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00:02I was born with heavy breasts and lush curves.
00:05My half-sister Chloe was afraid her mate Brad would go feral over me.
00:09So she sold me to an impotent alpha.
00:12She patted my shoulder.
00:17Who knows, maybe he's good at other things.
00:20Three months later, I was begging for mercy every night.
00:24Funny. He seemed good at everything.
00:28Case Valerius.
00:29The Blackwood Pax Alpha, the Lycan King's most trusted war commander.
00:33He was carried back from the battlefield, soaked in blood.
00:36Someone suggested,
00:37A mate bond shares life force.
00:39If Alpha Case was bound to a living, healthy mate,
00:42her strength could flow into him and pull him back.
00:45Chloe rushed to play matchmaker and presented me to Martha before I could object.
00:48I had no way to refuse.
00:50If I wouldn't agree, she'd transfer me to serve 60-year-old Elder Kevin.
00:54I knew she resented my history with her mate.
00:56I dropped to my knees and swore to the moon goddess.
01:00I swear, Chloe, I had no feelings for Brad.
01:04Chloe jabbed a finger at my forehead, fury in her eyes.
01:06What good is a vow?
01:08Do you have any idea how distracting you are?
01:10I hunched my shoulders.
01:12Tears slid down on my cheeks.
01:14Just look at that ample body and those charming curves,
01:17parading your body in front of every male in the clan.
01:20Who among them would not lose their minds at the smell of you?
01:23I wanted to tell her.
01:25To bind my chest, I'd wrapped myself layer after layer in the sweltering heat
01:29until I broke out in a rash.
01:31Her expression softened.
01:32She wiped my tears.
01:34It's not that I don't trust you.
01:36It's that I don't trust males.
01:38Do you know how powerful Alpha Case is?
01:41If my mother and Martha weren't old friends,
01:43you wouldn't even have this opportunity.
01:45Chloe, I don't want to be anyone's offering.
01:48I'd rather scrub kitchen floors.
01:51Just don't make me...
01:54Two sharp slaps landed across my face.
01:57My cheek burned.
01:58Leah, are you out of your mind?
02:00If I hadn't vouched for you,
02:02Martha wouldn't have given you a second glance.
02:04You wouldn't even be worthy of being Case's mate.
02:07The maid burst in breathless.
02:09Miss Chloe, word from the Valerius Estate.
02:12Alpha Case has woken up.
02:15Chloe dragged me straight to Valerius Estate.
02:18Enormous.
02:18I followed her through the main hall
02:20to a set of heavy double doors, pulled half shut.
02:22Through the gap, I could make out a man's shape in the bed.
02:24Thin, motionless,
02:26chest rattling with shallow coughs every few minutes.
02:29Martha stood on our side, eyes red.
02:31Thank you for everything you've done for Case.
02:33I won't destroy a girl's future over it.
02:35Chloe's eyes moved.
02:36Quick and calculating.
02:37Valerius, the bond should still be completed.
02:40Leah arrived the same day Case woke up.
02:43That's the moon goddess guiding us.
02:45Seal the bond properly.
02:46Her life force will keep pulling him back toward health.
02:49Before she could speak,
02:50the healer Ella stepped out, expression tight.
02:53Alpha Case has regained consciousness,
02:55but an arrow struck his inner thigh during battle.
03:00I'm afraid he will no longer be able to-
03:02Unable to do what?
03:03He will no longer be able to get hard.
03:06Martha's knees gave out.
03:07I caught her before she hit the floor.
03:09She looked up at me with hollowed eyes.
03:11Leah,
03:13knowing this,
03:14are you still willing?
03:15Yes,
03:16she's been looking forward to it.
03:17Chloe was already answering for me.
03:19Of course she is.
03:20She's just an omega with no prospects.
03:23She should be grateful.
03:24I didn't speak right away.
03:26My mind went to my past.
03:28There was a young wolf in the poor quarter behind our estate.
03:31I first saw him through the fence gaps.
03:33Thin wrists,
03:34hollow cheeks,
03:35hunched over a cracked bowl with nothing in it.
03:38I started passing food through the gaps.
03:40Bread first,
03:41then soup,
03:42then whatever I had.
03:43Day after day,
03:44I watched him change.
03:46The hollows in his cheeks filled out.
03:48His shoulders broadened.
03:50He started training before dawn,
03:52running laps around the back wall while I was still half asleep.
03:54He was going to enter the warrior trials.
03:57I knew it before he told me.
03:58When he passed,
03:59I went to find him that same night.
04:01I was happy.
04:02I remember it clearly.
04:03I was genuinely happy.
04:04I knocked on the gate.
04:05He didn't open it.
04:06His voice came,
04:07Leah,
04:08I'm betrothed now.
04:09It wouldn't be proper.
04:10Then a soft thud in the dirt at my feet.
04:11A pouch of silver.
04:12Consider my debt repaid.
04:14I stood there for a moment.
04:15Then I picked it up and walked away.
04:17That wolf became Chloe's mate.
04:19Brad.
04:20I acted like I'd never known him.
04:22Chloe found out anyway.
04:24I snapped back to reality.
04:26I gathered my skirts and knelt in front of Martha.
04:29My lady,
04:30I'm willing.
04:31I'll complete the bond,
04:32care for Case,
04:33and serve you as long as you need me.
04:36Luna.
04:36Martha kept her word,
04:38and prepared a dignified mating dress for me.
04:40Chloe deliberately chose a day when Brad was away on pack business to send me off.
04:44She walked me to the door,
04:45guilt on her face.
04:46Even though Case can't get hard,
04:49at least you'll be spared the pain of bearing pups.
04:52Don't worry.
04:53An alpha who can't perform in that area is probably exceptional in every other.
04:57Honestly,
04:58none of what Chloe said had even crossed my mind.
05:00I told myself I was simply moving to a new household.
05:04Case was too weak to stand through the full mate blessing ritual.
05:07I completed the bond rites beside his ceremonial sword instead.
05:11Martha watched from the front,
05:13eyes wet the whole time.
05:14When it was done,
05:16I was alpha Case's mate.
05:18The mating chamber was quiet.
05:20I pushed the door open carefully.
05:22Case was already inside,
05:24half reclined against the headboard in a white bathrobe.
05:27He turned when he heard me.
05:28Up close,
05:29he was strikingly handsome.
05:31Sharp jaw,
05:32dark eyes,
05:33the kind of face that didn't need color in it to hold attention.
05:36I had no intention of taking a mate,
05:39he said with a low voice.
05:40If it doesn't trouble you,
05:42we can treat this as a sibling arrangement.
05:44He pointed to the chaise along the far wall.
05:47Tonight the bed is yours.
05:49I'll take that.
05:51Tomorrow you move to the guest quarters.
05:53All right,
05:53I nodded.
05:54He had thought of everything.
05:56It wasn't what I'd expected.
05:58Before the ritual,
05:59one of the older maids had pulled me aside
06:01and pressed something into my hands.
06:03A small handbook,
06:04worn at the corners.
06:06She'd whispered with a strange look.
06:08There are other ways between maids.
06:10You might find it useful.
06:12I had no idea what she meant until I opened it.
06:15Heat pooled in my core just from looking at the pages.
06:18Is it too hot?
06:19Case was watching me from the bed.
06:21Eyes direct.
06:23Un-blinking.
06:24The dress is heavy.
06:26I'm a little warm.
06:28Then wash up and rest.
06:30He pulled the blanket over himself and turned toward the wall.
06:32Within minutes,
06:33his breathing evened out.
06:34I set the handbook down on the vanity
06:36and took down my hair.
06:38Then the layered robes,
06:40piece by piece,
06:41until I was standing in nothing but my nightgown.
06:43I turned to the mirror.
06:45The thin fabric clung to every curve,
06:47heavy breasts straining against the cloth,
06:50slim waist giving way to the flare of my hips.
06:52I walked straight into Case's gaze.
06:54He wasn't asleep.
06:56His chest rose hard.
06:57The tips of his ears went red.
06:59His throat worked as he swallowed.
07:01I grabbed my outer robe and pressed it against my chest.
07:05Alpha,
07:06I thought you were asleep.
07:07A long pause.
07:09I could sleep later.
07:11My breath hitched.
07:12He rose slowly to his feet,
07:15his tall frame casting a shadow over me.
07:27The handbook's images came flooding in.
07:29My breathing shifted without me meaning it to,
07:32somehow falling into the same rhythm as his.
07:34Then Case turned and walked to the door.
07:36The moment cool night air rushed in,
07:38I snapped back to my senses.
07:40He'd already disappeared into the darkness.
07:42I turned it over in my mind.
07:44When he'd looked at me just now,
07:46his eyes had flashed with something unmistakably like shock.
07:50Had my figure actually frightened him?
07:53Before I lay down,
07:54I made a firm decision.
07:55Tomorrow morning,
07:56I was binding my chest at least one full loop tighter.
07:59I was hovering somewhere between sleep and waking
08:02when Case slipped back in.
08:03The tips of his hair still beaded with water.
08:06He'd apparently gone to shower.
08:07By morning,
08:08he was already gone.
08:09Ivy came in to help me dress.
08:11From the corridor outside came the sound of a man.
08:14Once.
08:15Then again.
08:17Martha's head maid's voice carried clearly through the door.
08:20Alpha Case?
08:21Why didn't you call someone to heat the water?
08:23It's already summer,
08:25but the nights are still cold.
08:26Of course you've caught a chill.
08:28I'll go brew tea right now.
08:29I glanced at Ivy.
08:31Does the alpha usually take cold showers?
08:34I honestly don't know, miss.
08:36I dismissed her and locked the door.
08:37I wound a strip of cloth tight over my undergarments,
08:41then pulled on the most conservative dress I could find in the wardrobe.
08:44High neck,
08:45loose cut,
08:46heavy fabric.
08:47Then I went to living room.
08:50Case was already there when I arrived,
08:51seated beside Martha.
08:53She lit up the moment she saw me,
08:55her whole face warm with welcome.
08:57Until Case coughed,
08:58and the warmth vanished instantly.
09:01Cage,
09:02I have a few private words for Leah.
09:04Go rest for a while.
09:05Case rose and left without a word.
09:08Martha waved me over and took both my hands in hers,
09:11eyes glistening.
09:13Sweet girl,
09:14our Case is lucky to have you.
09:19The pack healer says the injury drained his life force.
09:22There's no telling how long he has left.
09:25Some of the elders suggested I find a child for him to adopt,
09:28to carry on the bloodline.
09:32But if I did that,
09:34wouldn't I be stealing your whole future from you?
09:37I'm already grateful you came into this family to save Case.
09:41I can't let you sacrifice the rest of your life on top of that.
09:44I've thought it through.
09:45If Case's time does come,
09:47I'll have him issue you a formal mate release.
09:49Your future stays protected,
09:51and I'll see to it that you receive property,
09:53and a place of your own.
09:55I reached up and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
09:58Chest tight with an ache I couldn't name.
10:00Mrs. Valerius,
10:02thank you for looking out for me.
10:04I'd come here thinking of myself as nothing more than a transferred Omega servant.
10:07I never imagined she would think this far ahead on my behalf.
10:11My thoughts drifted to the mother I had never known.
10:13If she had been alive,
10:14if I had grown up under a mother's protection,
10:16I never would have ended up in any of the situations I'd been through.
10:20Martha laughed through her tears.
10:21Look at me,
10:22I've gone and made you cry too.
10:24She squeezed my hands.
10:26Leah, there's no need to be so formal.
10:28Call me mom,
10:30just like Case does.
10:31She took a breath.
10:32So, I have a proposition for you.
10:34Chloe mentioned you know how to prepare medicinal soups.
10:37I'd like you to take over Case's daily meals and care.
10:40I just want him to live a little longer.
10:42That's my one selfish wish.
10:44By the end,
10:45her voice had gone rough.
10:46I nodded.
10:47I headed to the kitchen to gather ingredients.
10:49The last time I'd prepared medicinal soup was several years ago,
10:52back when Brad was not yet Chloe's mate.
10:55He'd lost both parents and lived alone in a run-down unit,
10:58skipping meals to save every cent for his warrior training.
11:02One day,
11:03I found him collapsed at our back gate and brought him around.
11:05Out of sympathy,
11:06I dug through my mother's old healer journals
11:08and prepared medicinal meals for him every day to rebuild his strength.
11:13Only the two of us ever knew about it.
11:15From the looks of things,
11:16he was the one who told Chloe,
11:18just to get me driven out.
11:20The lengths he had gone to were truly something.
11:23I carried the steaming soup to the bedroom
11:25and found Case directing servants to pack up his belongings.
11:30Alpha, what's this about?
11:31Weren't we agreed that I was moving to the guest room?
11:33His sharply handsome face didn't shift so much as a fraction.
11:36I have fewer things.
11:39It makes more sense for me to move.
11:40At least eat first.
11:42I set the food on the table.
11:43He gave it a brief glance and sat down.
11:48You can leave this kind of thing to the maid from now on.
11:51It's no different coming from me.
11:54It is different.
11:56His voice remained flat and cool.
11:58Have Ivy bring it from now on.
12:00He finished the soup and a few quick swallows,
12:03said a few words to the servants and swept past me.
12:06In that moment, I confirmed one thing.
12:08Alpha Case couldn't stand the sight of me.
12:11I followed his instructions
12:13and had Ivy deliver his daily healing meals to the study from then on.
12:17Martha couldn't stop singing my praises.
12:19The pack healer says Case's condition has stabilized significantly.
12:23I can see the color coming back to his face.
12:25Leah, that's entirely because of you.
12:28Delighted, she pressed a gold bracelet into my hands.
12:32Back in my room, I tucked it into my jewelry box,
12:34which had been slowly filling with pieces Martha had gifted me since my arrival.
12:38Leah, you never wear any of the of these.
12:41Isn't it a waste to just put them away?
12:43How is it a waste?
12:45Every one of these can be converted to cash.
12:47That's my security fund.
12:49But Lady Martha gave these to you personally.
12:51Are you really going to sell all of them?
12:53Not right now.
12:54But if the mate bond is ever severed,
12:56naturally I'd sell them and keep the money on hand.
12:59Ivy's expression shifted to pure bewilderment.
13:02As she turned away, she dropped her voice to a murmur.
13:06Alpha.
13:09Alpha?
13:10I spun around and met a pair of ink-dark eyes.
13:12Martha's eyesight must truly be failing her.
13:15Case looked worse than ever.
13:17Case's face was even paler than before.
13:19His gaze was sharp and cutting,
13:22fixed on me with cold precision.
13:23The look unsettled me completely,
13:26but I didn't dare let a single trace of it show.
13:30Alpha, is there something you need?
13:32A journal.
13:33We looked together.
13:34I checked the shelves.
13:36He checked the writing desk.
13:37Neither of us spoke.
13:39I spotted the journal pushed to the very back of the top shelf,
13:42behind a row of my mother's medical notes.
13:44I reached up on my toes.
13:46My fingertips just grazed the cover.
13:48Case's hand came over mine.
13:50Warm, steady.
13:52He reached past me without effort
13:53and closed his hand around the journal.
13:55I turned my head.
13:57His face was right there,
13:59closer than I'd realized.
14:00He was looking down at me.
14:02Then, I lost my footing
14:03and pitched straight into him.
14:05My heavy breasts hit his chest first.
14:07My waist went straight into his palm,
14:10his hand catching me before he could react.
14:12Case didn't step back.
14:14His eartips went red.
14:15His throat worked as he swallowed.
14:17When he exhaled,
14:19the breath came out uneven against the top of my head.
14:22His eyes flashed gold for a second,
14:24then green.
14:25I scrambled upright, face burning.
14:28Your journal.
14:29He took it without a word and walked out.
14:31Perfect.
14:32My standing in his eyes had just sunk even lower.
14:35After that day,
14:36I made every effort to avoid crossing paths with Case.
14:39He was injured and recovering.
14:40He needed to stay calm.
14:42But there was one more thing bothering me.
14:44Brad had been sending notes.
14:46Three times already.
14:47I hadn't opened a single one.
14:49Just dropped them in a box.
14:50Then, Ivy pressed one into my hand that morning.
14:53It's not just a note this time.
14:54He's here.
14:55Side entrance.
14:56Says he won't leave until you come out.
14:58I clenched my fist and walked out.
14:59I didn't notice the figure that followed
15:01from the far end of the courtyard.
15:02Brad was standing at the gate.
15:05Leah!
15:06You finally came!
15:07You should be calling me Mrs. Valerius.
15:10He paused.
15:11Dropped his voice.
15:12Mrs. Valerius.
15:13Do you have any idea how many times
15:15you've put me in an impossible position
15:17with these meetings?
15:18I know.
15:20I just wanted to tell you.
15:22I'll be securing more power in the pack.
15:25Soon I won't need Chloe's father backing me anymore.
15:27He stepped closer.
15:29I'll buy a house, Leah.
15:30Come with me.
15:31Anything's better than staying with a dying man.
15:34He reached for me.
15:35I stepped back.
15:37You want me as your mistress?
15:39Brad nodded, completely serious.
15:41I laughed.
15:42Why would I give up being the Alpha's mate
15:45to be your mistress?
15:46The whole pack knows Case is dying.
15:48He won't last.
15:50And he can't even stand up anymore.
15:53His eyes dropped deliberately to my chest.
15:55Isn't that a waste?
15:58Disgust surged through me.
16:00Brad, I will never be anyone's mistress.
16:03Case fought on the front lines for this pack.
16:06Those injuries are his honor.
16:09You've benefited from every battle he won,
16:12and you're standing here calling him less of a man.
16:15You're the one who's less.
16:18Come near me again,
16:19and every note you've sent goes straight to Chloe.
16:22How do you think that ends for you?
16:25His face went white.
16:27I swung the gate shut.
16:29I turned around and came face to face with Case.
16:31White t-shirt,
16:32standing less than half a foot away,
16:33his full height bearing down on me.
16:35Alpha,
16:35I managed.
16:36A faint edge flickered across his expression.
16:39Wasn't it my mate just a moment ago?
16:41Why so formal all of a sudden?
16:43I looked down and started walking.
16:47Please don't misunderstand.
16:48As long as I'm in this estate,
16:49I honor this bond.
16:50Completely.
16:51Fast.
16:52It's getting late.
16:53I should go make your evening meal.
16:55I moved to step past him.
16:56His hand closed around my arm.
16:58I lost my footing and pitched straight into him.
17:00My heavy breaths against his chest.
17:02My waist caught in his grip.
17:03I looked up.
17:04His face was inches from mine.
17:06His eyes were deep and unreadable.
17:08One tilt forward and our lips would have touched.
17:11His breath hit my face.
17:13Warm.
17:13My breath hitched.
17:15Heat pooled low in my core.
17:18Case swallowed hard.
17:20As long as I remain in this estate.
17:22Each word slow.
17:23Deliberate.
17:24You counting down the days until you can leave?
17:27I couldn't exactly tell him,
17:29I'll leave the day you die.
17:31No.
17:31Nothing like that.
17:32I shifted in his grip.
17:34Alpha, you're hurting my arm.
17:36Did you mean every word you said just now?
17:39I blinked and asked which part.
17:41He let out a quiet breath and released me.
17:43I bolted.
17:45And I noticed, for the first time,
17:47his face had actual color in it.
17:50His cheeks were just as red as mine.
17:52That night, I had a strange dream.
17:55Case's lips grazed slowly along my cheek.
17:58His fingers hooked into the strap of my slip,
18:00voice dropping to a low murmur.
18:02Does my luna want this?
18:04I nodded like someone completely under a spell.
18:07Then a fierce, consuming kiss caught my lips and wouldn't let go.
18:11I jolted awake in a tangle of sheets,
18:13heart still hammering, breathless.
18:16Ivy knocked and came in.
18:18I asked her to bring a basin of cold water.
18:20She stared at my sweat-damp hair and murmured,
18:23It really is getting hotter.
18:24I splashed cold water onto my face.
18:27And then it hit me.
18:28That first night.
18:29Case.
18:30Cold shower.
18:32Surely he hadn't also been...
18:34No.
18:35Impossible.
18:36He was injured and recovering.
18:38He was supposed to be keeping himself calm.
18:40At midday, Martha's attendant arrived.
18:42Martha would like dinner in the garden tonight.
18:44She asks that you be sure to come.
18:47I've been making excuses to avoid the main dining hall for days,
18:50just to steer clear of Case.
18:51But Martha had gone out of her way to personally extend the invitation.
18:55I couldn't say no.
18:56I stepped into the garden.
18:57A sprawling rose of Sharon was in full bloom.
19:00A gust of wind shook loose a handful of deep crimson petals,
19:03drifting down onto the stone table,
19:06covered with every dish I loved most.
19:08Martha smiled and gestured for me to sit.
19:10Case mentioned it's your birthday today.
19:12He's the one who asked the kitchen to prepare all of this.
19:15I looked up and met a pair of burning, intent eyes.
19:19Heat rushed straight to my face.
19:21Case lit a plate of chestnut cake in front of me
19:23without changing his expression.
19:26How did you know today was my birthday?
19:28I'd completely forgotten it myself.
19:30My birth mother died bringing me into the world.
19:33No one had ever once marked the day for me.
19:36Case kept his eyes lowered and said evenly,
19:39It's not difficult to know it.
19:41Something in my chest gave one quiet, inexplicable pull.
19:46Leah, this peach blossom wine is from my private reserve.
19:49I'm opening it just for you.
19:51But you two had better not drink too much.
19:53She pushed back her chair,
19:55said the summer evening breeze was too much for her old bones,
19:58and left.
19:59The garden went quiet.
20:01To avoid the silence,
20:02I put my head down and drank.
20:04One cup,
20:05then another,
20:06then another.
20:07The wine was sweet and dangerously potent.
20:10Before long,
20:11the edges of everything had gone soft and blurry.
20:14Case watched me but said nothing.
20:16By the third glass,
20:17I'd stopped feeling the awkward silence.
20:19By the fourth,
20:20I'd stopped feeling much of anything.
20:22I reached across the table
20:24toward the last piece of chestnut cake.
20:26The dish was empty.
20:27I looked up.
20:29Where's the last piece?
20:31I ate it.
20:32I have absolutely no idea
20:33where the boldness came from.
20:35I leaned straight toward his face.
20:38Who told you to eat that?
20:40Spit it back out.
20:41I pressed against his chest,
20:43trying to peer into his mouth.
20:44Case looked down at me,
20:45perfectly calm.
20:47You won't find it that way.
20:49I straightened up and stared at him.
20:51Then how am I supposed to find it?
20:53A faint flush crept across his cheeks.
20:56Try using your mouse.
20:58My gaze drifted to his slightly reddened lips.
21:00I swallowed once
21:01and kissed him without hesitation.
21:04Case went rigid,
21:05his breathing lurching unsteady.
21:07Then control shifted.
21:09His hand cupped the back of my head
21:11and he pressed in deeper,
21:12harder.
21:13Neither of us pulled away
21:15until footsteps sounded
21:16from behind the flower bed.
21:18Alpha,
21:19the night air is cool.
21:21Lady Martha asked me
21:22to bring you both a wrap.
21:24I had no idea
21:25how much Ivy'd seen.
21:26I shot to my feet
21:27and the next instant
21:29the world tilted.
21:30Everything went dark.
21:33When I woke up
21:34with a splitting headache,
21:35it was already morning.
21:36I suddenly remembered.
21:38I'd promised Martha
21:39to visit Case's father's grave.
21:42It was late.
21:43I started rushing around
21:44for my things.
21:47Leah, don't worry.
21:49The driver is still
21:49getting the car ready.
21:51Ivy,
21:52was it you
21:53who brought me back last night?
21:55No.
21:56The Alpha carried you back.
21:58I spun around
21:59to check her face.
22:01She nodded,
22:02completely serious.
22:04I didn't say anything stupid,
22:06did I?
22:07Ivy bid back a smile.
22:09The Alpha set you down
22:11on the bed
22:12and you grabbed his sleeve
22:13and wouldn't let go.
22:14You kept calling him
22:16my mate
22:16over and over
22:18until his whole face
22:19went red.
22:21Ivy,
22:22don't you dare
22:22make things up.
22:24She covered her mouth,
22:25laughing,
22:26and ran out.
22:28I met Martha
22:29at the front entrance.
22:31Case's father's grave
22:32was on a hillside
22:33just beyond
22:33the pack territory.
22:35I sat in the back
22:36of the car,
22:37completely distracted,
22:39replaying the moment
22:40I'd kissed Case
22:41last night.
22:42Martha must have
22:43misread my expression
22:44because she said,
22:45Leah,
22:46is there someone
22:47you have feelings for?
22:52I've noticed
22:53you've been avoiding Case
22:54these past few days.
22:56Please don't be upset
22:57with me for pushing
22:58you two together
22:59at dinner last night.
23:00I thought if the two of you
23:02couldn't be mates,
23:03you could at least
23:03be friends.
23:04But if you're uncomfortable
23:05or if you want to leave,
23:07just say,
23:08I'll have him
23:09sever the bond.
23:09I won't let you
23:10be trapped here.
23:11Mom, no.
23:12It's not that.
23:14I was thinking
23:15about something else.
23:16What is it?
23:17I was still figuring out
23:18how to answer
23:18when the car lurched.
23:19The engine screamed.
23:21The car swung hard,
23:22tires off the road,
23:23crashing through brush,
23:24the whole frame shaking.
23:25I grabbed Martha
23:26and looked at the driver.
23:28Slumped over the wheel,
23:29unconscious.
23:31No one to hit the brakes.
23:32A cliff,
23:33straight ahead.
23:34Martha grabbed my arm.
23:35Leah,
23:36what do we do?
23:37We jump.
23:38Now.
23:39We'll be hurt.
23:41We'll die if we don't.
23:42Hold on to me.
23:43I wrapped myself around her
23:44and we threw ourselves clear
23:45the instant the wheels
23:46left solid ground.
23:47We hit the cliff edge
23:48and went over.
23:49My hand shot out
23:50and caught a root
23:51jutting from the rock face.
23:52My other hand
23:53locked around Martha's wrist.
23:54Below her was a straight drop
23:56into nothing.
23:58Mom,
23:59don't look down.
24:00Don't look down.
24:01Hold on to me.
24:02Ivy and the others
24:03are right behind us.
24:04Behind us in the second car.
24:06They'll be here soon.
24:09The root ground
24:10under our weight.
24:11Martha's voice broke.
24:13Leah,
24:14let me go.
24:16We're too heavy.
24:18It's going to snap.
24:22I'm old.
24:24I've lived my life.
24:26You have to keep living yours.
24:29My chest tightened so hard
24:31I could barely breathe.
24:33I couldn't let go.
24:35She'd been a mother to me
24:36from the first day.
24:38Mom,
24:39I would rather die with you
24:41than watch you fall.
24:43Hold on.
24:48They're coming.
24:49The truth was,
24:51I had no idea.
24:52My arms were going numb.
24:54The pain had gone so deep
24:56it had stopped feeling
24:57like pain at all.
24:59Then I heard it.
25:00A wolf's howl split the air,
25:04deafening and close.
25:07Leah,
25:08don't move.
25:10I'm coming down.
25:11Case's voice.
25:12He'd called me by my name.
25:15The first time.
25:17A strong arm came under me.
25:20He'd climbed down the cliff face,
25:22wolf claws dug into the rock.
25:24He untied the rope from his own body
25:27and looped it around my waist.
25:29Then climbed down further
25:31and did the same for Martha.
25:33The people above pulled together.
25:36We came up one at a time.
25:38It wasn't a hallucination.
25:40Case had saved us.
25:42He held me,
25:43brow creased.
25:47Why is there so much blood?
25:49Martha clutched her face.
25:51She shielded me when we jumped.
25:54I didn't get a scratch.
25:56It's all hers.
25:59My eyelids felt like lead.
26:01Leah,
26:03don't sleep.
26:04I'm taking you to Ella.
26:05He lifted me into the car
26:07and I stayed curled
26:08against his chest.
26:10His forehead was damp with sweat.
26:12He kept one hand on the wheel
26:14and kept talking.
26:16Leah,
26:16Leah,
26:17Leah,
26:18stay awake.
26:20I'll get you chestnut cake.
26:21I'll give you all the jewelry
26:23you want to sell.
26:24You don't have to wait for me to die.
26:25I'll write the bond release today.
26:27You can leave whenever you want.
26:29My chest kept clenching.
26:31Something wet hit my face.
26:33I looked up at the sky
26:35through the windshield.
26:36It wasn't raining.
26:37Then everything went black.
26:39When I opened my eyes,
26:40every part of my body
26:41felt like it had been taken apart
26:42and put back wrong.
26:44My Luna,
26:45the pack healer said
26:46you can't move yet.
26:47Ivy pressed a bowl of medicine
26:48to my lips,
26:49spooning it in slowly.
26:51You're lucky nothing's broken.
26:53Her voice was steady,
26:54but her eyes were red.
26:55The scrapes were bad.
26:56You need to stay flat
26:57or they'll scar.
26:59Your shoulder was dislocated too.
27:00She kept talking.
27:01My eyes had already drifted to the door.
27:03After I finished the medicine,
27:05I asked,
27:06Where's Case?
27:08Investigating.
27:08Someone poisoned the driver
27:10with wolf bite
27:10and cut the brake lines.
27:11It was deliberate.
27:12Who would be bold enough
27:13to target the Alpha's family directly?
27:15I was flat on my back
27:16for a full month.
27:17I didn't see Case once.
27:19Martha kept her door shut too,
27:21still recovering from the shock.
27:22Everyone in the estate
27:23moved with tight faces
27:25and clipped voices,
27:26like something was being held
27:27just below the surface.
27:28I asked Ivy.
27:30She said nothing was wrong.
27:31Today,
27:32I was finally cleared
27:33to get out of bed.
27:34I opened my door
27:35and walked straight
27:36into a familiar figure.
27:37Case.
27:38Dark tactical shirt.
27:39Sharper than I remembered.
27:41He held out a small wooden box.
27:43I took it and lifted the lid.
27:45A land deed.
27:46A property contract.
27:47A severance letter.
27:49My body went rigid.
27:50Something locked around my chest
27:52and wouldn't let go.
27:53Case!
27:54Are you throwing me out?
27:56You've been waiting for this
27:57since the day you arrived.
27:58You avoided me,
27:59stayed out of my way,
28:00you never wanted anything
28:01to do with me.
28:02You were counting down the days
28:03until I died
28:03so you could walk out cleanly.
28:06I'm just doing it early.
28:08Leah, go.
28:09After today, we're finished.
28:11Something sharp flooded my chest.
28:13My mouth opened and closed.
28:15It took a long time
28:17to get anything out.
28:19So that's what you think of me.
28:23Leave now.
28:24I don't want to see you anymore.
28:26Case disappeared
28:27around the corner of the yard.
28:29Estate guards
28:29all but pushed me out the door.
28:31Ivy fell in to step beside me
28:32and the alpha said
28:33you're used to having me around.
28:35He told me to go with you.
28:38I couldn't speak.
28:43We moved into a small house
28:44on the edge of the territory.
28:46By morning,
28:47the pack's official announcement
28:49had gone up.
28:49The announcement said
28:50Case had betrayed the pack.
28:52The announcement said
28:53he had betrayed the pack.
28:54That he had leaked
28:55the Border Patrol routes
28:56to a rogue faction.
28:57By order of the Lycan King,
29:00royal enforcers
29:01had been dispatched
29:02to seize him,
29:03pending investigation.
29:05Case was being held
29:06in the dungeons
29:07under royal guard.
29:08The estate was locked down.
29:10Everyone inside
29:11was under scrutiny.
29:13Case would never betray his pack.
29:15He would die
29:16before he did something like that.
29:18He rushed to get me out.
29:19That was why.
29:20That was the only reason.
29:22Ivy was pacing circles
29:24around the living room.
29:25She'd grown up
29:26inside the estate.
29:27She couldn't stand still.
29:29Is there anything we can do?
29:31I made myself sit down
29:32and think.
29:34Years ago,
29:35Elder Reed's youngest child
29:36had gotten lost
29:37in the forest
29:37and been bitten by a snake.
29:39I'd found him
29:40and used the right herbs
29:41to treat the wound.
29:43Elder Reed had arrived
29:44while I was still
29:45crouched over the boy.
29:46He'd seen my face.
29:47I was sure
29:48he hadn't forgotten.
29:50I tracked him down
29:51outside the council building
29:52and stepped into the pack.
29:53Elder Reed.
29:54You remember me.
29:56I need a favor.
29:57He looked at me
29:58for a long moment.
29:59Then he nodded.
30:00Elder Reed led me
30:01into the dungeon.
30:02Thirty minutes.
30:03No more.
30:04The door unlocked.
30:05Case stood up.
30:06His eyes flashed
30:07with surprise.
30:07How did you get in?
30:09My chest ached
30:10as I looked at him
30:10through the blur of tears.
30:12That's why you kicked me out,
30:13isn't it?
30:14You were framed.
30:16Think carefully.
30:17Is there any evidence
30:18to prove your innocence?
30:19I will find it.
30:20I will investigate.
30:22I swear I will rescue you.
30:24Case's gaze deepened.
30:25Then his arm shot out
30:26and pulled me into his chest.
30:27Leah.
30:29My heart hammered.
30:30But time was running out.
30:32This wasn't the moment.
30:33I pushed against him.
30:34He didn't budge.
30:35Leah, you don't need
30:36to do anything.
30:37I can't say much.
30:40I promise.
30:42Seven days later,
30:43I will accompany you
30:44to watch the sunrise.
30:45Okay?
30:46His eyes were steady,
30:48certain,
30:49like he was coaxing
30:50a frightened pup.
30:52I walked out of the dungeon
30:53and straight into Brad.
30:58He stepped into my path,
31:00slow smile spreading
31:01across his face.
31:01It's not too late
31:02to reconsider.
31:04Being my mistress
31:05beats being alone
31:06and disgraced.
31:07I swung my hand
31:08and slapped him
31:09across the face.
31:10He lunged for me.
31:11I stepped sideways
31:12and put distance between us.
31:13Try that again
31:14and every note you sent me
31:15ends up in front of
31:16Chloe's father.
31:17Every single one.
31:18You've been whispering
31:19in her ear for years,
31:20haven't you?
31:20Trying to get me pushed out,
31:22thinking I'd have nowhere to go
31:23and no choice but to run to you.
31:24But you never counted on
31:25Chloe handing me
31:26straight to Case.
31:27A man you can't touch.
31:29His face changed.
31:30I didn't wait for him to recover.
31:31I walked away
31:32and didn't look back.
31:33A wolf like that,
31:34the further the better.
31:36I didn't sleep well
31:37for the next five days.
31:38Case's voice
31:39kept coming back to me.
31:40I promise.
31:42Seven days later,
31:43I will accompany you
31:43to watch the sunrise.
31:44Okay?
31:45On the afternoon
31:46of the sixth day,
31:47the Lichen King's official decree
31:48went up across the territory.
31:49The leak hadn't come from Case.
31:52It had come from Prince Marcus
31:53and his allies.
31:55The truth is finally revealed.
31:59The Lichen King
32:00had not yet named his heir.
32:01Both Prince Caden
32:02and Prince Marcus
32:03were in the running.
32:04Case was Prince Caden's
32:05most powerful ally,
32:06the Alpha who commanded
32:07the most powerful pack.
32:08Taking Case down
32:09was the cleanest way
32:10to clear the path
32:10to the throne.
32:11Prince Marcus
32:12had planted a spy
32:13inside the blackwood pack,
32:14used him to steal
32:15the border patrol routes,
32:16then framed Case for it.
32:17So the injury
32:18had been faked.
32:19All of it.
32:20A deliberate trap
32:21to draw out the spy.
32:22But why fake
32:23being unable to mate?
32:24I turned that over
32:25in my mind all night
32:26and couldn't land on an answer.
32:27Dawn was just breaking
32:28when someone
32:29knocked at the door.
32:29I didn't think.
32:30I just ran.
32:31I threw the door open
32:32and walked straight
32:33into Case's chest.
32:34He went completely still.
32:35Then his arms
32:36came around me,
32:37slow and deliberate,
32:38and pulled me in hard.
32:39I'd run out
32:40in nothing but
32:40a thin sleep shirt.
32:42No warning.
32:43Through the thin fabric
32:44I could feel everything.
32:45The hard muscle
32:46of his chest.
32:47His arms locked
32:48tight around me.
32:49I pressed my hands
32:49against his chest
32:50and tried to step back.
32:51Leah.
32:52His voice dropped low.
32:54I'm back.
32:55Our eyes locked.
32:56The heat between us
32:56was thick enough to touch.
32:58Then he lifted me
32:58off the ground
32:59and carried me
32:59straight toward the bedroom.
33:01I beat a fist
33:01against his chest.
33:03Weren't we supposed
33:04to watch the sunrise?
33:07You first.
33:08Sunrise after.
33:10We fell onto the bed together.
33:14Case pinned me beneath him,
33:16one hand working
33:17the buttons of my
33:17sleep shirt open,
33:18eyes never leaving mine.
33:20I covered his eyes
33:21with both hands.
33:22Don't look.
33:23It's embarrassing.
33:24He took my hands down.
33:26His breathing
33:26had gone ragged.
33:28It's beautiful.
33:30His eyes were bright
33:31and fixed.
33:31My skin went hot
33:33everywhere he touched.
33:33I pressed my palm
33:34flat against his chest.
33:36Hard muscle,
33:37warm skin.
33:38Healer said you
33:39couldn't get hard.
33:39How is any of this possible?
33:41Lips dragging slowly
33:42along my jaw to my ear.
33:43You want to know
33:43if I can?
33:45There's one way
33:46to find out.
33:47He kissed me.
33:47One hand cupping my face,
33:49tilting it up toward him.
33:51I kissed him back hard.
33:52My hands slid up his chest,
33:54over his shoulders,
33:56gripping his arms.
33:57He pressed me
33:58further into the mattress,
33:59his weight settling
34:00over me.
34:01The heat built fast
34:02and took over completely.
34:03My hands went slack.
34:05He caught them,
34:06laced his fingers
34:07through mine,
34:08and pinned them
34:09above my head.
34:10He loves me very much
34:11and completely occupies me.
34:13My face gradually
34:15became rosy,
34:16and we could only hear
34:17each other's heartbeats
34:18and breathing.
34:19His lips dragged
34:20from my mouth
34:21to my jaw,
34:22down the side of my neck,
34:23slow and unhurried.
34:25Then he stopped.
34:27His canines
34:28pierced my mating gland,
34:29a second of sharp,
34:30white-hot pain,
34:31and then it was done.
34:33I lay there,
34:34chest heaving,
34:35fingers still tangled
34:36in his.
34:37On my neck,
34:38his mark ached.
34:39Finally,
34:40we weren't just mates
34:41on paper anymore.
34:43After the estate lockdown
34:44was lifted,
34:45Case took me
34:46to meet Prince Caden,
34:47a slow smile
34:47spreading across his face.
34:49So you're the woman
34:49who brought Case
34:50to his knees.
34:51I've been wanting
34:52to meet you.
34:54You flatter me,
34:54your highness.
34:55Case helped the kingdom
34:56take down a real threat.
34:57You stood by him
34:58through all of it.
34:59I'll host an official
35:00luna ceremony for you,
35:01and when that day comes,
35:02I'll have a gift ready.
35:04Thank you,
35:04your highness.
35:05Don't blame Case,
35:07Leah.
35:07Faking the injury
35:08was always part
35:10of the plan.
35:13Too many enemies
35:14wanted him dead.
35:15The only way
35:16to keep him safe
35:16was to make them
35:17think he was already finished.
35:19The part about
35:19not being able
35:20to get hard,
35:21that was my idea.
35:22I gave the pack doctor
35:23that order myself.
35:26We grew up together.
35:28I know exactly
35:29how he is.
35:30Never any interest
35:31in women.
35:32Never any weakness.
35:33I figured it was time
35:34someone did something
35:35about that.
35:35Suddenly I understood.
35:37Just two old friends
35:38and one very
35:39elaborate prank.
35:40The car accident.
35:41That was Prince Marcus
35:43as well.
35:43They intended it
35:44to look like an accident.
35:45They didn't expect
35:46to hurt you
35:46in the process.
35:48Luna, Leah,
35:49it's been dealt with.
35:50You and Case
35:51are safe now.
35:56I took a slow breath.
35:58Knowing it was over
35:58didn't make the memory
35:59of dangling off that cliff
36:01any less vivid.
36:02We got back to the estate
36:03to find Chloe
36:03already inside,
36:04crying.
36:05She walked an hour ago
36:06and hasn't stopped.
36:08Martha is getting
36:08a headache from it.
36:10I told Case
36:10to go to his study.
36:11I'd handle it.
36:12I sat down next to Chloe.
36:14Face red,
36:15eyes swollen.
36:16Word had already spread.
36:18Brad had been identified
36:19as one of Prince Marcus'
36:20informants.
36:21Chloe's father
36:22had been cleared,
36:23but Chloe and Brad
36:24were finished.
36:25Still crying?
36:27I'll have someone
36:28throw you out.
36:28She stopped immediately.
36:30Still shaking,
36:30but quiet.
36:31I misjudged him.
36:33I thought picking someone
36:34from a lower-ranked family
36:36meant he'd be easy
36:36to manage.
36:38I didn't think
36:39he'd be like this.
36:40I told you
36:41he wasn't a good person.
36:43You didn't say it
36:43clearly enough.
36:44I rolled my eyes.
36:46I wasn't a powerless
36:47Omega anymore.
36:48I didn't have to hold back.
36:54Were you ever angry at me
36:56for how I treated you
36:57back then?
36:59No.
36:59I cursed you in my head,
37:01but I don't hold grudges.
37:03You cursed me?
37:04Do you want to punish me
37:05for it?
37:06Chloe laughed.
37:06despite herself,
37:07then caught herself
37:08and pressed her lips together.
37:09I'm sorry for the slap.
37:11Did it hurt?
37:12I already forgot about it.
37:13Then let me slap you back.
37:15We'll be even.
37:16She closed her eyes
37:17and braced herself.
37:18I raised my hand
37:19and let it land
37:19soft against her cheek.
37:22She opened her eyes.
37:26I already gave that slap to Brad.
37:28Chloe stared at me
37:28for a second,
37:29then she laughed,
37:30really laughed,
37:31for the first time
37:32since she'd walked in.
37:33Don't call me Chloe anymore.
37:34Can we be friends?
37:36No.
37:39I don't like friends
37:39who cry too much.
37:41The light was still on
37:42when I passed Case's study.
37:43I pushed the door open.
37:45Before I could say a word,
37:46an arm shot out from behind
37:47and wrapped around my waist.
37:49Bold intruder.
37:50His voice dropped low
37:50against my ear.
37:51You think you can just walk
37:53into the Alpha's office?
37:54The Alpha's mate
37:55is right here
37:56and you still dare
37:57make a move?
37:58Case played it straight.
37:59His lips found my neck.
38:01Here?
38:02Really?
38:04Right here.
38:05I kept saying no.
38:06My hand said something else entirely,
38:08finding their way to his back.
38:09He murmured against my ear.
38:11You have no idea
38:13how many times
38:13I thought about this
38:14in this room.
38:16I wanted to say something back
38:18but his hand was already moving
38:19and I couldn't get
38:20a single word out.
38:21He carried me to the table
38:22and took off my clothes.
38:24Then we had a good time.
38:32When I woke up,
38:33it was almost dawn.
38:34Case was already awake,
38:35sitting up against the headboard,
38:37watching me.
38:38His eyes were soft
38:39in a way that made it hard
38:40to look back.
38:41Morning.
38:42I sat up and rubbed my eyes.
38:43Then I remembered.
38:45The sunrise.
38:46He'd promised.
38:47The sunrise.
38:51We still have time.
38:53He was already up.
38:54He picked up my clothes
38:55from beside the bed
38:56and handing them to me.
38:57He dressed me slowly,
38:59straightening each layer
39:00with both hands,
39:01like he'd done it
39:01a thousand times before.
39:03We walked out into the yard.
39:04Cool air.
39:05The smell of pine.
39:07To the east,
39:07the sky had just started
39:08to lighten at the edges.
39:09Case stood behind me
39:10and wrapped both arms around me.
39:12We watched the horizon together.
39:14The sun came up slowly.
39:15Gold light broke across the trees,
39:17spread across the yard
39:18and landed on us.
39:20The clouds caught the color
39:21and held it.
39:22Beautiful.
39:23Close to my ear.
39:26Beautiful.
39:27He pulled me in tighter
39:28and said nothing else.
39:29He didn't need to.
39:32I'll watch every sunrise
39:33and sunset with you.
39:34His voice was quiet
39:35against my hair.
39:36Everyone.
39:36For as long as we have.
39:39I turned around
39:40and kissed him once,
39:41quick and light.
39:42Deal.
39:43The sun came up fully
39:45and the yard filled with light.
39:46Our shadows stretched long
39:48across the ground behind us.
39:49Over the next few days,
39:50the estate came back to life.
39:52Servants moved through the halls
39:53with easy steps again.
39:55Martha's health improved.
39:56She called me in
39:57to talk every morning,
39:58always smiling
39:59when I walked through the door.
40:00One afternoon,
40:01I was trimming the plants
40:02in the yard
40:03when Sunny came running over.
40:04Leah,
40:05Chloe is here again.
40:06She brought a lot of stuff with her.
40:08I set down my shears.
40:09Since the day she'd come in crying,
40:11Chloe had been showing up regularly.
40:13She said she was making up
40:14for lost time.
40:15Really,
40:16she just had nothing to do
40:17and nowhere to be.
40:20Let her in.
40:21I wiped my hands
40:21and went to meet her.
40:24Chloe walked in
40:25with two attendants behind her,
40:27carrying food boxes.
40:28She changed a lot,
40:29less restless.
40:30She dressed simpler now
40:31and moved quieter.
40:40I made your favorite,
40:41chestnut cake.
40:43I asked the Royal Kitchen
40:44for the recipe this time.
40:46Better than anything
40:47the Blackwood Kitchen
40:48has ever made.
40:49I took a piece
40:50and bit into it.
40:51Sweet,
40:52soft,
40:52better than I expected.
40:55Good.
40:56Thank you.
40:58So where's Case?
40:59Not home?
41:00He went to the
41:01PAC training ground
41:02and something came up.
41:03Chloe nodded
41:04and reached for a piece herself.
41:06For a while,
41:07neither of us said anything,
41:08just the wind
41:09moving through the yard.
41:10My father wants me
41:11to find a new mate.
41:12I looked up.
41:13Don't rush for it.
41:15I know.
41:18After Brad,
41:19I don't know
41:19how to trust anyone.
41:20She looked at me,
41:21something flickering
41:22in her eyes.
41:23You have a good mate.
41:26Case fights for you,
41:27protects you,
41:28and he's the strongest
41:29alpha in the kingdom.
41:30We just got lucky.
41:31you can't force
41:32these things.
41:33Chloe nodded
41:34and didn't say anything else,
41:35just ate her chestnut cake.
41:37The yard went quiet,
41:39just wind moving
41:40through the leaves.
41:41Then she said,
41:43That slap,
41:44do you really
41:45not hold it against me?
41:47Really.
41:48It's in the past.
41:49No point bringing it up.
41:51The truth was,
41:52I'd already let it go
41:53a long time ago.
41:54She wasn't a bad person,
41:56just spoiled,
41:57used to getting her way.
41:58Chloe's eyes went red
41:59at the edges.
42:00Thank you.
42:02When I arranged the mating,
42:03part of it was because
42:04I was scared you and Brad
42:06would find your way
42:06back to each other,
42:08but part of it was genuine.
42:10I really did think Case
42:11was a good man,
42:12that he wouldn't treat you badly.
42:13We looked at each other
42:14and smiled.
42:15All the conflicts were solved.
42:19I just didn't expect him
42:21to be faking the whole time.
42:22Chloe laughed,
42:23a little embarrassed.
42:24It's in the past.
42:27Isn't this better?
42:32It is,
42:33she nodded.
42:34Can we be friends?
42:35For real?
42:36I won't be like I was before.
42:40Sure,
42:41I nodded.
42:42Something warm moved
42:43through my chest,
42:44letting go of old grudges
42:46and coming out the other side
42:47with a friend.
42:48That wasn't a bad ending.
42:49We sat in the yard
42:49for the rest of the afternoon,
42:51eating and talking,
42:52packed gossip,
42:54small things,
42:55nothing important.
42:56The sun came through the leaves
42:57and the air was warm and easy.
42:59When Case came back
43:00from the training grounds
43:01that evening
43:01and saw the two of us,
43:02surprise crossed his face.
43:04What are you two happy about?
43:06Talking about you.
43:07Chloe grinned.
43:09About what a liar you are,
43:10faking the whole thing
43:12and fooling everyone.
43:14Case walked over
43:15and sat down beside me.
43:17He reached over
43:18and took my hand,
43:19eyes warm.
43:20Tricking you into becoming
43:21my Luna?
43:22That's the luckiest thing
43:23I've ever done.
43:24My face went red.
43:25I gave him a look.
43:27Chloe burst out laughing.
43:28All right,
43:28I'm leaving you two alone.
43:30Leah, I'll come by tomorrow.
43:31Sure, take care.
43:33I watched her go.
43:34Case turned to me.
43:36Are you a good friend now?
43:38Yes.
43:39The past is the past.
43:41No point holding on to it.
43:42He squeezed my hand.
43:44I'm glad you can think that way.
43:46He knew how much
43:46I'd been through.
43:48Watching me let it go
43:49and just be happy.
43:49I could tell it meant
43:51something to him.
43:52We sat side by side
43:53at the stone table
43:54and looked out at the sky.
43:56Neither of us said much.
43:58We didn't need to.
43:59Days like this,
44:00quiet and unhurried,
44:02became the rhythm of our life.
44:04Case stayed busy with the pack
44:06and with royal matters.
44:07But he always made time.
44:10Sunrises, sunsets.
44:11He spoiled me
44:12until I didn't know
44:12what to do with it.
44:14Martha was healthy
44:15and smiling every day.
44:17The estate was calm
44:18and easy again,
44:19the way it used to be.
44:21True to his word,
44:22Prince Caden petitioned
44:23the Lycan King on my behalf.
44:25At my official Luna ceremony,
44:27the Lycan King's decree
44:28was read aloud.
44:29A formal commendation
44:31in front of the entire pack.
44:33The estate was lit up
44:34and full of noise that day.
44:36Case lifted the veil
44:37and placed it over my head himself,
44:39his eyes proud and soft.
44:40The most beautiful Luna.
44:43Then he shifted,
44:44right there in front of everyone.
44:46His wolf was massive,
44:48dark, broad-shouldered, still.
44:50He lowered himself
44:51to the ground and waited.
44:53I climbed onto his back.
44:54He rose slowly,
44:56carrying me steady,
44:57and lifted his head
44:58toward the moon.
44:59The howl that came out of him
45:01was long and deep
45:02and carried across
45:03the entire territory.
45:04One by one,
45:06the pack answered,
45:07howl after howl
45:08rising into the night sky.
45:10I thought about everything
45:12it had taken to get here.
45:13A bastard Omega
45:14with no wolf,
45:15no one to speak for her.
45:17Only I knew
45:18how hard the road had been.
45:19And all of it,
45:21every bit of the happiness
45:22on the other side of it,
45:23came from the man
45:24standing behind me.
45:25After the ceremony,
45:26Case took me south.
45:27Open land,
45:28warm air,
45:29water catching
45:30the afternoon light.
45:31Far from everything
45:32that had tried
45:33to take us down.
45:34The rest of our lives
45:35stretched out ahead of us.
45:37Every year,
45:38every season,
45:39together.
45:41After the ceremony,
45:42life settled into a new rhythm.
45:44I stood beside Case
45:45at every pack meeting,
45:47every decision,
45:48every matter that came
45:49through the estate gates.
45:50His pack was my pack.
45:52His people were my people.
45:54But he always made time.
45:56A weekend drive
45:57with no destination.
45:58A trail through the forest
46:00at dawn.
46:01Wherever he thought
46:02I'd want to see,
46:02he took me there
46:03without being asked.
46:04The rest of our lives
46:06stretched out ahead of us.
46:07Every year,
46:08every season,
46:10together.
46:10Together.
46:10Together.
46:10Together.
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