A blood oath broken is a war begun. In "The Covenant of Betrayal," two powerful families have maintained a fragile peace through a secret sacred covenant for generations. But when the heir of the dominant house orchestrates a brutal takeover on the night of his own wedding, the ancient alliance is shattered in blood. The survivor? A bride who was supposed to be a pawn, but who carries a secret power that predates the covenant itself. Now, she’s hunting the man she once swore to love, proving that some promises are meant to be written in the blood of those who break them.
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00:02She stood at the covenant altar wearing the exact same gown, moon silk, silver white, lily.
00:08She's just a friend, Jack always said, the vixen.
00:10Her three red tails swaying behind her, each tip blushing pink, the sign of a fox in heat, or in
00:15triumph.
00:15She stood beside Jack, greeting guests together.
00:17My hand traced my moon silk gown, traditional bridal robe of the Lycan people, for the man I had loved
00:22eight years.
00:22Ready?
00:24Nervous.
00:25A scent drifted from the great hall, something sweet, clowing, and wrong.
00:30Fox, I knew that scent.
00:31A female, young, her paramount's too strong for a guest.
00:35She shouldn't be here.
00:36I'm going to look.
00:37Rose!
00:38Rose!
00:39Everyone is here.
00:40The five kingdoms, you can't...
00:42I know, I'm just looking.
00:44I pushed through the curtain and saw her, Lily.
00:47Jack wore his half-form too, golden lion's mane shining under the crystal lights.
00:50A hybrid, always ashamed of it, but today he looked like a prince.
00:54They looked good together, behind me.
00:55My mother sucked in a breath.
00:57The hall went quiet, ears turned towards me.
00:59Tails stopped swaying, all eyes on me.
01:02I breathed in.
01:02Wolves don't show fear.
01:04My father's first lesson.
01:05I walk into the hall, my moon silk gown dragging across the stone floor.
01:10My ears straight.
01:11Jack saw me.
01:12His face changed, muscles tightening under his mane.
01:15He opened his mouth.
01:16Lily got there first.
01:19Rose!
01:19What a beautiful gown!
01:22Oh, what a coincidence!
01:24Ours match!
01:24She looped her arm through Jack's, leaned her head on his shoulder.
01:28Jack didn't push her away.
01:30I looked at him.
01:30He looked at me.
01:31Amber eyes.
01:32Guilty.
01:34Flustered.
01:35But not surprised.
01:36He knew she would come.
01:37He knew she would wear this.
01:39Maybe he planned it.
01:40I smiled.
01:41You do look perfect together.
01:43Loud enough for every beast in the hall to hear.
01:45A fine pair.
01:48Lily's smile froze.
01:50Her tail stopped.
01:51Three tips trembling.
01:53The tell of a fox caught in a lie.
01:55Then her eyes welled up.
01:57Rose!
01:57How could you?
01:58Jack and I are just...
01:59Just...
02:00She ran.
02:01Gown tangling under her feet.
02:03Jack's face burned red.
02:05His mane flared.
02:07Tiger stripes rising under his skin.
02:09Rose!
02:10How could you say that?
02:11Lily came to wish us well!
02:12His voice boomed.
02:14Jack.
02:15Today is our vow ceremony.
02:17He stopped.
02:18Five kingdoms are watching.
02:20Your father.
02:20Mine.
02:21Do you really want to fight me here?
02:23Over a friend?
02:24His mane flattened.
02:25He looked at me.
02:26Then at the silent guests.
02:28His throat bobbed.
02:29But he didn't apologize.
02:30He turned and ran after Lily.
02:32Left me standing at the altar in my moon silk gown.
02:34Alone.
02:35One by one, the crystal lights went dark.
02:37Guests rose and left.
02:39Some gave me pitying looks.
02:40Some smirked.
02:41I stood still.
02:42My mother came to me.
02:43Said nothing.
02:44Just draped a blanket over my shoulders.
02:46It smelled like her.
02:48Cedar.
02:48Frost.
02:49And a trace of old blood.
02:50War wounds.
02:51Rose.
02:52Mother.
02:53I want to be alone.
02:54I stared at the altar.
02:56She left.
02:57The hall was empty.
02:58I looked up at the soul bond contract hanging above the altar.
03:01Our names carved into a crystal.
03:03After the vow ceremony, the crystal would split in two.
03:05Each of us would hold half.
03:07Now it just hung there.
03:08A joke.
03:09I reached up and took it down.
03:11The crystal was cold against my palm.
03:12I remembered eight years ago.
03:14The lake.
03:15Moonlight Lake.
03:16Jack's first confession.
03:18He was a hybrid.
03:19I was the duke's daughter.
03:20Our union could have healed old wounds between lions and wolves.
03:24I thought it was fate.
03:25Now I knew better.
03:26It was just me.
03:27I got the news on the way home.
03:30Jack took Lily to Moonlight Lake after the reception.
03:33Moonlight Lake.
03:34Our sacred ground.
03:36Where the wolf moon goddess bathed, they said.
03:38Where the waters healed all wounds.
03:40I was supposed to go there with Jack.
03:42For our mating moon.
03:43He went with another woman.
03:45Griffin-driven carriage clattering over Golden City's stone streets.
03:49I set down my communication crystal.
03:51Didn't reply.
03:52Told the driver to turn.
03:54To the temple of life.
03:55Head to the temple of life.
03:56The temple sat in the eastern quarter.
03:59Run by deer druids.
04:01Incense always burning.
04:03An old doe received me.
04:05Her antlers gray, but her eyes clear.
04:08Your certain, child?
04:10Yes.
04:11She sighed.
04:12Took a purple vial from the shelf.
04:14A rune stone.
04:15Root severant runen.
04:17Drink the potion.
04:18Press the stone to your belly.
04:20Three days, and the child's scent will fade.
04:23I took the vial.
04:24Cold.
04:25My hand didn't shake.
04:26How long?
04:27The rune works fast.
04:28But recovery takes time.
04:30You'll need someone to tend you.
04:31The doe's voice was soft.
04:33I drank.
04:34Bitter.
04:35Then I opened my gown and pressed the stone to my skin.
04:38Cold spread from my belly through my whole body.
04:41Like something being ripped out by the roots.
04:43Three days later, the cub's scent was gone.
04:46Jack would notice.
04:47His kind didn't have lichen noses.
04:49But a father knows when his own blood goes missing.
04:53But what did it matter?
04:55He didn't care anymore.
04:58Neither would I.
04:59Pale moonlight bled through the fur curtains.
05:01Frost wolf decorations from the ceremony still hung on the walls.
05:04They look like bad omens now.
05:05I dragged myself to the bed.
05:07Collapsed onto the fur mattress.
05:09Lily's phantom image was the first thing I saw.
05:12Lucky to have you.
05:13Meant to be.
05:14The image showed Jack holding her close at Moonlight Lake.
05:18Moonlight silver on the water.
05:20Their lips about to meet.
05:22Matching rings on their fingers.
05:24Once, I would have stormed over to demand answers.
05:27Now I just turned off the crystal and rolled over.
05:30No tears.
05:32Just tired.
05:33The next days brought no word from Jack.
05:35But Lily's phantom images showed me everything.
05:37Kisses.
05:38Selfies.
05:38Market walks around Moonlight Lake.
05:40Every image had a location marker.
05:42Everyone had a sweet caption.
05:44I didn't react.
05:45I contacted a mage.
05:46Started preparing to sever the soul bond.
05:48His name was Greyclaw.
05:49Avis.
05:50My classmate from the academy.
05:51His beast form was a grey feathered eagle.
05:53In human form, he still had those sharp raptor eyes.
05:56He asked when he flew to my house.
06:01You're sure?
06:03Yes.
06:04He didn't argue.
06:07Just pulled a roll of cured hide from his satchel.
06:12Soul bond severation contract.
06:14He said, spreading it on the table.
06:16Under the Codex of Beasts.
06:17Severing a bond requires both parties to tear the contract before the Council of Elders.
06:22The guilty party pays cub feed.
06:24All costs from the pregnancy and recovery.
06:26What else?
06:27If 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.
06:35Greyclaw's eagle eyes fixed on me.
06:37Jack bought Lily an emerald bracelet worth a million crystals.
06:40Did you know?
06:41I blinked.
06:42Then laughed.
06:43I do now.
06:44Write it in.
06:45Two weeks later, I was reviewing Greyclaw's draft at home.
06:49When the front door opened, Jack walked in.
06:52Lily on his arm.
06:53He'd gotten tan.
06:54His mane had grown.
06:55Golden hair bright in the sun.
06:56Lily's three red tails wagging behind her.
06:59Our eyes met.
07:00Jack dropped her hand.
07:01Uncomfortable.
07:02His mane flared.
07:03Then flattened.
07:04Tiger stripes flickering.
07:05His nervous tail.
07:06Dry-throated.
07:07Lily had never seen the snowfields.
07:09I took her to see them.
07:10I said nothing.
07:12You're carrying our cub.
07:13The mage said you should rest.
07:15His voice trailed off.
07:17I looked back down at my papers.
07:18Nodded.
07:19Good.
07:20You-
07:20He stopped.
07:21Watched me not looking at him.
07:23His mane flared again.
07:26You-
07:29What's your problem?
07:30I told you.
07:31Lily just wanted to see the snow.
07:33We can take our mating moon anytime.
07:35Why are you making a scene?
07:37And I've told you a hundred times.
07:39Lily and I are just-
07:40Just siblings.
07:41I know.
07:42My face was blank.
07:43Wolf eyes flat.
07:44His face went stiff.
07:45Mane flattening.
07:46Stripes fading.
07:47He opened his mouth.
07:49Nothing came out.
07:49Lily stepped forward.
07:51Grabbed Jack's wrist.
07:52Her tails low.
07:53Ears pinned back.
07:54Rose, please don't be angry.
07:57Please don't fight with Jack because of me.
07:59Lily's voice soft as cotton.
08:01He didn't take you this time.
08:03But he brought you a present.
08:06Jack, give your wife her present.
08:09She smiled at Jack.
08:10Jack fumbled in his pocket.
08:12Pulled out a small box.
08:14Pushed it at me.
08:15I got this just for you.
08:16Open it.
08:17I glanced inside.
08:20I glanced inside.
08:21Simple earrings.
08:22Flower shaped.
08:23Tiny crystals around the edges.
08:25Pretty enough.
08:26But compared to the emerald bracelet on Lily's wrist, worth a million crystals, it looked like market stall trash.
08:34I pushed the box back.
08:36I pushed the box back.
08:36No need.
08:37I don't accept scraps.
08:39The air turned cold.
08:42Jack's face went dark.
08:44Mane exploding.
08:46Stripes rising.
08:48Rose, what does that mean?
08:51I looked at the bracelet on Lily's wrist.
08:53Moonlight lake yade.
08:55Green as new leaves.
08:57Worth a fortune.
08:58Then, I met Jack's eyes.
09:01What I said.
09:02You give her emeralds.
09:04You give me scraps.
09:05You think that's all I'm worth?
09:09Jack's mane frozen.
09:12His eyes flickered.
09:14Lily jumped in, voice breaking.
09:16Rose, don't be angry.
09:17Jack only gave me the bracelet because I loved it so much.
09:21If it bothers you, I can give it back.
09:24She said this, made no move to take off the bracelet.
09:27Jack pulled Lily close, glared at me.
09:31Lily, don't listen to her.
09:33The bracelet is yours.
09:35She's always been like this.
09:37Small-hearted.
09:39Jealous.
09:39I looked at them.
09:41Said nothing.
09:42Turned back to my crystal.
09:43Greyclaw had sent a message.
09:45First draft ready.
09:47Also, compiled list of Jack's gifts to Lily during the marriage.
09:51Total, 3.72 million crystals.
09:54I replied, good.
09:56Jack saw me ignoring him.
09:58Got angrier.
10:00He stormed out with Lily.
10:02Slamming the door so hard he cracked two rooms.
10:08I knew what he was waiting for.
10:11He wanted me to run after him.
10:13Apologize.
10:14Like I always did.
10:16This time, I didn't even look up.
10:20On the eighth day, Greyclaw flew to Golden City himself.
10:24Put the final soul bond severation contract in my hands.
10:28Sign.
10:28Sign.
10:29He said.
10:29I'll handle the rest.
10:30I picked up the quill.
10:32Dipped it in ink.
10:33I signed my name.
10:35Rose Frostclaw.
10:36Daughter of the Lycan Duke.
10:3772nd generation of Snowfield Wolves.
10:40Then pressed my paw print beside it.
10:42Silver gray.
10:43The print glowed faintly on the hide.
10:45Scent rising.
10:46Cedar.
10:46Frost.
10:46And something bitter.
10:47My mark.
10:48From this day, Jack had no part of me.
10:50But the day before my follow-up exam, Jack sat in my living room.
10:54Nervous.
10:54His mane flaring and flattening.
10:57Jack, tomorrow.
10:58You'll come with me?
11:00Of course.
11:02I smiled.
11:04Then 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.
11:14He says everything between you was just pretend.
11:17Lily was quiet for a long time.
11:19Finally.
11:20Just wait.
11:22I set down the crystal.
11:25Smiled.
11:26Fox pride is more fragile than their tails.
11:30I knew she wouldn't let me down.
11:33The next morning, Jack was gone.
11:36His pillow was still warm when I woke.
11:38He'd left recently.
11:42The sheets smelled like scorch.
11:45His lying smell.
11:47My crystal lit up.
11:50Lily's phantom image.
11:52Jack and her kissing.
11:54The caption?
11:58True love doesn't check the calendar.
12:01I set down the crystal.
12:02Picked up the soul bond severment contract.
12:04Walked out.
12:05Greyclaw waited outside Covenant Hall.
12:08He came?
12:09No.
12:10But the council is inside.
12:11Then let's begin.
12:13The fifteen elders sat in their places.
12:16Three from each kingdom.
12:17Their eyes followed me.
12:19My grandmother sat among the wolf elders.
12:21She nodded once.
12:22I nodded back.
12:24Rose Frostclaw.
12:25Wolf.
12:26The high elder spoke.
12:27You petitioned to sever the soul bond with Jack Golden Mane.
12:31Is this true?
12:32Yes.
12:33Evidence?
12:33Greyclaw stepped forward.
12:35Laid out the rolls.
12:36Phantom images.
12:37Crystal messages.
12:39Gift records.
12:40The elders read.
12:41The defendant?
12:42Defendant not present.
12:43Wait!
12:44Jack burst through the doors.
12:46Mane a mess.
12:47Shirt untucked.
12:48He stopped in the center of the hall.
12:49Breathing hard.
12:50Amber eyes locked on me.
12:52Rose.
12:53You...
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!
13:02Defendant.
13:02Do you admit to improper relations with 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?
13:16Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
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.
13:28This council finds in favor of the petitioner.
13:30The soul bond is severed.
13:31Jack golden mane shall pay cub feed and damages totaling 5.3 million crystals.
13:35Rose Frostclaw, do you accept?
13:38Yes.
13:38Jack golden mane?
13:39Do you accept?
13:40Jack stood in the center of the hall.
13:42Shaking.
13:43His eyes were red.
13:45Mane flat.
13:46Stripes gone.
13:47I don't accept.
13:48Louder now.
13:49Rose!
13:51You're carrying my cub!
13:53How could you-
13:54Gone.
13:54He froze.
13:57What?
13:58The cub.
13:59I looked at him.
14:00Calm.
14:01Two weeks ago.
14:03At the Temple of Life.
14:05I did the root severment.
14:08The whole gasp.
14:09Jack's face lost all color.
14:11Turning deathly pale like ash.
14:13His lips trembled.
14:14You what?
14:16His voice came from somewhere hollow and deep.
14:19The 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?
14:35Mundeling now.
14:37Our cub.
14:38You knew it was our cub.
14:41I looked into his eyes.
14:43Spoke each word clearly.
14:47Then why did you take another woman to Moonlight Lake while I carried it?
14:51He had no answer.
14:52Just knelt there.
14:54Shaking.
14:55Completely broken and defeated.
14:57The elders exchanged looks.
14:59Judgment 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.
15:12Just pressed a warm crystal into my palm.
15:15The blessing of wolves.
15:16I closed my fingers around it.
15:19Walked out of the hall.
15:21Behind me, Jack still knelt on the floor.
15:23Not moving.
15:25I didn't look back.
15:27After the bond was severed, I went home to the snow fields.
15:31Wolf territory sits between frozen mountains.
15:34Winter all year.
15:35I liked the cold.
15:38Cold that went to the bone.
15:40Kept you awake.
15:41My mother made me recovery food every day.
15:44Bone 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 and 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 Greyclaw told me anyway.
16:04Jack's not well.
16:05He sat across from me in the longhouse.
16:07His sharp eyes watching intently.
16:11He's been in the taverns every night.
16:13Drinking until he can't stand.
16:15A few times he shouted your name in public.
16:18The lion council warned him.
16:20Lily?
16:21She tries to see him.
16:23But Golden Mane, Jack's father, forbade it.
16:26Said if she comes near Jack again, he'll have her whole family run out of Golden City.
16:30She won't give up?
16:31No.
16:32Greyclaw shook his head.
16:33She's been talking to me.
16:33You're a new patron.
16:34One more thing.
16:35I nodded.
16:36Greyclaw pulled a scroll from his satchel.
16:38The Frostwolf Trading House.
16:39All of Jack's shares have been transferred to you.
16:41He signed.
16:42Didn't fight.
16:43Didn't fight?
16:43No.
16:45Greyclaw 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.
16:56Greyclaw put away the scroll.
16:58Stood.
16:59I'll be going then.
17:00Send word if you need me.
17:02He spread his grey wings.
17:03Shot out of the longhouse.
17:05Into the sky.
17:06I watched him disappear into the clouds.
17:09Then looked down at the roll in my hands.
17:12Frostwolf 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.
17:21Herbs.
17:21Crystals.
17:22Then it grew.
17:23Became one of the biggest trading houses in the five kingdoms.
17:27Bards used to sing about us.
17:29The hybrid son and the duke's daughter.
17:31Against all odds.
17:33Building an empire together.
17:37Pretty story.
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