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The Covenant Of Betrayal Film
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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 lycan 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
00:42can'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
01:04my 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
01:26through 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
01:55then 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
02:25flattened he looked at me then at the silent guests his throat bobbed but he didn't apologize
02:30he turned and ran after lily left me standing at the altar in my moon silk gown alone one by
02:36one
02:36the crystal lights went dark guests rose and left some gave me pitying looks some smirked i stood still
02:42my mother came to me said nothing just draped a blanket over my shoulders it smelled like her cedar
02:48frost and a trace of old blood war wounds rose mother i want to be alone i stared at the
02:55altar she
02:56left the hall was empty i looked up at the soul bond contract hanging above the altar our names carved
03:02into a crystal after the vow ceremony the crystal would split in two each of us would hold half now
03:07it just hung there a joke i reached up and took it down the crystal was cold against my palm
03:12i remembered
03:13eight years ago the lake moonlight lake jack's first confession he was a hybrid i was the duke's
03:20daughter our union could have healed old wounds between lions and wolves i thought it was fate now i knew
03:26better it was just me i got the news on the way home jack took lily to moonlight lake after
03:32the
03:32reception moonlight lake our sacred ground where the wolf moon goddess bathed they said where the
03:39waters healed all wounds i was supposed to go there with jack for our mating moon he went with another
03:45woman griffin driven carriage clattering over golden city's stone streets i set down my communication
03:50crystal didn't reply told the driver to turn to the temple of life head to the temple of life
03:56the temple sat in the eastern quarter run by deer druids incense always burning an old doe received me
04:05her antlers gray but her eyes clear your certain child yes she sighed took a purple vial from the shelf
04:14a rune stone root severant runen drink the potion press the stone to your belly three days and the
04:21child's scent will fade i took the vial cold my hand didn't shake how long the rune works fast but
04:28recovery takes time you'll need someone to tend you the doe's voice was soft i drank bitter then i
04:36opened my gown and pressed the stone to my skin cold spread from my belly through my whole body like
04:41something being ripped out by the roots three days later the cub's scent was gone jack would notice
04:47his kind didn't have lichen noses but a father knows when his own blood goes missing
04:53but what did it matter he didn't care anymore neither would i pale moonlight bled through the
05:00fur curtains frost wolf decorations from the ceremony still hung on the walls they look like bad omens now
05:05i dragged myself to the bed collapsed onto the fur mattress lily's phantom image was the first
05:11thing i saw lucky to have you meant to be the image showed jack holding her close at moonlight lake
05:18moonlight silver on the water their lips about to meet matching rings on their fingers once i would
05:25have stormed over to demand answers now i just turned off the crystal and rolled over no tears just tired
05:33the next days brought no word from jack but lily's phantom images showed me everything kisses
05:37selfies market walks around moonlight lake every image had a location marker everyone had a sweet
05:43caption i didn't react i contacted a mage started preparing to sever the soul bond his name was gray
05:49claw avis my classmate from the academy his beast form was a gray feathered eagle in human form he still
05:55had those sharp raptor eyes he asked when he flew to my house you're sure yes he didn't argue just
06:07pulled
06:08a roll of cured hide from his satchel soul bond severation contract he said spreading it on the table
06:16under the codex of beasts severing a bond requires both parties to tear the contract before the council of
06:22elders the guilty party pays cub feed all costs from the pregnancy and recovery what else if a third
06:28party interfered in the marriage the innocent party can reclaim all property the guilty party spent on
06:33the third during the marriage gray claw's eagle eyes fixed on me jack bought lily an emerald bracelet
06:39worth a million crystals did you know i blinked then laughed i do now write it in two weeks later
06:46i was reviewing gray claw's draft at home when the front door opened jack walked in lily on his arm
06:53he'd gotten tan his mane had grown golden hair bright in the sun lily's three red tails wagging behind her
06:59our eyes met jack dropped her hand uncomfortable his mane flared then flattened tiger stripes flickering
07:05his nervous tail dry-throated lily had never seen the snow fields i took her to see them i said
07:11nothing
07:11you're carrying our cub the mage said you should rest his voice trailed off i looked back down at my
07:18papers nodded good you 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 she smiled
08:09at jack jack fumbled in his pocket pulled out a small box pushed it at me i got this just
08:16for you
08:16open 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
08:53moonlight lake yade 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 jack only gave
09:18me the bracelet because i loved it so much if it bothers you i can give it back she said
09:24this made no
09:25move to take off the bracelet jack pulled lily close glared at me lily don't listen to her the bracelet
09:34is
09:34yours she's always been like this small-hearted jealous i looked at them said nothing turned back to my
09:43crystal gray claw gray claw had sent a message first draft ready also compiled list of jack's gifts to lily
09:50during the marriage total 3.72 million crystals i replied good jack saw me ignoring him got angrier
10:00he stormed out with lily slamming the door so hard he cracked two rooms
10:08i knew what he was waiting for he 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 put the final soul bond severation contract
10:27in my hands sign he said i'll handle the rest i picked up the quill dipped it in ink i
10:34signed my
10:34name rose frost cloth daughter of the lichen duke 72nd generation of snowfield wolves then pressed my
10:41paw print beside it silver gray the print glowed faintly on the hide scent rising cedar frost and
10:47something bitter my mark from this day jack had no part of me but the day before my follow-up
10:52exam jack
10:52sat in my living room nervous his mane flaring and flattening jack tomorrow you'll come with me
11:00of course i smiled then i sent lily a message
11:09maybe you're not as important to jack as you think he promised to take me to the temple tomorrow
11:14he says everything between you was just pretend lily was quiet for a long time
11:19finally just wait i set down the crystal smiled fox pride is more fragile than their tails
11:30i knew she wouldn't let me down the next morning jack was gone his pillow was still warm when i
11:38woke
11:39he'd left recently the sheets smelled like scorch his lying smell
11:47my crystal lit up lily's phantom image jack and her kissing the caption
11:58true love doesn't check the calendar i set down the crystal picked up the soul bond severment contract
12:05walked out gray claw waited outside covenant hall he came no but the council is inside then let's begin
12:13the fifteen elders sat in their places three from each kingdom their eyes followed me my grandmother
12:20sat among the wolf elders she nodded once i nodded back rose frost claw wolf the high elder spoke you
12:28petitioned to sever the soul bond with jack golden mane is this true yes evidence gray claw stepped
12:34forward laid out the rolls phantom images crystal messages gift records the elders read the defendant
12:41defendant not present wait jack burst through the doors mane a mess shirt untupped he stopped in
12:48the center of the hall breathing hard amber eyes locked on me rose you his voice shook you planned this
12:55i said nothing yesterday you asked me to come with you you knew i'd go to lily you set me
13:01up
13:02defendant do you admit to improper relations with lily the fox jack opened his mouth closed it
13:10she's just a friend he finally said murmurs a friend the bear elder laughed you kiss your friend
13:22jack's mane flattened i made a mistake enough the high elder struck his staff this council finds in
13:29favor of the petitioner the soul bond is severed jack golden mane shall pay cub feed and damages totaling
13:345.3 million crystals rose frost claw do you accept yes jack golden mane do you accept jack stood in
13:41the
13:41center of the hall shaking his eyes were red mane flat stripes gone i i don't accept louder now rose
13:51you're carrying my cub how could you gone he froze
13:57what the cub i looked at him calm two weeks ago at the temple of life i did the root
14:06severment
14:07the whole gasp jack's face lost all color turning deathly pale like ash his lips trembled you what
14:16his voice came from somewhere hollow and deep the cub is gone the day you took lily to moonlight lake
14:24jack's legs gave out he fell to his knees
14:45he had no answer just knelt there shaking completely broken and defeated the elders
14:57exchanged looks judgment stands the soul bond is severed this council is dismissed one by one the
15:05elders rose the wolf elders each touched my shoulder as they passed my grandmother said nothing
15:12just pressed a warm crystal into my palm the blessing of wolves i closed my fingers around it
15:19walked out of the hall behind me jack still knelt on the floor not moving i didn't look back
15:27after the bond was severed i went home to the snow fields wolf territory sits between frozen mountains
15:34winter all year i like the cold cold that went to the bone kept you awake my mother made me
15:42recovery
15:43food every day bone broth fish stew wild greens different every time my father didn't talk just left
15:52fresh kills at the door and walked away it took me a long time to heal root severment is hard
15:57on the body
15:58the deer druid said three months at least i didn't follow jack's news but gray claw told me anyway
16:03jack's not well he sat across from me in the longhouse his sharp eyes watching intently
16:11he's been in the taverns every night drinking until he can't stand a few times he shouted your name in
16:17public
16:18the lion council warned him lily she tries to see him but golden mane jack's father forbade it said
16:26if she comes near jack again he'll have her whole family run out of golden city she won't give up
16:31no
16:31gray claw shook his head she's been talking to your new patron one more thing i nodded gray claw pulled
16:36a scroll from his satchel the frost wolf trading house all of jack's shares have been transferred to you
16:41he signed didn't fight didn't fight no gray claw paused he was drunk after he signed he cried said he
16:51wanted to see you i was quiet for a moment no i said gray claw put away the scroll stood
16:59i'll be going
17:00then send word if you need me he spread his gray wings shot out of the longhouse into the sky
17:06i watched
17:07him disappear into the clouds then looked down at the roll in my hands frost wolf trading house jack
17:14and i started it together after we left the academy a market stall at first selling snowfield goods
17:20hides herbs crystals then it grew became one of the biggest trading houses in the five kingdoms
17:27bards used to sing about us the hybrid son and the duke's daughter against all odds building an empire
17:34and the duke's daughter against all odds building an empire together pretty story
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