentor.
05:56I only learned after the wedding that, if not for the 100% match, she would have been his partner.
06:02They were the perfect match.
06:04Kalen was listening to Isolde's tantrum when his nostrils flared.
06:07You're here.
06:08Kalen strode toward me.
06:09I must clarify, the situation isn't what you think.
06:12My apologies, I'll leave you to it.
06:14I cut him off.
06:15Clarification?
06:16If there was a mistake, it was mine.
06:18The food is plenty, you two can share it, don't waste it.
06:21I'm off.
06:22Kalen, if you're busy, don't worry about coming home tonight.
06:25I won't leave the lights on.
06:26Kalen's brows knit together.
06:28I didn't look back.
06:30Sprinting away.
06:31Outside, I messaged the Covenant.
06:33Who is my true 100% match?
06:35Is it still unclear?
06:37The data is still being restored, but he definitely has one.
06:40Understood.
06:41I think I know who it is.
06:43Fix it faster.
06:44Your efficiency is a disaster.
06:46Can't you work overtime?
06:48Another message arrived.
06:49Ms. Lyra, your data restoration is almost complete.
06:52I will send your 100% matches info immediately.
06:55Fine.
06:57I spent the evening in solitary bullets.
07:00Unexpectedly, Kalen returned.
07:02I hadn't left a light on.
07:03He stood in the dark, his tall silhouette looming.
07:06I rubbed my eyes.
07:07Why?
07:08Why are you back?
07:10This is my home.
07:11Can't I come home?
07:14I didn't mean that.
07:16Lyra, there's nothing between Islok and me.
07:18It was never like that.
07:19She's just a comrade.
07:21Today's her birthday.
07:22She invited me and I thought it was a group dinner.
07:25I lost track of time, so she came looking for me.
07:28It's no big deal.
07:29You stood her up.
07:30Did you apologize properly?
07:32I don't know her, but girls are all the same.
07:34Just sweet-tong her.
07:35She'll get over it.
07:36In the dark, his eyes glowed with a faint, draconic green.
07:40The mark of a dragon locking onto its prey.
07:42He asked suddenly,
07:44Are you like that too?
07:45I don't need cattling.
07:46I'm fine.
07:47Suddenly, Kalen hoisted me up.
07:49He became fierce and aggressive, his uniform still on.
07:52The cold metal button scraped against my skin, making me shiver.
07:56I heard the belt buckle click open.
07:58I mustered a sliver of logic.
08:00Wait, the protection!
08:02What?
08:02A condom.
08:04When did you buy this?
08:05Today.
08:06I couldn't tell him I bought them because he'd tried to be intimate earlier.
08:09Why?
08:10Haven't you always wanted a child?
08:12I've changed my mind.
08:13I'm young.
08:14Let's wait.
08:14I once planned to use a baby to climb higher, all for a lead on getting back home.
08:19But it was a dead end.
08:21My priority now was to sever ties before the truth came out.
08:24I held out the protection.
08:26But Kalen didn't move.
08:29You've been truly weird lately.
08:31Have I?
08:32Yes.
08:32You used to make the first move every time.
08:35But tonight, no matter how I kissed you, you just shut down.
08:37You used to call me my love non-stop, bug me at work, tease me about my muscles.
08:42Now you only use my name.
08:43What's going on with you?
08:44With things laid out this way, I chose the swift path of honesty.
08:49Kalen, I want a divorce.
08:51What?
08:51Kalen stared at me, shocked, frozen solid.
08:54He asked,
08:55Why?
08:56I don't think we're right for each other.
08:58Our status, our backgrounds, they just don't match.
09:01The compatibility bond says we're perfect together.
09:03But compatibility isn't absolute.
09:05It's just data.
09:06And we are real people.
09:08You and I can't just settle for some number.
09:11Settle?
09:11I nodded carefully.
09:13Isn't that all his cold patience was?
09:14So, that's how you see it.
09:18I need some space.
09:19He left for the balcony without another word.
09:22Kalen was miserable.
09:24Perhaps the divorce request was too sudden.
09:26For a high commander, a perfect, stable marriage was part of his prestige.
09:30Suddenly ending it would bring a torrent of political pressure.
09:33When Kalen returned, he asked again,
09:36Are you sure you want a divorce?
09:38Yes.
09:38But no rush.
09:40I'll go along with whatever you arrange.
09:42He was back to being cold and calm.
09:44It'll take some time, true.
09:46My father's birthday dinner is in a few days.
09:48Come with me.
09:49Don't upset him.
09:50We'll talk about everything else after.
09:52That's fine.
09:53I can do that.
09:54I was relieved he didn't seem angry.
09:56But just as I let out a breath, Kalen whispered.
09:58So, everything you said before, was it all a lie?
10:02What?
10:02I didn't hear that.
10:04Nothing.
10:05Go to sleep.
10:06Good night.
10:07He turned and walked out of the bedroom.
10:12The Covenant sent over the data on my real match.
10:15Like me, he was human.
10:17His name was Dorian, a young genius scientist.
10:20He was nearly Kalen's height and build.
10:22In this world of powerful beastmen,
10:25he earned his high status and fortune with his brilliant mind alone.
10:29The file had his contact info, which meant he already knew I existed.
10:34They only leave their details if one side is willing to recognize the other.
10:37But I didn't reach out to Dorian.
10:39I was still Kalen's wife.
10:40I didn't want to make things messy.
10:42Besides, I would eventually return to my own world.
10:45No need to write more tragedy into my story.
10:48On the weekend, Kalen came to pick me up for the banquet.
10:51On the way, he said,
10:52You'll have to put up with some things today.
10:55We have to act like we're deeply in love.
10:58Don't worry.
10:59My eyes will be only for you.
11:01One more thing.
11:02My brother's coming back.
11:03You have a brother?
11:05Why have you never mentioned him?
11:07He's my half-brother.
11:08My mother's son from her first marriage.
11:10He's human.
11:11Human?
11:14Yes.
11:15My mother was human.
11:17Strictly speaking,
11:18I am a half-breed.
11:20In this world, lineage was everything.
11:23Half-breeds were looked down upon even more than humans.
11:26I'd heard rumors,
11:27but hearing him admit it so openly still shocked me.
11:30The pressure he must have felt to get where he was
11:32was unimaginable.
11:34Yet, he didn't seem bothered at all.
11:37We reached the estate.
11:38His father had been a powerful figure,
11:41and the banquet was filled with high society.
11:43I held onto Kalen's arm, ignoring all the stares.
11:46Kalen.
11:47An old friend greeted us.
11:48Is this your 100% match?
11:50What does a perfect bond feel like?
11:53Tell us.
11:5470% is already rare enough.
11:57Right.
11:57I'd rather not say.
11:58I'd hate to make you jealous.
12:00You're such a tease.
12:02But honestly, we're all envious.
12:04They say real soulmates feel something physical
12:07the second they meet.
12:09Yeah.
12:10A sudden spark, a racing heart.
12:12Is that what it's like?
12:12It was the first time I'd heard that.
12:15I thought back to the first time I met Kalen.
12:17None of that had happened.
12:18If he hadn't felt it either,
12:20wouldn't he have figured out the data was wrong?
12:22I looked up at him, but his face was totally calm.
12:25It's more than that.
12:27He said steadily.
12:28It's an overwhelming urge to possess the other, or be possessed.
12:34His friend sighed at his unusual display of affection, unaware that I was breaking out in a cold sweat.
12:41Why was he looking at me?
12:43Did he suspect the data was wrong?
12:45Was he planning to burn down the covenant?
12:47I hoped if he did, he'd spare me.
12:49The banquet began.
12:51I have called you here for an urgent announcement.
12:54My wife passed away long ago.
12:56Before she married me, she had a son.
12:58After she passed away, her eldest son stayed with his grandmother.
13:00He came to live with us after my mother-in-law died.
13:03All these years later, we've grown as close as real father and son.
13:06Today, I officially declare him a true member of the family of Ashworth.
13:10The room fell silent.
13:11His father's history was legend.
13:14A powerful black dragon lord who had defied his kin to marry a human widow.
13:19Does this not bother you?
13:21Bother me?
13:22He's human, yet he's to be your brother.
13:26My mother was human.
13:28You are human.
13:29His candor surprised me.
13:31Come, Dorian.
13:32Come meet everyone.
13:33At the sound of his name, my mind went blank.
13:36The air seemed to shift.
13:38I looked up and saw him.
13:41Dorian.
13:41My true 100% match.
13:46Dorian's gaze cut through the crowd, locking straight onto me.
13:49In that split second, my heart seized.
13:52Every cell in me screaming to merge with him.
13:54But it was only a flicker.
13:56I was human.
13:56And humans had the will to master their base instincts.
13:59Dorian's eyes fell on my arms, still entwined with Kalen's.
14:02His face unreadable.
14:03He had control over himself as well.
14:05The patriarch guided Dorian through the crowd until they reached us.
14:09Dorian greeted Kalen first.
14:10Three years, brother.
14:12You've grown.
14:12Are you almost 1.9 meters now?
14:14Nearly.
14:151.89.
14:16You locked yourself away for three years for your research and didn't even come home.
14:20But I am back now.
14:21This is Lyra, my wife.
14:23I invited you to the wedding, but you were too busy.
14:27My bad.
14:28I'll make it up to you with three drinks.
14:30Fair enough.
14:31Juana, I'll drink with you to today.
14:33Lyra, you don't mind?
14:35Go ahead.
14:35Don't worry about me.
14:38After a few rounds of wine, Dorian's faint, ethereal scent seemed to seep into my bones.
14:45I excused myself to the terrace for air.
14:47The cool breeze cleared my head.
14:50Moments later, footsteps approached.
14:53Lyra, may I call you that?
14:56I was always curious why my soulmate never contacted me.
14:59Seeing you now, I understand.
15:03The Covenant messed up the data.
15:05I thought I was a perfect match with Kalen.
15:08I see.
15:09It isn't the first time they've made a mistake.
15:12But Kalen doesn't know, does he?
15:14We should keep it between us.
15:16He doesn't?
15:18Hmm?
15:19I had to admit, back in my original world, Dorian would have been my ideal type.
15:25Tall, lean, handsome, and brilliant.
15:28He checked every box.
15:31The Covenant is panicking over how to break it to him.
15:36How incompetent.
15:37Sounds like they've never been crushed by the grind of a real career.
15:41Exactly.
15:42If I were their boss, I'd make them work nine-six tredzels.
15:45At their efficiency, even zeroing seven wouldn't save them.
15:50Wait!
15:53You know that too?
15:54How could you?
15:57I thought you grew up here.
16:01Maybe I didn't even get here as early as you did.
16:04When did you come here?
16:05Five years ago.
16:06You?
16:08A while before that.
16:10Dorian's polished facade cracked, his posture relaxing.
16:15How have you been holding up in this draconic hellhole?
16:17It's insane!
16:19I want to go home!
16:20Soon.
16:21What?
16:23The human world and the beastman world exist in separate spatial dimensions.
16:27My father brought me here.
16:29I've been doing this research to find a way to travel between the two realms.
16:33The results are promising.
16:35We should be able to return shortly.
16:37My God!
16:38Are you a saint?
16:40Just a little bit of science.
16:43It's all in the math.
16:44Dorian flashed a hand gesture from our original world.
16:47A surge of camaraderie filled the space between us.
16:51Back home, I was the youngest researcher published in the journals.
16:55It was you!
16:56I saw your headlines!
16:58It's themed from police and out of journals.
17:00I remembered a brilliant young prodigy whose face was plastered everywhere.
17:05I'm so happy to be here with you.
17:11We didn't notice the shadow falling over us from behind.
17:15Lyra, there you are.
17:18Kaelin stepped out of the darkness.
17:22Kaelin's demeanor had shifted from gentle to icy.
17:25His eyes were the golden slitted pupils of a black dragon.
17:29He fixed on Dorian with predatory intent.
17:31Dorian didn't flinch.
17:32Lyra and I were just reminiscing.
17:35Father is still waiting for you.
17:39Indeed.
17:40By the way, Lyra, feel free to visit my lab whenever you like.
17:44Get him away from you.
17:46Kaelin pulled me against him.
17:48His hand gripped where Dorian had just brushed.
17:50What were you talking about?
17:52You seemed quite happy.
17:54His voice was calm, but the air around them crackled with tension.
17:58Just some lab work.
17:59Are you going to his laboratory?
18:04I...
18:04Perhaps.
18:05I gritted my teeth, forcing myself to remain calm.
18:09It was the first time I truly felt the sheer terrifying power of the dragon.
18:14He was human-shaped.
18:16Yet, I could almost feel his invisible claws grazing my skin, marking me as his property.
18:24His possessiveness had erupted.
18:26I knew it was not love.
18:27It was the primal territoriality of the black dragon.
18:32Visiting Dorian's laboratory was non-negotiable.
18:35I needed to see that machine.
18:36My only ticket back to my own world.
18:39The moment Kaelin left for his duties the next morning, I slipped out.
18:43Dorian walked me through his research.
18:45His words igniting a flicker of hope in my chest.
18:48Time vanished in that sterile, alchemical space.
18:52It wasn't until dusk.
18:53I realized my phone was flooded with Kaelin's missed calls and messages.
18:57Kaelin's looking for you?
18:58Yes.
18:59You said he wasn't exactly warm.
19:01What changed?
19:04Who knows?
19:06Probably the possessiveness of a dragon in his prime.
19:13We stepped out together.
19:15We ran into Kaelin the second we reached the ground floor.
19:18He'd been waiting there for hours, his eyes bloodshot.
19:22My scout said you were here.
19:24I didn't want to believe it, but it's true.
19:27I'm sorry.
19:28I didn't check my phone.
19:32He reached out to me.
19:34Enough.
19:35Can we go home?
19:38I followed him silently.
19:41Liva, I can't escort you home today.
19:43What a pity.
19:45Come back tomorrow.
19:45I have more to show you.
19:47She won't be coming back.
19:51That remains to be seen.
19:53Kaelin, you once invited me to your estate.
19:56I'd love to see where you and Lyra live.
19:58It's not convenient.
20:00My apologies, I didn't realize.
20:02I suppose I don't have a home to visit anymore, do I?
20:04My parents are gone.
20:06Lyra, babe.
20:07Is he always this stifling?
20:09Is that name yours to use?
20:10Just a joke, Kaelin.
20:12With such a possessive grip, what will you do if she's stolen away?
20:15That will never happen.
20:17I love Lyra, and she loves me.
20:20I envy you.
20:21Though the Covenant told me I also have a 100% soul match.
20:24Dorian, I would not hesitate to kill you right here.
20:27The situation was spiraling out of control.
20:30I finally snapped back to my senses and tugged at Kaelin's sleeve.
20:35Let's go home.
20:39We finally dragged Kaelin away.
20:42In the car, he muttered,
20:44Lyra, you shouldn't have met him behind my back.
20:47Why?
20:47You are my wife, yet you spent an entire day alone in a confined space with another male.
20:53The very air in the car shifted.
20:56I could feel his emotional collapse.
20:58He was bordering on insanity, trying to suppress the image of us together.
21:03We're getting a divorce, aren't we?
21:05We agreed to discuss it after the banquet.
21:08You really want to leave?
21:11Because of him?
21:14Not because of him.
21:16But I have my reasons.
21:18I had only wanted a divorce because of the data error.
21:21Now, I wanted to go home.
21:23If he didn't love me, I should free him before I vanished.
21:28Kaelin fell silent.
21:30I thought he was already drawing up the divorce papers.
21:33But the moment we got home, he pushed me into the bathroom.
21:36What are you doing?
21:37A bath.
21:38You're covered of his scent.
21:40It has to be washed off.
21:41These clothes are going too.
21:43I can do it myself.
21:44No.
21:45I can't trust anyone but myself.
21:49Kaelin scrubbed me with obsessive force.
21:51The shower soaking his dress shirt.
21:54He was losing control.
21:56His pupils were fully draconic.
21:58He'd entered his mating rut early.
22:00When we finished, he tossed a set of clothes at me.
22:03It was the exact set I'd planned to wear to seduce him the day the data changed.
22:08He forced me into them without a word.
22:10I had underestimated the terrifying power of a dragon in rut.
22:15The delicate fabric shredded in seconds under his touch.
22:19Go change.
22:20You're soaked.
22:24Kaelin left, only to return in his crisp, forbidden military uniform.
22:29He wore it like a second skin, his expression blank, as he dragged me back into the abyss.
22:36You're hiding something from me.
22:41I can feel it.
22:43I never knew a dragon's tears could burn like lava.
22:46You were so happy talking to him.
22:48Will you be with him after the divorce?
22:50Or another man?
22:51Can we not get divorced?
22:55The night ended with me passing out.
22:58The night ended in my unconsciousness.
23:00The night ended in my unconsciousness.
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