The Auctioned Mate🧡🔥 FREE HD MOVIE🍭💚─影片 Dailymotion

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00:00:10Kaelin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:00:15I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:00:18Three years passed.

00:00:20We had three hatchlings.

00:00:24Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:00:28He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:00:32Are you sure about this?

00:00:34The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:00:36His quill stopped in the air.

00:00:38You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:00:41Kael set his jaw.

00:00:43You heard me, old man.

00:00:45Do it.

00:00:46You said it clearly.

00:00:47The clan elder looked at me, then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:00:52One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:00:55The elder lowered his voice.

00:00:56But she just gave you three babies.

00:00:59My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:01:01The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:01:04They could only chirp at him.

00:01:05Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:01:08Blaze felt me shake.

00:01:09His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:01:12Kael did not even look at them.

00:01:13He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:01:17His voice sounded cold.

00:01:18I will feed them.

00:01:19They will not starve.

00:01:20His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:01:24Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:01:25Blaze lifted his head first.

00:01:27Flint followed a beat later.

00:01:28Still half asleep.

00:01:30Ember tried anyway.

00:01:31None of them could get the word right.

00:01:33They could only chirp it over and over.

00:01:35Kael blinked his lashes.

00:01:36For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:01:39I thought he would reach out.

00:01:43I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:01:47Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:01:49Kael, you promised me.

00:01:51You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:01:54You said when you brought me home this time you would never hurt me again.

00:01:58Kael pulled his hand back right away.

00:02:01His voice went flat.

00:02:02I do not feel sorry.

00:02:03At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:02:06Sera bit her lower lip.

00:02:08All those curves.

00:02:09Hips made for breeding.

00:02:11That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:02:14That year, Kael had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:02:18Now he was saying something very different.

00:02:21He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:02:23You think I wanted her?

00:02:25I wanted what was between her legs.

00:02:27There is a difference.

00:02:29The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:02:31They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:02:33Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:02:36So you regret it?

00:02:38Kael did not even blink.

00:02:40Every single minute of it.

00:02:41I looked up.

00:02:43Kael, you said you could not live without me.

00:02:46Sera's face changed.

00:02:48Kael went still for one moment.

00:02:49Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:02:52That was the heat talking.

00:02:53Not me.

00:02:54Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:02:57A few shifters near us gasped.

00:03:02The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:03:04Kael, I am telling you one more time.

00:03:07He tapped the page.

00:03:08Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:03:11Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:03:13Are you sure?

00:03:14Kael refused to look at me.

00:03:16I am sure.

00:03:17Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:03:20I was not his mate anymore.

00:03:21I belong to Rhaewyn.

00:03:23The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:03:24All right, Rhaewyn will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:03:28Then it is done.

00:03:29His voice was flat.

00:03:30Amber, start packing tonight.

00:03:33I held the nest closer.

00:03:35Pack for where?

00:03:37Ronan's den.

00:03:39And the hatchlings?

00:03:40He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:03:42Sera coughed softly, and Kael looked away.

00:03:46Take them if you want.

00:03:47Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:03:49He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:03:52Kael did not take it.

00:03:53Sera linked her arm through Kael's.

00:03:56She smiled as she walked past me.

00:03:58Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:04:00Do not be sad.

00:04:01He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:04:04You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:04:06Just a way to hurt me.

00:04:07Kael, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:04:12Her bed.

00:04:13Her clothes.

00:04:15All her old stuff.

00:04:16Make her clean it out, okay?

00:04:18Kael stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:04:21Anything for you.

00:04:22I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:04:25It was the den that used to be mine.

00:04:27Kael never looked back.

00:04:28I did not know it yet, but Sera was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:04:33Starting tonight.

00:04:36Sera's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:04:39She froze.

00:04:40Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:04:43Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:04:47All of this is hers.

00:04:48Kael followed her gaze and frowned.

00:04:51I will have her clean it out.

00:04:52Sera raised her voice.

00:04:54Kael, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:04:57You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:05:00Kael softened at once.

00:05:02No.

00:05:03I did not mean it like that.

00:05:05She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:05:08She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:05:10Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:05:15Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

00:05:19I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:05:22Now Sera was crushing it in her fist.

00:05:24I stepped forward.

00:05:26Give it to me.

00:05:27Kael looked at me too.

00:05:28He pulled his brow tight.

00:05:31Amber, do not make her angry right now.

00:05:34I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:05:37Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:05:39They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:05:42Sera caught the movement.

00:05:43Her eyes sharpened.

00:05:44She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:05:48Do not say my name.

00:05:49Sera let her tears fall on cue.

00:05:52And she got to live in your den, sleep in your bed, give you three babies?

00:05:55Kael, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:05:59Kael's face softened all at once.

00:06:02Stepping forward, he pulled Sera into his arms.

00:06:04His voice went low and soothing.

00:06:06I am sorry.

00:06:08I let you down.

00:06:09Then I do not want to see her things.

00:06:12Make her take all of it out.

00:06:14Okay.

00:06:15Pull up the herb garden too.

00:06:18Kael paused for a heartbeat.

00:06:20The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:06:23I had built it up from nothing.

00:06:25Now Sera only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:06:29I dropped my eyes.

00:06:30Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:06:34A breaded cord ring.

00:06:35The crushed charm pouch.

00:06:37Old clothes.

00:06:39There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:06:43It was too much.

00:06:45I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:06:50Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:06:54Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:06:56He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:06:59He tried to drag it back for me.

00:07:01That nest goes too.

00:07:03I looked up.

00:07:03She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:07:06I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:07:08The main den was damp.

00:07:09I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:07:12Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:07:14So was their scent.

00:07:16I will move it.

00:07:17Right now.

00:07:18Sera was already walking toward it.

00:07:19She bent down to grab the handle.

00:07:22It is just a beat up nest.

00:07:24Why are you so worked up?

00:07:29Do not touch it!

00:07:51Kaelin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:07:56I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:08:00Three years passed.

00:08:01We had three hatchlings.

00:08:06Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:08:10He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:08:13Are you sure about this?

00:08:15The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:08:17His quill stopped in the air.

00:08:19You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:08:23Kael set his jaw.

00:08:25You heard me, old man.

00:08:26Do it.

00:08:27You said it clearly.

00:08:28The clan elder looked at me.

00:08:30Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:08:33One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:08:36The elder lowered his voice.

00:08:38But she just gave you three babies.

00:08:40My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:08:42The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:08:45They could only chirp at him.

00:08:47Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:08:49Blaze felt me shake.

00:08:51His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:08:53Kael did not even look at them.

00:08:55He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:08:58His voice sounded cold.

00:08:59I will feed them.

00:09:00They will not starve.

00:09:01His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:09:05Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:09:06Blaze lifted his head first.

00:09:08Flint followed a beat later.

00:09:10Still half asleep.

00:09:11Amber tried anyway.

00:09:12None of them could get the word right.

00:09:14They could only chirp it over and over.

00:09:16Kael blinked his lashes.

00:09:18For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:09:21I thought he would reach out.

00:09:25I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:09:28Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:09:30Kael, you promised me.

00:09:33You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:09:36You said when you brought me home this time you would never hurt me again.

00:09:40Kael pulled his hand back right away.

00:09:42His voice went flat.

00:09:44I do not feel sorry.

00:09:45At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:09:48Sera bit her lower lip.

00:09:49All those curves.

00:09:50Hips made for breeding.

00:09:52That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:09:55That year, Kael had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:10:00Now he was saying something very different.

00:10:02He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:10:04You think I wanted her?

00:10:06I wanted what was between her legs.

00:10:08There is a difference.

00:10:10The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:10:13They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:10:15Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:10:17So you regret it?

00:10:19Kael did not even blink.

00:10:21Every single minute of it.

00:10:23I looked up.

00:10:24Kael, you said you could not live without me.

00:10:27Sera's face changed.

00:10:29Kael went still for one moment.

00:10:31Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:10:33That was the heat talking.

00:10:34Not me.

00:10:35Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:10:38A few shifters near us gasped.

00:10:43The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:10:46Kael, I am telling you one more time.

00:10:48He tapped the page.

00:10:50Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:10:52Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:10:54Are you sure?

00:10:55Kael refused to look at me.

00:10:57I am sure.

00:10:59Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:11:01I was not his mate anymore.

00:11:02I belong to Rewyn.

00:11:04The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:11:06All right.

00:11:07Rewyn will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:11:09Then it is done.

00:11:10His voice was flat.

00:11:12Amber, start packing tonight.

00:11:14I held the nest closer.

00:11:17Pack for where?

00:11:19Ronan's den.

00:11:20And the hatchlings?

00:11:21He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:11:24Sarah coughed softly, and Kael looked away.

00:11:27Take them if you want.

00:11:28Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:11:30He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:11:33Kael did not take it.

00:11:35Sarah linked her arm through Kael's.

00:11:37She smiled as she walked past me.

00:11:40Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:11:41Do not be sad.

00:11:43He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:11:45You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:11:47Just a way to hurt me.

00:11:49Kael, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:11:53Her bed.

00:11:55Her clothes.

00:11:56All her old stuff.

00:11:57Make her clean it out.

00:11:59Okay?

00:12:00Kael stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:12:02Anything for you.

00:12:03I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:12:06It was the den that used to be mine.

00:12:08Kael never looked back.

00:12:09I did not know it yet, but Cyr was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:12:14Starting tonight.

00:12:17Sarah's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:12:20She froze.

00:12:21Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:12:24Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:12:28All of this is hers?

00:12:30Kael followed her gaze and frowned.

00:12:32I will have her clean it out.

00:12:34Sarah raised her voice.

00:12:35Kael, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:12:38You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:12:42Kael softened at once.

00:12:43No.

00:12:44I did not mean it like that.

00:12:46She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:12:49She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:12:51Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:12:56Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

00:13:01I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:13:03Now Sarah was crushing it in her fist.

00:13:06I stepped forward.

00:13:07Give it to me.

00:13:08Kael looked at me too.

00:13:09He pulled his brow tight.

00:13:12Amber, do not make her angry right now.

00:13:15I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:13:18Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:13:21They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:13:23Sarah caught the movement.

00:13:25Her eyes sharpened.

00:13:26She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:13:29Do not say my name.

00:13:31Sarah let her tears fall on cue.

00:13:33And she got to live in your den.

00:13:34Sleep in your bed.

00:13:36Give you three babies?

00:13:37Kael, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:13:41Kael's face softened all at once.

00:13:43Stepping forward, he pulled Sarah into his arms.

00:13:46His voice went low and soothing.

00:13:48I am sorry.

00:13:49I let you down.

00:13:50Then I do not want to see her things.

00:13:53Make her take all of it out.

00:13:55Okay.

00:13:56Pull up the herb garden too.

00:13:59Kael paused for a heartbeat.

00:14:01The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:14:05I had built it up from nothing.

00:14:07Now Sarah only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:14:10I dropped my eyes.

00:14:12Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:14:15A breaded cord ring.

00:14:17The crushed charm pouch.

00:14:19Old clothes.

00:14:20There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:14:25It was too much.

00:14:27I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:14:31Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:14:35Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:14:37He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:14:40He tried to drag it back for me.

00:14:43That nest goes too.

00:14:44I looked up.

00:14:45She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:14:47I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:14:49The main den was damp.

00:14:51I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:14:54Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:14:56So was their scent.

00:14:57I will move it.

00:14:58Right now.

00:14:59Sarah was already walking toward it.

00:15:01She bent down to grab the handle.

00:15:03It is just a beat up nest.

00:15:05Why are you so worked up?

00:15:11Do not touch it!

00:15:32Kaylin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:15:38I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:15:41Three years passed.

00:15:43We had three hatchlings.

00:15:47Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:15:51He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:15:54Are you sure about this?

00:15:56The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:15:58His quill stopped in the air.

00:16:00You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:16:04Kyle set his jaw.

00:16:06You heard me, old man.

00:16:08Do it.

00:16:08You said it clearly.

00:16:10The clan elder looked at me.

00:16:11Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:16:14One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:16:18The elder lowered his voice.

00:16:19But she just gave you three babies.

00:16:21My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:16:24The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:16:26They could only chirp at him.

00:16:28Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:16:30Blaze felt me shake.

00:16:32His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:16:34Kale did not even look at them.

00:16:36He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:16:39His voice sounded cold.

00:16:41I will feed them.

00:16:42They will not starve.

00:16:43His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:16:46Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:16:48Blaze lifted his head first.

00:16:50Flint followed a beat later.

00:16:51Still half asleep.

00:16:52Ember tried anyway.

00:16:54None of them could get the word right.

00:16:56They could only chirp it over and over.

00:16:57Kale blinked his lashes.

00:16:59For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:17:02I thought he would reach out.

00:17:06I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:17:10Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:17:12Kale, you promised me.

00:17:14You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:17:17You said when you brought me home this time you would never hurt me again.

00:17:21Kale pulled his hand back right away.

00:17:23His voice went flat.

00:17:25I do not feel sorry.

00:17:26At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:17:29Sera bit her lower lip.

00:17:30All those curves.

00:17:32Hips made for breeding.

00:17:33That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:17:36That year, Kale had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:17:41Now he was saying something very different.

00:17:43He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:17:45You think I wanted her?

00:17:47I wanted what was between her legs.

00:17:50There is a difference.

00:17:51The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:17:54They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:17:56Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:17:59So you regret it?

00:18:00Kale did not even blink.

00:18:02Every single minute of it.

00:18:04I looked up.

00:18:05Kale, you said you could not live without me.

00:18:09Sera's face changed.

00:18:10Kale went still for one moment.

00:18:12Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:18:14That was the heat talking.

00:18:16Not me.

00:18:17Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:18:20A few shifters near us gasped.

00:18:24The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:18:27Kale, I am telling you one more time.

00:18:30He tapped the page.

00:18:31Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:18:33Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:18:36Are you sure?

00:18:37Kale refused to look at me.

00:18:38I am sure.

00:18:40Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:18:42I was not his mate anymore.

00:18:44I belong to Rewin.

00:18:45The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:18:47Alright, Rewin will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:18:50Then it is done.

00:18:52His voice was flat.

00:18:53Amber, start packing tonight.

00:18:56I held the nest closer.

00:18:58Pack for where?

00:19:00Ronan's den.

00:19:01And the hatchlings?

00:19:02He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:19:05Sera coughed softly.

00:19:06And Kale looked away.

00:19:08Take them if you want.

00:19:10Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:19:12He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:19:15Kale did not take it.

00:19:16Sera linked her arm through Kale's.

00:19:18She smiled as she walked past me.

00:19:20Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:19:23Do not be sad.

00:19:24He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:19:26You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:19:29Just a way to hurt me.

00:19:30Kale.

00:19:30I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:19:35Her bed.

00:19:36Her clothes.

00:19:37All her old stuff.

00:19:39Make her clean it out.

00:19:40Okay?

00:19:41Kale stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:19:43Anything for you.

00:19:44I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:19:47It was the den that used to be mine.

00:19:50Kale never looked back.

00:19:51I did not know it yet.

00:19:52But Sere was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:19:55Starting tonight.

00:19:58Sera's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:20:01She froze.

00:20:02Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:20:05Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:20:10All of this is hers?

00:20:11Kale followed her gaze and frowned.

00:20:13I will have her clean it out.

00:20:15Sera raised her voice.

00:20:16Kale.

00:20:17You want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:20:20You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:20:23Kale softened at once.

00:20:25No.

00:20:26I did not mean it like that.

00:20:27She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:20:31She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:20:33Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:20:38Sliding her hand under the pillow,

00:20:39she pulled out a charm pouch.

00:20:42I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:20:45Now Sera was crushing it in her fist.

00:20:47I stepped forward.

00:20:48Give it to me.

00:20:49Kale looked at me too.

00:20:51He pulled his brow tight.

00:20:53Amber.

00:20:54Do not make her angry right now.

00:20:56I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:21:00Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:21:02They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:21:05Sera caught the movement.

00:21:06Her eyes sharpened.

00:21:07She gave you three babies and now you feel like you're going to sleep.

00:21:09You're proud of her, do you not?

00:21:11Do not say my name.

00:21:12Sera let her tears fall on cue.

00:21:14And she got to live in your den.

00:21:16Sleep in your bed.

00:21:17Give you three babies?

00:21:18Kale, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:21:22Kale's face softened all at once.

00:21:24Stepping forward, he pulled Sera into his arms.

00:21:27His voice went low and soothing.

00:21:29I am sorry.

00:21:30I let you down.

00:21:32Then I do not want to see her things.

00:21:35Make her take all of it out.

00:21:36Okay.

00:21:38Pull up the herb garden too.

00:21:40Kale paused for a heartbeat.

00:21:42The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:21:46I had built it up from nothing.

00:21:48Now Sera only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:21:52I dropped my eyes.

00:21:53Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:21:56A breaded cord ring.

00:21:58The crushed charm pouch.

00:22:00Old clothes.

00:22:02There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:22:06It was too much.

00:22:08I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:22:13Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:22:17Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:22:19He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:22:22He tried to drag it back for me.

00:22:24That nest goes too.

00:22:25I looked up.

00:22:26She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:22:28I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:22:30The main den was damp.

00:22:32I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:22:35Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:22:37So was their scent.

00:22:38I will move it.

00:22:39Right now.

00:22:40Sarah was already walking toward it.

00:22:42She bent down to grab the handle.

00:22:45It is just a beat up nest.

00:22:47Why are you so worked up?

00:22:52Do not touch it!

00:23:14Kaylin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:23:19I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:23:22Three years passed.

00:23:24We had three hatchlings.

00:23:28Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:23:32He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:23:36Are you sure about this?

00:23:37The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:23:40His quill stopped in the air.

00:23:41You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:23:45Kyle set his jaw.

00:23:47You heard me, old man.

00:23:49Do it.

00:23:50You said it clearly.

00:23:51The clan elder looked at me.

00:23:52Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:23:55One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:23:59The elder lowered his voice.

00:24:01But she just gave you three babies.

00:24:03My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:24:05The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:24:08They could only chirp at him.

00:24:09Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:24:12Blaze felt me shake.

00:24:13His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:24:16Kale did not even look at them.

00:24:17He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:24:21His voice sounded cold.

00:24:22I will feed them.

00:24:23They will not starve.

00:24:24His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:24:27Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:24:29Blaze lifted his head first.

00:24:31Flint followed a beat later.

00:24:32Still half asleep.

00:24:34Ember tried anyway.

00:24:35None of them could get the word right.

00:24:37They could only chirp it over and over.

00:24:39Kale blinked his lashes.

00:24:40For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:24:43I thought he would reach out.

00:24:47I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:24:51Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:24:53Kale, you promised me.

00:24:55You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:24:58You said when you brought me home this time you would never hurt me again.

00:25:02Kale pulled his hand back right away.

00:25:05His voice went flat.

00:25:06I do not feel sorry.

00:25:08At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:25:10Sera bit her lower lip.

00:25:12All those curves.

00:25:13Hips made for breeding.

00:25:15That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:25:17That year, Kale had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:25:22Now he was saying something very different.

00:25:24He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:25:27You think I wanted her?

00:25:29I wanted what was between her legs.

00:25:31There is a difference.

00:25:32The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:25:35They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:25:37Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:25:40So you regret it?

00:25:42Kale did not even blink.

00:25:44Every single minute of it.

00:25:45I looked up.

00:25:47Kale, you said you could not live without me.

00:25:50Sera's face changed.

00:25:51Kale went still for one moment.

00:25:53Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:25:56That was the heat talking.

00:25:57Not me.

00:25:58Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:26:01A few shifters near us gasped.

00:26:06The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:26:08Kale, I am telling you one more time.

00:26:11He tapped the page.

00:26:12Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:26:15Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:26:17Are you sure?

00:26:18Kale refused to look at me.

00:26:20I am sure.

00:26:21Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:26:24I was not his mate anymore.

00:26:25I belong to Rewin.

00:26:27The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:26:28All right.

00:26:29Rewin will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:26:32Then it is done.

00:26:33His voice was flat.

00:26:34Amber, start packing tonight.

00:26:37I held the nest closer.

00:26:39Pack for where?

00:26:41Ronan's den.

00:26:43And the hatchlings?

00:26:44He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:26:46Sera coughed softly.

00:26:48And Kale looked away.

00:26:49Take them if you want.

00:26:51Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:26:53He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:26:56Kale did not take it.

00:26:57Sera linked her arm through Kale's.

00:27:00She smiled as she walked past me.

00:27:02Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:27:04Do not be sad.

00:27:05He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:27:08You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:27:10Just a way to hurt me.

00:27:11Kale, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:27:16Her bed.

00:27:17Her clothes.

00:27:18All her old stuff.

00:27:20Make her clean it out.

00:27:21Okay?

00:27:22Kale stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:27:25Anything for you.

00:27:26I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:27:29It was the den that used to be mine.

00:27:31Kale never looked back.

00:27:32I did not know it yet, but Sera was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:27:37Starting tonight.

00:28:04Kale softened at once.

00:28:06No.

00:28:07I did not mean it like that.

00:28:09She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:28:12She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:28:14Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:28:19Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

00:28:23I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:28:26Now Sera was crushing it in her fist.

00:28:28I stepped forward.

00:28:30Give it to me.

00:28:31Kale looked at me too.

00:28:32He pulled his brow tight.

00:28:35Amber, do not make her angry right now.

00:28:38I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:28:41Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:28:43They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:28:46Sera caught the movement.

00:28:47Her eyes sharpened.

00:28:48She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:28:52Do not say my name.

00:28:53Sera let her tears fall on cue.

00:28:55And she got to live in your den, sleep in your bed, give you three babies?

00:28:59Kale, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:29:03Kale's face softened all at once.

00:29:06Stepping forward, he pulled Sera into his arms.

00:29:08His voice went low and soothing.

00:29:10I am sorry.

00:29:12I let you down.

00:29:13Then I do not want to see her things.

00:29:16Make her take all of it out.

00:29:18Okay.

00:29:19Pull up the herb garden too.

00:29:22Kale paused for a heartbeat.

00:29:24The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:29:27I had built it up from nothing.

00:29:29Now Sera only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:29:33I dropped my eyes.

00:29:34Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:29:38A britted cord ring.

00:29:39The crushed charm pouch.

00:29:41Old clothes.

00:29:43There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:29:47It was too much.

00:29:49I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:29:54Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:29:58Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:30:00He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:30:03He tried to drag it back for me.

00:30:05That nest goes too.

00:30:07I looked up.

00:30:07She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:30:10I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:30:12The main den was damp.

00:30:13I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:30:16Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:30:18So was their scent.

00:30:20I will move it.

00:30:21Right now.

00:30:21Sarah was already walking toward it.

00:30:23She bent down to grab the handle.

00:30:26It is just a beat up nest.

00:30:28Why are you so worked up?

00:30:33Do not touch it!

00:30:55Kaylin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:31:00I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:31:04Three years passed.

00:31:05We had three hatchlings.

00:31:09Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:31:14He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:31:17Are you sure about this?

00:31:19The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:31:21His quill stopped in the air.

00:31:22You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:31:27Kyle set his jaw.

00:31:29You heard me, old man.

00:31:30Do it.

00:31:31You said it clearly.

00:31:32The clan elder looked at me.

00:31:34Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:31:37One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:31:40The elder lowered his voice.

00:31:42But she just gave you three babies.

00:31:44My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:31:46The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:31:49They could only chirp at him.

00:31:50Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:31:53Blaze felt me shake.

00:31:55His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:31:57Kale did not even look at them.

00:31:58He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:32:02His voice sounded cold.

00:32:03I will feed them.

00:32:04They will not starve.

00:32:06His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:32:09Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:32:10Blades lifted his head first.

00:32:12Flint followed a beat later.

00:32:13Still half asleep.

00:32:15Ember tried anyway.

00:32:16None of them could get the word right.

00:32:18They could only chirp it over and over.

00:32:20Kale blinked his lashes.

00:32:22For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:32:25I thought he would reach out.

00:32:29I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:32:32Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:32:34Kale, you promised me.

00:32:36You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:32:39You said when you brought me home this time you would never hurt me again.

00:32:44Kale pulled his hand back right away.

00:32:46His voice went flat.

00:32:48I do not feel sorry.

00:32:49At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:32:52Sera bit her lower lip.

00:32:53All those curves.

00:32:54Hips made for breeding.

00:32:56That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:32:59That year, Kale had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:33:03Now he was saying something very different.

00:33:06He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:33:08You think I wanted her?

00:33:10I wanted what was between her legs.

00:33:12There is a difference.

00:33:14The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:33:16They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:33:19Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:33:21So you regret it?

00:33:23Kale did not even blink.

00:33:25Every single minute of it.

00:33:27I looked up.

00:33:28Kale, you said you could not live without me.

00:33:31Sera's face changed.

00:33:33Kale went still for one moment.

00:33:34Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:33:37That was the heat talking.

00:33:38Not me.

00:33:39Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:33:42A few shifters near us gasped.

00:33:47The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:33:50Kale, I am telling you one more time.

00:33:52He tapped the page.

00:33:54Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:33:56Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:33:58Are you sure?

00:33:59Kale refused to look at me.

00:34:01I am sure.

00:34:02Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:34:05I was not his mate anymore.

00:34:07I belong to Rewin.

00:34:08The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:34:10All right.

00:34:10Rewin will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:34:13Then it is done.

00:34:14His voice was flat.

00:34:16Amber, start packing tonight.

00:34:18I held the nest closer.

00:34:21Pack for where?

00:34:22Ronan's den.

00:34:24And the hatchlings?

00:34:25He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:34:28Sera coughed softly.

00:34:29And Kale looked away.

00:34:31Take them if you want.

00:34:32Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:34:34He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:34:37Kale did not take it.

00:34:39Sera linked her arm through Kale's.

00:34:41She smiled as she walked past me.

00:34:44Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:34:45Do not be sad.

00:34:47He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:34:49You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:34:51Just a way to hurt me.

00:34:53Kale.

00:34:53I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:34:57Her bed.

00:34:58Her clothes.

00:35:00All her old stuff.

00:35:01Make her clean it out.

00:35:03Okay?

00:35:04Kale stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:35:06Anything for you.

00:35:07I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:35:10It was the den that used to be mine.

00:35:12Kale never looked back.

00:35:13I did not know it yet.

00:35:14But Sere was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:35:18Starting tonight.

00:35:21Sera's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:35:24She froze.

00:35:25Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:35:28Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:35:32All of this is hers?

00:35:33Kale followed her gaze and frowned.

00:35:36I will have her clean it out.

00:35:37Sera raised her voice.

00:35:39Kale.

00:35:40You want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:35:42You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:35:46Kale softened at once.

00:35:47No.

00:35:48I did not mean it like that.

00:35:50She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:35:53She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:35:55Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:36:00Sliding her hand under the pillow,

00:36:02she pulled out a charm pouch.

00:36:05I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:36:07Now Sera was crushing it in her fist.

00:36:09I stepped forward.

00:36:11Give it to me.

00:36:12Kale looked at me too.

00:36:13He pulled his brow tight.

00:36:16Amber.

00:36:17Do not make her angry right now.

00:36:19I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:36:22Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:36:25They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:36:27Sera caught the movement.

00:36:28Her eyes sharpened.

00:36:30She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:36:33Do not say my name.

00:36:35Sera let her tears fall on cue.

00:36:37And she got to live in your den.

00:36:38Sleep in your bed.

00:36:39Give you three babies?

00:36:41Kale, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:36:45Kale's face softened all at once.

00:36:47Stepping forward, he pulled Sera into his arms.

00:36:49His voice went low and soothing.

00:36:52I am sorry.

00:36:53I let you down.

00:36:54Then I do not want to see her things.

00:36:57Make her take all of it out.

00:36:59Okay.

00:37:00Pull up the herb garden too.

00:37:03Kale paused for a heartbeat.

00:37:05The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:37:08I had built it up from nothing.

00:37:11Now Sera only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:37:14I dropped my eyes.

00:37:15Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:37:19A britted cord ring.

00:37:20The crushed charm pouch.

00:37:23Old clothes.

00:37:24There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:37:28It was too much.

00:37:31I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:37:35Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:37:39Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:37:41He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:37:44He tried to drag it back for me.

00:37:46That nest goes too.

00:37:48I looked up.

00:37:49She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:37:51I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:37:53The main den was damp.

00:37:54I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:37:58Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:38:00So was their scent.

00:38:01I will move it.

00:38:02Right now.

00:38:03Sera was already walking toward it.

00:38:04She bent down to grab the handle.

00:38:07It is just a beat up nest.

00:38:09Why are you so worked up?

00:38:15Do not touch it!

00:38:36Kaelin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:38:41I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:38:45Three years passed.

00:38:47We had three hatchlings.

00:38:51Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:38:55He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:38:58Are you sure about this?

00:39:00The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:39:02His quill stopped in the air.

00:39:04You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:39:08Kyle set his jaw.

00:39:10You heard me, old man.

00:39:11Do it.

00:39:12You said it clearly.

00:39:14The clan elder looked at me.

00:39:15Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:39:18One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:39:21The elder lowered his voice.

00:39:23But she just gave you three babies.

00:39:26My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:39:28The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:39:30They could only chirp at him.

00:39:32Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:39:34Blaze felt me shake.

00:39:36His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:39:38Kale did not even look at them.

00:39:40He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:39:43His voice sounded cold.

00:39:45I will feed them.

00:39:46They will not starve.

00:39:47His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:39:50Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:39:52Blaze lifted his head first.

00:39:53Flint followed a beat later.

00:39:55Still half asleep.

00:39:56Amber tried anyway.

00:39:58None of them could get the word right.

00:39:59They could only chirp it over and over.

00:40:01Kale blinked his lashes.

00:40:02For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:40:06I thought he would reach out.

00:40:10I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:40:13Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:40:15Kale, you promised me.

00:40:18You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:40:20You said when you brought me home this time, you would never hurt me again.

00:40:25Kale pulled his hand back right away.

00:40:27His voice went flat.

00:40:29I do not feel sorry.

00:40:30At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:40:33Sera bit her lower lip.

00:40:34All those curves.

00:40:36Hips made for breeding.

00:40:37That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:40:40That year, Kale had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:40:45Now he was saying something very different.

00:40:47He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:40:49You think I wanted her?

00:40:51I wanted what was between her legs.

00:40:54There is a difference.

00:40:55The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:40:58They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:41:00Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:41:03So you regret it?

00:41:04Kale did not even blink.

00:41:06Every single minute of it.

00:41:08I looked up.

00:41:09Kale, you said you could not live without me.

00:41:12Sera's face changed.

00:41:14Kale went still for one moment.

00:41:16Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:41:18That was the heat talking.

00:41:20Not me.

00:41:20Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:41:24A few shifters near us gasped.

00:41:28The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:41:31Kale, I am telling you one more time.

00:41:34He tapped the page.

00:41:35Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:41:37Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:41:40Are you sure?

00:41:41Kale refused to look at me.

00:41:42I am sure.

00:41:43Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:41:46I was not his mate anymore.

00:41:48I belong to Raywin.

00:41:49The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:41:51All right.

00:41:52Raywin will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:41:54Then it is done.

00:41:55His voice was flat.

00:41:57Amber, start packing tonight.

00:41:59I held the nest closer.

00:42:02Pack for where?

00:42:04Ronan's den.

00:42:05And the hatchlings?

00:42:06He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:42:09Sera coughed softly.

00:42:10And Kale looked away.

00:42:12Take them if you want.

00:42:14Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:42:16He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:42:18Kale did not take it.

00:42:20Sera linked her arm through Kale's.

00:42:22She smiled as she walked past me.

00:42:25Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:42:26Do not be sad.

00:42:28He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:42:30You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:42:32Just a way to hurt me.

00:42:34Kale.

00:42:35I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:42:38Her bed.

00:42:40Her clothes.

00:42:41All her old stuff.

00:42:43Make her clean it out.

00:42:44Okay?

00:42:45Kale stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:42:47Anything for you.

00:42:49I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:42:51It was the den that used to be mine.

00:42:53Kale never looked back.

00:42:55I did not know it yet, but Sera was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:42:59Starting tonight.

00:43:02Sera's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:43:05She froze.

00:43:06Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:43:09Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:43:13All of this is hers.

00:43:15Kale followed her gaze and frowned.

00:43:17I will have her clean it out.

00:43:19Sera raised her voice.

00:43:20Kale.

00:43:21You want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:43:24You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:43:27Kale softened at once.

00:43:29No.

00:43:30I did not mean it like that.

00:43:31She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:43:34She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:43:37Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:43:42Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

00:43:46I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:43:49Now Sera was crushing it in her fist.

00:43:51I stepped forward.

00:43:52Give it to me.

00:43:53Kale looked at me too.

00:43:55He pulled his brow tight.

00:43:57Amber.

00:43:58Do not make her angry right now.

00:44:00I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:44:03Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:44:06They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:44:08Sera caught the movement.

00:44:10Her eyes sharpened.

00:44:11She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:44:15Do not say my name.

00:44:16Sera let her tears fall on cue.

00:44:18And she got to live in your den.

00:44:20Sleep in your bed.

00:44:21Give you three babies?

00:44:22Kale, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:44:26Kale's face softened all at once.

00:44:28Stepping forward, he pulled Sera into his arms.

00:44:31His voice went low and soothing.

00:44:33I am sorry.

00:44:34I let you down.

00:44:36Then I do not want to see her things.

00:44:39Make her take all of it out.

00:44:40Okay.

00:44:41Pull up the herb garden too.

00:44:44Kale paused for a heartbeat.

00:44:46The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:44:50I had built it up from nothing.

00:44:52Now Sera only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:44:55I dropped my eyes.

00:44:57Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:45:00A britted cord ring.

00:45:02The crushed charm pouch.

00:45:04Old clothes.

00:45:05There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:45:10It was too much.

00:45:12I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:45:16Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:45:20Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:45:23He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:45:26He tried to drag it back for me.

00:45:28That nest goes too.

00:45:29I looked up.

00:45:30She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:45:32I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:45:34The main den was damp.

00:45:36I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:45:39Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:45:41So was their scent.

00:45:42I will move it.

00:45:43Right now.

00:45:44Sarah was already walking toward it.

00:45:46She bent down to grab the handle.

00:45:48It is just a beat up nest.

00:45:51Why are you so worked up?

00:45:56Do not touch it!

00:46:17Kaelin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:46:23I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:46:26Three years passed.

00:46:28We had three hatchlings.

00:46:32Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:46:36He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:46:40Are you sure about this?

00:46:41The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:46:44His quill stopped in the air.

00:46:45You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:46:49Kyle set his jaw.

00:46:51You heard me, old man.

00:46:53Do it.

00:46:53You said it clearly.

00:46:55The clan elder looked at me.

00:46:56Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:46:59One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:47:03The elder lowered his voice.

00:47:04But she just gave you three babies.

00:47:07My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:47:09The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:47:11They could only chirp at him.

00:47:13Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:47:16Blaze felt me shake.

00:47:17His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:47:20Kael did not even look at them.

00:47:21He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:47:24His voice sounded cold.

00:47:26I will feed them.

00:47:27They will not starve.

00:47:28His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:47:31Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:47:33Blaze lifted his head first.

00:47:35Flint followed a beat later.

00:47:36Still half asleep.

00:47:37Ember tried anyway.

00:47:39None of them could get the word right.

00:47:41They could only chirp it over and over.

00:47:43Kael blinked his lashes.

00:47:44For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:47:47I thought he would reach out.

00:47:51I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:47:55Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:47:57Kael, you promised me.

00:47:59You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:48:02You said when you brought me home this time, you would never hurt me again.

00:48:06Kael pulled his hand back right away.

00:48:09His voice went flat.

00:48:10I do not feel sorry.

00:48:11At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:48:14Sera bit her lower lip.

00:48:16All those curves.

00:48:17Hips made for breeding.

00:48:19That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:48:21That year, Kael had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:48:26Now he was saying something very different.

00:48:28He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:48:31You think I wanted her?

00:48:32I wanted what was between her legs.

00:48:35There is a difference.

00:48:36The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:48:39They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:48:41Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:48:44So you regret it?

00:48:46Kael did not even blink.

00:48:48Every single minute of it.

00:48:49I looked up.

00:48:51Kael, you said you could not live without me.

00:48:54Sera's face changed.

00:48:55Kael went still for one moment.

00:48:57Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:49:00That was the heat talking.

00:49:01Not me.

00:49:02Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:49:05A few shifters near us gasped.

00:49:10The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:49:12Kael, I am telling you one more time.

00:49:15He tapped the page.

00:49:16Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:49:18Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:49:21Are you sure?

00:49:22Kael refused to look at me.

00:49:24I am sure.

00:49:25Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:49:28I was not his mate anymore.

00:49:29I belong to Rhaewyn.

00:49:30The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:49:32All right.

00:49:33Rhaewyn will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:49:36Then it is done.

00:49:37His voice was flat.

00:49:38Amber, start packing tonight.

00:49:41I held the nest closer.

00:49:43Pack for where?

00:49:45Ronan's den.

00:49:46And the hatchlings?

00:49:48He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:49:50Sarah coughed softly.

00:49:52And Kael looked away.

00:49:53Take them if you want.

00:49:55Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:49:57He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:50:00Kael did not take it.

00:50:01Sarah linked her arm through Kael's.

00:50:04She smiled as she walked past me.

00:50:06Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:50:08Do not be sad.

00:50:09He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:50:12You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:50:14Just a way to hurt me.

00:50:15Kael, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:50:20Her bed.

00:50:21Her clothes.

00:50:22All her old stuff.

00:50:24Make her clean it out.

00:50:25Okay?

00:50:26Kael stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:50:29Anything for you.

00:50:30I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:50:33It was the den that used to be mine.

00:50:35Kael never looked back.

00:50:36I did not know it yet.

00:50:37But Cyr was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:50:40Starting tonight.

00:50:44Sarah's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:50:46She froze.

00:50:47Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:50:50Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:50:55All of this is hers.

00:50:56Kael followed her gaze and frowned.

00:50:58I will have her clean it out.

00:51:00Sarah raised her voice.

00:51:01Kael, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:51:05You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:51:08Kael softened at once.

00:51:10No.

00:51:11I did not mean it like that.

00:51:13She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:51:16She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:51:18Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:51:23Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

00:51:27I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:51:30Now Sarah was crushing it in her fist.

00:51:32I stepped forward.

00:51:33Give it to me.

00:51:35Kael looked at me too.

00:51:36He pulled his brow tight.

00:51:39Amber, do not make her angry right now.

00:51:41I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:51:45Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:51:47They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:51:50Sarah caught the movement.

00:51:51Her eyes sharpened.

00:51:52She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:51:56Do not say my name.

00:51:57Sarah let her tears fall on cue.

00:51:59And she got to live in your den.

00:52:01Sleep in your bed.

00:52:02Give you three babies?

00:52:03Kael, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:52:07Kael's face softened all at once.

00:52:09Stepping forward, he pulled Sarah into his arms.

00:52:12His voice went low and soothing.

00:52:14I am sorry.

00:52:16I let you down.

00:52:17Then I do not want to see her things.

00:52:20Make her take all of it out.

00:52:21Okay.

00:52:23Pull up the herb garden too.

00:52:26Kael paused for a heartbeat.

00:52:27The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:52:31I had built it up from nothing.

00:52:33Now Sarah only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:52:37I dropped my eyes.

00:52:38Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:52:42A britted cord ring.

00:52:43The crushed charm pouch.

00:52:45Old clothes.

00:52:47There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:52:51It was too much.

00:52:53I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:52:58Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:53:02Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:53:04He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:53:07He tried to drag it back for me.

00:53:09That nest goes too.

00:53:10I looked up.

00:53:11She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:53:14I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:53:16The main den was damp.

00:53:17I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:53:20Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:53:22So was their scent.

00:53:23I will move it.

00:53:24Right now.

00:53:25Sarah was already walking toward it.

00:53:27She bent down to grab the handle.

00:53:30It is just a beat up nest.

00:53:32Why are you so worked up?

00:53:37Do not touch it!

00:53:39Do not touch it!

00:54:04I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:54:07Three years passed.

00:54:09We had three hatchlings.

00:54:13Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:54:18He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:54:21Are you sure about this?

00:54:23The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:54:25His quill stopped in the air.

00:54:27You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:54:31Kyle set his jaw.

00:54:32You heard me, old man.

00:54:34Do it.

00:54:35You said it clearly.

00:54:36The clan elder looked at me.

00:54:38Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:54:41One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:54:44The elder lowered his voice.

00:54:46But she just gave you three babies.

00:54:48My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:54:50The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:54:53They could only chirp at him.

00:54:54Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:54:57Blaze felt me shake.

00:54:58His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:55:01Kale did not even look at them.

00:55:02He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:55:06His voice sounded cold.

00:55:07I will feed them.

00:55:08They will not starve.

00:55:10His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:55:13Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:55:14Blaze lifted his head first.

00:55:16Flint followed a beat later.

00:55:18Still half asleep.

00:55:19Amber tried anyway.

00:55:20None of them could get the word right.

00:55:22They could only chirp it over and over.

00:55:24Kale blinked his lashes.

00:55:25For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:55:28I thought he would reach out.

00:55:33I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:55:36Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:55:38Kale, you promised me.

00:55:40You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:55:43You said when you brought me home this time, you would never hurt me again.

00:55:47Kale pulled his hand back right away.

00:55:50His voice went flat.

00:55:51I do not feel sorry.

00:55:53At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:55:55Sera bit her lower lip.

00:55:57All those curves.

00:55:58Hips made for breeding.

00:56:00That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:56:03That year, Kale had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:56:07Now he was saying something very different.

00:56:10He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:56:12You think I wanted her?

00:56:14I wanted what was between her legs.

00:56:16There is a difference.

00:56:18The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:56:20They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:56:22Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:56:25So you regret it?

00:56:27Kale did not even blink.

00:56:29Every single minute of it.

00:56:30I looked up.

00:56:32Kale, you said you could not live without me.

00:56:35Sera's face changed.

00:56:37Kale went still for one moment.

00:56:38Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:56:41That was the heat talking.

00:56:42Not me.

00:56:43Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:56:46A few shifters near us gasped.

00:56:51The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:56:54Kale, I am telling you one more time.

00:56:56He tapped the page.

00:56:58Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:57:00Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:57:02Are you sure?

00:57:03Kale refused to look at me.

00:57:05I am sure.

00:57:06Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:57:09I was not his mate anymore.

00:57:10I belong to Rewin.

00:57:12The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:57:14All right.

00:57:14Rewin will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:57:17Then it is done.

00:57:18His voice was flat.

00:57:19Amber, start packing tonight.

00:57:22I held the nest closer.

00:57:24Pack for where?

00:57:26Ronan's den.

00:57:28And the hatchlings?

00:57:29He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:57:31Sera coughed softly.

00:57:33And Kale looked away.

00:57:35Take them if you want.

00:57:36Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:57:38He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:57:41Kale did not take it.

00:57:43Sera linked her arm through Kale's.

00:57:45She smiled as she walked past me.

00:57:47Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:57:49Do not be sad.

00:57:51He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:57:53You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:57:55Just a way to hurt me.

00:57:57Kale, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:58:01Her bed.

00:58:02Her clothes.

00:58:04All her old stuff.

00:58:05Make her clean it out.

00:58:07Okay?

00:58:08Kale stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:58:10Anything for you.

00:58:11I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:58:14It was the den that used to be mine.

00:58:16Kale never looked back.

00:58:17I did not know it yet, but Sera was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:58:22Starting tonight.

00:58:25Sera's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:58:28She froze.

00:58:29Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:58:32Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:58:36All of this is hers?

00:58:37Kale followed her gaze and frowned.

00:58:40I will have her clean it out.

00:58:41Sera raised her voice.

00:58:43Kale, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:58:46You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:58:50Kale softened at once.

00:58:51No.

00:58:52I did not mean it like that.

00:58:54She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:58:57She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:58:59Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:59:04Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

00:59:09I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:59:11Now Sera was crushing it in her fist.

00:59:13I stepped forward.

00:59:15Give it to me.

00:59:16Kale looked at me too.

00:59:17He pulled his brow tight.

00:59:20Amber, do not make her angry right now.

00:59:23I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:59:26Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:59:29They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:59:31Sera caught the movement.

00:59:32Her eyes sharpened.

00:59:34She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:59:37Do not say my name.

00:59:39Sera let her tears fall on cue.

00:59:41And she got to live in your den.

00:59:42Sleep in your bed.

00:59:43Give you three babies?

00:59:44Kale, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:59:49Kale's face softened all at once.

00:59:51Stepping forward, he pulled Sera into his arms.

00:59:53His voice went low and soothing.

00:59:55I am sorry.

00:59:57I let you down.

00:59:58Then I do not want to see her things.

01:00:01Make her take all of it out.

01:00:03Okay.

01:00:04Pull up the herb garden too.

01:00:07Kale paused for a heartbeat.

01:00:09The herb garden in the yard was mine.

01:00:12I had built it up from nothing.

01:00:14Now Sera only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

01:00:18I dropped my eyes.

01:00:19Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

01:00:23A britted cord ring.

01:00:24The crushed charm pouch.

01:00:26Old clothes.

01:00:28There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

01:00:32It was too much.

01:00:34I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

01:00:39Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

01:00:43Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

01:00:45He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

01:00:48He tried to drag it back for me.

01:00:50That nest goes too.

01:00:52I looked up.

01:00:53She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

01:00:55I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

01:00:57The main den was damp.

01:00:58I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

01:01:02Their familiar cloth was still inside.

01:01:03So was their scent.

01:01:05I will move it.

01:01:06Right now!

01:01:07Sarah was already walking toward it.

01:01:08She bent down to grab the handle.

01:01:11It is just a beat up nest.

01:01:13Why are you so worked up?

01:01:18Do not touch it!

01:01:20Do not touch it!

01:01:40Kaelin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

01:01:45I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

01:01:49Three years passed.

01:01:50We had three hatchlings.

01:01:55Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

01:01:59He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

01:02:02Are you sure about this?

01:02:04The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

01:02:06His quill stopped in the air.

01:02:08You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

01:02:12Kyle set his jaw.

01:02:14You heard me, old man.

01:02:15Do it.

01:02:16You said it clearly.

01:02:17The clan elder looked at me.

01:02:19Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

01:02:22One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

01:02:25The elder lowered his voice.

01:02:27But she just gave you three babies.

01:02:29My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

01:02:32The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

01:02:34They could only chirp at him.

01:02:36Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

01:02:38Blaze felt me shake.

01:02:40His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

01:02:42Kael did not even look at them.

01:02:44He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

01:02:47His voice sounded cold.

01:02:49I will feed them.

01:02:50They will not starve.

01:02:51His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

01:02:54Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

01:02:56Blaze lifted his head first.

01:02:57Flint followed a beat later.

01:02:59Still half asleep.

01:03:00Ember tried anyway.

01:03:02None of them could get the word right.

01:03:03They could only chirp it over and over.

01:03:05Kael blinked his lashes.

01:03:07For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

01:03:10I thought he would reach out.

01:03:14I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

01:03:17Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

01:03:19Kael, you promised me.

01:03:22You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

01:03:24You said when you brought me home this time, you would never hurt me again.

01:03:29Kael pulled his hand back right away.

01:03:31His voice went flat.

01:03:33I do not feel sorry.

01:03:34At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

01:03:37Sera bit her lower lip.

01:03:38All those curves.

01:03:40Hips made for breeding.

01:03:41That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

01:03:44That year, Kael had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

01:03:49Now he was saying something very different.

01:03:51He was saying it in front of everyone.

01:03:53You think I wanted her?

01:03:55I wanted what was between her legs.

01:03:57There is a difference.

01:03:59The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

01:04:02They burrowed into my sleeves.

01:04:04Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

01:04:06So you regret it?

01:04:08Kael did not even blink.

01:04:10Every single minute of it.

01:04:12I looked up.

01:04:13Kael, you said you could not live without me.

01:04:16Sera's face changed.

01:04:18Kael went still for one moment.

01:04:19Then his voice grew colder than before.

01:04:22That was the heat talking.

01:04:23Not me.

01:04:24Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

01:04:27A few shifters near us gasped.

01:04:32The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

01:04:35Kael, I am telling you one more time.

01:04:37He tapped the page.

01:04:39Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

01:04:41Not without Royan saying so himself.

01:04:43Are you sure?

01:04:44Kael refused to look at me.

01:04:46I am sure.

01:04:47Three years were gone in one short sentence.

01:04:50I was not his mate anymore.

01:04:52I belong to Raywin.

01:04:53The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

01:04:55All right.

01:04:56Raywin will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

01:04:58Then it is done.

01:04:59His voice was flat.

01:05:01Amber, start packing tonight.

01:05:03I held the nest closer.

01:05:06Pack for where?

01:05:08Ronan's den.

01:05:09And the hatchlings?

01:05:10He stayed quiet for a long moment.

01:05:13Sera coughed softly.

01:05:14And Kael looked away.

01:05:16Take them if you want.

01:05:17Blaze did not know what that meant.

01:05:19He reached his little tail out toward his father.

01:05:23Kael did not take it.

01:05:24Sera linked her arm through Kael's.

01:05:26She smiled as she walked past me.

01:05:29Oh, Amber, sweetie.

01:05:30Do not be sad.

01:05:32He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

01:05:34You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

01:05:36Just a way to hurt me.

01:05:38Kael, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

01:05:42Her bed.

01:05:44Her clothes.

01:05:45All her old stuff.

01:05:47Make her clean it out.

01:05:48Okay?

01:05:49Kael stroked her hair like she was a child.

01:05:51Anything for you.

01:05:52I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

01:05:55It was the den that used to be mine.

01:05:57Kael never looked back.

01:05:58I did not know it yet, but Sera was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

01:06:03Starting tonight.

01:06:06Sera's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

01:06:09She froze.

01:06:10Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

01:06:13Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

01:06:17All of this is hers.

01:06:19Kael followed her gaze and frowned.

01:06:21I will have her clean it out.

01:06:23Sera raised her voice.

01:06:24Kael, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

01:06:27You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

01:06:31Kael softened at once.

01:06:33No.

01:06:34I did not mean it like that.

01:06:35She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

01:06:38She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

01:06:40Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

01:06:45Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

01:06:50I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

01:06:53Now Sera was crushing it in her fist.

01:06:55I stepped forward.

01:06:56Give it to me.

01:06:57Kael looked at me too.

01:06:59He pulled his brow tight.

01:07:01Amber, do not make her angry right now.

01:07:04I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

01:07:07Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

01:07:10They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

01:07:12Sera caught the movement.

01:07:14Her eyes sharpened.

01:07:15She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

01:07:18Do not say my name.

01:07:20Sera let her tears fall on cue.

01:07:22And she got to live in your den.

01:07:23Sleep in your bed.

01:07:25Give you three babies?

01:07:26Kael, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

01:07:30Kael's face softened all at once.

01:07:32Stepping forward, he pulled Sera into his arms.

01:07:35His voice went low and soothing.

01:07:37I am sorry.

01:07:38I let you down.

01:07:39Then I do not want to see her things.

01:07:43Make her take all of it out.

01:07:44Okay.

01:07:45Pull up the herb garden too.

01:07:48Kael paused for a heartbeat.

01:07:50The herb garden in the yard was mine.

01:07:54I had built it up from nothing.

01:07:56Now Sera only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

01:07:59I dropped my eyes.

01:08:01Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

01:08:04A britted cord ring.

01:08:06The crushed charm pouch.

01:08:08Old clothes.

01:08:09There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

01:08:14It was too much.

01:08:16I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

01:08:20Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

01:08:24Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

01:08:26He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

01:08:30He tried to drag it back for me.

01:08:32That nest goes too.

01:08:33I looked up.

01:08:34She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

01:08:36I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

01:08:38The main den was damp.

01:08:40I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

01:08:43Their familiar cloth was still inside.

01:08:45So was their scent.

01:08:46I will move it.

01:08:47Right now.

01:08:48Sera was already walking toward it.

01:08:50She bent down to grab the handle.

01:08:52It is just a beat up nest.

01:08:54Why are you so worked up?

01:09:00Do not touch it!

01:09:21Kaelin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

01:09:27I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

01:09:30Three years passed.

01:09:32We had three hatchlings.

01:09:36Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

01:09:40He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

01:09:43Are you sure about this?

01:09:45The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

01:09:48His quill stopped in the air.

01:09:49You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

01:09:53Kyle set his jaw.

01:09:55You heard me, old man.

01:09:57Do it.

01:09:57You said it clearly.

01:09:59The clan elder looked at me.

01:10:00Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

01:10:03One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

01:10:07The elder lowered his voice.

01:10:08But she just gave you three babies.

01:10:11My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

01:10:13The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

01:10:15They could only chirp at him.

01:10:17Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

01:10:20Blaze felt me shake.

01:10:21His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

01:10:23Kale did not even look at them.

01:10:25He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

01:10:28His voice sounded cold.

01:10:30I will feed them.

01:10:31They will not starve.

01:10:32His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

01:10:35Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

01:10:37Blaze lifted his head first.

01:10:39Flint followed a beat later.

01:10:40Still half asleep.

01:10:41Amber tried anyway.

01:10:43None of them could get the word right.

01:10:45They could only chirp it over and over.

01:10:46Kale blinked his lashes.

01:10:48For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

01:10:51I thought he would reach out.

01:10:55I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

01:10:58Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

01:11:01Kale, you promised me.

01:11:03You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

01:11:06You said when you brought me home this time you would never hurt me again.

01:11:10Kale pulled his hand back right away.

01:11:13His voice went flat.

01:11:14I do not feel sorry.

01:11:15At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

01:11:18Sera bit her lower lip.

01:11:20All those curves.

01:11:21Hips made for breeding.

01:11:22That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

01:11:26That year, Kale had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

01:11:30Now he was saying something very different.

01:11:32He was saying it in front of everyone.

01:11:35You think I wanted her?

01:11:36I wanted what was between her legs.

01:11:39There is a difference.

01:11:40The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

01:11:43They burrowed into my sleeves.

01:11:45Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

01:11:48So you regret it?

01:11:49Kale did not even blink.

01:11:51Every single minute of it.

01:11:53I looked up.

01:11:54Kale, you said you could not live without me.

01:11:58Sera's face changed.

01:11:59Kale went still for one moment.

01:12:01Then his voice grew colder than before.

01:12:03That was the heat talking, not me.

01:12:06Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

01:12:09A few shifters near us gasped.

01:12:13The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

01:12:16Kale, I am telling you one more time.

01:12:19He tapped the page.

01:12:20Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

01:12:22Not without Royan saying so himself.

01:12:25Are you sure?

01:12:26Kale refused to look at me.

01:12:27I am sure.

01:12:29Three years were gone in one short sentence.

01:12:31I was not his mate anymore.

01:12:33I belong to Rhaewyn.

01:12:34The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

01:12:36All right.

01:12:37Rhaewyn will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

01:12:39Then it is done.

01:12:41His voice was flat.

01:12:42Amber, start packing tonight.

01:12:45I held the nest closer.

01:12:47Pack for where?

01:12:49Ronan's den.

01:12:50And the hatchlings?

01:12:51He stayed quiet for a long moment.

01:12:54Sarah coughed softly.

01:12:56And Kale looked away.

01:12:57Take them if you want.

01:12:59Blaze did not know what that meant.

01:13:01He reached his little tail out toward his father.

01:13:04Kale did not take it.

01:13:05Sarah linked her arm through Kale's.

01:13:07She smiled as she walked past me.

01:13:10Oh, Amber, sweetie.

01:13:12Do not be sad.

01:13:13He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

01:13:15You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

01:13:18Just a way to hurt me.

01:13:19Kale, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

01:13:24Her bed.

01:13:25Her clothes.

01:13:26All her old stuff.

01:13:28Make her clean it out.

01:13:29Okay?

01:13:30Kale stroked her hair like she was a child.

01:13:33Anything for you.

01:13:33I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

01:13:36It was the den that used to be mine.

01:13:39Kale never looked back.

01:13:40I did not know it yet.

01:13:41But Seer was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

01:13:44Starting tonight.

01:13:47Sarah's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

01:13:50She froze.

01:13:51Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

01:13:54Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

01:13:59All of this is hers.

01:14:00Kale followed her gaze and frowned.

01:14:02I will have her clean it out.

01:14:04Sarah raised her voice.

01:14:06Kale, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

01:14:09You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

01:14:12Kale softened at once.

01:14:14No.

01:14:15I did not mean it like that.

01:14:16She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

01:14:20She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

01:14:22Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

01:14:27Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

01:14:31I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

01:14:34Now Sarah was crushing it in her fist.

01:14:36I stepped forward.

01:14:37Give it to me.

01:14:39Kale looked at me too.

01:14:40He pulled his brow tight.

01:14:42Amber, do not make her angry right now.

01:14:45I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

01:14:49Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

01:14:51They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

01:14:54Sarah caught the movement.

01:14:55Her eyes sharpened.

01:14:56She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

01:15:00Do not say my name.

01:15:01Sarah let her tears fall on cue.

01:15:03And she got to live in your den.

01:15:05Sleep in your bed.

01:15:06Give you three babies?

01:15:07Kale, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

01:15:11Kale's face softened all at once.

01:15:13Stepping forward, he pulled Sarah into his arms.

01:15:16His voice went low and soothing.

01:15:18I am sorry.

01:15:19I let you down.

01:15:21Then I do not want to see her things.

01:15:24Make her take all of it out.

01:15:26Okay.

01:15:27Pull up the herb garden too.

01:15:29Kale paused for a heartbeat.

01:15:31The herb garden in the yard was mine.

01:15:35I had built it up from nothing.

01:15:37Now Sarah only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

01:15:41I dropped my eyes.

01:15:42Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

01:15:45A britted cord ring.

01:15:47The crushed charm pouch.

01:15:49Old clothes.

01:15:51There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

01:15:55It was too much.

01:15:57I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

01:16:02Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

01:16:06Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

01:16:08He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

01:16:11He tried to drag it back for me.

01:16:13That nest goes too.

01:16:14I looked up.

01:16:15She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

01:16:17I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

01:16:20The main den was damp.

01:16:21I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

01:16:24Their familiar cloth was still inside.

01:16:26So was their scent.

01:16:27I will move it.

01:16:28Right now.

01:16:29Sarah was already walking toward it.

01:16:31She bent down to grab the handle.

01:16:34It is just a beat up nest.

01:16:36Why are you so worked up?

01:16:41Do not touch it!

01:17:03Kaylin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

01:17:08I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

01:17:11Three years passed.

01:17:13We had three hatchlings.

01:17:17Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

01:17:21He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

01:17:25Are you sure about this?

01:17:26The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

01:17:29His quill stopped in the air.

01:17:31You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

01:17:35Kyle set his jaw.

01:17:36You heard me, old man.

01:17:38Do it.

01:17:39You said it clearly.

01:17:40The clan elder looked at me.

01:17:41Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

01:17:45One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

01:17:48The elder lowered his voice.

01:17:50But she just gave you three babies.

01:17:52My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

01:17:54The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

01:17:57They could only chirp at him.

01:17:58Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

01:18:01Blaze felt me shake.

01:18:02His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

01:18:05Kale did not even look at them.

01:18:06He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

01:18:10His voice sounded cold.

01:18:11I will feed them.

01:18:12They will not starve.

01:18:13His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

01:18:17Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

01:18:18Blake lifted his head first.

01:18:20Flint followed a beat later.

01:18:21Still half asleep.

01:18:23Ember tried anyway.

01:18:24None of them could get the word right.

01:18:26They could only chirp it over and over.

01:18:28Kale blinked his lashes.

01:18:29For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

01:18:32I thought he would reach out.

01:18:36I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

01:18:40Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

01:18:42Kale, you promised me.

01:18:44You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

01:18:47You said when you brought me home this time you would never hurt me again.

01:18:51Kale pulled his hand back right away.

01:18:54His voice went flat.

01:18:55I do not feel sorry.

01:18:57At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

01:18:59Sera bit her lower lip.

01:19:01All those curves.

01:19:02Hips made for breeding.

01:19:04That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

01:19:06That year, Kale had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

01:19:11Now he was saying something very different.

01:19:13He was saying it in front of everyone.

01:19:16You think I wanted her?

01:19:18I wanted what was between her legs.

01:19:20There is a difference.

01:19:22The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

01:19:24They burrowed into my sleeves.

01:19:26Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

01:19:29So you regret it?

01:19:31Kale did not even blink.

01:19:33Every single minute of it.

01:19:35I looked up.

01:19:36Kale, you said you could not live without me.

01:19:39Sera's face changed.

01:19:40Kale went still for one moment.

01:19:42Then his voice grew colder than before.

01:19:45That was the heat talking.

01:19:46Not me.

01:19:47Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

01:19:50A few shifters near us gasped.

01:19:55The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

01:19:57Kale, I am telling you one more time.

01:20:00He tapped the page.

01:20:01Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

01:20:04Not without Royan saying so himself.

01:20:06Are you sure?

01:20:07Kale refused to look at me.

01:20:09I am sure.

01:20:10Three years were gone in one short sentence.

01:20:13I was not his mate anymore.

01:20:14I belong to Rewin.

01:20:16The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

01:20:18All right.

01:20:18Rewin will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

01:20:21Then it is done.

01:20:22His voice was flat.

01:20:23Amber, start packing tonight.

01:20:26I held the nest closer.

01:20:28Pack for where?

01:20:30Ronan's den.

01:20:32And the hatchlings?

01:20:33He stayed quiet for a long moment.

01:20:35Sera coughed softly.

01:20:37And Kale looked away.

01:20:39Take them if you want.

01:20:40Blaze did not know what that meant.

01:20:42He reached his little tail out toward his father.

01:20:45Kale did not take it.

01:20:47Sera linked her arm through Kale's.

01:20:49She smiled as she walked past me.

01:20:51Oh, Amber, sweetie.

01:20:53Do not be sad.

01:20:54He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

01:20:57You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

01:20:59Just a way to hurt me.

01:21:00Kale.

01:21:01I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

01:21:05Her bed.

01:21:06Her clothes.

01:21:08All her old stuff.

01:21:09Make her clean it out.

01:21:10Okay?

01:21:11Kale stroked her hair like she was a child.

01:21:14Anything for you.

01:21:15I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

01:21:18It was the den that used to be mine.

01:21:20Kale never looked back.

01:21:21I did not know it yet, but Sera was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

01:21:26Starting tonight.

01:21:29Sera's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

01:21:31She froze.

01:21:33Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

01:21:36Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

01:21:40All of this is hers.

01:21:41Kale followed her gaze and frowned.

01:21:44I will have her clean it out.

01:21:45Sera raised her voice.

01:21:47Kale.

01:21:48You want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

01:21:50You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

01:21:53Kale softened at once.

01:21:55No.

01:21:56I did not mean it like that.

01:21:58She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

01:22:01She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

01:22:03Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

01:22:08Sliding her hand under the pillow,

01:22:10she pulled out a charm pouch.

01:22:12I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

01:22:15Now Sera was crushing it in her fist.

01:22:17I stepped forward.

01:22:19Give it to me.

01:22:20Kale looked at me too.

01:22:21He pulled his brow tight.

01:22:23Amber.

01:22:24Do not make her angry right now.

01:22:27I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

01:22:30Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

01:22:32They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

01:22:35Sera caught the movement.

01:22:36Her eyes sharpened.

01:22:37She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

01:22:41Do not say my name.

01:22:42Sera let her tears fall on cue.

01:22:45And she got to live in your den.

01:22:46Sleep in your bed.

01:22:47Give you three babies?

01:22:48Kale, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

01:22:52Kale's face softened all at once.

01:22:55Stepping forward, he pulled Sera into his arms.

01:22:57His voice went low and soothing.

01:22:59I am sorry.

01:23:01I let you down.

01:23:02Then I do not want to see her things.

01:23:05Make her take all of it out.

01:23:07Okay.

01:23:08Pull up the herb garden too.

01:23:11Kale paused for a heartbeat.

01:23:13The herb garden in the yard was mine.

01:23:16I had built it up from nothing.

01:23:18Now Sera only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

01:23:22I dropped my eyes.

01:23:23Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

01:23:27A britted cord ring.

01:23:28The crushed charm pouch.

01:23:30Old clothes.

01:23:32There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

01:23:36It was too much.

01:23:38I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

01:23:43Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

01:23:47Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

01:23:49He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

01:23:52He tried to drag it back for me.

01:23:54That nest goes too.

01:23:56I looked up.

01:23:56She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

01:23:59I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

01:24:01The main den was damp.

01:24:02I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

01:24:05Their familiar cloth was still inside.

01:24:07So was their scent.

01:24:09I will move it!

01:24:10Right now!

01:24:11Sarah was already walking toward it.

01:24:12She bent down to grab the handle.

01:24:15It is just a beat-up nest.

01:24:17Why are you so worked up?

01:24:22Do not touch it!

01:24:28Do not touch it!

01:24:28Do not touch it.

01:24:29Do not touch them.

01:24:29Do not touch it.

01:24:32Actually, there used to be so many people.

01:24:32Do not touch it!

01:24:36Do not touch it!

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