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00:00The day I mentioned the mate bond to my fiancé, Lyndon, for the 99th time, I overheard him talking with
00:07his friends.
00:09Lyndon, you're something else. Alice is willing to wait for you.
00:14Lyndon swirled his glass.
00:16If it weren't for her, Nora wouldn't have mated with someone else out of spite.
00:22She won't let me have my way, so she should experience the same thing.
00:26Then, drag it out. The more she tries to mate with me, the less I'll agree.
00:38Anyway, she'll wait for me.
00:47Next year, raise the unbonded tax by 30.
00:56Alice will have to sell herself to make up the tax.
01:00Lyndon is the alpha heir. That poor girl wants to climb up.
01:04Selling herself once won't cut it. Sell as many times as needed.
01:09Tears ran down my face.
01:14The pack rules say, if a wolf turns 18 without a mate bond, they must pay the unbonded tax.
01:21Otherwise, the pack council will force a sign right.
01:25Every time I pushed him to finish the bond, he said.
01:29Next year.
01:30I waited three years.
01:32I barely held on.
01:34The tax grew heavier every year.
01:36So, this year, I won't pay.
01:41Before Lyndon left, one of his servants came over to ask me.
01:46Alice.
01:48Did you scrape together this year's tax?
01:51If not, we can help you.
01:54Next year.
01:55Alpha hair promised.
01:59Next year, he'll finish the bond ceremony with you.
02:02I patted the half-empty money pouch at my waist.
02:06It had money, but it was far from enough to pay this year's unbonded tax.
02:12I'd been hearing this for three years.
02:14My family used to be a respected bloodline.
02:18Three years ago, my father got dragged into pack politics.
02:23Lyndon, the alpha heir, was my fiancé.
02:28Then overnight, we had nothing.
02:30My father died that winter.
02:32I became an orphan.
02:40I had no choice but to go to Lyndon for shelter.
02:44The first time I saw him, the young she-wolf at his side looked pale and ran off crying.
02:48A few days later, she had mated with someone else.
02:52If you like her, we can call off the engagement.
02:56No need.
02:57You're my fiancé.
02:59I must keep my promise.
03:01When will we finish the bonding ceremony?
03:04Next year.
03:06Your father just died.
03:08Aren't you afraid of being cursed if we mate now?
03:12I struggled through that year and paid the tax with the last of my money.
03:17The next year, I asked him again and again.
03:20He finally lost patience.
03:22Do you ever stop?
03:23All you said is the mate bond.
03:25Do you only think about men?
03:28Shameless.
03:29I wouldn't show weakness.
03:31Crying?
03:32I'm joking.
03:33A witch says my wolf is unstable this year.
03:36Not a good year to mate.
03:38Next year.
03:39I'll mate with you next year.
03:41I stood there awkwardly.
03:43I wanted to tell him I was almost out of money.
03:47If I couldn't pay, the pack council would force a sign a stranger as my mate.
03:53But I swallowed the words.
03:55I'll wait.
03:56I told myself.
03:58But life was getting harder.
04:00That year, the tax jumped by 50%.
04:03You keep dragging this out year after year.
04:07As you get older, the fee goes up.
04:11So he'd raised the price on purpose.
04:15I struggled through that year and paid the tax with the last of my money.
04:20The next year, I asked him again and again.
04:22He finally lost patience.
04:25Do you ever stop?
04:26All you said is the mate bond.
04:28Do you only think about men?
04:31Shameless.
04:32I wouldn't show weakness.
04:34Crying?
04:35I'm joking.
04:36A witch says my wolf is unstable this year.
04:39Not a good year to mate.
04:41Next year.
04:42I'll mate with you next year.
04:44I stood there awkwardly.
04:46I wanted to tell him I was almost out of money.
04:50If I couldn't pay, the pack council would force a sign a stranger as my mate.
04:56But I swallowed the words.
04:58I'll wait.
04:59I told myself.
05:01But life was getting harder.
05:02That year, the tax jumped by 50%.
05:05You keep dragging this out, year after year.
05:10As you get older, the fee goes up.
05:13So he'd raise the price on purpose.
05:20Alice.
05:22Even the alpha hare has to pay.
05:24He has to be waiting for you.
05:26He's just young and playful.
05:28Wait a little longer.
05:32I know.
05:33Lyndon was the alpha heir.
05:35How would he know how hard it was for me to save?
05:38I lived in the alpha house.
05:39But I have no money.
05:41No money meant I had to find a way.
05:44I painted for other noble she-wolves.
05:46And took the money.
05:47With his casual words, I had to burn countless knights to draw.
05:52I put up with it for three years.
05:54This year, I wasn't going to anymore.
05:56I clutched my last money and went to the pack council.
06:00You again?
06:01Lyndon, the unbonded tax went up.
06:04Are you paying?
06:05No.
06:07Fine.
06:08He opened the pairing book and casually ticked a name.
06:11Him.
06:11Done.
06:12Go.
06:12I didn't even know my future mate's name.
06:15My life was decided like that.
06:17Back at alpha house, Lyndon leaned against the doorway.
06:21Paid the tax?
06:22I looked down and lied.
06:24Yes.
06:28My blanket, wine glasses, bring them.
06:32Be careful.
06:34Don't break anything.
06:36You can't pay for it if it's ruined.
06:38He came over and reached to pat my head.
06:41I flinched.
06:42Want anything?
06:43I'll bring it back for you.
06:45He always did that.
06:46Just when my heart felt frozen, he'd hand me a sweet and steady me again.
06:50I'm pathetic.
06:51I always tell myself to call off the engagement.
06:55Don't wait.
06:57But when he smiles, I think, what if he really means next year?
07:01And I'm fooled every time.
07:04The money pouch.
07:05Why not get something nicer?
07:07I have plenty of money.
07:09No need.
07:12Alright.
07:15Hey!
07:16I turned and left.
07:18My room was in the far corner of alpha house.
07:21Few people came by.
07:23There was one good thing.
07:24It was near the side door.
07:26If the pack council came for me, no one would notice.
07:29I packed my things and left.
07:33My blanket, wine glasses, bring them.
07:38Be careful.
07:40Don't break anything.
07:41You can't pay for it if it's ruined.
07:44He came over and reached to pat my head.
07:46I flinched.
07:48Want anything?
07:49I'll bring it back for you.
07:50He always did that.
07:52Just when my heart felt frozen, he'd hand me a sweet and steady me again.
07:56I'm pathetic.
07:57I always tell myself to call off the engagement.
08:01Don't wait.
08:02But when he smiles, I think, what if he really means next year?
08:07And I'm fooled every time.
08:10The money pouch.
08:11Why not get something nicer?
08:12I have plenty of money.
08:15No need.
08:18Alright.
08:21Hey!
08:22I turned and left.
08:23My room was in the far corner of alpha house.
08:27Few people came by.
08:28There was one good thing.
08:30It was near the side door.
08:32If the pack council came for me, no one would notice.
08:35I packed my things and left.
08:38Only Mrs. Ward waited at the door.
08:41It's a big day for you.
08:44Aren't you wearing something new?
08:47Before my father died, he'd prepared clothes and jewelry for my ceremony.
08:51He didn't want me looking shabby.
08:54But the first year, Lyndon wouldn't bond with me.
08:57And the tax kept pressing.
08:59I had to sell the dress.
09:02The tax kept rising every year.
09:05I sold all my jewelry, too.
09:08Still no ceremony.
09:10It's fine.
09:12Live for yourself, not for show.
09:15Let's go.
09:16The sooner it's done, the better for both of us.
09:18We passed the alpha house gate, and Lyndon's carriage was there.
09:23He lounged on the cushions.
09:25He looked every bit the handsome air.
09:28I walked north.
09:29He rode south.
09:31We passed each other without a second place.
09:33A little way down the road, Mrs. Ward frowned at the pairing book.
09:37Where does Simon's live again?
09:39I took the book.
09:41His address was near the pack academy.
09:44Lyndon used to study there.
09:47Ivy crawled over the small courtyard.
09:50The wooden fence was thin and scattered.
09:52Under an old oak stood a stone table.
09:55A book lay open on it, the wind turning the corners of the pages.
10:00Silas!
10:02Master Silas!
10:04Master, please not some gray-bearded old man.
10:07A young man holding a book stepped out.
10:10We stared at each other and froze.
10:12What's going on?
10:14Why is it her?
10:15This can't be right.
10:16She's my student's fiancée.
10:19Is there some mistake?
10:20Mrs. Ward didn't care to argue.
10:22The pack council named the mate.
10:25How can it be wrong?
10:28Congratulations.
10:31Mr. Silas.
10:33This really isn't proper.
10:35I'll go to the council tomorrow and explain.
10:38He clearly looked down on me.
10:41If he sent me back to the council, I didn't know who I'd be assigned next.
10:50I don't have the money to pay the tax.
10:57I don't have the money to pay the tax.
11:20I don't know who I'm done.
11:20I don't know who I'm doing.
11:21Who told you to come?
11:23He's the alpha heir's fiancée.
11:25She looks so poor.
11:27I had embarrassed him.
11:28By the time the soup cooled, he wouldn't even drink a drop.
11:31I was about to pour it out Silas put three silver coins on the step don't
11:40waste food
11:47consider it bought
11:53Lyndon hated studying and kept getting punished to copy the PAC laws he passed
12:01much that even Silas couldn't stand it he looked at my handwriting neat writing
12:07you helped him copyright if he won't learn and has others do his work what's
12:14the point fine no more punishments you can stay there for now my held breath
12:23finally fell away I couldn't help letting out a small grateful thank you mr.
12:27Silas I admit I was a little shameless mr. Silas is soft-hearted three years ago
12:37Lyndon went off to the Academy I wanted to make a good impression so on a snowy day
12:43I cooked a pot of hot soup and took it to the Academy I was shaking outside Silas
12:49saw me and breaking the rules let me inside to warm up when Lyndon saw me his
12:55face went cold who told you to come I had embarrassed him by the time the soup
13:06cooled he wouldn't even drink a drop I was about to pour it out Silas put three
13:13silver coins on the step don't waste food consider it bought
13:29Lyndon hated studying and kept getting punished to copy the PAC laws he passed the
13:35work to me I copied so much that even Silas couldn't stand it he looked at my
13:41handwriting neat writing neat writing you helped him copy right if he won't learn
13:48and has others do his work what's the point fine no more punishments you can
13:57stay there for now my held breath finally fell away I couldn't help letting out a
14:02small grateful thank you mr. Silas I was so tired that I collapsed into bed and was
14:09out like a light when I woke the next morning Silas was already gone I went out
14:14to look for him the neighbor Mrs. Finch greeted me isn't he your cousin he
14:18couldn't live with you he moved into the Academy I walked back home he really was
14:24old-fashioned it made me look like the one squatting in his room if he really
14:28didn't want to be my mate I could write articles to earn some money save the tax
14:33move out once I had enough since I was staying in his place I should at least tidy up
14:38while cleaning I found a trunk it was neatly stacked with books on top was a
14:42copy of strange tales the pages were yellow and the corners curled it had
14:46clearly been read a lot I opened it and couldn't stop I lost track of time
14:51ghosts coming back to life a silver wolf repaying a debt these books were
14:56completely unlike what a rigid one like him should be reading maybe I had read so
15:01many strange tales that day that night I dreamed of a silver wolf it walked in on
15:07moonlight bowed its head to me like a salute then it held at the sky where the
15:13moonlight fell the house turned spotless and the corners filled with deer meat I
15:20woke up laughing to myself I felt oddly lighter good dream I got up to fetch water
15:28and froze the wooden bucket was full I clearly remembered using half of it that
15:33afternoon had I misremembered then the odd things kept happening every morning the
15:38bucket was full the flour that was almost gone yesterday was piled up today I ate a
15:43few pieces of venison and the basket had fresh meat the next morning could there
15:47really be a silver wolf that night I barely slept I crept out but I was too late I
15:53mustered my nerve and called out who's there show yourself the next night I forced
15:58myself to stay awake around midnight I heard a rustle I jumped out of bed and
16:03tiptoed to the kitchen Silas was there he was bent over pouring flour and quietly
16:10placing venison into the basket it was cypress I felt everything at once I'd
16:16been here a month and never once got hungry or thirsty I checked the wardrobe
16:21where I'd hidden a few silver coins I counted them again and they had actually
16:27grown in three years at the alpha house Linden never asked if I was cold or
16:33hungry Silas cared in small careful ways he wasn't as deep the next morning I made
16:39some flatbreads and rushed to the Academy I stood under the tree outside the
16:44classroom and peered through the half-open window how had I never noticed
16:49before Silas was handsome he looked up without meaning to his eyes crossed the
16:56sill and met mine after class he hurried out why are you here for you you don't
17:04need to do this the Academy has a kitchen I can make my own thanks for the food I
17:12can't eat it all by myself you should leave soon if someone sees it won't look good
17:19for you he really didn't want to be my mate I know he dodged me at every turn
17:25afraid to be tied to me back home I stared at my fuzzy reflection in the basin and
17:31forced a smile Linden had said my looks were tempting and that I only thought
17:36about mating all day someone as proper as Silas would probably only like girls like
17:42Nora I counted my few coins over and over I still didn't have enough for the
17:50year's tax writing and painting to earn money was too slow I was worrying when I
17:55suddenly remembered Silas's strange tales an idea hit me maybe I could write the
18:00weird stories pack members liked and sell them to the bookshop I shut my door and
18:06wrote for three days I put down a few chapters about a silver wolf returning the
18:10favor the shopkeeper was uninterested at first he read it anyway when he
18:15finished he slapped 50 silver coins on the counter and said miss go write more
18:21I'll sell this half now if it sells we can do the rest the first thing I did
18:29with the money was go to the market now how Silas keeps sneaking food in at night
18:35but Silas still came at midnight if there was nowhere to put the food he
18:40swept the yard sometimes he cut the meat he was always busy one morning I
18:45opened the door and heard a small clink at my feet a little mirror lay on the
18:50ground I bent to pick it up I couldn't say how I felt he didn't talk much to me
18:54but he was quietly kind the stories sold better than I expected in less than a
19:02month I had saved enough for the tax harvest moon was the packs biggest
19:09holiday I had the food ready early today is harvest moon after the festival say
19:16goodbye to Simus I waited from dawn to dusk he never came back Alice look how
19:24hated you are you scared him away holidays alone are dull I hoisted my pack and
19:31went to the pack council only one wolf was on duty I hesitated then asked if
19:38someone pays the tax late can the assigned mate be cancelled he flipped through the
19:43roster name Alice and Silas they seem well matched why would you ask mr. Silas heard
19:51that a she-wolf couldn't pay the unbonded tax he came gave money begged the elders he
19:58asked them to mark his name with hers if she couldn't pay
20:01masters they always have schemes if the mate bond hasn't been signed yet and she
20:09pays the tax late there's a 30% subsurgeon tell your friend to think it
20:15of it wasn't random it wasn't a mistake it wasn't just kindness he'd planned it all
20:22along harvest moon was the packs biggest holiday I had the food ready early today
20:31is harvest moon after the festival say goodbye to Simus I waited from dawn to
20:38dusk he never came back Alice look how hated you are you scared him away holidays
20:45alone are dull I hoisted my pack and went to the pack council only one wolf was on
20:52duty I hesitated then asked if someone pays the tax late can the assigned mate be
20:59cancelled he flipped through the roster name Alice and Silas they seem well matched
21:06why would you ask mr. Silas heard that a she-wolf couldn't pay the unbonded tax he
21:13came gave money begged the elders he asked them to mark his name with hers if she
21:18couldn't pay masters they always have schemes if the mate bond hasn't been signed
21:26yet and she pays the tax late there's a 30% subsurgeon tell your friend to think it
21:33of it wasn't random it wasn't a mistake it wasn't just kindness he'd planned it all
21:40along I ran home heart-pounding Silas stood in the yard he held a moon-shaped
21:54lantern and gave a bitter smile into the empty space mr. Silas
22:05you I thought you left I have known everything about our mate bond
22:16this I didn't think it through don't get me wrong I I have no other intentions it's just just
22:25I pressed him and he finally told me things I hadn't known he was a lone wolf my father had
22:32taken him
22:32in my father gave him food and helped him go to the academy the first time I went to the
22:39academy to
22:39look for Lyndon he recognized me he wanted to help but I had a fiance he couldn't interfere
22:47you were only six back then your father trained students at the academy every day you sat by the
22:55side do you remember your father saved my life he was such a good man I wanted to repay him
23:02if he knew
23:04you were forced into a mating chest and living in misery his heart would break stay here for now if
23:11you meet someone you love in the future I will as a brother arrange the mating ceremony so the silver
23:19wolf from the stories really had come to return a favor but I thought about all the little things
23:25from these past days is that it in the stories the silver wolf repays by offering itself
23:32not entirely at first it was to repay you now I have my own feelings he was too shy to
23:42say more
23:42still I saw that hidden affection in his eyes I hurried to change the subject what is this a gift
23:52for
23:52you I remember you liked moon-shaped lanterns when you were little I don't know if you still do I
24:01stepped forward without thinking when I took the lantern I gently held his hand Silas's fingers jumped
24:09next year can we spend harvest moon together again of course
24:17Lyndon had barely come home before he and his friends clustered around a table
24:21Lyndon I heard Alice paid another year's unbonded tax she really loves you lucky you
24:32aren't you worried she might stop paying and mate with someone else would she a daughter of a fallen
24:39family who can't even afford decent clothes who would want her as a mate I am the only one who
24:49doesn't despise you you're the alpha heir why not just pay the tax for Alice directly what do you know
24:56if she never learns to save how will she appreciate silver if she truly becomes my mate and lives a
25:03good life she'll get cocky don't be moved by her little sacrifices she's trying to trade a small
25:11favor for a big prize such scheming can't hide from me Lyndon did you hear mr. Silas has a mate
25:21now
25:22should we send a gift mr. Silas oh him a lone wolf playing mister don't make me laugh I heard
25:32it's a
25:33mate assigned by the council neither of them could afford the unmade tax
25:39family who can't even pay the unbonded tax what good daughters do they raise a lone wolf and a low
25:46born girl truly a match made in fate somehow he suddenly thought of me how many years has Alice
25:54paid the unbonded tax four years including this one fine next year she won't have to pay oh
26:05I'll reluctantly make her my mate go buy her a money pals get the best one you're so good to
26:17Alice
26:17she'll be thrilled
26:23the first thing Lyndon did at home was head to my room but when he pushed the door open he
26:29froze
26:29dust lay thick inside it looked like no one had lived there for a long time he stormed back to
26:37his room fury where's Alice the butler met him at once smiling in that practiced way we were just
26:46about to tell you the good news Alice couldn't pay the tax a few days ago the pack council assigned
26:53her
26:54a mate she won't have a chance to bother you anymore what did you say who gave you the right
27:03to act on
27:04your own she was short of money didn't you give her any you just stood there and let the pack
27:12council
27:12drag her off haven't you always disliked Alice you've been stalling to make her give up haven't you
27:20you also told us she couldn't touch the alpha family's money until the bond was completed
27:25didn't you wasn't that true when did I he looked around at the servants it seemed they didn't
27:34understand why he was angry they'd all seen how he treated me he kept postponing the bond year after
27:41year they were sure he was teasing me only I had been foolish enough to believe him he collapsed to
27:49the floor I wanted to bond with her for a long time I was only joking after that day Silas
28:00moved
28:00back home he took one room I took another we didn't bother each other I watched his back as he
28:08left each
28:08morning and worried aren't we mates now why is he more proper than a young lady does he expect me
28:16to
28:17make the first move well I can do that I made two flatbreads and went to the academy at noon
28:26master who's that master you're blushing if someone's bringing food to the master she's definitely his
28:33mate shut up one more word and you're copying the pack laws now go home the students laughed and scattered
28:40then bumped straight into linden he stood there like thunder alpha here here for class sorry you've
28:48already graduated simus how can you mate with a student's fiancee do you even know shame alice come
28:57with me come home save your reputation from being ruined by him linden our engagement is already void
29:04you won't mate with me and the pack council assigned me a mate that's reasonable I don't accept
29:11this you're clearly my fiancee I couldn't understand it he was the one who kept delaying and now he came
29:19to accuse me of mating with someone else what did he actually want was I meant to exist only to
29:27satisfy
29:27his selfish possessiveness was I supposed to wait forever humbly while he belittled me he looked like
29:35he might choke on the words I'll say some words to him silas smiled gently and tilted his head go
29:41on
29:43simus how can you mate with a student's fiancee do you even know shame alice come with me come home
29:51save
29:51your reputation from being ruined by him linden our engagement is already void you won't mate with me
29:58and the pack council assigned me a mate that's reasonable I don't accept this you're clearly my
30:05fiancee I couldn't understand it he was the one who kept delaying and now he came to accuse me of
30:13mating
30:13with someone else what did he actually want was I meant to exist only to satisfy his selfish
30:21possessiveness was I supposed to wait forever humbly while he belittled me he looked like he might
30:28choke on the words I'll say some words to him silas smiled gently and tilted his head go on
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