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00:00She stood at the Covenant altar wearing the exact same gown, moon silk, silver white, lily.
00:05She's just a friend, Jack always said, the vixen.
00:07Her three red tails swaying behind her, each tip blushing pink, the sign of a fox in heat, or in
00:11triumph.
00:12She stood beside Jack, greeting guests together.
00:14My hand traced my moon silk gown, traditional bridal robe of the Lycan people, for the man I had loved
00:19eight years.
00:19Ready?
00:21Nervous.
00:22A scent drifted from the great hall, something sweet, clowing, and wrong.
00:26Fox.
00:27I knew that scent.
00:28A female, young, her paramones too strong for a guest.
00:31She shouldn't be here.
00:32I'm going to look.
00:33Rose!
00:34Rose!
00:35Everyone is here.
00:36The Five Kingdoms.
00:38You can't.
00:39I know.
00:39I'm just looking.
00:40I pushed through the curtain and saw her.
00:43Lily.
00:43Jack wore his half-form too, golden lion's mane shining under the crystal lights.
00:47A hybrid, always ashamed of it, but today he looked like a prince.
00:50They looked good together.
00:51Behind me, my mother sucked in a breath.
00:53The hall went quiet.
00:54Ears turned towards me.
00:56Tails stopped swaying.
00:57All eyes on me.
00:58I breathed in.
00:59Wolves don't show fear.
01:00My father's first lesson.
01:02I walk into the hall.
01:03My moon silk gown dragging across the stone floor.
01:06My ears straight.
01:07Jack saw me.
01:08His face changed.
01:09Muscles tightening under his mane.
01:11He opened his mouth.
01:12Lily got there first.
01:15Rose!
01:16What a beautiful gown!
01:18Oh!
01:18What a coincidence!
01:20Ours match!
01:20She looped her arm through Jack's.
01:22Leaned her head on his shoulder.
01:24Jack didn't push her away.
01:25I looked at him.
01:26He looked at me.
01:27Amber eyes.
01:28Guilty.
01:30Flustered.
01:30But not surprised.
01:32He knew she would come.
01:33He knew she would wear this.
01:34Maybe he planned it.
01:35I smiled.
01:37You do look perfect together.
01:39Loud enough for every beast in the hall to hear.
01:41A fine pair.
01:44Lily's smile froze.
01:46Her tail stopped.
01:47Three tips trembling.
01:48The tell of a fox caught in a lie.
01:50Then her eyes welled up.
01:52Rose!
01:52How could you?
01:53Jack and I are just...
01:55Just...
01:56She ran.
01:57Gown tangling under her feet.
01:59Jack's face burned red.
02:01His mane flared.
02:02Tiger stripes rising under his skin.
02:04Rose!
02:05How could you say that?
02:06Lily came to wish us well!
02:08His voice boomed.
02:09Jack.
02:10Today is our vow ceremony.
02:12He stopped.
02:13Five kingdoms are watching.
02:15Your father.
02:16Mine.
02:16Do you really want to fight me here?
02:18Over a friend?
02:19His mane flattened.
02:20He looked at me.
02:21Then at the silent guests.
02:23His throat bobbed.
02:24But he didn't apologize.
02:25He turned and ran after Lily.
02:27Left me standing at the altar in my moon silk gown.
02:29Alone.
02:30One by one, the crystal lights went dark.
02:32Guests rose and left.
02:33Some gave me pitying looks.
02:35Some smirked.
02:36I stood still.
02:37My mother came to me.
02:38Said nothing.
02:39Just draped a blanket over my shoulders.
02:41It smelled like her.
02:42Cedar.
02:43Frost.
02:44And a trace of old blood.
02:45War wounds.
02:46Rose.
02:47Mother.
02:47I want to be alone.
02:49I stared at the altar.
02:50She left.
02:51The hall was empty.
02:52I looked up at the soul bond contract hanging above the altar.
02:55Our names carved into a crystal.
02:57After the vow ceremony, the crystal would split in two.
03:00Each of us would hold half.
03:01Now it just hung there.
03:03A joke.
03:03I reached up and took it down.
03:05The crystal was cold against my palm.
03:07I remembered eight years ago.
03:08The lake.
03:09Moonlight Lake.
03:11Jack's first confession.
03:12He was a hybrid.
03:13I was the Duke's daughter.
03:15Our union could have healed old wounds between lions and wolves.
03:18I thought it was fate.
03:19Now I knew better.
03:21It was just me.
03:22I got the news on the way home.
03:24Jack took Lily to Moonlight Lake after the reception.
03:27Moonlight Lake.
03:28Our sacred ground.
03:30Where the wolf moon goddess bathed, they said.
03:32Where the waters healed all wounds.
03:34I was supposed to go there with Jack.
03:36For our mating moon.
03:37He went with another woman.
03:39Griffin-driven carriage clattering over Golden City's stone streets.
03:42I set down my communication crystal.
03:45Didn't reply.
03:46Told the driver to turn.
03:47To the Temple of Life.
03:49Head to the Temple of Life.
03:50The temple sat in the eastern quarter.
03:53Run by deer druids.
03:55Incense always burning.
03:57An old doe received me.
03:59Her antlers gray, but her eyes clear.
04:02Your certain, child?
04:03Yes.
04:04She sighed.
04:06Took a purple vial from the shelf.
04:08A runestone.
04:09Root severant runen.
04:10Drink the potion.
04:12Press the stone to your belly.
04:13Three days, and the child's scent will fade.
04:16I took the vial.
04:18Cold.
04:18My hand didn't shake.
04:19How long?
04:20The rune works fast.
04:21But recovery takes time.
04:23You'll need someone to tend you.
04:25The doe's voice was soft.
04:26I drank.
04:27Bitter.
04:28Then I opened my gown and pressed the stone to my skin.
04:31Cold spread from my belly through my whole body.
04:34Like something being ripped out by the roots.
04:36Three days later, the cub's scent was gone.
04:39Jack would notice.
04:40His kind didn't have lichen noses.
04:42But a father knows when his own blood goes missing.
04:46But what did it matter?
04:48He didn't care anymore.
04:50Neither would I.
04:51Pale moonlight bled through the fur curtains.
04:53Frostwolf decorations from the ceremony still hung on the walls.
04:57They look like bad omens now.
04:58I dragged myself to the bed.
05:00Collapsed onto the fur mattress.
05:02Lily's phantom image was the first thing I saw.
05:05Lucky to have you.
05:06Meant to be.
05:07The image showed Jack holding her close at Moonlight Lake.
05:10Moonlight silver on the water.
05:12Their lips about to meet.
05:14Matching rings on their fingers.
05:16Once, I would have stormed over to demand answers.
05:19Now I just turned off the crystal and rolled over.
05:22No tears.
05:24Just tired.
05:25The next days brought no word from Jack.
05:27But Lily's phantom images showed me everything.
05:29Kisses.
05:30Selfies.
05:31Market walks around Moonlight Lake.
05:33Every image had a location marker.
05:34Everyone had a sweet caption.
05:36I didn't react.
05:37I contacted a mage.
05:39Started preparing to sever the soul bond.
05:40His name was Greyclaw.
05:42Avis.
05:42My classmate from the academy.
05:44His beast form was a gray feathered eagle.
05:45In human form, he still had those sharp raptor eyes.
05:48He asked when he flew to my house.
05:53You're sure?
05:55Yes.
05:56He didn't argue.
05:59Just pulled a roll of cured hide from his satchel.
06:03Soul bond severation contract.
06:06He said, spreading it on the table.
06:08Under the Codex of Beasts.
06:09Severing a bond requires both parties to tear the contract before the Council of Elders.
06:14The guilty party pays cub feed.
06:15All costs from the pregnancy and recovery.
06:18What else?
06:19If a third party interfered in the marriage,
06:21the innocent party can reclaim all property the guilty party spent on the third during the marriage.
06:26Greyclaw's eagle eyes fixed on me.
06:28Jack bought Lily an emerald bracelet worth a million crystals.
06:32Did you know?
06:32I blinked.
06:33Then laughed.
06:35I do now write it in.
06:37Two weeks later, I was reviewing Greyclaw's draft at home.
06:40When the front door opened, Jack walked in, Lily on his arm.
06:44He'd gotten tan.
06:45His mane had grown.
06:46Golden hair bright in the sun.
06:48Lily's three red tails wagging behind her.
06:50Our eyes met.
06:51Jack dropped her hand.
06:52Uncomfortable.
06:53His mane flared.
06:54Then flattened.
06:55Tiger stripes flickering.
06:56His nervous tail.
06:57Dry-throated.
06:58Lily had never seen the snowfields.
07:00I took her to see them.
07:01I said nothing.
07:03You're carrying our cub.
07:04The mage said you should rest.
07:06His voice trailed off.
07:07I looked back down at my papers.
07:09Nodded.
07:10Good.
07:11You...
07:11He stopped.
07:12Watched me not looking at him.
07:14His mane flared again.
07:17You...
07:20What's your problem?
07:21I told you.
07:22Lily just wanted to see the snow.
07:24We can take our mating moon anytime.
07:26Why are you making a scene?
07:28And I've told you a hundred times.
07:30Lily and I are just...
07:31I know.
07:32My face was blank.
07:33Wolf eyes flat.
07:34His face went stiff.
07:36Mane flattening.
07:37Stripes fading.
07:38He opened his mouth.
07:39Nothing came out.
07:40Lily stepped forward.
07:41Grabbed Jack's wrist.
07:42Her tails low.
07:43Ears pinned back.
07:45Rose, please don't be angry.
07:47Please don't fight with Jack because of me.
07:50Lily's voice soft as cotton.
07:52He didn't take you this time.
07:54But he brought you a present.
07:56Jack, give your wife her present.
07:59She smiled at Jack.
08:00Jack fumbled in his pocket.
08:02Pulled out a small box.
08:04Pushed it at me.
08:05I got this just for you.
08:07Open it.
08:07I glanced inside.
08:10Simple earrings.
08:12Flower-shaped.
08:13Tiny crystals around the edges.
08:15Pretty enough.
08:16But compared to the emerald bracelet on Lily's wrist,
08:20worth a million crystals,
08:22it looked like market stall trash.
08:24I pushed the box back.
08:26No need.
08:27I don't accept scraps.
08:29The air.
08:30Turned cold.
08:31Jack's face went dark.
08:34Mane exploding.
08:35Stripes rising.
08:38Rose.
08:39What does that mean?
08:40I looked at the bracelet on Lily's wrist.
08:43Moonlight Lake Yade.
08:45Green as new leaves.
08:46Worth a fortune.
08:48Then,
08:49I met Jack's eyes.
08:50What I said.
08:51You give her emeralds.
08:53You give me scraps.
08:54You think that's all I'm worth?
08:58Jack's mane frozen.
09:01His eyes flickered.
09:03Lily jumped in, voice breaking.
09:05Rose, don't be angry.
09:07Jack only gave me the bracelet because I loved it so much.
09:10If it bothers you, I can give it back.
09:13She said this, made no move to take off the bracelet.
09:16Jack pulled Lily close, glared at me.
09:20Lily, don't listen to her.
09:22The bracelet is yours.
09:24She's always been like this.
09:26Small hearted.
09:28Jealous.
09:28I looked at them.
09:30Said nothing.
09:31Turned back to my crystal.
09:33Greyclaw had sent a message.
09:34First draft ready.
09:36Also, compiled list of Jack's gifts to Lily during the marriage.
09:40Total, 3.72 million crystals.
09:42I replied, good.
09:45Jack saw me ignoring him.
09:47Got angrier.
09:48He stormed out with Lily.
09:51Slamming the door so hard he cracked two runes.
09:56I knew what he was waiting for.
09:59He wanted me to run after him.
10:01Apologize, like I always did.
10:04This time, I didn't even look up.
10:09On the eighth day, Greyclaw flew to Golden City himself.
10:13Put the final soul bond severation contract in my hands.
10:16Sign.
10:17He said.
10:17I'll handle the rest.
10:19I picked up the quill.
10:20Dipped it in ink.
10:21I signed my name.
10:23Rose Frostclaw.
10:24Daughter of the Lycan Duke.
10:2672nd generation of Snowfield Wolves.
10:28Then pressed my paw print beside it.
10:30Silver grey.
10:31The print glowed faintly on the hide.
10:33Scent rising.
10:34Cedar.
10:34Frost.
10:35And something bitter.
10:35My mark.
10:36From this day, Jack had no part of me.
10:38But the day before my follow-up exam, Jack sat in my living room.
10:42Nervous.
10:42His mane flaring and flattening.
10:45Jack, tomorrow.
10:46You'll come with me?
10:48Of course.
10:49I smiled.
10:51Then I sent Lily a message.
10:56Maybe you're not as important to Jack as you think.
10:59He promised to take me to the temple tomorrow.
11:01He says everything between you was just pretend.
11:05Lily was quiet for a long time.
11:07Finally.
11:08Just wait.
11:09I set down the crystal.
11:12Smiled.
11:13Fox pride is more fragile than their tails.
11:17I knew she wouldn't let me down.
11:20The next morning, Jack was gone.
11:23His pillow was still warm when I woke.
11:26He'd left recently.
11:29The sheets smelled like scorch.
11:32His lying smell.
11:35My crystal lit up.
11:37Lily's phantom image.
11:39Jack and her kissing.
11:41The caption.
11:45True love doesn't check the calendar.
11:48I set down the crystal.
11:49Picked up the soul bond severment contract.
11:51Walked out.
11:53Greyclaw waited outside Covenant Hall.
11:55He came?
11:56No.
11:57But the council is inside.
11:58Then let's begin.
12:00The fifteen elders sat in their places.
12:03Three from each kingdom.
12:04Their eyes followed me.
12:06My grandmother sat among the wolf elders.
12:08She nodded once.
12:09I nodded back.
12:10Rose Frostclaw.
12:12Wolf.
12:12The high elder spoke.
12:14You petitioned to sever the soul bond with Jack Golden Mane.
12:17Is this true?
12:19Yes.
12:19Evidence?
12:20Greyclaw stepped forward.
12:21Laid out the rolls.
12:23Phantom images.
12:24Crystal messages.
12:25Gift records.
12:26The elders read.
12:27The defendant.
12:29Defendant not present.
12:30Wait!
12:30Jack burst through the doors.
12:32Mane a mess.
12:33Shirt untupped.
12:34He stopped in the center of the hall.
12:36Breathing hard.
12:37Amber eyes locked on me.
12:39Rose.
12:39You...
12:40His voice shook.
12:41You planned this.
12:42I said nothing.
12:43Yesterday.
12:43You asked me to come with you.
12:45You knew I'd go to Lily.
12:46You set me up!
12:48Defendant.
12:49Do you admit to improper relations with Lily the Fox?
12:54Jack opened his mouth.
12:56Closed it.
12:57She's just a friend.
12:58He finally said.
13:01Murmurs.
13:01A friend!
13:02Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
13:05The bear elder laughed.
13:06You kiss your friend?
13:08Jack's mane flattened.
13:10I made a mistake.
13:11Enough!
13:12The high elder struck his staff.
13:14This council finds in favor of the petitioner.
13:16The soul bond is severed.
13:17Jack Golden Mane shall pay cub feed and damages totaling 5.3 million crystals.
13:21Rose Frostclaw.
13:22Do you accept?
13:23Yes.
13:24Jack Golden Mane.
13:25Do you accept?
13:26Jack stood in the center of the hall.
13:28Shaking.
13:29His eyes were red.
13:31Mane flat.
13:32Stripes gone.
13:33I don't accept.
13:34Louder now.
13:35Rose!
13:37You're carrying my cub!
13:38How could you?
13:39Gone.
13:40He froze.
13:42What?
13:43The cub.
13:44I looked at him.
13:46Calm.
13:47Two weeks ago.
13:48At the temple of life.
13:50I did the root severment.
13:53The hole gasped.
13:55Jack's face lost all color.
13:57Turning deathly pale like ash.
13:59His lips trembled.
14:00You what?
14:01His voice came from somewhere hollow and deep.
14:04The cub is gone.
14:05The day you took Lily to Moonlight Lake.
14:10Jack's legs gave out.
14:11He fell to his knees.
14:15How could you?
14:18How could you?
14:20Munderling now.
14:22Our cub.
14:23You knew it was our cub.
14:26I looked into his eyes.
14:28Spoke each word clearly.
14:31Then why did you take another woman to Moonlight Lake while I carried it?
14:36He had no answer.
14:37Just knelt there.
14:39Shaking.
14:40Completely broken and defeated.
14:41The elders exchanged looks.
14:44Judgment stands.
14:45The soul bond is severed.
14:47This council is dismissed.
14:49One by one the elders rose.
14:51The wolf elders each touched my shoulder as they passed.
14:54My grandmother said nothing.
14:56Just pressed a warm crystal into my palm.
14:59The blessing of wolves.
15:01I closed my fingers around it.
15:03Walked out of the hall.
15:05Behind me, Jack still knelt on the floor.
15:08Not moving.
15:09I didn't look back.
15:11After the bond was severed, I went home to the snowfields.
15:15Wolf territory sits between frozen mountains.
15:18Winter all year.
15:20I liked the cold.
15:22Cold that went to the bone.
15:24Kept you awake.
15:25My mother made me recovery food every day.
15:28Bone broth.
15:29Fish stew.
15:31Wild greens.
15:32Different every time.
15:34My father didn't talk.
15:35Just left fresh kills at the door and walked away.
15:38It took me a long time to heal.
15:40Root severment is hard on the body.
15:42The deer druid said three months at least.
15:44I didn't follow Jack's news.
15:46But Greyclaw told me anyway.
15:47Jack's not well.
15:48He sat across from me in the longhouse.
15:51His sharp eyes watching intently.
15:54He's been in the taverns every night.
15:57Drinking until he can't stand.
15:59A few times he shouted your name in public.
16:01The Lion Council warned him.
16:04Lily?
16:04She tries to see him.
16:06But Golden Mane, Jack's father, forbade it.
16:09Said if she comes near Jack again, he'll have her whole family run out of Golden City.
16:13She won't give up?
16:15No.
16:15Greyclaw shook his head.
16:16She's been talking to me.
16:17You're a new patron.
16:18One more thing.
16:18I nodded.
16:19Greyclaw pulled a scroll from his satchel.
16:21The Frostwolf Trading House.
16:23All of Jack's shares have been transferred to you.
16:25He signed.
16:25Didn't fight.
16:26Didn't fight?
16:27No.
16:28Greyclaw paused.
16:30He was drunk.
16:31After he signed, he cried.
16:33Said he wanted to see you.
16:36I was quiet for a moment.
16:38No.
16:38I said.
16:39Greyclaw put away the scroll.
16:41Stood.
16:42I'll be going then.
16:43Send word if you need me.
16:44He spread his grey wings.
16:46Shot out of the longhouse.
16:48Into the sky.
16:49I watched him disappear into the clouds.
16:52Then looked down at the roll in my hands.
16:55Frostwolf Trading House.
16:56Jack and I started it together after we left the academy.
17:00A market stall at first.
17:01Selling snowfield goods.
17:03Hides.
17:04Herbs.
17:04Crystals.
17:05Then it grew.
17:06Became one of the biggest trading houses in the five kingdoms.
17:10Bards used to sing about us.
17:11The hybrid son and the duke's daughter.
17:14Against all odds.
17:16Building an empire together.
17:18Hm.
17:19Pretty story.
17:20The hybrid son and the duke's daughter.
17:20The hybrid son and the duke's daughter.
17:20The hybrid son and the duke's daughter.
17:21The hybrid son and the duke's daughter.
17:22You
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