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00:02They mock me for chasing him for eight years, but none of them know.
00:06He came to me first.
00:08I'm a pureblood noble werewolf, yet I stayed in the shadows, his secret lover for eight long years.
00:14I used my clan's power to raise him into the supreme alpha with my own hands, but he never chose
00:20to mark me.
00:24He finally promised to claim me in public, tonight at the king's mating ball.
00:29I thought my long, bitter wait had finally borne fruit, and right now, the moment his fated mate, Vivian, appeared,
00:36his wolf ignored me completely.
00:38Then he pulled her into his arms before the whole court.
00:41The lichen king blessed their bond on the spot.
00:45Congratulations!
00:46Cheers to love and forever!
00:48Everyone cheered loudly.
00:49Only I stood frozen in place, as if all my years had been torn away from me.
00:54He kissed her passionately right before all the noble courtiers.
01:01Lady Alara, how did a wolf like you end up without a partner tonight?
01:06Haven't found your fated one yet?
01:09I already have a mate.
01:13Oh, who's the lucky bastard?
01:16And how did you keep him hidden this long?
01:18Steady.
01:20Reliable.
01:21Treats me well.
01:22How did you meet? You've never breathed a word about him.
01:24Every eye in the hall was on me.
01:27A dry cough from across the room.
01:29It was Caleb.
01:30Leave it alone, princess.
01:32If Alara doesn't want to talk, don't push her.
01:34Cordelia laughed it off.
01:35My mistake.
01:36Mr. Alpha Caleb.
01:38But the moment he spoke, the focus shifted to them.
01:40Their real question is for Alpha Caleb.
01:43Caleb made his name young?
01:44Never took mate.
01:46Now we know.
01:47He was waiting for his fated one, Vivian.
01:50Caleb didn't answer.
01:52Didn't deny it either.
01:53Don't tell me the Alpha's shy.
01:55Laughter rolled through the hall.
01:58Caleb looked down at her.
02:00His eyes softened.
02:01Give us the truth, Alpha.
02:02Have you been in love with Vivian this whole time?
02:04Please, don't tease.
02:07Eight years.
02:08Eight years of him keeping me hidden.
02:13Gang politics is complicated.
02:15My enemies will use you against me.
02:18Baby, you gotta wait.
02:20For eight years, he never once made our relationship public.
02:23And underneath all of it, the thing he never said out loud.
02:25What if his fated one comes back?
02:27I pretended to ignore it.
02:29Long enough to get used to pretending we were strangers in public.
02:32It wasn't until tonight that I understood.
02:34The timing was never going to be right.
02:36It was always going to be her.
02:39Say something, Alpha.
02:47What's the hurry?
02:49We want a drink at the mating ceremony.
02:52Enough.
02:53Stop tormenting them.
02:54Caleb leaned in and lifted his glass to Vivian's lips.
02:57His eyes never left her face.
02:59I looked down at my own glass.
03:01Caleb had never shown me that kind of care.
03:04Lady Elota, I hear your family's been entertaining offers.
03:08Anyone catch your eye?
03:09I felt Caleb stare.
03:11Don't say anything stupid.
03:12I didn't look at him.
03:14The mating date is set.
03:15Soon.
03:17So the rumors are true.
03:19I'm not a pup anymore.
03:21My parents set the date.
03:22I agreed.
03:23Who is he?
03:24When's the ceremony?
03:25Everyone was looking at me.
03:27Except Caleb.
03:28Don't rush her.
03:29You're making her shy.
03:30Though if the date's already set, you must have known him a long time.
03:34Must be love.
03:36We met two weeks ago.
03:38He's steady.
03:39He treats me well.
03:41So I said yes.
03:42The hall died on the back.
03:43Even the queen's eyebrows were not.
03:46Across the room, Caleb sat built upright.
03:49The shock on his face was too big to hide.
03:51I'd asked him for his birth moon.
03:53Told him I wanted the Paxier to read our bond.
03:56I wanted poop.
03:58Something to hold on to.
03:59I'd told him I wanted an answer.
04:01Relief crossed his face.
04:03Then something darker.
04:05Even now, with his faded mate at his side, he still thought I was going to be his shadow.
04:12Congratulations, Allara.
04:13When's the ceremony?
04:15We'd like to send gifts.
04:16Three days from now.
04:17A small gathering at my family's estate.
04:20Though, honestly, I thought...
04:22Thought what?
04:23I thought Allara was waiting for someone.
04:26The way she used to trail after Caleb.
04:28We all thought she'd die unmated before she took anyone else.
04:32The room went still.
04:34Caleb, Allara's getting mated.
04:36You two go back.
04:37Don't you have anything to say?
04:39Caleb didn't even raise his eyes.
04:41That was a long time ago.
04:44Four words.
04:45A sharp pain shot through my chest.
04:47I laughed before I could stop myself.
04:50My eyes were wet.
04:51They didn't know it was never me chasing him.
04:54He came for me first.
04:55I never want another wolf as long as he lived.
04:58Once my position is secure, I will name you as my Luna.
05:03Chosen bond or not.
05:05He said it wouldn't matter.
05:06But we were never public.
05:08So everyone just assumed I was pathetic.
05:12Enough.
05:13Let the past rest.
05:15To Allara, may she find a good mate.
05:19To Alpha Caleb and Vivian,
05:22may the moon bless their bond.
05:23Glasses rang against each other.
05:28Caleb pulled Vivian against his side.
05:30His scent wrapped around her,
05:32claiming her in front of every wolf in the hall.
05:36Vivian, it's late.
05:38I'm taking you home.
05:39I stood alone.
05:40A rainy night, eight years ago.
05:43Rogues came for him.
05:44I stepped in front of the silver blade without thinking.
05:47The blood wouldn't stop.
05:49His eyes went red.
05:51He told me he'd make me the happiest woman alive.
05:53My hand went to my left shoulder.
05:56The scar didn't hurt anymore.
05:58Just like his promises,
06:00Dawn had barely broken.
06:02I heard the footsteps I knew by heart outside my door.
06:08I know the masquerade upset you,
06:10but you can't throw around lies about taking a mate.
06:12I didn't lie.
06:13It was just a show.
06:16Don't gamble your whole life because you're angry.
06:18Drop the mating story.
06:19It'll stick to both of us.
06:22I don't say things I don't mean.
06:24The date is set.
06:26I know you're hurt.
06:29Give me two more years.
06:30Let me settle things.
06:33I'll name you my Luna.
06:34Fated or not.
06:37I almost laughed.
06:38He'd said the same thing two years ago.
06:41In his head,
06:41I had endless two-year blocks to burn.
06:44Now he had a fated mate,
06:45and he still thought I'd wait in the shadows.
06:48Caleb,
06:49I've run out of time.
06:51He stared at me.
06:52There's something I've been meaning to tell you.
06:55The truth is...
06:56Alpha.
06:57Lady Vivian is unwell.
06:58She's asking for you.
06:59He turned and walked out.
07:01I'll check on her.
07:02We'll finish this when I get back.
07:04He couldn't even pretend to choose me for one more minute.
07:07His wolf wouldn't let him.
07:09That was what being fated meant.
07:11Two hours later,
07:13Caleb walked through the hall with Vivian on his arm.
07:16Caleb,
07:17I'm so sorry to impose.
07:19Don't worry about it.
07:21Stay as long as you need.
07:22He pushed open the door to my chambers.
07:24The room had been stripped bare.
07:26Every trace of me gone.
07:30Quieter than I expected.
07:32A little empty.
07:33There used to be whiskey on his desk.
07:35A silver charm I'd forged for him.
07:38Now there was nothing.
07:40Caleb stood in the middle of the empty chamber.
07:43Something inside him went hollow.
07:45Vivian held it up between two fingers.
07:47Alpha, this pendant is beautiful.
07:49Who was it for?
07:50Caleb didn't speak.
07:52I love it.
07:54Let me wear it at the mating ceremony.
07:56Caleb snapped back.
07:58Took the pendant from her hand.
08:00If you want something,
08:01I'll have the best silversmiths make you whatever you want.
08:03Any design.
08:05Vivian's smile froze.
08:07Who is she?
08:08It's Allura.
08:10Isn't it?
08:10Caleb said nothing.
08:12Caleb.
08:12He turned away from her.
08:13Do you know why my family left the Royal Territory?
08:18Because I saw the way you looked at her.
08:20I knew if I stayed,
08:21I'd have to watch you choose her over whatever I was.
08:24She stared at him.
08:26She wiped her eyes.
08:27So I ran.
08:29I Alphas came courting every season.
08:32I turned down every one of them.
08:34But I've always only wanted you.
08:36Then the masquerade.
08:37Your wolf found me through the mask.
08:39The king sealed it in front of the court.
08:41I finally had my answer.
08:44You were mine.
08:45The moon said so.
08:46I thought I could finally have you.
08:48The one you care about is me.
08:52Not her.
08:56Isn't that right?
08:59She's at her family's estate.
09:01Waiting for the ceremony.
09:03We agreed on it.
09:04Waiting?
09:06She stood in that hall and told everyone
09:09she's mating a stranger she met two weeks ago.
09:12Every wolf in the room heard it.
09:15Caleb still thought I was going to marry him.
09:17He thought I was angry that he still hadn't named me his Luna.
09:20Wake up, Caleb.
09:21She doesn't.
09:22Vivian.
09:24What's between me and Alara has nothing to do with you.
09:29If you have other ideas,
09:30you can't stay here.
09:32Vivian froze.
09:34I...
09:35I...
09:36I...
09:39I'll have rooms arranged.
09:40Tell the housekeeper if you need anything.
09:42Vivian stood there a long moment,
09:43then pulled her mouth into a thin smile.
09:46I overstepped.
09:48I'm sorry.
09:49Don't worry.
09:50The moment my mother arrives,
09:52I'll be gone.
09:59After that,
10:00Caleb stopped sleeping.
10:02Caleb thought back on everything.
10:04His parents were more important.
10:06From nothing to Alpha,
10:07I was the one who got him there.
10:09I am pure blood.
10:10Noble.
10:11I made him what he is.
10:13What Vivian had to offer was just the pull in his chest.
10:17Kate couldn't carve his way out at the floor.
10:19I could.
10:21Every time he was cornered,
10:22it was my kin who closed in behind him.
10:25Of course he fell for me.
10:27Because I gave him everything I had.
10:33But it still wasn't enough.
10:35He had to prove something that he wasn't less.
10:37So he kept stalling.
10:39Kept making excuses.
10:41Until his wolf bowed to Vivian on the masquerade floor.
10:45And he let it.
10:47He hadn't brought me honey cakes in years.
10:50Hadn't asked if my scar ached in the cold.
10:52He sent letters to the Blackthorn estate.
10:55Everyone came back unopened.
10:57Then he heard the maids whispering outside the manor walls.
11:00Come on.
11:01The Blackthorn girl is mating today.
11:03Let's go catch some of the luck.
11:04Okay.
11:06Caleb froze.
11:07He shifted into his womb and ran for my estate without a thought.
11:11He tore through the great hall and saw me.
11:14A bride in white silk.
11:18Moonstone at my throat.
11:26Alara.
11:27Stop.
11:28My feet paused.
11:29I turned.
11:30Caleb's eyes locked onto mine.
11:33The hall fell into whispers.
11:35The one you're supposed to mate is me.
11:38His eyes were red.
11:39He walked toward me one step.
11:41You've been my chosen mate for eight years.
11:45how can you bond with someone else a servant tried to block him caleb shoved him aside without
11:51looking alpha this is my daughter's mating day my father stepped in front of me show some respect
11:59respect caleb laughed ugly and raw i protected her for eight years i waited eight years
12:07lord blackthorne this mating mating every eye in the hall landed on me my chest didn't move
12:14then vivian's voice from the doorway she came in on a maid's arm steps quick worry painted on just
12:21right caleb why are you doing this she turned to me voice soft every word a blade lady allura
12:33don't do this to yourself caleb's heart is yours why throw yourself away i pushed my father's hand
12:42aside walked up to caleb you still think i'm throwing a tantrum my hand went to my left shoulder
12:51eight years ago rogues in the rain i took the silver blade for you
12:59you held me after said you'd name me your luna fated or not something cracked across his face
13:06he tried to speak i cut him off i waited eight years i got used to being strangers in public
13:16got used to being a shadow luna with no name and you you let your wolf bow to vivian in
13:23front of the
13:23entire court took the king's blessing pulled her against your side where every wolf of kingdom
13:29could see did you think about me even once
13:35i didn't alara i never meant to throw you away the mating gifts are ready i was going to name
13:43you
13:43my luna at the full moon all of it ready he ripped the silver chain from around his neck look
13:49this was part of it my soul is yours the moon can see it please one more chance i'll name
13:57you my
13:57luna tonight right now i snapped my hand back this late promise it meant nothing the scar doesn't hurt
14:04anymore just like what i felt for you eight years burned it out i don't want your late promise
14:12i don't want your rushed gift valerius suddenly appeared standing in front of me alpha this is my
14:19bonding with allura she's mine now he stood next to me we matched the way the whispers had said we
14:26would she's been my chosen mate for eight years you don't get a say say if you cared about her
14:34why hide her for eight years at the masquerade you let your wolf bow to vivian you took the king's
14:41blessing did you think once about what that did to her she took silver for you waited eight years
14:49and you looked straight through her now she's found better and you come here screaming what
14:55makes you think you get to ask her to turn around
15:00and you come here screaming what makes you think you get to ask her to turn around
15:07caleb lost what was left of his control shoved valerius
15:15alora come with me i'm the one who can give you a future valerius caught his wrist first
15:21twisted enough these eight years were a show mine alone you hid me i let you you told me to
15:31wait i
15:31waited the show's over nothing left between us i took valerius's arm he guided me toward the moon altar
15:43i could feel caleb's eyes on me burning broken for the first time he tasted what regret actually
15:51felt like vivian rushed up caleb don't be like this alora doesn't deserve you you still have me
15:58caleb shoved her off
16:02his eyes didn't leave my back
16:04i lost her
16:07vivian stood there
16:09valerius marked me under the moon altar
16:11at the same hour caleb was walking back to his manor on foot
16:16he pushed open the door and stopped
16:20everything i'd ever done for him was still there
16:28he pushed open the door and stopped
16:32everything i'd ever done for him was still there
16:36a cuff on his nightstand i'd been working on it for weeks the matching one was already on his wrist
16:42the leather coat i'd had tailored for him for the alpha council last winter
16:46still hanging where i'd left it
16:47every corner of the room was me
16:49but i was nowhere in it
16:51vivian had followed him back to the manor
16:53she stood in the middle of his chambers
16:54couldn't hold her tongue
16:56caleb
16:57you're an alpha
16:59alora was never your equal
17:02a noble that high
17:04you were never going to matter to her house
17:07and she humiliated you in front of every pack in the city
17:11i'm your fated mate
17:12the moon chose us
17:14it was always supposed to be me
17:15caleb took her hand
17:17held it a breath
17:18let it go
17:19vivian
17:20i never wanted the moon's choice
17:22i wanted the wolf who took a silver blade for me
17:24who waited eight years
17:26the one i threw away with my own hands
17:29vivian went white
17:30she stumbled out of his chambers
17:33after she was gone
17:34caleb lost whatever was holding him up
17:37he dropped onto the edge of the bed
17:40picked up the cuff
17:41every small thing he'd looked through for eight years came back at once
17:48the year he came home from a border campaign burning with silver fever
17:52i stayed at his side three nights without sleeping
17:55kept his wolf stable while the poison worked out
17:57his mother's old pack lands came up for dispute
18:00my family's name is what kept them in his hands
18:02he never knew that
18:03i never told him
18:04the alpha council turned on him twice
18:06both times
18:07my kin closed ranks behind him before the vote
18:10both times
18:11he thought he'd won it alone
18:13and him
18:13my birthday came around every year
18:15i hoped he'd come to the feast
18:17sit at my side for one night
18:19openly
18:20every year
18:21council business
18:22border patrols
18:23a silver pendant sent by runner
18:25and nothing else
18:27each memory was a blade going in
18:29caleb dropped his face into his hands
18:31his shoulders shook
18:32he hated his own selfishness
18:34hated the stalling
18:35hated the eight years he'd spent looking through me
18:38all of it
18:39he'd earned
18:40life after the bonding was quiet
18:43in a way i'd forgotten quiet could be
18:45valerius was good to me
18:46in the small things most alphas never think about
18:49he knew my scar ached when the weather turned
18:51he kept a salve within reach before i ever asked
18:54he knew i liked honey cakes
18:55so he learned to make them himself
18:57he spoke my name at council sessions
18:59in front of every alpha in the kingdom
19:01let me stand at his side without hiding what i was to him
19:04three years passed like that
19:06caleb didn't let go
19:07first he came to the blackthorn estates
19:09stood at the gates
19:10waited for a glimpse of me
19:12my father had given the guards orders
19:14he never got past the wall
19:15then eyes bloodshot
19:16a runner came in one morning
19:18said caleb had stood outside the gates the whole night
19:20half of it in the rain
19:21still wouldn't leave
19:23i answered with a nod
19:24went back to my book
19:25i thought he'd give up
19:26instead he got worse
19:29one afternoon valerius and i were in the library when i heard caleb's voice through the walls
19:43valerius's hand paused over the page
19:45he looked at me
19:46i shook my head
19:48let him do what he wants
19:50nothing about us has to move for him
19:52but caleb was an alpha
19:53no one had the nerve to truly stop him
19:56he forced his way in
19:57locked onto me the second he saw me
19:59like i was the last rope left
20:02alera
20:03i know i was wrong
20:06i know now
20:07he pulled open his collar
20:08right over his heart was a rejection scar
20:10the mark of a faded bond torn out by force
20:13i did the rejection
20:15i coughed blood for a week
20:17my wolf hasn't answered me the same way since
20:19some nights i can't even shift
20:21the bond with her is gone
20:22severed
20:24there's no going back
20:27alera
20:27take me back
20:29please
20:30take me back
20:32valerius stood up
20:34put me behind him
20:35alpha
20:37alera is my luna
20:40my mate
20:41you know better than this
20:43better
20:44caleb's voice shook
20:46eight years of chosen bond
20:49you don't erase that in three
20:53alera
20:53look at me
20:55please
20:58i'll do it right this time
20:59name you in front of every pack
21:02tonight
21:02tomorrow
21:04whenever you say
21:05if he'd said this eight years ago
21:07i would have wept
21:08caleb
21:10i'm valerius's luna
21:12that's not changing
21:13not this life
21:14not the next
21:16i turned
21:17took valerius's arm
21:19walked out of the light
21:20left caleb's shouting behind me
21:23latter i heard the rest from valerius
21:25do you know anything about caleb
21:27caleb had done the rejection ritual
21:29under the full moon
21:30in front of his own pack
21:31the bond with vivian was cut
21:34then he went to the king
21:36asked him to take back the blessing
21:39kindly to let him name me his luna publicly
21:42the lichen king was furious
21:44a faded pair the crown had blessed
21:46thrown back in the moon's face
21:49the queen called it a disgrace
21:51the king refused him
21:53stripped him instead
21:54half his path was taken
21:56absorbed by older bloodlines
21:58we've been waiting for an excuse
22:00his alpha rank was lowered two notches in front of the council
22:03the alphas who used to bow when he walked in stopped acknowledging him in the halls
22:06his own beta started looking past him
22:09the alpha who'd been the greatest rising man in the kingdom became a joke
22:13in the end
22:14the king sent him to the northern wastes
22:16rogue territory
22:17the kind of posting younger sons
22:19were sent to die at
22:23sometimes valerius would bring me word of him
22:25he drank
22:26he looked more wolf than man
22:29saturday on the keep walls at night
22:30and howled at the moon
22:32whispered my name when he thought no one could hear
22:34eight years ago
22:35he'd let go of my hand himself
22:37now he was paying for it
22:38valerius loved me the way people in storybooks loved each other
22:41in details
22:42not declarations
22:44in the third year
22:45the king and queen held a court banquet
22:48valerius brought me with him
22:50a familiar figure crossed my sight through the crowd
22:53caleb
22:54thinner than before
22:55cheeks sunk
22:56eyes bloodshot
22:57all the sharp edges worn down to dust
22:59he was back in the capital to report to the crown
23:02that was the only way he would have been in that hall
23:06his eyes found me across the room
23:10guilt
23:10longing
23:11something that wasn't quite given up
23:13valerius felt the shift in me
23:15slid his arm around my waist
23:17put himself between us without making it look like he did
23:20caleb stopped mid-step
23:22saw valerius's hand on me
23:24saw our fingers threaded together
23:26he didn't come closer
23:28halfway through the banquet
23:29valerius and i rose to make a round of toasts
23:32our path took us past caleb
23:34as we passed
23:35his body gave a small shake
23:37his lips moved
23:38nothing came out
23:40to do it
23:40that's what the same thing is
23:40that's what we can do
23:40and i love to do it
23:40and i love to hear what you want
23:40you want to do it
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