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00:07Kaelin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.
00:12I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.
00:16Three years passed.
00:17We had three hatchlings.
00:21Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.
00:26He did this because his ex had come crawling back.
00:29Are you sure about this?
00:31The old man looked up from the bond ledger.
00:33His quill stopped in the air.
00:35You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?
00:39Kael set his jaw.
00:40You heard me, old man.
00:42Do it.
00:43You said it clearly.
00:44The clan elder looked at me.
00:46Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.
00:49One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.
00:52The elder lowered his voice.
00:54But she just gave you three babies.
00:56My fingers gripped the nest tighter.
00:58The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.
01:01They could only chirp at him.
01:02Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.
01:05Blaze felt me shake.
01:06His tiny tail curled around my wrist.
01:09Kael did not even look at them.
01:10He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.
01:14His voice sounded cold.
01:15I will feed them.
01:16They will not starve.
01:18His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.
01:21Then his gaze dropped to the nest.
01:22Blaze lifted his head first.
01:24Flint followed a beat later.
01:25Still half asleep.
01:27Ember tried anyway.
01:28None of them could get the word right.
01:30They could only chirp it over and over.
01:32Kael blinked his lashes.
01:33For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.
01:37I thought he would reach out.
01:41I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.
01:44Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.
01:46Kael, you promised me.
01:48You said you wished you never left me at the pale tower.
01:51You said when you brought me home this time, you would never hurt me again.
01:56Kael pulled his hand back right away.
01:58His voice went flat.
02:00I do not feel sorry.
02:01At the auction, every shifter wanted her.
02:04Sera bit her lower lip.
02:05All those curves.
02:06Hips made for breeding.
02:08That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?
02:11That year, Kael had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.
02:15Now he was saying something very different.
02:18He was saying it in front of everyone.
02:20You think I wanted her?
02:22I wanted what was between her legs.
02:24There is a difference.
02:26The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.
02:29They burrowed into my sleeves.
02:31Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.
02:33So you regret it?
02:35Kael did not even blink.
02:37Every single minute of it.
02:39I looked up.
02:40Kael, you said you could not live without me.
02:43Sera's face changed.
02:45Kael went still for one moment.
02:47Then his voice grew colder than before.
02:49That was the heat talking.
02:50Not me.
02:51Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.
02:54A few shifters near us gasped.
02:59The clan elder could not watch this anymore.
03:02Kael, I am telling you one more time.
03:05He tapped the page.
03:06Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.
03:08Not without Royan saying so himself.
03:11Are you sure?
03:11Kael refused to look at me.
03:13I am sure.
03:15Three years were gone in one short sentence.
03:17I was not his mate anymore.
03:19I belong to Raewyn.
03:20The clan elder shut the bond ledger.
03:22All right.
03:23Raewyn will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.
03:25Then it is done.
03:26His voice was flat.
03:28Amber, start packing tonight.
03:30I held the nest closer.
03:33Pack for where?
03:35Ronan's den.
03:36And the hatchlings?
03:37He stayed quiet for a long moment.
03:40Sarah coughed softly.
03:41And Kael looked away.
03:43Take them if you want.
03:44Blaze did not know what that meant.
03:46He reached his little tail out toward his father.
03:49Kael did not take it.
03:51Sarah linked her arm through Kael's.
03:53She smiled as she walked past me.
03:56Oh, Amber, sweetie.
03:57Do not be sad.
03:59He brought you in a temper just to spine me.
04:01You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.
04:03Just a way to hurt me.
04:05Kael, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.
04:09Her bed.
04:11Her clothes.
04:12All her old stuff.
04:14Make her clean it out.
04:15Okay?
04:16Kael stroked her hair like she was a child.
04:18Anything for you.
04:19I held the nest and followed them back to the den.
04:22It was the den that used to be mine.
04:24Kael never looked back.
04:25I did not know it yet.
04:27But Cyr was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.
04:30Starting tonight.
04:33Sarah's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.
04:36She froze.
04:37Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.
04:40Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.
04:44All of this is hers?
04:46Kael followed her gaze and frowned.
04:48I will have her clean it out.
04:50Sarah raised her voice.
04:51Kael, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?
04:55You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?
04:58Kael softened at once.
05:00No.
05:01I did not mean it like that.
05:02She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.
05:06She ripped the fur throw off the bed.
05:08Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.
05:13Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.
05:17I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.
05:20Now Sarah was crushing it in her fist.
05:22I stepped forward.
05:23Give it to me.
05:24Kael looked at me too.
05:25He pulled his brow tight.
05:29Amber, do not make her angry right now.
05:31I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.
05:35Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.
05:37They did their clumsy best to soothe me.
05:40Sarah caught the movement.
05:41Her eyes sharpened.
05:42She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?
05:46Do not say my name.
05:47Sarah let her tears fall on cue.
05:49And she got to live in your den?
05:51Sleep in your bed?
05:52Give you three babies?
05:53Kael, do you really think any of that was fair to me?
05:57Kael's face softened all at once.
05:59Stepping forward, he pulled Sarah into his arms.
06:02His voice went low and soothing.
06:04I am sorry.
06:05I let you down.
06:07Then I do not want to see her things.
06:10Make her take all of it out.
06:12Okay.
06:13Pull up the herb garden too.
06:15Kael paused for a heartbeat.
06:17The herb garden in the yard was mine.
06:21I had built it up from nothing.
06:23Now Sarah only had to say the word and it would be torn out.
06:27I dropped my eyes.
06:28Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.
06:31A breaded cord ring.
06:33The crushed charm pouch.
06:35Old clothes.
06:37There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.
06:41It was too much.
06:43I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.
06:48Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.
06:52Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.
06:54He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.
06:57He tried to drag it back for me.
06:59That nest goes too.
07:00I looked up.
07:01She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.
07:03I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.
07:06The main den was damp.
07:07I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.
07:10Their familiar cloth was still inside.
07:12So was their scent.
07:13I will move it.
07:14Right now.
07:15Sarah was already walking toward it.
07:17She bent down to grab the handle.
07:20It is just a beat up nest.
07:22Why are you so worked up?
07:27Do not touch it!
07:31My voice came out sharper than I meant.
07:34Sarah froze.
07:35Her face went hard.
07:37Do not you dare take that tone with me.
07:40Kale turned his head too.
07:42I hurried forward.
07:43It's their sleeping nest.
07:44If you drop it, they will be scared.
07:47Sarah heard me out.
07:48Then she smiled.
07:49Oh.
07:49So you do know what fear is.
07:51She lifted the nest into the air.
07:53I lunged for it.
07:54Sarah stepped back.
07:54Her heel landed on the pile of clothes she had thrown on the floor.
07:57Her ankle rolled.
07:57Kale rushed forward and caught her.
07:59The nest slipped out of Sarah's hand and hit the floor.
08:02The soft sleeping cloth inside spilled out across the ground.
08:04Startled by the fall, the three hatchlings in my arms jerked with a sharp little chirp.
08:08Blaze had been leaning over the rim of the nest in my arm to see what was happening.
08:11The shock made his small body lose its grip.
08:13He slipped right off the edge.
08:14A little one that small did not even make a sound hitting the floor.
08:17Blaze!
08:18I dropped down and scooped him into my palms.
08:20He had curled himself up.
08:22His tail was shaking.
08:24There was a scrape on his forehead.
08:25A tiny bead of blood was forming there.
08:28It was almost too small to see.
08:30Flint and Ember crawled out of the nest in my arm.
08:32Their tiny tails wrapped frantically around my fingers.
08:35They chirped high and thin.
08:36They looked toward Kale.
08:37I knew what they were doing.
08:38They were waiting for their father to scoop Blaze into his big warm palms and soothe him.
08:42He used to do exactly that.
08:43But Kale was holding Sarah.
08:44He had not moved.
08:47Sarah buried her face in his chest and sobbed.
08:50Kale, did she try to push me?
08:53I knew it.
08:54I knew she did not want me back.
08:56I did not.
08:57I lifted my head.
08:59I was trying to protect them.
09:01You hear that?
09:03She is blaming me now.
09:05Sarah cried harder.
09:07Kale looked down at the hatchling in my hands.
09:09He frowned.
09:11Amber, do not make this any uglier.
09:13I stared at him.
09:14He is hurt.
09:15Kale swallowed hard.
09:17It is just a scrape.
09:19I lowered my head and pressed the tiny body against in my chest.
09:24I understand.
09:26I gathered the rest of my things off the floor into a cloth bundle.
09:30I did not bother to fold any of it.
09:32Sarah was already leaning back into Kale.
09:35She acted soft and sweet again.
09:37I want a new bed.
09:38I will have one brought in.
09:40Kale kept his voice low.
09:42I felt the words land somewhere behind my ribs.
09:46Pull up the herb guard.
09:47I want flowers in its place.
09:50He paused.
09:51Then his hand smoothed down the back of her head.
09:55Whatever you want.
09:56It was the same hand that had built that clookied fence in the dark.
10:01And nothing she has ever touched stays.
10:04Not a single thing.
10:06I will have it all replaced with whatever you like.
10:10I held the hurt little one against my heart.
10:13I listened to him grant her wish after wish.
10:16That used to be his word for me.
10:18He would murmur it against my hair on nights when the mating heat ran hot in him.
10:23Now he was giving those words to her.
10:26A new bed.
10:27The herb garden ripped out by morning.
10:29Every piece of me gone from this den.
10:32He had said yes to all of it.
10:39By the time night fell, the den I used to share with him had nothing of mine left.
10:43Nothing except the three hatchlings curled against me.
10:45Kale had told me I could take them with me, if I wanted to.
10:48I held them closer.
10:49Outside, the sky was already dimming.
10:51I did not know it yet.
10:52But the worst part of this day was still coming.
10:54That night, I moved into Royan's old den.
10:56He had been gone from the clan for too long.
10:58The moment I pushed the door open, the smell of damp wood and old dust rolled out.
11:01I coughed a few times before I could step inside.
11:03The room was small.
11:04It had one bed.
11:05There was one chest with a missing hinge.
11:06A cold stone hearth had not been lit in months.
11:09The walls felt cool against my hand.
11:10I pushed the window open and let in the night air.
11:13It was colder than I was used to.
11:14It felt cleaner too.
11:16I pulled an old robe out of my bundle and laid it on the floor in the moonlight.
11:19I built a small soft spot for the hatchlings on top of it.
11:22Their familiar cloth went down first.
11:24Then I added the few squares of soft fabric I had saved from when they were born.
11:27I put their scent right back in the middle of all this strangeness.
11:30I sat down on the floor and let them out of my arms.
11:33Flint and Ember crawled around their new nest.
11:35They sniffed at it and looked for me.
11:37Eventually, they came back and curled against my knee.
11:40But Blaze stayed completely still.
11:42He sat curled in the middle of my palm.
11:45The scrape on his oarhead had stopped bleeding, but the skin around it was still red.
11:49He looked smaller than usual.
11:51He had pulled his whole body in tight to keep warm.
11:56I lowered my head and kissed the top of his head.
11:59Does it hurt, Blaze?
12:00He wrapped his tiny tail around my finger and held on.
12:03Sarah's voice came from the den next door.
12:05She was complaining about something.
12:07Her voice was high and sweet.
12:08It always sounded like that when she wanted Kale to feel sorry for her.
12:11I closed the window.
12:13But the smell of new flower seedlings still came in through the wall gaps.
12:16Sarah had ordered them planted along the wall at dusk.
12:19They had ripped my herb garden out by lantern light.
12:21I could still smell the bruised basil and mint under the fresh dirt.
12:25I gathered the three hatchlings to my chest and curled into the far corner of of the bed.
12:30The wall between the two dens was thin.
12:32It did not take long.
12:34The voice next door changed.
12:37Kale, no!
12:38Kale, I am scared!
12:42I pressed both my hands over my ears.
12:44The mating heat had taken him.
12:46I had heard him in the heat for three years.
12:48I knew the sound of him holding himself back.
12:51What I was hearing through that wall was not it.
12:54A moment later, someone shoved open the door of my borrowed den.
12:57Kale stood in the doorway.
12:59His slit eyes glowed in the dark.
13:01His robe hung off one of his shoulders.
13:03Loose hair fell against his neck.
13:05His chest moved hard with each breath.
13:07His eyes locked on me.
13:09My body recognized him before my mind could catch up.
13:12Three years of nights had trained it well.
13:14My skin went hot.
13:15My breath shortened.
13:16I held the hatchlings against my chest and slid back against the headboard.
13:20Kale, you came to the wrong den.
13:24He took a step inside.
13:26Then another.
13:27Amber.
13:27His voice was so low and rough.
13:29It sounded like it cost him to push the word out.
13:31I shook my head.
13:32I am not your mate anymore.
13:34His feet stopped.
13:35The slits in his eyes went thin.
13:37Who said that?
13:38You did.
13:38I made sure each word was clear.
13:40At the Bond ledger today, you switched me to Roran's name in front of everyone.
13:43Kale went very still.
13:45For one second, I thought the words had reached him.
13:47Then I watched the mating heat push past whatever sense he had left.
13:49Crossing the room in two long strides, his hand closed around my wrist.
13:53He pressed me back against the bedding.
13:54No!
13:55I twisted away.
13:56His hand froze on my wrist.
13:57He looked down at me with shaking breath.
14:00Something in his chest was working hard.
14:02You never used to pull away from me.
14:04You never used to throw me away.
14:06A small and sharp hiss cut through the room.
14:08Blaze crawled out of the soft spot on the floor.
14:11His scrape was still raw.
14:12His whole body was shaking.
14:14But he kept climbing, pulling himself onto the bedding.
14:17He put himself between me and his father.
14:19He opened his small mouth and showed his baby fangs at the shifter who had hurt him.
14:22Flint and Ember woke up.
14:24Scrambling out of the soft spot, they copied Blaze.
14:26Soon, all three lined up in front of me.
14:28Three hatchlings.
14:29None of them were bigger than my palm.
14:31They were trying to protect me.
14:32Their fangs were not even all the way in.
14:36Little ones, I whispered.
14:38Come back to Mama.
14:39They did not look at me.
14:40They faced their father.
14:42Kale looked down at them.
14:43His breath was still rough.
14:44But something behind his eyes started to flickering.
14:46He reached out.
14:47He lifted Blaze off the bedding.
14:48The hatchling thrashed in his palm.
14:50His tail whipped back and forth.
14:51His tiny mouth opened in a soft sound.
14:53I grabbed Kale's arm with both hands.
14:55Let him go.
14:55Kale, you are hurting him.
14:57My nails dug in.
14:58I broke the skin on his forearm.
14:59Kale pulled his brow tight.
15:00His fingers opened.
15:01The hatchling flew across the room.
15:03The small body hit the corner of the stone wall.
15:05He slid down to the floor.
15:06Little one!
15:07I scrambled off the bed and crawled to him.
15:08I gathered him into my palms.
15:10He had curled himself up so tight I could barely see his face.
15:13His tail was trembling nonstop.
15:14His eyes were closed.
15:15His breathing was so light I had to press into my heart to feel it.
15:19Kale did not move from the bed.
15:20He stared down at his own hand.
15:21A scream cut through the doorway.
15:22Kale!
15:23Sarah stood in the doorway.
15:24A robe was thrown over her shoulders.
15:26Her hair was loose and her hands were trembling.
15:28She looked at me on the floor with the little one in my hands.
15:30She looked at Kale on the bed with his shirt open.
15:32Kale moved fast.
15:33His hand jerked off the bedding.
15:34He stepped away from me like he had been burned.
15:36Sarah ran across the room.
15:37The slap came before I could lift my head.
15:40It cracked across my cheek.
15:44My ears rang.
15:46Her voice was high and ugly.
15:48You little slut.
15:50You could not even wait one night before you spread your legs for him?
15:54I was holding the hatchling against my chest.
15:56I did not raise my free hand to my face.
15:58I looked at Kale.
16:00His face showed everything that should have been on Sarah's face.
16:02Panic.
16:03Shame.
16:04Guilt.
16:04Sarah turned to him too.
16:05Tell me.
16:06Kale, did she seduce you?
16:07Did she pull you in here?
16:08Her voice shook.
16:09Kale moved his lips.
16:11The room waited.
16:12A long moment later, his voice came out rough.
16:14Yes.
16:16My fingers closed tight around the little one.
16:19Sarah was not done.
16:20Say it loud, Kale.
16:22Let everyone hear you.
16:23She seduced me!
16:26Kale closed his eyes.
16:27I laughed.
16:28It was one short sound.
16:30It left my throat before I could stop it.
16:32Kale opened his mouth, but nothing came out.
16:35Amber, I-
16:36Sarah did not let him finish.
16:38She grabbed a fistful of my hair and pulled.
16:40I held the hurt hatchling tight against me.
16:43I did not fight her hard.
16:44I couldn't.
16:45If I twisted, the little one in my hands would be crushed against my chest.
16:50She dragged me out of the den.
16:52The cold hit me first.
16:53The clan was asleep.
16:54The lanterns along the walls had been turned low.
16:57Sarah dragged me into the middle of the open yard and dropped me.
16:59Look at this!
17:01She shouted at the dark dens around us.
17:03Look at the female your alpha just threw out of his bed!
17:09Her voice carried in the cold.
17:11One or two doors cracked open.
17:12Sleepy faces peered out and pulled back fast.
17:15No one wanted to step into this.
17:16I kept my head down.
17:17I was shaking and told myself it was the cold.
17:19Kale had come out behind us.
17:21He stood about ten paces away.
17:23His face was set hard.
17:24His fists opened and closed at his sides.
17:27He neither stepped forward nor said a word.
17:30Sarah grabbed the front of my robe.
17:31The cloth tore.
17:33The sound was sharp in the cold night.
17:35You think you are so good at pulling men in?
17:37Let us see what you have to offer.
17:38She brought her face close to mine.
17:40I curled my body forward.
17:41I tucked the three hatchlings safely between my chest and knee.
17:47Sarah went stotted with her fists still in my torn collar.
17:50A shadow stepped into the lamp and light.
17:52He was tall and broader than Kale.
17:53A traveling cloak rested on his shoulders.
17:56Road dust covered his boots.
17:57His gaze dropped from Sarah's hand on my collar to the hatchling shaking in the dirt.
18:00Then he saw the scrape on Blaze's oarhead.
18:02Finally, he looked at Kale.
18:04Sarah let go of my robe like it had burned her.
18:07Rowan.
18:08Rowan did not look at her.
18:09He took one step into the yard.
18:11The lantern light caught his eyes.
18:13They were not like Kale's.
18:14They were emerald.
18:15And they had gone completely cold.
18:20Rowan crossed the yard in four long strides.
18:23He stopped beside me and blocked the lantern light.
18:26He took the cloak off his own shoulders and held it out.
18:29Take it.
18:29I took it.
18:31He was careful not to touch me.
18:33Then he turned his head halfway toward Kale.
18:34Take your woman inside, Kale.
18:36Get her out of my sight.
18:37His voice was low and very easy.
18:38Sarah made a small sign and grabbed Kale's sleeve.
18:40Kale did not move at first.
18:41He was looking at me.
18:42Now.
18:43Rowan said.
18:43Kale flinched.
18:44He turned and walked Sarah back into the main den.
18:46The door shut.
18:47Only then did Rowan kneel down on one knee.
18:49He pulled the edges of his cloak around me himself.
18:50Moving slow and careful, his hands worked around the hatchling's buried against my chest.
18:54Blaze stirred.
18:55He pushed his small head out of the torn robe.
18:57His eyes were swollen from sleep.
18:58The scrape on his oarhead was crusted with dark blood.
19:01Rowan froze.
19:02He looked at the cut on the little one's face.
19:04The hatchling opened his small mouth and showed his fangs at the stranger.
19:08All right.
19:09Rowan said softly.
19:10He did not sound angry.
19:12You can bite me.
19:13Just do not scare your mama anymore tonight.
19:14The hatchling bit him.
19:15The tiny fangs sank hard into his thumb.
19:17Rowan twitched his brow but did not pull his hand back.
19:20He let the small teeth stay in his skin until they were ready to let go.
19:23Amber.
19:23His voice was still soft.
19:25It is me.
19:26Rowan.
19:26I let out a long breath.
19:28I did not cry.
19:30I had stopped being able to cry somewhere between the hall and the dirt.
19:34But I let my head rest against his shoulder for one moment.
19:37He let me.
19:41Inside the main den, Sarah was still crying.
19:45Kale had not gone to her first.
19:46He stood at the door of Roran's old den where I had taken the hatchlings.
19:51Lantern light spilled along the frame.
19:53Little ones.
19:54His voice was low.
19:55Nothing answered.
19:56A small rustle came from the floor.
19:58He took one step inside.
20:00The three hatchlings were curled together in the pile of old clothes.
20:03They saw him.
20:04Flinching.
20:04They backed against the wall.
20:06Kale went still.
20:07Blazed pushed out of the pile and stumbled toward him.
20:10His tail was uneven from the fall.
20:11His forehead was raw.
20:13He pulled himself up onto Kale's boot and bit down on his finger.
20:16The tiny fangs hit dragon scales and could not get through.
20:20Kale did not move.
20:21The hatchling did not let go.
20:24His voice cracked.
20:26Your pie is sorry.
20:28Flint and Ember stayed pressed against the wall with wide eyes.
20:31They watched but would not come closer.
20:33After a long moment, Kale lifted his free hand.
20:36He did not touch the hatchling.
20:38He held his palm up in the air.
20:41It was how he used to hold them when they were born.
20:44None of them moved.
20:45He lowered his hand and stepped out of the room.
20:48Blaze fell off his boot and scrambled back to his brother's.
20:51Kale shut the door gently, as if he could undo any of it by being gentle now.
20:56He walked back to the main den.
20:58Sara was sitting on the bed.
20:59The firth row was on the floor.
21:01The clothes were still spilled across the room.
21:03She looked up.
21:04You are still thinking about her, are you not?
21:07Kale ignored the question.
21:08He stood at the door and asked something else.
21:14Are you afraid of my dragon tail?
21:17Sara's face changed.
21:19Why are you asking me that?
21:23Earlier, when I was in the heat, you said the word disgusting.
21:27I was scared.
21:29Sara raised her voice.
21:30I spent years in the Pale Tower.
21:32The way it suddenly came out scared me.
21:35Why are you turning on me over a word?
21:38Kale did not move.
21:39He looked at her but saw something else.
21:42He saw the back alley behind the Pale Tower years ago.
21:45His dragon tail had been split open from a clan fight.
21:50There was so much blood, he could not see the stones underneath.
21:59A female had crouched in front of him with a clean cloth and salve.
22:03She had told him his tail was a beautiful thing.
22:05Not disgusting.
22:07He had thought for years that the female was Sara.
22:10He looked at the woman on the bed now.
22:14That time I was hurt.
22:17Was it you who cleaned the wound?
22:19Sara went still.
22:21What wound?
22:22Kale felt a coldness start in his chest.
22:26In the back alley.
22:28The bad one.
22:30The one I almost died from.
22:32Sara spoke quickly.
22:33That was so long ago.
22:35I do not really remember the details.
22:37Where was I hurt?
22:38Sara could not answer.
22:40Her hands tightened in her lap and her face went red.
22:45Why are you asking me this now?
22:48Even if I did not clean it, I sent the medicine to your room every single day.
22:52Kale caught his breath.
22:56Who told you to send it?
22:58Sara opened and closed her mouth.
23:00Her hands started shaking.
23:03Sara.
23:05Who told you to send the medicine to my room?
23:08She tried to look away.
23:11Amber.
23:13The word fell into the room.
23:17Kale went still.
23:21For three years, he had told himself Sira saved his life that night.
23:26He paid a record price for Amber at the auction.
23:29And called it just lust.
23:33He never let himself look at the rest of it.
23:36The female in the back alley with the ploth and salm.
23:42Amber laughing at his crooked fence.
23:47The patched sleeve on a robe he could not throw out.
23:52He shoved away from the door and ran.
23:55He came out into the cold yard.
23:58The wall where Amber had been sitting was empty.
24:03The three hatchlings were gone with her.
24:06All that was left was a dark patch in the dirt where the blood had dried.
24:12Kale stood in front of it and could not move.
24:18The Bond-Ledry center opened at first light.
24:22Rowian pulled me through the door before the Clan Elder finished pouring the morning ink.
24:27He set me down in front of the counter and pressed his thumb to the page.
24:32The Clan Elder looked at him.
24:35Then he looked at me.
24:37Then he looked at the place where Kale had crossed my name out yesterday.
24:41You are sure about this?
24:43Your brother just changed this line yesterday.
24:47Rowian pressed harder.
24:48Sure, make it quick.
24:52The Clan Elder pulled his mouth to one side but picked up his quill.
24:55After this, no one can switch her name out again.
24:58Not even Kale.
25:02Rowian turned to look at me.
25:06Amber.
25:07He stopped after the first word.
25:09The tips of his ears turned red.
25:11He had to start over.
25:14Amber.
25:15You do not want to go back to him, do you?
25:18I shook my head.
25:19No.
25:22Rowian let out a breath he had been holding all morning.
25:26Then was there something else you wanted to say?
25:28I looked down at the three hatchlings and the makeshift slang around my chest.
25:33Can I bring them with me?
25:34Rowian went still.
25:35I tried to find the right way to say it.
25:37If it is too much trouble, I can take care of them by myself.
25:40They eat almost nothing.
25:42But they are so small.
25:44I cannot leave them with Kale.
25:46Rowian turned back to the Clan Elder.
25:48Put the three hatchlings under my name, too.
25:51The Elder widened his eyes.
25:52Those are Kale's hatchlings.
25:55Not anymore.
25:56Rowian looked down at the small heads peeking out.
25:58His mouth tipped up at one cord.
26:01Three free babies.
26:03Best deal I will ever make.
26:04Blaze tipped his head back and hissed at him.
26:08Rowian lowered his voice and spoke softly to the little one.
26:11Bite a little softer next time.
26:13All right?
26:14Quick footsteps came up the steps outside.
26:16The door pushed open.
26:18Kale stood in the doorway with Sarah hanging off his arm.
26:21Her hair was loose and her eyes were red.
26:25Her voice was horny from crying.
26:27Kale, I know I was wrong.
26:29Please, do not send me back.
26:32Kale ignored her.
26:33He walked straight to the counter.
26:36Take Sarah's name off mine.
26:38He paused and lowered his voice.
26:40Put Amber's name back.
26:42The room went quiet.
26:44Rowan laughed.
26:47Sorry, Kale.
26:48Too late.
26:49He held up his thumb.
26:51The ink was not even dry on it.
26:53I just signed.
26:55Amber is my mate now.
26:59Kale stopped breathing.
27:01I watched him stop.
27:02His eyes found me.
27:04Amber.
27:05Come home with me.
27:07I did not move.
27:07Rowan took one step sideways.
27:09He put himself between Kale and the sling on my chest.
27:11Kale, you are scaring her.
27:15Kale cracked his voice.
27:17Amber, I know I was wrong.
27:19I lifted my head and looked at him.
27:22In one night, his eyes had gone bloodshot.
27:24He looked like he had not slept at all.
27:27I made my voice soft.
27:28Kale, you were the one who put me out.
27:31Kale swayed where he stood.
27:33I tugged Rowan's sleeve.
27:35Let us go.
27:36I want to take the hatchlings home.
27:38Rowan looked down at me.
27:40Okay.
27:41He kept his eye near my shoulder as he walked me to the door.
27:44He did not touch me, but he stayed close enough to keep me steady.
27:48When we passed Kale, Kale reached out for my wrist.
27:51I stepped past his fingers.
27:53His hand stopped in the air.
27:55Rowan looked back over his shoulder.
27:56He smiled his lazy and crooked smile, but his eyes were cold.
28:01Kale, my mate is shy.
28:04Do not scare her.
28:05He walked me out into the morning light.
28:07After that morning, Rowan and I moved the hatchlings out of his old den.
28:12He found us a new place at the edge of the clan grounds.
28:15It was small and damp, but he traded out every moldy floorboard the first night.
28:24The next morning, he cut a second window into the south wall.
28:28He did this because the little ones loved napping in the sun.
28:35But they still hated him.
28:39Every time Raelynn came close, Blaze bit him.
28:43After the third day, Raelynn sat on the floor with bite marks on his hand.
28:48He looked at me like a kicked dog.
28:52Amber, does it hate me?
28:54Before I could answer, the little one bit his knee again.
29:00Rowan let out a slow breath.
29:03Right.
29:04Hates me pretty hard.
29:06I covered my mouth with my hand.
29:08I had not laughed in days.
29:10The sound came out small.
29:12The tips of Rowan's ears turned pink.
29:14He pretended not to notice.
29:16He pulled his sleeve down over the bites.
29:18He went back to cutting his new robes into soft squares.
29:23Emble had decided he liked sleeping on the cuffs.
29:26After that, Kale started coming.
29:28He arrived without a knock or a call of my name.
29:31He stood under the tall pine tree in our yard and waited.
29:35Some afternoons, the hatchlings sunned themselves on the window ledge.
29:38When they spotted him, Blaze would push the other two back.
29:44Three small bodies dive into my robe sleeves.
29:47Kale never came a step closer.
29:49The sun would set and he would still be there.
29:52He walked back to his den before dark.
29:55The next afternoon, he came again.
29:57One night, Rarion held me in our bed and bit my shoulder.
30:01The bite was soft.
30:02His voice was not.
30:04He is out there again.
30:06I turned my head toward the window.
30:09Kale's shadow fell across the paper.
30:12I let out a breath and sat up.
30:15Rowan put his arm around my waist.
30:17Where are you going?
30:19To tell him not to come back.
30:25His eyes went tight.
30:27Amber.
30:29I covered his hand with mine.
30:32I am only going to talk to him.
30:34I pulled a robe over my shoulders and stepped out into the yard.
30:37The moon was bright.
30:39I could see Kale had been crying.
30:41Amber.
30:42His voice was almost gone.
30:44I sent Sarah away.
30:46I made a small sound but had no answer for that.
30:49You saved me in the back alley.
30:50Did you not?
30:51I stayed quiet.
30:53You carried me back and cleaned my tail.
30:55You told Sarah to bring the salb.
30:57His eyes looked black in the moonlight.
30:59I had the wrong person, Amber.
31:01From the very first night.
31:02I thought about it for a long time.
31:05The pale tower had been full of wounded shifters back then.
31:09I had saved more than one.
31:11I shook my head.
31:14I do not remember.
31:15Kale went still.
31:18How can you not remember?
31:20He sounded like a young boy who had lost something important.
31:25I held on to that night for years.
31:27I looked up at him.
31:29So?
31:30My voice was soft.
31:32You love whoever saved you.
31:33If it had been Sarah, you would love Sarah.
31:36Because it was me, you came back for me.
31:39Kale, tell me.
31:41Who do you actually want?
31:43Kale flinched like I hit him.
31:45It is not like that.
31:48Go back, Kale.
31:50I made my voice very quiet.
31:53Do not come here anymore.
31:54Kale moved one step forward.
31:57Amber.
31:59You can hate me or blame me.
32:02Do not tell me you do not want me.
32:08I opened my mouth to answer him.
32:10The yard stilted.
32:11The moon went black at the edges.
32:13My legs gave out.
32:14Two arms caught me before I hit the ground.
32:16Roran had come out of the den.
32:18He pulled me back against his chest.
32:20His arm locked across my colifolds like a claim.
32:24Roran glared at Kale over my shoulder.
32:26Do not touch her.
32:29The room was quiet when I opened my eyes.
32:31The clan healer sat at the foot of the bed packing her dried herbs.
32:36Roran sat on the edge of the mattress and held my hand.
32:39The three hatchlings lined up at the foot of the bed and watched me.
32:44Amber.
32:45Roran shook his voice.
32:46We have hatchlings.
32:49I laid my hand against my stomach.
32:52The healer smiled and tied up her bundle.
32:56Dragon shifters are hard to conceive.
32:58You are a lucky mate.
33:01Three the first time.
33:02And no fewer this time.
33:04She slid the bundle over her shoulder.
33:07She looked at Renan.
33:09Then she looked at Kale in the doorway.
33:12Hmm.
33:12Her face went uncertain.
33:15Last time was it not this other shifter?
33:18The room went quiet.
33:20The healer coughed and let herself out.
33:23Kale stood at the doorway with his eyes on my belly.
33:27He took one step back.
33:28Then he turned and walked out into the yard.
33:35Roran watched the doorway for a long moment.
33:38He pulled his mouth down.
33:40He turned back to me and stayed quiet for a while.
33:44Are you going to feel sorry for him?
33:46His voice was quiet.
33:48Why are you asking?
33:50He dropped his eyes to our hands.
33:53If he had not been stupid, my turn would never have come.
33:58You loved him so much before.
34:00Now he is sorry.
34:02I am afraid you will soften.
34:04He told me he was not going to hold me back from anything.
34:07But his tail sliding around my ankle under the blanket told a different story.
34:12I lifted the corner of my mouth.
34:16So are you holding me back right now?
34:18The tips of his ears turned bright red.
34:21His mouth set into a hard line.
34:24No.
34:25The blanket moved.
34:26Three small heads popped out.
34:28One little hatchling scrambled onto Rokon's shoulder.
34:32Meanwhile, Flint wound tightly around his wrist.
34:35Taking the long way,
34:36Blair scaled Rokon's sleeve to curl atop his head.
34:39Rowan froze and did not move a single muscle.
34:46What are they doing?
34:47I thought about it.
34:49I think they are saying you can stay.
34:52Rowan went very still.
34:54After a moment, he let out a low laugh.
34:57His eyes filled up.
34:59Little ungrateful thing.
35:01You finally let me in?
35:02Blaze flicked his small tongue at him.
35:04The sky outside had started to lighten.
35:07Rowan's new vegetable seedlings were wet with dew.
35:11A few of them were starting to push true leaves.
35:14Rowan reached up with care and lifted Blaze off his head.
35:17He set him down on the pillow next to mine.
35:20He tucked the blanket up under my chin.
35:23Sleep.
35:25I will watch over all of you.
35:27I had one hatchling's cold tail in my palm.
35:30Blaze felt heavy on my pillow.
35:32Ronin breathed steady against my back.
35:34For the first time in three years,
35:36I slept so soundly.
35:39I closed my eyes and let myself fall.
35:42I slept so soundly.
35:44Wait!
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