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00:00I was born with heavy breasts and lush curves.
00:03My half-sister Chloe was afraid her mate Brad would go feral over me.
00:07So she sold me to an impotent Alpha.
00:10She patted my shoulder.
00:14Who knows, maybe he's good at other things.
00:18Three months later, I was begging for mercy every night.
00:21Funny. He seemed good at everything.
00:26Case Valerius.
00:27The Blackwood Pax Alpha.
00:28The Lycan King's most trusted war commander.
00:30He was carried back from the battlefield soaked in blood.
00:33Someone suggested...
00:34A mate bond shares life force.
00:37If Alpha Case was bound to a living, healthy mate,
00:40her strength could flow into him and pull him back.
00:42Chloe rushed to play matchmaker and presented me to Martha before I could object.
00:46I had no way to refuse.
00:47If I wouldn't agree, she'd transfer me to serve 60-year-old Elder Kevin.
00:51I knew she resented my history with her mate.
00:54I dropped to my knees and swore to the Moon Goddess.
00:56I swear, Chloe.
00:58I had no feelings for Brad.
01:00Chloe jabbed a finger at my forehead, fury in her eyes.
01:03What good is a vow?
01:05Do you have any idea how distracting you are?
01:07I hunched my shoulders.
01:09Tears slid down my cheeks.
01:11Just look at that ample body and those charming curves,
01:14parading your body in front of every male in the clan.
01:16Who among them would not lose their minds at the smell of you?
01:20I wanted to tell her.
01:22To bind my chest, I'd wrapped myself layer after layer in the sweltering heat
01:26until I broke out in a rash.
01:27Her expression softened.
01:29She wiped my tears.
01:31It's not that I don't trust you.
01:32It's that I don't trust males.
01:35Do you know how powerful Alpha Case is?
01:37If my mother and Martha weren't old friends,
01:40you wouldn't even have this opportunity.
01:42Chloe, I don't want to be anyone's offering.
01:44I'd rather scrub kitchen floors.
01:48Just don't make me...
01:50Two sharp slaps landed across my face.
01:53My cheek burned.
01:54Leah, are you out of your mind?
01:56If I hadn't vouched for you,
01:58Martha wouldn't have given you a second glance.
02:00You wouldn't even be worthy of being Case's mate.
02:03The maid burst in breathless.
02:05Miss Chloe, word from the Valerius Estate.
02:08Alpha Case has woken up.
02:11Chloe dragged me straight to Valerius Estate.
02:13Enormous.
02:14I followed her through the main hall
02:15to a set of heavy double doors pulled half shut.
02:18Through the gap, I could make out a man's shape in the bed.
02:20Thin, motionless,
02:22chest rattling with shallow coughs every few minutes.
02:24Martha stood on our side, eyes red.
02:27Thank you for everything you've done for Case.
02:29I won't destroy a girl's future over it.
02:31Chloe's eyes moved, quick and calculating.
02:33As Valerius, the bond should still be completed.
02:36Leah arrived the same day Case woke up.
02:38That's the moon goddess guiding us.
02:40Seal the bond properly.
02:42Her life force will keep pulling him back toward health.
02:45Before she could speak,
02:46the healer Ella stepped out, expression tight.
02:48Alpha Case has regained consciousness,
02:51but an arrow struck his inner thigh during battle.
02:55I'm afraid he will no longer be able to-
02:57Unable to do what?
02:58He will no longer be able to get hard.
03:01Martha's knees gave out.
03:02I caught her before she hit the floor.
03:04She looked up at me with hollowed eyes.
03:06Leah, knowing this, are you still willing?
03:10Yes, she's been looking forward to it.
03:12Chloe was already answering for me.
03:13Of course she is.
03:15She's just an omega with no prospects.
03:17She should be grateful.
03:19I didn't speak right away.
03:21My mind went to my past.
03:23There was a young wolf in the poor quarter behind our estate.
03:26I first saw him through the fence gaps.
03:28Thin wrists, hollow cheeks,
03:30hunched over a cracked bowl with nothing in it.
03:32I started passing food through the gaps.
03:34Bread first, then soup, then whatever I had.
03:38Day after day, I watched him change.
03:40The hollows in his cheeks filled out.
03:42His shoulders broadened.
03:44He started training before dawn,
03:46running laps around the back wall while I was still half asleep.
03:49He was going to enter the warrior trials.
03:51I knew it before he told me.
03:53When he passed, I went to find him that same night.
03:55I was happy.
03:56I remember it clearly.
03:57I was genuinely happy.
03:58I knocked on the gate.
03:59He didn't open it.
04:00His voice came,
04:01Leah, I'm betrothed now.
04:03It wouldn't be proper.
04:04Then a soft thud in the dirt at my feet.
04:05A pouch of silver.
04:06Consider my debt repaid.
04:08I stood there for a moment.
04:09Then I picked it up and walked away.
04:11That wolf became Chloe's mate, Brad.
04:14I acted like I'd never known him.
04:16Chloe found out anyway.
04:18I snapped back to reality.
04:19I gathered my skirts and knelt in front of Martha.
04:22My lady, I'm willing.
04:24I'll complete the bond,
04:26care for Case,
04:27and serve you as long as you need me.
04:29Luna.
04:30Martha kept her word
04:31and prepared a dignified mating dress for me.
04:33Chloe deliberately chose a day
04:35when Brad was away on pack business
04:36to send me off.
04:37She walked me to the door,
04:39guilt on her face.
04:40Even though Case can't get hard,
04:42at least you'll be spared
04:43the pain of bearing pups.
04:45Don't worry.
04:46An alpha who can't perform in that area
04:48is probably exceptional in every other.
04:51Honestly,
04:51none of what Chloe said
04:52had even crossed my mind.
04:54I told myself
04:55I was simply moving to a new household.
04:57Case was too weak
04:58to stand through the full mate blessing ritual.
05:00I completed the bond rites
05:02beside his ceremonial sword instead.
05:04Martha watched from the front,
05:06eyes wet the whole time.
05:08When it was done,
05:09I was alpha Case's mate.
05:11The mating chamber was quiet.
05:13I pushed the door open carefully.
05:15Case was already inside,
05:17half reclined against the headboard
05:19in a white bathrobe.
05:20He turned when he heard me.
05:21Up close,
05:22he was strikingly handsome.
05:24Sharp jaw,
05:25dark eyes,
05:26the kind of face
05:27that didn't need color in it
05:28to hold attention.
05:29I had no intention of taking a mate,
05:31he said with a low voice.
05:33If it doesn't trouble you,
05:35we can treat this
05:35as a sibling arrangement.
05:37He pointed to the chaise
05:38along the far wall.
05:40Tonight the bed is yours.
05:42I'll take that.
05:43Tomorrow you move
05:44to the guest quarters.
05:45All right.
05:46I nodded.
05:47He had thought of everything.
05:48It wasn't what I'd expected.
05:50Before the ritual,
05:51one of the older maids
05:52had pulled me aside
05:53and pressed something
05:54into my hands.
05:55A small handbook
05:56worn at the corners.
05:58She'd whispered
05:59with a strange look,
06:00There are other ways
06:01between maids.
06:02You might find it useful.
06:04I had no idea
06:05what she meant
06:05until I opened it.
06:06heat pooled in my core
06:08just from looking
06:09at the pages.
06:10Is it too hot?
06:12Case was watching me
06:12from the bed,
06:13eyes direct,
06:15unblinking.
06:16The dress is heavy.
06:17I'm a little warm.
06:20Then wash up and rest.
06:22He pulled the blanket
06:22over himself
06:23and turned toward the wall.
06:24Within minutes
06:25his breathing evened out.
06:26I set the handbook
06:27down on the vanity
06:28and took down my hair.
06:30Then the layered robes
06:31piece by piece
06:32until I was standing
06:33in nothing but my nightgown.
06:35I turned to the mirror.
06:36The thin fabric
06:37clung to every curve.
06:39Heavy breasts
06:40straining against the cloth.
06:41Slim waist
06:42giving way
06:42to the flare of my hips.
06:44I walked straight
06:45into Case's gaze.
06:46He wasn't asleep.
06:47His chest rose hard.
06:49The tips of his ears
06:50went red.
06:51His throat worked
06:52as he swallowed.
06:53I grabbed my outer robe
06:54and pressed it
06:55against my chest.
06:56Alpha,
06:57I thought you were asleep.
06:59A long pause.
07:00I could sleep later.
07:02My breath hitched.
07:04He rose slowly
07:05to his feet.
07:06His tall frame
07:07casting a shadow over me.
07:18The handbook's images
07:19came flooding in.
07:20My breathing shifted
07:21without me meaning it to.
07:22Somehow falling into
07:23the same rhythm as his.
07:25Then Case turned
07:26and walked to the door.
07:27The moment cool night air
07:28rushed in
07:29I snapped back to my senses.
07:31He'd already disappeared
07:32into the darkness.
07:33I turned it over
07:34in my mind.
07:35When he'd looked at me
07:36just now,
07:37his eyes had flashed
07:38with something
07:39unmistakably like shock.
07:41Had my figure
07:42actually frightened him?
07:43Before I lay down,
07:44I made a firm decision.
07:46Tomorrow morning,
07:47I was binding my chest
07:48at least one full loop tighter.
07:50I was hovering somewhere
07:51between sleep and waking
07:52when Case slipped back in.
07:54The tips of his hair
07:55still beaded with water.
07:56He'd apparently gone to shower.
07:57By morning,
07:58he was already gone.
07:59Ivy came in to help me dress.
08:01From the corridor outside
08:02came the sound of a man.
08:04Once.
08:05Then again.
08:07Martha's headmaid's voice
08:08carried clearly through the door.
08:10Alpha Case?
08:11Why didn't you call someone
08:12to heat the water?
08:13It's already summer
08:15but the nights are still cold.
08:16Of course you've caught a chill.
08:18I'll go brew tea right now.
08:19I glanced at Ivy.
08:21Does the alpha usually
08:22take cold showers?
08:24I honestly don't know, miss.
08:25I dismissed her
08:26and locked the door.
08:27I wound a strip of cloth
08:29tight over my undergarments
08:30then pulled on
08:31the most conservative dress
08:32I could find in the wardrobe.
08:34High neck,
08:35loose cut,
08:36heavy fabric.
08:37Then I went to living room.
08:39Case was already there
08:40when I arrived,
08:41seated beside Martha.
08:42She lit up
08:43the moment she saw me,
08:44her whole face
08:45warm with welcome.
08:47Until Case coughed
08:48and the warmth
08:49vanished instantly.
08:50Cage,
08:51I have a few private words
08:53for Leah.
08:53Go rest for a while.
08:55Case rose
08:55and left without a word.
08:57Martha waved me over
08:58and took both my hands
08:59in hers,
09:00eyes glistening.
09:02Sweet girl,
09:03our Case is lucky
09:05to have you.
09:08The pack healer says
09:09the injury drained
09:10his life force.
09:11There's no telling
09:12how long he has left.
09:14Some of the elders
09:15suggested I find a child
09:16for him to adopt
09:17to carry on the bloodline.
09:21But if I did that,
09:23wouldn't I be stealing
09:24your whole future
09:25from you?
09:26I'm already grateful
09:27you came into this family
09:29to save Case.
09:30I can't let you
09:31sacrifice the rest
09:32of your life
09:32on top of that.
09:33I've thought it through.
09:34If Case's time does come,
09:36I'll have him issue you
09:37a formal mate release.
09:38Your future stays protected
09:39and I'll see to it
09:41that you receive property
09:42and a place of your own.
09:43I reached up and wiped
09:45the tears from the
09:45corners of her eyes,
09:46chest tight with an ache
09:48I couldn't name.
09:49Mrs. Valerius,
09:50thank you for looking
09:51out for me.
09:52I'd come here thinking
09:53of myself as nothing more
09:54than a transferred
09:55Omega servant.
09:56I never imagined
09:57she would think
09:57this far ahead
09:58on my behalf.
09:59My thoughts drifted
10:00to the mother
10:00I had never known.
10:01If she had been alive,
10:02if I had grown up
10:03under a mother's protection,
10:05I never would have
10:06ended up in any of the
10:06situations I'd been through.
10:08Martha laughed
10:09through her tears.
10:10Look at me,
10:10I've gone and made you
10:11cry too.
10:13She squeezed my hands.
10:14Leah, there's no need
10:15to be so formal.
10:16Call me mom,
10:18just like Case does.
10:19She took a breath.
10:20So, I have a proposition
10:21for you.
10:22Chloe mentioned you know
10:23how to prepare
10:24medicinal soups.
10:25I'd like you to take over
10:26Case's daily meals
10:27and care.
10:28I just want him
10:29to live a little longer.
10:30That's my one selfish wish.
10:32By the end,
10:33her voice had gone rough.
10:34I nodded.
10:35I headed to the kitchen
10:36to gather ingredients.
10:37The last time I'd prepared
10:38medicinal soup
10:39was several years ago,
10:40back when Brad
10:41was not yet Chloe's mate.
10:43He'd lost both parents
10:44and lived alone
10:44in a run-down unit,
10:46skipping meals
10:47to save every cent
10:48for his warrior training.
10:50One day,
10:50I found him collapsed
10:51at our back gate
10:52and brought him around.
10:53Out of sympathy,
10:54I dug through
10:54my mother's old
10:55healer journals
10:56and prepared medicinal meals
10:57for him every day
10:58to rebuild his strength.
11:00Only the two of us
11:01ever knew about it.
11:02From the looks of things,
11:04he was the one
11:04who told Chloe,
11:06just to get me driven out.
11:07The lengths he had gone to
11:09were truly something.
11:10I carried the steaming soup
11:12to the bedroom
11:12and found Case
11:13directing servants
11:14to pack up his belongings.
11:16Alpha,
11:17what's this about?
11:18Weren't we agreed
11:19that I was moving
11:20to the guest room?
11:20His sharply handsome face
11:22didn't shift
11:22so much as a fraction.
11:24I have fewer things.
11:26It makes more sense
11:27for me to move.
11:27At least eat first.
11:29I set the food
11:29on the table.
11:30He gave it a brief glance
11:32and sat down.
11:35You can leave this kind of thing
11:36to the maid from now on.
11:38It's no different
11:38coming from me.
11:40It is different.
11:42His voice remained flat
11:44and cool.
11:45Have Ivy bring it
11:46from now on.
11:47He finished the soup
11:48in a few quick swallows,
11:49said a few words
11:51to his servants
11:51and swept past me.
11:53In that moment,
11:54I confirmed one thing.
11:55Alpha Case
11:56couldn't stand
11:57the sight of me.
11:58I followed his instructions
11:59and had Ivy deliver
12:00his daily healing meal
12:01to the study
12:02from then on.
12:03Martha couldn't stop
12:04singing my praises.
12:05The pack healer
12:06says Case's condition
12:07has stabilized significantly.
12:09I can see the color
12:10coming back to his face.
12:12Leah,
12:12that's entirely
12:13because of you.
12:14Delighted,
12:15she pressed a gold bracelet
12:16into my hands.
12:18Back in my room,
12:19I tucked it
12:19into my jewelry box,
12:20which had been
12:21slowly filling with pieces
12:22Martha had gifted me
12:24since my arrival.
12:25Leah,
12:25you never wear
12:26any of these.
12:27Isn't it a waste
12:28to just put them away?
12:29How is it a waste?
12:31Every one of these
12:31can be converted to cash.
12:33That's my security fund.
12:35But Lady Martha
12:36gave these to you personally.
12:37Are you really going
12:38to sell all of them?
12:39Not right now,
12:40but if the mate bond
12:41is ever severed,
12:42naturally I'd sell them
12:43and keep the money on hand.
12:45Ivy's expression
12:45shifted to pure bewilderment.
12:48As she turned away,
12:49she dropped her voice
12:50to a murmur.
12:52Alpha?
12:54Alpha?
12:55I spun around
12:56and met a pair
12:57of ink-dark eyes.
12:58Martha's eyesight
12:59must truly be failing her.
13:01Case looked worse than ever.
13:02Case's face
13:03was even paler than before.
13:05His gaze was sharp
13:06and cutting,
13:07fixed on me
13:07with cold precision.
13:09The look unsettled me completely,
13:11but I didn't dare
13:12let a single trace of it show.
13:14Alpha,
13:15is there something you need?
13:17A journal.
13:18We looked together.
13:20I checked the shelves,
13:21he checked the writing desk.
13:22Neither of us spoke.
13:23I spotted the journal
13:25pushed to the very back
13:26of the top shelf,
13:27behind a row
13:27of my mother's medical notes.
13:29I reached up on my toes.
13:31My fingertips
13:31just grazed the cover.
13:33Case's hand came over mine.
13:35Warm, steady.
13:36He reached past me
13:38without effort
13:38and closed his hand
13:39around the journal.
13:40I turned my head.
13:42His face was right there,
13:43closer than I'd realized.
13:45He was looking down at me.
13:47Then I lost my footing
13:48and pitched straight into him.
13:50My heavy breasts
13:51hit his chest first.
13:52My waist went straight
13:53into his palm,
13:54his hand catching me
13:55before he could react.
13:57Case didn't step back.
13:58His eartips went red.
14:00His throat worked
14:01as he swallowed.
14:02When he exhaled,
14:03the breath came out uneven
14:04against the top of my head.
14:06His eyes flashed gold
14:07for a second,
14:08then green.
14:10I scrambled upright,
14:11face burning.
14:13Your journal.
14:14He took it without a word
14:15and walked out.
14:16Perfect.
14:16My standing in his eyes
14:18had just sunk even lower.
14:19After that day,
14:20I made every effort
14:21to avoid crossing paths
14:22with Case.
14:23He was injured
14:24and recovering.
14:24He needed to stay calm.
14:26But there was one more
14:27thing bothering me.
14:28Brad had been sending notes.
14:30Three times already.
14:31I hadn't opened a single one,
14:33just dropped them in a box.
14:34Then,
14:35Ivy pressed one
14:35into my hand that morning.
14:36It's not just a note this time.
14:38He's here.
14:39Side entrance.
14:40Says he won't leave
14:41until you come out.
14:41I clenched my fist
14:42and walked out.
14:43I didn't notice the figure
14:44that followed
14:45from the far end
14:45of the courtyard.
14:46Brad was standing
14:47at the gate.
14:49Leah,
14:49you finally came.
14:51You should be calling me
14:52Mrs. Valerius.
14:53He paused,
14:54dropped his voice.
14:56Mrs. Valerius.
14:57Do you have any idea
14:58how many times
14:59you've put me
14:59in an impossible position
15:00with these meetings?
15:02I know.
15:03I just wanted to tell you
15:06I'll be securing
15:07more power in the pack.
15:08Soon I won't need
15:09Chloe's father
15:09backing me anymore.
15:10He stepped closer.
15:12I'll buy a house, Leah.
15:13Come with me.
15:15Anything's better
15:15than staying
15:16with a dying man.
15:17He reached for me.
15:18I stepped back.
15:20You want me
15:21as your mistress?
15:22Brad nodded,
15:23completely serious.
15:25I laughed.
15:26Why would I give up
15:27being the Alpha's mate
15:28to be your mistress?
15:29The whole pack
15:30knows Case is dying.
15:31He won't last.
15:33And he can't even
15:34stand up anymore.
15:36His eyes dropped
15:37deliberately to my chest.
15:38Isn't that a waste?
15:41disgust surged
15:42through me.
15:43Brad,
15:44I will never be
15:45anyone's mistress.
15:47Case fought
15:47on the front lines
15:48for this pack.
15:49Those injuries
15:50are his honor.
15:52You've benefited
15:53from every battle
15:54he won
15:54and you're standing here
15:55calling him
15:56less of a man.
15:58You're the one
15:59who's less.
16:00Come near me again
16:02and every note
16:02you've sent
16:03goes straight to Chloe.
16:05How do you think
16:05that ends for you?
16:08His face went white.
16:09I swung the gate shut.
16:11I turned around
16:12and came face to face
16:13with Case.
16:13White t-shirt
16:14standing less than
16:15half a foot away.
16:16His full height
16:16bearing down on me.
16:17Alpha,
16:18I managed.
16:19A faint edge
16:19flickered across
16:20his expression.
16:21Wasn't it my mate
16:22just a moment ago?
16:23Why so formal
16:24all of a sudden?
16:25I looked down
16:26and started walking.
16:29Please don't misunderstand.
16:30As long as I'm in this estate,
16:31I honor this bond.
16:32Completely.
16:33Fast.
16:34It's getting late.
16:35I should go make
16:36your evening meal.
16:37I moved to step past him.
16:38His hand closed
16:39around my arm.
16:40I lost my footing
16:40and pitched straight into him.
16:42My heavy breasts
16:42against his chest.
16:43My waist caught in his grip.
16:45I looked up.
16:46His face was inches from mine.
16:48His eyes were deep
16:49and unreadable.
16:50One tilt forward
16:51and our lips would have touched.
16:53His breath hit my face.
16:54Warm.
16:55My breath hitched.
16:57Heat pooled low
16:58in my core.
17:00Case swallowed hard.
17:01As long as I remain
17:03in this estate.
17:04Each word slow.
17:05Deliberate.
17:06You counting down the days
17:07until you can leave?
17:08I couldn't exactly tell him
17:10I'll leave the day you die.
17:12No.
17:13Nothing like that.
17:14I shifted in his grip.
17:15Alpha, you're hurting my arm.
17:17Did you mean every word
17:18you said just now?
17:20I blinked
17:21and asked which part.
17:22He let out a quiet breath
17:23and released me.
17:25I bolted.
17:26And I noticed,
17:27for the first time,
17:28his face had actual color in it.
17:30His cheeks were just as red as mine.
17:33That night,
17:34I had a strange dream.
17:36Case's lips grazed slowly
17:37along my cheek.
17:39His fingers hooked
17:40into the strap of my slip,
17:41voice dropping to a low murmur.
17:43Does my Luna want this?
17:45I nodded like someone
17:47completely under a spell.
17:48Then a fierce,
17:49consuming kiss
17:50caught my lips
17:51and wouldn't let go.
17:52I jolted awake
17:53in a tangle of sheets,
17:54heart still hammering,
17:56breathless.
17:57Ivy knocked and came in.
17:59I asked her to bring
17:59a basin of cold water.
18:01She stared at my sweat,
18:02damp hair and murmured,
18:03It really is getting hotter.
18:05I splashed cold water
18:07onto my face.
18:07And then it hit me.
18:09That first night.
18:10Case.
18:11Cold shower.
18:12Surely he hadn't also been...
18:14No.
18:16Impossible.
18:17He was injured and recovering.
18:18He was supposed to be
18:19keeping himself calm.
18:20At midday,
18:21Martha's attendant arrived.
18:22Martha would like dinner
18:23in the garden tonight.
18:25She asks that you be sure to come.
18:27Been making excuses
18:28to avoid the main dining hall
18:29for days,
18:30just to steer clear of Case.
18:31But Martha had gone out of her way
18:33to personally extend the invitation.
18:35I couldn't say no.
18:36I stepped into the garden.
18:37A sprawling rose of Sharon
18:39was in full bloom.
18:39A gust of wind shook loose
18:41a handful of deep crimson petals,
18:43drifting down onto the stone table,
18:46covered with every dish
18:47I loved most.
18:48Martha smiled
18:49and gestured for me to sit.
18:50Case mentioned
18:51it's your birthday today.
18:52He's the one who asked
18:53the kitchen to prepare
18:54all of this.
18:55I looked up
18:56and met a pair of burning,
18:57intent eyes.
18:58Heat rushed straight to my face.
19:01Case lit a plate of chestnut cake
19:02in front of me
19:03without changing his expression.
19:05How did you know
19:06today was my birthday?
19:07I'd completely forgotten it myself.
19:10My birth mother died
19:11bringing me into the world.
19:13No one had ever once
19:14marked the day for me.
19:16Case kept his eyes lowered
19:17and said evenly,
19:19It's not difficult to know it.
19:21Something in my chest
19:22gave one quiet,
19:23inexplicable pull.
19:24Leah,
19:25this peach blossom wine
19:27is from my private reserve.
19:28I'm opening it just for you.
19:30But you two had better
19:32not drink too much.
19:33She pushed back her chair,
19:34said the summer evening breeze
19:35was too much for her old bones
19:37and left.
19:38The garden went quiet.
19:40To avoid the silence,
19:41I put my head down and drank.
19:43One cup,
19:44then another,
19:45then another.
19:46The wine was sweet
19:47and dangerously potent.
19:49Before long,
19:50the edges of everything
19:51had gone soft and blurry.
19:53Case watched me
19:54but said nothing.
19:55By the third glass,
19:56I'd stopped feeling
19:57the awkward silence.
19:58By the fourth,
19:59I'd stopped feeling
20:00much of anything.
20:01I reached across the table
20:03toward the last piece
20:03of chestnut cake.
20:05The dish was empty.
20:06I looked up.
20:08Where's the last piece?
20:09I ate it.
20:10I have absolutely no idea
20:12where the boldness came from.
20:13I leaned straight
20:14toward his face.
20:16Who told you to eat that?
20:18Spit it back out.
20:20I pressed against his chest,
20:21trying to peer into his mouth.
20:23Case looked down at me,
20:24perfectly calm.
20:25You won't find it that way.
20:27I straightened up
20:28and stared at him.
20:29Then how am I supposed
20:30to find it?
20:31A faint flush crept
20:33across his cheeks.
20:34Try using your mouse.
20:36My gaze drifted
20:37to his slightly reddened lips.
20:38I swallowed once
20:40and kissed him
20:40without hesitation.
20:42Case went rigid,
20:43his breathing lurching unsteady.
20:45Then control shifted.
20:47His hand cupped
20:48the back of my head
20:48and he pressed in deeper,
20:50harder.
20:51Neither of us pulled away
20:53until footsteps sounded
20:54from behind the flower bed.
20:56Alpha,
20:57the night air is cool.
20:59Lady Martha asked me
21:00to bring you both a wrap.
21:02I had no idea
21:03how much Ivy'd seen.
21:04I shot to my feet
21:05and the next instant
21:06the world tilted.
21:08Everything went dark.
21:11When I woke up
21:12with a splitting headache,
21:13it was already morning.
21:14I suddenly remembered.
21:16I'd promised Martha
21:17to visit Case's father's grave.
21:19It was late.
21:21I started rushing around
21:22for my things.
21:24Leah, don't worry.
21:26The driver is still
21:27getting the car ready.
21:29Ivy,
21:29was it you
21:30who brought me back last night?
21:32No.
21:33The Alpha carried you back.
21:36I spun around
21:37to check her face.
21:38She nodded,
21:39completely serious.
21:41I didn't say
21:42anything stupid, did I?
21:44Ivy bid back a smile.
21:46The Alpha set you
21:47down on the bed
21:49and you grabbed his sleeve
21:50and wouldn't let go.
21:51You kept calling him
21:53my mate
21:53over and over
21:55until his whole face
21:56went red.
21:58Ivy, don't you dare
21:59make things up.
22:01She covered her mouth,
22:02laughing,
22:03and ran out.
22:04I met Martha
22:06at the front entrance.
22:07Case's father's grave
22:08was on a hillside
22:09just beyond
22:10the pack territory.
22:12I sat in the back
22:13of the car,
22:14completely distracted,
22:15replaying the moment
22:16I'd kissed Case
22:17last night.
22:18Martha must have
22:19misread my expression
22:20because she said,
22:22Leah,
22:23is there someone
22:24you have feelings for?
22:28I've noticed
22:29you've been avoiding
22:30Case these past few days.
22:32Please don't be upset
22:33with me for pushing
22:34you two together
22:35at dinner last night.
22:36I thought if the two of you
22:38couldn't be mates,
22:39you could at least
22:39be friends.
22:40But if you're uncomfortable,
22:41or if you want to leave,
22:43just say.
22:44I'll have him
22:45sever the bond.
22:46I won't let you
22:47be trapped here.
22:47Mom, no.
22:48It's not that.
22:50I was thinking about
22:51something else.
22:52What is it?
22:53I was still figuring out
22:54how to answer
22:54when the car lurched.
22:55The engine screamed.
22:57The car swung hard.
22:58Tires off the road,
22:59crashing through brush,
23:00the whole frame shaking.
23:01I grabbed Martha
23:02and looked at the driver.
23:04Slumped over the wheel.
23:05Unconscious.
23:06No one to hit the brakes.
23:08A cliff.
23:09Straight ahead.
23:10Martha grabbed my arm.
23:11Leah,
23:12what do we do?
23:13We jump.
23:14Now.
23:15We'll be hurt.
23:16We'll die if we don't.
23:17Hold on to me.
23:18I wrapped myself around her
23:19and we threw ourselves clear
23:20the instant the wheels
23:21left solid ground.
23:22We hit the cliff edge
23:24and went over.
23:24My hand shot out
23:25and caught a root
23:26jutting from the rock face.
23:27My other hand
23:28locked around Martha's wrist.
23:30Below her was a straight drop
23:31into nothing.
23:33Mom,
23:34don't look down.
23:35Don't look down.
23:36Hold on to me.
23:37Ivy and the others
23:38are right behind us.
23:39Behind us in the second car.
23:42They'll be here soon.
23:43The root groaned
23:45under our weight.
23:46Martha's voice broke.
23:48Leah,
23:50let me go.
23:51We're too heavy.
23:53It's going to snap.
23:57I'm old.
23:59I've lived my life.
24:01You have to keep living yours.
24:04My chest tightened so hard
24:06I could barely breathe.
24:07I couldn't let go.
24:09She'd been a mother to me
24:11from the first day.
24:13Mom,
24:14I would rather die with you
24:16than watch you fall.
24:17hold on.
24:22They're coming.
24:24The truth was
24:25I had no idea.
24:27My arms were going numb.
24:29The pain had gone so deep
24:31it had stopped feeling
24:32like pain at all.
24:33Then I heard it.
24:35A wolf's howl split the air.
24:38A wolf's howl split the air.
24:39Deafening and close.
24:41Leah,
24:43don't move.
24:44I'm coming down.
24:45Case's voice.
24:46He'd called me by my name.
24:49The first time.
24:51A strong arm came under me.
24:53He'd climbed down the cliff face.
24:56Wolf claws dug into the rock.
24:59He untied the rope from his own body
25:01and looped it around my waist.
25:03Then climbed down further
25:05and did the same for Martha.
25:07The people above pulled together.
25:09We came up one at a time.
25:11It wasn't a hallucination.
25:13Case had saved us.
25:15He held me, brow creased.
25:20Why is there so much blood?
25:22Martha clutched her face.
25:24She shielded me when we jumped.
25:27I didn't get a scratch.
25:29It's all hers.
25:32My eyelids felt like lead.
25:35Leah,
25:36don't sleep.
25:37I'm taking you to Ella.
25:39He lifted me into the car
25:40and I stayed curled against his chest.
25:43His forehead was damp with sweat.
25:45He kept one hand on the wheel
25:47and kept talking.
25:49Leah,
25:49Leah,
25:50Leah,
25:51stay awake.
25:53I'll get you chestnut cake.
25:54I'll give you all the jewelry
25:56you want to sell.
25:57You don't have to wait for me to die.
25:58I'll write the bond release today.
26:00You can leave whenever you want.
26:02My chest kept clenching.
26:04Something wet hit my face.
26:06I looked up at the sky
26:07through the windshield.
26:09It wasn't raining.
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