Love You More Than Myself is a touching fantasy romance filled with love, sacrifice, and unforgettable emotions. Torn between two worlds, a mysterious mermaid must make an impossible choice to protect the people she loves. With heartbreaking twists, magical secrets, and emotional reunions, this full episode delivers an unforgettable romantic journey for fans of fantasy short dramas.
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00:00My mate, Ethan, were the mob with Vivian, his brother Jack's mate.
00:04Everyone knew it. Nobody said it out loud.
00:07Jack died on the front lines.
00:09And the second Ethan came home, he wanted to claim Vivian as his mate.
00:13While still keeping me bound to him, I was carrying his pup.
00:17I fed nothing. That same night, I left.
00:21When the news came in, Vivian collapsed.
00:24Ethan caught her before she hit the ground.
00:26For three straight days, he stayed by her bedside.
00:29No sleep, no rest, no food, no water.
00:33And not once did he even look at me.
00:36Cora, my mother wants me to mate with Vivian.
00:40Is that really just your mother's idea?
00:44He wouldn't meet my eyes.
00:49Vivian's got two little ones already, and she's pregnant again.
00:53Jack's gone.
00:54I almost laughed.
00:55I can't just leave her like that.
00:57I'd known all of this before Ethan and I ever met.
01:00The three of them grew up together.
01:02Both brothers wanted her.
01:04She chose Jack.
01:08Ethan chose me.
01:10And after that, he stayed by Vivian's side in silence.
01:13Protecting her, loving her, even though she was his brother's mate.
01:17Now Jack was dead.
01:18And Ethan finally had his chance to get what he always wanted.
01:21Vivian.
01:22I pressed a hand to my stomach.
01:24He still didn't know.
01:25If he found out I was pregnant, he'd never let me go.
01:28He'd buy me to a...
01:29Stay.
01:32We'll raise them together.
01:34I knew him too well.
01:36So I wasn't going to tell him.
01:37Not now.
01:38Not ever.
01:39He reached out to wipe them away.
01:41I stepped back.
01:44Ethan, let's break the ball.
01:47Eakon said no.
01:49The next day, Vivian showed up at my door.
01:51I don't have any other choice, Cora.
01:52I can't write...
01:53Lai raised three pups on my own.
01:55Pups need a father.
01:56And you don't even have any of your own.
01:58You could have them if you just make room for me.
02:00I said nothing.
02:01Her face changed.
02:02Oh, drop the act.
02:03We both know Ethan loves me.
02:05I kept my distance while Jack was alive.
02:07But now, he's gone.
02:09And once Ethan comes with me, that's it.
02:12You will never see him again.
02:14So you can share him or lose him.
02:17That's the choice, Cora.
02:19A sharp pain tore through me.
02:22Get out!
02:29I stayed where I was.
02:30If I let Vivian into my home, my pup would grow up surrounded by favoritism and quiet
02:35cruelty.
02:36She'd watch her three cousins get the toys, the meat, the praise.
02:40No.
02:40I had to leave before my stomach started shulling.
02:43I needed somewhere Ethan would never think to look.
02:46Somewhere even the wolf pack would never go.
02:51Margaret found me cutting fabric for baby clothes.
02:54Your craftsmanship is incredible, Cora.
02:56The pups will be snug in those.
02:58This was for my baby.
02:59Whether her father wanted her or not.
03:00I almost believed you, Cora.
03:02But here you are, sewing for Vivian's pups.
03:05You're already acting like they're yours.
03:06I set the needle down.
03:07Margaret, what if I refuse to let Vivian become his second mate?
03:11She froze for a second.
03:13You won't, Cora.
03:15Just look at you.
03:15You're already sewing for her pups.
03:17What if I do refuse?
03:19You are my son's mate.
03:21I am his mother.
03:23Between you and Ethan, I will always choose my son.
03:25You've known the truth all along.
03:26Ethan doesn't want Vivian because of her pups.
03:29He's been waiting for this his whole life.
03:31You've spent six years looking the other way.
03:33What's so hard with doing it a little longer?
03:35That was the last of my hope.
03:37But strangely, I felt calm.
03:39I had a feeling the baby was a girl.
03:41The next morning, I changed into clean clothes, grabbed a small bag, and headed for the door.
03:46Ethan walked in right then.
03:47Where are you going?
03:49It's the full moon tonight.
03:51For six years, on every full moon, I went there to pray to the moon goddess for a pup.
03:56Do you want me to come with you?
03:58No.
04:05I climbed up the hillside.
04:07I needed a cabin.
04:08Somewhere to hide.
04:09But I got lost.
04:11Then the sun went down.
04:12I turned and ran downhill.
04:14I anchored calm and hurt, and I hid the ground hard.
04:17Pain shot up my leg.
04:18I couldn't get back up.
04:21Cora?
04:22I looked up.
04:23Cole?
04:24Ethan's oldest brother.
04:25Cora, what are you doing this far out?
04:28Cole was 38.
04:29Six years ago, when Ethan and I bonded, he was already one of the best border warriors in the pack.
04:35Jack had been the lead warrior.
04:36Ethan was the born alpha, but Cole never fought for power.
04:40Everyone who'd ever crossed pack lines knew who really kept this territory safe.
04:43He spent most of his time patrolling, hunting, and clearing out rogue wolves.
04:47The younger wolves in the pack worshipped Jack, but the ones who had actually fiend battle, they respected Cole more.
04:52Right after Eddie came Luna, Cole came back on a three-week patrol.
04:55His boots had holes in them.
04:56There was an untreated wound on his arm.
04:58Margaret was making dinner for Ethan and didn't even look up.
05:01So I made Cole the best pair of boots I could.
05:04When I handed them to him, his hands shook.
05:06A grown man in his thirties, eyes turning red, and not a word came out.
05:11What is it?
05:11A warrior's not gonna cry over a pair of boots?
05:14After that, every time he came back from patrol, I saved him a hot meal.
05:18Nobody else in the house thought it meant much.
05:20But Cole's eyes always told me the truth.
05:23He remembered every single time.
05:25He'd only been gone eight days this time.
05:27He had no idea what had happened at home.
05:30So I told him everything.
05:31Jack was dead.
05:32Ethan wanted Gideon.
05:33I said no, so I ran.
05:35When night fell, he got to his feet.
05:36Come with me.
05:43There was a small wig and a cabin in the valley.
05:45This is my place.
05:46You're staying here from now on.
05:48What about you?
05:49I'm staying too.
05:50At least until the baby's born.
05:52I froze.
05:53How did you know I was pregnant?
05:55The moment I caught your scent, I knew.
05:57It's different now.
05:58Faint.
05:58Sweet.
05:59The scent of a mother carrying a pup.
06:01And on the way here, you threw up twice.
06:02You kept holding your stomach.
06:04I didn't know you could say that many words at once.
06:06I'm not an idiot.
06:07Mold took care of me.
06:08The firewood was always chopped.
06:09The water buckets were always filled.
06:11Before he went out hunting, he always made sure I had meat ready.
06:14On the first night, he handed me a small stack of gold coins.
06:17I bought fabric and thread.
06:19I could make things and sell them.
06:20One day, he came back dragging a little boy.
06:23That's not for selling.
06:24I'm making jerky for you.
06:26That night, he ate three bowls of the stew I made.
06:29There in the valley, with the man whose boots I'd once mended, something warm settled in
06:33me.
06:34For the first time in six years, I wasn't waiting for someone to come home.
06:38I was already home.
06:44At first, Ethan wasn't worried.
06:46He thought I was just angry.
06:48Ten days later, he panicked.
06:50They found a body at the bottom of the eastern cliffs.
06:52The crowed snatched mine.
06:53He broke down.
06:54His wolf got sick from grief.
06:56Two months later, the pack hue I let the truth flip by accident.
06:59If I were still alive, my belly should have been shelling by now.
07:02That was how Ethan found out.
07:03I had been carrying his pup.
07:05He thought he'd driven me over that cliff.
07:06Thought he'd killed me.
07:07Killed our baby too.
07:08Then Margaret remembered the baby clothes I'd been sewing.
07:12And finally, she understood.
07:13Those clothes were never for Vivian's pups.
07:15They were for mine.
07:20She cried.
07:24How did I not see it?
07:26Cora isn't dead.
07:27If she wanted to die, she wouldn't have made baby clothes.
07:29She's hiding.
07:31And she hates us.
07:32For a month, he kept watch outside my parents' house.
07:35I sent my parents a letter.
07:37I'm alive.
07:38I'm safe.
07:39Please don't tell anyone.
07:41I'll write again.
07:46Cora.
07:47I'll definitely find you.
07:53Vivian had a daughter.
07:55Jack has three pups now.
07:56Two boys and a girl.
07:58Cole said, carving a wooden cradle.
08:00What about you?
08:02Do you want a son or a daughter?
08:04A son.
08:06Only a son.
08:07Why?
08:08If a son's unhappy, he can survive in the woods.
08:12If a daughter's unhappy, she gets lost.
08:14I went still.
08:15Leaving him like that.
08:17It'd hurt him more than I realized.
08:20Then never make your daughter unhappy.
08:23I won't.
08:24The baby came quickly.
08:25Cole brought the little one into the light.
08:27His hands never wavering.
08:28A girl.
08:29Cora.
08:29I named her Mia.
08:30She looks just like you.
08:33Two years passed.
08:35By the time Mia turned two, she was already calling Cole dad.
08:38Baby.
08:39His name is Cole.
08:40Daddy.
08:41He is my daddy.
08:43I knew he'd taught her that.
08:45That night after I got Mia to sleep, I stepped outside for some air.
08:48Then I heard running water behind the cabin.
08:50I crept around the corner.
08:52Cole was pouring water over himself, soaked from head to toe.
08:55My gaze dropped before I could stop it.
08:57He was hard, his cock heavy with need.
08:59I turned and fled back inside.
09:04And for hours, I couldn't sleep.
09:09Cole, you're 40 now.
09:12It's time you found a mate.
09:13Want some help with that?
09:15He set his bowl down.
09:16His voice went cold.
09:17This is my home.
09:20Are you trying to drive me out?
09:22Mia cut in right away.
09:23Mommy, are you making daddy leave?
09:26They both looked at me like I'd hurt them.
09:27Mia, this is our home.
09:30No one is leaving.
09:31Cole reached over and dropped a piece of meat into my bowl.
09:33Eat more.
09:34You'll need the strength tonight.
09:36His eyes were burning.
09:37He was ready to take us to the next step.
09:39The next afternoon, Cole brought Mia and me to a hidden cave.
09:42I stopped at the entrance.
09:44There was a stone table, a stone bed, and animal hides hanging all over the walls.
09:49Turn all of them into clothes, capes, coats.
09:52I'll help.
09:5318 hides.
09:54No wonder he kept piling food into my bowl last night.
09:58This one becomes a long cloak.
10:00For you.
10:01Then he pulled two folded papers from his coat.
10:04One read, Cora Ashford.
10:06The other read, Mia Carter.
10:09Why is my last name Ashfield?
10:11Cover identity.
10:13Then why is Mia's last name Carter?
10:16He didn't answer.
10:19I saved an alpha from a southern pack.
10:22He paid me a hundred gold for the hides.
10:24Enough for a house in the pack town.
10:26I want you and Mia to move in first.
10:2820 days later, we did.
10:29We had barely settled in before Cole got ready to leave again.
10:35Daddy!
10:36Don't go!
10:38Just one more task, sweetie.
10:39Then, I'll be home every single night.
10:42He is taking back to Margaret for money.
10:44Margaret and Ethan were stunned.
10:45Mom, give me some money.
10:47I need to find a mate.
10:49Cole, we're doing fine now.
10:50Why do you suddenly need a mate?
10:51The house is already crowded.
10:53Jack left behind three pups.
10:54The one who gave everything didn't deserve a mate.
10:56Mom, the money I've given you over the last 14 years
10:59is more than enough to raise three pups to adulthood.
11:02Cole, how can you say that?
11:03I'm your mother!
11:04Mom, in your eyes, Vivian matters.
11:07Ethan matters.
11:08Am I the only one here who doesn't?
11:09She started crying.
11:10Cole, you're the strongest one in this family.
11:13Can't you carry a little more?
11:14The moon goddess will punish you!
11:16Something in him went cold.
11:18Mom, you forced this!
11:24Cole tipped back his head and howled at the sky.
11:28Moon goddess, look at my mother!
11:29I've hunted for her since I was a boy.
11:31I've been gored by boars, kicked by stags,
11:33and not once did she ask if I was hurt!
11:3514 years I've given to this family!
11:37But a mate of my own?
11:39She'd never allow it.
11:40Not when she can force me to pour everything
11:42into my alpha brother's life instead.
11:44The She-Wolves came rushing out of their homes.
11:47Margaret panicked.
11:48Mom, this is all my fault.
11:50I hurt Cora.
11:51Now I've dragged Cole into it too.
11:53Margaret patted her hand.
11:55Vivian, you gave this family three good pups.
11:57If anyone is to blame, it's Cora.
11:59Cole has no respect for anyone.
12:00None of this is your fault.
12:01Cole walked straight up to Ethan.
12:03Ethan had nowhere to hide.
12:05Can you even provide for yourself?
12:07Can you provide for Vivian?
12:09You can't even support yourself.
12:11And you still want two mates?
12:13I'm leaving this family.
12:15I'm cutting all ties.
12:16If you dare walk away from your alpha brother,
12:19I'll strike your name from the pack rolls.
12:21She came back with the heavy pack rolls
12:23and raised her quill.
12:25Mom!
12:26Don't do this!
12:27Ethan shouted, close to tears.
12:29She kept staring at Cole,
12:31waiting for him to give in.
12:32Instead, Cole dropped to one knee
12:33and bowed his head.
12:35Thank you for your kindness, mother.
12:37You finally set me free.
12:39Then she crossed out his name.
12:42Cole came back that night.
12:44The second Mia saw him,
12:45she threw herself at him.
12:47He caught her in his arms.
12:49Tears fell from his eyes.
12:51He played with Mia
12:52until she fell asleep against his chest.
12:54Mia and I slept in the east room.
12:56He slept in the west room.
13:00I had just lain down beside Mia
13:02when someone knocked.
13:04Open the door.
13:06He was standing outside.
13:07Then he scooped me up
13:09and carried me straight to his room.
13:10He pinned me to the bed,
13:12ready to make me his.
13:17And then suddenly stopped.
13:19My period had come.
13:20He rolled off the bed
13:21and lay there staring at the ceiling.
13:23The war isn't over.
13:25They're recruiting again.
13:26The captain I saved sent word.
13:29You're going?
13:30Mia may be a warrior's daughter,
13:31but that won't be enough
13:32to win her a strong match.
13:33Mia needs her dad.
13:35Tears slid down my face.
13:36He really had claimed Mia
13:38in his heart as his own pup.
13:43If one day she finds a wolf like you,
13:46I could ask for nothing more.
13:47He pulled me into his arms.
13:50You're going to let her call me dad.
13:54Her papers already say Mia Carter,
13:56don't they?
13:56Of course my daughter has my last name.
13:59The next morning,
13:59Mia shook me awake.
14:01Where's my daddy?
14:05Daddy said he has to go earn us a future.
14:10Cole came back that night.
14:11The second Mia saw him,
14:13she threw herself at him.
14:15He caught her in his arms.
14:17Tears fell from his eyes.
14:19He played with Mia
14:20until she fell asleep against his chest.
14:22Mia and I slept in the East Room.
14:24He slept in the West Room.
14:27I had just lain down beside Mia
14:29when someone knocked.
14:32Open the door.
14:33He was standing outside.
14:35Then he scooped me up
14:36and carried me straight to his room.
14:38He pinned me to the bed,
14:40ready to make me his.
14:44And then suddenly stopped.
14:46My period had come.
14:48He rolled off the bed
14:49and lay there staring at the ceiling.
14:51The war isn't over.
14:53They're recruiting again.
14:54The captain I saved sent word.
14:56You're going?
14:57Mia may be a warrior's daughter,
14:59but that won't be enough
15:00to win her a strong match.
15:01Mia needs her dad.
15:02Tears slid down my face.
15:04He really had claimed
15:05Mia in his heart
15:06as his own pup.
15:11If one day
15:12she finds a wolf like you,
15:13I could ask for nothing more.
15:15He pulled me into his arms.
15:18You're going to let her call me dad.
15:21Her papers already say
15:22Mia Carter, don't they?
15:24Of course my daughter
15:25has my last name.
15:26The next morning,
15:27Mia shook me awake.
15:29Where's my daddy?
15:33Daddy said he has to go
15:34earn us a future.
15:37Cole went to the front.
15:39Word came down
15:40that any household
15:41with two grown men
15:42had to send one to war.
15:45Even though Cole
15:46had already moved out,
15:47the pack still counted them
15:48as one family.
15:50If Cole didn't go,
15:51Ethan would have to.
15:56Margaret begged him.
15:57This time,
15:58he said yes.
15:59I had a child to raise.
16:01So,
16:02I took Mia
16:02to Bennett's clothing shop.
16:04She drew attention
16:05the second we walked in.
16:06Every piece she wore,
16:07I had sewn by hand.
16:08A group of she-wolves
16:09gathered around her.
16:10They wanted to place orders.
16:12Mr. Bennett saw
16:13the opportunity right away.
16:14He gave me a corner of the shop
16:15and access to his fabric.
16:17Mia was allowed
16:17to come every day.
16:18Soon,
16:19wealthy she-wolves
16:20started bringing in their pups
16:21for custom clothes.
16:22Everything sold the same day.
16:23Six months passed.
16:25Then one day,
16:26a couple walked in
16:26with three children.
16:28I was telling Mia a story
16:29and didn't look up at first.
16:32Cora.
16:34I lifted my head.
16:35Ethan.
16:36I pulled Mia tight against me.
16:39Do I know you?
16:41Cora.
16:42Oh my god,
16:43it's really you.
16:44My mom already said
16:46she doesn't know you.
16:47Don't you have
16:48your own mate and kids?
16:49She pointed at Vivian
16:51and her three children.
16:52The oldest was eight now.
16:53He tugged on Ethan's arm.
16:56Dad,
16:56let's go.
16:57Ethan ignored him.
16:59His eyes locked on Mia.
17:01Cora.
17:02She's ours,
17:03isn't she?
17:05Mia did look like me,
17:07but she could just as easily
17:09pass for Cole's.
17:10Who do you think you are
17:11acting like my daughter is yours?
17:12She has a father, Cole.
17:13He's away at war.
17:14One more word
17:15and when he returns,
17:15I'll have him tear you apart.
17:17And how old are you?
17:19My daughter is only two.
17:21You're wrong.
17:22I'm three.
17:22A trap.
17:23I tried to cover her mouth.
17:25Too late.
17:25Now he understood.
17:26But I would never admit
17:27I had once been his mate.
17:28I'd die first.
17:30Move, please.
17:32You're in the way of my work.
17:33Mr. Bennett stepped in.
17:35If she really were
17:36your former mate,
17:37she would have reacted
17:38to what you just said.
17:39She just happens
17:40to have the same name.
17:41Then Ethan brought Margaret in
17:42to identify me.
17:43She looks like her,
17:44but not quite.
17:45She was never this pretty.
17:46Her eyes were never this bright.
17:49And she never spoke like this.
17:51Then Margaret picked up
17:52one of the baby outfits
17:53and studied the fabric closely.
17:55Her fingers kept tracing
17:57the inside seams.
17:59This isn't Cora's work.
18:01Her sewing was never this good.
18:04Becoming a mother
18:04had changed me.
18:06My hands had changed too.
18:07She had only spoken the truth.
18:09Ethan left in a daze.
18:11Vivian followed behind him.
18:13I thought that was
18:13the end of it.
18:15That night,
18:16after Mia fell asleep,
18:17someone knocked on the door.
18:20Cora.
18:21It's me.
18:26It was Margaret.
18:28Sorry.
18:29I can't open up this late.
18:31Cora, I know it's you.
18:32I knew this afternoon.
18:34I'm really not Cora.
18:37Only Cora sews like that.
18:39My foster mother taught me.
18:42Mrs. Hayes lost her own daughter years ago.
18:45She fell off a cliff and died.
18:47A long silence.
18:48Then her heavy footsteps slowly faded away.
18:51It had been four years.
18:52My voice had changed.
18:54My face had changed.
18:55As long as I didn't admit anything,
18:57no one could prove it.
18:59The next day,
19:00Margaret came to the shop.
19:01This time,
19:02she tried a different angle.
19:04She stared at Mia.
19:05Mia hid behind me.
19:07Mia says her father is Cole?
19:09Yes.
19:11You said you're not bonded to Carter.
19:13Then are you bonded to my son?
19:15Cole was Mia's father.
19:17I was Mia's mother.
19:19By Maya's logic?
19:21Yes.
19:22Then you're still part of this family.
19:24I'm Cole's mother.
19:26That makes us family.
19:29Cole said he cut ties with the family.
19:31He cut ties with his alpha brother,
19:33not me!
19:35Mother,
19:36it's been so many years.
19:38I've missed hearing that.
19:42Is that my granddaughter?
19:44Yes.
19:46What's a grandma?
19:47It's your daddy's mummy.
19:49Daddy has a mummy too?
19:51So somebody loves daddy!
19:54She had always secretly felt bad for him.
19:56She thought Cole had no mother.
19:59Now she looked relieved.
20:01Margaret's face darkened.
20:03She wanted to take Mia back to meet Ethan,
20:05Vivian,
20:06and the three pups at the Carter house.
20:08The second Mia heard there were other kids,
20:09she got curious.
20:10So I went with her.
20:15I had lived in this house for six years.
20:17I'd been gone for four.
20:19The house Ethan and I used to share was empty now.
20:22They were living in Jack's old house instead.
20:25Margaret put Mia and me in my old room.
20:28But the place I really missed was Cole's cabin.
20:31After dark, Vivian knocked on the door.
20:34Her eyes went straight to Mia's face.
20:38She's growing up fast.
20:40Yeah.
20:41She's already three.
20:42She rested a hand on her swollen belly.
20:44This is my fourth pup.
20:47Ethan won't let me do a thing.
20:50She wanted me to fall apart.
20:52Cole's nothing like that.
20:54He tells me to stay active every day.
20:56What?
20:57Wait, Cole doesn't know how to take care of his mate?
21:00Oh, he knows.
21:01He keeps me moving so I'll have the strength to deliver.
21:03The smile disappeared from her face.
21:06He's at war.
21:07Doesn't that scare you?
21:09A tall shadow moved past the window.
21:12It was him.
21:13Ethan.
21:16Cole grew up hunting alone in deep forest.
21:19He doesn't get hurt easily.
21:21Vivian left.
21:22After she was gone, I locked the door in the windows.
21:28Fifteen minutes later, someone tried the door.
21:31Then the window.
21:32The lock held.
21:33I crouched in the corner with an iron bar in my hands.
21:37If that bastard broke in, I was going to crack his skull open.
21:40After a while, he sighed.
21:42Then he walked away.
21:44I stayed awake until sunrise.
21:50The next morning, I told Margaret we were leaving.
21:53I had to get back to work.
21:55Mia started shouting too.
21:57Margaret snapped at Tyler, Noah, and Rose.
21:59Look at her!
22:00Then look at the three of you!
22:03Vivian's face darkened.
22:05Mom!
22:06Cole isn't even home, and other people are already lining up to take care of his mate!
22:11Ethan frowned.
22:13Ethan frowned.
22:13Shut up!
22:15I grabbed our bags.
22:17Margaret ordered Ethan to walk us back.
22:19I shut that down, Cole.
22:21Cole can rip a tiger apart with his bare hands.
22:23If anyone dares lay a finger on me, I can gut one or two grown men myself.
22:26Ethan stopped mid-step.
22:28Margaret closed her mouth.
22:29I picked up Mia, and walked out without looking back.
22:33After we returned to town, Ethan started coming by as Cole's alpha brother.
22:37He brought toys for Mia.
22:39He was actually spending money on his own daughter.
22:42Mia was still little.
22:43Whoever treated her well, she liked.
22:45Before long, all I heard was,
22:48Uncle Ethan!
22:53I prayed for the war to end soon.
22:55So my Cole could come home.
22:57Half a year passed.
22:58Then a warrior brought news to my shop.
23:09The eastern patrol was wiped out at Black Ridge.
23:12No survivors.
23:17Cole was with them.
23:19My legs gave out.
23:21I collapsed to the floor.
23:22Mia started crying in fear.
23:27That sound pulled me back.
23:31I wrapped my arms around her and held on tight.
23:34I was her mother.
23:35He was dead.
23:37Raising his daughter well, that was the only thing I had left.
23:39I couldn't die with him.
23:44Margaret's grief ran even deeper than mine.
23:47In just a few years, she had lost two sons.
23:50The pack gave Ethan the alpha house.
23:52It wasn't far from us.
23:54After Cole died, Margaret changed.
23:56She stopped revolving around Vivian and her children.
23:59Now she came to see me all the time.
24:01When she looked at Mia, it was like she was looking at her dead son.
24:04Mia still didn't know her father was gone.
24:06I hired a tutor for her.
24:08Ethan kept finding time to visit us.
24:11And every single time, he stared at Mia.
24:15Vivian's fourth baby had been too big.
24:18She labored for three days and three nights.
24:22It took everything she had to deliver.
24:25The pup had already died inside her.
24:28The pack healer said Vivian would never get pregnant again.
24:33Ethan froze for a second.
24:35Then his face went blank.
24:36He was completely disappointed in Vivian now.
24:39After that, he came around even more.
24:41He was convinced Mia was his pup.
24:43One day, Vivian came in.
24:45I was working with the bear hide Cole had hunted for Mia.
24:51Cole killed that?
24:54Yes.
24:55He really did treat Mia like his own pup.
24:58What are you saying, Vivian?
25:00Mia is Cole's pup.
25:02Cora, after you left, Ethan realized he'd loved you all along.
25:06He refused to bond with me because he was waiting for you.
25:09But Margaret was relentless.
25:11I panicked, so I slept with him.
25:13That way, he'd have no choice but to accept the bond between us.
25:17But he never stopped looking for you.
25:19Not until I got pregnant with his first pup.
25:24Now you're back.
25:26Now you're back.
25:26He can't take his eyes off you.
25:28Ethan is your mate.
25:30Not the she-wolf his dead brother left behind.
25:35I'm not Vivian.
25:37I never will be.
25:40She paused.
25:42Margaret wants you to become his second mate.
25:46What?
25:47Ethan said he'd be willing to bond with two mates.
25:58I grabbed a piece of fabric, then cut it straight down the middle.
26:03Vivian, go back and tell them this.
26:06From today on, I have nothing to do with Ethan's family.
26:09If any of you come after me again, I'll fight you to the bitter end.
26:14Cora, calm down.
26:15It's too hard for a she-wolf to raise a pup alone.
26:18If Ethan takes you back, I truly don't mind.
26:21I'm not like you.
26:22I can hunt.
26:24I can sew.
26:25And I can raise my daughter on my own.
26:27Get out!
26:27I shoved the tip of my scissors right up to her face.
26:30She screamed and ran.
26:32I thought Margaret was the crazy one.
26:37I was wrong.
26:39Ethan was worse.
26:41The next morning, he sent warriors to surround my house.
26:46Mia and her tutor had just left.
26:56Ethan stepped in front of me.
26:58Cora, you're not leaving.
27:00I have to get to the shop.
27:04That damn shop's got you thinking you can do this alone.
27:07Without it, you'd be forced to rely on me.
27:10Move.
27:11You want out?
27:13Then bond with me.
27:15I don't care that my brother slept with you first.
27:18But from now on, I'm the only one who gets to share your bed.
27:24I lunged for the door.
27:26He grabbed me.
27:29Why do you want to be that cloth merchant's mate instead?
27:35I'm Cole's mate.
27:36I was his when he was alive, and I'm still his now that he's dead.
27:40His eyes went red.
27:41His hand closed around my throat.
27:50I'm Cole's mate.
27:51I was his when he was alive, and I'm still his now that he's dead.
27:56His eyes went red.
27:57His hand closed around my throat.
27:57He's dead.
27:57I'm his as if he's dead.
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