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