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00:00:11Kaelin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:00:17I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:00:20Three years passed.

00:00:22We had three hatchlings.

00:00:26Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:00:30He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:00:34Are you sure about this?

00:00:35The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:00:38His quill stopped in the air.

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

00:00:43Kael set his jaw.

00:00:45You heard me, old man.

00:00:47Do it.

00:00:48You said it clearly.

00:00:49The clan elder looked at me.

00:00:50Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:00:53One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:00:57The elder lowered his voice.

00:00:58But she just gave you three babies.

00:01:01My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:01:03The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:01:06They could only chirp at him.

00:01:07Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:01:10Blaze felt me shake.

00:01:11His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:01:14Kael did not even look at them.

00:01:15He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:01:18His voice sounded cold.

00:01:20I will feed them.

00:01:21They will not starve.

00:01:22His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:01:25Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:01:27Blaze lifted his head first.

00:01:29Flint followed a beat later.

00:01:30Still half asleep.

00:01:32Amber tried anyway.

00:01:33None of them could get the word right.

00:01:35They could only chirp it over and over.

00:01:37Kael blinked his lashes.

00:01:38For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:01:41I thought he would reach out.

00:01:45I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:01:49Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:01:51Kael, you promised me.

00:01:53You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:01:56You said when you brought me home this time you would never hurt me again.

00:02:00Kael pulled his hand back right away.

00:02:03His voice went flat.

00:02:04I do not feel sorry.

00:02:05At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:02:08Sera bit her lower lip.

00:02:10All those curves.

00:02:11Hips made for breeding.

00:02:13That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:02:16That year, Kael had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:02:20Now he was saying something very different.

00:02:22He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:02:25You think I wanted her?

00:02:26I wanted what was between her legs.

00:02:29There is a difference.

00:02:31The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:02:33They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:02:35Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:02:38So you regret it?

00:02:40Kael did not even blink.

00:02:42Every single minute of it.

00:02:43I looked up.

00:02:44Kael, you said you could not live without me.

00:02:48Sera's face changed.

00:02:49Kael went still for one moment.

00:02:51Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:02:54That was the heat talking.

00:02:55Not me.

00:02:56Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:02:59A few shifters near us gasped.

00:03:04The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:03:06Kael, I am telling you one more time.

00:03:09He tapped the page.

00:03:10Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:03:12Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:03:15Are you sure?

00:03:16Kael refused to look at me.

00:03:18I am sure.

00:03:19Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:03:22I was not his mate anymore.

00:03:23I belonged to Rewyn.

00:03:24The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:03:26All right.

00:03:27Rewyn will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:03:30Then it is done.

00:03:31His voice was flat.

00:03:32Amber, start packing tonight.

00:03:34I held the nest closer.

00:03:37I held the nest closer.

00:04:02Pack for where?

00:04:03He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:04:06You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:04:08Just a way to hurt me.

00:04:09Kael, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:04:14Her bed.

00:04:15Her clothes.

00:04:16All her old stuff.

00:04:18Make her clean it out.

00:04:19Okay?

00:04:20Kael stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:04:23Anything for you.

00:04:24I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:04:27It was the den that used to be mine.

00:04:29Kael never looked back.

00:04:30I did not know it yet, but Seer was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:04:34Starting tonight.

00:04:38Sarah's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:04:40She froze.

00:04:41Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:04:44Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:04:49All of this is hers.

00:04:50Kael followed her gaze and frowned.

00:04:53I will have her clean it out.

00:04:54Sarah raised her voice.

00:04:56Kael, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:04:59You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:05:02Kael softened at once.

00:05:04No.

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

00:05:07She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:05:10She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:05:12Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:05:17Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

00:05:21I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:05:24Now Sarah was crushing it in her fist.

00:05:26I stepped forward.

00:05:27Give it to me.

00:05:29Kael looked at me too.

00:05:30He pulled his brow tight.

00:05:32Amber.

00:05:33Do not make her angry right now.

00:05:35I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:05:39Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:05:41They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:05:44Sarah caught the movement.

00:05:45Her eyes sharpened.

00:05:46She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:05:50Do not say my name.

00:05:51Sarah let her tears fall on cue.

00:05:53And she got to live in your den.

00:05:55Sleep in your bed.

00:05:56Give you three babies?

00:05:57Kael, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:06:01Kael's face softened all at once.

00:06:03Stepping forward, he pulled Sarah into his arms.

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

00:06:08I am sorry.

00:06:10I let you down.

00:06:11Then I do not want to see her things.

00:06:14Make her take all of it out.

00:06:16Okay.

00:06:17Pull up the herb garden too.

00:06:20Kael paused for a heartbeat.

00:06:21The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:06:25I had built it up from nothing.

00:06:27Now Sarah only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:06:31I dropped my eyes.

00:06:32Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:06:36A britted cord ring.

00:06:37The crushed charm pouch.

00:06:39Old clothes.

00:06:41There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:06:45It was too much.

00:06:47I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:06:52Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:06:56Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:06:58He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:07:01He tried to drag it back for me.

00:07:03That nest goes too.

00:07:05I looked up.

00:07:05She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:07:08I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:07:09The main den was damp.

00:07:11I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:07:14Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:07:16So was their scent.

00:07:17I will move it.

00:07:19Right now.

00:07:19Sarah was already walking toward it.

00:07:21She bent down to grab the handle.

00:07:24It is just a beat up nest.

00:07:26Why are you so worked up?

00:07:31Do not touch it!

00:07:48Kaelin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:07:53I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:07:56Three years passed.

00:07:58We had three hatchlings.

00:08:02Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:08:07He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:08:10Are you sure about this?

00:08:12The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:08:14His quill stopped in the air.

00:08:16You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:08:19Kael set his jaw.

00:08:21You heard me, old man.

00:08:23Do it.

00:08:24You said it clearly.

00:08:25The clan elder looked at me.

00:08:27Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:08:30One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:08:33The elder lowered his voice.

00:08:35But she just gave you three babies.

00:08:37My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:08:39The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:08:42They could only chirp at him.

00:08:43Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:08:46Blaze felt me shake.

00:08:47His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:08:50Kael did not even look at them.

00:08:51He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:08:54His voice sounded cold.

00:08:56I will feed them.

00:08:57They will not starve.

00:08:59His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:09:01Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:09:03Blaze lifted his head first.

00:09:05Flint followed a beat later.

00:09:06Still half asleep.

00:09:08Amber tried anyway.

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

00:09:11They could only chirp it over and over.

00:09:13Kael blinked his lashes.

00:09:14For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:09:17I thought he would reach out.

00:09:21I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:09:25Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:09:27Kael, you promised me.

00:09:29You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:09:32You said when you brought me home this time, you would never hurt me again.

00:09:36Kael pulled his hand back right away.

00:09:39His voice went flat.

00:09:40I do not feel sorry.

00:09:41At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:09:44Sera bit her lower lip.

00:09:46All those curves.

00:09:47Hips made for breeding.

00:09:49That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:09:52That year, Kael had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:09:56Now he was saying something very different.

00:09:59He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:10:01You think I wanted her?

00:10:03I wanted what was between her legs.

00:10:05There is a difference.

00:10:07The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:10:09They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:10:11Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:10:14So you regret it?

00:10:16Kael did not even blink.

00:10:18Every single minute of it.

00:10:19I looked up.

00:10:21Kael, you said you could not live without me.

00:10:24Sera's face changed.

00:10:25Kael went still for one moment.

00:10:27Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:10:30That was the heat talking.

00:10:31Not me.

00:10:32Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:10:35A few shifters near us gasped.

00:10:40The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:10:42Kael, I am telling you one more time.

00:10:45He tapped the page.

00:10:46Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:10:49Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:10:51Are you sure?

00:10:52Kael refused to look at me.

00:10:54I am sure.

00:10:55Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:10:58I was not his mate anymore.

00:10:59I belong to Rhaewyn.

00:11:01The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:11:03All right.

00:11:03Rhaewyn will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:11:06Then it is done.

00:11:07His voice was flat.

00:11:08Amber, start packing tonight.

00:11:11I held the nest closer.

00:11:13Pack for where?

00:11:15Ronan's den.

00:11:17And the hatchlings?

00:11:18He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:11:20Sera coughed softly.

00:11:22And Kael looked away.

00:11:24Take them if you want.

00:11:25Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:11:27He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:11:30Kael did not take it.

00:11:32Sera linked her arm through Kael's.

00:11:34She smiled as she walked past me.

00:11:36Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:11:38Do not be sad.

00:11:39He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:11:42You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:11:44Just a way to hurt me.

00:11:45Kael, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:11:50Her bed.

00:11:51Her clothes.

00:11:53All her old stuff.

00:11:54Make her clean it out.

00:11:56Okay?

00:11:57Kael stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:11:59Anything for you.

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

00:12:03It was the den that used to be mine.

00:12:05Kael never looked back.

00:12:06I did not know it yet.

00:12:07But Sera was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:12:10Starting tonight.

00:12:14Sera's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:12:17She froze.

00:12:18Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:12:21Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:12:53All of this is hers.

00:12:54She pulled out a charm pouch.

00:12:57I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:13:00Now Sera was crushing it in her fist.

00:13:02I stepped forward.

00:13:04Give it to me.

00:13:05Kael looked at me too.

00:13:06He pulled his brow tight.

00:13:08Amber.

00:13:10Do not make her angry right now.

00:13:11I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:13:15Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:13:18They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:13:20Sera caught the movement.

00:13:21Her eyes sharpened.

00:13:23She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:13:26Do not say my name.

00:13:27Sera let her tears fall on cue.

00:13:30And she got to live in your den.

00:13:31Sleep in your bed.

00:13:32Give you three babies?

00:13:33Kael, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:13:37Kael's face softened all at once.

00:13:40Stepping forward, he pulled Sera into his arms.

00:13:42His voice went low and soothing.

00:13:44I am sorry.

00:13:46I let you down.

00:13:47Then I do not want to see her things.

00:13:50Make her take all of it out.

00:13:52Okay.

00:13:53Pull up the herb garden too.

00:13:56Kael paused for a heartbeat.

00:13:58The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:14:01I had built it up from nothing.

00:14:03Now Sera only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:14:07I dropped my eyes.

00:14:08Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:14:12A britted cord ring.

00:14:13The crushed charm pouch.

00:14:15Old clothes.

00:14:17There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:14:21It was too much.

00:14:23I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:14:28Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:14:32Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:14:34He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:14:37He tried to drag it back for me.

00:14:39That nest goes too.

00:14:41I looked up.

00:14:41She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:14:44I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:14:46The main den was damp.

00:14:47I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:14:50Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:14:52So was their scent.

00:14:54I will move it.

00:14:55Right now.

00:14:56Sera was already walking toward it.

00:14:57She bent down to grab the handle.

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

00:15:02Why are you so worked up?

00:15:07Do not touch it!

00:15:19Kaelin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:15:24I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:15:28Three years passed.

00:15:29We had three hatchlings.

00:15:33Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:15:37He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:15:41Are you sure about this?

00:15:43The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:15:45His quill stopped in the air.

00:15:47You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:15:51Kyle set his jaw.

00:15:53You heard me, old man.

00:15:54Do it.

00:15:55You said it clearly.

00:15:56The clan elder looked at me.

00:15:58Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:16:01One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:16:04The elder lowered his voice.

00:16:06But she just gave you three babies.

00:16:08My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:16:10The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:16:13They could only chirp at him.

00:16:14Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:16:17Blaze felt me shake.

00:16:18His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:16:21Kael did not even look at them.

00:16:22He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:16:26His voice sounded cold.

00:16:27I will feed them.

00:16:28They will not starve.

00:16:30His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:16:33Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:16:34Blaze lifted his head first.

00:16:36Flint followed a beat later.

00:16:38Still half asleep.

00:16:39Ember tried anyway.

00:16:41None of them could get the word right.

00:16:42They could only chirp it over and over.

00:16:44Kael blinked his lashes.

00:16:46For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:16:49I thought he would reach out.

00:16:53I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:16:56Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:16:58Kael, you promised me.

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

00:17:03You said when you brought me home this time, you would never hurt me again.

00:17:08Kael pulled his hand back right away.

00:17:10His voice went flat.

00:17:12I do not feel sorry.

00:17:13At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:17:16Sera bit her lower lip.

00:17:17All those curves.

00:17:18Hips made for breeding.

00:17:20That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:17:23That year, Kael had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:17:27Now he was saying something very different.

00:17:30He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:17:32You think I wanted her?

00:17:34I wanted what was between her legs.

00:17:36There is a difference.

00:17:38The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:17:40They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:17:43Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:17:45So you regret it?

00:17:47Kael did not even blink.

00:17:49Every single minute of it.

00:17:50I looked up.

00:17:52Kael, you said you could not live without me.

00:17:55Sera's face changed.

00:17:57Kael went still for one moment.

00:17:58Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:18:01That was the heat talking.

00:18:02Not me.

00:18:03Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:18:06A few shifters near us gasped.

00:18:11The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:18:14Kael, I am telling you one more time.

00:18:16He tapped the page.

00:18:17Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:18:20Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:18:22Are you sure?

00:18:23Kael refused to look at me.

00:18:25I am sure.

00:18:26Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:18:29I was not his mate anymore.

00:18:30I belong to Rhaewyn.

00:18:32The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:18:34All right.

00:18:34Rhaewyn will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:18:37Then it is done.

00:18:38His voice was flat.

00:18:39Amber, start packing tonight.

00:18:42I held the nest closer.

00:18:45Pack for where?

00:18:46Ronan's den.

00:18:48And the hatchlings?

00:18:49He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:18:52Sarah coughed softly.

00:18:53And Kael looked away.

00:18:55Take them if you want.

00:18:56Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:18:58He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:19:01Kael did not take it.

00:19:03Sarah linked her arm through Kael's.

00:19:05She smiled as she walked past me.

00:19:07Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:19:09Do not be sad.

00:19:11He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:19:13You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:19:15Just a way to hurt me.

00:19:17Kael, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:19:21Her bed.

00:19:23Her clothes.

00:19:24All her old stuff.

00:19:25Make her clean it out.

00:19:27Okay?

00:19:28Kael stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:19:30Anything for you.

00:19:31I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:19:34It was the den that used to be mine.

00:19:36Kael never looked back.

00:19:37I did not know it yet.

00:19:39But Cyr was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:19:42Starting tonight.

00:19:45Sarah's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:19:48She froze.

00:19:49Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:19:52Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:19:56All of this is hers.

00:19:58Kael followed her gaze and frowned.

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

00:20:01Sarah raised her voice.

00:20:03Kael, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:20:06You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:20:10Kael softened at once.

00:20:11No.

00:20:12I did not mean it like that.

00:20:14She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:20:17She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:20:19Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:20:24Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

00:20:29I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:20:31Now Sarah was crushing it in her fist.

00:20:33I stepped forward.

00:20:35Give it to me.

00:20:36Kael looked at me too.

00:20:37He pulled his brow tight.

00:20:40Amber.

00:20:41Do not make her angry right now.

00:20:43I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:20:46Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:20:49They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:20:51Sarah caught the movement.

00:20:52Her eyes sharpened.

00:20:54She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:20:57Do not say my name.

00:20:59Sarah let her tears fall on cue.

00:21:01And she got to live in your den.

00:21:02Sleep in your bed.

00:21:03Give you three babies?

00:21:05Kael, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:21:09Kael's face softened all at once.

00:21:11Stepping forward, he pulled Sarah into his arms.

00:21:14His voice went low and soothing.

00:21:16I am sorry.

00:21:17I let you down.

00:21:18Then I do not want to see her things.

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

00:21:23Okay.

00:21:24Pull up the herb garden too.

00:21:27Kael paused for a heartbeat.

00:21:29The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:21:32I had built it up from nothing.

00:21:35Now Sarah only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:21:38I dropped my eyes.

00:21:39Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:21:43A britted cord ring.

00:21:45The crushed charm pouch.

00:21:47Old clothes.

00:21:48There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:21:52It was too much.

00:21:55I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:21:59Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:22:03Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:22:05He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:22:08He tried to drag it back for me.

00:22:10That nest goes too.

00:22:12I looked up.

00:22:13She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:22:15I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:22:17The main den was damp.

00:22:18I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

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

00:22:24So was their scent.

00:22:25I will move it.

00:22:26Right now.

00:22:27Sarah was already walking toward it.

00:22:28She bent down to grab the handle.

00:22:31It is just a beat up nest.

00:22:33Why are you so worked up?

00:22:38Do not touch it!

00:22:50Kaylin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:22:55I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:22:59Three years passed.

00:23:00We had three hatchlings.

00:23:05Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:23:09He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:23:12Are you sure about this?

00:23:14The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:23:16His quill stopped in the air.

00:23:18You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:23:22Kyle set his jaw.

00:23:24You heard me, old man.

00:23:25Do it.

00:23:26You said it clearly.

00:23:27The clan elder looked at me.

00:23:29Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:23:32One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:23:35The elder lowered his voice.

00:23:37But she just gave you three babies.

00:23:40My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:23:41The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:23:44They could only chirp at him.

00:23:46Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:23:48Blaze felt me shake.

00:23:50His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:23:52Kale did not even look at them.

00:23:54He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:23:57His voice sounded cold.

00:23:59I will feed them.

00:23:59They will not starve.

00:24:01His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:24:04Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:24:05Blaze lifted his head first.

00:24:07Flint followed a beat later.

00:24:09Still half asleep.

00:24:10Amber tried anyway.

00:24:11None of them could get the word right.

00:24:13They could only chirp it over and over.

00:24:15Kale blinked his lashes.

00:24:17For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:24:20I thought he would reach out.

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

00:24:27Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:24:29Kale, you promised me.

00:24:32You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:24:35You said when you brought me home this time you would never hurt me again.

00:24:39Kale pulled his hand back right away.

00:24:41His voice went flat.

00:24:43I do not feel sorry.

00:24:44At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:24:47Sera bit her lower lip.

00:24:48All those curves.

00:24:50Hips made for breeding.

00:24:51That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:24:54That year, Kale had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:24:59Now he was saying something very different.

00:25:01He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:25:03You think I wanted her?

00:25:05I wanted what was between her legs.

00:25:07There is a difference.

00:25:09The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:25:12They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:25:14Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:25:16So you regret it?

00:25:18Kale did not even blink.

00:25:20Every single minute of it.

00:25:22I looked up.

00:25:23Kale, you said you could not live without me.

00:25:26Sera's face changed.

00:25:28Kale went still for one moment.

00:25:30Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:25:32That was the heat talking, not me.

00:25:34Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:25:37A few shifters near us gasped.

00:25:42The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:25:45Kale, I am telling you one more time.

00:25:47He tapped the page.

00:25:49Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:25:51Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:25:53Are you sure?

00:25:54Kale refused to look at me.

00:25:56I am sure.

00:25:58Three years were gone in one short sentence.

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

00:26:02I belong to Rhaewyn.

00:26:03The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:26:05All right.

00:26:06Rhaewyn will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:26:08Then it is done.

00:26:09His voice was flat.

00:26:11Amber, start packing tonight.

00:26:13I held the nest closer.

00:26:16Pack for where?

00:26:18Ronin's den.

00:26:19And the hatchlings?

00:26:20He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:26:23Sarah coughed softly.

00:26:24And Kale looked away.

00:26:26Take them if you want.

00:26:27Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:26:29He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:26:32Kale did not take it.

00:26:34Sarah linked her arm through Kale's.

00:26:36She smiled as she walked past me.

00:26:39Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:26:40Do not be sad.

00:26:42He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:26:44You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:26:46Just a way to hurt me.

00:26:48Kale, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:26:52Her bed.

00:26:54Her clothes.

00:26:55All her old stuff.

00:26:57Make her clean it out.

00:26:58Okay?

00:26:59Kale stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:27:01Anything for you.

00:27:02I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:27:05It was the den that used to be mine.

00:27:07Kale never looked back.

00:27:08I did not know it yet.

00:27:10But Sere was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:27:13Starting tonight.

00:27:16Sarah's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:27:19She froze.

00:27:20Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:27:23Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:27:27All of this is hers?

00:27:29Kale followed her gaze and frowned.

00:27:31I will have her clean it out.

00:27:33Sarah raised her voice.

00:27:34Kale, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:27:37You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:27:41Kale softened at once.

00:27:42No.

00:27:43I did not mean it like that.

00:27:45She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:27:48She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:27:50Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:27:55Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

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

00:28:02Now Sarah was crushing it in her fist.

00:28:05I stepped forward.

00:28:06Give it to me.

00:28:07Kale looked at me too.

00:28:08He pulled his brow tight.

00:28:11Amber, do not make her angry right now.

00:28:14I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:28:17Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:28:20They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:28:22Sarah caught the movement.

00:28:24Her eyes sharpened.

00:28:25She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:28:28Do not say my name.

00:28:30Sarah let her tears fall on cue.

00:28:32And she got to live in your den.

00:28:33Sleep in your bed.

00:28:35Give you three babies?

00:28:36Kale, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:28:40Kale's face softened all at once.

00:28:42Stepping forward, he pulled Sarah into his arms.

00:28:45His voice went low and soothing.

00:28:47I am sorry.

00:28:48I let you down.

00:28:49Then I do not want to see her things.

00:28:52Make her take all of it out.

00:28:54Okay.

00:28:55Pull up the herb garden too.

00:28:58Kale paused for a heartbeat.

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

00:29:04I had built it up from nothing.

00:29:05Now Sarah only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:29:09I dropped my eyes.

00:29:11Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:29:14A britted cord ring.

00:29:16The crushed charm pouch.

00:29:18Old clothes.

00:29:19There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:29:24It was too much.

00:29:26I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:29:30Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:29:34Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:29:36He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:29:39He tried to drag it back for me.

00:29:42That nest goes too.

00:29:43I looked up.

00:29:44She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:29:46I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:29:48The main den was damp.

00:29:50I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:29:53Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:29:55So was their scent.

00:29:56I will move it.

00:29:57Right now.

00:29:58Sarah was already walking toward it.

00:29:59She bent down to grab the handle.

00:30:02It is just a beat-up nest.

00:30:04Why are you so worked up?

00:30:10Do not touch it!

00:30:21Kaylin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:30:26I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:30:30Three years passed.

00:30:31We had three hatchlings.

00:30:36Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:30:40He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:30:43Are you sure about this?

00:30:45The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:30:47His quill stopped in the air.

00:30:49You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:30:53Kyle set his jaw.

00:30:55You heard me, old man.

00:30:57Do it.

00:30:57You said it clearly.

00:30:59The clan elder looked at me.

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

00:31:03One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:31:07The elder lowered his voice.

00:31:08But she just gave you three babies.

00:31:11My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:31:13The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:31:15They could only chirp at him.

00:31:17Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:31:19Blaze felt me shake.

00:31:21His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:31:23Kale did not even look at them.

00:31:25He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:31:28His voice sounded cold.

00:31:30I will feed them.

00:31:31They will not starve.

00:31:32His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:31:35Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:31:36Blaze lifted his head first.

00:31:38Flint followed a beat later.

00:31:40Still half asleep.

00:31:41Ember tried anyway.

00:31:43None of them could get the word right.

00:31:44They could only chirp it over and over.

00:31:46Kale blinked his lashes.

00:31:48For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:31:51I thought he would reach out.

00:31:55I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:31:58Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:32:00Kale, you promised me.

00:32:02You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:32:06You said when you brought me home this time, you would never hurt me again.

00:32:10Kale pulled his hand back right away.

00:32:12His voice went flat.

00:32:14I do not feel sorry.

00:32:15At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:32:18Sera bit her lower lip.

00:32:19All those curves.

00:32:21Hips made for breeding.

00:32:22That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:32:25That year, Kale had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:32:30Now he was saying something very different.

00:32:32He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:32:34You think I wanted her?

00:32:36I wanted what was between her legs.

00:32:39There is a difference.

00:32:40The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:32:43They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:32:45Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:32:47So you regret it?

00:32:49Kale did not even blink.

00:32:51Every single minute of it.

00:32:53I looked up.

00:32:54Kale, you said you could not live without me.

00:32:58Sera's face changed.

00:32:59Kale went still for one moment.

00:33:01Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:33:03That was the heat talking.

00:33:05Not me.

00:33:05Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:33:09A few shifters near us gasped.

00:33:13The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:33:16Kale, I am telling you one more time.

00:33:19He tapped the page.

00:33:20Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:33:22Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:33:25Are you sure?

00:33:26Kale refused to look at me.

00:33:27I am sure.

00:33:29Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:33:31I was not his mate anymore.

00:33:33I belong to Rhaewyn.

00:33:34The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:33:36All right.

00:33:37Rhaewyn will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:33:39Then it is done.

00:33:40His voice was flat.

00:33:42Amber, start packing tonight.

00:33:44I held the nest closer.

00:33:47Pack for where?

00:33:49Ronan's den.

00:33:50And the hatchlings?

00:33:51He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:33:54Sarah coughed softly.

00:33:55And Kale looked away.

00:33:57Take them if you want.

00:33:59Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:34:01He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:34:03Kale did not take it.

00:34:05Sarah linked her arm through Kale's.

00:34:07She smiled as she walked past me.

00:34:10Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:34:11Do not be sad.

00:34:13He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:34:15You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:34:18Just a way to hurt me.

00:34:19Kale.

00:34:20I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:34:23Her bed.

00:34:25Her clothes.

00:34:26All her old stuff.

00:34:28Make her clean it out.

00:34:29Okay?

00:34:30Kale stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:34:32Anything for you.

00:34:34I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:34:36It was the den that used to be mine.

00:34:39Kale never looked back.

00:34:40I did not know it yet.

00:34:41But Cyr was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:34:44Starting tonight.

00:34:47Sarah's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:34:50She froze.

00:34:51Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:34:54Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:34:58All of this is hers?

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

00:35:02I will have her clean it out.

00:35:04Sarah raised her voice.

00:35:05Kale, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:35:09You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:35:12Kale softened at once.

00:35:14No.

00:35:15I did not mean it like that.

00:35:16She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:35:19She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:35:21Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:35:27Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

00:35:31I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:35:34Now Sarah was crushing it in her fist.

00:35:36I stepped forward.

00:35:37Give it to me.

00:35:38Kale looked at me too.

00:35:40He pulled his brow tight.

00:35:42Amber.

00:35:43Do not make her angry right now.

00:35:45I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:35:49Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:35:51They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:35:53Sarah caught the movement.

00:35:55Her eyes sharpened.

00:35:56She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:36:00Do not say my name.

00:36:01Sarah let her tears fall on cue.

00:36:03And she got to live in your den.

00:36:05Sleep in your bed.

00:36:06Give you three babies?

00:36:07Kale, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:36:11Kale's face softened all at once.

00:36:13Stepping forward, he pulled Sarah into his arms.

00:36:16His voice went low and soothing.

00:36:18I am sorry.

00:36:19I let you down.

00:36:21Then I do not want to see her things.

00:36:24Make her take all of it out.

00:36:25Okay.

00:36:26Pull up the herb garden too.

00:36:29Kale paused for a heartbeat.

00:36:31The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:36:35I had built it up from nothing.

00:36:37Now Sarah only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:36:40I dropped my eyes.

00:36:42Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:36:45A britted cord ring.

00:36:47The crushed charm pouch.

00:36:49Old clothes.

00:36:50There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:36:55It was too much.

00:36:57I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:37:01Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:37:05Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:37:08He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:37:11He tried to drag it back for me.

00:37:13That nest goes too.

00:37:14I looked up.

00:37:15She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:37:17I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:37:19The main den was damp.

00:37:21I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:37:24Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:37:26So was their scent.

00:37:27I will move it.

00:37:28Right now.

00:37:29Sarah was already walking toward it.

00:37:31She bent down to grab the handle.

00:37:33It is just a beat-up nest.

00:37:35Why are you so worked up?

00:37:41Do not touch it!

00:37:52Kaylin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:37:58I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:38:01Three years passed.

00:38:03We had three hatchlings.

00:38:07Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:38:11He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:38:15Are you sure about this?

00:38:16The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:38:19His quill stopped in the air.

00:38:20You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:38:24Kyle set his jaw.

00:38:26You heard me, old man.

00:38:28Do it.

00:38:28You said it clearly.

00:38:30The clan elder looked at me.

00:38:31Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:38:34One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:38:38The elder lowered his voice.

00:38:39But she just gave you three babies.

00:38:42My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:38:44The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:38:46They could only chirp at him.

00:38:48Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:38:51Blaze felt me shake.

00:38:52His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:38:54Kale did not even look at them.

00:38:56He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:38:59His voice sounded cold.

00:39:01I will feed them.

00:39:02They will not starve.

00:39:03His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:39:06Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:39:08Blaze lifted his head first.

00:39:10Flint followed a beat later.

00:39:11Still half asleep.

00:39:12Amber tried anyway.

00:39:14None of them could get the word right.

00:39:16They could only chirp it over and over.

00:39:17Kale blinked his lashes.

00:39:19For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:39:22I thought he would reach out.

00:39:26I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:39:29Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:39:32Kale, you promised me.

00:39:34You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:39:37You said when you brought me home this time you would never hurt me again.

00:39:41Kale pulled his hand back right away.

00:39:44His voice went flat.

00:39:45I do not feel sorry.

00:39:46At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:39:49Sera bit her lower lip.

00:39:51All those curves.

00:39:52Hips made for breeding.

00:39:53That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:39:57That year, Kale had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:40:01Now he was saying something very different.

00:40:03He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:40:06You think I wanted her?

00:40:07I wanted what was between her legs.

00:40:10There is a difference.

00:40:11The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:40:14They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:40:16Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:40:19So you regret it?

00:40:20Kale did not even blink.

00:40:22Every single minute of it.

00:40:24I looked up.

00:40:25Kale, you said you could not live without me.

00:40:29Sera's face changed.

00:40:30Kale went still for one moment.

00:40:32Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:40:34That was the heat talking, not me.

00:40:37Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:40:40A few shifters near us gasped.

00:40:44The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:40:47Kale, I am telling you one more time.

00:40:50He tapped the page.

00:40:51Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:40:53Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:40:56Are you sure?

00:40:57Kale refused to look at me.

00:40:58I am sure.

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

00:41:02I was not his mate anymore.

00:41:04I belong to Rhaewyn.

00:41:05The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:41:07All right.

00:41:08Rhaewyn will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:41:11Then it is done.

00:41:12His voice was flat.

00:41:13Amber, start packing tonight.

00:41:16I held the nest closer.

00:41:18Pack for where?

00:41:20Ronan's den.

00:41:21And the hatchlings?

00:41:22He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:41:25Sarah coughed softly.

00:41:26And Kale looked away.

00:41:28Take them if you want.

00:41:30Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:41:32He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:41:35Kale did not take it.

00:41:36Sarah linked her arm through Kale's.

00:41:39She smiled as she walked past me.

00:41:41Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:41:43Do not be sad.

00:41:44He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:41:46You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:41:49Just a way to hurt me.

00:41:50Kale.

00:41:51I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:41:55Her bed.

00:41:56Her clothes.

00:41:57All her old stuff.

00:41:59Make her clean it out.

00:42:00Okay?

00:42:01Kale stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:42:03Anything for you.

00:42:05I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:42:07It was the den that used to be mine.

00:42:10Kale never looked back.

00:42:11I did not know it yet.

00:42:12But Cyr was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:42:15Starting tonight.

00:42:18Sarah's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:42:21She froze.

00:42:22Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:42:25Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:42:30All of this is hers?

00:42:31Kale followed her gaze and frowned.

00:42:33I will have her clean it out.

00:42:35Sarah raised her voice.

00:42:36Kale, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:42:40You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:42:43Kale softened at once.

00:42:45No.

00:42:46I did not mean it like that.

00:42:47She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:42:51She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:42:53Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:42:58Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

00:43:02I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:43:05Now Sarah was crushing it in her fist.

00:43:07I stepped forward.

00:43:08Give it to me.

00:43:10Kale looked at me too.

00:43:11He pulled his brow tight.

00:43:13Amber.

00:43:14Do not make her angry right now.

00:43:16I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:43:20Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:43:22They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:43:25Sarah caught the movement.

00:43:26Her eyes sharpened.

00:43:27She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:43:31Do not say my name.

00:43:32Sarah let her tears fall on cue.

00:43:34And she got to live in your den.

00:43:36Sleep in your bed.

00:43:37Give you three babies?

00:43:38Kale, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:43:42Kale's face softened all at once.

00:43:44Stepping forward, he pulled Sarah into his arms.

00:43:47His voice went low and soothing.

00:43:49I am sorry.

00:43:50I let you down.

00:43:52Then I do not want to see her things.

00:43:55Make her take all of it out.

00:43:57Okay.

00:43:57Pull up the herb garden too.

00:44:00Kale paused for a heartbeat.

00:44:02The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:44:06I had built it up from nothing.

00:44:08Now Sarah only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:44:12I dropped my eyes.

00:44:13Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:44:16A breaded cord ring.

00:44:18The crushed charm pouch.

00:44:20Old clothes.

00:44:22There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:44:26It was too much.

00:44:28I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:44:33Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:44:37Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:44:39He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:44:42He tried to drag it back for me.

00:44:44That nest goes too.

00:44:45I looked up.

00:44:46She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:44:48I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:44:51The main den was damp.

00:44:52I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:44:55Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:44:57So was their scent.

00:44:58I will move it.

00:44:59Right now.

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

00:45:02She bent down to grab the handle.

00:45:05It is just a beat up nest.

00:45:07Why are you so worked up?

00:45:12Do not touch it!

00:45:28I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:45:32Three years passed.

00:45:34We had three hatchlings.

00:45:38Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:45:42He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:45:46Are you sure about this?

00:45:47The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:45:50His quill stopped in the air.

00:45:51You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:45:55Kyle set his jaw.

00:45:57You heard me, old man.

00:45:59Do it.

00:46:00You said it clearly.

00:46:01The clan elder looked at me.

00:46:02Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:46:05One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:46:09The elder lowered his voice.

00:46:10But she just gave you three babies.

00:46:13My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:46:15The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:46:18They could only chirp at him.

00:46:19Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:46:22Blaze felt me shake.

00:46:23His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:46:26Kale did not even look at them.

00:46:27He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:46:30His voice sounded cold.

00:46:32I will feed them.

00:46:33They will not starve.

00:46:34His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:46:37Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:46:39Blaze lifted his head first.

00:46:41Flint followed a beat later.

00:46:42Still half asleep.

00:46:44Amber tried anyway.

00:46:45None of them could get the word right.

00:46:47They could only chirp it over and over.

00:46:49Kale blinked his lashes.

00:46:50For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:46:53I thought he would reach out.

00:46:57I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

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

00:47:03Kale, you promised me.

00:47:05You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

00:47:08You said when you brought me home this time you would never hurt me again.

00:47:12Kale pulled his hand back right away.

00:47:15His voice went flat.

00:47:16I do not feel sorry.

00:47:18At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:47:20Sera bit her lower lip.

00:47:22All those curves.

00:47:23Hips made for breeding.

00:47:25That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:47:28That year, Kale had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:47:32Now he was saying something very different.

00:47:34He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:47:37You think I wanted her?

00:47:39I wanted what was between her legs.

00:47:41There is a difference.

00:47:42The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:47:45They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:47:47Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:47:50So you regret it?

00:47:52Kale did not even blink.

00:47:54Every single minute of it.

00:47:55I looked up.

00:47:56Kale, you said you could not live without me.

00:48:00Sera's face changed.

00:48:01Kale went still for one moment.

00:48:03Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:48:06That was the heat talking.

00:48:07Not me.

00:48:08Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:48:11A few shifters near us gasped.

00:48:16The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:48:18Kale, I am telling you one more time.

00:48:21He tapped the page.

00:48:22Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:48:25Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:48:27Are you sure?

00:48:28Kale refused to look at me.

00:48:30I am sure.

00:48:31Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:48:34I was not his mate anymore.

00:48:35I belong to Rewin.

00:48:37The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:48:38All right, Rewin will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:48:42Then it is done.

00:48:43His voice was flat.

00:48:44Amber, start packing tonight.

00:48:47I held the nest closer.

00:48:49Pack for where?

00:48:51Ronan's den.

00:48:52And the hatchlings?

00:48:54He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:48:56Sera coughed softly, and Kale looked away.

00:48:59Take them if you want.

00:49:01Blaze did not know what that meant.

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

00:49:06Kale did not take it.

00:49:07Sera linked her arm through Kale's.

00:49:09She smiled as she walked past me.

00:49:12Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:49:14Do not be sad.

00:49:15He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:49:18You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:49:20Just a way to hurt me.

00:49:21Kale, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:49:26Her bed.

00:49:27Her clothes.

00:49:28All her old stuff.

00:49:30Make her clean it out, okay?

00:49:32Kale stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:49:35Anything for you.

00:49:36I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:49:39It was the den that used to be mine.

00:49:41Kale never looked back.

00:49:42I did not know it yet, but Sera was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:49:46Starting tonight.

00:49:50Sera's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:49:52She froze.

00:49:53Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:49:56Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:50:01All of this is hers?

00:50:02Kale followed her gaze and frowned.

00:50:05I will have her clean it out.

00:50:06Sera raised her voice.

00:50:08Kale, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:50:11You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:50:14Kale softened at once.

00:50:16No.

00:50:17I did not mean it like that.

00:50:19She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:50:22She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:50:24Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:50:29Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

00:50:33I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:50:36Now Sera was crushing it in her fist.

00:50:38I stepped forward.

00:50:39Give it to me.

00:50:41Kale looked at me too.

00:50:42He pulled his brow tight.

00:50:45Amber, do not make her angry right now.

00:50:47I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:50:51Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:50:53They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:50:56Sera caught the movement.

00:50:57Her eyes sharpened.

00:50:58She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:51:02Do not say my name.

00:51:03Sera let her tears fall on cue.

00:51:05And she got to live in your den.

00:51:07Sleep in your bed.

00:51:08Give you three babies?

00:51:09Kale, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:51:13Kale's face softened all at once.

00:51:15Stepping forward, he pulled Sera into his arms.

00:51:18His voice went low and soothing.

00:51:20I am sorry.

00:51:22I let you down.

00:51:23Then I do not want to see her things.

00:51:26Make her take all of it out.

00:51:27Okay.

00:51:29Pull up the herb garden too.

00:51:32Kale paused for a heartbeat.

00:51:34The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:51:37I had built it up from nothing.

00:51:39Now Sera only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:51:43I dropped my eyes.

00:51:44Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:51:48A britted cord ring.

00:51:49The crushed charm pouch.

00:51:51Old clothes.

00:51:53There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:51:57It was too much.

00:51:59I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:52:04Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:52:08Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:52:10He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:52:13He tried to drag it back for me.

00:52:15That nest goes too.

00:52:17I looked up.

00:52:17She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:52:20I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:52:22The main den was damp.

00:52:23I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:52:26Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:52:28So was their scent.

00:52:29I will move it.

00:52:31Right now.

00:52:31Sera was already walking toward it.

00:52:33She bent down to grab the handle.

00:52:36It is just a beat-up nest.

00:52:38Why are you so worked up?

00:52:43Do not touch it!

00:52:55Kaelin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

00:53:00I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

00:53:03Three years passed.

00:53:05We had three hatchlings.

00:53:09Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

00:53:14He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

00:53:17Are you sure about this?

00:53:19The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

00:53:21His quill stopped in the air.

00:53:23You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

00:53:26Kael set his jaw.

00:53:28You heard me, old man.

00:53:30Do it.

00:53:31You said it clearly.

00:53:32The clan elder looked at me.

00:53:33Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

00:53:36One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

00:53:40The elder lowered his voice.

00:53:42But she just gave you three babies.

00:53:44My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

00:53:46The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

00:53:49They could only chirp at him.

00:53:50Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

00:53:53Blaze felt me shake.

00:53:54His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

00:53:57Kael did not even look at them.

00:53:58He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

00:54:02His voice sounded cold.

00:54:03I will feed them.

00:54:04They will not starve.

00:54:05His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

00:54:08Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

00:54:10Blaze lifted his head first.

00:54:12Flint followed a beat later.

00:54:13Still half asleep.

00:54:15Amber tried anyway.

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

00:54:18They could only chirp it over and over.

00:54:20Kael blinked his lashes.

00:54:21For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

00:54:24I thought he would reach out.

00:54:28I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

00:54:32Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

00:54:34Kael, you promised me.

00:54:36You said you wished you never left me at the pale tower.

00:54:39You said when you brought me home this time, you would never hurt me again.

00:54:43Kael pulled his hand back right away.

00:54:46His voice went flat.

00:54:47I do not feel sorry.

00:54:48At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

00:54:51Sera bit her lower lip.

00:54:53All those curves.

00:54:54Hips made for breeding.

00:54:56That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

00:54:59That year, Kael had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

00:55:03Now he was saying something very different.

00:55:06He was saying it in front of everyone.

00:55:08You think I wanted her?

00:55:10I wanted what was between her legs.

00:55:12There is a difference.

00:55:14The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

00:55:16They burrowed into my sleeves.

00:55:18Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

00:55:21So you regret it?

00:55:23Kael did not even blink.

00:55:25Every single minute of it.

00:55:26I looked up.

00:55:28Kael, you said you could not live without me.

00:55:31Sera's face changed.

00:55:33Kael went still for one moment.

00:55:34Then his voice grew colder than before.

00:55:37That was the heat talking.

00:55:38Not me.

00:55:39Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

00:55:42A few shifters near us gasped.

00:55:47The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

00:55:50Kael, I am telling you one more time.

00:55:52He tapped the page.

00:55:53Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

00:55:56Not without Royan saying so himself.

00:55:58Are you sure?

00:55:59Kael refused to look at me.

00:56:01I am sure.

00:56:02Three years were gone in one short sentence.

00:56:05I was not his mate anymore.

00:56:06I belong to Rhaewyn.

00:56:08The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

00:56:10All right.

00:56:10Rhaewyn will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

00:56:13Then it is done.

00:56:14His voice was flat.

00:56:15Amber, start packing tonight.

00:56:18I held the nest closer.

00:56:20Pack for where?

00:56:22Ronan's den.

00:56:24And the hatchlings?

00:56:25He stayed quiet for a long moment.

00:56:27Sera coughed softly.

00:56:29And Kael looked away.

00:56:31Take them if you want.

00:56:32Blaze did not know what that meant.

00:56:34He reached his little tail out toward his father.

00:56:37Kael did not take it.

00:56:39Sera linked her arm through Kael's.

00:56:41She smiled as she walked past me.

00:56:43Oh, Amber, sweetie.

00:56:45Do not be sad.

00:56:46He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

00:56:49You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

00:56:51Just a way to hurt me.

00:56:52Kael, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

00:56:57Her bed.

00:56:58Her clothes.

00:57:00All her old stuff.

00:57:01Make her clean it out.

00:57:03Okay?

00:57:03Kael stroked her hair like she was a child.

00:57:06Anything for you.

00:57:07I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

00:57:10It was the den that used to be mine.

00:57:12Kael never looked back.

00:57:13I did not know it yet.

00:57:14But Sere was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

00:57:17Starting tonight.

00:57:21Sera's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

00:57:24She froze.

00:57:24Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

00:57:28Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

00:57:32All of this is hers?

00:57:33Kael followed her gaze and frowned.

00:57:36I will have her clean it out.

00:57:37Sera raised her voice.

00:57:39Kael, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

00:57:42You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

00:57:45Kael softened at once.

00:57:47No.

00:57:48I did not mean it like that.

00:57:50She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

00:57:53She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

00:57:55Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

00:58:00Sliding her hand under the pillow,

00:58:02She pulled out a charm pouch.

00:58:04I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

00:58:07Now Sera was crushing it in her fist.

00:58:09I stepped forward.

00:58:11Give it to me.

00:58:12Kael looked at me too.

00:58:13He pulled his brow tight.

00:58:16Amber, do not make her angry right now.

00:58:19I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

00:58:22Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

00:58:25They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

00:58:27Sera caught the movement.

00:58:28Her eyes sharpened.

00:58:30She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

00:58:33Do not say my name.

00:58:34Sera let her tears fall on cue.

00:58:37And she got to live in your den.

00:58:38Sleep in your bed.

00:58:39Give you three babies?

00:58:40Kael, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

00:58:44Kael's face softened all at once.

00:58:47Stepping forward, he pulled Sera into his arms.

00:58:49His voice went low and soothing.

00:58:51I am sorry.

00:58:53I let you down.

00:58:54Then I do not want to see her things.

00:58:57Make her take all of it out.

00:58:59Okay.

00:59:00Pull up the herb garden too.

00:59:03Kael paused for a heartbeat.

00:59:05The herb garden in the yard was mine.

00:59:08I had built it up from nothing.

00:59:10Now Sera only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

00:59:14I dropped my eyes.

00:59:15Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

00:59:19A britted cord ring.

00:59:20The crushed charm pouch.

00:59:22Old clothes.

00:59:24There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

00:59:28It was too much.

00:59:30I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

00:59:35Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

00:59:39Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

00:59:41He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

00:59:44He tried to drag it back for me.

00:59:46That nest goes too.

00:59:48I looked up.

00:59:48She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

00:59:51I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

00:59:53The main den was damp.

00:59:54I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

00:59:57Their familiar cloth was still inside.

00:59:59So was their scent.

01:00:01I will move it.

01:00:02Right now.

01:00:02Sarah was already walking toward it.

01:00:04She bent down to grab the handle.

01:00:07It is just a beat up nest.

01:00:09Why are you so worked up?

01:00:14Do not touch it!

01:00:26Kaylin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

01:00:31I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

01:00:35Three years passed.

01:00:36We had three hatchlings.

01:00:40Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

01:00:45He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

01:00:48Are you sure about this?

01:00:50The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

01:00:52His quill stopped in the air.

01:00:54You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

01:00:58Kyle set his jaw.

01:01:00You heard me, old man.

01:01:01Do it.

01:01:02You said it clearly.

01:01:03The clan elder looked at me.

01:01:05Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

01:01:08One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

01:01:11The elder lowered his voice.

01:01:13But she just gave you three babies.

01:01:15My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

01:01:17The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

01:01:20They could only chirp at him.

01:01:21Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

01:01:24Blaze felt me shake.

01:01:25His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

01:01:28Kale did not even look at them.

01:01:29He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

01:01:33His voice sounded cold.

01:01:34I will feed them.

01:01:35They will not starve.

01:01:37His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

01:01:40Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

01:01:41Blades lifted his head first.

01:01:43Flint followed a beat later.

01:01:44Still half asleep.

01:01:46Ember tried anyway.

01:01:47None of them could get the word right.

01:01:49They could only chirp it over and over.

01:01:51Kale blinked his lashes.

01:01:53For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

01:01:56I thought he would reach out.

01:02:00I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

01:02:03Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

01:02:05Kale, you promised me.

01:02:07You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

01:02:10You said when you brought me home this time you would never hurt me again.

01:02:14Kale pulled his hand back right away.

01:02:17His voice went flat.

01:02:19I do not feel sorry.

01:02:20At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

01:02:23Sera bit her lower lip.

01:02:24All those curves.

01:02:25Hips made for breeding.

01:02:27That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

01:02:30That year, Kale had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

01:02:34Now he was saying something very different.

01:02:37He was saying it in front of everyone.

01:02:39You think I wanted her?

01:02:41I wanted what was between her legs.

01:02:43There is a difference.

01:02:45The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

01:02:47They burrowed into my sleeves.

01:02:50Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

01:02:52So you regret it?

01:02:54Kale did not even blink.

01:02:56Every single minute of it.

01:02:57I looked up.

01:02:59Kale, you said you could not live without me.

01:03:02Sera's face changed.

01:03:04Kale went still for one moment.

01:03:05Then his voice grew colder than before.

01:03:08That was the heat talking.

01:03:09Not me.

01:03:10Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

01:03:13A few shifters near us gasped.

01:03:18The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

01:03:21Kale, I am telling you one more time.

01:03:23He tapped the page.

01:03:25Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

01:03:27Not without Royan saying so himself.

01:03:29Are you sure?

01:03:30Kale refused to look at me.

01:03:32I am sure.

01:03:33Three years were gone in one short sentence.

01:03:36I was not his mate anymore.

01:03:37I belong to Rewin.

01:03:39The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

01:03:41Alright, Rewin will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

01:03:44Then it is done.

01:03:45His voice was flat.

01:03:47Amber, start packing tonight.

01:03:49I held the nest closer.

01:03:52Pack for where?

01:03:53Ronan's den.

01:03:55And the hatchlings?

01:03:56He stayed quiet for a long moment.

01:03:59Sera coughed softly.

01:04:00And Kale looked away.

01:04:02Take them if you want.

01:04:03Blaze did not know what that meant.

01:04:05He reached his little tail out toward his father.

01:04:08Kale did not take it.

01:04:10Sera linked her arm through Kale's.

01:04:12She smiled as she walked past me.

01:04:14Oh, Amber, sweetie.

01:04:16Do not be sad.

01:04:18He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

01:04:20You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

01:04:22Just a way to hurt me.

01:04:24Kale.

01:04:24I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

01:04:28Her bed.

01:04:29Her clothes.

01:04:31All her old stuff.

01:04:32Make her clean it out.

01:04:34Okay?

01:04:35Kale stroked her hair like she was a child.

01:04:37Anything for you.

01:04:38I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

01:04:41It was the den that used to be mine.

01:04:43Kale never looked back.

01:04:44I did not know it yet.

01:04:45But Sere was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

01:04:49Starting tonight.

01:04:52Sera's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

01:04:55She froze.

01:04:56Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

01:04:59Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

01:05:03All of this is hers.

01:05:05Kale followed her gaze and frowned.

01:05:07I will have her clean it out.

01:05:08Sera raised her voice.

01:05:10Kale.

01:05:10You want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

01:05:13You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

01:05:17Kale softened at once.

01:05:18No.

01:05:19I did not mean it like that.

01:05:21She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

01:05:24She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

01:05:26Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

01:05:31Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

01:05:36I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

01:05:38Now Sera was crushing it in her fist.

01:05:40I stepped forward.

01:05:42Give it to me.

01:05:43Kale looked at me too.

01:05:44He pulled his brow tight.

01:05:47Amber.

01:05:48Do not make her angry right now.

01:05:50I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

01:05:53Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

01:05:56They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

01:05:58Sera caught the movement.

01:05:59Her eyes sharpened.

01:06:01She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

01:06:04Do not say my name.

01:06:05Sera let her tears fall on cue.

01:06:08And she got to live in your den.

01:06:09Sleep in your bed.

01:06:10Give you three babies?

01:06:12Kale, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

01:06:16Kale's face softened all at once.

01:06:18Stepping forward, he pulled Sera into his arms.

01:06:20His voice went low and soothing.

01:06:23I am sorry.

01:06:24I let you down.

01:06:25Then I do not want to see her things.

01:06:28Make her take all of it out.

01:06:30Okay.

01:06:31Pull up the herb garden too.

01:06:34Kale paused for a heartbeat.

01:06:36The herb garden in the yard was mine.

01:06:40I had built it up from nothing.

01:06:42Now Sera only had to say the word.

01:06:43And it would be torn out.

01:06:45I dropped my eyes.

01:06:46Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

01:06:50A britted cord ring.

01:06:51The crushed charm pouch.

01:06:54Old clothes.

01:06:55There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

01:06:59It was too much.

01:07:02I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

01:07:06Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

01:07:10Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

01:07:12He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

01:07:15He tried to drag it back for me.

01:07:17That nest goes too.

01:07:19I looked up.

01:07:20She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

01:07:22I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

01:07:24The main den was damp.

01:07:25I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

01:07:29Their familiar cloth was still inside.

01:07:31So was their scent.

01:07:32I will move it.

01:07:33Right now.

01:07:34Sarah was already walking toward it.

01:07:35She bent down to grab the handle.

01:07:38It is just a beat up nest.

01:07:40Why are you so worked up?

01:07:46Do not touch it!

01:07:57Kaylin Ashfield paid a fortune for me at the mate auction.

01:08:02I slept in a bed that smelled just like him.

01:08:06Three years passed.

01:08:07We had three hatchlings.

01:08:12Now he was handing me to his brother like an old coat he did not want anymore.

01:08:16He did this because his ex had come crawling back.

01:08:19Are you sure about this?

01:08:21The old man looked up from the bond ledger.

01:08:23His quill stopped in the air.

01:08:25You want me to take Amber off your name and put her on Roland's?

01:08:29Kyle set his jaw.

01:08:31You heard me, old man.

01:08:32Do it.

01:08:33You said it clearly.

01:08:34The clan elder looked at me.

01:08:36Then his eyes dropped to the wooden hatchling nest in my arms.

01:08:39One of the little ones had pushed its small head out of the cloth.

01:08:42The elder lowered his voice.

01:08:44But she just gave you three babies.

01:08:46My fingers gripped the nest tighter.

01:08:48The three hatchlings inside could not talk yet.

01:08:51They could only chirp at him.

01:08:53Their breath puffed out in tiny warm clouds.

01:08:55Blaze felt me shake.

01:08:57His tiny tail curled around my wrist.

01:08:59Kale did not even look at them.

01:09:01He pulled the fur cloak closer around the woman in his arms.

01:09:04His voice sounded cold.

01:09:05I will feed them.

01:09:07They will not starve.

01:09:08His jaw was tight as his eyes moved across my face.

01:09:11Then his gaze dropped to the nest.

01:09:13Blaze lifted his head first.

01:09:14Flint followed a beat later, still half asleep.

01:09:17Ember tried anyway.

01:09:19None of them could get the word right.

01:09:20They could only chirp it over and over.

01:09:22Kale blinked his lashes.

01:09:24For one second, I thought he would do what he always used to do.

01:09:27I thought he would reach out.

01:09:31I waited for him to touch their tiny heads with one finger.

01:09:34Then Serafina pulled on his sleeve.

01:09:36Kale, you promised me.

01:09:39You said you wished you never left me at the Pale Tower.

01:09:41You said when you brought me home this time, you would never hurt me again.

01:09:46Kale pulled his hand back right away.

01:09:48His voice went flat.

01:09:50I do not feel sorry.

01:09:51At the auction, every shifter wanted her.

01:09:54Sera bit her lower lip.

01:09:55All those curves.

01:09:57Hips made for breeding.

01:09:58That is the only reason you topped every bid, is it not?

01:10:01That year, Kale had paid more for me than anyone in the clan thought possible.

01:10:06Now he was saying something very different.

01:10:07He was saying it in front of everyone.

01:10:10You think I wanted her?

01:10:12I wanted what was between her legs.

01:10:14There is a difference.

01:10:16The hatchlings flinched at his loud voice.

01:10:19They burrowed into my sleeves.

01:10:21Sera smiled at last and wiped her eyes.

01:10:23So you regret it?

01:10:25Kale did not even blink.

01:10:27Every single minute of it.

01:10:29I looked up.

01:10:30Kale, you said you could not live without me.

01:10:33Sera's face changed.

01:10:35Kale went still for one moment.

01:10:36Then his voice grew colder than before.

01:10:39That was the heat talking.

01:10:40Not me.

01:10:41Amber, do not believe the things I say in bed.

01:10:44A few shifters near us gasped.

01:10:49The clan elder could not watch this anymore.

01:10:52Kale, I am telling you one more time.

01:10:54He tapped the page.

01:10:56Once I change this, it cannot be changed back.

01:10:58Not without Royan saying so himself.

01:11:00Are you sure?

01:11:01Kale refused to look at me.

01:11:03I am sure.

01:11:04Three years were gone in one short sentence.

01:11:07I was not his mate anymore.

01:11:09I belong to Raywin.

01:11:10The clan elder shut the bond ledger.

01:11:12All right.

01:11:13Raywin will come in tomorrow to press his thumb on it.

01:11:15Then it is done.

01:11:16His voice was flat.

01:11:18Amber, start packing tonight.

01:11:20I held the nest closer.

01:11:23Pack for where?

01:11:25Ronan's den.

01:11:26And the hatchlings?

01:11:27He stayed quiet for a long moment.

01:11:30Sera coughed softly.

01:11:31And Kale looked away.

01:11:33Take them if you want.

01:11:34Blaze did not know what that meant.

01:11:36He reached his little tail out toward his father.

01:11:39Kale did not take it.

01:11:41Sera linked her arm through Kale's.

01:11:43She smiled as she walked past me.

01:11:46Oh, Amber, sweetie.

01:11:47Do not be sad.

01:11:49He brought you in a temper just to spine me.

01:11:51You were never the one he wanted, sweetie.

01:11:53Just a way to hurt me.

01:11:55Kale, I do not want to come home and see all her things sitting around.

01:11:59Her bed, her clothes, all her old stuff.

01:12:04Make her clean it out, okay?

01:12:06Kale stroked her hair like she was a child.

01:12:08Anything for you.

01:12:09I held the nest and followed them back to the den.

01:12:12It was the den that used to be mine.

01:12:14Kale never looked back.

01:12:15I did not know it yet, but Sera was about to tear my whole life apart piece by piece.

01:12:20Starting tonight.

01:12:23Sera's face fell the moment she crossed the threshold.

01:12:26She froze.

01:12:27Her eyes darted from the bed to the chest beside it.

01:12:30Finally, her gaze locked onto the wooden hatchling nest tucked in the corner.

01:12:34All of this is hers?

01:12:36Kale followed her gaze and frowned.

01:12:38I will have her clean it out.

01:12:40Sera raised her voice.

01:12:41Kale, you want me to sleep in the bed she slept in?

01:12:44You want me to sleep in the den she lived in?

01:12:48Kale softened at once.

01:12:49No.

01:12:51I did not mean it like that.

01:12:52She pulled her hand free and rushed past him into the room.

01:12:55She ripped the fur throw off the bed.

01:12:57Yanking open the chest, she flung clothes onto the floor one piece at a time.

01:13:02Sliding her hand under the pillow, she pulled out a charm pouch.

01:13:07I had spent weeks sewing that pouch for him.

01:13:09Now Sera was crushing it in her fist.

01:13:12I stepped forward.

01:13:13Give it to me.

01:13:14Kale looked at me too.

01:13:16He pulled his brow tight.

01:13:18Amber, do not make her angry right now.

01:13:21I lowered my head and pressed the nest closer to my chest.

01:13:24Their small bodies stayed warm against the cloth.

01:13:27They did their clumsy best to soothe me.

01:13:29Sera caught the movement.

01:13:31Her eyes sharpened.

01:13:32She gave you three babies and now you feel proud of her, do you not?

01:13:35Do not say my name.

01:13:37Sera let her tears fall on cue.

01:13:39And she got to live in your den, sleep in your bed, give you three babies?

01:13:43Kale, do you really think any of that was fair to me?

01:13:47Kale's face softened all at once.

01:13:49Stepping forward, he pulled Sera into his arms.

01:13:52His voice went low and soothing.

01:13:54I am sorry.

01:13:55I let you down.

01:13:56Then I do not want to see her things.

01:14:00Make her take all of it out.

01:14:01Okay.

01:14:02Pull up the herb garden too.

01:14:05Kale paused for a heartbeat.

01:14:07The herb garden in the yard was mine.

01:14:11I had built it up from nothing.

01:14:13Now Sera only had to say the word and it would be torn out.

01:14:16I dropped my eyes.

01:14:18Holding the hatchlings, I turned to pick up the things on the floor.

01:14:21A britted cord ring.

01:14:23The crushed charm pouch.

01:14:25Old clothes.

01:14:26There were a few squares of soft cloth my hatchlings had been wrapped on when they were born.

01:14:31It was too much.

01:14:33I had the nest in one arm and tried to gather things with the other.

01:14:37Lifting one piece meant dropping another as I reached for the next.

01:14:41Blaze pushed his head out of the nest.

01:14:43He stretched his tiny tail toward a square of cloth.

01:14:46He tried to drag it back for me.

01:14:49That nest goes too.

01:14:50I looked up.

01:14:51She was pointing at the spare nest in the corner.

01:14:53I had been airing it out for the hatchlings.

01:14:55The main den was damp.

01:14:57I had brought their sleeping nest out into the sun today to dry it.

01:15:00Their familiar cloth was still inside.

01:15:02So was their scent.

01:15:03I will move it.

01:15:04Right now.

01:15:05Sarah was already walking toward it.

01:15:07She bent down to grab the handle.

01:15:09It is just a beat up nest.

01:15:11Why are you so worked up?

01:15:17Do not touch it!

01:15:21Do not touch it!

01:15:22Do not touch it!

01:15:23Do not touch it!

01:15:25Do not touch it!

01:15:26Do not touch it!

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