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Alpha Heir’s Broken Promise💔🔥
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00:00The day I mentioned the mate bond to my fiancé, Lyndon, for the 99th time, I overheard him talking with
00:07his friends.
00:09Lyndon, you're something else. Alice is willing to wait for you.
00:14Lyndon swirled his glass.
00:16If it weren't for her, Nora wouldn't have mated with someone else out of spite.
00:22She won't let me have my way, so she should experience the same thing.
00:26Then, drag it out. The more she tries to mate with me, the less I'll agree.
00:38Anyway, she'll wait for me.
00:46Next year, raise the unbonded tax by 30.
00:56Alice will have to sell herself to make up the tax.
01:00Lyndon is the alpha heir. That poor girl wants to climb up.
01:04Selling herself once won't cut it. Sell as many times as needed.
01:08Tears ran down my face.
01:14The pack rules say, if a wolf turns 18 without a mate bond, they must pay the unbonded tax.
01:21Otherwise, the pack council will force us on that.
01:25Every time I pushed him to finish the bond, he said.
01:29Next year.
01:30I waited three years.
01:32I barely held on.
01:34The tax grew heavier every year.
01:36So, this year, I won't pay.
01:41Before Lyndon left, one of his servants came over to ask me.
01:46Alice.
01:47Did you scrape together this year's tax?
01:51If not, we can help you.
01:53Next year.
01:55Alpha hair promised.
01:58Next year, he'll finish the bond ceremony with you.
02:02I patted the half-empty money pouch at my waist.
02:06It had money, but it was far from enough to pay this year's unbonded tax.
02:11I'd been hearing this for three years.
02:14My family used to be a respected bloodline.
02:18Three years ago, my father got dragged into pack politics.
02:23Lyndon, the alpha heir, was my fiancé.
02:28Then, overnight, we had nothing.
02:30My father died that winter.
02:32We became an orphan.
02:40I had no choice but to go to Lyndon for shelter.
02:43The first time I saw him, the young she-wolf at his side looked pale and ran off crying.
02:48A few days later, she had mated with someone else.
02:52If you like her, we can call off the engagement.
02:56No need.
02:57You're my fiancé.
02:59I must keep my promise.
03:01When will we finish the bonding ceremony?
03:03Next year.
03:06Your father just died.
03:08Aren't you afraid of being cursed if we mate now?
03:12I struggled through that year and paid the tax with the last of my money.
03:17The next year, I asked him again and again.
03:20He finally lost patience.
03:22Do you ever stop?
03:23All you said is the mate bond.
03:25Do you only think about men?
03:28Shameless.
03:29I wouldn't show weakness.
03:31Crying?
03:32I'm joking.
03:33A witch says my wolf is unstable this year.
03:36Not a good year to mate.
03:38Next year.
03:39I'll mate with you next year.
03:41I stood there awkwardly.
03:43I wanted to tell him I was almost out of money.
03:47If I couldn't pay, the pack council would force assign a stranger as my mate.
03:53But I swallowed the words.
03:55I'll wait, I told myself.
03:58But life was getting harder.
03:59That year, the tax jumped by 50%.
04:02You keep dragging this out year after year.
04:07As you get older, the fee goes up.
04:10So he'd raise the price on purpose.
04:15I struggled through that year and paid the tax with the last of my money.
04:20The next year, I asked him again and again.
04:23He finally lost patience.
04:25Do you ever stop?
04:26All you said is the mate bond.
04:28Do you only think about men?
04:31Shameless.
04:31I wouldn't show weakness.
04:34Crying?
04:35I'm joking.
04:36A witch says my wolf is unstable this year.
04:39Not a good year to mate.
04:41Next year.
04:42I'll mate with you next year.
04:44I stood there awkwardly.
04:46I wanted to tell him I was almost out of money.
04:50If I couldn't pay, the packet counsel would force assign a stranger as my mate.
04:56But I swallowed the words.
04:58I'll wait, I told myself.
05:01But life was getting harder.
05:02That year, the tax jumped by 50%.
05:05You keep dragging this out year after year.
05:10As you get older, the fee goes up.
05:13So he'd raise the price on purpose.
05:21Alice, even the alpha hare has to pay.
05:24He has to be waiting for you.
05:26He's just young and playful.
05:28Wait a little longer.
05:32I know.
05:33Lyndon was the alpha hare.
05:35How would he know how hard it was for me to save?
05:38I lived in the alpha house, but I have no money.
05:41No money meant I had to find a way.
05:43I painted for other noble she-wolves and took the money.
05:47With his casual words, I had to burn countless nights to draw.
05:52I put up with it for three years.
05:54This year, I wasn't going to anymore.
05:56I clutched my last money and went to the PAC council.
06:00You again?
06:01The unbonded tax went up.
06:04Are you paying?
06:05No.
06:07Fine.
06:07He opened the pairing book and casually ticked a name.
06:11Him.
06:11Done.
06:12Go.
06:12I didn't even know my future mate's name.
06:15My life was decided like that.
06:17Back at alpha house, Lyndon leaned against the doorway.
06:21Paid the tax?
06:22I looked down and lied.
06:24Yes.
06:27My blanket, wine glasses.
06:31Bring them.
06:32Be careful.
06:34Don't break anything.
06:36You can't pay for it if it's ruined.
06:38He came over and reached to pat my head.
06:41I flinched.
06:42Want anything?
06:43I'll bring it back for you.
06:45He always did that.
06:46Just when my heart felt frozen, he'd hand me a sweet and steady me again.
06:50I'm pathetic.
06:51I always tell myself to call off the engagement.
06:55Don't wait.
06:56But when he smiles, I think, what if he really means next year?
07:01And I'm fooled every time.
07:04The money pouch.
07:05Why not get something nicer?
07:06I have plenty of money.
07:09No need.
07:12Alright.
07:15Hey!
07:16I turned and left.
07:18My room was in the far corner of alpha house.
07:21Few people came by.
07:23There was one good thing.
07:24It was near the side door.
07:26If the pack council came for me, no one would notice.
07:29I packed my things and left.
07:33My blanket, wine glasses, bring them.
07:38Be careful.
07:40Don't break anything.
07:41You can't pay for it if it's ruined.
07:44He came over and reached to pat my head.
07:46I flinched.
07:48Want anything?
07:49I'll bring it back for you.
07:50He always did that.
07:52Just when my heart felt frozen, he'd hand me a sweet and steady me again.
07:55I'm pathetic.
07:57I always tell myself to call off the engagement.
08:01Don't wait.
08:02But when he smiles, I think, what if he really means next year?
08:07And I'm fooled every time.
08:10The money pouch.
08:11Why not get something nicer?
08:12I have plenty of money.
08:15No need.
08:18All right.
08:21Hey!
08:22I turned and left.
08:23My room was in the far corner of Alpha House.
08:27Few people came by.
08:28There was one good thing.
08:30It was near the side door.
08:31If the pack council came for me, no one would notice.
08:35I packed my things and left.
08:38Only Mrs. Ward waited at the door.
08:41It's a big day for you.
08:44Aren't you wearing something new?
08:47Before my father died, he'd prepared clothes and jewelry for my ceremony.
08:51He didn't want me looking shabby.
08:54But the first year, Lyndon wouldn't bond with me.
08:57And the tax kept pressing.
08:59I had to sell the dress.
09:02The tax kept rising every year.
09:05I sold all my jewelry, too.
09:08Still no ceremony.
09:10It's fine.
09:11Live for yourself, not for show.
09:15Let's go.
09:16The sooner it's done, the better for both of us.
09:19We passed the Alpha House gate, and Lyndon's carriage was there.
09:23He lounged on the cushions.
09:25He looked every bit the handsome air.
09:28I walked north.
09:29He rode south.
09:31We passed each other without a second place.
09:33A little way down the road, Mrs. Ward frowned at the pairing book.
09:37Where does Simon's live again?
09:39I took the book.
09:40His address was near the Pack Academy.
09:44Lyndon used to study there.
09:47Ivy crawled over the small courtyard.
09:50The wooden fence was thin and scattered.
09:52Under an old oak stood a stone table.
09:55A book lay open on it, the wind turning the corners of the pages.
10:00Silas!
10:02Master Silas!
10:04Master, please not some gray-bearded old man.
10:07A young man holding a book stepped out.
10:09We stared at each other and froze.
10:12What's going on?
10:14Why is it her?
10:15This can't be right.
10:16She's my student's fiancée.
10:18Is there some mistake?
10:20Mrs. Ward didn't care to argue.
10:22The Pack Council named the mate.
10:25How can it be wrong?
10:28Congratulations.
10:31Mr. Silas.
10:32This really isn't proper.
10:35I'll go to the council tomorrow and explain.
10:38He clearly looked down on me.
10:41If he sent me back to the council,
10:44I didn't know who I'd be assigned next.
10:50I don't have the money to pay the tax.
10:55I'm a little shameless.
10:57Mr. Silas is soft-hearted.
11:00Three years ago, Linden went off to the academy.
11:03I wanted to make a good impression.
11:05So on a snowy day, I cooked a pot of hot soup and took it to the academy.
11:10I was shaking outside.
11:12Silas saw me and, breaking the rules, let me inside to warm up.
11:18When Linden saw me, his face went cold.
11:21Who told you to come?
11:22It's the alpha heir's fiancée.
11:24She looks so poor.
11:27I had embarrassed him.
11:28By the time the soup cooled, he wouldn't even drink a drop.
11:32I was about to pour it out.
11:36Silas put three silver coins on the step.
11:40Don't waste food.
11:46Consider it bought.
11:53Linden hated studying and kept getting punished to copy the PAC laws.
11:58He passed the work to me.
12:00I copied so much that even Silas couldn't stand it.
12:04He looked at my handwriting.
12:06Neat writing.
12:08You helped him copy, right?
12:10If he won't learn and has others do his work, what's the point?
12:15Fine.
12:17No more punishments.
12:20You can stay there for now.
12:22My held breath finally fell away.
12:24I couldn't help letting out a small, grateful...
12:26Thank you, Mr. Silas.
12:30I admit I was a little shameless.
12:34Mr. Silas is soft-hearted.
12:36Three years ago, Linden went off to the Academy.
12:39I wanted to make a good impression.
12:41So, on a snowy day, I cooked a pot of hot soup and took it to the Academy.
12:46I was shaking outside.
12:48Silas saw me and, breaking the rules, let me inside to warm up.
12:54When Linden saw me, his face went cold.
12:57Who told you to come?
12:59It's the Alpha Heir's fiancé.
13:01She looks so poor.
13:03I had embarrassed him.
13:05By the time the soup cooled, he wouldn't even drink a drop.
13:08I was about to pour it out.
13:12Silas put three silver coins on the step.
13:16Don't waste food.
13:23Consider it bought.
13:29Linden hated studying and kept getting punished to copy the PAC laws.
13:34He passed the work to me.
13:36I copied so much that even Silas couldn't stand it.
13:40He looked at my handwriting.
13:43Neat writing.
13:44You helped him copy, right?
13:47If he won't learn and has others do his work, what's the point?
13:52Fine.
13:53No more punishments.
13:56You can stay there for now.
13:58My held breath finally fell away.
14:00I couldn't help letting out a small, grateful...
14:03Thank you, Mr. Silas.
14:06I was so tired that I collapsed into bed and was out like a light.
14:10When I woke the next morning, Silas was already gone.
14:13I went out to look for him.
14:14The neighbor, Mrs. Finch, greeted me.
14:17Isn't he your cousin?
14:18He couldn't live with you.
14:19He moved into the academy.
14:22I walked back home.
14:23He really was old-fashioned.
14:25It made me look like the one squatting in his room.
14:27If he really didn't want to be my mate, I could write articles to earn some money.
14:32Save the tax.
14:33Move out once I had enough.
14:34Since I was staying in his place, I should at least tidy up.
14:38While cleaning, I found a trunk.
14:39It was neatly stacked with books.
14:41On top was a copy of Strange Tales.
14:43The pages were yellow and the corners curled.
14:46It had clearly been read a lot.
14:48I opened it and couldn't stop.
14:49I lost track of time.
14:51Ghosts coming back to life.
14:53A silver wolf repaying a debt?
14:55These books were completely unlike what a rigid one like him should be reading.
14:59Maybe I had read so many strange tales that day.
15:03That night, I dreamed of a silver wolf.
15:06It walked in on moonlight, bowed its head to me like a salute.
15:10Then it howled at the sky.
15:13Where the moonlight fell, the house turned spotless and the corners filled with deer meat.
15:19I woke up laughing to myself.
15:22I felt oddly lighter.
15:24Good dream.
15:26I got up to fetch water and froze.
15:29The wooden bucket was full.
15:31I clearly remembered using half of it that afternoon.
15:34Had I misremembered?
15:35Then the odd things kept happening.
15:37Every morning the bucket was full.
15:39The flour that was almost gone yesterday was piled up today.
15:42I ate a few pieces of venison and the basket had fresh meat the next morning.
15:47Could there really be a silver wolf?
15:49That night I barely slept.
15:50I crept out, but I was too late.
15:52I mustered my nerve and called out,
15:54Who's there?
15:56Show yourself.
15:57The next night I forced myself to stay awake.
16:00Around midnight I heard a rustle.
16:02I jumped out of bed and tiptoed to the kitchen.
16:05Silas was there.
16:06He was bent over, pouring flour, and quietly placing venison into the basket.
16:12It was cypress.
16:14I felt everything at once.
16:16I'd been here a month and never once gone hungry or thirsty.
16:20I checked the wardrobe where I'd hidden a few silver coins.
16:23I counted them again, and they had actually grown.
16:27In three years at the Alpha house, Lyndon never asked if I was cold or hungry.
16:34Silas cared in small, careful ways.
16:37He wasn't as difficult.
16:38The next morning I made some flatbreads and rushed to the academy.
16:42I stood under the tree outside the classroom and peered through the half-open window.
16:47How had I never noticed before?
16:49Silas was handsome.
16:52Silas was handsome.
16:52He looked up without meaning to.
16:54His eyes crossed the sill and met mine.
16:58After class, he hurried out.
16:59Silas was handsome.
17:00Why are you here?
17:03For you.
17:04You don't need to do this.
17:05The academy has a kitchen.
17:07I can make my own.
17:10thanks for the food i can't eat it all by myself you should leave soon if someone sees
17:17it won't look good for you he really didn't want to be my mate i know he dodged me at
17:24every turn
17:25afraid to be tied to me back home i stared at my fuzzy reflection in the basin and forced a
17:31smile
17:32linden had said my looks were tempting and that i only thought about mating all day
17:37someone as proper as silas would probably only like girls like nora
17:45i counted my few coins over and over i still didn't have enough for the year's tax writing
17:51and painting to earn money was too slow i was worrying when i suddenly remembered silas's
17:57strange tales an idea hit me maybe i could write the weird stories pack members liked and sell them
18:03to the bookshop i shut my door and wrote for three days i put down a few chapters about a
18:09silver wolf returning the favor the shopkeeper was uninterested at first he read it anyway when
18:15he finished he slapped 50 silver coins on the counter and said miss go write more i'll sell
18:22this half now if it sells we can do the rest
18:27the first thing i did with the money was go to the market now how silas keeps sneaking food in
18:34at
18:34night but silas still came at midnight if there was nowhere to put the food he swept the yard
18:41sometimes he cut the meat he was always busy one morning i opened the door and heard a small clink
18:47at my feet a little mirror lay on the ground i bent to pick it up i couldn't say how
18:52i felt he didn't
18:53talk much to me but he was quietly kind the stories sold better than i expected
19:01in less than a month i had saved enough for the tax
19:07harvest moon was the pack's biggest holiday i had the food ready early today is harvest moon
19:14after the festival say goodbye to simus
19:17i waited from dawn to dusk he never came back alice look how hated you are you scared him away
19:26holidays alone are dull i hoisted my pack and went to the pack council only one wolf was on duty
19:34i hesitated then asked if someone pays the tax late can the assigned mate be cancelled
19:42he flipped through the roster name alice and silas they seem well matched why would you ask mr silas
19:50heard that a she wolf couldn't pay the unbonded tax he came gave money begged the elders he asked them
19:59to mark his name with hers if she couldn't pay asters they always have schemes if the mate bond hasn't
20:07been
20:07signed yet and she pays the tax late there's a 30 percent subsurgeon tell your friend to think it over
20:15it wasn't random it wasn't a mistake it wasn't just kindness he'd planned it all along
20:24harvest moon was the pack's biggest holiday i had the food ready early
20:30today is harvest moon after the festival say goodbye to simus i waited from dawn to dusk
20:38he never came back alice look how hated you are you scared him away holidays alone are dull
20:46i hoisted my pack and went to the pack council only one wolf was on duty i hesitated then asked
20:55if someone pays the tax late can the assigned mate be cancelled he flipped through the roster name
21:02alice and silas they seem well matched why would you ask mr silas heard that a she wolf couldn't pay
21:11the unbonded tax he came gave money begged the elders he asked them to mark his name with hers if
21:18she couldn't pay asters they always have schemes if the mate bond hasn't been signed yet and she pays
21:27the tax late there's a 30 percent subsurgeon tell your friend to think it over it wasn't random it
21:35wasn't a mistake it wasn't just kindness he'd planned it all along i ran home heart pounding
21:50silas stood in the yard he held a moon-shaped lantern and gave a bitter smile into the empty space
21:57mr silas
22:05you i thought you left
22:08i have known everything about our mate bond
22:16this i didn't think it through don't get me wrong i i have no other intentions it's just just
22:25i pressed him and he finally told me things i hadn't known he was a lone wolf my father had
22:32taken
22:32him in my father gave him food and helped him go to the academy the first time i went to
22:38the academy
22:39to look for linden he recognized me he wanted to help but i had a fiance he couldn't interfere
22:47you were only six back then your father trained students at the academy every day
22:54you sat by the side do you remember i i thought your father saved my life he was such a
23:00good man
23:01i wanted to repay him if he knew you were forced into a mating chest and living in misery his
23:07heart
23:07would break stay here for now if you meet someone you love in the future i will as a brother
23:14arrange
23:15the mating ceremony so the silver wolf from the stories really had come to return a favor
23:22but i thought about all the little things from these past days is that it in the stories the
23:30silver wolf repays by offering itself not entirely at first it was to repay you now i have my own
23:39feelings he was too shy to say more still i saw that hidden affection in his eyes i hurried to
23:47change
23:48the subject what is this a gift for you
23:55i remember you liked moon-shaped lanterns when you were little i don't know if you still do i stepped
24:01forward without thinking when i took the lantern i gently held his hand silas's fingers jumped
24:09next year can we spend harvest moon together again of course
24:17linden had barely come home before he and his friends clustered around a table
24:21linden i heard alice paid another year's unbonded tax she really loves you lucky you
24:32aren't you worried she might stop paying and mate with someone else
24:36would she a daughter of a fallen family who can't even afford decent clothes who would want her as a
24:44mate
24:46i am the only one who doesn't despise her you're the alpha heir why not just pay the tax for
24:53alice
24:54directly what do you know if she never learns to save how will she appreciate silver if she truly
25:01becomes my mate and lives a good life she'll get cocky don't be moved by her little sacrifices
25:09she's trying to trade a small favor for a big prize
25:15such scheming can't hide from me linden did you hear mr silas has a mate now should we send a
25:23gift
25:24mr silas oh him a lone wolf playing mister don't make me laugh i heard it's a mate assigned by
25:34the
25:34council neither of them could afford the unmade tax
25:39family who can't even pay the unbonded tax what good daughters do they raise a lone wolf and a low
25:46born girl truly a match made in fate somehow he suddenly thought of me how many years has alice paid
25:55the unbonded tax four years including this one fine next year she won't have to pay i'll
26:07reluctantly make her my mate go buy her a money house
26:13get the best one you're so good to alice she'll be thrilled
26:23the first thing linden did at home was head to my room but when he pushed the door open
26:28he froze dust lay thick inside it looked like no one had lived there for a long time
26:35he stormed back to his room furious
26:41where's alice the butler met him at once smiling in that practiced way we were just about to tell you
26:47the good news alice couldn't pay the tax a few days ago the pack council assigned her a mate
26:54she won't have a chance to bother you anymore what did you say
27:02who gave you the right to act on your own
27:06she was short of money didn't you give her any
27:09you just stood there and let the pack council drag her off
27:13haven't you always disliked alice you've been stalling to make her give up haven't you
27:19you also told us she couldn't touch the alpha family's money until the bond was completed didn't you
27:26wasn't that true
27:29when did i
27:31he looked around at the servants
27:33it seemed they didn't understand why he was angry
27:36they'd all seen how he treated me
27:38he kept postponing the bond year after year
27:42they were sure he was teasing me
27:44only i had been foolish enough to believe him
27:48he collapsed to the floor
27:50i've wanted to bond with her for a long time
27:54i was only joking
27:58after that day silas moved back home
28:01he took one room i took another we didn't bother each other
28:06i watched his back as he left each morning and worried
28:10aren't we mates now
28:11why is he more proper than a young lady
28:15does he expect me to make the first move
28:18well i can do that
28:20i made two flatbreads and went to the academy at noon
28:26master who's that
28:28master you're blushing
28:30if someone's bringing food to the master she's definitely his mate
28:33shut up
28:34one more word and you're copying the pack laws
28:36now go home
28:37the students laughed and scattered
28:39then bumped straight into linden
28:41he stood there like thunder
28:44alpha here here for class
28:46sorry you've already graduated
28:51simus how can you mate with a student's fiance
28:53do you even know shame
28:56alice come with me
28:57come home save your reputation from being ruined by him
29:00linden
29:02our engagement is already void
29:04you won't mate with me
29:06and the pack council assigned me a mate
29:08that's reasonable
29:10i don't accept this
29:12you're clearly my fiance
29:13i couldn't understand it
29:15he was the one who kept delaying
29:18and now he came to accuse me of mating with someone else
29:21what did he actually want
29:24was i meant to exist only to satisfy his selfish possessiveness
29:29was i supposed to wait forever
29:31humbly
29:32while he belittled me
29:34he looked like he might choke on the words
29:37i'll say some words to him
29:39silas smiled gently and tilted his head
29:41go on
29:43simus how can you mate with a student's fiance do you even know shame
29:48alice come with me
29:50come home
29:51save your reputation from being ruined by him
29:53linden
29:53linden
29:54our engagement is already void
29:56you won't mate with me
29:58and the pack council assigned me a mate
30:01that's reasonable
30:02i don't accept this
30:04you're clearly my fiance
30:06i couldn't understand it
30:08he was the one who kept delaying
30:10and now he came to accuse me of mating with someone else
30:15what did he actually want
30:17was i meant to exist only to satisfy his selfish possessiveness
30:21was i supposed to wait forever
30:24humbly while he belittled me
30:26he looked like he might choke on the words
30:30i'll say some words to him
30:31silas smiled gently and tilted his head
30:33go on
30:34go on
30:35for no
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