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00:27Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:30Then one day, I saw him with my own eyes, lips locked with Lila, the housekeeper's daughter, like the world
00:36wasn't watching.
00:38Once I take over as Alpha of the Ironclaw Pack, I'm giving you the wedding of your dreams.
00:44What about Scarlet?
00:50The old Alpha adopted you both so you'd be her mate someday.
00:53Lucas pulled her back in, kissing her deep.
00:56Scarlet? The only reason I ever gave her a second glance is because she's the old Alpha's daughter.
01:03She doesn't hold a candle to you.
01:08I pressed my hand over my mouth, listening to them, their voices, their breathing.
01:13Something inside me just shattered.
01:15But I didn't tell my father any of that.
01:18I met his eyes, steady and sure.
01:20I'm not choosing any of them.
01:22I heard Kieran from the North has been open to an alliance through marriage.
01:27For the good of our pack, I'll marry him.
01:30Dad's brow creased.
01:34Kieran is undeniably the most powerful Alpha out there.
01:38But word is he is ruthless.
01:39Cold-blooded.
01:40Never lets anyone in.
01:46And apparently his wolf was badly wounded in battle.
01:50Hasn't been able to find a mate in years.
01:53He studied me.
01:55You sure about this?
01:59I'd rather trust what I see than what people say.
02:02Kieran's pack is strong and stable.
02:04He's a good alpha.
02:06And I'll be a good Luna.
02:08Dad gave a slow nod.
02:09If those three couldn't win your heart,
02:11then they've got no business being candidates for future pack leader anyway.
02:15I knew if I'd told him the truth,
02:17that Lucas didn't love me,
02:18that I refused to beg,
02:20Dad would have dragged Lucas to his knees and ripped into him.
02:23What gives an adopted son the right to reject my daughter?
02:26I didn't want that.
02:27I didn't want Dad guilt-tripping Lucas over years of debt.
02:30I didn't want to force him into a marriage he was then.
02:33I didn't want us to spend our lives trapped and miserable.
02:36And honestly,
02:37after the things Lucas said,
02:39there was nothing left to say.
02:41Maybe walking away was the only thing that made sense.
02:44I'd barely stepped out of Dad's office
02:46when I ran straight into all three of them.
02:49The second they saw me,
02:51they closed in,
02:52blocking my path,
02:53backing me into a corner like it was nothing.
02:55Lucas looked me over with that lazy, entitled smirk.
02:59What lies did you go running to tell him this time?
03:01Damon crossed his arms.
03:03Why have you been dodging us?
03:05You playing games?
03:06Or have you already made up your mind about who you want?
03:10Don't tell me you're expecting all three of us to chase you.
03:13You really think you can handle three alphas at once?
03:15They took my silence as an answer and burst out loud.
03:20Tell you what,
03:21if that's what you want,
03:23maybe we should just mark you right now.
03:25Teach you a lesson.
03:27Yeah.
03:28Damon grinned.
03:29All three of us.
03:30Before I could make a sound,
03:31they grabbed me,
03:32hands pinning me down,
03:33one covering my mouth,
03:35and lunged for my neck.
03:43Split second before they could bite down,
03:45I lowered my knee,
03:46hard,
03:47straight into the worst possible place.
03:48Teach me a lesson?
03:50Right back at you.
03:52Whoa,
03:52you're actually mad?
03:53We were just messing around.
03:55Sure.
03:56I straightened up.
03:56And if any of you are already in love with someone else,
03:58go tell my father.
03:59He's the one pushing this arrangement,
04:01but he's not going to force anyone.
04:03You know that.
04:03All they had to do was be honest.
04:05Dad would find another way.
04:07So why wouldn't any of them just say something?
04:09Lucas grabbed my wrist.
04:11Oh,
04:11so now you're scared.
04:12What happened to wanting all three of us?
04:15You were practically throwing yourself at me before.
04:17Don't tell me you're backing out now.
04:19If you've already decided,
04:20just say it.
04:21Everyone already knows.
04:23That's what you were talking to your dad about,
04:25wasn't it?
04:25Relax.
04:27You'll find out when everyone else does.
04:28I turned to leave.
04:30Lucas caught my arm again.
04:31I'll be your alpha,
04:32but you don't get to own me.
04:34After we're married,
04:35you stay out of my personal life.
04:36Those are my terms.
04:38Otherwise,
04:39the wedding's off.
04:40I stared at him.
04:41That smug,
04:42self-satisfied look on his face,
04:44and almost laughed.
04:45And what?
04:46I'm the one who doesn't want to marry you?
04:50But just as I opened my mouth,
04:52Lila appeared out of nowhere.
04:54Lucas!
04:55Oh!
04:55Hi, Scarlet.
04:56The second she spotted me,
04:58she splinched like she'd seen a ghost
04:59and ducked behind Lucas.
05:00Lucas stepped in front of her without thinking.
05:03She didn't do anything.
05:04Just leave her alone today, okay?
05:05I stared at them,
05:07genuinely confused,
05:08and then I realized all three of them
05:10had formed a wall around Lila,
05:11like they were shielding her from me.
05:13Just like five years ago.
05:15It was always her side they chose.
05:17Five years ago,
05:18on Lila's birthday,
05:19I'd picked out a jeweled bracelet
05:21to give her as a welcome gift.
05:25Oh wow, it's gorgeous!
05:27She smiled and handed me a velvet box.
05:29This is for you too.
05:31But the second I opened it,
05:33Lucas snatched it out of my hands.
05:37That belonged to Lila's mother.
05:40You'd really take a dead woman's keepsake?
05:43I looked at Lila,
05:45waiting for her to tell them
05:46that she'd offered it herself.
05:47No, it wasn't Scarlet's fault.
05:49I gave it to her.
05:51She was so kind to me.
05:53She even brought me a bracelet.
05:56I'm really okay.
05:58I'm not upset.
05:59The more she groveled,
06:00the more furious the three of them got.
06:03Being the Alpha's daughter
06:04doesn't give you the right
06:05to guilt someone
06:06into handing over
06:07their dead mother's things.
06:09That hairpin may not be worth much,
06:11but it means everything.
06:13Give it back to her.
06:14Now.
06:17Same old Scarlet,
06:18always taking what she wants,
06:20never caring who gets hurt.
06:21Maybe it was all a misunderstanding.
06:24I swallowed my anger
06:25and held the hairpin out to Lila.
06:27When she reached for it,
06:28her grip slipped.
06:32The crystal hairpin
06:33hit the floor and shattered.
06:35Lila's lip trembled.
06:36Then she bit down on it
06:37and screamed at me.
06:38If you'd rather destroy it
06:40than give it back,
06:41then why even bother pretending?
06:43Lusa's turn to ice.
06:44Apologize to her.
06:45Right now.
06:46He pointed at me,
06:47jaw tight.
06:48By that point,
06:48I'd already told Lucas
06:50how I felt.
06:50I told him I'd only ever want him.
06:52He used that against me.
06:54Held it over my head
06:55to make me bow down to Lila.
06:56I was too young.
06:57Too scared of losing him
06:59to fight back,
07:00so I apologized.
07:01Eyes burning,
07:01head down.
07:02And I kept apologizing
07:03for the next five years.
07:05After that day,
07:06every time Lila saw me,
07:07she acted like I was
07:08something to be afraid of.
07:09Bursting into tears,
07:11crying out,
07:11flinching away,
07:12and I hadn't done
07:13a single thing to her.
07:16I looked at Lucas,
07:18my voice flat.
07:19If you're that scared,
07:20I'll hurt her.
07:20Just keep her attached
07:21to your hip 24-7.
07:23Is that a threat?
07:25What are you planning
07:26to do to her?
07:26Jackson snapped his fingers
07:28and pointed at me.
07:29Don't tell me you're going
07:30to use the Starlit Deep thing
07:31as an excuse to go after her.
07:33You have everything.
07:35Lila's never had anyone
07:36celebrate her birthday,
07:37not once.
07:38It's just one gift.
07:40Why are you making it
07:40into a whole thing?
07:41Something dropped
07:42in my stomach.
07:44The Starlit Deep?
07:46The Starlit Deep
07:47was an underground ocean pavilion.
07:49Construction had started
07:51the year I was born.
07:52On the southeast end,
07:53there was a vein
07:54of the finest imperial green jade.
07:56And when light filtered
07:57through the water,
07:58it scattered across the walls
07:59like a galaxy.
08:00Six months ago,
08:01as it neared completion,
08:02Dad handed the finishing work
08:04to Lucas.
08:05He was supposed to unveil it
08:06at my birthday banquet
08:07as my gift.
08:10So,
08:12you've already decided
08:13to give away something
08:14that was meant for me.
08:18My eyes stayed on Lucas.
08:20He was the one
08:21who oversaw
08:22the final construction.
08:23Nobody got into that pavilion
08:24without his sign-off.
08:25He caught my stare
08:26and looked away,
08:27jaw working.
08:29Lila grew up
08:29in the countryside.
08:30She's never really seen
08:31a proper night sky.
08:32I...
08:32He muttered.
08:33I just wanted to give her
08:34one good memory.
08:35It's not like the pavilion
08:36stops belonging to you.
08:37Then he exhaled
08:38and turned back to me
08:39like he was doing me a favor.
08:41Look,
08:42just drop it.
08:43At your birthday banquet
08:45next month,
08:45I'll announce our engagement
08:47in front of everyone.
08:48Isn't that what you wanted?
08:49He said it like he was
08:50handing me a consolation prize.
08:51For a second,
08:52I almost forgot
08:53I was the one
08:54who'd been raised here.
08:55Nobody else in the room
08:56seemed to notice
08:57anything wrong.
08:58They just felt sorry for him.
09:00Why do you have
09:00to sacrifice so much?
09:02Scarlet's impossible.
09:03Why should you be the one
09:04to make this work?
09:10She's going to be insufferable
09:12about this.
09:13She's been after Lucas
09:14for years.
09:16Lucas,
09:17please,
09:17don't throw life away
09:18for my sake.
09:19I'll be the one
09:19to apologize.
09:20I'll do anything.
09:22My throat felt like sandpaper.
09:25I'm not marrying you.
09:27I turned to...
09:28Please,
09:28Lila caught my wrist.
09:29Don't take this out on Lucas.
09:30She bowed her head
09:32toward me again.
09:33Please don't take this
09:33out on Lucas.
09:34Her eyes were red.
09:35If you're angry
09:36about the starlit deep,
09:37if you want to go
09:38to the Alpha,
09:39I'll apologize to you.
09:40Whatever you need.
09:42She was already
09:42bending down
09:43when Lucas grabbed her arm
09:44and pulled her back
09:45to her feet,
09:46then turned on me.
09:47You say you won't marry me,
09:49but let's see
09:49if you actually mean it.
09:51Stop using Lila
09:52to play your little games.
09:53Are you seriously
09:54going to run crying
09:55to your dad
09:55just to get rid of her?
09:56I looked at him
09:57without blinking.
09:58I don't know
09:59what you're talking about,
10:00but I promise you
10:01I will never choose you.
10:05What did you just say?
10:10He took a breath
10:11and when he spoke again,
10:12his voice had shifted,
10:13quieter,
10:14like he was trying
10:14to be reasonable.
10:15What did you just say?
10:17If not me,
10:19then who, Damon?
10:21Jackson?
10:22His eyes were exhausted.
10:23If you promised
10:24to stop making
10:25Lila's life difficult.
10:26Like I'd been wearing
10:27him down for years.
10:28I'll marry you.
10:29I looked at him
10:30for a long moment.
10:32Okay.
10:34Just stop all of this.
10:37Everything will go
10:38exactly the way you want.
10:40He was terrified
10:41I'd hurt Lila.
10:42He didn't want to marry me.
10:43Once I married Kieran,
10:44both of those problems
10:45would disappear.
10:46I stayed away
10:47from Lucas after that.
10:49Right up until the night
10:50of my 18th birthday banquet,
10:51when he showed up anyway.
10:53Damon and Jackson
10:54trailed in behind him.
10:55None of them
10:56looked happy
10:57about being there.
10:58I shot a look
10:58at my attendant.
10:59I'd been very clear.
11:01The Alliance announcement
11:02tonight had nothing
11:03to do with these three.
11:04They weren't supposed
11:05to be here.
11:10She shook her head
11:11frantically.
11:12She hadn't invited them.
11:13They'd just shown up.
11:14I let out a quiet breath
11:15and decided to pretend
11:16and I hadn't noticed.
11:17The guests, though,
11:18were thrilled.
11:19They swarmed all three of them.
11:21Lucas is hands down
11:22the strongest
11:23of the new generation.
11:25No wonder Miss Goo
11:26only has eyes for you.
11:28Jason,
11:29you've got a sharp
11:30sense of justice.
11:31Miss Goo would never
11:32be mischeated
11:32with you around.
11:36And Damon,
11:37that face alone
11:38would make Miss Goo lucky.
11:39We're counting on you all.
11:41I was heading over
11:42to shut it down
11:42when they finally saw me.
11:44Lucas went quiet.
11:45You look beautiful tonight.
11:46He said under his breath.
11:48Then caught himself
11:48and deliberately turned away
11:50like he hadn't spoken.
11:52Then my heel caught on something
11:53and I lost my footing.
11:55His expression suddenly
11:56opened and worried.
11:57Are you okay?
11:57He caught me hard.
11:58I was just about to answer
12:00when a guard burst
12:01through the doors.
12:02We have a problem.
12:03Lila's been kidnapped.
12:08Lucas let go of me
12:09like I'd burned him.
12:10Don't think playing fragile
12:11is going to work on me.
12:13Did you arrange
12:14Lila's kidnapping?
12:15I had no idea
12:16what was going on.
12:17What more do you want?
12:19You won't stop
12:20until she's dead?
12:21You waited until
12:22none of us were around
12:23and had her taken.
12:24I'm telling you right now
12:25it's not going to work.
12:27The moment he said it
12:28I understood.
12:29Lila had pulled
12:30another one of her stunts.
12:31I looked at Jackson.
12:33What proof do you have
12:35that I did anything?
12:36If you don't have any
12:37you owe me an apology.
12:39Right now.
12:42But Lila was kidnapped.
12:44Her life was in danger.
12:45Doesn't that mean
12:46anything to you?
12:47Then Lila came
12:48stumbling in
12:49sobbing.
12:50Lucas was on his feet
12:51in a second
12:51shrugging off his jacket
12:53and draping it
12:54over her shoulders.
12:55He turned to look at me
12:57like I was something
12:57he'd stepped in.
12:59Same as always
13:00calculating to the bone.
13:02There is no way
13:03in hell
13:04I'm marrying
13:05someone like you.
13:06Daman
13:07who barely ever
13:08raised his voice
13:08stepped in front of
13:10Lila with a face
13:10like granite.
13:14We've been bending
13:15over backwards for you
13:16and this is still
13:17not enough.
13:18Fine.
13:19Then there's no point
13:20keeping up the act
13:20anymore.
13:21He walked out.
13:22Didn't spare a thought
13:23for what that looked
13:23like in front
13:24of the whole pack.
13:25Lucas paused
13:26at the door
13:26and threw back
13:27one final line
13:28casual as a man
13:29discarding something
13:30he no longer needed.
13:31I'll marry you
13:32but that's all
13:33you'll ever be
13:33a placeholder.
13:35If you want me
13:35to protect the
13:36Ironclaw pack's
13:37interest you'd better
13:38learn to stay
13:38in your lane.
13:39I almost laughed.
13:40Had they forgotten?
13:41Without me
13:42there would be
13:42no Ironclaw pack
13:43for them to inherit.
13:44People moved
13:45to stop them
13:45from leaving.
13:46I cut them off
13:47my voice sharp
13:48as a blade.
13:49Let them go.
13:49As they filed out
13:50Lila slid me
13:51one last sideways glance.
13:53The look of someone
13:54who thought
13:54they'd just won
13:55everything.
13:56I stood where I was
13:57and said nothing
13:58until my attendant
13:59grabbed my arm
14:00voiced tight with panic.
14:01What do we do?
14:02All three of them
14:03are gone.
14:03Who are you going
14:04to choose?
14:05The guests were murmuring
14:06too.
14:06Brows creased
14:07with concern.
14:08If all three
14:09pack alphas
14:09have rejected her
14:10what does that mean
14:11for the pack's future?
14:12I smiled
14:13lifted my wine glass
14:14and turned to face
14:15the room.
14:15Honored guests
14:17I'm sure most of you
14:18know that tonight
14:19isn't just my birthday
14:20it's also my
14:21engagement uncle.
14:23The moonstone display
14:24at the center
14:25of the room
14:25shifted
14:25and projected
14:26the image
14:27of a face
14:27sharp
14:28composed
14:29unmistakably
14:30powerful.
14:33The entire room
14:35sucked in a room.
14:36Is that killing?
14:37From the north?
14:38My father arrived
14:39at exactly that moment
14:40stepping in with a smile.
14:41That's right.
14:43My daughter deserves
14:44nothing less than
14:45the finest alpha
14:46there is.
14:48Those three boys
14:50I took them in
14:51out of pity
14:51orphans with nowhere
14:52to go.
14:53They were meant
14:54to be Scarlet's
14:55brothers
14:55never her husband.
14:56The whispers
14:57started immediately
14:58but didn't kill
14:59and sustain
14:59serious injuries
15:00on the battlefield
15:01a few years back?
15:03Everyone knows
15:03he lost his wolf
15:04if they form an alliance
15:06can they even
15:06produce an heir?
15:07He's a powerful
15:08ally sure
15:08but as an alpha
15:09he might not be
15:11fully capable.
15:12What they didn't know
15:13was that this was
15:13exactly what I wanted
15:14if Kieran had truly
15:16lost his wolf
15:17then I would be
15:17the real leader
15:18of both packs
15:19and if someone
15:20had to stand
15:20at the head
15:21of two packs
15:21why couldn't
15:22that someone
15:23be me?
15:24It had clicked
15:24into place
15:25the moment
15:25those three
15:26started circling me
15:27like a prize
15:28each one angling
15:29to become
15:29the pack's
15:30next heir
15:31as Luna
15:31I was always
15:32going to lead
15:33I'd always known
15:34that
15:34so I chose
15:35a man powerful
15:36enough to protect
15:37what was mine
15:37and unable
15:38to take it
15:39from me.
15:42Back outside
15:43Lucas was still
15:44trying to calm
15:45Lila down
15:45when his phone
15:46lit up
15:46with a flood
15:47of urgent messages
15:48get back here
15:49Scarlet just
15:50announced her
15:51fiance's
15:51trust me
15:52you're going
15:52to regret it
15:53if you miss this
15:54Jackson and Damon
15:55were getting the same
15:56thing from their
15:56own people
15:57Lucas' first instinct
15:58was to ignore it
15:59but one word
16:00kept snagging
16:01in his mind
16:02regret
16:02why would he
16:03regret it
16:03unless she'd
16:04actually chosen
16:05one of the others
16:06so which one of you
16:07did she pick
16:09not me
16:09not me either
16:12wait I'm just
16:12gonna ask
16:13she picked
16:14Kivern
16:14Scarlet chose
16:15that broken
16:16down wreck
16:16from the north
16:17the one who
16:18lost his wolf
16:19that's insane
16:20tucked against
16:21Lucas' side
16:22Lila let a
16:22flicker of
16:23satisfaction
16:24cross her face
16:24before smoothing
16:25it away
16:26do you think
16:27maybe Scarlet
16:28is just upset
16:30you all left
16:31her birthday banquet
16:32for my sake
16:32she must be
16:33so angry
16:34her eyes
16:35started to well up
16:35maybe you should
16:36go back
16:37I'll be fine
16:37on my own
16:38really
16:42Scarlet's been
16:42pulling stunts
16:43her whole life
16:43I believe she's
16:45actually marrying
16:45some cripple
16:46when I see it
16:46honestly
16:47I give it a week
16:48before she comes
16:49crawling back
16:50begging one of us
16:51to take her
16:51she's been obsessed
16:53with Lucas for years
16:54couldn't shake her
16:55off with both hands
16:56she's not walking
16:57away from all of that
16:58over one missed
16:58birthday party
16:59to marry someone
17:00who can't even shift
17:01Lila kept her eyes
17:02on Lucas
17:03he hadn't said a word
17:04the jealousy
17:05that flashed through
17:05her was quick
17:06and sharp
17:07this is my fault
17:08I shouldn't have
17:08come in and ruined
17:09her evening
17:10even if she sent
17:11people after me
17:12even if she tried
17:12to destroy my reputation
17:13I should have
17:14stayed away
17:15what if she convinces
17:16her father to exile
17:17all of us from the pack
17:18I don't want to be
17:19the reason you lose
17:20everything
17:22Jackson crossed his arms
17:23let her try
17:24I'm not scared
17:25Lucas reached over
17:26and ruffled Lila's hair
17:27once gentle
17:27and reassuring
17:28relax
17:29Scarlet will come around
17:30she always does
17:31but even as he said it
17:33something restless
17:34settled in his chest
17:35he stepped out
17:36into the corridor alone
17:37and then
17:38against his better judgment
17:39he reached out
17:40through the pack bond
17:41you went too far tonight
17:42there's no reason
17:43to throw your life away
17:44just to prove a point
17:46apologize to Lila
17:47and I'll still marry you
17:51in his mind
17:52Lucas had already
17:53pictured my face
17:54lighting up
17:55when I received his message
17:56instead the bond
17:57went dead on his end
17:58I hadn't just ignored him
18:00I'd cut the connection
18:01entirely
18:01and blocked him out
18:02back at the banquet
18:03dozens of enormous
18:05white swans
18:06descended from above
18:06each one carrying
18:07cascades of pink roses
18:09in its beak
18:10thousands of petals
18:11rained down over the hall
18:12and through the flower
18:13filled air
18:14Kieran walked in
18:15he came from the far end
18:16of the red carpet
18:17unhurried
18:18his expression composed
18:19but his eyes
18:20when they found me
18:21were something else
18:22entirely
18:23Kieran came here
18:24himself?
18:25I thought he was
18:26seriously injured
18:27he looks completely fine
18:29thirty seconds ago
18:30they'd been whispering
18:30about him being broken
18:32now
18:32faced with the reality
18:33of him
18:34Paul
18:34striking
18:36radiating the kind
18:36of authority
18:37that filled a room
18:38without effort
18:39they could only stare
18:40he really is the most
18:42powerful alpha
18:42out there right now
18:43but why would someone
18:45like him care this much
18:46about a marriage alliance?
18:47Kieran just smiled
18:49it's an engagement
18:50banquet
18:50a bit awkward
18:51without the groom
18:52don't you think?
18:52he glanced around
18:53the room
18:53am I late?
18:54he held out a single
18:55rose bouquet
18:56arm extended
18:57and waited
18:59right on time
19:00and took it from him
19:01without letting him
19:02stand there
19:03a second longer
19:04than necessary
19:07the tension that seemed
19:09permanently carved
19:09into his brow
19:10smoothed away
19:11for the first time
19:12he looked out
19:13at the crowd
19:14with something
19:14approaching warmth
19:15that small shift
19:16the way he softened
19:17because of me
19:18sent a visible ripple
19:20of unease
19:20through the room
19:21he's been ruthless
19:22cold
19:23and yet he looks
19:24at her like that
19:25will you dance with me?
19:26he held out his hand
19:27the moment my fingers
19:28met his
19:29the doors opened
19:30and Lucas walked
19:31with a face like stone
19:32is Lucas having
19:33second thoughts?
19:35he must have just
19:36overreacted earlier
19:37now he's come to fix it
19:38those two basically
19:39grew up together
19:40all he has to do
19:41is swallow his pride
19:42for five seconds
19:42and she'll call
19:43the whole thing off
19:43storm hern pack alliance
19:45and all
19:45before I could say anything
19:47Kieran's grip on my hand
19:48tightened
19:49just slightly
19:50his expression
19:51stayed perfectly neutral
19:52his eyes did not
19:53the second Lucas
19:54met Kieran's gaze
19:55something in the air
19:56shifted
19:56he felt it
19:57but he pushed forward
19:58anyway
19:59Lucas addressed Kieran
20:00his voice controlled
20:01my apologies
20:03Scarlet's always been
20:04a little impulsive
20:05if she said anything
20:06that gave you the wrong
20:06impression
20:07please don't take it
20:07seriously
20:08he turned to me
20:09and extended his hand
20:10his eyes saying
20:11stop making a scene
20:12Kieran's face went cold
20:14and you are?
20:17everyone in the room
20:19knew that Kieran
20:19knew exactly
20:20who Lucas was
20:21Lucas had represented
20:22the Ironclaw pack
20:23at events for years
20:25a pack leader
20:26of Kieran's caliber
20:26didn't miss things like that
20:28the whole room understood
20:29this was deliberate
20:30Lucas opened his mouth
20:32to say he was my fiance
20:33and then his eyes
20:34dropped to our joined hands
20:35and he stopped
20:36when everything
20:37was stripped away
20:37he was just an adopted son
20:39nothing more than that
20:40Kieran's expression
20:41sharpened with quiet contempt
20:43if you're here speaking to me
20:45as the Ironclaw pack's
20:46adopted son
20:46that's not exactly
20:48a position that
20:49commands much weight
20:49Lucas's jaw tightened
20:51but he kept his eyes on me
20:53Scarlet
20:54are you really going
20:56to throw away
20:56your whole future
20:57just because you're angry?
20:59I'd known Lucas
21:00long enough to read
21:00every tell
21:01he was rattled
21:02but why?
21:03because I was marrying
21:04Kieran
21:05or because he was watching
21:06the Ironclaw pack's
21:07inheritance slip
21:08through his fingers
21:13Kieran and I
21:14are both
21:14exactly where
21:15we want to be
21:16there's no anger
21:17involved
21:19battled for some time now
21:20I said those words
21:21on purpose
21:22Lucas reacted
21:23exactly as I expected
21:24I'm not here to
21:25that's not what I
21:29I just don't want
21:30to watch you
21:30make a mockery
21:31of the Stormfig pack's
21:32name on a whim
21:33if you back out later
21:35it won't just be
21:35your problem
21:36it drags the whole
21:37Ironclaw pack down
21:38with you
21:39then you don't need
21:40to worry about it
21:42and if you're that
21:43afraid of aid
21:43of being dragged
21:44down with me
21:45you're always free
21:46to leave the pack
21:47something shifted
21:48in Lucas's face
21:49at that
21:50like he was actually
21:51seeing me
21:52for the first time
21:52tonight
21:53his eyes were ice
21:54for a moment
21:55he looked like
21:56he wanted Kieran gone
21:57Kieran felt me
21:58draw the line myself
21:59and something in him
22:00eased
22:00his hand found
22:01mine again
22:02holding tighter
22:03like he was afraid
22:04of losing something
22:04he'd only just found
22:06Lucas's throat moved
22:08you're really going
22:09to marry him
22:10Lucas
22:14he crossed the room
22:16in a few strides
22:16and positioned himself
22:17at my side
22:19today marks
22:20the formal alliance
22:21between the Ironclaw pack
22:23and the Stormfling pack
22:24I won't have it
22:25interrupted
22:26by anyone
22:27I'm sorry
22:31I watched the familiar
22:32look cross his face
22:34and for once
22:34I didn't reach out
22:36there had been a time
22:36when I would have
22:37found him afterward
22:38and told him quietly
22:39that dad was hard on him
22:41because he believed in him
22:42that he was never lesser
22:43in this path
22:44that one day
22:45he'd hold more
22:46than I ever would
22:46I said all of that
22:48more than once
22:49and none of it mattered
22:50against a single
22:51carefully placed word
22:52from Lila
22:52all she ever had to do
22:54was look at him
22:54with those sad eyes
22:55and murmur
22:57we're the same
22:58you and me
22:58I understand
22:59what it's like
23:03and just like that
23:04every good thing
23:05this pack had given him
23:06turned to resentment
23:07in his hands
23:12Lucas's eyes moved
23:13between me and Kieran
23:14one last time
23:15then he lifted his glass
23:16toward my father
23:17with a tight smile
23:18I wasn't thinking clearly
23:19tonight is Scarlet's birthday
23:22and her engagement
23:23I haven't even
23:24congratulated her yet
23:25he raised his glass
23:26and looked at me
23:27something unreadable
23:29in his expression
23:29Kieran reached out
23:31and intercepted it
23:32without a word
23:33Scarlet doesn't drink much
23:35he took the glass
23:37and drained it himself
23:37his throat moving smoothly
23:42I'll take it for her
23:43the color drained
23:45from Lucas's face
23:46fragments started surfacing
23:48all the times
23:48I tried to say something
23:50to be something to him
23:51and he turned away
23:52the regret hit him slow
23:53then all at once
23:54his eyes reddened
23:55at the corners
23:56he let out a short
23:57hollow laugh
23:58stepped back
23:59and left
23:59after the banquet
24:00cleared out
24:01Kieran turned to look at me
24:02with a slight tilt of his head
24:04so my fiance isn't going
24:05to invite me
24:06to stay the night
24:08I
24:10what
24:17he watched me
24:18for a moment
24:19something quieter
24:20moving through his expression
24:21maybe you don't actually
24:22want to marry me
24:23I know what happened
24:24to me on the battlefield
24:25it would be perfectly reasonable
24:26if you had reservations
24:28no
24:28that's not it at all
24:29I should have arranged
24:31your accommodations already
24:33you came all the way
24:34from the north
24:34so you already knew
24:36about the rumors
24:36and you genuinely
24:37don't mind
24:38he paused
24:39you don't regret
24:39the engagement
24:40I shook my head
24:41and then
24:42before I could stop myself
24:43my eyes drifted upward
24:45the rumors said
24:46he couldn't form
24:46a normal bond
24:47with a mate
24:47but standing here
24:49looking at him
24:49that claim seemed
24:50completely absurd
24:51I kept looking
24:52what are you staring at
24:54nothing
24:54I wasn't staring
24:56and honestly
24:57none of that matters to me
24:59if we never have children
25:00of our own
25:00we could always adopt
25:03or there are other options now
25:05adopt
25:13you
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