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00:01My amnesia husband woke up and texted me asking for a divorce.
00:07Reading it, all I felt was relief.
00:11I said yes without a second's hesitation.
00:14He sounded relieved.
00:17His name is Rowan Hale.
00:19He's the Protectorate's youngest commander, an apex wolf.
00:23Sounds impressive.
00:25Married to him, all I wanted was to run.
00:30At the mirror, I remembered the state I was in.
00:33In the mirror, Rowan's marks were all over me.
00:37The mate mark on my nape still hadn't faded.
00:41His mate scent clung to my skin, and days of washing wouldn't lift it.
00:48One apex wolf did all of this.
00:52That night, he caught my waist from behind.
01:01One hand pinned both my wrists over my head.
01:04I couldn't move at all.
01:06Canines closed on my nape, tighter every time I fought.
01:11His thick wolf tail wound around my legs and locked me down.
01:14He pressed down, the body burning hot.
01:18He bit at my ear and kept growling low.
01:21Keep going, baby.
01:25He pulled me into his chest, biting me.
01:30Until I blacked out.
01:35And this wasn't a one time thing.
01:40Every time he came home from a mission, the first night was always the same.
01:45Bitten.
01:47Marked.
01:48Pushed until I couldn't make a sound.
01:51By then I was used to it.
01:54With him.
01:57I came I couldn't until I lost my voice every time.
02:01He knew exactly how to wreck me, and he never went easy.
02:06By the end I'd beg him to stop and dread his stopping.
02:10But the problem was always the next day.
02:13Bite marks everywhere.
02:15My back ruined.
02:16My legs too weak to leave the bed.
02:19The next day he was back at the protectory, perfectly fine.
02:24The one who paid for it was always my human body.
02:29After a few years, I feared the day I couldn't take it.
02:38So I really did want out.
02:41Next time, I wanted a gentle orc.
02:44Someone soft, who stopped the second I said stop.
02:49After the shower, I checked his commander payout account.
02:52The balance made me laugh out loud at the screen.
02:56Sell the house, sell the bags, pick a quiet colony moon.
03:01I could coast on it for the rest of my life.
03:03I was still picking moons when Eli called.
03:05He's Rowan's assistant.
03:07A golden reaver type orc.
03:09And our number one shipper.
03:11He started talking with a sob in his voice.
03:17Mrs. Hale, you're not really divorcing him, are you?
03:21I picked at my fingers.
03:23He's the one who wants out, not me.
03:30Mara, he didn't just snap out of nowhere.
03:33Back when he loved you, he was never normal either.
03:36You think he bought those bags on a whim?
03:38No.
03:40He made me log every brand, leather, weight, whether they tire your arm.
03:44He only picked it because you eyed it for three seconds.
03:47A guy like that, divorcing you out of nowhere, all calm and normal?
03:52I don't buy it.
03:53Give me a month, I'll make him remember everything.
03:56One month.
03:57I glanced back at the mirror.
03:59Once he remembered, I'd be covered in marks, down for days again.
04:04No thanks.
04:06Drop it, Eli.
04:08He wants out, he gets out. Set a time, I'll sign.
04:13Eli wailed on the other end, and I let him.
04:16He dragged his feet, then sent the time and place anyway.
04:18Got it.
04:20The divorce had to be filed in person.
04:23In three days, I'd face the man who no longer knew me.
04:29Three days later, I went to the county clerk's office to file.
04:34Before leaving, I bundled myself up tight.
04:37A high collar hid the mark on my nape.
04:40Long sleeves covered the broomses on my wrists.
04:44For once, not a single bite mark showed.
04:47But fabric only hid the marks.
04:49The mate scent still hadn't faded.
04:51That was Rowan's scent, still on me.
04:53Legally, we weren't split, and the mark on me hadn't broken either.
04:57One signature today, and all this mess would finally be over.
05:01I headed down the hall, toward the filing window.
05:04At the corner by the restroom, I walked straight into someone.
05:08I looked up.
05:09It was Rowan.
05:11He was in plain clothes.
05:13Thinner than I remembered, still pale from the injury.
05:16But nothing in his stare belonged to a patient.
05:19Rowan's breath went heavy, his body temperature climbing with it.
05:22He pressed half a step closer.
05:24His canines pushed past his lip, his eyes dropping to my covered nape.
05:28His ears shot up.
05:30His tail went ragged behind him.
05:32Predator pressure leaked for a second.
05:34And low orcs down the hall flinched back.
05:36I knew this.
05:37It was the rut flare the mate scent set off.
05:40His hand moved on instant and clamped onto my waist.
05:43His thumb landed right where he always used to press.
05:46My nape's tightened.
05:48My body remembering his grip first.
05:50A second later he startled himself and let go, backing off.
05:53He pulled back so fast his shoulder hit a sign on the walls.
05:57The metal rattled, and the hall went quiet for a beat.
06:00Rowan covered his half-bared canines, checking he hadn't cornered me.
06:05Once I was steady, he forced his eyes off my nape.
06:08He stared at me, his voice low.
06:12Sorry, miss.
06:14I scared you.
06:15He watched me a few seconds, then spoke.
06:18Dead serious.
06:19I'm here today to file for divorce.
06:22Once it's done, if you're single, I want to court you.
06:25Properly.
06:26With marriage as the goal.
06:28I stood frozen.
06:34Before I found my voice, the clerk called the next names.
06:38Rowan Hale and Mara Quinn, please come to window three.
06:42Rowan went still.
06:43He looked at the ticket in his hand.
06:45Then at me, standing up.
06:46His calm cracked for the first time.
06:54I took a breath and set it straight.
06:57So let me get this straight.
06:59Wait, you want to divorce me first?
07:00Then turn around and marry me?
07:02Rowan didn't answer right away.
07:04He looked down at the divorce papers, his knuckles slowly tightening.
07:08Anyone else would be red-faced and stummering by now.
07:11Not Rowan.
07:12He went quiet a few seconds.
07:14His brow tightening.
07:16Since I lost my memory, no one has gotten a reaction out of me.
07:19He looked up, his face far too serious for a love talk.
07:23But just now, no, no, you're my wife.
07:27You set me off.
07:29It says our marriage runs deeper than I assumed.
07:33Until I reassess this properly, I can't divorce.
07:36He said reassess in a flat, procedural tone.
07:39And yet the tips of his ears hadn't fully gone back.
07:42I opened my mouth and found I had no comeback for him.
07:45A husband who wanted to divorce me, then marry me.
07:48He actually turned to the clerk and asked to pause the filing.
07:51I sat alone at window three.
07:53Nothing filed.
07:54My head buzzing.
07:55The divorce would happen sooner or later.
07:58I pulled out my phone and opened an unanswered text.
08:01It was a cat orc named Theo.
08:04Asking me out for coffee.
08:05Grown.
08:06Gentle.
08:06Low pressure.
08:07The type who asks before he gets close.
08:10Exactly the next partner I was looking for.
08:12I texted back that I was free that afternoon.
08:14Theo was a soft, long-haired cat orc.
08:17He sent a video before we met.
08:18In it, a pair of snow-white cat ears twitched on his dark hair.
08:23These are my ears, Mara.
08:25Not sure if they're the kind you like.
08:29I didn't hesitate.
08:30I sent the address of a nearby coffee shop.
08:42In person, Theo was even calmer.
08:44A striking, grown cat orc.
08:47He stood by the table first and waited for my nod to sit.
08:51When he saw me, his ears flicked.
08:53And he gave a polite nod.
08:56He'd just sat down when his nose wrinkled.
08:59Mara, was another orc here?
09:00I feel a little off.
09:02The scent wasn't in the shop.
09:04It was on me.
09:05It was Rowan's mate scent.
09:07Still not cleared.
09:08Still clinging.
09:09I coughed and gave a vague answer.
09:13It's my husband.
09:14We're getting divorced.
09:16We were filing today, but he left.
09:18Don't worry about it.
09:20Theo nodded and didn't push.
09:22He went to lean closer.
09:24Then stopped to ask first.
09:27Can I sit a little nearer?
09:29I nodded, and he moved half a seat over, watching if I pulled back.
09:35I didn't, so he stopped there and came no closer.
09:39Part way through, he opened his hand and offered me his pink paw pads.
09:44If you want to touch something, you can touch these.
09:48I reached for his ears, and he bowed his head and let me.
09:52Every step, he asked first and waited for my nod.
09:55No pressure at all.
09:58Theo matched the list I'd written for myself point for point.
10:02Grown, gentle, respectful of limits, zero pressure.
10:05He had every bit of thoughtfulness I wanted.
10:08But with those soft pads in my hand, my body did nothing.
10:11Just quiet, not a spark of interest.
10:14The problem wasn't at Theo.
10:16Three years of Rowey had rewired what my body wanted.
10:20Soft hands and good manners just didn't land.
10:23The more thoughtful At Theo got, the more my mind drifted.
10:27He bowed his head for me, and I flashed on Rowan's hand gripping my waist.
10:32And his scent, thick and heavy, the kind that made my head spin.
10:39I grabbed my coffee fast and shoved the thought down.
10:43The whole coffee stayed polite, and neither of us mentioned a next time.
10:49Back home, I gave myself a real shot at wanting this new life.
10:53I didn't send Theo any more flirty texts.
10:55It wasn't that anything was wrong with him.
10:58That's exactly why I couldn't use him as Rowan Standin.
11:00I just needed to know if the low-pressure life still fit me.
11:05So I closed my eyes and replayed the whole date.
11:08The careful asking, the pink pads, his head dowed for me to pet.
11:13He'd watched the whole time for any sign I pulled back.
11:16On paper, he was everything I asked for.
11:20But my body still wouldn't answer.
11:22The safer it felt, the more nothing I felt.
11:27Rowan had ruined me for soft, and soft just slipped right off.
11:31What did move me was a set of images that surfaced on their own.
11:36Rowan grabbing my waist and pinning me back down.
11:38His canines on my nape, holding tight, not letting me move.
11:42That wolf tail winding around my legs, locked in hard.
11:47His burning heat pressing down over all of me.
11:51His head dupping to my ear.
11:53His voice rasping out, baby.
11:55My body tightened all at once with the memory.
11:58My breathing went ragged, my thighs aching.
12:01I rode that intensity higher and couldn't stop.
12:05Rowan.
12:08The aftershock hadn't faded when my eyes snapped open.
12:11The name I'd just cried out belonged to the husband I was divorcing.
12:16Rowan's injury wiped out even who I was.
12:18But my body remembered him, clear as anything.
12:21The test came back the exact opposite of what I expected.
12:26Now I was in trouble.
12:28When I screamed Rowan's name, I missed one thing.
12:32That afternoon, Rowan had come back to our shared place.
12:37He was dropping off the signed divorce papers.
12:40The house was still in both our names.
12:42He had a key, so coming in was normal.
12:45The lock clicked.
12:47But I didn't hear it in the bedroom.
12:49He should have set the papers down and left.
12:52An apex wolf orcs' hearing is too sharp to fake deafness.
12:56He heard the moans he shouldn't have.
12:58He heard me crying out his name over and over.
13:00His first instinct was to put distance between us.
13:03He backed to the entryway, far from my door, against the wall.
13:07He didn't lean on the door, didn't speak, didn't cut in.
13:10But he was barely holding on himself.
13:11His hands clenched into fists.
13:13Knuckles white.
13:15Every breath came heavier.
13:17His temperature running too hot.
13:19Canines past his lip, ears up, tail thrashing out of control behind him.
13:23Predator pressure leaked off him in waves.
13:25He dragged his eyes off my door.
13:27Mara.
13:28A call slipped out of his throat, pitched very low.
13:31It was my name.
13:32Then the name he only used in bed almost followed it out.
13:39I came down, pulled myself together and opened the door for water.
13:43I looked up and there he was in the entryway.
13:46It startled me.
13:49Rowan?
13:53Why are you here?
13:57One look and two things were clear.
13:59He'd heard.
14:00He was about to lose it.
14:02But he forced himself to stand there.
14:04Not one step towards me.
14:06He stood straight.
14:08But everything about him was off.
14:10Ears up, tail tight, his chest heaving hard.
14:13His face was flushed.
14:15Predator pressure pouring off him past any control.
14:18His eyes locked somewhere else, not daring to look at me.
14:23He spoke.
14:24His voice was wound tight.
14:27But he forced out a flat, official tone.
14:30I came back to handle the divorce.
14:32Right as I ready to laugh, he dropped the papers on the table.
14:35And all but fled out the door.
14:46That night, just before bed, Eli texted me, careful and timid.
14:53Mrs. Hale?
14:55I hear you met another orc today?
14:58Rowan's been off ever since he got back?
15:03I stared at that Mrs. Hale and frowned.
15:06The divorce was coming.
15:07And the name didn't fit anymore.
15:09Call me Miss Quinn from now on.
15:11And yes, I met a cat orc.
15:13The typing dots ran for a long while.
15:15In the end, Eli didn't type.
15:17He just called.
15:19The second I picked up, there was a muffled sound in the background.
15:22Eli asked asked very carefully, one question after another.
15:26Miss Quinn, what's so good about a cat or orc anyway?
15:30Do the pads have to be pink?
15:31Is black no good?
15:32Could a wolf orc be cat-like?
15:34No biting, just nuzzling you?
15:36If you say stop, can he stop right away?
15:39The questions made no sense.
15:41But I answered him anyway.
15:43A cat orc's good because there's no pressure.
15:45He won't scare you.
15:46Rowan plays the calm commander by day then flips at night.
15:48His bites go deeper every time.
15:50He forgets I'm not an orc.
15:51His apex scent crushes the breath out of me.
15:53Next day, I can't get up.
15:54I just want one who's low pressure, controls himself, stops when I say stop.
15:58I gave him the bottom line, not the details.
16:02What scared me wasn't his roughness.
16:04It was that once he got rough, no one could rent it in.
16:08The words barely left my mouth.
16:11A loud whimper burst out on the other end.
16:13I paused.
16:15Eli, is someone crying over there?
16:17No, that's just my kettle going off.
16:19Eli fumbled and hung up.
16:21For the next few days, Eli went quiet on my texts.
16:25Only his command payout kept dropping into my joint account.
16:30I called Eli.
16:33Why hasn't Rowan divorced me yet?
16:35The payouts keep coming, no divorce half is mine, doesn't that sting?
16:38Eli coughed, dry, and his voice came out wrong.
16:41Don't worry about the money, that's nothing to Rowan.
16:43It's Rowan.
16:44He suddenly went into rut.
16:45I froze.
16:46This wasn't the short rut flash from days ago.
16:49Once an apex wolf auroch hits full rut,
16:52his mate's scent drags his instincts under.
16:55Possessiveness, body heat, canines, predator pressure.
16:58All of it slips loose.
17:00Rut?
17:01This suddenly?
17:02Can't he use a suppresses for it?
17:04Eli went quiet a moment.
17:07He could have, normally.
17:10But this time he can't.
17:17I pressed Eli on why.
17:19He dropped his voice low.
17:21Miss Quinn, Rowan's last injury was to his head.
17:24Doctors say another suppresses could leave permanent cognitive damage.
17:26I went still, so it was that serious.
17:29No drugs, and the rut wouldn't come down on its own.
17:32This isn't on you.
17:34You're divorcing him.
17:35You owe him nothing.
17:36I just don't know who else to ask.
17:38He said that while Rowan was still clear, he set his own rules first.
17:42He'd go back to the old house.
17:43He'd have restraints ready.
17:45He'd hand me the key, so that once rut took over, he wouldn't scare anyone.
17:49He said you can refuse, and you can call it off anytime.
17:52He will not cross a line.
17:53Rowan handed over control himself, first.
17:56I could have just said no.
17:59But the thought of Rowan cuffed, and unable to move.
18:03It made me itch a little.
18:05Does he know it's me coming over?
18:07Yes.
18:08He nodded to it while he was clear.
18:10I tried to sound calm and asked.
18:13Is he being good right now?
18:15Good as can be.
18:16If you're worried, the key goes to you, too.
18:19I nodded.
18:21When rut hits, Rowan goes back to the old house.
18:27It's where he grew up, thick with his own scent.
18:30That scent can settle an orc deep in runt.
18:33I knew the route and made my way to his door.
18:35The second I pushed the door open, my heart slammed.
18:38Eli hadn't lied.
18:40He really was locked up.
18:43Rowan leaned against the headboard, still hurt, his face pale.
18:47His shoulders were broad, taking up half the bed.
18:50He looked over with wet eyes, forced up by the rut.
18:54But his predator pressure hadn't eased at all.
18:57It raised the hair on my arms.
19:00In that moment, I understood something.
19:03What held him down wasn't the metal cuffles.
19:06It was the words he gave me while clear, that he'd stop any time.
19:15I swallowed and walked over, step by step.
19:19My fingers tested first, brushing his chest.
19:23Full, big, soft, way too good under my hand.
19:27The moment I touched, I pulled back and watched him.
19:31Before, one touch like that, he'd have slammed me back onto the bed.
19:35But now, calfed.
19:37Rowan didn't move at all.
19:39Just heavier breathing.
19:41His throat bobbling once.
19:42His canines pressed at his lip, ready to bite down.
19:45But his hands stayed in the cusses.
19:46He didn't fight them.
19:47He was holding back.
19:48My nerve jumped up all at once.
19:49I leaned in, squeezed hard again.
19:51I buried my face in his chest and laughed.
19:53The protectorate's fiercest commander.
19:56And the softest chest of anyone.
19:57His body heated up, his wrists straining in the cups, then forcing still.
20:02Baby?
20:03I lifted my face, annoyed, and clicked my tongue.
20:06Who said you could talk?
20:10Be good.
20:11Be good.
20:13Rowan's eyes went hazy.
20:15His eartips bright red.
20:16Even his ears and tail came out.
20:18A pair of fluffy silver white wolf ears twitching in the air.
20:22My eyes lit up instantly.
20:23I wanted to rub them so badly.
20:25I straddled his waist, swallowed.
20:28Good boy.
20:28Let me rub your ears, okay?
20:32Rowan was so hot he was near tears.
20:35His tail strained to a quiver.
20:37Predator pressure slamming over in waves.
20:40But he still waited for my nod.
20:42Yes.
20:43Yes.
20:45Baby, touch me.
20:49I didn't rush to give him what he wanted.
20:52I put my hand on his chest, pushed him back, and looked down at him.
20:58You move when I say you can.
21:01Until then, stay still.
21:03Paved, Rowan's throat went tight, his chest rising under my hand, but he didn't move.
21:08I slowly began, kneading his chest.
21:12Big and hot, the muscle tensing in sections under my hand.
21:17Then I moved up to those silver wolf ears.
21:19They wouldn't stop trembling between my fingers.
21:24His breathing fell apart at once.
21:26I reached around to his tail.
21:28I stroked down it, joint by joint.
21:32Then pressed the pads in my palm.
21:34His whole tail snapped straight.
21:37Canons past his lip.
21:40A groan caught in his throat.
21:42The heat had my palms sweating.
21:44Cuffed, he only shook, and stayed put.
21:48He could rip the cuffs and pin me anytime.
21:50He just waited on my word.
21:52The most dangerous apex commander.
21:54Ears in my grasp.
21:56He didn't dare move.
21:57I straddled him, and slowly sank down, taking him into me.
22:01He groaned, canines biting harder.
22:03His cuffed hands clenched into fists.
22:05I could feel how hard and hot he was.
22:08He stretched, tightening me.
22:10But he still didn't move, waiting on my word.
22:12I leaned down, bit his ear, and gave the first order.
22:15He drove his hips up at once, hard and deep, arching my back instantly.
22:20My breath broke on the impact.
22:22My legs going weak.
22:23This was it.
22:25This exact force.
22:26That night alone, screaming his name.
22:29This was what my body wanted.
22:34Panting, I reached back and patted his chest.
22:37He froze at the deepest point and didn't dare move.
22:41Stop.
22:43Muscle shaking, the cuffed chain rattling.
22:46His canines biting his lip white.
22:49But he really did stop.
22:51Good boy.
22:53I caught my breath, watched his red eyes, and slowly let go.
22:57Continue.
22:58Only then did he move again, force building bit by bit.
23:01Each notch harder, he checked my reaction.
23:04Then he waited for my nod to go deeper.
23:06I said faster.
23:07He went faster.
23:09Stop.
23:09I frowned, and he eased off at once.
23:12Burning.
23:13Strong.
23:14Canines out.
23:15Predator pressure rolling off him.
23:17All of him on the edge.
23:19But that overflowing force caught on my command.
23:22Every single thrust.
23:24Taken by the strongest apex.
23:27Yet stopped by one word.
23:32Nothing got me higher.
23:34I gripped his tail and set the signal first.
23:37Further in, even I stopped being satisfied with him holding back.
23:43I leaned to his ear and gave in first, for once.
23:51Now you can get rough.
23:53Remember the signal.
23:55Rowan's pupils snapped tight, his cuffed hands clenching hard.
23:59The predator pressure he'd held back broke loose right then.
24:04A night passed, and I felt loose and good all over.
24:09Rowan had been so obedient the night before.
24:13When he got out of line, one tug on his tail and he stopped.
24:19I cracked my eyes open.
24:21I rolled into the man beside me, half asleep.
24:25Let me pet your ears.
24:28The tail too.
24:32After a long while in the fluff, I slowly came to.
24:36My fingers stopped, awkward.
24:39I lifted my face to look at him.
24:44Rowan, is your rep over now?
24:46Rowan lay beside me.
24:48His upper body covered in last night's marks.
24:51His eyes stayed down.
24:53And he didn't answer.
24:56Things went stiff between us.
24:58So I sat up slowly to sneak off the bed.
25:01So, since you're fine now, I'll just head out.
25:05Behind me, he spoke up.
25:08Where are you going?
25:09Off to your cat orc?
25:11I gave a dry laugh.
25:13No.
25:15No, of course not.
25:17He didn't bring up Theo's name again.
25:19He just opened his hand in silence.
25:23And set his black paw pads in mine.
25:26Yesterday.
25:27The moment you saw them, here's what you said.
25:31Why aren't they pink?
25:34I choked on that.
25:36My eyes darting around.
25:38His ears drooped.
25:41His tail settled quietly at the edge of the bed.
25:45I don't have pink.
25:47And my ears really are bigger than a cat orc's.
25:50But all of this is yours to touch.
25:53If you'll stay, I'll go by your rules.
25:57The strongest apex commander, bearing his weak spots to my face.
26:01He begs me.
26:03I couldn't take it.
26:05I leaned in and kissed and rubbed.
26:08He said no more.
26:10He let the big silver ears entail out from my hands.
26:14His palms pushed out the soft pads too.
26:17Free for me to squeeze.
26:19I played with them and nodded along.
26:21Only half listening.
26:23Fine, fine.
26:25I like all of it.
26:29Halfway through, I snapped too and got wary.
26:33Rowan, did you remember something from before?
26:35Why else would he suddenly drop the divorce?
26:38He shook his head.
26:39No.
26:40But the second I see you, my heart won't stop racing.
26:45The thought of losing you hurts worse than waking in the ICU.
26:48He lifted his head, looked at me and spelled it out.
26:51If you still want out, I'll sign.
26:53The assets are all yours.
26:55Whoever you want, I won't stand in your way.
26:59I'm only asking you for one thing.
27:01Let me keep the right to go on loving you.
27:04He didn't whine when he said it.
27:07He didn't use last night to push me either.
27:10He laid it out flat and formal, then left the decision to me.
27:14That hit harder than any quiet begging.
27:17I didn't say yes right away.
27:19Last night had already given me the answer.
27:21His strength, canines, tail, the force of him over me.
27:25I liked all of it.
27:27What I wanted was the switch.
27:28And that switch, he'd put right into my hand.
27:31Face hot, I gave his tail a tug.
27:34Fine.
27:35We won't get divorced.
27:36Then I sat up straight and laid down the rule.
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