A powerful full drama movie filled with love, secrets, and unexpected twists.
Follow a powerful story where relationships are tested, hidden truths are revealed, and lives change forever. From romantic moments to shocking surprises, this drama keeps you engaged from beginning to end.
Featuring stories about CEO, billionaire lifestyles, family connections, and life-changing decisions, this movie delivers strong emotions and unforgettable scenes.
Watch the full movie and discover what happens in the end.
New full drama movies uploaded regularly. Stay tuned for more captivating and trending stories.
#drama #fullmovie #lovestory #dramatic #billionaire #ceo #family #relationships #movie #story
Follow a powerful story where relationships are tested, hidden truths are revealed, and lives change forever. From romantic moments to shocking surprises, this drama keeps you engaged from beginning to end.
Featuring stories about CEO, billionaire lifestyles, family connections, and life-changing decisions, this movie delivers strong emotions and unforgettable scenes.
Watch the full movie and discover what happens in the end.
New full drama movies uploaded regularly. Stay tuned for more captivating and trending stories.
#drama #fullmovie #lovestory #dramatic #billionaire #ceo #family #relationships #movie #story
Catégorie
😹
AmusantTranscription
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.
00:15Who 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.
00:31He was carried back from the battlefield soaked in blood.
00:33Someone suggested...
00:35A 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.
00:48If I wouldn't agree, she'd transfer me to serve 60-year-old Elder Kevin.
00:52I knew she resented my history with her mate.
00:54I dropped to my knees and swore to the Moon Goddess.
00:57I swear, Chloe.
00:59I had no feelings for Brad.
01:01Chloe jabbed a finger at my forehead, fury in her eyes.
01:04What good is a vow?
01:05Do you have any idea how distracting you are?
01:08I 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.
01:17Who 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.
01:28Her expression softened.
01:29She wiped my tears.
01:31It's not that I don't trust you.
01:33It'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.
01:45I'd rather scrub kitchen floors.
01:48Just don't make me...
01:51Two sharp slaps landed across my face.
01:53My cheek burned.
01:55Leah, are you out of your mind?
01:57If I hadn't vouched for you,
01:58Martha wouldn't have given you a second glance.
02:01You 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.
02:14Enormous.
02:14I followed her through the main hall
02:16to a set of heavy double doors pulled half shut.
02:18Through the gap, I could make out a man's shape in the bed.
02:21Thin, 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.
02:33It's Valerius.
02:34The bond should still be completed.
02:36Leah arrived the same day Case woke up.
02:38That's the moon goddess guiding us.
02:41Seal 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.
02:49Alpha Case has regained consciousness,
02:51but an arrow struck his inner thigh during battle.
02:56I'm afraid he will no longer be able to-
02:58Unable to do what?
02:59He 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.
03:14Of course she is.
03:15She's just an omega with no prospects.
03:18She 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.
03:41The hollows in his cheeks filled out.
03:43His 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.
03:59I knocked on the gate.
04:00He didn't open it.
04:00His voice came,
04:02Leah, I'm betrothed now.
04:03It wouldn't be proper.
04:04Then a soft thud in the dirt at my feet.
04:06A pouch of silver.
04:07Consider 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.
04:13Brad.
04:14I acted like I'd never known him.
04:16Chloe found out anyway.
04:18I snapped back to reality.
04:20I gathered my skirts and knelt in front of Martha.
04:23My lady, I'm willing.
04:25I'll complete the bond,
04:26care for Case,
04:27and serve you as long as you need me.
04:30Luna.
04:30Martha kept her word
04:31and prepared a dignified mating dress for me.
04:34Chloe deliberately chose a day
04:35when Brad was away on pack business
04:37to send me off.
04:38She 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
04:44the pain of bearing pups.
04:45Don't worry.
04:47An alpha who can't perform in that area
04:49is probably exceptional in every other.
04:51Honestly,
04:52none of what Chloe said
04:53had 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.
05:01I completed the bond rites
05:02beside his ceremonial sword instead.
05:05Martha 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.
05:16Case 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
05:31of taking a mate,
05:32he said with a low voice.
05:33If it doesn't trouble you,
05:35we can treat this
05:36as 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.
05:44Tomorrow you move
05:44to the guest quarters.
05:46All right,
05:46I nodded.
05:47He had thought of everything.
05:48It wasn't what I'd expected.
05:50Before the ritual,
05:52one of the older maids
05:53had 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.
06:03You might find it useful.
06:04I had no idea
06:05what she meant
06:06until I opened it.
06:06heat pooled in my core
06:08just from looking
06:09at the pages.
06:11Is it too hot?
06:12Case was watching me
06:13from the bed,
06:13eyes direct,
06:15unblinking.
06:16The dress is heavy.
06:18I'm a little warm.
06:20Then wash up and rest.
06:22He pulled the blanket
06:22over himself
06:23and turned toward the wall.
06:25Within minutes,
06:25his breathing evened out.
06:27I set the handbook
06:28down on the vanity
06:29and took down my hair.
06:30Then the layered robes
06:32piece by piece
06:33until I was standing
06:34in nothing but my nightgown.
06:35I turned to the mirror.
06:36The thin fabric
06:38clung to every curve,
06:39heavy breasts
06:40straining against the cloth,
06:41slim waist giving way
06:43to the flare of my hips.
06:44I walked straight
06:45into Case's gaze.
06:46He wasn't asleep.
06:48His 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.
07:03My 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,
07:23somehow falling
07:23into the same rhythm
07:24as his.
07:25Then Case turned
07:26and walked to the door.
07:27The moment cool
07:28night air rushed in,
07:29I snapped back
07:30to my senses.
07:31He'd already disappeared
07:32into the darkness.
07:34I turned it over
07:34in my mind.
07:35When he'd looked
07:36at me just now,
07:37his eyes had flashed
07:39with something
07:39unmistakably like shock.
07:41Had my figure
07:42actually frightened him?
07:43Before I lay down,
07:45I 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.
07:58By morning,
07:58he was already gone.
07:59Ivy came in to help me dress.
08:01From the corridor outside
08:03came the sound of a man.
08:05Once.
08:06Then again.
08:07Martha's headmaid's voice
08:09carried clearly
08:09through the door.
08:10Alpha Case?
08:11Why didn't you call someone
08:12to heat the water?
08:14It'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
08:22usually take cold showers?
08:24I honestly don't know, miss.
08:26I dismissed her
08:27and locked the door.
08:27I wound a strip of cloth
08:29tight over my undergarments,
08:31then pulled on
08:32the most conservative dress
08:33I 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.
08:51Cage,
08:51I have a few private words
08:53for Leah.
08:54Go rest for a while.
08:55Case rose
08:56and left without a word.
08:57Martha waved me over
08:58and took both my hands in hers,
09:00eyes glistening.
09:02Sweet girl,
09:04our Case is lucky to have you.
09:08The pack healer says
09:10the injury drained his life force.
09:12There's no telling
09:13how long he has left.
09:14Some of the elders suggested
09:16I find a child
09:17for him to adopt
09:18to carry on the bloodline.
09:21But if I did that,
09:23wouldn't I be stealing
09:25your whole future from you?
09:27I'm already grateful
09:28you came into this family
09:29to save Case.
09:30I can't let you sacrifice
09:31the rest of 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
09:40and I'll see to it
09:41that you receive property
09:42and a place of your own.
09:44I reached up
09:45and wiped the tears
09:45from the corners of her eyes,
09:47chest tight
09:48with an ache
09:48I couldn't name.
09:49Mrs. Valerius,
09:51thank you for looking out for me.
09:52I'd come here
09:53thinking of myself
09:54as nothing more
09:54than a transferred Omega servant.
09:56I never imagined
09:57she would think
09:58this far ahead
09:59on my behalf.
10:00My thoughts drifted
10:00to the mother
10:01I had never known.
10:02If she had been alive,
10:03if I had grown up
10:04under a mother's protection,
10:05I never would have ended up
10:06in any of the situations
10:07I'd been through.
10:08Martha laughed
10:09through her tears.
10:10Look at me,
10:11I've gone and made you cry too.
10:13She squeezed my hands.
10:14Leah,
10:15there's no need
10:15to be so formal.
10:17Call me mom,
10:18just like Case does.
10:19She took a breath.
10:20So,
10:21I have a proposition for you.
10:23Chloe mentioned
10:23you know how to prepare
10:24medicinal soups.
10:25I'd like you to take over
10:26Case's daily meals
10:28and care.
10:29I 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
10:38I'd prepared medicinal 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
10:45in a run-down unit,
10:46skipping meals
10:47to save every cent
10:48for his warrior training.
10:50One day,
10:51I found him collapsed
10:51at our back gate
10:52and brought him around.
10:53Out of sympathy,
10:54I dug through
10:55my mother's
10:55old healer journals
10:56and prepared medicinal meals
10:58for him every day
10:59to rebuild his strength.
11:00Only the two of us
11:01ever knew about it.
11:03From the looks of things,
11:04he was the one
11:05who told Chloe,
11:06just to get me driven out.
11:07The lengths he had gone to
11:09were truly something.
11:11I carried the steaming soup
11:12to the bedroom
11:13and found Case directing
11:14servants to pack up
11:15his belongings.
11:17Alpha,
11:17what's this about?
11:19Weren't we agreed
11:20that I was moving
11:20to the guest room?
11:21His 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.
11:28At least eat first.
11:29I set the food
11:30on the table.
11:31He gave it a brief glance
11:32and sat down.
11:35You can leave this kind
11:36of thing to the maid
11:37from now on.
11:38It's no different
11:39coming from me.
11:41It is different.
11:43His voice remained
11:44flat and cool.
11:45Have Ivy bring it
11:46from now on.
11:47He finished the soup
11:48in a few quick swallows,
11:50said a few words
11:51to his servants
11:52and swept past me.
11:53In that moment,
11:54I confirmed one thing.
11:55Alpha Case couldn't
11:57stand the sight of me.
11:58I followed his instructions
11:59and had Ivy deliver
12:01his daily healing meals
12:02to the study
12:02from then on.
12:03Martha couldn't
12:04stop singing my praises.
12:06The pack healer
12:06says Case's condition
12:08has stabilized significantly.
12:09I can see the color
12:10coming back to his face.
12:12Leah, that's entirely
12:13because of you.
12:15Delighted,
12:15she pressed a gold bracelet
12:17into my hands.
12:18Back in my room,
12:19I tucked it
12:19into my jewelry box,
12:21which had been
12:21slowly filling with pieces
12:23Martha had gifted me
12:24since my arrival.
12:25Leah, you never wear
12:26any of these.
12:28Isn't it a waste
12:28to just put them away?
12:29How is it a waste?
12:31Every one of these
12:32can be converted to cash.
12:34That'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
12:46shifted to pure bewilderment.
12:48As she turned away,
12:49she dropped her voice
12:50to a murmur.
12:52Alpha.
12:55Alpha?
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.
13:03Case's face
13:03was even paler than before.
13:05His gaze was sharp and cutting,
13:07fixed on me
13:08with 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?
13:18A journal.
13:18We looked together.
13:20I checked the shelves,
13:21he checked the writing desk.
13:23Neither of us spoke.
13:24I 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.
13:37He reached past me
13:38without effort
13:38and closed his hand
13:39around the journal.
13:41I turned my head.
13:42His face was right there,
13:44closer 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
13:54into his palm,
13:55his hand catching me
13:55before he could react.
13:57Case didn't step back.
13:59His eartips went red.
14:00His throat worked
14:01as he swallowed.
14:02When he exhaled,
14:04the breath came out uneven
14:05against the top of my head.
14:06His eyes flashed gold
14:08for a second,
14:09then green.
14:10I scrambled upright,
14:11face burning.
14:13Your journal.
14:14He took it without a word
14:15and walked out.
14:16Perfect.
14:17My standing in his eyes
14:18had just sunk even lower.
14:20After that day,
14:20I made every effort
14:21to avoid crossing paths
14:22with Case.
14:23He was injured
14:24and recovering.
14:25He needed to stay calm.
14:26But there was one more
14:27thing bothering me.
14:28Brad had been sending notes,
14:30three times already.
14:32I hadn't opened
14:32a single one,
14:33just dropped them in a box.
14:35Then, Ivy pressed one
14:36into my hand that morning.
14:37It'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.
14:42I clenched my fist
14:43and walked out.
14:43I didn't notice the figure
14:44that followed
14:45from the far end
14:46of the courtyard.
14:46Brad was standing
14:47at the gate.
14:49Leah,
14:50you finally came.
14:51You should be calling me
14:52Mrs. Valerius.
14:53He paused,
14:55dropped his voice.
14:56Mrs. Valerius.
14:57Do you have any idea
14:58how many times you've put me
15:00in an impossible position
15:01with these meetings?
15:02I know.
15:04I 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 backing me anymore.
15:11He stepped closer.
15:12I'll buy a house, Leah.
15:14Come with me.
15:15Anything's better
15:16than staying with a dying man.
15:17He reached for me.
15:19I stepped back.
15:21You want me as your mistress?
15:23Brad nodded,
15:24completely 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 knows
15:31Case is dying.
15:32He won't last.
15:34And he can't even
15:35stand 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 on 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
15:55and you're standing here
15:56calling him
15:56less of a man.
15:58You're the one
15:59who's less.
16:01Come near me again
16:02and every note
16:03you've sent
16:03goes straight to Chloe.
16:05How do you think
16:06that 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.
16:14White t-shirt,
16:15standing less than
16:15half a foot away,
16:16his full height
16:17bearing down on me.
16:18Alpha,
16:18I managed.
16:19A faint edge
16:20flickered across
16:20his expression.
16:22Wasn't it my mate
16:22just a moment ago?
16:23Why so formal
16:24all of a sudden?
16:26I looked down
16:26and started walking.
16:29Please don't misunderstand.
16:31As long as I'm in this estate,
16:32I honor this bond.
16:33Completely.
16:34Fast.
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
16:41and pitched straight into him.
16:42My heavy breasts
16:43against his chest.
16:44My waist caught
16:45in his grip.
16:45I looked up.
16:47His face was inches
16:48from mine.
16:48His eyes were deep
16:49and unreadable.
16:50One tilt forward
16:51and our lips
16:52would have touched.
16:53His breath hit my face.
16:55Warm.
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?
17:09I 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,
17:16you're hurting my arm.
17:18Did you mean every word
17:19you said just now?
17:20I blinked
17:21and asked which part.
17:22He let out a quiet breath
17:24and released me.
17:25I bolted.
17:26And I noticed,
17:27for the first time,
17:29his face had actual color in it.
17:31His cheeks were just as red
17:32as mine.
17:34That night,
17:34I had a strange dream.
17:36Case's lips grazed slowly
17:38along my cheek.
17:39His fingers hooked
17:40into the strap of my slip,
17:41voice dropping
17:42to a low murmur.
17:43Does my Luna want this?
17:46I 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
18:00a basin of cold water.
18:01She stared at my sweat,
18:02damp hair and murmured,
18:04It really is getting hotter.
18:05I splashed cold water
18:07onto my face.
18:08And then it hit me.
18:09That first night.
18:10Case.
18:11Cold shower.
18:13Surely he hadn't also been...
18:15No.
18:16Impossible.
18:17He was injured and recovering.
18:19He was supposed to be
18:20keeping himself calm.
18:21At midday,
18:21Martha's attendant arrived.
18:23Martha would like dinner
18:24in the garden tonight.
18:25She asks that you be sure to come.
18:27We've been making excuses
18:28to avoid the main dining hall
18:29for days,
18:30just to steer clear of Case.
18:32But Martha had gone out of her way
18:33to personally extend
18:34the invitation.
18:35I couldn't say no.
18:36I stepped into the garden.
18:37A sprawling rose of Sharon
18:39was in full bloom.
18:40A gust of wind shook loose
18:42a handful of deep crimson petals,
18:44drifting down onto the stone table,
18:46covered with every dish
18:47I loved most.
18:48Martha smiled and gestured
18:49for me to sit.
18:50Case mentioned
18:51it's your birthday today.
18:52He's the one who asked the kitchen
18:54to prepare all of this.
18:55I looked up and met a pair
18:56of burning, intent eyes.
18:59Heat rushed straight to my face.
19:01Case lit a plate of chestnut cake
19:03in front of me
19:03without changing his expression.
19:06How did you know today
19:07was my birthday?
19:08I'd completely forgotten it myself.
19:11My 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.
19:25Leah, this peach blossom wine
19:27is from my private reserve.
19:29I'm opening it just for you.
19:31But you two had better
19:32not drink too much.
19:33She pushed back her chair,
19:34said the summer evening breeze
19:36was too much for her old bones,
19:37and left.
19:38The garden went quiet.
19:40To avoid the silence,
19:42I 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.
20:02I reached across the table
20:03toward the last piece
20:04of chestnut cake.
20:05The dish was empty.
20:06I looked up.
20:08Where's the last piece?
20:10I ate it.
20:10I have absolutely no idea
20:12where the boldness came from.
20:14I leaned straight
20:15toward his face.
20:17Who told you
20:18to eat that?
20:19Spit it back out.
20:20I pressed against his chest,
20:22trying to peer into his mouth.
20:23Case looked down at me,
20:24perfectly calm.
20:26You 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
20:32crept across his cheeks.
20:34Try using your mouse.
20:36My gaze drifted
20:37to his slightly reddened lips.
20:39I swallowed once,
20:40and kissed him
20:41without hesitation.
20:42Case went rigid,
20:44his breathing lurching unsteady.
20:45Then control shifted.
20:47His hand cupped
20:48the back of my head
20:49and he pressed in deeper,
20:51harder.
20:52Neither of us pulled away
20:53until footsteps sounded
20:54from behind the flower bed.
20:57Alpha,
20:57the night air is cool.
20:59Lady Martin 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
21:06and the next instant
21:07the world tilted.
21:08Everything went dark.
21:11When I woke up
21:12with a splitting headache,
21:13it was already morning.
21:15I suddenly remembered.
21:16I'd promised Martha
21:17to visit Case's father's grave.
21:20It was late.
21:21I started rushing around
21:22for my things.
21:25Leah, don't worry.
21:26The driver is still
21:27getting the car ready.
21:29Ivy,
21:30was 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 anything stupid,
21:43did I?
21:44Ivy bid back a smile.
21:46The Alpha set you down
21:48on the bed
21:48and you grabbed his sleeve
21:51and wouldn't let go.
21:52You kept calling him
21:53my mate
21:54over and over
21:55until his whole face
21:56went red.
21:58Ivy,
21:59don't you dare
21:59make things up.
22:01She covered her mouth,
22:02laughing and ran out.
22:05I met Martha
22:06at the front entrance.
22:08Case's father's grave
22:09was on a hillside
22:10just 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 last night.
22:19Martha must have
22:20misread my expression
22:21because she said,
22:22Leah,
22:23is there someone
22:24you have feelings for?
22:28I've noticed
22:29you've been avoiding Case
22:30these past few days.
22:33please don't be upset
22:34with me for pushing
22:35you two together
22:35at dinner last night.
22:37I thought if the two of you
22:38couldn't be mates,
22:39you could at least
22:40be friends.
22:40But if you're uncomfortable
22:41or if you want to leave,
22:44just say,
22:45I'll have him sever the bond.
22:46I won't let you
22:47be trapped here.
22:48Mom, no.
22:49It's not that.
22:50I was thinking
22:51about something 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,
23:00crashing through brush,
23:00the whole frame shaking.
23:01I grabbed Martha
23:02and looked at the driver.
23:04Slumped over the wheel.
23:06Unconscious.
23:07No 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.
23:18Hold on to me.
23:18I wrapped myself around her
23:20and we threw ourselves clear
23:21the instant the wheels
23:21left solid ground.
23:23We hit the cliff edge
23:24and went over.
23:25My hand shot out
23:26and caught a root
23:26jutting from the rock face.
23:28My other hand
23:29locked around Martha's wrist.
23:30Below her was a straight drop
23:32into nothing.
23:34Mom,
23:35don't look down.
23:35Don't look down.
23:36Hold on to me.
23:38Ivy and the others
23:38are right behind us.
23:40Behind us in the second car.
23:42They'll be here soon.
23:44The root ground
23:45under our weight.
23:47Martha's voice broke.
23:48Leah,
23:50let me go.
23:51We're too heavy.
23:54It'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.
24:08I 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.
24:18Hold on.
24:23They'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.
24:34Then I heard it.
24:36A wolf's howl split the air,
24:39deafening and close.
24:42Leah,
24:43don't move.
24:44I'm coming down.
24:45Case's voice.
24:47He'd called me by my name.
24:49The first time.
24:51A strong arm came under me.
24:54He'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.
25:12It wasn't a hallucination.
25:14Case had saved us.
25:16He held me,
25:17brow creased.
25:20Why is there so much blood?
25:22Martha clutched her face.
25:25She shielded me when we jumped.
25:27I didn't get a scratch.
25:30It'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
25:41and I stayed curled against his chest.
25:43His forehead was damp with sweat.
25:46He kept one hand on the wheel
25:48and kept talking.
25:49Leah,
25:50Leah,
25:51Leah,
25:51stay awake.
25:53I'll get you chestnut cake.
25:55I'll give you all the jewelry you want to sell.
25:57You don't have to wait for me to die.
25:59I'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 through the windshield.
26:09It wasn't raining.
26:11Then everything went black.
26:12When I opened my eyes,
26:13every part of my body felt like it had been taken apart
26:15and put back wrong.
26:17My Luna,
26:18the pack healer said you can't move yet.
26:20Ivy pressed a bowl of medicine to my lips,
26:22spooning it in slowly.
26:24You're lucky nothing's broken.
26:25Her voice was steady,
26:27but her eyes were red.
26:28The scrapes were bad.
26:29You need to stay flat or they'll scar.
26:31Your shoulder was dislocated too.
26:33She kept talking.
26:34My eyes had already drifted to the door.
26:36After I finished the medicine,
26:38I asked,
26:39Where's Case?
26:40Investigating.
26:41Someone poisoned the driver with wolf bite
26:43and cut the brake lines.
26:44It was deliberate.
26:45Who would be bold enough
26:46to target the Alpha's family directly?
26:48I was flat on my back for a full month.
26:50I didn't see Case once.
26:52Martha kept her door shut too,
26:53still recovering from the shock.
26:55Everyone in the estate moved with tight faces
26:57and clipped voices,
26:58like something was being held just below the surface.
27:01I asked Ivy.
27:02She said nothing was wrong.
27:04Today, I was finally cleared to get out of bed.
27:06I opened my door
27:07and walked straight into a familiar figure.
27:09Case.
27:10Dark tactical shirt.
27:11Sharper than I remembered.
27:13He held out a small wooden box.
27:15I took it and lifted the lid.
27:17A land deed.
27:18A property contract.
27:19A severance letter.
27:21My body went rigid.
27:22Something locked around my chest
27:23and wouldn't let go.
27:25Case.
27:26Are you throwing me out?
27:27You've been waiting for this
27:28since the day you arrived.
27:30You avoided me,
27:31stayed out of my way,
27:32you never wanted anything to do with me.
27:34You were counting down the days
27:35until I died
27:35so you could walk out cleanly.
27:37I'm just doing it early.
27:40Leah, go.
27:41After today, we're finished.
27:42Something sharp flooded my chest.
27:45My mouth opened and closed.
27:47It took a long time to get anything out.
27:50So that's what you think of me?
27:54Leave now.
27:56I don't want to see you anymore.
27:58Case disappeared around the corner of the yard.
28:00Estate guards all but pushed me out the door.
28:02Ivy fell in to step beside me
28:04and the Alpha said you're used to having me around.
28:06He told me to go with you.
28:09I couldn't speak.
28:14We moved into a small house
28:16on the edge of the territory.
28:17By morning,
28:18the pack's official announcement had gone up.
28:21The announcement said Case had betrayed the pack.
28:23The announcement said he had betrayed the pack,
28:25that he had leaked the Border Patrol routes
28:27to a rogue faction.
28:29By order of the Lycan King,
28:31royal enforcers had been dispatched
28:33to seize him,
28:34pending investigation.
28:36Case was being held in the dungeons
28:37under royal guard.
28:39The estate was locked down.
28:41Everyone inside was under scrutiny.
28:44Case would never betray his pack.
28:46He would die before he did something like that.
28:48He rushed to get me out.
28:50That was why.
28:51That was the only reason.
28:53Ivy was pacing circles around the living room.
28:55She'd grown up inside the estate.
28:57She couldn't stand still.
28:59Is there anything we can do?
29:01I made myself sit down and think.
29:04Years ago,
29:05Elder Reed's youngest child
29:06had gotten lost in the forest
29:08and been bitten by a snake.
29:09I'd found him
29:10and used the right herbs
29:11to treat the wound.
29:13Elder Reed had arrived
29:14while I was still crouched over the boy.
29:16He'd seen my face.
29:17I was sure he hadn't forgotten.
29:20I tracked him down
29:21outside the council building
29:22and stepped into his path.
29:23Elder Reed,
29:24you remember me.
29:25I need a favor.
29:27He looked at me for a long moment.
29:29Then he nodded.
29:30Elder Reed led me into the dungeon.
29:3230 minutes.
29:33No more.
29:34The door unlocked.
29:35Case stood up.
29:36His eyes flashed with surprise.
29:37How did you get in?
29:39My chest ached
29:40as I looked at him
29:40through the blur of tears.
29:42That's why you kicked me out, isn't it?
29:44You were framed.
29:45Think carefully.
29:46Is there any evidence
29:47to prove your innocence?
29:49I will find it.
29:50I will investigate.
29:51I swear I will rescue you.
29:53Case's gaze deepened.
29:55Then his arm shot out
29:56and pulled me into his chest.
29:57Leah.
29:58My heart hammered.
30:00But time was running out.
30:01This wasn't the moment.
30:02I pushed against him.
30:04He didn't budge.
30:05Leah, you don't need to do anything.
30:06I can't say much.
30:09I promise.
30:11Seven days later,
30:12I will accompany you
30:13to watch the sunrise.
30:15Okay?
30:16His eyes were steady.
30:17Certain.
30:18Like he was coaxing
30:19a frightened pup.
30:21I walked out of the dungeon
30:22and straight into Brad.
30:27He stepped into my path.
30:28Slow smile spreading across his face.
30:30It's not too late to reconsider.
30:33Being my mistress
30:34beats being alone and disgraced.
30:36I swung my hand
30:37and slapped him across the face.
30:39He lunged for me.
30:40I stepped sideways
30:41and put distance between us.
30:42Try that again
30:43and every note you sent me
30:44ends up in front of Chloe's father.
30:46Every single one.
30:47You've been whispering in her ear
30:48for years, haven't you?
30:49Trying to get me pushed out
30:50thinking I'd have nowhere to go
30:51and no choice but to run to you.
30:53But you never counted on Chloe
30:54handing me straight to Case.
30:56A man you can't touch.
30:57His face changed.
30:58I didn't wait for him to recover.
30:59I walked away and didn't look back.
31:02A wolf like that.
31:03The further the better.
31:04I didn't sleep well
31:05for the next five days.
31:07Case's voice kept coming back to me.
31:09I promise.
31:10Seven days later
31:11I will accompany you
31:12to watch the sunrise.
31:13Okay?
31:13On the afternoon of the sixth day
31:15the Lichen King's official decree
31:16went up across the territory.
31:18The leak hadn't come from Case.
31:20It had come from Prince Marcus
31:22and his allies.
31:23The truth is finally revealed.
31:27The Lichen King
31:28had not yet named his heir.
31:29Both Prince Caden
31:30and Prince Marcus
31:31were in the running.
31:32Case was Prince Caden's
31:33most powerful ally.
31:34The Alpha
31:34who commanded
31:35the most powerful pack.
31:36Taking Case down
31:37was the cleanest way
31:38to clear the path
31:38to the throne.
31:39Prince Marcus
31:40had planted a spy
31:41inside the Blackwood Pack,
31:42used him to steal
31:42the Border Patrol routes,
31:44then framed Case for it.
31:45So the injury
31:46had been faked.
31:47All of it.
31:47A deliberate trap
31:48to draw out the spy.
31:49But why fake
31:50being unable to mate?
31:52I turned that over
31:53in my mind all night
31:54and couldn't land on an answer.
31:55Dawn was just breaking
31:56when someone knocked at the door.
31:57I didn't think.
31:58I just ran.
31:59I threw the door open
32:00and walked straight
32:00into Case's chest.
32:02He went completely still.
32:03Then his arms came around me,
32:04slow and deliberate,
32:06and pulled me in hard.
32:07I'd run out
32:07in nothing but a thin sleep shirt.
32:09No warning.
32:10Through the thin fabric
32:11I could feel everything.
32:12the hard muscle of his chest.
32:14His arms locked tight around me.
32:16I pressed my hands
32:17against his chest
32:18and tried to step back.
32:19Leah.
32:19His voice dropped low.
32:21I'm back.
32:22Our eyes locked.
32:23The heat between us
32:24was thick enough to touch.
32:25Then he lifted me off the ground
32:26and carried me
32:27straight toward the bedroom.
32:28I beat a fist
32:28against his chest.
32:30Weren't we supposed
32:31to watch the sunrise?
32:34You first.
32:36Sunrise after.
32:37We fell onto the bed together.
32:41Case pinned me beneath him.
32:42One hand working the buttons
32:44of my sleep shirt open.
32:45Eyes never leaving mine.
32:47I covered his eyes
32:48with both hands.
32:49Don't look.
32:50It's embarrassing.
32:51He took my hands down.
32:52His breathing had gone ragged.
32:55It's beautiful.
32:56His eyes were bright and fixed.
32:58My skin went hot
32:59everywhere he touched.
33:00I pressed my palm
33:01flat against his chest.
33:02Hard muscle, warm skin.
33:04Healer said you couldn't get hard.
33:06How is any of this possible?
33:07lips dragging slowly
33:08along my jaw to my ear.
33:09You want to know if I can?
33:12There's one way to find out.
33:13He kissed me.
33:14One hand cupping my face,
33:16tilting it up toward him.
33:17I kissed him back hard.
33:19My hands slid up his chest,
33:20over his shoulders,
33:22gripping his arms.
33:23He pressed me further
33:24into the mattress,
33:25his weight settling over me.
33:27The heat built fast
33:28and took over completely.
33:30My hands went slack.
33:31He caught them,
33:32laced his fingers through mine,
33:34and pinned them above my head.
33:36He loves me very much
33:37and completely occupies me.
33:39My face gradually became rosy
33:42and we could only hear
33:43each other's heartbeats
33:44and breathing.
33:45His lips dragged
33:46from my mouth to my jaw,
33:48down the side of my neck,
33:49slow and unhurried.
33:51Then he stopped.
33:53His canines pierced
33:54my mating gland,
33:55a second of sharp,
33:56white-hot pain,
33:57and then it was done.
33:58I lay there,
34:00chest heaving,
34:00fingers still tangled in his.
34:02On my neck,
34:03his mark ached.
34:05Finally,
34:05we weren't just mates
34:06on paper anymore.
34:09After the estate lockdown
34:10was lifted,
34:11Case took me to meet
34:11Prince Caden,
34:12a slow smile spreading
34:13across his face.
34:14So you're the woman
34:15who brought Case to his knees.
34:16I've been wanting to meet you.
34:19You flatter me,
34:20your highness.
34:20Case helped the kingdom
34:21take down a real threat.
34:22You stood by him
34:23through all of it.
34:24I'll host an official
34:25Luna ceremony for you.
34:26And when that day comes,
34:28I'll have a gift ready.
34:29Thank you,
34:29your highness.
34:30Don't blame Case,
34:32Leah.
34:33Faking the injury
34:34was always part of the plan.
34:38Too many enemies
34:39wanted him dead.
34:40The only way
34:41to keep him safe
34:41was to make them
34:42think he was already finished.
34:44Part about not being able
34:45to get hard,
34:46that was my idea.
34:47I gave the pack doctor
34:48that order myself.
34:51We grew up together.
34:53I know exactly how he is.
34:54Never any interest in women.
34:56Never any weakness.
34:57I figured it was time
34:58someone did something about that.
35:00Suddenly I understood.
35:01Just two old friends
35:03and one very elaborate prank.
35:05The car accident.
35:06That was Prince Marcus as well.
35:08They intended it
35:09to look like an accident.
35:10They didn't expect
35:10to hurt you in the process.
35:12Luna, Leah,
35:13it's been dealt with.
35:14You and Case are safe now.
35:20I took a slow breath.
35:22Knowing it was over
35:23didn't make the memory
35:24of dangling off that cliff
35:25any less vivid.
35:26We got back to the estate
35:27to find Chloe already inside,
35:28crying.
35:29She walked an hour ago
35:30and hasn't stopped.
35:32Martha is getting a headache from it.
35:34I told Case to go to his study.
35:35I'd handle it.
35:37I sat down next to Chloe.
35:39Face red, eyes swollen.
35:40Word had already spread.
35:42Brad had been identified
35:43as one of Prince Marcus' informants.
35:45Chloe's father had been cleared,
35:47but Chloe and Brad were finished.
35:49Still crying?
35:50I'll have someone throw you out.
35:52She stopped immediately,
35:53still shaking but quiet.
35:55I misjudged him.
35:57I thought picking someone
35:58from a lower-ranked family
35:59meant he'd be easy to manage.
36:02I didn't think he'd be like this.
36:04I told you he wasn't a good person.
36:06You didn't say it clearly enough.
36:08I rolled my eyes.
36:09I wasn't a powerless Omega anymore.
36:12I didn't have to hold back.
36:17Were you ever angry at me
36:19for how I treated you back then?
36:22No.
36:23I cursed you in my head,
36:24but I don't hold grudges.
36:26You cursed me?
36:27Do you want to punish me for it?
36:29Chloe laughed despite herself,
36:31then caught herself
36:31and pressed her lips together.
36:32I'm sorry for the slap.
36:34Did it hurt?
36:35I already forgot about it.
36:36Then let me slap you back.
36:38We'll be even.
36:39She closed her eyes
36:40and braced herself.
36:41I raised my hand
36:42and let it land soft
36:43against her cheek.
36:45She opened her eyes.
36:49I already gave that slap to Brad.
36:50Chloe stared at me for a second.
36:52Then she laughed,
36:53really laughed,
36:54for the first time
36:55since she'd walked in.
36:56Don't call me Chloe anymore.
36:57Can we be friends?
36:59No.
37:01I don't like friends
37:02who cry too much.
37:03The light was still on
37:04when I passed Case's study.
37:06I pushed the door open.
37:07Before I could say a word,
37:09an arm shot out from behind
37:10and wrapped around my waist.
37:11Bold intruder.
37:12His voice dropped low
37:13against my ear.
37:14You think you can just
37:15walk into the Alpha's office?
37:17The Alpha's mate
37:18is right here
37:18and you still dare
37:19make a move?
37:20Case played it straight.
37:22His lips found my neck.
37:23Here?
37:24Really?
37:26Right here.
37:27I kept saying no.
37:28My hands said
37:29something else entirely,
37:30finding their way
37:31to his back.
37:32He murmured against my ear.
37:34You have no idea
37:35how many times
37:35I thought about this
37:36in this room.
37:38I wanted to say
37:39something back,
37:40but his hand was
37:41already moving
37:41and I couldn't get
37:42a single word out.
37:43He carried me to the table
37:44and took off my clothes.
37:46Then we had a good time.
37:54When I woke up,
37:54it was almost dawn.
37:56Case was already awake,
37:57sitting up against
37:58the headboard,
37:58watching me.
37:59His eyes were soft
38:01in a way that made it
38:01hard to look back.
38:03Morning.
38:03I sat up and rubbed my eyes.
38:05Then I remembered.
38:06The sunrise.
38:07He'd promised.
38:09The sunrise.
38:13We still have time.
38:14He was already up.
38:15He picked up my clothes
38:16from beside the bed
38:17and handing them to me.
38:19He dressed me slowly,
38:20straightening each layer
38:21with both hands,
38:22like he'd done it
38:23a thousand times before.
38:24We walked out
38:25into the yard.
38:25Cool air.
38:26The smell of pine.
38:28To the east,
38:29the sky had just started
38:29to lighten at the edges.
38:31Case stood behind me
38:32and wrapped both arms
38:32around me.
38:33We watched the horizon
38:34together.
38:35The sun came up slowly.
38:36Gold light broke
38:37across the trees,
38:38spread across the yard
38:39and landed on us.
38:41The clouds caught
38:42the color and held it.
38:43Beautiful.
38:44Close to my ear.
38:47Beautiful.
38:48He pulled me in tighter
38:49and said nothing else.
38:50He didn't need to.
38:53I'll watch every sunrise
38:54and sunset with you.
38:55His voice was quiet
38:56against my hair.
38:56Everyone.
38:57For as long as we have.
38:59I turned around
39:00and kissed him once,
39:01quick and light.
39:03Deal.
39:04The sun came up fully
39:05and the yard filled
39:06with light.
39:07Our shadows stretched long
39:08across the ground
39:09behind us.
39:10Over the next few days,
39:11the estate came back
39:12to life.
39:13Servants moved through
39:14the halls
39:14with easy steps again.
39:15Martha's health improved.
39:17She called me in
39:18to talk every morning,
39:19always smiling
39:19when I walked
39:20through the door.
39:21One afternoon,
39:22I was trimming the plants
39:22in the yard
39:23when Sunny came running over.
39:24Leah, Chloe is here again.
39:27She brought a lot
39:27of stuff with her.
39:28I set down my shears.
39:30Since the day
39:30she'd come in crying,
39:31Chloe had been showing up
39:32regularly.
39:33She said she was making up
39:34for lost time.
39:35Really, she just had
39:36nothing to do
39:37and nowhere to be.
39:40Let her in.
39:41I wiped my hands
39:41and went to meet her.
39:44Chloe walked in
39:45with two attendants
39:46behind her,
39:47carrying food boxes.
39:48She changed a lot.
39:49Less restless.
39:50She dressed simpler now
39:51and moved quieter.
39:59I made your favorite,
40:01chestnut cake.
40:02I asked the Royal Kitchen
40:04for the recipe this time.
40:06Better than anything
40:07the Blackwood Kitchen
40:08has ever made.
40:09I took a piece
40:09and bit into it.
40:11Sweet, soft,
40:12better than I expected.
40:15Good.
40:16Thank you.
40:17So where's Case?
40:18Not home?
40:20He went to the
40:21PAC training ground.
40:22Something came up.
40:23Chloe nodded
40:24and reached for a piece herself.
40:25For a while,
40:26neither of us said anything.
40:27Just the wind
40:28moving through the yard.
40:29My father wants me
40:30to find a new mate.
40:31I looked up.
40:32Don't rush for it.
40:34I know.
40:37After Brad,
40:38I don't know
40:39how to trust anyone.
40:40She looked at me,
40:40something flickering
40:41in her eyes.
40:42You have a good mate.
40:45Case fights for you,
40:46protects you,
40:47and he's the strongest
40:48alpha in the kingdom.
40:49We just got lucky.
40:51You can't force these things.
40:52Chloe nodded
40:53and didn't say anything else.
40:54Just ate her chestnut cake.
40:56The yard went quiet,
40:58just wind moving
40:59through the leaves.
41:00Then she said,
41:02that slap.
41:03Do you really not
41:04hold it against me?
41:06Really.
41:07It's in the past.
41:08No point bringing it up.
41:10The truth was,
41:11I'd already let it go
41:12a long time ago.
41:13She wasn't a bad person,
41:14just spoiled.
41:15Used to getting her way.
41:17Chloe's eyes went red
41:18at the edges.
41:18Thank you.
41:20When I arranged the mating,
41:22part of it was because
41:23I was scared you and Brad
41:24would find your way
41:24back to each other.
41:26But part of it
41:27was genuine.
41:28I really did think
41:29Case was a good man.
41:30That he wouldn't
41:31treat you badly.
41:32We looked at each other
41:33and smiled.
41:34All the conflicts
41:34were solved.
41:37I just didn't expect him
41:39to be faking the whole time.
41:40Chloe laughed,
41:41a little embarrassed.
41:42It's in the past.
41:45Isn't this better?
41:50It is.
41:51She nodded.
41:52Can we be friends?
41:53For real?
41:54I won't be like
41:55I was before.
41:58Sure.
41:59I nodded.
42:00Something warm
42:01moved through my chest.
42:02Letting go of old grudges
42:04and coming out
42:04the other side
42:05with a friend.
42:05That wasn't a bad ending.
42:06We sat in the yard
42:07for the rest of the afternoon,
42:09eating and talking.
42:10Pack gossip,
42:11small things,
42:12nothing important.
42:13The sun came through the leaves
42:15and the air was warm
42:16and easy.
42:16When Case came back
42:17from the training grounds
42:18that evening
42:18and saw the two of us,
42:20surprise crossed his face.
42:22What are you two happy about?
42:24Talking about you.
42:25Chloe grinned.
42:26About what a liar you are,
42:28faking the whole thing
42:29and fooling everyone.
42:32Case walked over
42:33and sat down beside me.
42:34친구� gälleret.
42:35See you there.
Commentaires