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00:00:00Yona wasted seven years caring for Damien's fake paralyzed mother.
00:00:05She discovered At Damien had already mated a pureblood female named At Nova.
00:00:11Damien only used At Yona as a free caretaker to secure his beta position.
00:00:17Yona burned their unofficial mate bond and left the town immediately.
00:00:21She accepted the mating mark from a loyal Border Patrol captain named Caleb.
00:00:25Caleb risked his life to secure an official mate recognition decree for her.
00:00:31Damien lost his power and begged At Yona to come back.
00:00:34Yona rejected him and built a happy life with Caleb and their twin pups.
00:00:40I spent seven years of my youth making sure Damien Voss had no burdens as he fought for the position
00:00:46of Deputy Alpha of the Blood Fling Pack.
00:00:49I stayed in that forgotten little town of Greywood, hidden in the woods, taking full-time care of his paralyzed
00:00:55mother, Mira.
00:00:56Seven years.
00:00:58Damien only came home once a year, for the Blood Moon, and stayed just two days.
00:01:04He never even shared a bed with me.
00:01:07Half of the Blood Fang Pack want the Deputy Alpha spot.
00:01:10I can barely protect myself right now, let alone you.
00:01:15If you got pregnant, I'd have to drag you into hiding everywhere I go. Just the thought of that makes
00:01:19me lose control.
00:01:21Every time we said goodbye at the edge of town, his eyes would turn blood-wet and he'd hold me
00:01:28so tight it hurt.
00:01:28Once I secure the deputy position, I'll claim you under the full moon, in front of the entire pack.
00:01:35You'll be my mate, openly and honorably.
00:01:38In the seventh winter, a sudden blizzard swept through the hole of Greywood.
00:01:44Damien was stuck on the road, delayed for days.
00:01:47I had just finished making bone broth and was carrying a bowl to Mira's room when I stopped in my
00:01:53tracks.
00:01:53The door was cracked open.
00:01:55She was on a video call with Damien's cousin.
00:01:59Aunt Mira, how long are you going to keep up the wheelchair act?
00:02:03Keep faking and your legs will really be crippled for good.
00:02:10Mira let out a loud, sharp snort, full of energy.
00:02:14Nothing like a sick person.
00:02:16You don't get it.
00:02:18I'm doing this for Damien.
00:02:21Three years ago, he mated with Nova, Magnus Blackwood's daughter.
00:02:27Their pure-blood twins are already running around.
00:02:31If I didn't pretend to be paralyzed and keep Yonah trapped here,
00:02:36she would have gone to the city and exposed everything.
00:02:39Once the elders investigate Damien's double-mate bond,
00:02:43his deputy alpha position is done for.
00:02:46True.
00:02:47I guess we'll have to keep this secret for now.
00:02:50Damien said once his deputy position is solid,
00:02:54he'll give Yonah some money and send her away.
00:02:56The bowl slipped out of my hand.
00:02:59It hit the floor without a sound.
00:03:01The boiling hot bone broth splashed over my feet,
00:03:04burning like ice, but I felt nothing.
00:03:07My blood ran cold.
00:03:09My teeth started chavering uncontrollably.
00:03:13So all his sweet words were,
00:03:15never to protect me.
00:03:17He'd had a real mate in the city the whole time.
00:03:19Seven years.
00:03:20Never changed.
00:03:22I didn't scream.
00:03:23I didn't storm in and confront them.
00:03:26I just turned and walked out of that cabin
00:03:28that had been my prison for seven years.
00:03:31I braved the blizzard and took a car
00:03:33straight to the Silver Ridge Border Patrol stace
00:03:36to find the one person who had once looked at me
00:03:38like I was his whole world.
00:03:40Caleb, does your offer still stand?
00:03:43The man in patrol uniform spun around.
00:03:47His eyes, always so wild and proud,
00:03:50were full of disbelief.
00:03:51His hands trembled slightly.
00:03:53He blinked a few times,
00:03:55then spoke in a deep, rough voice.
00:03:57Yonah, just say the word,
00:03:59and everything I have is yours.
00:04:01But give me two weeks.
00:04:04My squad leaves tonight.
00:04:06We're wiping out a rogue wolf pack crossing the border.
00:04:09When I come back,
00:04:10I'll give everything I have
00:04:12to petition the elders for a mate-bond decree.
00:04:15Under the moonlight,
00:04:16in front of the whole pack,
00:04:18we'll be bound officially.
00:04:20I reached up and smoothed his collar.
00:04:23I don't need a decree.
00:04:26I just need you to come back safe
00:04:27and take me with you.
00:04:29I watched Caleb's kai drive off,
00:04:31then walked back to Greywood through the snow.
00:04:34The house should have been dark,
00:04:35but all the lights were on.
00:04:37The front door was open.
00:04:39A tall figure rose from the sofa
00:04:41and stood there.
00:04:42Yonah, I came back early.
00:04:45Seven years had worn away
00:04:46all of Damien's tenderness.
00:04:49Now he was a wolf strong enough
00:04:51to make anyone fear him.
00:04:52He instinctively opened his arms,
00:04:55waiting for me to run to him
00:04:57and brush the snow off his shoulders.
00:04:59I didn't.
00:05:02I just sat down,
00:05:03took off my soaked boots
00:05:05and said in a flat voice,
00:05:07Have you eaten?
00:05:08I'll get you some food.
00:05:09His arms froze in midair.
00:05:12His jaw tightened.
00:05:13He tugged at his collar,
00:05:15trying to hide his embarrassment.
00:05:17What's wrong?
00:05:18Are you mad because I was late?
00:05:19In the past,
00:05:20I would have been crying my eyes out.
00:05:22What female wolf would willingly waste her best years
00:05:25trapped in endless waiting?
00:05:26But once the truth is completely revealed,
00:05:29love dies for good.
00:05:31Making a scene would only make me look pathetic.
00:05:33Leaving with dignity was the only choice.
00:05:36I didn't answer.
00:05:37I just walked into the kitchen.
00:05:39Go see Mira.
00:05:40I'll call you when the food is ready.
00:05:45He followed me
00:05:46and wrapped his arms around my waist from behind.
00:05:49His voice cold.
00:05:51You know what's really going on with you?
00:05:53Did someone in town say something to you?
00:05:56I didn't struggle.
00:05:58I just gently plied his fingers off my waist
00:06:00and turned around with a tired little smile.
00:06:02They're all elderly omegas in this town.
00:06:06Why would I take their gossip seriously?
00:06:09You're being paranoid.
00:06:11The suspicion in his eyes faded
00:06:13and he breathed a sigh of relief.
00:06:16He reached up to stroke my hair,
00:06:18his voice condescendingly gentle.
00:06:22Yuna, this time I'm back.
00:06:24I want to move you and mother to the city.
00:06:26There's something I need to tell you first.
00:06:27My heart clenched.
00:06:32Finally, here it comes.
00:06:34After seven years,
00:06:36he couldn't even pretend to be affectionate anymore.
00:06:39Damien led me into the living room.
00:06:41The scene before me was like a nightmare.
00:06:45On my sofa sat a woman
00:06:47in an expensive coat and high heels.
00:06:50Two children stood beside her,
00:06:53their features identical to Damien's.
00:06:56Mira sat in her wheelchair,
00:06:58staring at the floor.
00:06:59And that woman,
00:07:01she was stunning
00:07:02and carried herself with extraordinary grace.
00:07:06She walked over slowly in her red-soled heels,
00:07:09took off her sand glasses,
00:07:10and gave me a fake smile.
00:07:12You must be Yuna.
00:07:14I'm Nova Blackwood.
00:07:16I heard you've been taking care of everything here
00:07:18all these years,
00:07:20looking after Damien.
00:07:21She paused,
00:07:22then nudged the two children forward.
00:07:24Come on,
00:07:26say hello to Auntie Yuna.
00:07:29I couldn't breathe,
00:07:31couldn't speak.
00:07:32When Damien saw how pale I'd gone,
00:07:35he immediately stepped in front of Nova
00:07:36and grabbed my wrist.
00:07:42Yuna,
00:07:43let me explain,
00:07:45please.
00:07:46When I first got to the city,
00:07:49I was ambushed by rogue wolves.
00:07:52I nearly died.
00:07:53Nova and the Blackwood Warriors saved me.
00:07:56The Blackwood Pack never accepts outsiders.
00:07:59The only way I could get into their inner circle
00:08:01was to mate with Nova.
00:08:03I had no choice.
00:08:05But the one I love has always been you.
00:08:08Always.
00:08:09This is just a power play.
00:08:10I never meant to have children with her.
00:08:14He was getting more and more agitated.
00:08:17He raised his hand and swore,
00:08:20Yuna,
00:08:21I did all of this for our future.
00:08:24Come to the city with me.
00:08:26I can give you everything
00:08:27except the title of Deputy Alpha's mate.
00:08:30Everything.
00:08:31No holding back.
00:08:33You never have to see her.
00:08:37I'll protect you, I swear.
00:08:39Watching him pour out his heart with all those lies
00:08:41made me want to throw up.
00:08:43I pulled my wrist back.
00:08:45No tears.
00:08:47Just a faint smile.
00:08:49I'm just glad you've made a place for yourself in the city.
00:08:52No need to explain.
00:08:53The calmness in my own voice surprised me.
00:08:57Mira's leg will never heal here in Greywood.
00:08:59The city has the best healers.
00:09:01She might even walk again.
00:09:04Damien froze.
00:09:05He had expected me to break down,
00:09:07cry,
00:09:08yell,
00:09:09question him.
00:09:10But not this calm.
00:09:12His face lit up instantly.
00:09:14He couldn't wait to speak.
00:09:16Really?
00:09:17Yuna,
00:09:18you actually understand?
00:09:20You're not mad?
00:09:21The tension in the air melted away.
00:09:24He started planning out loud.
00:09:26Pack tomorrow.
00:09:27Leave the day after.
00:09:29We'll make it just in time
00:09:31for the Blood Moon Feast.
00:09:34I'm not going with you.
00:09:35I cut him off directly.
00:09:37The smile vanished from his face.
00:09:41What?
00:09:43Yuna,
00:09:44you just said...
00:09:45I looked him straight in the eye
00:09:46and lied without flinching.
00:09:49The house and my shop are my assets.
00:09:51It'd be a shame to leave them empty.
00:09:54You take Mira to the city and get settled.
00:09:56I'll stay behind to handle the property
00:09:58and organize Mira's medical records.
00:10:01I'll come find you after the Blood Moon.
00:10:03His expression shifted slightly.
00:10:06He knew very well how hard she had worked
00:10:08for that house and that shop.
00:10:10From the day I became an adult,
00:10:12I worked at the healing clinic all day
00:10:15and set up a stall at the night market.
00:10:18Saving every penny.
00:10:20Scraping by.
00:10:22Just to build him a stable home
00:10:24to come back to.
00:10:25A flicker of fake guilt.
00:10:27Guilt passed through his eyes.
00:10:30Yuna,
00:10:31I'm about to become the deputy alpha
00:10:33of the blood-flang pack.
00:10:34I could buy half this town without blinking.
00:10:38That house is nothing.
00:10:40Don't worry about it.
00:10:41I shook my head.
00:10:42I built this with my own hands.
00:10:45I'm not giving it up easily.
00:10:48Damien hesitated.
00:10:50Nova sensed something was off.
00:10:52She took his arm
00:10:53and lowered her voice.
00:10:55Honey,
00:10:57let her handle it.
00:10:59All the elders are watching you right now.
00:11:02If you bring your old flame
00:11:04into the city on the eve of your appointment,
00:11:07your deputy alpha position
00:11:09is as good as gone.
00:11:11That hit him right in his weak spot.
00:11:14What he feared most was that I,
00:11:16the one who'd waited for him for seven years
00:11:18without ever being officially claimed,
00:11:20would ruin his future.
00:11:22I watched him weigh his options,
00:11:24swallowing the last bit of pain in my heart.
00:11:27To get rid of him for good,
00:11:30I gave him an offer he couldn't refuse.
00:11:32Damien,
00:11:34Nova's right.
00:11:34You can't afford any trouble right now.
00:11:37To put your mind at ease,
00:11:39let's dissolve our old mate bond.
00:11:44Even Atmira's head shot up.
00:11:46His eyes narrowed.
00:11:48That vow?
00:11:49We never had a formal pack ceremony,
00:11:51but back when we were young,
00:11:53we made a private vow
00:11:55on the old street of Greywood.
00:11:57He had signed a mate contract
00:11:59with his own blood.
00:12:01In the eyes of the old school Greywood wolves,
00:12:05that bond was real and unbreakable.
00:12:08Once that contract burns,
00:12:09we're done for good.
00:12:10When Caleb comes back,
00:12:11I'll be free to accept his claim.
00:12:13Damien stared at me,
00:12:15hesitating,
00:12:16genuinely torn.
00:12:18Yonah,
00:12:19you once said that contract
00:12:21meant more to you than your own life.
00:12:23It was proof of our love.
00:12:25Burning it
00:12:26will cause your bloodline to reject you.
00:12:29He remembered everything.
00:12:32But so what?
00:12:34For seven years,
00:12:36he'd lived side by side
00:12:38with another female,
00:12:41climbing the ranks
00:12:42with the help of her family's elders.
00:12:44And me?
00:12:46I spent every day
00:12:47taking care of his mother,
00:12:48who was faking her paralysis.
00:12:51He made me so many beautiful promises,
00:12:53but he never kept a single one.
00:12:54I forced some wetness into my eyes
00:12:57and played the pitiful Omega once more.
00:12:59If it helps you,
00:13:00I can handle a little pain.
00:13:02Once you're settled in the city,
00:13:03you can throw me a big ceremony.
00:13:06We have plenty of time.
00:13:07Mira immediately chimed in.
00:13:10Yonah's right.
00:13:11This is a critical moment.
00:13:13You can't leave any loose ends.
00:13:16Yonah is being so understanding.
00:13:18The Vos family will make it up to her,
00:13:21I promise.
00:13:23Under the watchful eyes
00:13:24of both his mother and Nova,
00:13:26Damien finally pulled out
00:13:28the yellowed contract paper from his coat.
00:13:30He flicked his lighter.
00:13:34Yonah, wait for me.
00:13:37After the blood moon,
00:13:38I will come back for you.
00:13:41The contract turned to ash
00:13:43and scattered in the wind.
00:13:46Every chain that had bound me
00:13:47for seven years was broken.
00:13:50I laughed softly.
00:13:52Okay.
00:13:53That night after everyone went to sleep,
00:13:57At Nova stopped me in the hallway.
00:14:01Miss Lark,
00:14:02don't go believing that sob story.
00:14:05Nova looked down at me with disdain.
00:14:09That ambush story?
00:14:11Him being forced to mate with me?
00:14:14All of it was a lie Damien made up.
00:14:16He was just afraid
00:14:18you'd ruin his future.
00:14:20I thought spending seven years
00:14:21of my life being lied to
00:14:23by the whole Vos family
00:14:24was rock bottom.
00:14:26I was wrong.
00:14:29Don't be naive, Miss Lark.
00:14:33She kept talking.
00:14:36There was no rogue ambush.
00:14:38He came to my father's door himself,
00:14:41knelt in the rain all night
00:14:43and swore his loyalty
00:14:44just to get into the inner circle.
00:14:47Mating with me
00:14:48was his idea.
00:14:51He called it proving his loyalty.
00:14:54He knows you too well.
00:14:56He knows you're soft-hearted
00:14:58and you keep your promises.
00:15:01This whole tragic forced marriage act
00:15:04was a scam
00:15:05he and his mother cooked up.
00:15:08He just wanted a free caretaker
00:15:10and he wanted you to feel so guilty
00:15:11that you'd come to the city
00:15:13and quietly be his secret mate.
00:15:17She stepped closer,
00:15:19her strong perfume choking my throat.
00:15:21Damien signed a formal mate pact with me.
00:15:24I am his only legal mate,
00:15:26the mother of his only legal children.
00:15:28Stay in line
00:15:29and your seven years of free labor
00:15:32might still earn you a little support.
00:15:34The Voss family
00:15:36can't afford to keep you.
00:15:40If you even think about stepping out of line,
00:15:43the Northern Packs have plenty of ways
00:15:45to make sure you can't survive anywhere.
00:15:48I looked at this proud,
00:15:50pure-blood female wolf
00:15:51standing before me.
00:15:52I felt no anger,
00:15:54just as disgust for Damien.
00:15:56I gave a faint smile.
00:15:57Don't worry, Miss Blackwood,
00:15:59I don't touch trash.
00:16:01Two days later,
00:16:02on the road out of Greywood,
00:16:04I took off the Voss family heirloom
00:16:07moonstone bracelet from my wrist
00:16:08and held it out to Nova.
00:16:10Mira's face changed.
00:16:12She reached out to Kraut to grab it.
00:16:16Yuna!
00:16:17That bracelet
00:16:18is a Voss family symbol
00:16:21meant for the Deputy Alpha's rightful mate.
00:16:25What are you doing?
00:16:27I stepped back
00:16:28and placed the bracelet
00:16:29in OutNova's palm.
00:16:34Aunt Mira,
00:16:36the whole town of Greywood
00:16:38knows what that bracelet means.
00:16:40You're about to move
00:16:41to the main city.
00:16:44Keeping this on me
00:16:45would hurt Damien's reputation.
00:16:47It's right to give it back.
00:16:49Best for everyone.
00:16:51Nova looked at Aunt Mira
00:16:52with a smug expression.
00:16:54She put the bracelet on
00:16:56in front of me,
00:16:57rubbing her fingers
00:16:58over it again and again.
00:17:00That was a wolf's way
00:17:01of marking possession
00:17:02with her scent.
00:17:04Yuna is very sensible, Auntie.
00:17:06I'll hold on to this
00:17:07for Damien for now.
00:17:09Mira was furious,
00:17:10but she couldn't argue.
00:17:12Nova's rank was far above her.
00:17:14She could only force a smile.
00:17:16I turned to Aunt Damien.
00:17:18He was wearing the bone pendant
00:17:20I had carved for him.
00:17:21Close to his skin.
00:17:23Mr. Voss.
00:17:25That bone was carved
00:17:26with my first page
00:17:27from healing.
00:17:29I made it with my own hands.
00:17:31My soul mark
00:17:32is carved on the back.
00:17:33It doesn't suit
00:17:34your status anymore.
00:17:35Give it back.
00:17:37Damien raised his hand
00:17:38to protect his chest.
00:17:39Yuna,
00:17:40you're calling me
00:17:41Mr. Voss now?
00:17:42What is wrong with you?
00:17:46Just say my name.
00:17:48My expression was calm
00:17:49with a small smile.
00:17:51Better to keep some distance
00:17:52and boundaries.
00:17:54Don't want to start rumors.
00:17:55Damien sighed,
00:17:56but still refused
00:17:57to take off the bone pendant.
00:17:58I'm keeping this.
00:17:59It's proof
00:18:00that you stayed with me
00:18:01through the hard times.
00:18:02I'm keeping it.
00:18:04When you're done
00:18:05with your business
00:18:05in Greywood
00:18:06and come to the city
00:18:07after the blood moon,
00:18:08I'll give it back
00:18:09to you then.
00:18:10Even at this moment,
00:18:12he still believed
00:18:13I would come back.
00:18:14That I would be
00:18:15his secret mate
00:18:16hidden in the shadows.
00:18:20I watched their car
00:18:21drive away.
00:18:25I didn't look back.
00:18:26I turned and went inside,
00:18:28picked up the bag
00:18:28I had already packed
00:18:29and left for good.
00:18:32Silver Ridge,
00:18:33where Caleb's patrol base was.
00:18:36Winter in the south
00:18:38wasn't bone-chillingly cold.
00:18:40The sun could always
00:18:42break through the clouds.
00:18:44My savings were small.
00:18:46I rented a little house
00:18:48with a yard,
00:18:49a few miles
00:18:50from the patrol base.
00:18:54The landlord
00:18:55was a retired wolf warrior.
00:18:57When he heard
00:18:58I was waiting
00:18:58for a patrol team member
00:18:59to return,
00:19:00he helped me
00:19:01carry my bags inside.
00:19:03Young lady,
00:19:05which member
00:19:05are you waiting for?
00:19:07That mission of theirs,
00:19:08it's extremely dangerous.
00:19:10I handed him
00:19:11a bottle of water
00:19:12and said softly,
00:19:13Caleb Hunter.
00:19:15Caleb Hunter!
00:19:16The old man froze.
00:19:18Then he slapped his knee
00:19:19and handed me back
00:19:20my entire deposit.
00:19:21You're Hunter's mate?
00:19:23Take your money.
00:19:25Hunter is a stand-up wolf,
00:19:27a good one.
00:19:29The year before last,
00:19:30during that forest fire,
00:19:32he almost died
00:19:33saving a litter of pups.
00:19:35You can stay in this house
00:19:37as long as you want.
00:19:38Consider it a wedding gift
00:19:39from me to you both.
00:19:44I held that money
00:19:45in my hand
00:19:46and a warm feeling
00:19:48rose in my chest.
00:19:50Caleb usually acted
00:19:51so carefree,
00:19:52cocky,
00:19:53and proud.
00:19:54But here on the border,
00:19:56he had built
00:19:57a solid life for himself.
00:19:59During the days of waiting,
00:20:01I did have doubts.
00:20:02He had begged me
00:20:03with red eyes
00:20:04to give him two weeks,
00:20:05but I had been trapped
00:20:07by Damien for seven years.
00:20:08I was afraid Caleb
00:20:10was just acting on impulse.
00:20:12But I let it go quickly.
00:20:15Even if he changed his mind,
00:20:17I had already escaped
00:20:18the Voss family nightmare.
00:20:20I could start over anywhere.
00:20:22I went to the fabric store
00:20:23and bought red velvet material.
00:20:26I sewed my own ceremonial robe
00:20:28for the mating ceremony.
00:20:30In those seven years
00:20:31with Aunt Damien,
00:20:32I never had a ceremonial robe.
00:20:34I never even had
00:20:35a real anniversary.
00:20:36The old lady Marta
00:20:38back home
00:20:38used to call me foolish.
00:20:40She said I was good looking,
00:20:42a professional
00:20:43omega healing apprentice,
00:20:45yet I was wasting my life
00:20:46as a free maid
00:20:47for a wolf
00:20:48with no status
00:20:49or formal pack.
00:20:50I used to argue with her,
00:20:52telling her Damien
00:20:52had a bright future.
00:20:54Now I understood.
00:20:56Marta had been right
00:20:57all along.
00:20:58She was the one
00:20:59who helped me
00:20:59escape Greywood
00:21:00in secret.
00:21:01She found a real estate
00:21:03agent for me.
00:21:04She deliberately
00:21:05walked past my house
00:21:06every day
00:21:07so the neighbors
00:21:07would think I was still home.
00:21:10She covered for me
00:21:11for almost two weeks.
00:21:15The more you fear something,
00:21:16the more it happens.
00:21:18Caleb still hadn't returned.
00:21:20On the third day,
00:21:21a black SUV
00:21:22with city license plates
00:21:24screeched to a halt
00:21:25in front of my yard.
00:21:26The door flew open.
00:21:28Damien stepped out,
00:21:29covered in dust
00:21:30and the cold of winter.
00:21:34His hair was a mess.
00:21:36His eyes were bloodshot.
00:21:38His tie was gone.
00:21:40He didn't look at all
00:21:41like the next deputy alpha
00:21:42of the bloodflang pack.
00:21:44Una Lark,
00:21:45you're getting bolder and bolder.
00:21:47He stormed into the yard
00:21:49and grabbed my wrist,
00:21:50squeezing so hard
00:21:51it felt like he might
00:21:52crush the bone.
00:21:54You said you were staying
00:21:54in Greywood
00:21:55to deal with the property.
00:21:58The agent told me
00:21:59that house was listed
00:21:59for sale two weeks ago.
00:22:01You canceled your phone number?
00:22:02Blocked me on everything?
00:22:03I had the pack search
00:22:04all over Greywood for you.
00:22:06I thought a rogue pack
00:22:08had taken you,
00:22:08you know that?
00:22:09His chest heaved.
00:22:10He was furious,
00:22:12but underneath it all,
00:22:13there was fear.
00:22:14He held my wrist
00:22:15in a death grip.
00:22:17I didn't struggle.
00:22:18I just looked at him calmly.
00:22:20Mr. Voss,
00:22:22you came all this way
00:22:23just to yell at me?
00:22:24Our mate bond
00:22:25is already broken.
00:22:26I don't owe
00:22:27the Voss family anything.
00:22:29Where I go,
00:22:30whether I live or die,
00:22:31is none of your business.
00:22:32Those words cut him deep.
00:22:36None of my business?
00:22:40He yanked me toward him,
00:22:42his eyes turning red.
00:22:44Seven years!
00:22:46We were together
00:22:47for seven years!
00:22:50You think a piece of paper
00:22:52can wipe that all away?
00:22:54Yuna,
00:22:55I know you've been wronged.
00:22:56I know I lied to you.
00:22:58I'm sorry, okay?
00:22:59I was wrong.
00:23:01Come back with me.
00:23:04I'll buy you a mansion
00:23:05in the best part of the city.
00:23:07Everything Nova has,
00:23:08I can give you
00:23:09except the title.
00:23:09Everything.
00:23:10I swear.
00:23:12I'll spend every full moon
00:23:14with you.
00:23:17It's just a house.
00:23:20I couldn't help but laugh.
00:23:24He thought I was negotiating.
00:23:26He thought I was negotiating.
00:23:26His brow frontaled.
00:23:27If a house on the ridge
00:23:29isn't enough,
00:23:30I'll get you an estate
00:23:31with a private courtyard.
00:23:33Yuna,
00:23:34the Blackwood Pack
00:23:35saved me.
00:23:36I can't betray them.
00:23:39But the one I love
00:23:40is still you.
00:23:42Shut up, Damien.
00:23:43I pushed him away
00:23:45and stepped back.
00:23:46Stop saying you owe them.
00:23:49It's disgusting.
00:23:50You think you're so clever?
00:23:52Nova told me everything.
00:23:55You're the one
00:23:56who approached
00:23:56the Blackwood Pack.
00:24:00You knelt in the rain
00:24:01all night
00:24:01begging to get
00:24:03into their inner circle.
00:24:04His face turned pale.
00:24:06He opened his mouth,
00:24:08but no words came out.
00:24:10You knew Nova's pack
00:24:11would never share a mate.
00:24:13So you had your mother
00:24:15pretend to be paralyzed
00:24:16to trap me here
00:24:17for seven years
00:24:18working for free.
00:24:20And now you want
00:24:21to act heartbroken?
00:24:22Are you sad about losing me?
00:24:25Or sad that you'll never again
00:24:27have someone so devoted
00:24:28to wait on your mother
00:24:29for free?
00:24:31Looking at his pale face,
00:24:33I cut the last bit
00:24:34of feeling I had for him.
00:24:36The Yuna you remember
00:24:37died the moment
00:24:38I heard that phone call.
00:24:40Get off my property.
00:24:43My mate is coming back
00:24:44from his mission soon.
00:24:45I don't want him
00:24:46to get the wrong idea.
00:24:47His face twisted.
00:24:50Mate?
00:24:51What mate?
00:24:52Who is it?
00:24:53I brushed the dust
00:24:54off my coat.
00:24:56Just a Border Patrol captain.
00:24:59You wouldn't know him.
00:25:00We're not even
00:25:01from the same world.
00:25:02Leave on your own.
00:25:03He lost it completely.
00:25:05His voice shot up.
00:25:09Yuna, have you lost
00:25:10your mind?
00:25:13You're giving up
00:25:14the next deputy alpha
00:25:15of the Blood Flang Bank
00:25:16pack for some
00:25:17nobody Border Patrol
00:25:18grunt with no power
00:25:20or status?
00:25:21With his salary,
00:25:22what kind of life
00:25:23can he give you?
00:25:25You're going back
00:25:26to scraping by
00:25:27and pinching pennies?
00:25:29I looked at him
00:25:30and thought it was
00:25:30absolutely ridiculous.
00:25:32Scraping by?
00:25:35I worked for free
00:25:36for seven years
00:25:37taking care of your
00:25:38fake paralyzed mother
00:25:39and you think
00:25:39I'm afraid of being poor?
00:25:41Damien,
00:25:43don't judge everyone
00:25:44by your own
00:25:45filthy standards.
00:25:47He doesn't have
00:25:48your power
00:25:49or your status
00:25:50but he has
00:25:51a clean heart.
00:25:52He would never do
00:25:53the disgusting things
00:25:54you did.
00:25:56You!
00:25:57He couldn't get
00:25:58a word out.
00:25:59Then his face changed.
00:26:01He smiled.
00:26:03dark.
00:26:04He smoothed down
00:26:06his coat.
00:26:08Yuna,
00:26:08I won't argue with you.
00:26:10I can forgive you.
00:26:11But if you insist
00:26:12on staying
00:26:13on this foolish path,
00:26:17don't blame me
00:26:18for what happens next.
00:26:21He pulled out
00:26:22his phone,
00:26:23his face showing
00:26:24a kind of extreme
00:26:25arrogance
00:26:25I had never seen
00:26:26on him before.
00:26:29Southern Border Patrol
00:26:30Commander
00:26:30Renwick
00:26:31just got backing
00:26:33from the Blackwood Pack.
00:26:36One phone call
00:26:37from me.
00:26:38Your little captain
00:26:40will be fired
00:26:40before dawn.
00:26:43Play nice
00:26:44and I might even
00:26:45let him get
00:26:45a severance package.
00:26:46I had never been
00:26:47a violent wolf.
00:26:51But his words
00:26:52lit a fire in me.
00:26:54He was despicable
00:26:55and now he wanted
00:26:56to use pureblood
00:26:57family power
00:26:58to destroy Caleb.
00:26:59Caleb who had
00:27:00fought his way up
00:27:01with nothing
00:27:01but his own blood
00:27:02and sweat.
00:27:04I picked up
00:27:05the silver dagger
00:27:05Caleb had left
00:27:06for me
00:27:06from the porch table.
00:27:10The silver blade
00:27:11hissed against my skin,
00:27:12burning a mark
00:27:13into it.
00:27:16The stinging
00:27:17scent of silver
00:27:18triggered Damien's
00:27:19animal instincts.
00:27:20He stepped back
00:27:21involuntarily.
00:27:23Damien,
00:27:24try it.
00:27:26Touch him
00:27:27and we both
00:27:28go down.
00:27:31I stared him down.
00:27:35My life
00:27:36may be worthless
00:27:37but you've just
00:27:38been confirmed
00:27:38by the council
00:27:39as the candidate
00:27:39for Deputy Alpha.
00:27:43If word gets out
00:27:44tomorrow
00:27:44that the Voss
00:27:45family candidate
00:27:46drove his former
00:27:46mate to suicide,
00:27:49do you think
00:27:50the Blackwood Pack
00:27:51will keep you around?
00:27:52He never expected
00:27:53me to be this extreme.
00:27:55In his eyes,
00:27:56I was always
00:27:57the meek,
00:27:58submissive Omega
00:27:59who never fought back.
00:28:02The air was thick
00:28:03with the smell
00:28:03of burning silver.
00:28:05He quickly raised
00:28:06his hands
00:28:07and stepped back.
00:28:08Yuna,
00:28:08put the knife down.
00:28:10you're crazy.
00:28:12Just then,
00:28:13the sound of a vehicle
00:28:14came from the yard
00:28:15entrance.
00:28:19The car door opened.
00:28:21A tall,
00:28:22straight man
00:28:22in uniform
00:28:23walked over,
00:28:24his powerful
00:28:25alpha presence
00:28:25filling the space.
00:28:27A squad of guards
00:28:28followed behind him.
00:28:29Damien recognized him.
00:28:32His pupils
00:28:33contracted.
00:28:36He forced a smile
00:28:38and walked up to him.
00:28:40Uh,
00:28:41Commander Holt,
00:28:42what brings you here?
00:28:45At the Pack Council
00:28:46meeting last week,
00:28:47I just...
00:28:48Holt ignored him
00:28:49completely.
00:28:50His eyes landed on me,
00:28:52on the dagger in my hand,
00:28:54on the wound on my neck.
00:28:56He frowned.
00:28:58Seeing this,
00:29:00out Damien quickly
00:29:00stepped in front of me.
00:29:02Commander,
00:29:03don't mind her.
00:29:04She's my distant cousin,
00:29:05just having a little
00:29:06emotional fit.
00:29:07It's just a family matter.
00:29:09Why would you be
00:29:10in a place like this?
00:29:11Mr. Voss,
00:29:13I'm here
00:29:14on official business.
00:29:18Holt walked around him
00:29:19and softened his voice.
00:29:21Are you Miss Unilark?
00:29:25I nodded.
00:29:26I still had the dagger
00:29:27in my hand,
00:29:28the burn on my neck
00:29:29still smoking.
00:29:30Holt breathed
00:29:30a sigh of relief,
00:29:31a look of relief
00:29:32in his eyes.
00:29:33Then I'm in the right place.
00:29:35I'm Commander Holt
00:29:36of the Southern Border Patrol,
00:29:38Caleb Hunter's
00:29:38direct superior.
00:29:40Hearing Caleb's name,
00:29:41my heart stopped
00:29:42for a second.
00:29:43Damien looked confused
00:29:44and quickly cut in.
00:29:46Commander,
00:29:46there must be
00:29:47a misunderstanding.
00:29:48My cousin has always
00:29:49been in Greywood.
00:29:50She has nothing to do
00:29:51with your patrol team.
00:29:52That Caleb must have
00:29:53been harassing her.
00:29:54Holt's head snapped
00:29:55toward him,
00:29:56his powerful alpha presence
00:29:57silencing Damien
00:29:58before he could finish.
00:30:00Mr. Voss,
00:30:01watch your words.
00:30:02Warrior Caleb Hunter
00:30:04just completed
00:30:05a 15-hour
00:30:06cross-border battle.
00:30:08He rescued
00:30:09over 20 captive
00:30:10Omicas and pups
00:30:11from rogue wolves.
00:30:13He was severely wounded,
00:30:15lost control
00:30:16of his shifting ability
00:30:17and had to be airlifted
00:30:19to the main city
00:30:19healer base.
00:30:22The council has decided
00:30:23to award him
00:30:24the highest warrior medal.
00:30:26He asked for no land,
00:30:28no bounty.
00:30:29His only request
00:30:31was a mate-bond decree.
00:30:36Holt took a sealed letter
00:30:38from his briefcase.
00:30:39The seal was red wax
00:30:41stamped with the moon goddess.
00:30:43He handed the letter to me.
00:30:46Miss Yona Lark,
00:30:48before Caleb went into surgery,
00:30:50he specifically asked me
00:30:51to deliver this to you
00:30:52in person.
00:30:55He said,
00:30:57even if he doesn't
00:30:58wake up
00:30:58or if it takes
00:30:59a long time,
00:31:00he won't let
00:31:01anyone hurt you.
00:31:07Holt looked at
00:31:08Aunt Damien,
00:31:09whose face
00:31:09had turned white.
00:31:12The council
00:31:13has completed
00:31:14the bloodline verification.
00:31:16All members
00:31:17voted unanimously
00:31:18for approval.
00:31:20As of today,
00:31:22Miss At-Yuna Lark
00:31:23is the legally
00:31:24recognized mate
00:31:25of a decorated warrior
00:31:26protected by the council.
00:31:28Mr. Voss,
00:31:31were you just talking
00:31:32about having
00:31:33Commander Rentrick
00:31:34fire one of his men?
00:31:41Shall I call
00:31:42the council right now
00:31:43in front of you
00:31:44to confirm
00:31:45the consequences?
00:31:46I covered my mouth,
00:31:47tears streaming
00:31:49down my face.
00:31:50That carey,
00:31:52wild man,
00:31:53gravely wounded,
00:31:54had fought
00:31:55with everything
00:31:56he had
00:31:57to win the pack's
00:31:57highest honor,
00:31:59just to give me
00:32:00a protection
00:32:01no one could touch.
00:32:02Damien stood frozen,
00:32:03stepping back.
00:32:05All his wealth,
00:32:06all his status,
00:32:07seemed ridiculous
00:32:08and laughable
00:32:09in front of that
00:32:09blood-stained metal
00:32:10and the sealed decree.
00:32:13Impossible.
00:32:14How can this be?
00:32:16His lips trembled
00:32:17uncontrollably.
00:32:21Holt's voice
00:32:22was ice cold.
00:32:23Mr. Voss,
00:32:24if there's nothing else,
00:32:25please leave.
00:32:26Damien moved
00:32:27his feet mechanically.
00:32:28He couldn't even
00:32:29be bothered
00:32:30to keep up appearances.
00:32:31He climbed into his SUV
00:32:33and fled in a panic.
00:32:36Caleb was unconscious
00:32:38for three days.
00:32:40The day he was transferred
00:32:41to a regular room,
00:32:43we signed the mate-bond decree
00:32:46by his hospital bed.
00:32:53He still had bandages
00:32:55on his head.
00:32:56His hand holding the pen
00:32:58trembled slightly.
00:33:00But he couldn't stop smiling,
00:33:02full of joy.
00:33:06Yuna,
00:33:07the council has stamped it.
00:33:08You're stuck with me for life.
00:33:10No take-backs.
00:33:17After Caleb recovered
00:33:18and returned to duty,
00:33:20the patrol base
00:33:21held our mating ceremony
00:33:22for us.
00:33:23No fancy hotel,
00:33:25no fake guests,
00:33:26just the full moon overhead
00:33:27and the howling blessings
00:33:29of his entire team,
00:33:30loud enough to shake the sky.
00:33:36That simple ceremony
00:33:38was a hundred times better
00:33:40than any grand celebration
00:33:41Damien had ever promised.
00:33:45The next year,
00:33:46I moved into the family quarters
00:33:48at the base.
00:33:50Life wasn't luxurious.
00:33:52I opened a small bakery.
00:33:55Every day,
00:33:56surrounded by the smell
00:33:57of fresh bread,
00:33:58I waited for my love
00:34:00to come home safe.
00:34:02Sometimes I heard news
00:34:04about Damien
00:34:04from old acquaintances
00:34:06in Greywood.
00:34:09Nova used the Blackwood family's power
00:34:12to completely side-side
00:34:13at Damien
00:34:14in the bloodfin pack.
00:34:16He became a puppet
00:34:17deputy alpha
00:34:18with no real authority.
00:34:21She openly flaunted
00:34:22her affairs,
00:34:24doing whatever she wanted.
00:34:30Damien was too afraid
00:34:31to speak up.
00:34:32The slightest resistance
00:34:34would get all his titles stripped.
00:34:37Mira had faked her paralysis
00:34:38for seven years,
00:34:40but not long after moving
00:34:41to the city,
00:34:42Nova crushed her completely.
00:34:44This time,
00:34:45she really fell ill
00:34:46and was bedtidden for good.
00:34:51Damien was trapped
00:34:52in a nightmare,
00:34:53fighting at home,
00:34:55struggling in the pack.
00:34:57He aged quickly.
00:34:59The proud, confident man
00:35:02who had strutted
00:35:03into the city
00:35:03was gone.
00:35:06Hearing all of this,
00:35:08I felt nothing inside,
00:35:09not even a trace
00:35:10of satisfaction.
00:35:14Every choice
00:35:15has its price.
00:35:17That was their ending,
00:35:19none of my concern.
00:35:22I turned off the oven
00:35:23and started packing orders.
00:35:29Caleb's squad
00:35:30was in training rotation.
00:35:32His appetite
00:35:33had been off lately.
00:35:36I made his favorite food.
00:35:38I was tying ribbons
00:35:40on gift boxes
00:35:41when suddenly
00:35:42a pair of rough,
00:35:43large hands
00:35:44wrapped around my waist
00:35:46from behind.
00:35:48He was in his training uniform,
00:35:50his chin resting
00:35:51on my shoulder.
00:35:52Boss Lady Lark,
00:35:53the healer said
00:35:54you're carrying twins.
00:35:56No overworking.
00:35:59If I catch you
00:36:00in the kitchen again,
00:36:01I'm throwing the oven out.
00:36:06I laughed,
00:36:07turned around,
00:36:08and pinched his nose.
00:36:10Like I wouldn't
00:36:11take good care
00:36:12of my mate?
00:36:13At 5.30 in the morning,
00:36:15before the bass's
00:36:16morning whistle,
00:36:17I was already awake.
00:36:18Not because of
00:36:19the baby's kicking.
00:36:21They'd been quiet lately,
00:36:23probably intimidated
00:36:24by their father's
00:36:25nightly lectures
00:36:26to my belly.
00:36:27Every time
00:36:28before Caleb
00:36:29went on a mission,
00:36:30he'd lie down
00:36:31with his head
00:36:31on my belly,
00:36:32and lectured
00:36:32the two kids.
00:36:35I'm your father,
00:36:36Caleb Hunter.
00:36:38Here are the rules.
00:36:39One,
00:36:40don't kick your mother.
00:36:42Two,
00:36:42don't be picky eaters.
00:36:44Three,
00:36:45when you grow up,
00:36:46you both join
00:36:47the Border Patrol.
00:36:49I always told him
00:36:50he was being ridiculous.
00:36:51The kids weren't
00:36:52even born yet,
00:36:52and he'd already
00:36:53planned out
00:36:54three generations
00:36:55of Border Warriors.
00:36:57He didn't care at all.
00:37:00The Hunter bloodline
00:37:01is meant to guard
00:37:01the border.
00:37:04Today was the last day
00:37:05of his current
00:37:06training rotation,
00:37:07and also our second
00:37:08anniversary as mates.
00:37:10I got up early
00:37:11and quiet,
00:37:12six months pregnant
00:37:14but still moving
00:37:15quickly through the kitchen,
00:37:16baking his favorite steak.
00:37:19I'd marinated the meat
00:37:20last night.
00:37:21The whole house
00:37:22smelled of meat.
00:37:25Then I heard a noise
00:37:27from the yard.
00:37:30I peeked out the window
00:37:31and couldn't help
00:37:32but laugh.
00:37:37Caleb was hunched over,
00:37:39sneaking into the yard,
00:37:40carrying a stack
00:37:41of seven or eight boxes,
00:37:42big and small.
00:37:44I was honestly curious
00:37:45how he managed
00:37:46to carry all that
00:37:47back from the base
00:37:48by himself.
00:37:51Captain Hunter,
00:37:52did you empty
00:37:53the base supply warehouse?
00:37:55Hey!
00:37:56He jumped.
00:37:57The boxes almost fell.
00:37:59He quickly turned around.
00:38:02Why are you awake?
00:38:03The healer told you
00:38:04to sleep more.
00:38:05I leaned against
00:38:06the doorframe.
00:38:07You made so much noise
00:38:08you woke up the birds
00:38:09in the yard.
00:38:10How could I sleep?
00:38:14He set the boxes down
00:38:16and stepped inside
00:38:17in two strides.
00:38:19He looked me over
00:38:21from head to toe,
00:38:22making sure I was fine.
00:38:24Then reached out
00:38:25and gently touched
00:38:26my belly.
00:38:27Hey there, boys.
00:38:29Miss your dad?
00:38:30How do you know
00:38:31they're boys?
00:38:32Maybe they're girls.
00:38:34He grinned.
00:38:35Even better.
00:38:37They'll take after you,
00:38:38beautiful.
00:38:39I'll protect
00:38:40the three of you
00:38:41for life.
00:38:41I pushed him
00:38:42toward the bathroom.
00:38:44Go wash up.
00:38:45Food will be ready soon.
00:38:47He stood still
00:38:48and pulled a small box
00:38:49from his pocket,
00:38:50tucking it
00:38:51into my apron pocket.
00:38:55What's that?
00:38:56Open it.
00:38:58I opened the box.
00:39:01Inside was a ring
00:39:03carved from a wolf's fang.
00:39:06This fang came from
00:39:07the first rogue alpha
00:39:08had hunted alone.
00:39:10The carving wasn't
00:39:11exactly delicate,
00:39:13but every edge
00:39:14had been polished smooth
00:39:16by his own hands.
00:39:18Made it
00:39:20during training
00:39:21in my spare time?
00:39:25Caleb scratched
00:39:26the back of his head,
00:39:27a little awkward.
00:39:28It's not as nice
00:39:29as your ring,
00:39:30but...
00:39:31I slipped
00:39:32the fang ring
00:39:33onto my finger,
00:39:34right next to
00:39:35the council-certified
00:39:36mate ring.
00:39:38This one is better,
00:39:39I said.
00:39:40You made it
00:39:41with your own hands.
00:39:43It's one of a kind.
00:39:45He stood there
00:39:46quietly for a moment.
00:39:47Then he pulled me
00:39:48into his arms.
00:39:53His chin
00:39:54with timeth.
00:39:55His rested
00:39:56on top of my head.
00:39:58His voice
00:39:59was rough.
00:40:00Yuna,
00:40:01I must have
00:40:02saved up a lifetime
00:40:03of good luck
00:40:03in my past life
00:40:04to meet you
00:40:05in this one.
00:40:06I leaned into
00:40:07his chest
00:40:08and smiled.
00:40:09Then you'd
00:40:10better cherish it.
00:40:11Good luck
00:40:12doesn't strike twice.
00:40:14The food
00:40:14was ready.
00:40:15Caleb ate
00:40:16every last bite,
00:40:18even drinking
00:40:18all the broth.
00:40:21I sat across
00:40:22the table
00:40:22from him,
00:40:24watching him.
00:40:26My thoughts
00:40:27drifting back
00:40:28to Greywood.
00:40:29I used to cook
00:40:30for Damien, too.
00:40:31I used to sit
00:40:32and watch him eat.
00:40:34But he never
00:40:35said thank you.
00:40:37He never
00:40:38hugged me
00:40:38from behind.
00:40:40He never
00:40:41asked if I was
00:40:42tired.
00:40:43After eating,
00:40:44he'd just
00:40:45wipe his mouth
00:40:46and ask.
00:40:47Where's the bill
00:40:48for this month?
00:40:49I kept
00:40:50careful records
00:40:50of every
00:40:51expense.
00:40:53Groceries,
00:40:54Mira's medicine,
00:40:55utilities.
00:40:56He'd flip
00:40:57through it
00:40:58quickly,
00:40:58nod,
00:40:59and say,
00:41:01You worked
00:41:02hard.
00:41:03Then he'd
00:41:04leave for the
00:41:05main city
00:41:06the next morning.
00:41:08I used to
00:41:09think that was
00:41:09the price of
00:41:10love.
00:41:11Now I understood
00:41:12completely.
00:41:13That was never
00:41:14love.
00:41:15It was just
00:41:16me giving
00:41:17and giving,
00:41:18maintaining a
00:41:19transaction that
00:41:20would never be
00:41:20repaid.
00:41:24What are you
00:41:24thinking about?
00:41:28Caleb waved his
00:41:29hand in front of
00:41:30my face.
00:41:31I didn't expect
00:41:32you to be such
00:41:32a smooth talker
00:41:33now.
00:41:34I blinked,
00:41:35coming back to
00:41:35the present.
00:41:37When we first
00:41:37met, you weren't
00:41:38this slick.
00:41:39He pretended to
00:41:40be wronged.
00:41:42I was playing
00:41:42the long game.
00:41:46Fine, fine.
00:41:47Strategic
00:41:47mastermind.
00:41:49I stood up
00:41:49to clear the
00:41:50dishes.
00:41:51He snatched
00:41:52the plates away.
00:41:54Sit.
00:41:54I'll do it.
00:41:56I watched him
00:41:57fumble around
00:41:58at the sink.
00:42:00Those hands
00:42:01could knock out
00:42:02an adult male
00:42:02wolf with one
00:42:03punch, but they
00:42:04couldn't wring out
00:42:05a dishcloth.
00:42:07Water went
00:42:08everywhere.
00:42:11But in that
00:42:12moment, he was
00:42:13the most dazzling
00:42:14sight in my
00:42:14eyes.
00:42:19My bakery
00:42:19business grew.
00:42:22I rented a
00:42:23new shop across
00:42:24from the family
00:42:24quarters and
00:42:25hired two female
00:42:26wolves, whose
00:42:28mates were
00:42:29stationed locally.
00:42:32That afternoon, I
00:42:33just took the
00:42:34last batch batch
00:42:35of cookies out of
00:42:35the oven when
00:42:36the shop door's
00:42:37wind chime rang.
00:42:43Welcome.
00:42:47I froze.
00:42:52It was old
00:42:53Mrs. Marta.
00:42:54She had lived on
00:42:56the same street in
00:42:56Greywood for 30
00:42:58years.
00:42:59She always said I
00:43:00was too stubborn
00:43:01and naive.
00:43:03She was the one
00:43:04who helped me
00:43:04cover my tracks
00:43:05when I sold the
00:43:06house and left.
00:43:07Yuna!
00:43:09Yuna!
00:43:11She took my
00:43:12hands, her eyes
00:43:14red.
00:43:16I finally found
00:43:18you.
00:43:20You left without
00:43:22a word.
00:43:23I asked so many
00:43:25people before I
00:43:26got your address.
00:43:27My heart
00:43:28tightened.
00:43:29I pulled her to
00:43:30a seat.
00:43:33Marta, sit down.
00:43:40Marta sat down
00:43:41and looked around
00:43:42the shop,
00:43:43clicking her
00:43:43tongue.
00:43:46Look at you
00:43:47now.
00:43:47Did you build
00:43:48all this yourself?
00:43:49Just a small
00:43:50business.
00:43:51Enough to get
00:43:52by.
00:43:52I handed her
00:43:53the water.
00:43:55Are you down
00:43:56south for a
00:43:56trip, or...
00:43:57A trip?
00:43:58No, I came
00:43:59all this way to
00:44:00find you.
00:44:01She pulled a
00:44:02brown envelope from
00:44:03her bag and put it
00:44:04on the counter.
00:44:06The final payment
00:44:07for your house.
00:44:09The agent
00:44:09transferred it to
00:44:10my account.
00:44:11I brought it to
00:44:12you.
00:44:14I looked at
00:44:15her.
00:44:16You came all
00:44:17this way just
00:44:18for that?
00:44:19You could have
00:44:20just sent me a
00:44:20transfer.
00:44:21You cancelled
00:44:22your number!
00:44:24How was I
00:44:24supposed to
00:44:25contact you?
00:44:27She pretended
00:44:28to glare at me.
00:44:29Then her voice
00:44:30softened.
00:44:35More importantly,
00:44:36I was worried
00:44:37about you.
00:44:38You left so
00:44:39suddenly.
00:44:40I've been
00:44:40thinking about
00:44:41you.
00:44:42Warmth filled
00:44:43my heart.
00:44:44I squeezed
00:44:45her hand.
00:44:48Martha, I'm
00:44:49doing well.
00:44:50Really well.
00:44:54She looked
00:44:54around and
00:44:55lowered her
00:44:55voice.
00:44:56That boss
00:44:58boy hasn't
00:44:58bothered you
00:44:59again, has
00:44:59he?
00:44:59He came
00:45:00once.
00:45:01I chased
00:45:02him off.
00:45:04Good!
00:45:05She slapped
00:45:06the counter.
00:45:08That
00:45:10ungrateful
00:45:11brat.
00:45:12You don't
00:45:12know how
00:45:13badly he's
00:45:14doing now!
00:45:15I smiled
00:45:16and cut
00:45:17her off.
00:45:18Marta, I
00:45:19don't want
00:45:19to hear about
00:45:19him anymore.
00:45:21His life,
00:45:22good or bad,
00:45:23has nothing
00:45:24to do with
00:45:24me.
00:45:25She paused,
00:45:27then smiled.
00:45:28her eyes
00:45:29getting red.
00:45:31Right, right.
00:45:32Don't talk
00:45:32about him.
00:45:35My Yuna
00:45:36only looks
00:45:37forward,
00:45:38never back.
00:45:41The bell
00:45:42rang again.
00:45:46Caleb walked
00:45:47in wearing his
00:45:48training uniform,
00:45:49full of energy.
00:45:50Babe,
00:45:51training ended
00:45:52early.
00:45:52I'm here to
00:45:52take you home.
00:45:53Oh, we
00:45:53have a guest?
00:45:54I introduced
00:45:55them.
00:45:56This is
00:45:57Mrs. Marta,
00:45:58an old neighbor
00:45:58from Greywood.
00:45:59She helped
00:46:00me a lot
00:46:00back then.
00:46:05Caleb immediately
00:46:06straightened up
00:46:07and gave a
00:46:07serious salute.
00:46:09Hello, ma'am.
00:46:10I'm Yuna's
00:46:10mate, Caleb
00:46:11Hunter.
00:46:12Thank you for
00:46:12taking care
00:46:13of her.
00:46:16Marta laughed
00:46:17so hard,
00:46:18she wiped
00:46:18away tears.
00:46:21This boy
00:46:22has such
00:46:23a good
00:46:23character
00:46:23and so
00:46:24handsome.
00:46:27Yuna,
00:46:28you finally
00:46:29chose the
00:46:29right one
00:46:30this time.
00:46:33Caleb grinned
00:46:34from ear
00:46:34to ear.
00:46:35He leaned
00:46:36down and
00:46:37whispered to
00:46:37me,
00:46:39Babe,
00:46:41she says
00:46:42I'm better
00:46:42than that
00:46:42other guy.
00:46:44I rolled
00:46:45my eyes.
00:46:49She was
00:46:49just being
00:46:50polite.
00:46:51Don't let
00:46:51it go to
00:46:52your head.
00:46:53He laughed
00:46:53and headed
00:46:54to the
00:46:54back.
00:46:59I'll go
00:47:00cut some
00:47:01fruit.
00:47:03Marta
00:47:04watched him
00:47:04quietly,
00:47:05then gently
00:47:06squeezed
00:47:06my hand.
00:47:08Yuna,
00:47:09you really
00:47:09chose right
00:47:10this time.
00:47:14He looks
00:47:15at you
00:47:15with real
00:47:16care,
00:47:17real value.
00:47:19That
00:47:20Voss boy
00:47:20never did.
00:47:22When he
00:47:23looked at
00:47:24you,
00:47:24he just
00:47:24saw
00:47:25free labor.
00:47:26I didn't
00:47:27argue.
00:47:28There was
00:47:29no need.
00:47:30Seven years
00:47:31of the past
00:47:31were just
00:47:32a nightmare.
00:47:33After the
00:47:33nightmare,
00:47:34life was
00:47:35new.
00:47:36Sunlight
00:47:37streamed
00:47:37through the
00:47:37window,
00:47:38falling on
00:47:39Caleb,
00:47:40on my
00:47:40belly,
00:47:41on Marta's
00:47:42smiling face.
00:47:45In that
00:47:46moment,
00:47:47I felt
00:47:48richer and
00:47:49happier than
00:47:50any female
00:47:50deputy alpha
00:47:51in the
00:47:52world.
00:47:57I'd been
00:47:57with Caleb
00:47:58for two
00:47:58full years
00:47:59before I
00:47:59found out
00:48:00he had
00:48:00a sister.
00:48:04That day,
00:48:05an SUV
00:48:05drove right
00:48:06up to my
00:48:06door,
00:48:07stopping
00:48:07just two
00:48:08steps away.
00:48:11Yuna!
00:48:13Yuna!
00:48:15She came
00:48:15in loud,
00:48:16her voice
00:48:17even bigger
00:48:17than at
00:48:18Caleb's.
00:48:20I'm
00:48:21Jules
00:48:21Hunter,
00:48:22Caleb's
00:48:22sister.
00:48:23The real
00:48:23deal.
00:48:24I looked
00:48:24at the
00:48:25girl in
00:48:25front of
00:48:25Trunthot,
00:48:26swearing a
00:48:27leather jacket
00:48:27with her
00:48:28hair in a
00:48:28high
00:48:28hinaili,
00:48:29full of
00:48:29energy.
00:48:30Then I
00:48:31looked at
00:48:31Caleb,
00:48:32who had a
00:48:32guilty look
00:48:33on his
00:48:33face.
00:48:36Yuna,
00:48:37I was
00:48:38going to
00:48:38tell you
00:48:38it's
00:48:39just...
00:48:39What kind
00:48:40of work?
00:48:41Jules
00:48:42plopped down
00:48:42on the
00:48:43sofa and
00:48:43crossed her
00:48:44legs
00:48:44casually.
00:48:49Don't
00:48:49listen to
00:48:50him making
00:48:50it sound
00:48:50so mysterious.
00:48:52I'm a
00:48:52bounty hunter.
00:48:53I catch
00:48:54rogue wolves
00:48:55who cross
00:48:55into our
00:48:55territory,
00:48:56that's
00:48:57all.
00:49:00Bounty
00:49:00hunter?
00:49:02She
00:49:03nodded
00:49:03proudly.
00:49:05I have
00:49:05a private
00:49:06contract
00:49:06with the
00:49:07Northern
00:49:07Pack
00:49:07Alliance.
00:49:08Any rogue
00:49:09wolf crosses
00:49:10the border,
00:49:11I catch
00:49:11them and
00:49:12bring them
00:49:12in.
00:49:13Last month,
00:49:14I caught
00:49:14three.
00:49:16All alive,
00:49:17all tied
00:49:18up tight,
00:49:19delivered them
00:49:19to the
00:49:20council
00:49:20myself.
00:49:22I looked
00:49:23at her
00:49:24and couldn't
00:49:24help but
00:49:24smile.
00:49:25She and
00:49:26her brother
00:49:26had the
00:49:27exact same
00:49:27personality.
00:49:29Jules had
00:49:30taken her
00:49:31annual leave
00:49:31specifically to
00:49:32come south
00:49:33and meet
00:49:33me.
00:49:34She stayed
00:49:35for two
00:49:35weeks.
00:49:36She spent
00:49:37every day
00:49:37at my
00:49:37bakery,
00:49:38learning to
00:49:39make pastries
00:49:39for my
00:49:40employees.
00:49:41Unfortunately,
00:49:42she had
00:49:42zero baking
00:49:43talent.
00:49:44The cookies
00:49:44she made
00:49:45were hard
00:49:45enough to
00:49:46break
00:49:46teeth.
00:49:53Yuna,
00:49:53I guess
00:49:54these hands
00:49:54are only
00:49:54good for
00:49:55holding
00:49:55blades.
00:49:56She poked
00:49:56at a tray
00:49:57of burnt
00:49:57cookies
00:49:58and sighed.
00:50:05I held
00:50:06back a
00:50:06smile.
00:50:09Just keep
00:50:10practicing.
00:50:11You'll get
00:50:11better.
00:50:15Forget it.
00:50:16She washed
00:50:17her hands,
00:50:18then leaned
00:50:19close and
00:50:20lowered her
00:50:20voice.
00:50:22eyes.
00:50:23My brother
00:50:23said there
00:50:24used to be
00:50:24some asshole
00:50:25who treated
00:50:26you badly.
00:50:27I was quiet
00:50:29for a moment,
00:50:29then nodded
00:50:30slightly.
00:50:35That was a
00:50:36long time
00:50:36ago.
00:50:40Is that
00:50:40asshole still
00:50:41around?
00:50:42Her eyes
00:50:43glinted,
00:50:44her energy
00:50:44sharp.
00:50:46Want me to
00:50:46go deal
00:50:46with him?
00:50:47I've ripped
00:50:48out a
00:50:48rogue's
00:50:49throat
00:50:49with my
00:50:49bare
00:50:50hands.
00:50:52Jules!
00:50:53Caleb's
00:50:53warning voice
00:50:54came from
00:50:55the doorway.
00:50:57She stuck
00:50:57her tongue
00:50:58out at him
00:50:58and obediently
00:50:59reined in
00:50:59her energy.
00:51:00I shook
00:51:01my head.
00:51:03No need.
00:51:04He can't
00:51:05affect me
00:51:05anymore.
00:51:06She looked
00:51:07at me for
00:51:07a long
00:51:08moment,
00:51:08then gave
00:51:09me a
00:51:09thumbs
00:51:09up.
00:51:12Yuna,
00:51:12you're the
00:51:13coolest wolf
00:51:13I've ever
00:51:14met.
00:51:15My brother
00:51:16is so
00:51:17damn
00:51:18lucky to
00:51:18have married
00:51:19you.
00:51:19When that
00:51:20got back
00:51:20to at
00:51:20Caleb,
00:51:21he was
00:51:21insufferably
00:51:22proud for
00:51:23a whole
00:51:23week.
00:51:28It was
00:51:28the tenth
00:51:29day of
00:51:29Caleb's
00:51:30training.
00:51:31I was
00:51:32five months
00:51:32pregnant.
00:51:36I had
00:51:37just finished
00:51:37the last
00:51:38batch of
00:51:38cookies for
00:51:39the shop.
00:51:40My new
00:51:41employee,
00:51:41Anya,
00:51:42was helping
00:51:42me pack
00:51:43them.
00:51:44She kept
00:51:45glancing at
00:51:45my belly.
00:51:46Until she
00:51:47finally
00:51:47couldn't
00:51:47hold
00:51:47back.
00:51:51Boss
00:51:51Lark,
00:51:52Captain
00:51:52Hunter
00:51:53is way
00:51:53too
00:51:54intense.
00:51:55You're
00:51:55already
00:51:55this
00:51:56far
00:51:56along
00:51:56and
00:51:56he's
00:51:57still
00:51:57away
00:51:57training.
00:51:58What
00:51:58if you
00:51:58go into
00:51:59labor
00:51:59early?
00:52:00I
00:52:01shoved
00:52:01a cookie
00:52:02in her
00:52:02mouth.
00:52:06He's
00:52:07guarding
00:52:07the pack,
00:52:08not out
00:52:08playing
00:52:08around.
00:52:09And
00:52:10my due
00:52:10date
00:52:11is still
00:52:11months
00:52:11away.
00:52:13No
00:52:13need
00:52:13to
00:52:13rush?
00:52:17Anya
00:52:18chewed
00:52:18the cookie
00:52:18and
00:52:19muttered,
00:52:21I mean,
00:52:21that's
00:52:22true,
00:52:23but every
00:52:23other pregnant
00:52:24mate at
00:52:24the base
00:52:25has their
00:52:25partner glued
00:52:26to their
00:52:26side,
00:52:27pampering
00:52:27them.
00:52:29Only you,
00:52:30pregnant and
00:52:31running a
00:52:32whole shop
00:52:32by yourself.
00:52:34I didn't
00:52:35argue.
00:52:39Some
00:52:40happiness
00:52:40doesn't
00:52:41need to
00:52:41be
00:52:41explained
00:52:42to
00:52:42outsiders.
00:52:49The
00:52:49night
00:52:49before
00:52:50he
00:52:50left
00:52:50for
00:52:50training,
00:52:52at
00:52:52Belay's
00:52:52Caleb
00:52:53spent
00:52:53Caleb
00:52:53a
00:52:54full
00:52:54hour
00:52:54massaging
00:52:55my
00:52:55swollen
00:52:56feet.
00:52:56At
00:52:57four
00:52:57in
00:52:58the
00:52:58morning,
00:52:58he
00:52:58got
00:52:59up
00:52:59early
00:52:59and
00:52:59stocked
00:53:00the
00:53:00storage
00:53:00room
00:53:01with
00:53:01enough
00:53:01flour,
00:53:02sugar,
00:53:02and butter
00:53:03to last
00:53:03a
00:53:04month,
00:53:04all
00:53:05neatly
00:53:05arranged.
00:53:07When
00:53:07he
00:53:07left,
00:53:08he
00:53:08turned
00:53:09at
00:53:09the
00:53:09door
00:53:09and
00:53:09looked
00:53:10at
00:53:10me
00:53:10for
00:53:10a
00:53:10long
00:53:11moment.
00:53:14Yuna,
00:53:15wait for
00:53:16me to
00:53:16come
00:53:16back.
00:53:19I
00:53:19waved
00:53:20at
00:53:20him.
00:53:21Go
00:53:22on!
00:53:24The
00:53:25SUV
00:53:25drove
00:53:26off
00:53:26slowly.
00:53:27I
00:53:27stood
00:53:27in
00:53:27the
00:53:27yard
00:53:28and
00:53:28watched
00:53:28until
00:53:29it
00:53:29disappeared
00:53:29over
00:53:30the
00:53:30horizon.
00:53:31In
00:53:31that
00:53:31moment,
00:53:32I
00:53:32felt
00:53:33more
00:53:33grounded
00:53:33and
00:53:33secure
00:53:34than
00:53:34ever
00:53:34before.
00:53:37There
00:53:37are
00:53:37a
00:53:37thousand
00:53:38ways
00:53:38love
00:53:38can
00:53:38look.
00:53:40Damien's
00:53:40love
00:53:40was a
00:53:41thousand
00:53:41sweet
00:53:42words,
00:53:43but he
00:53:43couldn't
00:53:44even make
00:53:44me a
00:53:44hot
00:53:45breakfast.
00:53:47Caleb's
00:53:48love was
00:53:48never
00:53:48spoken out
00:53:49loud,
00:53:50but he
00:53:50knew my
00:53:50schedule
00:53:51and my
00:53:51comfort
00:53:52better
00:53:52than I
00:53:52did.
00:53:55At
00:53:55three in
00:53:56the afternoon,
00:53:57the shop
00:53:57was quiet.
00:53:58I was
00:53:59sitting at
00:53:59the register,
00:54:00sorting
00:54:00through
00:54:00bills.
00:54:03The
00:54:03wind chime
00:54:04rang.
00:54:06I
00:54:07didn't
00:54:07look up.
00:54:08Welcome.
00:54:09Buy two
00:54:10cookies,
00:54:11get one
00:54:11free.
00:54:13Yuna.
00:54:16A
00:54:17hosky,
00:54:18exhausted
00:54:19voice,
00:54:20full of
00:54:20complicated
00:54:20emotions.
00:54:24I
00:54:25looked up.
00:54:25Damien Voss
00:54:26was standing
00:54:27in the doorway.
00:54:28He
00:54:29looked ten
00:54:29years older
00:54:30than when
00:54:31we last
00:54:31fought.
00:54:34His
00:54:34hair was
00:54:35gray at
00:54:35the
00:54:35Timbs.
00:54:36His
00:54:37eyes were
00:54:37sunken.
00:54:38The
00:54:38powerful
00:54:38alpha
00:54:39presence
00:54:39that
00:54:40could
00:54:40intimidate
00:54:40lower
00:54:41ranked
00:54:41wolves
00:54:42was
00:54:42completely
00:54:43gone.
00:54:44I
00:54:45looked
00:54:45back
00:54:45down
00:54:45at
00:54:46my
00:54:46bills.
00:54:48You're
00:54:48lost.
00:54:49This
00:54:50is the
00:54:50south,
00:54:51not the
00:54:51main
00:54:51city.
00:54:52He
00:54:53stood
00:54:53there,
00:54:54staring
00:54:54at me,
00:54:55his
00:54:55throat
00:54:56bobbing.
00:54:57Yuna,
00:54:58I knew
00:54:59you
00:54:59weren't
00:54:59dead.
00:55:00I
00:55:01looked
00:55:01for
00:55:01you
00:55:01for
00:55:01six
00:55:02months.
00:55:07Looking
00:55:08for me
00:55:08for what?
00:55:10I
00:55:11still
00:55:11didn't
00:55:11look
00:55:11up.
00:55:14Aren't
00:55:14we
00:55:14even?
00:55:16Even?
00:55:20His
00:55:20laugh was
00:55:21dry and
00:55:21raspy.
00:55:24you
00:55:25threatened
00:55:25to
00:55:25kill
00:55:26yourself
00:55:26to
00:55:26drive
00:55:27me
00:55:27away,
00:55:27then
00:55:28turned
00:55:28around
00:55:28and
00:55:29married
00:55:29a
00:55:29border
00:55:29captain.
00:55:31Now
00:55:31you're
00:55:31carrying
00:55:32his
00:55:32child.
00:55:33And
00:55:34me?
00:55:37Nova
00:55:38turned
00:55:38me
00:55:38into
00:55:39a
00:55:39puppet.
00:55:40She
00:55:41and
00:55:42her
00:55:42beta
00:55:42lover
00:55:43control
00:55:43the
00:55:44whole
00:55:44blood
00:55:45flang
00:55:45pack.
00:55:46My
00:55:47mother
00:55:47is
00:55:47sick
00:55:48in
00:55:48bed
00:55:49saying
00:55:49your
00:55:50name
00:55:50every
00:55:50day.
00:55:52His
00:55:52voice
00:55:53cracked.
00:55:56Yuna,
00:55:57I
00:55:58finally
00:55:58understand.
00:55:59I
00:56:00get it
00:56:00all
00:56:00now.
00:56:02I
00:56:02shouldn't
00:56:03have
00:56:03lied
00:56:03to
00:56:03you.
00:56:05I
00:56:05shouldn't
00:56:06have
00:56:06made
00:56:06Mira
00:56:07fake
00:56:07her
00:56:07paralysis.
00:56:08I
00:56:09shouldn't
00:56:09have
00:56:10groveled
00:56:10to
00:56:10the
00:56:10Blackwood
00:56:11pack
00:56:11for
00:56:11the
00:56:11deputy
00:56:12position.
00:56:13But
00:56:13I
00:56:13had
00:56:13no
00:56:14choice
00:56:14back
00:56:14then.
00:56:15I
00:56:15had
00:56:16nothing.
00:56:17If
00:56:18you
00:56:18stayed
00:56:18with
00:56:18me,
00:56:19you
00:56:19would
00:56:19have
00:56:19suffered.
00:56:21I
00:56:21wanted
00:56:22to
00:56:22get
00:56:22on
00:56:22my
00:56:22feet
00:56:23first,
00:56:23then
00:56:24come
00:56:24back
00:56:24and
00:56:24make
00:56:25it
00:56:25up
00:56:25to
00:56:25you.
00:56:27I
00:56:27finally
00:56:28looked
00:56:28up
00:56:28at
00:56:28the
00:56:28man
00:56:29I
00:56:29had
00:56:29loved
00:56:30for
00:56:30seven
00:56:30years.
00:56:32His
00:56:33face
00:56:33was
00:56:34aged.
00:56:35His
00:56:36body
00:56:36hangered.
00:56:38All
00:56:38the
00:56:39light
00:56:39I
00:56:39used
00:56:39to
00:56:40be
00:56:40obsessed
00:56:40with
00:56:40was
00:56:41gone.
00:56:44I
00:56:44closed
00:56:45the
00:56:45bill
00:56:45book
00:56:45and
00:56:46spoke
00:56:46in
00:56:46a
00:56:46flat,
00:56:47emotionless
00:56:48tone.
00:56:51Damien,
00:56:52you
00:56:53never
00:56:53really
00:56:53understood
00:56:54anything.
00:56:55You
00:56:56don't
00:56:56even
00:56:56know
00:56:56what
00:56:56you
00:56:56did
00:56:57wrong.
00:56:58What
00:56:59you
00:56:59call
00:56:59guilt
00:57:00is
00:57:00just
00:57:00regret
00:57:01that
00:57:01you
00:57:01failed.
00:57:02You're
00:57:03not
00:57:03sorry
00:57:03you
00:57:03hurt
00:57:04me.
00:57:05You're
00:57:05just
00:57:05sorry
00:57:06about
00:57:06how
00:57:06things
00:57:07turned
00:57:07out
00:57:07for
00:57:07you.
00:57:10You
00:57:11don't
00:57:11regret
00:57:11lying
00:57:12to
00:57:12me
00:57:12for
00:57:12seven
00:57:12years.
00:57:14You
00:57:15just
00:57:15regret
00:57:15not
00:57:15using
00:57:16me
00:57:16all
00:57:16the
00:57:16way,
00:57:17letting
00:57:17me
00:57:17get
00:57:17away.
00:57:19You
00:57:20didn't
00:57:20come
00:57:20here
00:57:20because
00:57:21you
00:57:21love
00:57:21me.
00:57:22You
00:57:22came
00:57:22because
00:57:23you
00:57:23saw
00:57:23that
00:57:23without
00:57:23you,
00:57:24I'm
00:57:25happier
00:57:26than
00:57:26you.
00:57:30His
00:57:31face
00:57:31went
00:57:31completely
00:57:32pale.
00:57:32Do
00:57:33you
00:57:33know
00:57:33how
00:57:33I
00:57:34survived
00:57:34those
00:57:34seven
00:57:35years?
00:57:36I
00:57:36stood
00:57:36up
00:57:37and
00:57:37looked
00:57:37at
00:57:37him
00:57:37across
00:57:38the
00:57:38counter.
00:57:38I
00:57:39woke
00:57:39up
00:57:39at
00:57:39five
00:57:40every
00:57:40morning.
00:57:42I
00:57:42turned
00:57:42your
00:57:43mother
00:57:43over,
00:57:44cleaned
00:57:44her,
00:57:45fed
00:57:45her,
00:57:46massaged
00:57:47her,
00:57:50when she
00:57:50was bored,
00:57:51she'd purposely
00:57:52dirty the
00:57:52bed and
00:57:53watch me
00:57:54clean it
00:57:54up again
00:57:54again.
00:57:58The two
00:57:59days a year
00:58:00year,
00:58:00you came
00:58:01home,
00:58:01I barely
00:58:02slept,
00:58:03waiting for
00:58:04your every
00:58:05command.
00:58:06I was on
00:58:07call 24-7,
00:58:09happy to be
00:58:10your maid,
00:58:10thinking that
00:58:11was love.
00:58:13and
00:58:13you,
00:58:14you showed
00:58:15up with
00:58:16your pure
00:58:17blood mate
00:58:18and your
00:58:18two kids
00:58:19and told
00:58:20me you
00:58:20could give
00:58:21me everything
00:58:22except the
00:58:22title.
00:58:24Damien,
00:58:25don't you
00:58:25think that's
00:58:26disgusting?
00:58:27His eyes
00:58:28were bloodshot,
00:58:29his lips
00:58:30trembling
00:58:30violently.
00:58:31He
00:58:32couldn't say
00:58:32a word.
00:58:33I let
00:58:34out a
00:58:34breath.
00:58:36Enough.
00:58:38I don't
00:58:39want to
00:58:39dwell on
00:58:39the past
00:58:40anymore.
00:58:41Leave
00:58:42here.
00:58:43Don't
00:58:43come back.
00:58:46Yuna!
00:58:47He lunged
00:58:48at the
00:58:48counter and
00:58:49slammed his
00:58:49hand down
00:58:50on it.
00:58:52I've
00:58:53already
00:58:53ended
00:58:54things with
00:58:54Nova.
00:58:54I ended
00:58:55it myself.
00:58:55It's
00:58:56all over.
00:58:57She
00:58:57spent my
00:58:58money on
00:58:58her lovers.
00:58:59I caught
00:59:00her in
00:59:00the act.
00:59:01And she
00:59:02still took
00:59:03half my
00:59:03territory.
00:59:04I have
00:59:05nothing left
00:59:05now but my
00:59:06true heart.
00:59:07Come back
00:59:08to me.
00:59:09I'll give
00:59:10you anything
00:59:10you want.
00:59:11I looked
00:59:12at him
00:59:12and almost
00:59:13laughed.
00:59:15Damien,
00:59:16do you
00:59:17know why
00:59:17I chose
00:59:18Caleb?
00:59:18He
00:59:19stiffened.
00:59:20Not
00:59:20because he's
00:59:21a Border
00:59:21Patrol
00:59:21captain.
00:59:23Not
00:59:23because he
00:59:24has the
00:59:24highest
00:59:24warrior
00:59:24medal.
00:59:28Not
00:59:29because of
00:59:29the
00:59:30council
00:59:30certified
00:59:30mate
00:59:31D-Tree.
00:59:34I spoke
00:59:35slowly,
00:59:36each
00:59:36word
00:59:37clear.
00:59:38It's
00:59:39because he
00:59:39never makes
00:59:40me wait.
00:59:41He said
00:59:41he'd be
00:59:42back in
00:59:42two weeks
00:59:43and he
00:59:43came back
00:59:44on time.
00:59:45He said
00:59:45he'd petition
00:59:46the council
00:59:46for a
00:59:47mate
00:59:47decree
00:59:47and he
00:59:47did
00:59:48everything
00:59:48in his
00:59:49power
00:59:49to make
00:59:50it
00:59:50happen.
00:59:51He
00:59:51almost
00:59:52died
00:59:52in
00:59:52battle
00:59:53and his
00:59:53last
00:59:54act
00:59:54before
00:59:55dying
00:59:55was to
00:59:55have
00:59:56his
00:59:56commander
00:59:56deliver
00:59:57the
00:59:57certification
00:59:58to protect
00:59:58me.
00:59:59And
00:59:59you?
01:00:00You
01:00:00made
01:00:01me
01:00:01wait
01:00:01seven
01:00:02years
01:00:03and
01:00:03then
01:00:04you
01:00:04told
01:00:04me
01:00:04I
01:00:04wasn't
01:00:04worthy
01:00:05of
01:00:05a
01:00:05title.
01:00:06He
01:00:06opened
01:00:06his
01:00:06mouth
01:00:07but in
01:00:07the
01:00:07end
01:00:08had
01:00:08nothing
01:00:09to
01:00:09say.
01:00:09Just
01:00:10then
01:00:11the
01:00:11wind
01:00:11chime
01:00:12rang.
01:00:14A
01:00:14tall
01:00:15straight
01:00:15figure
01:00:16walked
01:00:16into
01:00:16the
01:00:16shop.
01:00:17His
01:00:17coat
01:00:18was
01:00:18covered
01:00:18in
01:00:18dust.
01:00:19His
01:00:19eyes
01:00:20were
01:00:20sharp
01:00:20and
01:00:20cold.
01:00:23It
01:00:24was
01:00:24Caleb.
01:00:25He
01:00:26completely
01:00:26ignored
01:00:27Aunt
01:00:27Damien.
01:00:27He
01:00:28walked
01:00:28straight
01:00:28to
01:00:29me,
01:00:29reached
01:00:29out,
01:00:30and
01:00:31touched
01:00:31my
01:00:31belly,
01:00:32frowning
01:00:32slightly.
01:00:34You've
01:00:35lost
01:00:35weight.
01:00:36Have
01:00:36you been
01:00:36eating
01:00:37properly?
01:00:39I
01:00:39smiled.
01:00:40The
01:00:41doctor
01:00:41said
01:00:42I'm
01:00:42actually
01:00:42a
01:00:42little
01:00:43heavy.
01:00:44I
01:00:45don't
01:00:45care.
01:00:46In
01:00:47my
01:00:47eyes
01:00:47you're
01:00:48thin.
01:00:49He
01:00:50pulled
01:00:50a
01:00:50crumpled
01:00:51piece
01:00:51of
01:00:51paper
01:00:51from
01:00:52his
01:00:52pocket
01:00:52and
01:00:53slapped
01:00:53it
01:00:53on
01:00:53the
01:00:54counter.
01:00:56The
01:00:57rogue
01:00:57elimination
01:00:58and
01:00:58mission
01:00:58ended
01:00:59early.
01:01:00I
01:01:00took
01:01:00three
01:01:00days
01:01:01leave.
01:01:04Come
01:01:04on.
01:01:05I'm
01:01:06taking
01:01:06you to
01:01:06the
01:01:06healer
01:01:07for
01:01:07a
01:01:07prenatal
01:01:07checkup.
01:01:08I
01:01:09looked
01:01:09at
01:01:09the
01:01:09paper.
01:01:10The
01:01:11moon
01:01:11goddess
01:01:11wax seal
01:01:12was
01:01:12clear
01:01:12and
01:01:13bright.
01:01:14It
01:01:15was
01:01:15the
01:01:15mate
01:01:16bond
01:01:16decrete.
01:01:18Why
01:01:18do you
01:01:19carry
01:01:19this
01:01:19around
01:01:19with
01:01:20you?
01:01:23He
01:01:23shrugged
01:01:24casually.
01:01:28For
01:01:29the
01:01:29healer's
01:01:29bloodline
01:01:30registration.
01:01:31Proof
01:01:32that
01:01:32we're
01:01:32legal
01:01:32mates.
01:01:33I
01:01:33couldn't
01:01:34help
01:01:34but
01:01:34laugh.
01:01:38Damien
01:01:39stood
01:01:39frozen
01:01:39to
01:01:39the
01:01:40spot.
01:01:40His
01:01:41face
01:01:41as
01:01:41pale
01:01:41as
01:01:41paper.
01:01:48Caleb
01:01:49finally
01:01:49turned to
01:01:50look at
01:01:50him.
01:01:51One
01:01:51eyebrow
01:01:51raised.
01:01:53Mr.
01:01:54Voss?
01:01:55Still
01:01:56here?
01:01:59What?
01:02:00Here to
01:02:00buy
01:02:00cookies?
01:02:03Buy
01:02:04two
01:02:04get
01:02:04one
01:02:04free.
01:02:05Too
01:02:06bad
01:02:06I'm
01:02:07not
01:02:07selling
01:02:07to
01:02:07you.
01:02:08Damien's
01:02:08throat
01:02:08bobbed.
01:02:09He
01:02:09grinned
01:02:10him
01:02:10teeth.
01:02:14Caleb
01:02:15Hunter,
01:02:16don't
01:02:16get
01:02:16too
01:02:17cocky.
01:02:18You
01:02:19think
01:02:19you've
01:02:20won?
01:02:20You're
01:02:21just a
01:02:21border
01:02:22patrol
01:02:22captain.
01:02:23With
01:02:24your
01:02:24salary,
01:02:25what
01:02:26kind
01:02:26of
01:02:26good
01:02:26life
01:02:27can
01:02:27you
01:02:27give
01:02:27her?
01:02:30Caleb
01:02:30didn't
01:02:31get
01:02:31angry.
01:02:32Instead,
01:02:33he
01:02:33chuckled
01:02:34softly.
01:02:35He
01:02:36put his
01:02:36arm
01:02:37around
01:02:37my
01:02:37shoulder,
01:02:38leaned
01:02:38down
01:02:39and
01:02:39kissed
01:02:39my
01:02:39forehead,
01:02:40then
01:02:40looked
01:02:41up
01:02:41at
01:02:41Damien.
01:02:43Mr.
01:02:44Voss,
01:02:45do you
01:02:46know what
01:02:46a good
01:02:46life really
01:02:47means?
01:02:49It's
01:02:49having
01:02:49someone
01:02:50waiting
01:02:50for me
01:02:50at home
01:02:51when I
01:02:51come
01:02:51back
01:02:51from
01:02:52duty.
01:02:52It's
01:02:53someone
01:02:53cooking
01:02:53me a
01:02:54hot
01:02:54meal
01:02:54when I'm
01:02:54exhausted.
01:02:56It's
01:02:56knowing
01:02:57that when
01:02:57I fight
01:02:57to
01:02:58protect
01:02:58the
01:02:58pack,
01:02:59there's
01:02:59always
01:03:00someone
01:03:00behind
01:03:00me
01:03:01who
01:03:01truly
01:03:02cares
01:03:02about
01:03:02me.
01:03:03Did
01:03:04you
01:03:04ever
01:03:04give
01:03:05her
01:03:05even
01:03:05a
01:03:05shred
01:03:05of
01:03:06that?
01:03:06Seven
01:03:07years
01:03:07together,
01:03:09and you
01:03:10never once
01:03:10claimed
01:03:11her.
01:03:12You
01:03:12were
01:03:13never
01:03:13her
01:03:13legal
01:03:13mate.
01:03:14You
01:03:15were
01:03:15just
01:03:15some
01:03:15low
01:03:16life
01:03:16who
01:03:17barged
01:03:17into
01:03:17her
01:03:18life
01:03:18and
01:03:19stole
01:03:20her
01:03:20heart
01:03:20and
01:03:22her
01:03:22time.
01:03:23The
01:03:23last
01:03:23trace
01:03:24of
01:03:24color
01:03:24drained
01:03:25from
01:03:25Aunt
01:03:25Damien's
01:03:26face.
01:03:27Caleb
01:03:27stopped
01:03:28looking at
01:03:28him.
01:03:29He looked
01:03:30down at
01:03:30me,
01:03:31his gaze
01:03:31soft.
01:03:32Any cookies
01:03:33left?
01:03:34I'm hungry.
01:03:36I took a
01:03:37box of
01:03:38fresh cookies
01:03:38from under
01:03:39the counter
01:03:39and handed
01:03:40them to
01:03:40him.
01:03:41He took
01:03:42a bite,
01:03:42his eyes
01:03:43curving
01:03:44into a
01:03:44smile,
01:03:45warm and
01:03:46gentle.
01:03:47Yeah,
01:03:47that's the
01:03:48taste.
01:03:48He
01:03:49took
01:03:50my
01:03:50hand
01:03:50and
01:03:50walked
01:03:51out
01:03:51of
01:03:51the
01:03:51shop
01:03:51without
01:03:52looking
01:03:52back.
01:03:53As
01:03:54I
01:03:54reached
01:03:54the
01:03:54door,
01:03:55I
01:03:55glanced
01:03:56back
01:03:56out
01:03:56of
01:03:56habit.
01:03:57Damien
01:03:58was
01:03:58still
01:03:58frozen
01:03:59in
01:03:59place,
01:04:00empty
01:04:00and
01:04:01numb,
01:04:02completely
01:04:02lost.
01:04:03Sunlight
01:04:04streamed
01:04:04through
01:04:05the
01:04:05window,
01:04:06stretching
01:04:06his
01:04:06lonely
01:04:07shadow
01:04:07long.
01:04:08I
01:04:09didn't
01:04:09stop.
01:04:10I
01:04:11walked
01:04:11away.
01:04:15Walking
01:04:16down
01:04:16the
01:04:17street,
01:04:17Caleb
01:04:18held
01:04:18my
01:04:18hand
01:04:18with
01:04:19one
01:04:19hand
01:04:19and
01:04:19his
01:04:20cookie
01:04:20with
01:04:20the
01:04:20other.
01:04:22Oh,
01:04:22by the
01:04:23way,
01:04:23I've
01:04:23decided
01:04:23on the
01:04:24kids'
01:04:24names.
01:04:26Yeah?
01:04:27What
01:04:28names?
01:04:29Sorin
01:04:29for a
01:04:29boy.
01:04:32Sage
01:04:32for a
01:04:33girl.
01:04:35I
01:04:35was
01:04:35puzzled.
01:04:38Why
01:04:38those
01:04:39names?
01:04:39He
01:04:40looked
01:04:40down
01:04:41at
01:04:41me,
01:04:41his
01:04:42eyes
01:04:42soft
01:04:43and
01:04:43tender.
01:04:44Sorin
01:04:45means
01:04:45dawn.
01:04:46You
01:04:47broke
01:04:47free
01:04:47from
01:04:47the
01:04:48darkness
01:04:48of
01:04:48gray
01:04:48wood.
01:04:49You
01:04:50are
01:04:50the
01:04:50dawn.
01:04:51Sage
01:04:52means
01:04:52wisdom.
01:04:55I
01:04:55was
01:04:55clumsy
01:04:56and
01:04:56slow
01:04:56before,
01:04:58stupidly
01:04:58waiting
01:04:58for you
01:04:59in the
01:04:59south.
01:05:01I
01:05:01hope
01:05:01our
01:05:02kids
01:05:02are
01:05:02more
01:05:02clear-headed
01:05:03than
01:05:03we
01:05:03were.
01:05:05Boy
01:05:06or
01:05:06girl,
01:05:06those
01:05:07are
01:05:07the
01:05:07names.
01:05:07I
01:05:08was
01:05:08Caleb
01:05:08Wyatt
01:05:09for
01:05:09a
01:05:09long
01:05:09time,
01:05:10my
01:05:10eyes
01:05:11burning.
01:05:12This
01:05:12man
01:05:13wasn't
01:05:13good
01:05:13with
01:05:13words.
01:05:14He
01:05:15never
01:05:15said
01:05:15sweet
01:05:16things,
01:05:18but
01:05:19every
01:05:19single
01:05:19word
01:05:20came
01:05:20from
01:05:20deep
01:05:21love.
01:05:22I
01:05:23leaned
01:05:23gently
01:05:23against
01:05:24his
01:05:24shoulder
01:05:24and
01:05:25silently
01:05:25agreed.
01:05:26In the
01:05:27distance,
01:05:28the rumble
01:05:28of an
01:05:29SUV
01:05:29engine
01:05:30echoed.
01:05:31Once,
01:05:32that
01:05:32sound
01:05:33of
01:05:33people
01:05:33leaving
01:05:33and
01:05:33coming
01:05:34back
01:05:34terrified
01:05:35me.
01:05:35But
01:05:36now,
01:05:36I
01:05:37was
01:05:37afraid
01:05:37of
01:05:38nothing,
01:05:38because
01:05:39I
01:05:39knew,
01:05:39no
01:05:40matter
01:05:40how
01:05:40far
01:05:41the
01:05:41road,
01:05:42he
01:05:42would
01:05:42always
01:05:43come
01:05:43to
01:05:43me,
01:05:44always
01:05:45return
01:05:45to
01:05:45me.
01:05:47The
01:05:48man
01:05:48beside
01:05:48me
01:05:48was
01:05:49like
01:05:49that,
01:05:50and
01:05:50the
01:05:51quiet,
01:05:51steady
01:05:51happiness
01:05:52I
01:05:52had
01:05:52finally
01:05:53found
01:05:53was
01:05:54like
01:05:54that
01:05:54too.
01:05:57The
01:05:57day
01:05:57the
01:05:58twins
01:05:58were
01:05:58born,
01:05:59Caleb
01:05:59was
01:05:59out
01:06:00on
01:06:00a
01:06:00mission.
01:06:01When
01:06:02I
01:06:02was
01:06:02wheeled
01:06:02back
01:06:02to
01:06:03my
01:06:03room
01:06:03after
01:06:03delivery,
01:06:04the
01:06:04first
01:06:05thing
01:06:05I
01:06:05saw
01:06:05was
01:06:06a
01:06:06small
01:06:06with
01:06:06figure
01:06:06A
01:06:07carved
01:06:07from
01:06:07a
01:06:07fang
01:06:08on
01:06:08the
01:06:08bedside
01:06:08table.
01:06:13A
01:06:13note
01:06:13was
01:06:14tucked
01:06:14under
01:06:14it.
01:06:18Babe,
01:06:18I'm
01:06:18sorry
01:06:19I
01:06:19couldn't
01:06:19be
01:06:19there
01:06:19with
01:06:19you.
01:06:20Are
01:06:20the
01:06:21babies
01:06:21okay?
01:06:22I've
01:06:22chosen
01:06:22the
01:06:23names.
01:06:24Soren
01:06:24for a
01:06:24boy,
01:06:25Sage
01:06:25for
01:06:25a
01:06:25girl.
01:06:26When
01:06:27I
01:06:27come
01:06:27back,
01:06:27I'll
01:06:28take
01:06:28the
01:06:28three
01:06:28of
01:06:28you
01:06:28to
01:06:29see
01:06:29the
01:06:29border.
01:06:30Caleb.
01:06:33I
01:06:33held
01:06:33the
01:06:34note,
01:06:34laughing
01:06:35and
01:06:35crying
01:06:35at
01:06:36the
01:06:36same
01:06:36time.
01:06:37Soren
01:06:38meant
01:06:38dawn.
01:06:40Sage
01:06:40meant
01:06:41wisdom.
01:06:43Caleb
01:06:44was never
01:06:44one to
01:06:45settle
01:06:45for a
01:06:45quiet
01:06:45life.
01:06:46Some
01:06:47wolves
01:06:47belonged
01:06:48to the
01:06:48wilderness
01:06:49and
01:06:50the
01:06:50horizon.
01:06:52Three
01:06:52months
01:06:52later,
01:06:53he
01:06:53got a
01:06:54long
01:06:54leave.
01:07:00He
01:07:00kept
01:07:01his
01:07:01promise.
01:07:01He
01:07:02took
01:07:02us
01:07:02up to
01:07:02the
01:07:03highest
01:07:03ridge
01:07:03on the
01:07:04border.
01:07:07I
01:07:08sat in
01:07:09the
01:07:09passenger
01:07:09seat
01:07:09holding
01:07:10the
01:07:10two
01:07:10babies,
01:07:11looking
01:07:12down
01:07:12at the
01:07:12sea of
01:07:13clouds
01:07:13and the
01:07:14winding
01:07:14rivers
01:07:14below.
01:07:18I
01:07:18thought
01:07:18back to
01:07:19that
01:07:19blizzard
01:07:20seven
01:07:20years
01:07:20ago.
01:07:22back
01:07:22then I
01:07:23thought
01:07:23my
01:07:23life
01:07:23was
01:07:23over,
01:07:24trapped
01:07:25in a
01:07:25cage
01:07:26called
01:07:26waiting,
01:07:27waiting
01:07:28for
01:07:28someone
01:07:28who
01:07:29would
01:07:29never
01:07:29truly
01:07:29come
01:07:30home.
01:07:33And
01:07:34now I
01:07:34stood
01:07:34at the
01:07:34top
01:07:35of the
01:07:35mountain,
01:07:36holding
01:07:37my
01:07:37children
01:07:38with
01:07:39the
01:07:39man
01:07:39who
01:07:39would
01:07:39risk
01:07:39his
01:07:40life
01:07:40to
01:07:40protect
01:07:40me
01:07:41by
01:07:41my
01:07:41side.
01:07:50Yuna?
01:07:51Yeah?
01:07:52Do you
01:07:53know what I
01:07:53thought the
01:07:54first time
01:07:54I saw
01:07:54you?
01:07:56What?
01:07:59He
01:07:59looked out
01:08:00at the
01:08:00horizon.
01:08:01The
01:08:02whole
01:08:02clear sky
01:08:03reflected
01:08:03in his
01:08:04eyes.
01:08:05I
01:08:05thought
01:08:07you
01:08:07belong
01:08:08in this
01:08:08free
01:08:08wilderness.
01:08:11my
01:08:12heart
01:08:12tightened.
01:08:14Why?
01:08:17There's
01:08:18a light
01:08:18in your
01:08:18eyes
01:08:18that
01:08:19longs
01:08:19for
01:08:19freedom.
01:08:20Only
01:08:20a
01:08:20wolf
01:08:21who
01:08:21yearns
01:08:22to
01:08:22run
01:08:22wild
01:08:22has
01:08:23that
01:08:23look.
01:08:26I
01:08:26smiled,
01:08:27my eyes
01:08:28stinging
01:08:28a little.
01:08:33And
01:08:34you?
01:08:35Where
01:08:35do you
01:08:36belong?
01:08:37He
01:08:38thought
01:08:38for
01:08:38a
01:08:38moment
01:08:39then
01:08:39answered
01:08:39simply
01:08:40and
01:08:40firmly.
01:08:41My
01:08:42home
01:08:42is
01:08:42you.
01:08:44Wherever
01:08:44you
01:08:44are,
01:08:45I'll
01:08:45be.
01:08:48The
01:08:48twins
01:08:49in the
01:08:49back
01:08:49seat
01:08:50babbled
01:08:50and fussed,
01:08:51probably
01:08:52annoyed
01:08:52at being
01:08:53ignored.
01:08:54Caleb
01:08:55chuckled.
01:08:57Okay,
01:08:57okay.
01:08:58Daddy's
01:08:58sorry.
01:08:59Come on,
01:09:00let me show
01:09:00you something
01:09:00pretty.
01:09:02He
01:09:03rolled
01:09:03down
01:09:03the
01:09:04window.
01:09:04The
01:09:05mountain
01:09:05breeze
01:09:06rushed
01:09:06in,
01:09:07fresh
01:09:07and
01:09:07clean.
01:09:09The
01:09:10warm
01:09:10sun
01:09:10covered
01:09:11our
01:09:11family
01:09:11of
01:09:11four,
01:09:12gentle
01:09:13and
01:09:13steady.
01:09:15I
01:09:15remembered
01:09:16what
01:09:16Marta
01:09:16once
01:09:17said,
01:09:18Some
01:09:19wolves
01:09:20belong to
01:09:20the
01:09:20wild.
01:09:21Some
01:09:22wolves
01:09:23belong
01:09:23only
01:09:24to
01:09:24you.
01:09:27I
01:09:27leaned
01:09:28gently
01:09:28against
01:09:28Caleb's
01:09:29shoulder,
01:09:30looked at
01:09:30the kids
01:09:31in the
01:09:31back seat
01:09:31and
01:09:32smiled
01:09:32with
01:09:32my
01:09:33eyes.
01:09:37The
01:09:37best
01:09:38mate
01:09:38isn't
01:09:38the
01:09:38one
01:09:38you
01:09:39wait
01:09:39for.
01:09:40It's
01:09:40the
01:09:40one
01:09:41willing
01:09:41to
01:09:41run
01:09:41beside
01:09:42you.
01:09:43The
01:09:44truest
01:09:44happiness
01:09:45is
01:09:45finally
01:09:46meeting
01:09:46someone
01:09:47who
01:09:47is
01:09:47willing
01:09:48to
01:09:48walk
01:09:48into
01:09:49the
01:09:49future
01:09:49with
01:09:49you.
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