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00:00Blood moon, stained glass, I sit on the wedding bed, the door slams, two rogues stagger in, fur half rotted,
00:07mange weeping down their faces, pretty thing, the first one wrasse, Lucien said play hard, I lift my eyes, cold,
00:14steady, no fear, you picked the wrong bride tonight, three days earlier, Thornwood Manor, Rocky Mountains, snow, stone, a silver
00:22wolf's head carved over the hearth, I'm on my knees in front of the fireplace, polishing an old hunting blade,
00:27footsteps behind me, Selina.
00:30The elf is back from the council, bad news, he hasn't taken off his coat, I slide the blade home,
00:36I've hidden here for three years, three years since the council put my name on the black list, and every
00:43bounty hunter started counting my teeth, a safe house, a kind family, a girl who calls me sister, I thought
00:49I was done, outside a wolf howls, long, wrong, announcement, and somewhere south,
00:57The moon turns the colour of old blood, my wolf stirts, for the first time in months, Edmund walks into
01:07the great hall, with snow still melting in his beard, one night at the hollow, and his hair has gone
01:12white at the temples, Margaret stands, Edmund, I named them,
01:17Alara freezes by the fire, I stood on the council floor, and I named Blackridge, every girl they've taken, hooves
01:23outside, hard, fast, the doors blow open, a council courier, black cloak, silver pin, sets a sealed rotor on the
01:32table,
01:32Mating decree, by order of the high council, Edmund breaks the seal, reads, his hand starts to shake,
01:38Father, what does it say, you are bound to Lucian Blackroad, seven days, blood moon, Alara's knees go, Margaret catches
01:47her,
01:48She just had her first shift, Edmund, you told the council what he does to women, I know, then do
01:54something, refuse, and the pack is skinless by sunrise,
01:58Alara is crying without sound, I stand in the shadow of the archway, silent, my wolf, quiet for three years,
02:05stirs beneath my skin,
02:08Then I speak before anyone can see me, I'll take her place and marry him, the words cut through the
02:13air like steel, she doesn't have to go, no hesitation, no tremor,
02:22My hand closes around the silver comb hidden in my apron, fingers tightening until it hurts, I say, voice steady,
02:30I will go in her place, I will fulfill the decree, silence,
02:34I turn to Alara, I'll go in your place, she stares, you're a maid, I'm whatever your father says I
02:41am, Edmund, Margaret, both of them heard, Edmund says,
02:45Selina, do you understand what you're offering,
02:49Yes,
02:50He will not be gentle,
02:53I'm counting on it, his hand flies to her mouth, Edmund holds my eyes a long moment,
03:00Then he turns and pushes open a door I've never seen open before,
03:09The hall of blood oaths, he cuts his palm over the bound book of the thornwood line,
03:15Red drops onto my name written new,
03:20From this hour, you are blood of my blood, bone of my bone, daughter of thornwood, Selina,
03:31He looks up, the pages drink the blood, Margaret lays a silver comb, a moonstone, and the family hunting knife
03:38into my hands,
03:38Alara sobs into my shoulder, my hand on her back is steady as carved stone, tires squeak outside, doors slam,
03:46Edmund's head comes up,
03:47He's here, already?
03:49The front doors blow open downstairs,
03:52Where's my bride?
03:53Lucian Blackridge, amber eye, grey-blue eye, cold smile, four men behind him, drunk and grinning,
03:58I walk down, slow, hands folded, Lucian's eyes find me, slide, land,
04:03There you are, sweetheart, heard you were pretty, looks like they fed you wrong,
04:08I stop three steps above him, tilt my head,
04:13Lord Blackbridge, his tongue runs over his teeth,
04:18Come give your husband a kiss,
04:23My fiancée.
04:26The hall of blood oaths is still wet behind me,
04:30They said you were charming,
04:34I tilt my head,
04:37I see they meant loud,
04:40His grin slips half an inch,
04:44Careful, sweetheart.
04:49You were the one shouting from the foyer.
04:51A few of his men stop laughing.
04:53He crosses to me,
04:55Close,
04:55Closer,
04:57Bourbon and something sour,
04:58Like fear under cologne.
05:01My wolf flinches at the smell of him.
05:03Nothing,
05:04He smells like nothing,
05:05No inner wolf,
05:06I file it away.
05:07He lifts a strand of my hair,
05:09Rolls it between his fingers,
05:11Like he's pricing it.
05:13You know what happens to brides who talk back in my house, sweetheart?
05:20Enlighten me.
05:21They learn.
05:22He leans to my ear,
05:24Low.
05:25I've got brothers waiting for the wedding night,
05:27Real friendly boys.
05:29They love a new bride.
05:32Especially the ones who think they're clever.
05:36I'm sure they do.
05:38You should be afraid.
05:39I turn my head until my mouth is at his jaw,
05:42Smile.
05:43Try harder.
05:46For one second,
05:47Lucian Black Turd doesn't know what to do with his face.
05:50He laughs too loud,
05:52Drops my hair,
05:53Steps back.
05:54Seven days, Thornwood.
05:56He snaps his fingers at his men.
05:57Burn the dress she's wearing.
05:59I'll pick out the next one myself.
06:03The doors slam behind him.
06:06Edmund is shaking on the landing.
06:08I don't turn around.
06:09He didn't deny the wedding night?
06:11No.
06:13Good.
06:14Dawn.
06:15White bannets.
06:15Snow on every pine.
06:16I stand on the send-off stone in a moon-pale gown,
06:18The silver comb pressed flat in my hair.
06:20Behind me, Thornwood.
06:21Across the courtyard, the Black Ridge Convoy.
06:22Black SUVs, black furs,
06:24Lucian lounging against the lead car like he's bored.
06:26Edmund mounts the stone beside me.
06:27He draws his ceremonial blade, opens his own palm.
06:30Margaret makes a small sound, doesn't stop him.
06:32Blood beads, drops, pisses on the cold stone.
06:35His voice carries across every alpha and beta.
06:37By Luna's breath and my own blood, I swear this oath.
06:40He lifts the bleeding hand to the moon.
06:42If a single hair on my daughter's head is harmed, if she weeps once in that house,
06:46Thornwood will not petition the council.
06:48We will come for Blackroak with teeth!
06:51And we will not stop until the line is finished.
06:54Wind moves through the pines.
06:55The pack representatives lower their heads.
06:57The oath has been heard.
06:58Lucian's smirk thins.
06:59Edmund turns to me, quietly.
07:01Come home.
07:01Whatever it takes, come home.
07:03I will.
07:03I step down, cross the snow, past Lucian, who reaches for my arm.
07:06I let him take it without looking at him.
07:07I climb into the car.
07:09The window darkens.
07:10Lucian slides in beside me.
07:11Bourbon and that nothing smell.
07:13Smile, sweetheart.
07:14You're a married woman.
07:15Am I, my lord?
07:16Tonight, you will be.
07:19Enjoy the wedding day.
07:20The wheels crunch over white snow.
07:21I turn my face to the window.
07:23Through the tint, the blood moon is rising again.
07:25Fat, red, watching.
07:29Blackbring manon.
07:30Stained glass.
07:31Blood moon bleeding red across the floor.
07:32I sit at the wedding bed.
07:34Veil down.
07:34The moonstone at my throat catches the red light.
07:36The door slams open.
07:37Lucian.
07:38Bourbon soaked.
07:39Two rogues behind him.
07:40Fur weeping mage.
07:41Eyes hungry.
07:42There she is.
07:43He crosses the room.
07:45Grabs my jaw.
07:46Tilts my face up.
07:47My pretty little thornwood bride.
07:49Take your hand off me.
07:50In 30 minutes, the guests come up to see how the wedding's going.
07:53His grin widens.
07:55They're gonna find my new wife rolling around with two of my favorite strays.
07:59Won't that be a story?
08:01Have fun, sweetheart.
08:03He lets go of my jaw.
08:05Walks out.
08:05At the door.
08:06His hand on the lash.
08:07His fingers tremble.
08:08Just once.
08:09So fast a normal wolf would miss it.
08:10My silver bright eyes catch it.
08:11The bolt drops.
08:12Iron on iron.
08:13Like a funeral bell.
08:14The rogues lick their teeth.
08:16Pretty thing.
08:17Lucian said play hard.
08:19I lift my eyes.
08:20Cold.
08:20Steady.
08:21No fear.
08:21You picked the wrong bride tonight.
08:23Then stop talking and start regretting it.
08:27The first rogue takes a step.
08:29He told us you'd cry.
08:30Said the thornwood girls always cry.
08:33Did he?
08:34Said you'd beg.
08:34You sound experienced.
08:36Lord Lucian's been generous.
08:38He lickes his lip.
08:39Three alpha's daughters last winter.
08:41Sweetest little.
08:42Generous.
08:43I stand.
08:44The silver comb slides from my hair into my palm.
08:46Six inches.
08:46Silver tip.
08:47Bright as a star.
08:48The rogues stop laughing.
08:49I move.
08:50I'm airborne before the first rogue gets his hand up.
08:52Thighs around his neck.
08:53Twist.
08:53Crack.
08:54Drop.
08:54Pivot.
08:54The second hasn't drawn his nade.
08:57Silver tip drives up under his jaw and out the back of his skull.
09:00Two bodies on the floor.
09:01Silence.
09:01I wipe the comb on a dead man's collar.
09:04Slide it back into my hair.
09:08Crack the window.
09:09Outside, the cold pond glints under the blood moon as I throw them in.
09:13One after the other.
09:15No hesitation.
09:16No sound but the splash.
09:18I return to the bed.
09:20Smooth my skirt.
09:21Sit.
09:22Down the hall.
09:23The guests are still laughing.
09:25And then I hear footsteps turning toward my door.
09:28Downstairs, Lucian nods at a maid.
09:30She gasps loud enough to carry.
09:34There's a man in the bride's room!
09:36Heads turn.
09:37Forks freeze.
09:39What?
09:40A man, my lord.
09:41Voices.
09:42I heard...
09:43Lucian stands.
09:44Draws his blade.
09:46Loud enough for the cheap seats.
09:47My bride.
09:48In my house.
09:50On my wedding night.
09:51Murmurs.
09:53He swings the blade.
09:54I'm gonna gut whatever rat she dragged into my bed.
09:57And then her.
09:59In front of every pack on the west coast.
10:02The crowd surges up the stairs behind him.
10:05He plants his boot on the door.
10:07Kicks.
10:08The door cracks open.
10:09I sit at the edge of the bed.
10:11Veil neatly back.
10:12I look up.
10:12Mild.
10:13Puzzled.
10:13My lord.
10:14You're shouting.
10:15His blade lowers an inch.
10:18Where is he?
10:19Where is who?
10:22Don't...
10:22It's my wedding night.
10:23My voice carries.
10:24Sweet as honey.
10:25And you've brought half the west coast into my bedroom with their swords drawn?
10:29I tilt my head.
10:30Is this how Blackridge throws a wedding?
10:32Someone in the back of the crowd snorts.
10:34Then a room of alphodes trying not to laugh.
10:36Lucian's face goes white.
10:38Then red.
10:38His hand comes up.
10:41Rikes his son across the face.
10:45Lucian hits the floor.
10:46Mouth bleeding.
10:48His hand is still raised.
10:49Lucian is on the floor.
10:50Mouth bleeding.
10:51The room goes silent.
10:53On your feet.
10:54Lucian scrambles up.
10:56Out.
10:57Father.
10:57Out.
10:58He goes.
11:00Vivian troth hands over her mouth.
11:02My son drinks too much on his wedding night.
11:05Forgive him.
11:06Forgive us.
11:07And forgive a father's request.
11:09Nothing of what you saw leaves this house.
11:12Out of respect for the council and the council's brother.
11:15The crowd thins.
11:16Cassius turns to me.
11:17I have not moved.
11:18He sits beside me on the bed.
11:20Casual.
11:20Like an uncle.
11:21Selina.
11:21You're a clever girl.
11:22Thank you.
11:23Voice for my ears only.
11:24That father of yours.
11:26Edmund.
11:26Is an old wolf.
11:27Old wolves get tired.
11:28Old wolves misstep.
11:30A pause.
11:30Old wolves die.
11:31I meet his eyes.
11:32That sounds like a threat my lord.
11:34Good.
11:34Then you'll recognize it.
11:35When it arrives.
11:37Morning.
11:37The doors bang open without a knock.
11:40Mrs. Hollands.
11:4160.
11:41Gray.
11:42Skinny as a switch.
11:43The old beta of Blackbridge House.
11:45Three big she-wolves at her heels.
11:47Switches of white birch in their hands.
11:49Up.
11:50Eyes down.
11:51Throat out.
11:52I'm at the window with a cup of tea.
11:54Excuse me?
11:55Every new mate submits to the house Luna's beta on the morning after the bite.
11:59You drop your eyes.
12:00You bare your throat.
12:02You take the mark of this pack.
12:04She holds up a silver-tipped queer.
12:05Or this beta puts it on you.
12:07Pass.
12:08Her lip curls.
12:09The lady sent me.
12:11Vivienne says you'll learn your rank in this house.
12:14Mrs. Hollands.
12:14Or you'll be taught.
12:17She reaches for my wrist.
12:21I catch her index finger.
12:23Bend.
12:25Snap.
12:27The scream cracks every window in the room.
12:30The other she-wolves freeze.
12:32Birch switches clatter to the floor.
12:35Not one of them moves to her beta.
12:37They smell it.
12:38Whatever just stood up in this room outranks them.
12:41And their wolves know it before their heads do.
12:44I set my teacup down.
12:46Stand.
12:46Tell your Luna I don't bare my throat.
12:49Not in this house.
12:51Not in any house.
12:52One finger for one bad morning.
12:54I lean in.
12:55Send Vivienne next time.
12:57I have nine left.
12:58Maeve appears in the doorway, eyes wide.
13:00Pack a bag, I say.
13:02We're leaving.
13:02My lady-
13:03I step over the birch switch on my way out.
13:06In the front drive, one of the Blackridge drivers is already waiting.
13:10Engine running.
13:11Door open.
13:12He doesn't meet my eyes.
13:13My lady, the mountain roads ice over fast this time of year.
13:15Let me take you down myself.
13:17I nod.
13:18I get in the car.
13:20He shuts the door behind me.
13:22Tires crunch over gravel.
13:23The Blackridge gates roll past in the side mirror.
13:26Mrs. Hollins is still howling somewhere back there.
13:29I lean back against the leather.
13:31Cold smile.
13:33Maeve opened.
13:34Steps back fast.
13:35Sir.
13:36Lady.
13:36Edmund.
13:37Margaret.
13:37Snow on their shoulders.
13:39They're coming home.
13:40Right now.
13:41No.
13:42Selina.
13:42You had rogues in your room.
13:43We heard.
13:44Who told you?
13:45One of their maids found the bed empty.
13:47Ran to us.
13:48And Lucien doesn't know yet.
13:50Selina, that's enough.
13:51You're done in that house.
13:52Father, I pour him a bourbon.
13:55Three days.
13:56Give me three days.
13:57For what?
13:58For Cassius to make a mistake.
14:00Margaret's knuckles go white in her lap.
14:03You'd risk.
14:04He told me you were going to die.
14:06In my ear.
14:07On the wedding bed.
14:08He's already coming for you.
14:09Going home doesn't save anyone.
14:11Selina.
14:12Edmund's face goes still.
14:14Three days, father.
14:15If I'm wrong, you've lost three nights of sleep.
14:17Edmund drinks.
14:18Sets the glass down.
14:19What do you need from us?
14:20Stay home.
14:20Don't take meetings.
14:21Don't sign anything.
14:22Don't even take a walk past the property line.
14:24Done.
14:24Margaret kisses my forehead.
14:26You'd better come back to us for your safety, Selina.
14:28I will.
14:29The door clicks shut.
14:30I cross to the window.
14:32Seattle below.
14:33Somewhere up in the Black Pines, the Black Ridge estate.
14:35Three days, Cassilus.
14:36I let the silence stretch.
14:38We'll find out who breaks first.
14:40Midnight.
14:40I drop over the Black Ridge perimeter wall between two suite patterns.
14:44Forty seconds to the cedar line.
14:45Two minutes to the main house.
14:47Master suite first.
14:47I crouch under the bay window.
14:50Cracked open an inch.
14:51Cassius likes his air cold.
14:52Vivian's voice.
14:53And Edmund, you said you'd handle it.
14:55I am.
14:55Three council alphas are signing this week.
14:58Embozzlement.
14:58A human girl found in his forester's cabin.
15:01Witnesses we own.
15:02He's been clean for forty years.
15:03He'll be dirty by Friday.
15:05And our boy?
15:06What about him?
15:07His condition.
15:08If anyone in that house smells it on him.
15:10Then we make sure nobody in that house can.
15:13A glass sets down.
15:14Silence.
15:15I move.
15:15I slip the latch.
15:17In cedar.
15:19Gun oil.
15:20A wall of leather spines.
15:21Two forged letters.
15:23Volkov seal.
15:24Not close enough for forensics.
15:25One behind the painting.
15:27One inside the desk bible.
15:29Out the window.
15:31Over the wall.
15:32Blood moons past its peak.
15:34Friday, Cassius?
15:35No.
15:36A beat.
15:36You don't get till Friday.
15:38Thornwood Manor.
15:39Snow coming sideways.
15:45Boots on snow.
15:46Long gray coat.
15:47Amper eyes.
15:49The gate guard steps in front of him.
15:50Sir.
15:51This is private property.
15:52I'm here to see my aunt.
15:53Uh, the lady isn't taking Teller Kyle's home.
15:56The guards changes.
15:57Mr. Thornwild.
15:58Aye, sir.
15:58Please come in.
15:59Inside.
16:00By the great hearth.
16:01Edmund crosses the room slow.
16:03Ten years.
16:04I know.
16:05Your father's chair is still there.
16:06A long beat.
16:07Edmund doesn't move to embrace him.
16:09Kyle doesn't expect it.
16:11Why now?
16:11You named Blackridge on the council floor.
16:14My father's killer was at that table when you spoke.
16:16I saw him on the live feed.
16:18He didn't blink.
16:21Ten years I waited for him to blink.
16:23He didn't.
16:24Until you said Blackridge.
16:25Edmund's jaw tightens.
16:27You think Cassius.
16:29I know Cassius.
16:30I came to prove it.
16:31Margaret appears in the doorway.
16:33You stayed away too long.
16:34I'm here now.
16:35Edmund pours three bourbons.
16:38You should meet your cousin.
16:40My cousin's twenty.
16:41Not that one.
16:42The new one.
16:43Kyle's eyebrow lifts a quarter inch.
16:45Tell me.
16:46Morning.
16:46Snow muffles the Thornwood Drive.
16:48I step into the front hall.
16:49He's by the hearth.
16:50Back to me.
16:51He turns.
16:51Amber eyes.
16:52Tall.
16:52Quiet.
16:53The kind of quiet that's been earned somewhere ugly.
16:55My wolf stops.
16:56Lies down.
16:57I haven't felt her lie down since I was a cub.
16:59We don't move.
17:00Edmund clears his throat.
17:01Selina.
17:02My nephew Kyle.
17:03Kyle my daughter.
17:03Daughter.
17:04Kyle's mouth lifts at one corner.
17:06When was the wedding?
17:07Last week.
17:07Congratulations.
17:08Don't.
17:08His smile widens a fraction.
17:10He crosses to me.
17:11No rush.
17:12Stops in my space.
17:13Wolf close.
17:14The kind of close you only get with kin.
17:15You're carrying a kin kill.
17:16I don't answer.
17:17Back of the neck.
17:18Right side.
17:19The vertebra under your wolf's jaw.
17:20I don't answer.
17:21He lifts a hand.
17:22Slow.
17:22Telegraph.
17:23May I?
17:23I say nothing.
17:24His thumb presses.
17:25Exact.
17:26Into the knot of fire that's been burning behind my skull since the wedding night.
17:29The pain drops.
17:30I exhale before I can stop myself.
17:32How did you know?
17:33Lucky guess.
17:33Try again.
17:34He meets my eyes.
17:35I'll tell you when you tell me your real name.
17:38He steps back.
17:39Bows his head a quarter inch.
17:40Walks past me.
17:41The fire stays gone.
17:42Edmund is watching us like a man watching weather come in over a ridge.
17:46Kyle Thornfield.
17:47Note to self.
17:48Be careful.
17:49Thornwood cold pond.
17:50Ice on the edges.
17:51Cedar smoke from the house.
17:52Kyle's already there.
17:53Two glasses.
17:54A bottle of bourbon between them on the bench.
17:55You drink Woodward?
17:56I drink what's poured.
17:57He pours.
17:57Slides it over.
17:58I sit.
17:59Not close.
18:00Not far.
18:00You came back because of your father?
18:02His jaw tightens.
18:03Cassus killed him.
18:04That's a serious accusation.
18:06I'm getting proof.
18:07He looks at the ice.
18:08You're not just a maid, Selina.
18:09You move like someone who's been hunted.
18:11You smell like silver.
18:12His eyes find me.
18:13And there's a name on the council blacklist.
18:15With hair like yours.
18:16I sip again.
18:17You're not going to deny it.
18:19I'm not going to confirm it either.
18:20Fair.
18:21A long quiet.
18:22Cedar smoke.
18:22The pond ticking under the ice.
18:24I won't ask.
18:25Not tonight.
18:26Why?
18:26Because I'm asking you to trust me with something.
18:28And I haven't earned it yet.
18:29I look at him.
18:30His wolf is quiet.
18:31Mine is too.
18:32The Thornwood bell tower strikes twelve.
18:35He pours me another.
18:36Doesn't ask if I want it.
18:37Black Ridge estate.
18:39Night.
18:39I drop through Lucian's bedroom window between heartbeats.
18:43Empty room.
18:44Closet door cracked.
18:45Light behind it.
18:46Wrong color.
18:48Cold blue.
18:49I follow.
18:50The closet's a false back.
18:53Stairs.
18:54Down.
18:54Smell hits me halfway.
18:56Old blood.
18:57Silver salt.
18:58Fear sweat.
18:59My wolf flattens her ears.
19:02I keep going.
19:03The room opens at the bottom.
19:05I stop in the doorway.
19:07Silver hooks on the walls.
19:09Silver bands.
19:10Silver needles laid out on velvet like jewelry.
19:14Twelve women.
19:15Chained.
19:16Bare-shouldered.
19:17The silver collars are eating into their necks where the skin's gone thin.
19:21Wolf girls and human girls.
19:23Mixed.
19:23I count silk slips and one daughter of Alpha tattoo I recognized from a missing persons brief
19:28two summers ago.
19:30Lucian's voice around the corner.
19:32Croning.
19:33I press myself flat to the wall.
19:35One of the girls sees me.
19:37Blue eyes.
19:38Hollowed out.
19:39She doesn't react.
19:41Doesn't hope.
19:42That's the worst part.
19:44She's been here long enough to know that anyone new is just another mouth.
19:48I lift one finger to my lips.
19:50She blinks once.
19:52Slow.
19:53I memorize the room.
19:55Door count.
19:56Light source.
19:57Hook spacing.
19:58Where I'd put a body if I needed to.
20:00Then I back out.
20:01My wolf is screaming behind my teeth.
20:05I climb back through the window.
20:07In the snow, I lean against the cedar wall and let myself shake.
20:12Once.
20:12Just once.
20:14I'm coming back for you.
20:17All of you.
20:21The Hollow.
20:22Council Chamber.
20:23Three Alpha Stand.
20:24Stone Faces.
20:25Show me the body.
20:25Cremated.
20:26Per Pact Protocol.
20:27Convenient.
20:28Aldric, the High Alpha.
20:30Lifts a hand.
20:31Edmund.
20:31These are witness charges by his men.
20:34By Alphas of Standing.
20:35You have 30 days to answer them.
20:37Until then, you do not leave Thornwood Land.
20:40I'm to be Cage Ward.
20:42You're to be cautious.
20:43Cassius lets one corner of his mouth move.
20:45Edmund stands.
20:47Vows the exact depth required.
20:49No more.
20:50Walks out.
20:51Thornwood.
20:52Late.
20:52Kyle pours.
20:53I drink without looking at him.
20:55They move fast.
20:56Faster than I thought.
20:57He's been planning this for months.
20:59He was planning it before the Decreet.
21:00The Decree's the cover.
21:02Cassius.
21:03Sweetheart.
21:04You think you're hunting an old wolf.
21:07You're not.
21:10Thornwood.
21:11Cold pond.
21:12Same bench.
21:13Snow falling soft.
21:16Kyle's already there.
21:17He stands when I come down the path.
21:20Old manners.
21:21The kind they don't teach anymore.
21:23And lifts a wolfskin off the bench.
21:25You're shivering.
21:26I'm not.
21:27He drapes it over my shoulders anyway.
21:29Gathers the front with one hand to second longer than he needs to.
21:32His wolf is quiet.
21:34Mine is too.
21:35I pour him a bourbon.
21:39Talk.
21:42He sits.
21:43I'm not a beta.
21:44I know.
21:45You don't.
21:45Edmund's hands shake around you.
21:47He never shook around a beta in his life.
21:49I was supposed to be alpha hair.
21:51After my father.
21:52He looks at the ice.
21:53I gave it up at seventeen.
21:55Told the pack I wasn't fit.
21:58Disappeared into a special recordance unit and stayed gone for eight years.
22:01Why?
22:03Because the man who killed my father is on the high council.
22:05And an heir can't move without being watched.
22:08Nobody can.
22:09And now you're back.
22:10The pond ticks.
22:12He turns the glass in his hand.
22:15Soft.
22:16Last time my wolf was this quiet.
22:18Was the night before they brought my father home.
22:20I don't answer.
22:23I sip my bourbon.
22:25Stare at the ice.
22:27He doesn't make me say anything.
22:29That's the part that scares me.
22:33Downtown Seattle.
22:342 p.m.
22:35Daylight.
22:37A girl screams in an alley off Pike.
22:39Lucien has her by the wrist.
22:41Human.
22:41College age.
22:42White knuckled.
22:43I step between them.
22:44Let her go.
22:45You.
22:46Let her go, Lucien.
22:47His eyes find the cross of her wrist in his grip.
22:49He smiles slow.
22:50Make me me, sweetheart.
22:53The silver whip comes off his belt fast.
22:55Faster than a normal arm.
22:57I read it.
22:58Step inside.
23:00Catch his elbow on the upswing.
23:02But the tip clips the edge of my coat.
23:04And I feel the hiss of silver across my collarbone before I twist away.
23:08A hand catches the whip mid-snap.
23:10Snaps it.
23:11Bourbon-eyed.
23:12Lucien Blackridge.
23:14This woman bears the thornwood mark.
23:16Loud enough for the street.
23:18Touch her again.
23:19Touch any woman in this city again.
23:21And I'll send your wolf back to Luna in pieces.
23:25Witnessed under sky.
23:27The street has stopped moving.
23:29A Luna oath.
23:30Sworn under open sky.
23:32Binding.
23:34Lucien's face drains.
23:38He turns.
23:40He runs.
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