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00:00In my past life, Lyra, the lowborn daughter of a noble pack family, fell into the lake.
00:09My brother Caden pulled her out.
00:12She accused him of assaulting her in the water, demanded he take her as his mate,
00:17said she'd drag the whole thing before the Alpha King and Luna Queen, and have him punished if he refused.
00:23It was the worst possible time.
00:26Caden was right in the middle of his succession process for the Northmark Alpha title.
00:29I was terrified it would derail everything, so I pushed T into it.
00:35He took her as his mate.
00:39Seven months later, she gave birth to twins.
00:42Caden endured the humiliation, raised her two sons, fought rogue wolves on the border, until he came home crippled.
00:49Then she and her sons poisoned him.
00:51He bled from every wound and died in his own filth.
00:54I tried to report it.
00:55My fiancé, Dorian, looped his belt around my throat.
01:00If you report them, Lyra and my two sons die for it.
01:07I opened my eyes.
01:09I was back at the summer gathering.
01:12I saw Lyra fall into the lake.
01:15Sis! Someone's drowning! We have to go help!
01:18Don't you dare move!
01:19This was a second chance.
01:21There was no version of this life where I let him walk into that trap.
01:24Sis, why are you crying?
01:26I'm fine. Wind got to me.
01:30Sis, let go of me! Someone's life is at stake!
01:32I said, don't move.
01:35Are you serious right now? Someone's drowning!
01:39Someone will save her, just not you.
01:43I turned to the squat, pockmarked stable hand standing nearby.
01:47Bram! You want a mate or not?
01:50Bram worked the stables at Northmark Manor.
01:52He was built like a barrel.
01:54Face cratered with old scars.
01:56Teeth the color of old bone.
01:57Lazy as the day was long.
02:00Spent his wages at gambling dens and pleasure houses.
02:03Any other servant?
02:04I'd have thrown him out years ago.
02:05But Bram had one thing going for him.
02:08His father.
02:09Old Wreck had carried my father's body off the battlefield with his own back.
02:12Out of a pile of the dead.
02:14That kind of loyalty didn't expire.
02:16So Bram, for all his uselessness,
02:20had a kind of untouchable status in the manor.
02:24Even Caden and I gave him a little room.
02:26We didn't send him on errands lightly.
02:29Today was only because our other two stable hands had fallen sick.
02:32So Bram was driving us to the summer gathering.
02:35Of course I want one, my lady.
02:40Bram, today I'm handing you an opportunity.
02:44Go pull that girl out of the water.
02:47But after you get her out, hide in the reeds.
02:50Don't let anyone see you.
02:52Wait until I call for you.
02:55I promise by the end of today, you'll have yourself a highborn mate for free.
03:00Whatever you say, my lady.
03:04Then go.
03:06Bram hit the water with a splash.
03:08The delay had cost Lyra.
03:10She'd swallowed a lot of water by then and was barely conscious.
03:13Everyone follow me, quickly.
03:14My lady fell in the water.
03:17Hyde, now.
03:18I'll call you when it's time.
03:19Yes, my lady.
03:21Lyra's personal attendant arrived with a whole group behind her.
03:25At the front, my fiancé, Dorian, son of the Pack Elder.
03:28Caden saved her, didn't he?
03:30Lyra coughed up water and came around.
03:35She looked at the crowd.
03:37Then she pointed straight at Caden and burst into tears.
03:41Screaming that he'd assaulted her in the water.
03:43The crowd erupted.
03:46They call Beta Caden a young hero, fearless against rogues on the border.
03:50And yet here he is, preying on a helpless girl.
03:52You really can't judge a wolf by his fur.
03:55Exactly.
03:56Attacking a defenseless woman.
03:58What kind of hero does that?
04:00Northmark Pack has always stood for loyalty and honor.
04:02How did they raise someone like this?
04:04I can't believe this is the Caden we all respected.
04:07He's dragged his whole bloodline through the mud.
04:12That's not what happened.
04:13I didn't touch her.
04:14You didn't touch me?
04:16You had your hands all over me in that water.
04:18You did this to me and now you're going to stand there and deny it?
04:21Caden, you're a Beta Warrior.
04:22How could you do something like this?
04:24Dorian, I didn't.
04:25I swear I didn't.
04:26You have to believe me.
04:27Then why would Lyra say this?
04:28She's a daughter of a noble Pack family.
04:30What would she gain by lying?
04:31Why did you humiliate me like this, Caden?
04:33Does a woman's honor mean nothing to you?
04:36Do you think I'd destroy my own reputation just to frame you?
04:43Beta Caden used a rescuer's cover to assault an innocent girl.
04:47And now he won't even own it.
04:50Shameless.
04:53You ride your rogue fighting reputation and come back
04:57thinking you can do whatever you want to pack women in the capital?
05:01He ruined her honor.
05:02He has to take responsibility.
05:04If this gets out, how is she ever supposed to find a mate?
05:07And she's lowborn on top of everything.
05:10Caden, if you're any kind of wolf,
05:12stand up in front of everyone right now and come making this right.
05:15Take Lyra as your mate.
05:19I'm telling you, I didn't do anything to her.
05:21Why won't any of you listen?
05:24Caden, even now you're going to dig in?
05:26I pulled Caden behind me and shook my head.
05:29This was Dorian and Lyra's trap.
05:31Every piece of it was designed.
05:33He could talk until he was hoarse.
05:35No one here was going to believe him.
05:37Vera, Northman Pack is your responsibility.
05:39This is Caden's fault.
05:40Set a date, go to the family with a formal mating request,
05:43and bring Lyra home to the manor properly.
05:45We're not yet mated, Vera.
05:46We're one unit.
05:47My family and yours are bound together.
05:49Everything I'm saying is for Caden's sake and Northman's sake.
05:51If this escalates, it damages Caden and Northman Pack's name.
05:55He's right in the middle of his Alpha title succession.
05:57If someone brings this before the Alpha King and it creates complications, that's a problem.
06:01The Luna Queen and Alpha Prince's Luna are arriving soon.
06:04If this blows up and ruins the summer gathering, the Luna Queen won't be pleased.
06:07Better to handle this quietly.
06:09Everyone walks away happy.
06:11Everyone walks away happy.
06:12He meant him and Lyra walk away happy.
06:15I looked at Dorian with his polished speech and his fake concern and felt sick to my stomach.
06:21Last life, I'd been fooled by that act.
06:23I'd made Caden carry the weight of it.
06:27And it had destroyed us both.
06:30This life, Caden and I could die right here before I let him mate Lyra.
06:34Dorian, hold on.
06:35Let me ask Lyra something first.
06:40I stepped forward.
06:42Lyra, are you absolutely certain the one who assaulted you in the water was my brother, Caden?
06:46I saw him clearly.
06:47It was Caden.
06:49You're saying Caden assaulted you in the water.
06:51Then why is every inch of him completely dry?
06:54The crowd looked at Caden.
06:56Not a drop of water on him.
06:58Confusion spread across their faces.
07:01He probably changed clothes after he pulled me out.
07:03I blacked out when I got to the bank.
07:05I don't know what happened after that.
07:07But in the water, I saw him clearly.
07:09Dorian's eyes went sharp.
07:11Vera, your brother did something wrong.
07:13Instead of making him admit it, you're interrogating Lyra.
07:16What is your problem?
07:17Is Northmark Pac trying to bully their way out of this?
07:23Just because they have Pac's strength and the Alpha King's favor doesn't mean there are no rules.
07:28We will get justice for Lyra today!
07:31The crowd followed.
07:34Caden has to take responsibility.
07:36Dorian looked around, confident with the crowd at his back.
07:42Vera, admit it right now and send a formal mating request to her family.
07:46I looked at Dorian, handsome on the outside and rotten to the core.
07:50And thought of the look on his face when he tightened that belt around my throat in the last life.
07:56My stomach turned.
07:59Dorian, did you personally see Caden assault Lyra?
08:03He opened his mouth.
08:04Nothing came out.
08:07What are you saying?
08:08That Lyra destroyed her own honor just to frame your brother?
08:15I thought I knew you.
08:17I was wrong.
08:18Duchess Maren pointed at me.
08:19How long does Northmark Pac plan to keep bullying people?
08:22You're covering for your brother even now.
08:25The crowd's mood turned.
08:26They looked ready to spit on me.
08:28We are upsetting Lyra, Dinand.
08:31Northmark Pac has gone too far.
08:33We all see it now.
08:34We always respected them.
08:36What a mistake that was.
08:38I looked over the crowd.
08:40Has anyone here personally seen my brother assault Lyra?
08:43Silence.
08:44They looked at each other.
08:45Nobody spoke.
08:46You're absolutely certain it was Caden.
08:48You say he ruined your honor.
08:50What's your proof?
08:52I have proof.
08:53She reached into her clothing and pulled out a jade pendant.
08:56This!
08:57When I was fighting in the water,
09:00I tore it off the person who attacked me.
09:05The crowd saw it and the verdict was sealed.
09:08Still have something to say?
09:10That's not mine.
09:15No one believed him.
09:16If it's not Caden's, whose is it?
09:18That's a fine piece of jade.
09:19But there's no Northmark mark on it.
09:21Lyra says it's my brother's.
09:23Does that make it his?
09:23When we got here,
09:24you and Caden were the only two at the scene.
09:25Who else could it belong of?
09:26Duchess Maren.
09:27Lyra says with nothing but her own word
09:29that this belongs to my brother.
09:30I could just as easily say it belongs to your mate.
09:33Don't you dare drag my mate into this!
09:39Lyra's voice cracked into a wail.
09:41I am a proper-born wolf of good standing.
09:44I have never stepped outside the bounds of what's right.
09:47I am not shameless.
09:49I don't degrade myself.
09:51My honor is gone.
09:53Now you're humiliating me on top of it.
09:54I'd rather draw than die!
09:57She broke free from the crowd and ran toward the water.
09:59Everyone gasped and grabbed for her.
10:01Dorian went white with fury,
10:03pulled back his hand,
10:03and slapped me hard across the face.
10:05I didn't think you were capable of this, Vera.
10:08He went to strike again.
10:09Caden caught his arm and locked it.
10:11Dorian, touch my sister one more time
10:13and see what I do to your hand.
10:15I said I didn't assault Lyra.
10:17I didn't ruin her honor.
10:19A wolf's word is his bond.
10:20Why is not one of you willing to take me at mine?
10:24If anyone else insult my sister,
10:26don't expect me to stay quiet.
10:28The crowd's anger spiked higher.
10:30Caden!
10:30You did something disgusting
10:32and you're standing here smug about it.
10:34Do you think PAC law doesn't apply to you?
10:36If you won't admit it,
10:37we'll take this to the Luna Queen herself
10:39and let her judge you!
10:40I pressed my hand to my stinging cheek.
10:42Beneath the pain,
10:43something warm spread through my chest
10:45from Caden's words.
10:46This life,
10:47whatever it cost me,
10:48I was going to protect him.
10:51I looked at Lyra.
10:52Seems like you've already decided
10:54to pour this bucket on my brother
10:55no matter what.
10:58But hear me clearly, Lyra.
11:00You want Caden as your mate?
11:03You're dreaming.
11:05We'd both die before that happens.
11:07She hesitated.
11:07Then something dark crossed her eyes.
11:09You're only standing firm
11:10because no one was there to witness it.
11:12No one can prove your version either.
11:14She turned and threw herself
11:16headfirst into a tree.
11:17The crowd lurched to stop her.
11:18Too slow.
11:19She split her forehead open.
11:21Blood ran down her face.
11:23The crowd's fury hit its peak.
11:27Northmark Pack is killing her!
11:29Her brother did wrong
11:31and she's forcing an innocent girl
11:33to die for it.
11:35What kind of people are they?
11:36Lyra,
11:37this isn't your fault.
11:39Northmark Pack is wrong here.
11:40We'll have our mates bring this
11:42before the Pack Council tomorrow.
11:44If Northmark keeps refusing...
11:46Right!
11:46Northmark Pack,
11:47Vera,
11:48you won't stop until she's dead,
11:50will you?
11:51I see who you really are now,
11:52Vera.
11:53I can't mate a woman
11:54with a heart like this.
11:55If Northmark Pack won't answer
11:56for Lyra today,
11:57then our mate-bond agreement
11:58is void.
11:59I'm calling it off.
12:00A woman who can't tell
12:01right from wrong,
12:03mate her
12:03and your Pack
12:04will never have peace!
12:05Better to break it off now!
12:07Dorian was certain
12:08I wouldn't let him do it.
12:09In this world,
12:10a woman whose mate-bond
12:12was broken was done.
12:13The gossip alone
12:14would drown her.
12:15No, no, no!
12:15But he didn't know
12:16I'd spent this entire time
12:18setting up for exactly this moment.
12:20You said it,
12:20Dorian,
12:21son of the Pack Elder.
12:21A wolf's word is his bond.
12:23I'm releasing our mate-bond agreement.
12:25Right now.
12:27Someone bring paper
12:28and something to write with.
12:29I want Dorian
12:30to put the dissolution
12:31in writing.
12:34Dorian had only meant it
12:35as leverage.
12:36Forced me to push Caden
12:37into the mating.
12:37He hadn't actually wanted out.
12:39My answer caught him
12:39completely off guard.
12:41He went still.
12:41Dorian was sharp,
12:42calculating.
12:43He saw the leverage failing
12:44and softened fast.
12:45If you'll just let Caden
12:46take responsibility,
12:47we don't need to dissolve anything.
12:49My brother Caden
12:50is a true wolf
12:51who has done nothing wrong.
12:53Write the dissolution, Dorian.
12:55A servant brought paper
12:56and a writing tool.
12:58Dorian was cornered.
12:59He wrote the dissolution,
13:01then threw it at me
13:02like he was doing me a favor.
13:07Lyra flinched
13:08and drew in on herself.
13:13The pack ladies
13:14pressed in around me.
13:26They'd all been taken in
13:28by Lyra's helpless act.
13:29None of them had any idea
13:31what she was capable of
13:32behind closed doors.
13:33I gave a cold smile.
13:35You reap what you sow.
13:37Lyra, I'm not the one
13:38who can help you.
13:39I don't think anyone
13:40can help you today.
13:44Lady Thorn arrived
13:45and ran a flat look over Lyra,
13:47soaking wet.
13:48What happened?
13:49Everyone talked over each other
13:50to explain.
13:51It was Caden!
13:52The wolf!
13:52Lady Thorn's brow tightened.
13:53Take the second daughter away.
13:55Stop making a scene.
13:56An elder pack matron
13:57stepped forward
13:58and began dragging Lyra out.
14:00Vera!
14:00Caden!
14:02If you won't admit it,
14:03I won't survive this.
14:04Lady Thorn,
14:05today's events
14:06really can't be blamed
14:07on your daughter.
14:08You must speak up for her.
14:09Vera.
14:10Voice flat.
14:10Northmark Pack
14:11may have more battlefield honors
14:12in the Alpha King's favor
14:13than our family,
14:15but we are not easy
14:16to push around.
14:17My daughter has called me
14:18mother for over a decade.
14:20I will get justice for her
14:21from Northmark Pack.
14:23I could see the key person
14:24had arrived.
14:24The ground was ready.
14:26Lady Thorn,
14:27you're Lyra's stepmother.
14:29You're the one who has authority
14:31over her mating arrangements.
14:32So let me ask you plainly,
14:34right here in front of everyone,
14:36is it your family's position
14:37that whoever pulled Lyra
14:38out of that water today
14:39is responsible for her
14:40and must take her as their mate?
14:41It is.
14:42I looked at Lyra.
14:43That's your position too, Lyra?
14:44Lyra bit her lip.
14:45Yes.
14:46No matter who it is,
14:48Lyra will mate with that person.
14:49Yes or no?
14:50Yes.
14:51And Dorian and everyone here agrees?
14:53Of course.
14:53A true wolf owns his actions.
14:55Yes.
14:56Yes.
14:56Everyone heard that.
14:57You're all witnesses.
14:59Lyra,
15:00don't you regret this?
15:02I turned toward the thick reeds
15:03on the bank
15:04and raised my voice.
15:05Bram,
15:06get out here.
15:07Lyra,
15:08from the Noble Pack family,
15:10is desperate to be
15:12your mate.
15:13The crowd went quiet.
15:15The reeds rustled,
15:16a figure pushed through.
15:18Short,
15:18stocky,
15:19face full of craters,
15:20yellow teeth.
15:21He grinned his ugliest grin.
15:23Come in, mate!
15:26Lyra went the color of ash.
15:27That's not who it was!
15:28It was Caden who pulled me out!
15:30Dorian's expression cracked too.
15:32What are you talking about?
15:33I'm the one who saved you.
15:34No, you're not!
15:35It was Caden!
15:36It was Caden!
15:37That's ridiculous.
15:38My master and my lady
15:39were standing together.
15:40Neither of them went near the water.
15:41How could they have saved you?
15:43When I pulled you out,
15:44you tore that neck right off my neck.
15:46That's a lie.
15:47Something like that
15:48couldn't belong to someone like you.
15:49Bram smiled,
15:50wide and slow,
15:51every yellow tooth on display.
15:52The Alpha Prince
15:53gave that to me personally.
15:54About a month ago,
15:56I kept the Alpha Prince's
15:57young heir
15:57from getting hurt
15:58when he fell from a carriage.
16:00The Alpha Prince
16:01unclipped it himself
16:02and gave it to me
16:03as a reward.
16:04I saved you!
16:04That's the truth!
16:05Lyra's face went hollow.
16:07She kept shaking her head.
16:08It wasn't you!
16:09It wasn't you!
16:10It was Caden!
16:12The Alpha Prince's gift
16:13can be verified.
16:13It can't be faked.
16:15Bram serves Northmark Manor.
16:16He wouldn't lie
16:17about something this serious.
16:18But to be thorough,
16:19we should confirm it.
16:22We should check.
16:23The Lunar Queen
16:23and the Alpha Prince's
16:24Luna both expected
16:24around this time.
16:25We could wait
16:26for the Lunar Queen
16:26to decide.
16:27Dorian's expression
16:28went tight.
16:29He could feel the situation
16:30slipping past him
16:31and there was nothing
16:32he could do about it.
16:34The Lunar Queen
16:35has arrived!
16:35The Alpha Prince's
16:37Luna has arrived!
16:38Everyone dropped
16:38to their knees.
16:39Luna Seraphine told them
16:40to rise, smiling.
16:42Why is everyone gathered here
16:43instead of in the garden?
16:45Lady Thorne knelt
16:46and presented the whole
16:47situation to the Lunar Queen,
16:49begging her to decide.
16:51The Lunar Queen's expression
16:52grew serious.
16:54Vera,
16:54if Caden has feelings
16:55for Lyra,
16:56I can petition the Alpha King
16:57for a royal mate decree.
17:00Luna Queen,
17:01today is the first time
17:02he's ever laid eyes on Lyra.
17:03There are no feelings
17:04to speak of.
17:05Caden would never
17:06do something this dishonorable.
17:07The one who entered the water
17:09and pulled Lyra out
17:10was our stable hand,
17:10Brahm.
17:11We have physical evidence.
17:14The Lunar Queen
17:15had the pendant brought forward.
17:16She looked at it and said,
17:18This is indeed
17:19the Alpha Prince's piece.
17:20About a month ago,
17:21our young Kian
17:22nearly fell from the carriage.
17:23One of Northmark Manor's
17:24stable hand caught him in time.
17:25The Alpha Prince
17:25gave that pendant
17:26to the stable hand
17:27on the spot as a reward.
17:28The one who entered
17:29the water today
17:29is also a stable hand
17:30from Northmark.
17:31I imagine it's the same person.
17:32Luna Queen,
17:33it is the same person.
17:35That pendant
17:36proves Lyra
17:37was rescued by Brahm,
17:38not Caden.
17:39But Lyra refuses to admit it
17:41and keeps insisting
17:41it was my brother.
17:44I respectfully ask
17:45the Lunar Queen
17:46to investigate this thoroughly
17:47and restore Caden's name.
17:52The Lunar Queen
17:53called Brahm forward.
17:54Brahm,
17:55Is there any other evidence?
17:57Yes,
17:58Lunar Queen.
17:59When I pulled Lyra
18:00out of the water,
18:01I saw a red crescent
18:03birthmark on her chest.
18:04If Lyra keeps denying it
18:06and keeps accusing my master,
18:07you can verify it.
18:08If the mark isn't there,
18:09I'll accept whatever punishment
18:10is given to me.
18:11The crowd erupted.
18:12Lyra was shaking.
18:14Her eyes were hollow.
18:16Dorian had gone white.
18:18A birthmark can't be faked.
18:20I'm going to get
18:20to the bottom of this.
18:21Take Lyra inside
18:22and have her examined.
18:23Lyra inside
18:24and have her examined.
18:25One of the Lunar Queen's
18:26elder pack matrons
18:27stepped forward
18:28with two attendants.
18:29Lyra,
18:29come with us.
18:30Lyra's legs gave out.
18:32She fainted
18:33from sheer terror.
18:34The matron signaled
18:35the attendants.
18:36They carried Lyra inside.
18:37The Lunar Queen
18:38turned to Duchess Meryn.
18:39Go with a few
18:40of the pack ladies.
18:41Be witnesses.
18:43The matron opened
18:45Lyra's wet clothing
18:46in front of them.
18:47Between her collarbones,
18:48clear as anything,
18:49a red crescent birthmark.
18:51It's real.
18:52A mark like that,
18:53seen by a man in water.
18:55she'd have to be his mate
18:56whether she wanted it or not.
18:58The matron went further.
18:59She examined Lyra
19:01for proof of her claim.
19:02The group came back out quickly.
19:04Duchess Meryn's face
19:05was cycling through
19:06shades of green and white.
19:08I already knew
19:08what they'd found.
19:09Lyra does have
19:10the red crescent birthmark
19:11on her chest.
19:12And when we examined her further,
19:13she...
19:14she has not been untouched
19:15for some time.
19:16She is also carrying
19:17a secret pregnancy.
19:18The crowd went silent.
19:19Then it exploded.
19:21The tide turned completely.
19:23What a scheme.
19:24She played all of us.
19:25She was sneaking
19:26a secret lover in
19:27while pretending
19:28to be honorable.
19:29Shameless.
19:30And then tried to frame
19:31Caden for it.
19:32Disgusting.
19:32Lady Thorne went stone-faced.
19:34She slapped Lyra
19:35across the face.
19:36Then again...
19:37You have shamed this family.
19:39I have never been
19:40more disgusted.
19:41Lyra was completely broken.
19:43She slid down
19:44to the ground like water
19:45and didn't react at all.
19:47Dorian shrank
19:48into the background
19:48and kept his mouth shut.
19:51Lady Thorne dropped
19:52to her knees
19:53before the Luna Queen.
19:54I failed in raising her.
19:56I accept whatever
19:57punishment you give.
19:58Failed in raising her.
20:00Is that what we're calling it?
20:01Lyra made her own mess,
20:02got herself with Childe
20:04in secret,
20:04and then tried to use
20:05Caden as a way out.
20:06If Vera hadn't fought back,
20:08Northrink Pack's only heir
20:10would have been buried
20:11alive by this.
20:13Take Lyra to the Pack
20:14tribunitional cells
20:15and interrogate her.
20:16I want the name
20:17of the secret lover.
20:18The matrons dragged Lyra
20:19into the back room.
20:20From inside came screaming.
20:23But Lyra had a hard core.
20:24No matter what they did,
20:26she refused to give up the name.
20:28Dorian was her only hope.
20:30The Luna Queen
20:30had no choice.
20:32She had Lyra move
20:33to the Pack tribunal cells.
20:34That same day,
20:35the matter reached
20:36the Alpha King.
20:37He issued a decree
20:38ordering Lyra's
20:39noble Pack family
20:40to answer for it.
20:42The family patriarch
20:44had spent his whole career
20:45being careful,
20:46staying low,
20:46keeping his head down,
20:47undone by a lowborn daughter
20:49who'd dreamed of climbing
20:50beyond her station.
20:51Though,
20:51if you traced it back
20:52far enough,
20:53it was Lady Thorne's
20:54iron-fisted control
20:55of the household
20:56that had left Lyra
20:57with no path
20:57but the one
20:58her own mother had taken.
20:59Use your face
21:00and your body
21:01and hope it gets you somewhere.
21:03That was how she'd ended up
21:04tangled with Dorian
21:05in the first place.
21:05The Alpha King
21:06also sent a rebuke
21:07to Duchess Merrin
21:08for her role
21:08in inflaming things,
21:09ordering her to keep
21:10her mouth shut
21:11going forward.
21:12Duchess Merrin
21:12never showed her face
21:13at another pack gathering
21:14in the capital
21:15for the rest of her life.
21:16Lyra held out
21:17in the tribunal's cells.
21:18Three days later,
21:19two pack matrons
21:20came from her family.
21:21They forced a draft
21:22of medicine
21:22down her throat.
21:23An hour later,
21:24she miscarried.
21:25Twins,
21:25Lyra wouldn't stop bleeding.
21:27No one from the tribunal
21:28had been told
21:28to send a healer.
21:29The attitude was,
21:30live or die,
21:31that's on her.
21:32She lived anyway.
21:33Half a month later,
21:34the Luna Queen
21:34came to Northmark Manor
21:35herself to check
21:36on Kayden and me.
21:37She took my hand,
21:38sat down,
21:38made small talk
21:39for a bit.
21:40That girl is tough,
21:41as hasn't said a word
21:42in the tribunal cells.
21:44I was thinking
21:44of sending her off
21:45with a cup of poison.
21:47Let Lyra die that easily?
21:48That was letting her
21:49off too light.
21:52I stood and bowed.
21:53Luna Queen,
21:53I have a request.
21:54She smiled.
21:55Vera,
21:56just say it.
21:57Luna Queen,
21:57the Alpha Queen
21:58mother's birthday
21:58is next month.
21:59In her honor,
22:00spare Lyra's life.
22:00That day,
22:01Lyra said herself
22:01that whoever saved her
22:02would become her mate.
22:03Lady Thorne agreed to it
22:04in front of everyone.
22:05She was pulled out
22:05by our stable hand,
22:06Bram.
22:07So perhaps-
22:07The Luna Queen tilted her head.
22:09Vera,
22:09even if you want
22:10to give Lyra a way out,
22:11your stable hand
22:12might not want to take her.
22:13What I was giving Lyra
22:14wasn't a way out.
22:15It was a life
22:16worse than death.
22:17Why don't I bring Bram in
22:18and ask him in person?
22:19If he's willing,
22:20it's a fair arrangement.
22:21Bram gambled
22:22and chased women.
22:22Every coin he earned
22:23either vanished
22:24at the gambling den
22:25or got spent
22:25at the pleasure house.
22:27Lyra was stunning.
22:28Skin like cream,
22:29face like a spring blossom.
22:30One of the most striking women
22:32among all the high-born
22:33pack women in the capital.
22:34A woman like that
22:35on any ordinary day.
22:36Bram wouldn't even be allowed
22:37to look at her twice.
22:38She was used goods now,
22:40sure,
22:40but if this moment passed,
22:42a wolf like Bram
22:43would never get another shot
22:44at someone like her.
22:45I was betting he'd say yes.
22:46A servant brought Bram
22:47to the doorway
22:48of the main hall.
22:49Bram,
22:50are you still willing
22:51to take Lyra as your mate?
22:52Bram paused,
22:53worked through it,
22:53and decided fast.
22:55Yes, my lady.
22:55I turned to the Luna Queen.
22:57Since that's settled,
22:58Luna Queen,
22:59bring them together.
23:00The Luna Queen smiled.
23:01You asked Vera,
23:02how could I say no?
23:04The night Lyra walked out
23:05of the tribunal cells,
23:06a carriage from her family
23:07dropped her at Bram's door.
23:08No ceremony,
23:09no ceremony talk,
23:10no anything.
23:11They were done with her,
23:12dropping off a problem
23:13they wanted gone.
23:15A month later,
23:17the Alpha King's punishment
23:18came down.
23:18Lyra's father was stripped
23:19of his rank
23:20and sent to a backwater post,
23:21a nobody position,
23:22in a nobody place,
23:23never permitted
23:24to return to the capital.
23:25The day the decree came,
23:26he threw Lady Thorne
23:27out of the household.
23:28As for Lyra,
23:29her worst days
23:29were just beginning.
23:30Bram was rough and crude,
23:32nothing like Dorian,
23:33who had at least known
23:34how to handle a woman.
23:35The first night,
23:36he worked her
23:36until she couldn't
23:37get out of bed.
23:37After that,
23:38he did whatever suited him,
23:39whenever it suited him.
23:40Bram's household was poor,
23:42no servants.
23:43Lyra cooked and washed
23:44and waited on him.
23:44If she didn't do it right,
23:46she got hit
23:46or screamed at.
23:47Lyra suffered in silence.
23:48It was barely living,
23:49but she refused to die.
23:51She'd already survived
23:51the tribunal cells.
23:53She was young.
23:53She was still beautiful.
23:55As long as she was breathing,
23:56she believed
23:56she could find a way back.
23:58Six months later,
23:59Dorian decided
23:59things had quieted down enough
24:01and came back
24:01from the southern territories.
24:03Lyra heard the news
24:04and immediately got word
24:05to his personal attendant.
24:06Dorian, for his part,
24:07had long since
24:08stopped thinking about her.
24:09He wanted nothing more
24:10than to put distance
24:11between them,
24:12but she had something on him.
24:13He didn't have a choice.
24:16He planned to see her once,
24:18say what needed to be said,
24:19give her some coin,
24:20and be done with it.
24:21Then Lyra showed up in white,
24:22threw herself against him,
24:23and told him about the twins,
24:25crying with her whole body.
24:26She wasn't the bright,
24:27bold girl he remembered.
24:29There was something
24:29different about her now.
24:30Fragile.
24:31Quietly devastating.
24:32Dorian hesitated.
24:33He didn't leave right away.
24:34Ever since Dorian came back
24:35to the capital,
24:36I'd had people
24:37watching both of them.
24:38When word came
24:39that they were meeting that day,
24:40I'd already had the drugs
24:41slipped into both of their drinks.
24:43It took hold.
24:44They ended up tangled together.
24:45I had someone quietly tip off Bram
24:47and bring him there
24:47to catch them.
24:48Dorian and Lyra
24:49were caught bare,
24:50in the middle of it,
24:50a set of antlers that size.
24:52Bram wasn't going
24:53to swallow it quietly.
24:54He went at Dorian
24:55with everything he had.
24:56In the brawl,
24:58someone landed two hard kicks
24:59right between Dorian's legs.
25:01Dorian screamed
25:01and blacked out on the spot.
25:03Pack healers cycled through,
25:04one after another.
25:05They all came out
25:06shaking their heads,
25:07nothing they could do.
25:08Dorian would never have pups.
25:09Pack elder Dorian Sr.
25:11had only one son.
25:12His bloodline was finished.
25:13The pack elder was furious.
25:15He wanted the person
25:15who'd done it quietly dealt with.
25:17But when he pressed Dorian's
25:18attendant for details,
25:19he found out about Lyra.
25:21Found out Dorian had been behind
25:22the whole scheme at the gathering.
25:23Found out the twins
25:24Lyra lost in the tribunal cells
25:26were Dorian's cold sweat.
25:29The pack elder buried the story
25:31and brought in private healers
25:33from all over the capital.
25:34What he didn't know,
25:35the one who'd thrown those kicks
25:36had been training for 30 years
25:38and had put everything behind them.
25:40No healer in the world
25:41was fixing that.
25:42Word spread across the capital
25:43that the pack elder's son,
25:44the great Dorian,
25:45couldn't perform.
25:46Northmark Manor
25:47helped that word travel,
25:48of course.
25:49Dorian,
25:49who had always been sharp
25:50and polished
25:51and insufferably sure of himself,
25:53was eaten alive by it.
25:54Every person he'd ever outshone
25:56lined up to get their shots in.
25:57One day,
25:58Dorian broke.
25:59He set a fire in his room
26:00and burned himself
26:01to death inside it.
26:02On the other side of the city,
26:03Bram dragged Lyra home
26:04after catching her
26:05and beat her
26:06until she couldn't leave her bed
26:07for two weeks.
26:08His crowd set up gambling games,
26:10the kind he never knew
26:10how to walk away from.
26:12After one session,
26:12Bram lost Lyra
26:14to a thug named Wade.
26:15Wade had his fun with her
26:16for two months.
26:17When the novelty wore off,
26:18he put a price on it.
26:19Lyra refused
26:20with everything she had.
26:21Wade just smiled
26:22and put a compulsion drug
26:23in her food.
26:24When it took hold,
26:25Lyra was the one begging.
26:26After that,
26:27Wade's place had a steady
26:28rotation of men
26:29coming and going every day.
26:30Sometimes one or two,
26:32sometimes five or six.
26:33Lyra sank lower
26:34than the lowest
26:35back alley wolf
26:35in the capital.
26:36My brother,
26:37Caden,
26:37ran into Princess Kala
26:38at a tavern,
26:39dressed as a man,
26:40sharp-eyed and full of fire.
26:41He took her for a fellow
26:42young wolf.
26:43Without knowing who she was,
26:45he went out with her
26:45more than once.
26:46They fell for each other.
26:48When he found out the truth,
26:49he petitioned the Alpha King
26:50to take her as his mate.
26:51He brought Kala back
26:52to the northern border
26:53with him,
26:54said they were going to see
26:55the wide sky
26:55and the open land together.
26:57As for me,
26:58the Alpha Prince's Luna
26:59had noticed me
27:00the day of the summer gathering.
27:01A year later,
27:02the Alpha Prince
27:02took the throne.
27:03His Luna was crowned
27:04Luna Queen.
27:05She personally asked
27:06on behalf of her
27:07full-blooded brother,
27:08the new royal consort,
27:09to take me as his mate.
27:11Arran was brilliant
27:12and trained
27:13and striking in a way
27:15that made it hard
27:15to look at him directly.
27:17At last month's
27:18mid-autumn night gathering,
27:19he'd reached up
27:20and broken off
27:21a sprig of sweet osmanthus
27:22and handed it to me.
27:23When he passed it over,
27:24our eyes met.
27:25I stood there for a second,
27:26completely still.
27:27I still go red
27:28thinking about it,
27:29but I said yes.
27:30The new Luna Queen smiled
27:31and leaned in close
27:32and called me
27:33sister.
27:34Not long after,
27:34the pack council
27:35went through a full sweep.
27:36Pack Elder Dorian Sr.
27:38was found guilty
27:39of corruption
27:39and embezzlement
27:40of pack resources.
27:41He was stripped
27:42of his title
27:42and the whole family
27:43was banished
27:44to the far southern borderlands.
27:45Northmark Pack's star
27:46was rising.
27:47Our name carried more weight
27:48than it ever had.
27:49Everyone who had crushed us
27:50in the last life
27:51had fallen into the mud.
27:52This life,
27:53the next,
27:53they were never getting back up.
27:57The Pack Elder
27:58buried the story
27:59and brought in private healers
28:00from all over the capital.
28:01What he didn't know,
28:02the one who'd thrown those kicks
28:04had been training
28:05for 30 years
28:05and had put everything
28:07behind them.
28:07No healer in the world
28:08was fixing that.
28:09Word spread across the capital
28:10that the Pack Elder's son,
28:12the great Dorian,
28:13couldn't perform.
28:14Northmark Manor
28:14helped that word travel,
28:16of course.
28:16Dorian,
28:17who had always been sharp
28:18and polished
28:19and insufferably sure
28:20of himself,
28:21was eaten alive by it.
28:22Every person he'd ever outshone
28:23lined up to get their shots in.
28:25One day,
28:25Dorian broke.
28:26He set a fire in his room
28:27and burned himself
28:28to death inside it.
28:29On the other side of the city,
28:30Bram dragged Lyra home
28:32after catching her
28:33and beat her
28:33until she couldn't leave her bed
28:35for two weeks.
28:35His crowd set up gambling games,
28:37the kind he never knew
28:38how to walk away from.
28:39After one session,
28:40Bram lost Lyra
28:41to a thug named Wade.
28:43Wade had his fun with her
28:44for two months.
28:45When the novelty wore off,
28:46he put a price on it.
28:47Lyra refused
28:47with everything she had.
28:49Wade just smiled
28:49and put a compulsion drug
28:50in her food.
28:51When it took hold,
28:52Lyra was the one begging.
28:54After that,
28:54Wade's place had a steady rotation
28:56of men coming and going
28:57every day,
28:58sometimes one or two,
28:59sometimes five or six.
29:00Lyra sank lower
29:01than the lowest back alley wolf
29:03in the capital.
29:04My brother,
29:04Caden,
29:05ran into Princess Kala
29:06at a tavern,
29:07dressed as a man,
29:08sharp-eyed and full of fire.
29:09He took her
29:09for a fellow young wolf.
29:11Without knowing who she was,
29:12he went out with her
29:13more than once.
29:14They fell for each other.
29:15When he found out the truth,
29:16he petitioned the Alpha King
29:17to take her as his mate.
29:18He brought Kala
29:19back to the northern border
29:20with him,
29:21said they were going to see
29:22the wide sky
29:23and the open land together.
29:24As for me,
29:25the Alpha Prince's Luna
29:26had noticed me
29:27the day of the summer gathering.
29:29A year later,
29:29the Alpha Prince
29:30took the throne.
29:31His Luna was crowned Luna Queen.
29:33She personally asked
29:34on behalf of her
29:34full-blooded brother,
29:35the new royal consort Arryn,
29:37to take me as his mate.
29:39Arryn was brilliant
29:40and trained
29:40and striking in a way
29:42that made it hard
29:43to look at him directly.
29:44At last month's
29:45mid-autumn night gathering,
29:47he'd reached up
29:48and broken off
29:48a sprig of sweet osmanthus
29:50and handed it to me.
29:51When he passed it over,
29:52our eyes met.
29:53I stood there
29:53for a second,
29:54completely still.
29:55I still go red
29:56thinking about it,
29:57but I said yes.
29:58The new Luna Queen
29:58smiled and leaned in close
30:00and called me
30:00sister.
30:01Not long after,
30:02the pack council
30:03went through a full sweep.
30:04Pack Elder Dorian Sr.
30:06was found guilty
30:06of corruption
30:07and embezzlement
30:07of pack resources.
30:09He was stripped
30:09of his title
30:10and the whole family
30:11was banished
30:11to the far southern borderlands.
30:13Northmark Pack's star
30:14was rising.
30:15Our name carried
30:15more weight
30:16than it ever had.
30:17Everyone who had
30:17crushed us in the last life
30:19had fallen into the mud.
30:20This life,
30:20the next,
30:21they were never
30:21getting back up.
30:23Next.
30:23Next.
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