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00:00...on my first birthday, Alpha Brune set out all kinds of things for me to pick from as birthday gifts.
00:05Instead, I crawled straight towards six-year-old Alpha Air Cohen and grabbed his crotch.
00:11The hall erupted. The High Priest said we were chosen by the Moon Goddess as mates.
00:15Everyone believed it, including me, but no one could have guessed that we would grow up to be bitter enemies.
00:20At 16, Alpha Brune told me it was time to choose a mate.
00:24Before I could speak, Cohen sneered in front of the whole hall.
00:27I'd rather be torn apart by rogues than mate with her.
00:30At the time, I actually thought he was joking.
00:32It wasn't until our mating day that I realized how horribly wrong I was.
00:36On our mating night, he abandoned me. He never came to my bed.
00:40By morning, I was the Silverhone Pack's laughingstock.
00:43After that, he brought others home every night.
00:51He let his lovers boss me around, treating me like the lowest, dirtiest slave.
00:57Numb and broken, I went to him, begging him to break the mating bond.
01:01He refused.
01:02He snatched up a crystal glass and hurled it straight at my face.
01:06It smashed against my forehead, blood pouring down into my eyes.
01:10Consumed by grief and illness, I died alone in the freezing, forgotten dungeons beneath the packhouse.
01:17Then, I opened my eyes.
01:19The chandeliers were bright again.
01:21The hall was loud again.
01:22I was back on the exact day the Alpha was meant to decide my fate.
01:28Alara, your parents and your brothers died defending our borders against the Bloodleg Pack.
01:33You're alone now.
01:35So you're mating with my responsibility.
01:38Speak his name, and I'll see it done.
01:40I parted my lips to speak, but a sudden wave of grief choked me.
01:44My eyes began to burn.
01:45Even facing this a second time, the memory still cut straight through me.
01:49Bloodfang had wanted Silverhorn land for years.
01:52Last winter, they came for it.
01:54My father and brothers rode north with the pack's best.
01:57Before he left, my father told me to chill the moon wine for their victory feast.
02:01My brothers were loud as ever.
02:03Shoving, laughing, yelling over one another.
02:05At the time, I only thought they were being annoying.
02:07The next time I saw them, they were dead.
02:10Wrapped in torn cloth, laid out on stretchers.
02:13Still.
02:14My mother drowned in grief soon after.
02:16A few months later, she followed them into the grave.
02:19That whole house was wiped clean.
02:21Everyone in that house was gone.
02:22A wolf beside me laughed under her breath.
02:25Oh, come on, Alpha.
02:26Why even ask?
02:28Everyone in Silverhane knows Alara's been obsessed with Cowan for years.
02:31Girl probably whimpered his name into her pillow.
02:34My eyes burned.
02:35But no tears came.
02:36In my last life, I went to him hollowed out.
02:39Begged him to break the mating bond.
02:41He answered by hurling a crystal glass at my face.
02:44It split my forehead open.
02:46He still refused to let me go, even while I was dying.
02:49Alpha Brun was about to speak again.
02:51I inhaled hard and cut him off.
02:53Alpha.
02:54Coen and I grew up together.
02:56I have never loved him.
02:58The chamber went dead quiet.
02:59Even Coen off to one side looked caught off guard.
03:02Is that true?
03:03Alpha Brun narrowed his eyes.
03:04I knew the trap.
03:06If I didn't name a wolf, he would name one for me.
03:08So I lowered my head and gave him one.
03:11Yes, Alpha.
03:12There is someone I want.
03:13Varric.
03:14Alpha Varric of the Nightclaw pack.
03:15He is the only one I want.
03:19Varric was Alpha Brun's younger brother.
03:21The war hero who helped crush Bloodfath and stabilize the northern packs.
03:26Half the north respected him like a living legend.
03:28Then, one year ago, he collapsed on the road back from the border.
03:32He never woke up.
03:33The pack healers said he might spend the rest of his life in that bed.
03:37But I knew better.
03:38In my last life, he woke in the third year of my marriage.
03:41And when I was at the very end,
03:44he was the only one who ever tried to help me.
03:47Ilara, that's too hard a road.
03:50Varric may still be Alpha of Nightclaw in name,
03:53but he lies unconscious.
03:54His territory is unstable.
03:56You would be walking into a nest of vipers.
03:59Choose someone here instead.
04:00One of my own men.
04:02Alpha, I already swore before the altar.
04:04On my family's honor.
04:06In this life, I will mate no one but Alpha Varric.
04:09Please, grant me this.
04:13I bent into a full formal bow.
04:16The room held its breath.
04:17Alpha Brun fell silent.
04:19Then Elder Edmund spoke from the corner shadow.
04:21If the girl is this devoted to Varric,
04:25let her have him.
04:26Edmund wasn't just an old man with opinions.
04:28He represented the High Northern Council.
04:30Once he spoke,
04:32even Alpha Brun couldn't press much farther.
04:34At last, Brund exhaled.
04:36Very well, Ilara.
04:37Varric is my brother.
04:38As both his Alpha and his brother,
04:40it falls to me to arrange his mating.
04:42If you are willing,
04:43this will be a blessing for him.
04:44And for both our packs.
04:45Your parents are gone.
04:47Luma Sigrid will oversee the preparations.
04:51Thank you, Alpha.
04:53Last time, I chose the wrong man.
04:56I would not make that mistake again.
04:58And Varric.
04:59In my last life,
05:01Nightclaw tore itself apart
05:02while he lay unconscious.
05:04By the time he woke
05:05and clawed his way back to power,
05:07his legs were ruined for good.
05:09He once showed me kindness
05:11when no one else would.
05:13This time,
05:14I would be there
05:14when he needed someone most.
05:16If the Moon Goddess gave me one more chance,
05:18I wouldn't just help Varric stand.
05:20This time,
05:21neither of us would kneel.
05:24A few days later,
05:26Luna Sigrid's maid, Mara,
05:27summoned me to finalize the mating ceremony.
05:30We had barely reached Luna's residence
05:31when Mara stopped short
05:32and bowed her head.
05:33Alpha hair.
05:34I looked up,
05:35and there he was.
05:36Cohen.
05:36He just stared at me
05:38with that familiar cutting look.
05:39Brows drawn,
05:40eyes full of suspicion.
05:42I lowered my head
05:43and dipped into a polite curdie.
05:45Alpha air.
05:45He frowned immediately.
05:47Of course he did.
05:48He was used to a different version of me.
05:50In my last life,
05:51I always found out
05:52when he'd be visiting Luna.
05:54I'd bake butter cakes myself.
05:56Time everything perfectly.
05:58Pretend our meetings were accidents,
06:00all for the chance
06:00to place those sweets in his hands.
06:02He never ate them.
06:03He either threw them away
06:05or tossed them to the servants.
06:07Then he finally spoke,
06:08and the disgust
06:08was exactly where I remembered it.
06:10Alara, enough.
06:11You're marrying my uncle,
06:13so stop embarrassing yourself
06:14and stop chasing me.
06:15This is pathetic.
06:17And honestly,
06:18you make me sick.
06:18For a second,
06:19I almost laughed.
06:20Last time,
06:21I kept trying to explain.
06:22It only made him despise me more.
06:24You're mistaken,
06:25Alpha hair.
06:25I made myself clear
06:26in the council hall.
06:27I have no feelings for you.
06:29Really?
06:30So what now?
06:31You just happened to wander in here?
06:33And I'm supposed to believe that?
06:35Luna asked for me.
06:36We're discussing the ceremony.
06:38If you doubt it,
06:39ask Mara.
06:40Cohen glanced at her.
06:41Mara nodded.
06:44Varric's half dead.
06:45Marry him,
06:46and you'll waste your whole life
06:47beside a body
06:48that can't even claim you.
06:50You needn't worry.
06:51I chose Alpha Varric long ago.
06:53If I can stay by his side,
06:55that's enough for me.
06:56Awake or asleep,
06:58I'd still choose him over you.
07:01Luna Sigrid smiled
07:03the second she saw me.
07:04A warm smile,
07:05a polished voice,
07:06but there was calculation under both.
07:08The moment I sat down,
07:09her eyes flicked past me.
07:11That's it?
07:12You came alone?
07:13Ashbrook house is empty.
07:15There's no one left to come with me.
07:17Very well.
07:18Let's settle the ceremony.
07:19She spread two parchment sheets
07:21across the table.
07:22Two dates.
07:23June 3rd,
07:24October 19th.
07:25The second I saw October 19th,
07:27my stomach clenched.
07:28That had been the date
07:29of my last wedding.
07:30The day I was mated to Cohen.
07:32The elders had called it blessed.
07:34The sky answered with a storm.
07:36Rain tore the ceremony apart.
07:38After that,
07:38the pack began whispering
07:40that I was cursed,
07:41that I carried ruin in with me.
07:43The council seems to prefer
07:44October 19th.
07:45It's an auspicious date.
07:46Why don't we settle on that?
07:48Luna,
07:49I appreciate the care.
07:50Still,
07:51I would like the ceremony
07:52set for June 3rd.
07:53It's already May.
07:55That's very soon.
07:56Wouldn't that be rushed?
07:57I want to reach Alpha Varric
07:59as soon as possible.
08:00If the preparations are hurried,
08:02I accept that gladly.
08:03That was the exact moment
08:05Conan walked in.
08:06He heard every word.
08:07His steps slowed,
08:08only for an instant,
08:09but I caught it,
08:10and I saw the way
08:11his jaw tightened.
08:12Cohen,
08:13perfect timing.
08:14Alara wants the ceremony
08:15moved up to June 3rd.
08:17I think it's awfully rushed.
08:19Maybe you can talk
08:19some sense into her.
08:21She always listened to you
08:22when you were children.
08:25She's that desperate
08:26to marry my uncle?
08:28Why stop her?
08:29If we drag this out
08:30until October,
08:31we'll only look cruel.
08:32He meant that to sting.
08:33He wanted me to feel small.
08:35Instead,
08:36I lowered into
08:37a graceful curtie.
08:38Thank you for understanding,
08:39Alpha Hare.
08:42You'll come to the mating ceremony
08:44on June 3rd,
08:45won't you?
08:47He went rutted.
08:48His face flushed
08:49with anger so fast
08:50it almost made me smile.
08:52For one second,
08:53he looked like he wanted
08:54to say something vicious.
08:55Instead,
08:56he muttered some excuse
08:57and left.
08:57I rose to take my leave.
08:59Oh,
08:59one more thing,
09:00Alara.
09:00I turned back.
09:02Since you have
09:03no family left,
09:04someone close to you
09:05should escort you
09:06to Nightclaw territory
09:07on the day of the ceremony.
09:09What about Conan?
09:10No,
09:11that won't be necessary.
09:12Elder Stonehill's son,
09:14Rainin,
09:14is loyal and dependable.
09:16He can escort me.
09:19Hmm.
09:21Very well.
09:22On the walk home,
09:23old memories
09:24followed me like ghosts.
09:25My grandfather
09:26trained Silverhand's
09:27young warriors.
09:28Cohen and I grew up
09:29under the same roofs,
09:30on the same training grounds.
09:31As children,
09:32we used to slip away
09:33into the woods
09:33during drills.
09:34Once,
09:35deep in the forest,
09:36we crossed paths
09:37with a crazed bear.
09:38It charged.
09:39I shoved Cohen aside
09:41without thinking.
09:42The bear's paw
09:43caught me instead.
09:44It broke nearly
09:45half the bones
09:45in my body.
09:46I spent 15 days
09:47in the healing ward.
09:48Cohen cried so hard
09:49he could barely breathe.
09:50He clutched my hand
09:51and swore he'd spend
09:52his life making it up to me.
09:53Back then,
09:54I believed him.
09:55In my last life,
09:56all he gave me were tears.
09:57The old injuries
09:58still arced
09:59when the weather
09:59turned cold.
10:00My eyesight had worsened too.
10:01Shadows blurred.
10:02this life.
10:03I was done bleeding
10:04for the same wound.
10:05I wasn't his promise anymore.
10:08I was going to Nightclaw.
10:11The wedding day
10:12kept creeping closer.
10:13All across Silverhorn,
10:15people talked about
10:16nothing else.
10:17The alliance.
10:18The ceremony.
10:19Alara leaving for Nightclaw.
10:21Even in the private wing
10:22of the stronghold,
10:24Cohen couldn't outrun it.
10:25Every servant.
10:26Same cursed name.
10:27It had been scraping
10:28at his nerves for days.
10:29He was just about
10:31to step out for air
10:32when Raynor,
10:33Elder Stonehell's son,
10:34walked in.
10:35Cohen flicked him a glance.
10:36What?
10:37Alara's heading
10:37to Nightclaw soon, right?
10:39Since she doesn't
10:40have any family left,
10:41Luna wants somebody
10:42to lead the escort
10:42to Varak's territory.
10:44Cohen's brow tightened
10:44at once.
10:45His first thought
10:46hit fast.
10:47Of course,
10:48Allura must have
10:49asked for him.
10:50All that talk
10:50about wanting Varak,
10:52wanting the mating,
10:53a last little trick
10:54to get his attention.
10:55He lifted his glass,
10:56swirled the drink once,
10:57and took a slow sip.
11:01Then send someone.
11:03I don't have time for it,
11:05and I don't care.
11:07Well,
11:08Well what?
11:09Luna did suggest you first,
11:12but Alara said
11:14she didn't want
11:15to trouble you.
11:20So,
11:22she picked you.
11:23I mean,
11:25maybe she just figured
11:26you were busy.
11:29I'm not.
11:30I've got nothing
11:30to do all day anyway.
11:33Right.
11:33I've got something
11:34to do.
11:35I'll go.
11:40Cohen.
11:42About what
11:42happened back then.
11:43Alara was innocent.
11:45You know she was.
11:46You've been taking
11:47that out on her
11:47for years,
11:48and it's not right.
11:50And now it's
11:51gotten this bad.
11:53You're not happy.
11:54and she...
11:55Rayla.
11:56Aren't you late
11:57for something?
11:58Your Majesty.
12:04Cohen rose and
12:05walked to the window.
12:06From there,
12:07he could just
12:07make out the
12:08distant silhouette
12:09of the old
12:09Ashberg house.
12:11His gaze darkened.
12:12At some point,
12:13the crystal in his hand
12:14had cracked
12:15under the force
12:15of his grip.
12:18Alara.
12:20Mating day
12:21came fast.
12:22Raynor and the others
12:23arrived early,
12:24waiting in the
12:25great hall
12:25before sunrise.
12:26When I walked
12:27down the staircase
12:28in my gown,
12:29Raynor forgot
12:29himself for a beak.
12:30He just stood
12:31there staring,
12:32like he'd never
12:33seen me before.
12:34He snapped out
12:34of it a second
12:35later,
12:36ears turning red.
12:41Alara.
12:43Word slipped
12:43out of the
12:44healing ward
12:44two days ago.
12:45Cohen collapsed.
12:46He's still
12:47unconscious.
12:49Alfa Brunn
12:49buried the news.
12:51Doesn't want it
12:51spreading.
12:52That's why
12:52Cohen didn't come.
12:53It has to be...
12:56Raynor.
12:57I don't care
12:58about him anymore.
13:00I know you mean
13:01well,
13:01but some things
13:02are over.
13:03And once they're
13:04over,
13:04you leave them
13:05buried.
13:09Today is my
13:09wedding day.
13:11Try looking happy.
13:12And next time
13:13you see me,
13:14don't forget to
13:15call me Lady
13:15of Nightclaw.
13:18By the time
13:19we reached
13:19Nightclaw territory,
13:20dusk had fallen.
13:21The entrance was
13:22packed,
13:23torches blazed,
13:24voices rolled
13:25through the air.
13:26The whole place
13:26was grander than
13:27I'd expected.
13:28In the moon
13:29shadow grove,
13:29the high priest
13:30stood atop the
13:31moonstone altar.
13:32Elders lined both
13:33sides in perfect
13:33silence.
13:34I wore white satin,
13:36a silver veil
13:36covered my hair,
13:37and under every eye
13:38in that sacred forest,
13:39I walked alone
13:40toward the statue
13:41of the moon goddess.
13:42There was no groom
13:43waiting for me,
13:43only Varuk's
13:44wolf fang pendant.
13:45My steps never
13:46faltered,
13:47and my heart
13:47stayed steady.
13:48When I reached
13:49the altar,
13:49the high priest
13:50raised his voice.
13:51Elara Ashberg,
13:52do you swear,
13:54in health or
13:55sickness,
13:55in waking or
13:56in sleep,
13:57to guard,
13:58honor,
13:59and stand beside
14:00Alpha Varuk of
14:02the Nightclaw pack
14:03as his mate
14:04for the rest
14:05of your life?
14:06I do.
14:07Then I bit my
14:08fingertip.
14:08Let the blood
14:09fall onto the wolf fang.
14:11The pendant flashed
14:12silver white.
14:13The wolf spirit
14:14had accepted the bond.
14:15The contract was sealed.
14:17Nightclaw erupted.
14:18The cheer that tore
14:19from the crowd
14:20shook the trees
14:21themselves,
14:21as though the whole
14:22Nightclaw pack
14:23had been waiting
14:24for this day for years.
14:25When the cheers
14:26finally eased,
14:27a young man
14:28stepped out
14:29from the crowd
14:29and dropped
14:30to one knee
14:31before me.
14:33But his eyes
14:34were clear,
14:35respectful.
14:35My lady,
14:36this way please.
14:37He rose and
14:38guided me through
14:38the territory,
14:39pointing things out
14:40as we walked.
14:41He spoke with easy
14:42energy,
14:43like he was proud
14:43to show me all of it.
14:44At last,
14:45he brought me
14:45to the Alpha's quarters.
14:48The Alpha is
14:49resting inside.
14:50The room was simple.
14:51Varric lay there
14:52asleep.
14:52His face was pale,
14:53leaner than it
14:54should have been,
14:55but his chest
14:55still rose and fell
14:56in a slow,
14:57steady rhythm.
14:58Alpha Varric
14:59has been unconscious
15:00for more than
15:00half a year.
15:02He's lost weight,
15:03but otherwise
15:03he's held up well.
15:04He gets medicine
15:05once a day.
15:06In hot weather,
15:07we wash him
15:08every other day.
15:09I handle all of that.
15:11You don't need
15:12to trouble yourself,
15:12my lady.
15:14I've had a separate
15:15room prepared for you
15:16just across the hall.
15:17That won't be necessary.
15:18Varric and I
15:19are mated now.
15:20Why would we
15:20sleep apart?
15:22Starting tonight,
15:23I sleep here.
15:25It's late,
15:26my lady.
15:26You should rest.
15:27Then he slipped out
15:28and closed the door
15:29softly behind him.
15:30Later,
15:30after I washed
15:31and changed
15:32into my night ground,
15:33I climbed carefully
15:34into bed
15:35beside Varret.
15:36The candlelight
15:36trembled over his face.
15:38He was handsome
15:39in a dangerous way,
15:40only too pale.
15:41From this close,
15:42I could smell
15:43the faint herbal scent
15:44of his medicine.
15:45I looked at Varret's
15:46sleeping face
15:47for a long moment.
15:48I'm sorry I married you
15:49while you couldn't
15:49choose for yourself,
15:51but I swear
15:52I'll care for you
15:54and I'll be a good
15:55Luna to your pack.
15:56Then I tucked
15:57myself against him.
15:58The medicinal scent
15:59should have felt
15:59cold and sterile.
16:01Instead,
16:01somehow,
16:02it made me feel safe
16:03and I never saw it.
16:05Varret's fingers moved.
16:07Meanwhile,
16:09in the Silverhorn
16:09Healing Ward's
16:10private recovery room,
16:12Cohen lay flat
16:12on his back,
16:13dead to the world.
16:14His eyes stayed shut.
16:16In the dream,
16:17he was standing
16:18before the High Priest.
16:19I stood beside him,
16:21not his aunt's
16:22chosen bride,
16:23not Varret's mate,
16:24his Luna.
16:25Rain crashed outside,
16:27his clothes were
16:28soaked through.
16:29Everything was cold.
16:30Then he stepped
16:31into the bridal chamber
16:32and saw me.
16:33Cohen just stared.
16:34The storm disappeared.
16:36The cold disappeared.
16:37All he could hear
16:38was his own heartbeat.
16:40Louder.
16:41Then he jerked awake.
16:42White curtains,
16:44sweat-sticked sheets,
16:45his whole body
16:46sticky and overheated.
16:48For a few long seconds,
16:49he could barely breathe.
16:51Alpha here.
16:52You're awake.
16:54What time is it?
16:55Ninth bell.
16:56Around nine.
16:57Alpha and Luna
16:58should be back
16:58from Nightclaw by now.
16:59What day is it?
17:01June 3rd, sir.
17:02The day Alpha Vani
17:04of Nightclaw
17:04took Alara Ashwar
17:05as his mate.
17:06Cohen went silent
17:07so fast he looked
17:08carved from stone.
17:10All he saw was me
17:11in white,
17:11looking up,
17:12smiling at someone else.
17:14Something tore
17:15inside his chest,
17:16just a slow,
17:17jagged ache
17:18spreading under his ribs.
17:21I woke before dawn.
17:23The sky outside
17:24was still dark.
17:25Liv came in
17:26to brush my hair
17:26and stop the second
17:27she saw my face.
17:29My lady,
17:30did you sleep
17:31at all last night?
17:32A full-grown man
17:32lying beside me
17:33the whole night.
17:34I hadn't slept much.
17:35Help me get ready, Liv.
17:38Is the new Luna awake?
17:43Lady Helga sent me.
17:45She expects the new mate
17:47to present herself
17:47this morning.
17:48I'd already heard enough
17:49about Nightclaw
17:50to know exactly
17:51who that meant.
17:52Years ago,
17:53Varuk's uncle died
17:54protecting him
17:54during a rogue attack.
17:56Varuk repaid that debt
17:57by taking the man's
17:58widow and children
17:59into his territory.
18:00He gave them power
18:01and standing.
18:02So much that now,
18:03Helga ran half this pack
18:05like it belonged to her.
18:06I had also heard
18:07she once wanted
18:08her youngest daughter
18:09mated to Varuk.
18:10Varuk refused.
18:11And now I was
18:12the one in his room.
18:13My lady just woke up.
18:14Why the rush?
18:16Well, of course.
18:18The new mate
18:19is Silver Homeborn.
18:20Hand picked
18:20by Alpha Brun himself,
18:22I can see why
18:22she thinks Lady Helga
18:23can wait.
18:24I lifted one hand
18:25and stopped her.
18:26Then I smiled
18:27at the woman.
18:29What's your name?
18:31Inga.
18:31Lady Helga's
18:32personal maid.
18:33Inga,
18:33you can go back
18:34and tell Lady Helga this.
18:35After I've washed,
18:36dressed,
18:37and had breakfast,
18:37I will go pay my respects.
18:39She is an elder
18:39in this territory.
18:40Respect is due.
18:41But when I go,
18:42that will be my decision.
18:43Not hers.
18:44And one more thing.
18:46You're a servant.
18:48You entered
18:48without knocking,
18:49spoke out of line,
18:50and forgot your place
18:51in my room.
18:52If Lady Helga
18:53can't train her own taff,
18:55I don't mind
18:56doing it for her.
18:58color flooded Inga's face.
19:00In the end,
19:01she gave the barest excuse
19:02for a kurtzel
19:03and backed out.
19:04Are we really going
19:04to see that woman?
19:06Of course we are.
19:08But we go
19:09when I say we go.
19:10That mattered.
19:11If you let people
19:12shove you around
19:13on day one,
19:14they never stopped.
19:15By the time
19:16I was dressed,
19:17I had brought Liv
19:18and Astrid with me
19:19and headed outside.
19:21I'm not drunk!
19:22I can still drink
19:23three more barrels!
19:25Do you idiots
19:27know who I am?
19:28Varric's my cousin!
19:30Until he wakes up,
19:31this whole damn territory
19:33answers to me!
19:36That's Varric's cousin?
19:39Viggo Frostfield.
19:40He's infamous,
19:41my lady.
19:42Drinks too much,
19:44beds anything that moves.
19:46He missed your mating
19:47ceremony yesterday.
19:48Passed out in a brothel.
19:50I stared at the mess
19:51in front of me.
19:52Varric?
19:52What exactly had they
19:54left festering
19:54in your house?
19:55I gave no reaction.
19:57I just climbed
19:58into my carriage.
19:59What I didn't notice
20:00was Viggo watching me
20:01through a gap
20:02in the hedges.
20:03The second my face
20:04came into view,
20:05the drunken fog
20:06lifted right out of him.
20:07He rubbed his face hard
20:08and grabbed
20:09one of the tavern workers.
20:13Who the hell was that?
20:15Couldn't see her clearly,
20:16but that carriage
20:16belongs to the Alpha's house.
20:18Oh,
20:19that must be
20:19the new lady of Nightclaw,
20:20the one who came in yesterday.
20:22Varric's new mate,
20:23but Varric's still asleep,
20:26so she's alone.
20:27The thought thrilled him.
20:29A wicked grin
20:30stretched from ear to ear.
20:34I timed it carefully.
20:35If I went to greet Luna
20:36and Silverhorn late enough,
20:37the visit would end
20:38right around the time
20:39Alpha Bruin
20:39finished his countenance.
20:41What I hadn't expected
20:42was Cohen at the door.
20:44The second he saw me,
20:45he stopped short.
20:45Today my hair was braided
20:46in a married she-wolf style.
20:48I looked nothing like the girl
20:49he used to brush past
20:50without seeing.
20:51Something in his expression shifted.
20:53Maybe he was seeing
20:54the dream still clinging to me.
20:56The bride in white.
21:00So you're proud of yourself now?
21:02Mating Varric
21:02really made your day, huh?
21:04That's not what you got wrong.
21:07You should address me properly.
21:09You call me
21:10lady a llama now.
21:11Or aunt,
21:12if you want to get technical.
21:15You don't get to use
21:16my name anymore.
21:17It's rude.
21:18Didn't anyone teach you
21:19manners alpha hair?
21:22You're enjoying this.
21:26This is the match I asked for.
21:28I got what I wanted.
21:30So yes,
21:31I'm very pleased.
21:32That really should have been obvious.
21:38You're still sick.
21:40Try medicine.
21:41Try rest.
21:42Try staying out of
21:43other people's business.
21:45Luna asked for me.
21:47I'll leave you to your coughing.
21:53By the time alpha brun joined us later,
21:56his mood was excellent.
21:57Apparently the council session had gone unusually well.
22:00The elders were praising the alliance.
22:02Even rival faction heads had agreed for once.
22:05No wonder he was smiling.
22:06Luna asked me to stay for a meal.
22:08I accepted.
22:10By the time I returned to Nightcloth territory,
22:13Gale was heading toward the alpha's chambers
22:15with two male servants
22:16when I spotted him in the corridor.
22:19What are you doing?
22:22He stopped at once.
22:24It's time for alpha varic's medicine, my lady.
22:26My gaze dropped to the wooden tray in his hands.
22:29A clay medicine jar sat on it,
22:31giving off the same bitter herbal smelt
22:32I had noticed on Varden the night before.
22:36If you'll wait outside,
22:37we'll handle it and come right back.
22:40It may take a while.
22:41Feeding him isn't easy in this condition.
22:44I'll come with you.
22:45With us?
22:48I'm his mate now.
22:49Learning how to care for him is part of that.
22:52Let me watch tonight.
22:54From now on, I'll do it.
22:55That hit him harder than I expected.
22:57He couldn't exactly refuse me,
22:59so he led me in.
23:00As we walked, he tried to prepare me.
23:02My lady,
23:03he can't swallow on his own.
23:05We have to force it down.
23:08Sometimes it goes in.
23:09Sometimes it comes right back up.
23:11It's not pleasant.
23:12I listened calmly.
23:14He let out the smallest sigh under his breath,
23:16probably hoping I wouldn't get disgusted and bolt.
23:18Inside, the two servants lifted Varaby
23:21into a half-sitting cessation.
23:23Gale poured some of the dark medicine
23:24into a smaller bowl,
23:25sat at the bedside,
23:26and scooped up half a spoonful.
23:28He tipped it toward Varrican's lips.
23:30Varrican's mouth stayed closed.
23:32One of the servants had to grip his jaw
23:34and force it open.
23:35Only then could Gale get the liquid in.
23:37And even then,
23:38most of it slid right back out.
23:40The dark froth ran from the corner of Varric's mouth
23:42and soaked into his nightshirt,
23:44leaving a wide, ugly stain.
23:46Gale tried again.
23:47Same result.
23:49Half swallowed.
23:50Half wasted.
23:51I watched for a while,
23:52then finally turned my head away.
23:54Out of the corner of his eye,
23:56Gale saw that,
23:57and immediately misunderstood.
23:58He probably thought I was horrified,
24:00or disgusted,
24:02or regretting everything already.
24:03I had no idea what nonsense
24:05was running through his head.
24:06I turned away first,
24:08then faced him again.
24:09Gale,
24:10you're wasting half the bowl.
24:11Give it to me.
24:16Hand me the medicine.
24:17He rose automatically,
24:19still looking shell-shocked.
24:21Then,
24:22while I sat down at the bedside,
24:23he glanced at the servants
24:24and cleared his bin's throat.
24:26My lady,
24:27should we step outside?
24:29Why?
24:30Aren't you going to feed the Alpha?
24:32He lowered his voice,
24:33serious as a priest.
24:35If we stay,
24:36you might feel embarrassed.
24:38It wouldn't be proper.
24:41Embarrassed about what exactly?
24:43Gale scratched the back of his neck.
24:45Then,
24:45with complete sincerity,
24:47Weren't you planning to do it mouth to mouth?
24:51I just stared at him.
24:53Mouth to mouth,
24:54heat rushed straight into my face.
24:57Who told you that's how you feed medicine
24:59to an unconscious man?
25:01Books.
25:02That's how they do it in all the romance stories.
25:05Those are stories.
25:07Stories are stories.
25:08Medicine is medicine.
25:10Go find me a thin wooden slab.
25:12About this long,
25:13and this wide.
25:15Smooth it down,
25:16wash it clean.
25:17Gale clearly had no clue where this was going,
25:20but he went.
25:21A few minutes later,
25:22he came back with the wood.
25:24I had the servants prop another pillow
25:26behind Verovan's head.
25:27Then I placed one end of the smooth slat
25:29inside his mouth.
25:30After that,
25:31I spooned the medicine slowly onto the wood.
25:34The liquid ran down the slat
25:35and straight into his throat.
25:37Gale's jaw dropped.
25:38That's it?
25:39It's that easy?
25:44Read fewer novels.
25:47My lady,
25:48how did you know that?
25:49My grandfather was a healer.
25:52Pouring another careful spoonful.
25:54This is only a makeshift fix.
25:56There's a proper healer's funnel
25:58for patients like this.
25:59Much better than a piece of wood.
26:01Gale looked utterly astonished.
26:03By the time we finished the bowl,
26:05Gale turned to refill it.
26:07I looked at Varget's pale face,
26:09and something cold tightened in my chest.
26:11Even a pack alpha could have enemies,
26:14couldn't he?
26:14My grandfather knew better.
26:16Any trained healer should have known too.
26:17So why had no one used one here?
26:19Why had half his medicine been wasted every day?
26:22This wasn't carelessness.
26:23Someone wanted Varric weak.
26:27Gale?
26:28Yes, my lady?
26:29I want to ask you something.
26:31Is this territory split in two?
26:34Varric on one side,
26:36Helga and her children on the other?
26:37That caught him off guard.
26:39Yes.
26:40The divide started when alpha Varric
26:41brought Lady Helga into Nightclo.
26:43Internal matters,
26:44resource assignments,
26:46staffing,
26:46household operations,
26:47all of that ended up in her hands.
26:49External dealings,
26:50trade,
26:51contracts,
26:52territory accounts,
26:53those stayed under the alpha.
26:54But after he fell unconscious,
26:56I took over what I could,
26:57poorly if I'm being honest.
27:00It's been a mess.
27:02Lady Helga has asked more than once
27:04to take control of everything.
27:05I refused.
27:06Thank the moon you're here now.
27:08I nodded slowly.
27:10Before I entered Nightclaw,
27:12I had no idea the pack was built like this.
27:14But maybe that was a blessing.
27:15If the territory was already split,
27:18then no one held absolute control over me either.
27:20That meant I had room to move.
27:22Room to decide things for myself.
27:25So I told Gale to summon the department heads.
27:28All of them.
27:29Soon enough,
27:30they stood before me.
27:31Or around a dozen in total.
27:35I had them state their duties one by one.
27:37By the end,
27:38I understood the shape of Nightclaw.
27:40Gale stood right behind my chair,
27:42his massive frame looming like a stone wall.
27:45Split power,
27:46hidden loyalties.
27:47Too many guarded voices in one room.
27:49This system had been built for some future lady of Nightclin,
27:52not me.
27:53Fine.
27:54Fate had given me the seat anyway.
27:57I cleared my throat and looked at all of them.
27:59I was raised in silver-haired.
28:01I won't pretend I know every corner of how Nightclin runs.
28:04But I do know one rule.
28:06Do the job well,
28:07and you'll be rewarded.
28:09It's hot today.
28:10You've all been standing in this heat long enough.
28:14After this,
28:15go to the dining hall.
28:16Each of you gets a glass of iced honey mint water.
28:19That stunned them into silence.
28:21A few swallowed on reflex.
28:23Their foreheads were already damp from the heat.
28:26And starting today,
28:27you'll get it every afternoon until summer ends.
28:29If your teams need something reasonable,
28:31tell Liv.
28:32I'll review it.
28:35This time,
28:35the thanks came fast.
28:37Louder.
28:38Warmer.
28:38More sincere.
28:39I let them have the moment.
28:41Because I knew exactly what I was doing.
28:43Set the rules first,
28:44then offer sweetness.
28:46That was how you got P-people to work for you willingly.
28:48And once they were on your side,
28:50they'd stand by you.
28:51After dealing with the staff,
28:53I moved to the territory ledgers.
28:55Gail wasn't lying.
28:57He didn't have a clue what he was doing.
28:59The numbers were a disaster.
29:01The handwriting looked like crawling spiders.
29:03I forced myself to sit there,
29:05tracing lines,
29:07sorting figures,
29:08until the sun finally went down.
29:11Across the estate,
29:12in the east wing,
29:13Lady Helga slashed her hand onto a heavy harmogony table.
29:16That little bitch!
29:17She didn't even bother showing up!
29:19Relax, Mother.
29:20I'll go check on her tonight.
29:22Teach her a little respect.
29:24What are you didn't answer?
29:25Vigor didn't answer.
29:26Because his head was already full of the woman he'd seen from the carriage.
29:30The pale skin,
29:31the sharp eyes,
29:32the itch in his blood was too strong.
29:35He wasn't going to let that slip away.
29:36You wanted her to come groveling,
29:38didn't you?
29:40Don't worry.
29:41I guarantee she'll be at your door bright and early tomorrow.
29:46Later that night,
29:48I washed up and got ready for bed.
29:50Liv finished turning down the sheets,
29:52but the second she opened the door to leave,
29:54a man laughed from the hallway.
29:56Easy.
29:56It's just me,
29:57Viggo Frostbark.
29:58I'm not here to bite.
30:00I frowned immediately.
30:01What the hell was he doing here this late?
30:04What do you want?
30:05Got some urgent business to discuss with my lovely new sister-in-law.
30:09My lady's asleep.
30:10Come back in daylight.
30:11It's an emergency.
30:12Go wake her up.
30:13She sleeps heavy.
30:14She won't wake.
30:15Leave.
30:16Fine.
30:16Tomorrow morning then.
30:18Liv let out a long sigh.
30:22Inside the room,
30:23I let out a breath of my own.
30:25I turned back toward the bed.
30:27Then I heard it.
30:28I whipped around just as the heavy glass swang open.
30:30A shadow dropped silently into the room,
30:33dot my chest heightened.
30:34You lied to me, Alara.
30:36Before I could even scream,
30:38he lunged.
30:38His hand clamped hard over my mouth.
30:41Don't make a sound.
30:42If someone catches us like this,
30:44they'll think we're sneaking around,
30:45Alpha's mate or not.
30:46That'll be the end of you.
30:48And besides,
30:49you really want to waste yourself on a half-dead corpse?
30:52I had learned enough combat from my father and brother,
30:55to know how to fight.
30:56But against a fully grown male wolf,
30:58I couldn't break his grip.
31:00Viggo's breathing grew rougher as I struggled.
31:02He pressed closer.
31:04Alara,
31:06you've never been with a real man, have you?
31:09Let me show you once.
31:11After that, you'll come begging.
31:15Look at him.
31:16He's half a corpse.
31:17You think he knows what room he's in?
31:22He's half dead.
31:24I drove the heel of my foot down as hard as I could.
31:27Viggo brunted in pain.
31:28So I bolted for the far wall,
31:30toward the weapons rack.
31:32I was born of the Ashbrook bloodline.
31:34I was not going to let some drunken rat touch me.
31:37You think you can lift that, Alara?
31:39You're shaking.
31:40Just be a good girl.
31:42Come back to the bed.
31:44We can do it right next to him.
31:47He'll never know.
31:48I grabbed the hulp with both hands and heaved.
31:50My arms trembled under the strain,
31:52but I gripped it tight,
31:54pointed it straight at Vigrid's chest.
31:56Take one step,
31:57and I'll take your hand off.
31:59Viggo was still smiling.
32:01Then, suddenly,
32:02his eyes flicked past my shoulder.
32:04His smile vanished.
32:05He stared behind me,
32:07backing away in pure, undisguised terror.
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