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The Covenant Of Betrayal
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00:00she stood at the covenant altar wearing the exact same gown moon silk silver white lily she's just
00:05a friend jack always said the vixen her three red tails swaying behind her each tip blushing pink
00:10the sign of a fox in heat or in triumph she stood beside jack greeting guests together my hand traced
00:15my moon silk gown traditional bridal robe of the lichen people for the man i had loved eight years
00:19ready nervous a scent drifted from the great hall something sweet clowing and wrong fox i knew that
00:28scent a female young her paramones too strong for a guest she shouldn't be here i'm going to look
00:33rose rose everyone is here the five kingdoms you can't i know i'm just looking i pushed through
00:41the curtain and saw her lily jack wore his half form too golden lion's mane shining under the crystal
00:46lights a hybrid always ashamed of it but today he looked like a prince they looked good together
00:51behind me my mother sucked in a breath the hall went quiet ears turned towards me tails stopped
00:56swaying all eyes on me i breathed in wolves don't show fear my father's first lesson i walk into the
01:02hall my moon silk gown dragging across the stone floor my ears straight jack saw me his face changed
01:09muscles tightening under his mane he opened his mouth lily got there first rose what a beautiful gown
01:17oh what a coincidence ours match she looped her arm through jack's leaned her head on his shoulder
01:23jack didn't push her away i looked at him he looked at me amber eyes guilty
01:30flustered but not surprised he knew she would come he knew she would wear this maybe he planned it
01:35i smiled you do look perfect together loud enough for every beast in the hall to hear a fine pair
01:44lily's smile froze her tail stopped three tips trembling the tell of a fox caught in a lie
01:50then her eyes welled up rose how could you jack and i are just just
01:55she ran gown tangling under her feet jack's face burned red his mane flared tiger stripes rising under
02:03his skin rose how could you say that lily came to wish us well his voice boomed jack
02:09today is our vow ceremony he stopped five kingdoms are watching your father mine do you really want to
02:17fight me here over a friend his mane flattened he looked at me then at the silent guests his throat
02:23bobbed but he didn't apologize he turned and ran after lily left me standing at the altar in my moon
02:28silk gown alone one by one the crystal lights went dark guests rose and left some gave me pitying looks
02:35some smirked i stood still my mother came to me said nothing just draped a blanket over my shoulders
02:40it smelled like her cedar frost and a trace of old blood war wounds rose mother i want to be
02:48alone
02:48i stared at the altar she left the hall was empty i looked up at the soul bond contract hanging
02:54above the
02:55altar our names carved into a crystal after the vow ceremony the crystal would split in two each of us
03:00would hold
03:01half now it just hung there a joke i reached up and took it down the crystal was cold against
03:06my palm
03:07i remembered eight years ago the lake moonlight lake jack's first confession he was a hybrid i was
03:13the duke's daughter our union could have healed old wounds between lions and wolves i thought it was fate
03:19now i knew better it was just me i got the news on the way home jack took lily to
03:25moonlight lake after
03:26the reception moonlight lake our sacred ground where the wolf moon goddess bathed they said
03:32where the waters healed all wounds i was supposed to go there with jack for our mating moon he went
03:38with another woman griffin driven carriage clattering over golden city's stone streets i set down my
03:43communication crystal didn't reply told the driver to turn to the temple of life head to the temple of
03:50life the temple sat in the eastern quarter run by deer druids incense always burning an old doe received
03:58me her antlers gray but her eyes clear your certain child yes she sighed took a purple vial from the
04:07shelf a runestone root severant runen drink the potion press the stone to your belly three days and the
04:15child's scent will fade i took the vial cold my hand didn't shake how long the rune works fast but
04:22recovery takes time you'll need someone to tend you the doe's voice was soft i drank bitter then i
04:28opened my gown and pressed the stone to my skin cold spread from my belly through my whole body like
04:34something being ripped out by the roots three days later the cub's scent was gone jack would notice his
04:40kind didn't have lichen noses but a father knows when his own blood goes missing but what did it
04:47matter he didn't care anymore neither would i pale moonlight bled through the fur curtains frost wolf
04:54decorations from the ceremony still hung on the walls they look like bad omens now i dragged myself
04:59to the bed collapsed onto the fur mattress lily's phantom image was the first thing i saw lucky to have
05:05you meant to be the image showed jack holding her close at moonlight lake moonlight silver on the
05:12water their lips about to meet matching rings on their fingers once i would have stormed over to
05:18demand answers now i just turned off the crystal and rolled over no tears just tired the next days
05:26brought no word from jack but lily's phantom images showed me everything kisses selfies market walks around
05:32moonlight lake every image had a location marker everyone had a sweet caption i didn't react i
05:37contacted a mage started preparing to sever the soul bond his name was gray claw avis my classmate from
05:43the academy his beast form was a gray feathered eagle in human form he still had those sharp raptor
05:48eyes he asked when he flew to my house
05:53you're sure yes he didn't argue just pulled a roll of cured hide from his satchel
06:03soul bond severation contract he said spreading it on the table under the codex of beasts severing a
06:10bond requires both parties to tear the contract before the council of elders the guilty party pays cub feed
06:15all costs from the pregnancy and recovery what else if a third party interfered in the marriage
06:20the innocent party can reclaim all property the guilty party spent on the third during the marriage
06:25gray claw's eagle eyes fixed on me jack bought lily an emerald bracelet worth a million crystals
06:31did you know i blinked then laughed i do now write it in two weeks later i was reviewing gray
06:39claw's
06:39draft at home when the front door opened jack walked in lily on his arm he'd gotten tan
06:45his mane had grown golden hair bright in the sun lily's three red tails wagging behind her
06:50our eyes met jack dropped her hand uncomfortable his mane flared then flattened tiger stripes flickering
06:56his nervous tell dry-throated lily had never seen the snow fields i took her to see them i said
07:02nothing
07:02you're carrying our cub the mage said you should rest his voice trailed off i looked back down at my
07:08papers nodded good you he stopped watched me not looking at him his mane flared again you
07:20what's your problem i told you lily just wanted to see the snow we can take our mating moon anytime
07:26why are you making a scene and i've told you a hundred times lily and i are just just siblings
07:31i know
07:32my face was blank wolf eyes flat his face went stiff mane flattening stripes fading he opened his
07:38mouth nothing came out lily stepped forward grabbed jack's wrist her tails low ears pinned back rose
07:45please don't be angry please don't fight with jack because of me lily's voice soft as cotton he didn't
07:52take you this time but he brought you a present jack give your wife her present she smiled at jack
08:00jack
08:00fumbled in his pocket pulled out a small box pushed it at me i got this just for you open
08:07it i glanced
08:08inside simple earrings flower shaped tiny crystals around the edges pretty enough but compared to the
08:17emerald bracelet on lily's wrist worth a million crystals it looked like market stall trash i pushed
08:25the box back no need i don't accept scraps the air turned cold jack's face went dark mane exploding
08:35stripes rising rose what does that mean i looked at the bracelet on lily's wrist moonlight lake yade green
08:45as new leaves worth a fortune then i met jack's eyes what i said you give her emeralds
08:53you give me scraps you think that's all i'm worth jack's mane frozen his eyes flickered lily jumped in
09:04voice breaking rose don't be angry jack only gave me the bracelet because i loved it so much
09:09if it bothers you i can give it back she said this made no move to take off the bracelet
09:16jack pulled lily close glared at me lily don't listen to her the bracelet is yours she's always
09:25been like this small-hearted jealous i looked at them said nothing turned back to my crystal gray
09:33claw had sent a message first draft ready also compiled list of jack's gifts to lily during the
09:39marriage total 3.72 million crystals i replied good jack saw me ignoring him got angrier he stormed out
09:50with lily slamming the door so hard he cracked two rooms i knew what he was waiting for he wanted
10:00me to
10:00run after him apologize like i always did this time i didn't even look up on the eighth day gray
10:10claw flew
10:11to golden city himself put the final soul bond severation contract in my hands sign he said i'll
10:18handle the rest i picked up the quill dipped it in ink i signed my name rose frostclaw daughter of
10:24the
10:25lichen duke 72nd generation of snowfield wolves then pressed my paw print beside it silver gray the
10:31print glowed faintly on the hide scent rising cedar frost and something bitter my mark from this day
10:37jack had no part of me but the day before my follow-up exam jack sat in my living room
10:41nervous his mane
10:43flaring and flattening jack tomorrow you'll come with me of course i smiled then i sent lily a message
10:56a message out to you maybe you're not as important to jack as you think he promised to take me
11:00to the
11:00temple tomorrow he says everything between you was just pretend lily was quiet for a long time
11:07finally just wait i set down the crystal smiled fox pride is more fragile than their tails
11:17i knew she wouldn't let me down the next morning jack was gone his pillow was still
11:24warm when i woke he'd left recently the sheets smelled like scorch his lying smell my crystal lit up
11:37lily's phantom image jack and her kissing the caption
11:45true love doesn't check the calendar i set down the crystal picked up the soul bond severment contract
11:52walked out gray claw waited outside covenant hall he came no but the council is inside then let's begin
12:00the fifteen elders sat in their places three from each kingdom their eyes followed me my grandmother
12:06sat among the wolf elders she nodded once i nodded back rose frost claw wolf the high elder spoke you
12:14petitioned to sever the soul bond with jack golden mane is this true yes evidence gray claw stepped
12:21forward laid out the rolls phantom images crystal messages gift records the elders read the defendant
12:28defendant not present wait jack burst through the doors mane a mess shirt untupped he stopped in the
12:35center of the hall breathing hard amber eyes locked on me rose you his voice shook you planned this i
12:42said
12:42nothing yesterday you asked me to come with you you knew i'd go to lily you set me up defendant
12:49do you admit to improper relations with lily the fox jack opened his mouth closed it she's just
12:57a friend he finally said murmurs a friend
13:04the bear elder laughed you kiss your friend jack's mane flattened i made a mistake enough the high elder
13:12struck his staff this council finds in favor of the petitioner the soul bond is severed
13:17jack golden mane shall pay cub feed and damages totaling 5.3 million crystals rose frost glow do you
13:23accept yes jack golden mane do you accept jack stood in the center of the hall shaking his eyes were
13:30red mane flat stripes gone i i don't accept louder now rose you're carrying my cub how could you gone
13:39he
13:40froze what the cub i looked at him calm two weeks ago at the temple of life i did the
13:51root severment
13:53the whole gasp jack's face lost all color turning deathly pale like ash his lips trembled you what
14:01his voice came from somewhere hollow and deep the cub is gone the day you took lily to moonlight lake
14:09jack jack jack's legs gave out he fell to his knees
14:14how could you
14:18how could you
14:19how could you
14:38i knelt there shaking completely broken and defeated the elders exchanged looks judgment stands
14:45the soul bond is severed this council is dismissed one by one the elders rose
14:51the wolf elders each touched my shoulder as they passed my grandmother said nothing just pressed a warm
14:58crystal into my palm the blessing of wolves i closed my fingers around it
15:03walked out of the hall behind me jack still knelt on the floor not moving i didn't look back
15:11after the bond was severed i went home to the snow fields
15:14wolf territory sits between frozen mountains winter all year i like the cold cold that went to the
15:23bone kept you awake my mother made me recovery food every day bone broth fish stew wild greens
15:31different every time my father didn't talk just left fresh kills at the door and walked away
15:38it took me a long time to heal root severment is hard on the body the deer druid said three
15:43months
15:43at least i didn't follow jack's news but gray claw told me anyway jack's not well he sat across from
15:49me in the longhouse his sharp eyes watching intently
15:54he's been in the taverns every night drinking until he can't stand a few times he shouted your
16:00name in public the lion council warned him lily she tries to see him but golden mane jack's father
16:08forbade it said if she comes near jack again he'll have her whole family run out of golden city she
16:14won't give up no gray claw shook his head she's been talking to your new patron one more thing i
16:18nodded
16:19gray claw pulled a scroll from his satchel the frost wolf trading house all of jack's shares have
16:23been transferred to you he signed didn't fight didn't fight no gray claw paused he was drunk
16:31after he signed he cried said he wanted to see you i was quiet for a moment no i said
16:39gray claw put
16:40away the scroll stood i'll be going then send word if you need me he spread his gray wings shot
16:47out of
16:47the longhouse into the sky i watched him disappear into the clouds then looked down at the roll in my
16:53hands frost wolf trading house jack and i started it together after we left the academy a market stall
17:00at first selling snowfield goods hides herbs crystals then it grew became one of the biggest trading houses
17:08in the five kingdoms bards used to sing about us the hybrid son and the duke's daughter against all odds
17:15building an empire together pretty story
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