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00:00My aunt sold me to the most vicious lone wolf hunter in pack for five silver coins.
00:05On the night of our mating ceremony, I sat on the edge of a broken bed, biting my lip.
00:10I'm a wolfless omega orphan.
00:12And Cain, the pack says he's a curse.
00:15His parents abandoned him as a pup and never came back.
00:18They say he walked into the shadow woods alone at six.
00:21Shift for the first time at twelve and tore apart a full-grown shadow bear.
00:26The scar running from his brow to his jaw, that bear gave it to him.
00:31Everyone in the pack fears him.
00:32I did too.
00:33I crossed the street when I saw him.
00:35Never spoke a word to him.
00:37It's that I wondered to him.
00:38Never even looked him in the eye.
00:40I never thought my aunt would sell me to him.
00:42No gifts.
00:43No feast.
00:44I wore an old white dress and took shaky steps into his cabin.
00:49It smelled of blood and old fur.
00:51I didn't think I'd survive tonight.
00:54All I could hear was my aunt counting her silver.
00:56Don't blame me, Ella.
00:58You're lucky anyone would take you.
01:00I stood there like a fool, not knowing what to do.
01:03Until the door banged open.
01:05I gasped.
01:06His leather coat was slashed open across the ribs.
01:09The smell of copper hit me before I could breathe.
01:11He didn't say a word.
01:13Black bread, roasted venison haunch, a bowl of broth still warm.
01:17Eat.
01:18I was starving.
01:19And I couldn't remember the last time I'd had meat.
01:22I ate like an animal.
01:24That meal was the first time I'd been full for Tuneran's use since my parents died.
01:29When he pointed to the bedroom, my blood ran cold.
01:31I crept inside and sat on his ragged bed, trembling like a leaf in winter.
01:37Kane sat by the hearth and sharpened his knife.
01:40A hunting blade as long as my arm.
01:42The went stone sang with every stroke.
01:45Scrape, scrape, scrape.
01:47Each one scraping across my heart.
01:49I pressed myself into the corner.
01:51Come here.
01:52His voice was gravel and broken glass.
01:54He frowned.
01:55Then, he stood.
01:57His shadow swallowed me whole.
01:59I shut my eyes and braced for the blow.
02:01I was his.
02:02He could beat me.
02:03Kill me.
02:04No one would care.
02:05But the blow never came.
02:07Instead, he took my cold hand and pressed something warm into my palm.
02:11I opened my eyes.
02:13A thin necklace.
02:14A pendant of pale white stone that glowed softly in the firelight.
02:19His hand, calloused, cracked, still smelling of blood and steel, held mine.
02:24A necklace?
02:26For you, Moonstone, the moon goddess's blessing.
02:29I know this life is hard.
02:30You deserve better.
02:31He pulled his hand back, wiped it on his leather coat, then muttered and murmured.
02:36I stared at the Moonstone in my palm.
02:39Tears fell without warning.
02:40What?
02:41You don't like it?
02:42After a long silence, he forced out.
02:44No!
02:45I'd just forgotten what it felt like to be wanted.
02:48After my parents died, I stopped being anyone's treasure.
02:50I was just extra weight in my aunt's tent.
02:52Every meal was charity.
02:54My aunt sold me to the most vicious lone wolf hunter in the pack for five silver.
02:58That night, Cain didn't touch me.
03:00He made a bet on the floor.
03:01His breathing slowed.
03:03Deep and rough.
03:04My heart stopped racing.
03:06Sleep came for me.
03:07My aunt screamed in my dreams.
03:09My cousins shoved me around, and a shadow bear lunged for my throat.
03:13I jolted awake, gasping.
03:15Strange ceiling.
03:17Strange smells.
03:18Right.
03:19My aunt sold me.
03:20I belong to Cain now.
03:21I wiped the sweat from my forehead, pulled myself together, and went outside.
03:26Quiet.
03:27The air smelled of blood and animal hides.
03:30Cain?
03:31No answer.
03:32I found the kitchen.
03:33Filthy.
03:34The stone pots were rusted.
03:35Mice scattered when I moved things.
03:37I couldn't run.
03:38Couldn't hide.
03:39So I rolled up my sleeves and started scrubbing.
03:42Ella!
03:42I was halfway through when a voice came from outside.
03:45I'm here!
03:46I stepped out of the kitchen.
03:47He was holding another basket.
03:49Breakfast.
03:49Martha made it.
03:50Black bread.
03:51Smoked meat.
03:52Broth.
03:53Cain tore into the bread and pushed the rest toward me.
03:55Eat up.
03:56I can feed you.
03:57I nodded and didn't hold back.
03:59You can cook, right?
04:00I almost choked.
04:01I pounded my chest and nodded hard.
04:04I'll bring the meat.
04:05Cain said.
04:05He waited for me to nod again, then finished the rest of the bread and meat, and headed
04:09for the door.
04:10Where are you going?
04:11I called out.
04:12He turned.
04:12I was thinking I'd clean the kitchen properly, so we don't get sick from dirty dishes.
04:17Cain's brow furrowed.
04:18The cabin is yours.
04:19Do what you want.
04:20By the time I'd scrubbed every surface, Cain was back with a leather sack.
04:24He looked at the clean kitchen and blinked.
04:26Flour.
04:27I'll trade for the rest at the market.
04:28When he left again, I opened the sack.
04:30Ground flour.
04:31Enough to last weeks.
04:33I went back to cleaning.
04:34I dragged Cain's dirty clothes into the yard.
04:37A mouse ran out of the pile.
04:39I chased it like a madwoman.
04:41Cain came back with two baskets on a pole across his shoulders.
04:45Ella.
04:45I looked up.
04:47I bought meat pies.
04:48Come eat.
04:49I hadn't had a meat pie since my parents died.
04:51Cain handed me one.
04:52Soft, golden, steaming.
04:54Juice ran down my chin.
04:56I ate two and stopped.
04:57Everything for the kitchen is in the baskets.
04:59Get it sorted.
05:00I'm getting firewood.
05:01I nodded and watched him walk away.
05:03Then I checked the baskets.
05:05Clay jars of salt.
05:06A leather flask of oil.
05:08A slab of cured meat.
05:10Raw sugar.
05:11And a jar of honeyed fruit.
05:12For me?
05:13I blinked hard and looked up at the sky.
05:15I organized the kitchen.
05:17Cain came back with firewood.
05:19And a basket of wild greens.
05:21And eggs.
05:22Cook it all.
05:22I eat a lot.
05:24I nodded.
05:24I could do that.
05:25I hung the stone pot over the fire.
05:27Chopped cured meat and wild greens into the broth.
05:31Then I cracked eggs onto a hot flat stone,
05:33slicked with pork fat.
05:35They sizzled and turned gold at the edges.
05:38Cain looked at the stew,
05:39the black bread,
05:40the fried eggs.
05:41His eyes brightened.
05:42Sit.
05:43Eat.
05:43I waited for him to pick up his knife and fork.
05:45Then I picked up mine.
05:46Eat.
05:47I looked at him.
05:48He dug in.
05:49I ate slowly,
05:50keeping my eyes down.
05:52Ella.
05:53Tomorrow.
05:53You're coming into the woods with me.
05:55I froze.
05:56Me?
05:57Yeah.
05:57I can't bring enough meat on my own.
05:59Winter's coming.
06:00Hunting was men's work.
06:02Pack females sometimes came along to carry and dress the kill.
06:05But I'd never done any of it.
06:07I don't know how.
06:08I'll teach you.
06:09I looked up at his scarred face.
06:10The firelight made it worse.
06:12But his eyes were steady.
06:13No disgust.
06:14No impatience.
06:16Okay.
06:17Before dawn,
06:18Cain shook me awake.
06:19Wear this.
06:20A deer hide coat.
06:22Thick.
06:22Warm.
06:23I hadn't seen it before.
06:24I put it on
06:25and followed him into the mist.
06:27The shadow woods were dark.
06:29Trees blocked the sky.
06:30Cain walked ahead.
06:31I stepped where he stepped.
06:33After a meal's time,
06:34he stopped and crouched.
06:36What do you smell?
06:37He looked at me.
06:38I breathed deep.
06:38Earth.
06:39Rotting leaves.
06:40Water far off.
06:41And something else.
06:42Faint.
06:42Musky.
06:43I smell something.
06:44The corner of Cain's mouth twifled.
06:46Deer, your nose is better than you think.
06:47Don't be scared.
06:48Stay behind me.
06:49We followed the trail.
06:50Cain stopped every few steps to listen.
06:52Then we saw it.
06:53He exploded forward.
06:54The shadow deer tried to run.
06:56Cain was already on it.
06:57His blade sliced its throat.
06:58I stood frozen.
07:00Legs like water.
07:01Cain turned.
07:02Face wet with blood.
07:03And waved me over.
07:05Come.
07:05I walked to the dying animal.
07:07You need to learn this.
07:08In case I'm not around, you need to eat.
07:10I crouched and watched his hands.
07:12Skin comes off first.
07:13Keep it clean.
07:14Gut it fast or the meat sours.
07:15We carried the meat down the mountain together.
07:17One half each.
07:19My shoulder screamed.
07:20I didn't complain.
07:21Cain looked back at me.
07:22Good job.
07:23It was the first time anyone had praised me since my parents died.
07:26Ella.
07:27I turned.
07:28Cain pulled a leather pouch from his chest.
07:30And shoved it into my hands.
07:32From now on, you hold the silver.
07:35But I...
07:36Male hunts.
07:37Female keeps the house.
07:38That's how it works.
07:39I weighed the pouch in my hand.
07:42Heavy.
07:42Nice.
07:44Ella.
07:44Yeah?
07:45Let me mark you.
07:46I went quiet.
07:47I was scared.
07:48I didn't know what it would feel like.
07:50But Cain had been good to me.
07:51Where would I go if I left him?
07:53I had nowhere.
07:54No one.
07:54Being marked.
07:55Carrying his pup.
07:57That was my fate.
07:59I nodded.
08:00I thought marking was just a bite.
08:02But Cain brought new furs and honey mead.
08:05We stood in the yard under the moon.
08:07Swore ourselves to each other.
08:09And drank from the same cup.
08:11Then he led me inside.
08:12The fire was low.
08:13He pulled the strap of my dress down.
08:15The fabric fell to my feet.
08:17I crossed my arms over my chest.
08:19He took my wrists and gently pulled my hands away.
08:22You're shaking.
08:23I'm cold.
08:24No, you're not.
08:26His hands slid around my waist.
08:27Rough palms against bare skin.
08:29He pulled me into him and kissed me.
08:32Hungry.
08:33Desperate.
08:33Like a man who'd never been allowed to want something.
08:36He tore his shirt off.
08:37I touched the scars on his chest.
08:40Then my hands went to his trousers.
08:42Fubbled with the ties.
08:43When I got them undone, he pulled me against him.
08:45Skin to skin.
08:46I gasped.
08:47He laid me down on the fresh furs and came over me.
08:50Last chance.
08:51He said, voice wrecked.
08:53Tell me no.
08:53I touched his scarred face.
08:56Don't stop.
08:59He didn't.
09:00When he bit down on the back of my neck, I cried out.
09:02He held me steady.
09:04Whispered it would be over soon.
09:05Afterward, I lay shaking.
09:07I asked for water.
09:08He brought it to my lips.
09:10I stared at him like he'd grown wings.
09:12When I lay back down, the mark on my neck was still warm.
09:16Every wolf would know.
09:17I belonged to Cain.
09:18Cain belonged to me.
09:20I smiled to the dark.
09:21Cain didn't talk much.
09:22He hunted.
09:24He brought me silver.
09:25He did the heavy work.
09:27When I said something, he answered.
09:30We talked about building another room.
09:32About digging a cellar for meat and grain.
09:35I liked that.
09:36I looked at my clothes.
09:37They were getting tight.
09:39Maybe I should eat less.
09:40Ella!
09:40Ella!
09:41Is Cain home?
09:41It was Martha.
09:42Good woman.
09:43He's hunting.
09:44Oh no!
09:44His parents are back!
09:45What?
09:46I went quiet.
09:47I was scared.
09:48I didn't know what it would feel like.
09:50But Cain had been good to me.
09:51Where would I go if I left him?
09:53I had nowhere.
09:54No one.
09:54Being marked.
09:56Carrying his pup.
09:57That was my fate.
09:59I nodded.
10:00I thought marking was just a bite.
10:02But Cain brought new furs and honey mead.
10:05We stood in the yard under the moon.
10:07Swore ourselves to each other.
10:09And drank from the same cup.
10:11Then he led me inside.
10:12The fire was low.
10:13He pulled the strap of my dress down.
10:16The fabric fell to my feet.
10:17I crossed my arms over my chest.
10:19He took my wrists and gently pulled my hands away.
10:22You're shaking.
10:23I'm cold.
10:25No you're not.
10:26His hands slid around my waist.
10:28Rough palms against bare skin.
10:30He pulled me into him and kissed me.
10:32Hungry.
10:33Desperate.
10:33Like a man who'd never been allowed to want something.
10:36He tore his shirt off.
10:38I touched the scars on his chest.
10:40Then my hands went to his trousers.
10:42Fubbled with the ties.
10:43When I got them undone, he pulled me against him.
10:46Skin to skin, I gasped.
10:47He laid me down on the fresh furs and came over me.
10:50Last chance.
10:51He said, voice wrecked.
10:53Tell me no.
10:54I touched his scarred face.
10:56Don't stop.
10:59He didn't.
11:00When he bit down on the back of my neck, I cried out.
11:03He held me steady.
11:04Whispered it would be over soon.
11:06Afterward, I lay shaking.
11:07I asked for water.
11:08He brought it to my lips.
11:10I stared at him like he'd grown wings.
11:12When I lay back down, the mark on my neck was still warm.
11:16Every wolf would know.
11:17I belonged to Cain.
11:19Cain belonged to me.
11:20I smiled to the dark.
11:21Cain didn't talk much.
11:23He hunted.
11:24He brought me silver.
11:25He did the heavy work.
11:27When I said something, he answered.
11:30We talked about building another room.
11:32About digging a cellar for meat and grain.
11:35I liked that.
11:36I looked at my clothes.
11:37They were getting tight.
11:39Maybe I should eat less.
11:40Ella!
11:40Ella!
11:41Is Cain home?
11:41It was Martha.
11:42Good woman.
11:43He's hunting.
11:44Oh no!
11:44His parents are back!
11:46What?
11:46His mother.
11:48She's vicious.
11:49And they've got a young man with them.
11:50Must be Cain's brother.
11:52My mind went blank.
11:53They'd been gone for over a decade.
11:55Ma!
11:55Pa!
11:56This is the place?
11:57It's so run down.
11:59I walked outside.
12:00Three figures.
12:01Two old.
12:02One young.
12:03The old ones had greedy eyes.
12:05The young one looked disgusted.
12:06You're Cain's mate?
12:07Ella?
12:08I'm his mother.
12:09Get us water.
12:10And cook something.
12:11The best room is for Alan.
12:13He needs a place to bed his bride.
12:14Margaret, Cain's mother, let her eyes roam over the cabin.
12:17Over me.
12:18She didn't bother hiding her disgust.
12:19Where's that ungrateful son of mine?
12:21Just then, Cain came around the corner with firewood.
12:23Pack members trailed behind him, hoping for a show.
12:25Cain stared at the three strangers.
12:27Who are you?
12:28Your mother!
12:29The old man bared his teeth.
12:31Ungrateful wilt.
12:32The pack gossip stirred.
12:33That's really Noah.
12:35The Alpha came.
12:36The Elders came.
12:38They confirmed it.
12:39Take us in.
12:40Be a good son.
12:42And give us silver to find Alan a mate.
12:45You don't want your brother dying alone, do you?
12:47I tugged Cain's sleeve.
12:49He squeezed my hand back.
12:50You're not giving it to his brother for a bride.
12:52Silver he nearly died for, I stepped forward.
12:55Not your place, sister-in-law.
12:57Alan curled his lip.
12:58Parents are still alive.
12:59You don't get a say.
13:01Margaret lunged at me.
13:02Cain caught her wrist.
13:03Cain!
13:03You'd raise a hand to your own mother?
13:06He let go.
13:08I'm gonna die!
13:09My son has a mate now and I'm dead to him!
13:13Cain looked at her.
13:15Then at me.
13:16You've been gone for years.
13:17Why are you back?
13:18Margaret stood up, dry-eyed.
13:19We came home to be with you.
13:21And this cabin?
13:21We built it.
13:22We're staying.
13:23The cabin is yours, but we split the belongings.
13:25What I bought with my own hands comes with me.
13:27Margaret's eyes-
13:27No!
13:28Clean, she orderly.
13:29You can't take the furniture.
13:30What will we use?
13:30Not my problem.
13:31Have mercy.
13:32I gave him life and now he wants to leave us with nothing.
13:35Keep the furniture, but my hunting kit comes with me.
13:37My clothes, my furs, and I'm severing the bond.
13:39Margaret screamed.
13:40The bond?
13:41Alan screamed.
13:42Good.
13:43Good.
13:43I wanted to cry.
13:45My home, the one I'd scrubbed and mended with my own hands, gone.
13:48But Cain's silver was still in my pocket.
13:50We signed the papers, pressed our thumbs to the ink.
13:52At dusk, I carried our clothes.
13:55He carried the baskets.
13:56The higher we climbed, the heavier my feet became.
13:58I stopped and looked down at the cabin.
14:00I looked at Cain and burst into tears.
14:03Cain wiped my face.
14:04Don't cry.
14:04We still have silver.
14:05The cabin was theirs anyway.
14:06We only borrowed it and Alan is poison.
14:08Letting go of those scraps saves us from worse.
14:09The debt caluptors can't touch us now.
14:11He looked down at the valley.
14:12We go deeper into the shadow woods.
14:15Find another pack.
14:16We've got hands.
14:17We've got feet.
14:18We'll make a life.
14:19I wanted to believe him.
14:20We'll find someone to take us in, Cain said.
14:22No one wanted to take us in.
14:24Everyone was afraid of being connected to the debt.
14:26We ended up at the elder's old cottage.
14:28Two hundred copper a month.
14:30I cleaned it until it shone.
14:31One bed.
14:32Bare walls.
14:33We'll use your kitchen.
14:34Buy our own grain.
14:35Eat with us.
14:36Fine.
14:37We ate simple.
14:38Black bread.
14:38Smoked meat.
14:39Broth.
14:40Cain didn't complain.
14:41I'll hunt tomorrow.
14:42Trade for grain.
14:43You can roast something when I get back.
14:44We'll save silver.
14:45Build our own place.
14:46We still have silver.
14:47Your parents will never leave us alone.
14:49Your parents are greedy parasites.
14:50They'll never let you go.
14:51Eat your bread.
14:52I snuggled into him that night.
14:53His hands wandered to my hip.
14:54I pushed them away.
14:56What are you doing?
14:57We're guests.
14:58Scenting a den that isn't yours was an insult.
15:01Cain sighed and let his hands rest on my hip.
15:04Sleep.
15:05I bit my lip so I wouldn't laugh.
15:07The next morning, Cain went into the woods.
15:10The other pack women helped me with the kitchen fire.
15:12You're easy to talk to, but Cain scares the piss out of us.
15:15He's not so bad, but they didn't call him cruel.
15:18Good thing he severed the bond.
15:19Alan would have bled him dry.
15:20I'd resented Cain for giving up the house.
15:23Now I understood.
15:24We were young.
15:25We had hands.
15:27We'd build again.
15:28The debt collectors found Alan within a week.
15:31They stripped the cabin, sold the hunting grounds and the reindeer.
15:34Left him 50 gold short.
15:37Due by winter solstice.
15:38The women told me the story in whispers.
15:41Yameo Sihal Menrian.
15:42I kept my face straight.
15:43Cain warrowed silver from every house in the pack.
15:46They gave it to him.
15:48One wild boar from Cain brought the whole pack running to help build.
15:52Two log cabins.
15:54Twelve men.
15:55Two days.
15:56Cain laughed when I asked what he wanted for lunch.
15:59Cain and I made it through the cold.
16:00Full belly.
16:01Full belly.
16:02Warm bed.
16:03He wanted a pup.
16:05I wanted a pup.
16:06Maybe next year.
16:07The winter was mild.
16:09When the snow melted, the pack started north.
16:11I stayed close to camp.
16:13I gathered wild greens and berries.
16:16Dried some.
16:17Salted others.
16:19Come winter again, they'd go into the stew pot.
16:21Cain hunted every day.
16:24He brought home silver.
16:26He gave it all to me.
16:28The coin jar grew heavy.
16:31One day, Cain came back from the mountains.
16:34With a graver expression than usual.
16:37What's wrong?
16:38Something big came from the south.
16:40He put down his hunting knife and sat at the table.
16:42The tracks are a full circle larger than a shadow bear's.
16:44It's not like an ordinary beast.
16:46My heart tightened.
16:47Then don't go.
16:48Can't not go.
16:49If that thing keeps moving north, it'll cross the pack's migration route.
16:53More than just our family will suffer.
16:55He was quiet for a moment, then looked up at me.
16:58Ella.
16:59Tomorrow, you're coming with me.
17:01Me?
17:02You don't have to fight it head on, but I need a helper.
17:05Someone to watch my back, to keep it from lunging at my flank.
17:09You trust me.
17:11Cain looked at me.
17:12Didn't say a word.
17:14The next morning, before dawn, we went into the shadow woods.
17:18Cain suddenly stopped and crouched down to look at tracks on the ground, bigger than two fists put together.
17:24Mountain lion.
17:25He said under his breath.
17:27He turned to me.
17:28Scared?
17:28I gripped my knife handle.
17:30Yes.
17:31Good.
17:32You should be.
17:32We followed the tracks for some time.
17:34Cain raised his hand for me to stop.
17:36He started taking off his clothes.
17:38Leather coat dropped them piece by piece on the ground.
17:42Then, he changed.
17:43His body lunged forward, hands hitting the ground and turning into claws.
17:48Dark gray fur pushed out through his skin.
17:51A massive wolf stood before me, twice as big as an ordinary gray wolf.
17:54Fangs gleaming white.
17:56A roar came from the bushes.
17:58The mountain lion burst out, lunging straight at Cain.
18:02The two beasts crashed together.
18:04Cain didn't let go, but the lion's jaws were heading straight for his throat.
18:08I didn't think.
18:09I ran out.
18:10Short blade raised.
18:12I stabbed at the mountain lion's side.
18:14The blade sank into flesh.
18:16I was thrown through the air, my back slamming into a tree trunk.
18:19Stars burst in my vision, but I didn't let go of the knife.
18:23It was still in my hand.
18:24Cain bit through its throat.
18:26The lion twitched a few times, then went still.
18:29Cain let go.
18:30He was soaked in blood.
18:31The wildness of the wolf was still glowing in his amber eyes.
18:35He walked over, lowered his head, and touched my palm with me.
18:41Are you hurt?
18:42His voice was harshly as he shifted back to human form.
18:45I shook my head.
18:46Tears wouldn't stop falling.
18:48He pulled me into his arms and held me tight.
18:51You helped a lot.
18:52His voice was muffled above my head.
18:55Without you, I might not have made it.
18:56The morning light fell across Cain's bare back.
18:59The wounds were still seeping blood, but they were already beginning to close.
19:03The two beasts crashed together.
19:05Cain didn't let go, but the lion's jaws were heading straight for his throat.
19:09I didn't think.
19:10I ran out.
19:12Short blade raised.
19:13I stabbed at the mountain lion's side.
19:15The blade sank into flesh.
19:17I was thrown through the air, my back slamming into a tree trunk.
19:21Stars burst in my vision, but I didn't let go of the knife.
19:24It was still in my hand.
19:26Cain bit through its throat.
19:27The lion twitched a few times, then went still.
19:30Cain let go.
19:31He was soaked in blood.
19:33The wildness of the wolf was still glowing in his amber eyes.
19:37He walked over, lowered his head, and touched my palm with me.
19:42Are you hurt?
19:43His voice was harsky, as he shifted back to human form.
19:47I shook my head.
19:48Tears wouldn't stop falling.
19:49He pulled me into his arms, and held me tight.
19:52You helped a lot.
19:54His voice was muffled above my head.
19:56Without you, I might not have made it.
19:58The morning light fell across Cain's bare back.
20:01The wounds were still seeping blood, but they were already beginning to close.
20:04That day, we carried the mountain lion's hide and meet home.
20:07Cain kept the best peace.
20:09Said he'd make me a cloak.
20:10Why?
20:11Because it's your first kill.
20:12He shrugged.
20:13Wolf rule.
20:14The pelt belongs to the hunter.
20:16But you killed it.
20:17Cain shook his head.
20:18Not without your blade.
20:20He paused.
20:20You're braver than I thought.
20:22I looked down.
20:23My ears burned.
20:24That night, I sat beside him, helping scrape and cut.
20:27Firelight moved across his face.
20:29The long scar looked less scary in the flicker.
20:31Cain.
20:32Yeah?
20:32From now on, let's hunt together more often.
20:35Okay.
20:35End of March.
20:36I started feeling off.
20:38Tired.
20:39No strength.
20:40Cain came home.
20:42I told him.
20:43He got excited on the spot.
20:45Stay here.
20:46I'm getting the healer.
20:47The healer came.
20:48Sure enough, pup.
20:49Two months along.
20:50Good for you, Ella.
20:52Pop out a male pup in your set.
20:53Cain's silver will be yours.
20:55You'll run the house?
20:56I smiled and nodded.
20:57Didn't tell them Cain already handed me a silver.
21:00That I already ran everything.
21:01Cain got nervous after I got pregnant.
21:03Came home early.
21:04Did all the heavy grunt work.
21:06I stayed careful.
21:07But I wasn't gonna sit around doing nothing.
21:09Women aren't that fragile.
21:10That day, I took a basket to pick wild berries near camp.
21:13Was craving honeyed fruit.
21:15Someone pushed me down a grassy slope.
21:18I screamed.
21:20I saw who it was.
21:21Cain's mother.
21:22Margaret.
21:23Eyes mean as a snake.
21:25Why should Alan suffer while you live easy?
21:28You think you deserve a pup?
21:30Cain twisted through me.
21:32I couldn't even scream.
21:33Someone help.
21:34Cain reached out for her to stay.
21:36A pack kid saw me.
21:37Ran back to camp.
21:38They carried me home.
21:39Someone else went for the healer.
21:41I watched the healer sip shake his head and sigh.
21:44Cain walked in, dark as a storm.
21:46Ella.
21:47His hands had blood on them.
21:49Put my tears away.
21:50Gentle.
21:50Ella.
21:51I know.
21:52Don't think too much.
21:53Take your medicine.
21:54Sleep.
21:55Our pup's justice.
21:56The father goes and gets it.
21:58Cain didn't leave.
21:59Sat by the bed until I cried myself out.
22:01Took his hunting knife and went to his parents' place.
22:04Everyone heard the place.
22:06When they couldn't scream anymore, Cain came out.
22:09Cain, those are your parents.
22:11He didn't answer.
22:12Just picked up an axe and started swinging.
22:14When the house was a pile of rubble, he left.
22:18His parents were alive, but not really.
22:20I woke up again.
22:22Candlelight.
22:22Ella.
22:23Does it hurt?
22:24I tried to tell him about the pup.
22:26Tried to say how much it hurt.
22:27Everywhere hurt.
22:28But I opened my mouth and nothing came out.
22:30Food's ready.
22:31Eat some.
22:32Sleep some more.
22:32I'm going to find him a place.
22:34Somewhere peaceful.
22:35When Cain turned to go, I grabbed him.
22:38I want to come.
22:39Then come.
22:39He found a good place.
22:41By the river.
22:42Tiny little grave.
22:43My poor little pup.
22:44His dad and I wanted him so bad.
22:46Word spread about Margaret pushing me.
22:48The elder was furious.
22:50Stripped Noah and Margaret from the pack rolls.
22:52That's when they finally got scared.
22:55Cried and begged.
22:56One morning after the rain stopped, Cain helped me into the cart.
23:00Where are we going?
23:01Somewhere no one knows us.
23:02Somewhere we can eat whatever we want.
23:04Wear whatever we want.
23:05Somewhere everyone learns I'm not someone to mess with.
23:07I'm scared.
23:08Don't be.
23:09I'll protect you.
23:10Anyone hurts you, I kill them.
23:12We headed south.
23:13I'd never traveled before.
23:14Everything was strange and new.
23:16But then I thought about the pup I lost and couldn't help sighing.
23:20Cain held my hand, quiet, letting me know he was there.
23:23I tried to smile at him.
23:25Just ended up leaning into him, crying.
23:27I knew time would fix it.
23:28But right then, I was still broken.
23:31Cain, I'll get better.
23:32Just give me time.
23:34Okay.
23:34Whatever I wanted to eat, Cain bought it.
23:36We didn't rush.
23:37Whenever we found a pretty view, Cain stopped so we could look at it together.
23:41My eyes went hot.
23:43I just screamed.
23:44Half the weight in my chest broke apart with those screams.
24:17We stopped at a town called Redford, flat everywhere.
24:18Went and got him a piece of honey candy.
24:20Thanks.
24:21I'm going to spoil him.
24:22Lord Foster on the west side is throwing a party.
24:24Needs scrubbers.
24:2550 copper a day.
24:27Let me check with my husband.
24:28But if I went, who'd cook for Cain?
24:32Let him stay a while.
24:33Tommy was good.
24:34Quiet.
24:35I wiped his hands.
24:36Did my sewing.
24:37He sat next to me playing with little wooden blocks Cain had made.
24:40Look, Ella.
24:41Good job.
24:42If my pup had lived in two or find a blay wary two or three years, he'd be this sweet,
24:47this good.
24:48You're good too.
24:49What am I good at?
24:50Sewing.
24:50I rubbed his head.
24:51Then came footsteps outside.
24:55Cain's home.
24:56Tommy smiled.
24:57Everyone was scared of Cain.
24:59Even the kids.
25:00But not Tommy.
25:01He liked him.
25:02Cain came into the yard.
25:04You're hurt?
25:05No.
25:06Boar blood.
25:07Go get your dad.
25:08We're roasting boar tonight.
25:10Dad!
25:11Cain says come help!
25:14When no one was looking, he pinched my cheek too.
25:18Roast plenty tonight.
25:20You're getting too thin.
25:22Tommy's dad came.
25:23Neighbors came by, asking if we were selling the meat.
25:27I looked at Cain.
25:28Boar's not that big.
25:30Keep it.
25:31My mate's been sick.
25:33Needs the nutrition.
25:35Next time I go out, maybe I'll bag a bigger one.
25:39That's huge!
25:40Anyone who helped.
25:42Cain gave them about half a pound.
25:44Tommy stayed for dinner.
25:47After dinner, we walked Tommy home.
25:49Later, I asked Cain what about making him our godjun.
25:53Cain thought about it for a long time.
25:55Let's wait and see.
25:57Then I told him about Lord Foster's party.
25:5950 copper a day.
26:00You wanna do it?
26:02Then do it.
26:03If it's too hard, quit.
26:05I can support you.
26:06I looked at Cain and smiled.
26:08Molly and I started working parties regular.
26:10Cain didn't bring home much at first.
26:12Then three silver.
26:14Then.
26:16Then ten.
26:17One month he brought home fifty.
26:19The place we were renting went up for sale.
26:22Twenty-seven silver.
26:23We talked it over and bought it.
26:25Our own place.
26:26Fixed up the roof.
26:28One day, I made a pot of stew.
26:30The whole street smelled it.
26:32Everyone came asking.
26:34I gave out the bowls.
26:35Seeing them praise it, gave me an idea.
26:37You wanna sell stew on the street?
26:39I nodded.
26:40I'm not afraid of work.
26:42But keeping busy helps.
26:44Keeps me from thinking too much.
26:46That pain never went away.
26:48Not talking about it didn't mean forgetting.
26:50Then do it.
26:51But don't do it alone.
26:53Ask Molly.
26:54I told Molly.
26:56She said yes on the spot.
26:59Only thing is, I don't have a single copper.
27:02Every coin goes straight to the mother-in-law.
27:04Molly, I know.
27:05I'll pay you wages.
27:07A few days of free work won't kill me.
27:09Knock on wood.
27:10Your stew business is going to make it.
27:12I can feel it.
27:13Kane had a wooden pushcart built.
27:16Bought firewood.
27:17Me and him sat up nights doing the math.
27:21How much to sell.
27:22And Molly's wages.
27:26Kane looked up in the candlelight.
27:30Ella.
27:31Let's learn to read.
27:34I was shocked.
27:36Read?
27:38You go ahead.
27:39You're the one.
27:40Win out in the world.
27:43Kane shook his head.
27:44Both of us.
27:45I'll teach you.
27:47Reading.
27:48Arthur Mithme.
27:49Kane said.
27:49Then doing business won't be such a struggle.
27:51Won't take all night just to add things up.
27:54He was right.
27:56And he wanted me to learn too.
27:59My heart could have burst.
28:00How many men would do that?
28:02My stew stand opened.
28:04Business was good.
28:05Then someone opened another stand across the street.
28:07Taking our customer.
28:08Molly cursed them out.
28:10Don't be mad, Molly.
28:11Now it's just right.
28:13We made money.
28:14Not too tired.
28:15Ella, you're too sensible.
28:17Not sensible.
28:17Kane made good money anyway.
28:19The stew stand was mine.
28:21Whatever it made was extra.
28:22Kept me busy.
28:25Kept me from remembering.
28:26My stew business went from a cart to a storefront in a year.
28:30When we moved to a bigger place.
28:32Tommy cried his eyes out.
28:34You can visit.
28:36You'll see me.
28:38Tommy shook his head.
28:40It's not the same.
28:41It wasn't.
28:42But he adjusted.
28:43Not long after we moved.
28:44I started feeling off again.
28:46I knew the signs.
28:48Told Kane.
28:49He called a doctor.
28:50Sure enough.
28:50Pregnant.
28:51Kane laid his hand on my belly.
28:53Gentle.
28:54After a long moment he said.
28:56Let's buy two servants.
28:58An older woman for cleaning.
28:59A young maid for you.
29:01Kane bought things we didn't need.
29:04Rattles.
29:05Wooden horses.
29:06Little bows and arrows.
29:08I could tell he wanted a boy.
29:11What if it's a girl?
29:13I asked.
29:14Girls are fine.
29:17Blossoms before fruit.
29:19A few girls first.
29:21Then I'll be a father-in-law with endless roasted pig feet.
29:24I sat in my comfortable chair.
29:27Sewing soft baby clothes.
29:29The room was quiet.
29:32Warm.
29:33Safe.
29:34The master's home.
29:37Kane hurried in.
29:38His eyes went soft when he saw me.
29:40Did the pup give you trouble today?
29:42I put down my sewing.
29:45Showed him my belly.
29:46Not today.
29:47He was good.
29:49Good.
29:50Kane crouched down.
29:52Put his palm flat on my belly.
29:54The pup moved.
29:58He kicked.
29:59I looked at him.
30:01My eyes full of joy.
30:03Kane smiled too.
30:05He leaned down and pressed his ear to my belly.
30:11The heartbeat came through.
30:14The sound of new life.
30:16The sound of new life.
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