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Love You More than Myself New Ep,18 SM
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00:00My mate, Ethan, were their love with Vivian, his brother Jack's mate.
00:04Everyone knew it. Nobody said it out loud.
00:07Jack died on the front lines.
00:09And the second Ethan came home, he wanted to claim Vivian as his mate,
00:13while still keeping me bound to him.
00:15I was carrying his pup. I fed nothing.
00:18That same night, I left.
00:21When the news came in, Vivian collapsed.
00:23Ethan caught her before she hit the ground.
00:26For three straight days, he stayed by her bedside.
00:29No sleep, no rest, no food, no water.
00:33And not once did he even look at me.
00:36Cora, my mother wants me to mate with Vivian.
00:40Is that really just your mother's idea?
00:44He wouldn't meet my eyes.
00:49Vivian's got two little ones already, and she's pregnant again.
00:52Jack's gone.
00:53I almost laughed.
00:55I can't just leave her like that.
00:57I'd known all of this before Ethan and I ever met him.
01:00The three of them grew up together.
01:02Both brothers wanted her.
01:04She chose Jack.
01:08Ethan chose me.
01:10And after that, he stayed by Vivian's side in silence.
01:13Protecting her, loving her, even though she was his brother's mate.
01:17Now Jack was dead, and Ethan finally had his chance to get what he always wanted.
01:21Vivian.
01:22I pressed a hand to my stomach.
01:24He still didn't know.
01:25If he found out I was pregnant, he'd never let me go.
01:28He'd bind me to a...
01:29Stay.
01:32We'll raise them together.
01:34I knew him too well, so I wasn't going to tell him.
01:37Not now.
01:38Not ever.
01:39He reached out to wipe them away.
01:41I stepped back.
01:44Ethan, let's break the thought.
01:47Ethan said no.
01:48And next day, Vivian showed up at my door.
01:51I don't have any other choice, Cora.
01:52I can't write...
01:53I raised three pups on my own.
01:54Pups need a father.
01:56And you don't even have any of your own.
01:57You could have them if you'd just make room for me.
02:00I said nothing.
02:01Her face changed.
02:02Oh, drop the act.
02:03We both know Ethan loves me.
02:05I kept my distance while Jack was alive.
02:07But now, he's gone.
02:08And once Ethan comes with me, that's it.
02:12You will never see him again.
02:14So you can share him or lose him.
02:17That's the choice, Cora.
02:19A sharp pain tore through me.
02:21Get out!
02:28I stayed where I was.
02:30If I let Vivian into my home,
02:32my pup would grow up surrounded by favoritism and quiet cruelty.
02:36She'd watch her three cousins get the toys.
02:38The neat.
02:39The praise.
02:39No.
02:40I had to leave before my systemic started showing.
02:43I needed somewhere Ethan would never think to look.
02:46Somewhere even the wolf pack would never go.
02:50Margaret found me cutting fabric for baby clothes.
02:53Your craftsmanship is incredible, Cora.
02:56The pups will be snug in those.
02:57This was for my baby.
02:59Whether her father wanted her or not.
03:00I almost believed you, Cora.
03:02But here you are, sewing for Vivian's pups.
03:04You're already acting like they're yours.
03:06I set the needle down.
03:07Margaret.
03:08What if I refuse to let Vivian become his second mate?
03:11She froze for a second.
03:13You won't, Cora.
03:14Just look at you.
03:15You're already sewing for her pups.
03:17What if I do refuse?
03:19You are my son's mate.
03:21I am his mother.
03:22Between you and Ethan, I will always choose my son.
03:25You've known the truth all along.
03:26Ethan doesn't want Vivian because of her pups.
03:28He's been waiting for this his whole life.
03:31You've spent six years looking the other way.
03:33What's so hard with doing it a little longer?
03:34That was the last of my hope.
03:37But strangely, I felt calm.
03:39I had a feeling the baby was a girl.
03:41The next morning, I changed into clean clothes, grabbed a small bag, and headed for the door.
03:46Ethan walked in right then.
03:47Where are you going?
03:49It's the full moon tonight.
03:51For six years, on every full moon, I went there to pray to the moon goddess for a pup.
03:55Do you want me to come with you?
03:57No.
04:05I climbed up the hillside.
04:07I needed a cabin.
04:08Somewhere to hide.
04:09But I got lost.
04:10Then the sun went down.
04:12I turned and ran downhill.
04:14I ankle culminated, and I hit the ground hard.
04:17Pain shot up my leg.
04:18I couldn't get back up.
04:21Cora?
04:22I looked up.
04:23Cole?
04:24Ethan's oldest brother.
04:25Cora, what are you doing this far out?
04:28Cole was 38.
04:29Six years ago, when Ethan and I bonded, he was already one of the best border warriors in
04:34the pack.
04:34Jack had been the lead warrior.
04:36Ethan was the born alpha, but Cole never fought for power.
04:39Everyone who'd ever crossed pack lines knew who really kept this territory safe.
04:43He spent most of his time patrolling, hunting, and clearing out rogue wolves.
04:47Younger wolves in the pack worshipped Jack, but the ones who had actually fiend battle,
04:51they respected Cole more.
04:52Right after Eddie K. Muna, Cole came back on a three-week patrol.
04:55His boots had holes in them.
04:56There was an untreated wound on his arm.
04:58Margaret was making dinner for Ethan and didn't even look up.
05:01So I made Cole the best pair of boots I could.
05:03When I handed them to him, his hands shook.
05:06A grown man in his thirties, eyes turning red, and not a word came out.
05:10What is it?
05:11A warrior's not gonna cry over a pair of boots?
05:14After that, every time he came back from patrol, I saved him a hot meal.
05:18Nobody else in the house thought it meant much.
05:20But Cole's eyes always told me the truth.
05:23He remembered every single time.
05:25He'd only been gone eight days this time.
05:27He had no idea what had happened at home.
05:29So I told him everything.
05:31Jack was dead.
05:32Ethan wanted Gideon.
05:33I said no, so I ran.
05:35When night fell, he got to his feet.
05:36Come with me.
05:43There was a small wig and a cabin in the valley.
05:45This is my place.
05:46You're staying here from now on.
05:48What about you?
05:49I'm staying too.
05:50At least until the baby's born.
05:52I froze.
05:53How did you know I was pregnant?
05:55The moment I caught your scent, I knew.
05:56It's different now.
05:57Faint.
05:58Sweet.
05:58The scent of a mother carrying a pup.
06:00And on the way here, you threw up twice.
06:02You kept holding your stomach.
06:03I didn't know you could say that many words at once.
06:06I'm not an idiot.
06:06Holt took care of me.
06:08The firewood was always chopped.
06:09The water buckets were always filled.
06:11Before he went out hunting, he always made sure I had meat ready.
06:14On the first night, he handed me a small stack of gold coins.
06:17I bought fabric and thread.
06:18I could make things and sell them.
06:20One day, he came back dragging what they were going.
06:22That's not for selling.
06:24I'm making jerky for you.
06:25That night, he ate three bowls of the stew I made.
06:29There in the valley, with the man whose boots I'd once mended,
06:32something warm settled in me.
06:34For the first time in six years, I wasn't waiting for someone to come home.
06:38I was already home.
06:44At first, Ethan wasn't worried.
06:46He thought I was just angry.
06:48Ten days later, he panicked.
06:49They found a body at the bottom of the eastern cliffs.
06:52The cold snatched mine.
06:53He broke down.
06:54His wolf got sick from grief.
06:56Two months later, the pack hue I let the truth flip by accident.
06:59If I were still alive, my belly should have been shelling by now.
07:02That was how Ethan found out.
07:03I had been carrying his pup.
07:04He thought he'd driven me over that cliff, thought he'd killed me, jeweled our baby too.
07:08Then Margaret remembered the baby clothes I'd been selling.
07:11And finally, she understood.
07:13Those clothes were never for Vivian's pups.
07:15They were for mine.
07:20She cried.
07:24How did I not see it?
07:26Cora isn't dead.
07:27If she wanted to die, she wouldn't have made baby clothes.
07:29She's hiding.
07:31And she hates us.
07:32For a month, he kept watch outside my parents' house.
07:35I sent my parents a letter.
07:37I'm alive.
07:38I'm safe.
07:39Please don't tell anyone.
07:41I'll write again.
07:47Cora, I'll definitely find you.
07:53Vivian had a daughter.
07:54Jack has three pups now.
07:56Two boys and a girl.
07:58Cole said, carving a wooden cradle.
07:59What about you?
08:01Do you want a son or a daughter?
08:04A son.
08:06Only a son.
08:07Why?
08:08If a son's unhappy, he can survive in the woods.
08:12If a daughter's unhappy, she gets lost.
08:14I went still.
08:15Leaving him like that.
08:16It'd hurt him more than I realized.
08:19Then never make your daughter unhappy.
08:23I won't.
08:24The baby came quickly.
08:25Cole brought the little one into the light.
08:26His hands never wavering.
08:28A girl.
08:28Cora.
08:29I named her Mia.
08:30She looks just like you.
08:33Two years passed.
08:34By the time Mia turned two, she was already calling Cole dad.
08:38Baby.
08:39His name is Cole.
08:40Daddy.
08:41He is my daddy.
08:43I knew he'd taught her that.
08:44That night, after I got Mia to sleep, I stepped outside for some air.
08:48Then I heard running water behind the cabin.
08:50I crept around the corner.
08:52Cole was pouring water over himself, soaked from head to toe.
08:55My gaze dropped before I could stop it.
08:57He was hard, his cock heavy with need.
08:59I turned and fled back inside.
09:04And for hours, I couldn't sleep.
09:09Cole, you're 40 now.
09:11It's time you found a mate.
09:13Want some help with that?
09:15He set his bowl down.
09:16His voice went cold.
09:17This is my home.
09:20Are you trying to drive me out?
09:21Mia cut in right away.
09:23Mommy, are you making daddy leave?
09:26They both looked at me like I'd hurt them.
09:27Mia, this is our home.
09:29No one is leaving.
09:30Cole reached over and dropped a piece of meat into my bowl.
09:33Eat more.
09:34You'll need the strength tonight.
09:36His eyes were burning.
09:37He was ready to take us to the next step.
09:39The next afternoon, Cole brought Mia and me to a hidden cave.
09:42I stopped at the entrance.
09:43There was a stone table, a stone bed, and animal hides hanging all over the walls.
09:49Turn all of them into clothes, capes, coats.
09:52I'll help.
09:5318 hides.
09:54No wonder he kept piling food into my bowl last night.
09:58This one becomes a long cloak.
10:00For you.
10:01Then he pulled two folded papers from his coat.
10:04One read, Cora Ashford.
10:06The other read, Mia Carter.
10:08Why is my last name Ashfield?
10:11Cover identity.
10:13Then why is Mia's last name Carter?
10:15He didn't answer.
10:19I saved an alpha from a southern pack.
10:21He paid me a hundred gold for the hides.
10:24Enough for a house in the pack town.
10:25I want you and Mia to move in first.
10:2720 days later, we did.
10:29We had barely settled in before Cole got ready to leave again.
10:35Daddy, don't go.
10:37Just one more task, sweetie.
10:39Then, I'll be home every single night.
10:41He was looking back to Margaret for money.
10:43Margaret and Ethan were stunned.
10:45Mom, give me some money.
10:46I need to find a mate.
10:49Cole, we're doing fine now.
10:50Why do you suddenly need a mate?
10:51The house is already crowded.
10:53Jack left behind three pups.
10:54The one who gave everything didn't deserve a mate.
10:56Mom, the money I've given you over the last 14 years is more than enough to raise three pups to
11:01adulthood.
11:02Cole, how can you say that?
11:03I'm your mother!
11:04Mom, in your eyes, Vivian matters.
11:07Ethan matters.
11:07Am I the only one here who doesn't?
11:09She started crying.
11:10Cole, you're the strongest one in this family.
11:12Can't you carry a little more?
11:14The moon goddess will punish you!
11:16Something in you went cold.
11:17Mom, you forced this!
11:23Cole tipped back his head and howled at the sky.
11:28Moon goddess, look at my mother.
11:29I've hunted for her since I was a boy.
11:31I've been gored by boars, kicked by stags, and not once did she ask if I was hurt.
11:35Fourteen years I've given to this family, but a mate of my own?
11:39She'd never allow it.
11:40Not when she can force me to pour everything into my alpha brother's life instead.
11:44The she-wolves came rushing out of their homes.
11:47Margaret panicked.
11:47Mom, this is all my fault.
11:49I hurt Cora.
11:51Now I've dragged Cole into it, too.
11:53Margaret patted her hand.
11:55Vivian, you gave this family three good pups.
11:57If anyone is to blame, it's Cora.
11:59Cole has no respect for anyone.
12:00None of this is your fault.
12:01Cole walked straight up to Ethan.
12:03Ethan had nowhere to hide.
12:05Can you even provide for yourself?
12:07Can you provide for Vivian?
12:08You can't even support yourself.
12:10And you still want two mates?
12:13I'm leaving this family.
12:15I'm cutting all ties.
12:16If you dare walk away from your alpha brother, I'll strike your name from the pack rolls.
12:21She came back with the heavy pack rolls and raised her quill.
12:25Mom, don't do this!
12:27Ethan shouted, close to tears.
12:29She kept staring at Cole, waiting for him to give in.
12:32Instead, Cole dropped to one knee and bowed his head.
12:34Thank you for your kindness, Mother.
12:36You finally set me free.
12:38Then she crossed out his name.
12:42Cole came back that night.
12:43The second Mia saw him, she threw herself at him.
12:47He caught her in his arms.
12:49Tears fell from his eyes.
12:51He played with Mia until she fell asleep against his chest.
12:54Mia and I slept in the east room.
12:56He slept in the west room.
12:59I had just lain down beside Mia when someone knocked.
13:04Open the door.
13:05He was standing outside.
13:07Then he scooped me up and carried me straight to his room.
13:10He pinned me to the bed, ready to make me his.
13:17And then suddenly stopped.
13:18My period had come.
13:20He rolled off the bed and lay there staring at the ceiling.
13:23The war isn't over.
13:25They're recruiting again.
13:26The captain I saved sent word.
13:29You're going?
13:30Mia may be a warrior's daughter, but that won't be enough to win her a strong match.
13:33Mia needs her dad.
13:34Tears slid down my face.
13:36He really had claimed Mia in his heart as his own pup.
13:43If one day she finds a wolf like you, I could ask for nothing more.
13:47He pulled me into his arms.
13:50You're going to let her call me dad.
13:53Her papers already say Mia Carter, don't they?
13:56Of course my daughter has my last name.
13:58The next morning, Mia shook me awake.
14:01Where's my daddy?
14:05Daddy said he has to go earn us a future.
14:09Cole came back that night.
14:11The second Mia saw him, she threw herself at him.
14:15He caught her in his arms.
14:17Tears fell from his eyes.
14:18He played with Mia until she fell asleep against his chest.
14:22Mia and I slept in the east room.
14:24He slept in the west room.
14:27I had just lain down beside Mia when someone knocked.
14:32Open the door.
14:33He was standing outside.
14:35Then he scooped me up and carried me straight to his room.
14:38He pinned me to the bed, ready to make me his.
14:44And then suddenly stopped.
14:46My period had come.
14:48He rolled off the bed and lay there staring at the ceiling.
14:51The war isn't over.
14:52They're recruiting again.
14:54The captain I saved sent word.
14:56You're going?
14:57Mia may be a warrior's daughter, but that won't be enough to win her a strong match.
15:01Mia needs her dad?
15:02Tears slid down my face.
15:04He really had claimed Mia in his heart as his own pup.
15:11If one day she finds a wolf like you, I could ask for nothing more.
15:15He pulled me into his arms.
15:18You're going to let her call me dad.
15:21Her papers already say Mia Carter, don't they?
15:24Of course my daughter has my last name.
15:26The next morning, Mia shook me awake.
15:29Where's my daddy?
15:32Daddy said he has to go earn us a future.
15:37Cole went to the front.
15:39Word came down that any household with two grown men had to send one to war.
15:45Even though Cole had already moved out, the pack still counted them as one family.
15:49If Cole didn't go, Ethan would have to.
15:56Margaret begged him.
15:57This time, he said yes.
15:59I had a child to raise.
16:00So, I took Mia to Bennett's clothing shop.
16:04She drew attention the second we walked in.
16:06Every piece she wore, I had sewn by hand.
16:08A group of she-wolves gathered around her.
16:10They wanted to place orders.
16:12Mr. Bennett saw the opportunity right away.
16:14He gave me a corner of the shop and access to his fabric.
16:16Mia was allowed to come every day.
16:18Soon, wealthy she-wolves started bringing in their pups for custom clothes.
16:22Everything sold the same day.
16:23Six months passed.
16:24Then one day, a couple walked in with three children.
16:28I was telling Mia a story and didn't look up at first.
16:32Cora.
16:34I lifted my head.
16:35Ethan.
16:36I pulled Mia tight against me.
16:39Do I know you?
16:40Cora.
16:42Oh my god, it's really you.
16:44My mom already said she doesn't know you.
16:47Don't you have your own mate and kids?
16:49She pointed at Vivian and her three children.
16:52The oldest was eight now.
16:53He tugged on Ethan's arm.
16:55Dad, let's go.
16:57Ethan ignored him.
16:59His eyes locked on Mia.
17:01Cora.
17:02She's ours, isn't she?
17:05Mia did look like me.
17:07But she could just as easily pass for coals.
17:10Who do you think you are acting like my daughter is yours?
17:12She has a father, Cole.
17:13He's away at war.
17:14One more word and when he returns I'll have him tear you apart.
17:16And how old are you?
17:18My daughter is only two.
17:20You're wrong.
17:21I'm three.
17:22A trap.
17:23I tried to cover her mouth.
17:24Too late.
17:25Now he understood.
17:26But I would never admit I had once been his mate.
17:28I'd die first.
17:30Move, please.
17:31You're in the way of my work.
17:33Mr. Bennett stepped in.
17:35If she really were your former mate,
17:37she would have reacted to what you just said.
17:39She just happens to have the same name.
17:41Then Ethan brought Margaret in to identify me.
17:43She looks like her, but not quite.
17:45She was never this pretty.
17:46Her eyes were never this bright.
17:49And she never spoke like this.
17:51Then Margaret picked up one of the baby outfits
17:53and studied the fabric closely.
17:55Her fingers kept tracing the inside seams.
17:59This isn't Cora's work.
18:01Her sewing was never this good.
18:04Becoming a mother had changed me.
18:06My hands had changed too.
18:07She had only spoken the truth.
18:09Ethan left in a daze.
18:11Vivian followed behind him.
18:12I thought that was the end of it.
18:14That night, after Mia fell asleep,
18:17someone knocked on the door.
18:19Cora.
18:21It's me.
18:26It was Margaret.
18:28Sorry.
18:29I can't open up this late.
18:31Cora, I know it's you.
18:32I knew this afternoon.
18:33I'm really not Cora.
18:36Only Cora sews like that.
18:39My foster mother taught me.
18:42Mrs. Hayes lost her own daughter years ago.
18:44She fell off a cliff and died.
18:46A long silence.
18:48Then her heavy footsteps slowly faded away.
18:50It had been four years.
18:52My voice had changed.
18:54My face had changed.
18:55As long as I didn't admit anything,
18:57no one could prove it.
18:59The next day, Margaret came to the shop.
19:01This time, she tried a different angle.
19:03She stared at Mia.
19:05Mia hid behind me.
19:07Mia says her father is Cole?
19:09Yes.
19:10You said you're not bonded to Carter.
19:13Then are you bonded to my son?
19:15Cole was Mia's father.
19:17I was Mia's mother.
19:19By Maya's logic?
19:21Yes.
19:22Then you're still part of this family.
19:24I'm Cole's mother.
19:25That makes us family.
19:28Cole said he cut ties with the family.
19:31He cut ties with his alpha brother, not me!
19:35Mother, it's been so many years.
19:38I've missed hearing that.
19:41Is that my granddaughter?
19:44Yes.
19:46What's a grandma?
19:47It's your daddy's mummy.
19:49Daddy has a mummy too?
19:50So somebody loves daddy.
19:54She had always secretly felt bad for him.
19:56She thought Cole had no mother.
19:58Now she looked relieved.
20:00Margaret's face darkened.
20:02She wanted to take Mia back to meet Ethan,
20:05Vivian,
20:05and the three pups at the Carter house.
20:07The second Mia heard there were other kids,
20:09she got curious.
20:10So I went with her.
20:14I had lived in this house for six years.
20:17I'd been gone for four.
20:19The house Ethan and I used to share was empty now.
20:22They were living in Jack's old house instead.
20:25Margaret put Mia and me in my old room.
20:28But the place I really missed was Cole's cabin.
20:31After dark, Vivian knocked on the door.
20:33Her eyes went straight to Mia's face.
20:38She's growing up fast.
20:40Yeah.
20:41She's already three.
20:42She rested a hand on her swollen belly.
20:44This is my fourth pup.
20:46Ethan won't let me do a thing.
20:50She wanted me to fall apart.
20:52Cole's nothing like that.
20:53He tells me to stay active every day.
20:56What?
20:57Wait, Cole doesn't know how to take care of his mate?
21:00Oh, he knows.
21:01He keeps me moving so I'll have the strength to deliver.
21:03The smile disappeared from her face.
21:06He's at war.
21:07Doesn't that scare you?
21:08A tall shadow moved past the window.
21:11It was him.
21:13Ethan.
21:16Cole grew up hunting alone in deep forest.
21:18He doesn't get hurt easily.
21:20Vivian left.
21:21After she was gone, I locked the door in the windows.
21:27Fifteen minutes later, someone tried the door.
21:31Then the window.
21:32The lock held.
21:33I crouched in the corner with an iron bar in my hands.
21:36If that bastard broke in, I was going to crack his skull open.
21:40After a while, he sighed.
21:42Then he walked away.
21:43I stayed awake until sunrise.
21:50The next morning, I told Margaret we were leaving.
21:53I had to get back to work.
21:54Mia started shouting too.
21:56Margaret snapped at Tyler, Noah, and Rose.
21:58Look at her!
21:59Then look at the three of you!
22:03Vivian's face darkened.
22:05Mom!
22:06Cole isn't even home, and other people are already lining up to take care of his mate!
22:11Ethan frowned.
22:12Ethan frowned.
22:12Shut up!
22:15I grabbed our bags.
22:17Margaret ordered Ethan to walk us back.
22:19I shut that down, Cole.
22:20Cole can rip a tiger apart with his bare hands.
22:22If anyone dares lay a finger on me, I can gut one or two grown men myself.
22:26Ethan stopped mid-step.
22:28Margaret closed her mouth.
22:29I picked up Mia, and walked out without looking back.
22:33After we returned to town, Ethan started coming by as Cole's alpha brother.
22:37He brought toys for Mia.
22:39He was actually spending money on his own daughter.
22:42Mia was still little.
22:43Whoever treated her well, she liked.
22:45Before long, all I heard was,
22:48Uncle Ethan!
22:52I prayed for the war to end soon.
22:55So my Cole could come home.
22:57Half a year passed.
22:58Then a warrior brought news to my shop.
23:09The eastern patrol was wiped out at Black Ridge.
23:12No survivors.
23:16Cole was with them.
23:19My legs gave out.
23:20I collapsed to the floor.
23:22Mia started crying in fear.
23:27That sound pulled me back.
23:31I wrapped my arms around her and held on tight.
23:34I was her mother.
23:35He was dead.
23:36Raising his daughter well, that was the only thing I had left.
23:39I couldn't die with him.
23:44Margaret's grief ran even deeper than mine.
23:47In just a few years, she had lost two sons.
23:50The pack gave Ethan the alpha house.
23:52It wasn't far from us.
23:54After Cole died, Margaret changed.
23:56She stopped revolving around Vivian and her children.
23:59Now she came to see me all the time.
24:00When she looked at Mia, it was like she was looking at her dead son.
24:04Mia still didn't know her father was gone.
24:05I hired a tutor for her.
24:08Ethan kept finding time to visit us.
24:11And every single time, he stared at Mia.
24:15Vivian's fourth baby had been too big.
24:18She labored for three days and three nights.
24:22It took everything she had to deliver.
24:25The pup had already died inside her.
24:28The pack healer said Vivian would never get pregnant again.
24:33Ethan froze for a second.
24:34Then his face went blank.
24:36He was completely disappointed in Vivian now.
24:39After that, he came around even more.
24:41He was convinced Mia was his pup.
24:43One day, Vivian came in.
24:45I was working with the bear hide Cole had hunted for Mia.
24:51Cole killed that?
24:53Yes.
24:55He really did treat Mia like his own pup.
24:58What are you saying, Vivian?
25:00Mia is Cole's pup.
25:01Cora, after you left, Ethan realized he'd loved you all along.
25:05He refused to bond with me because he was waiting for you.
25:09But Margaret was relentless.
25:11I panicked, so I slept with him.
25:13That way, he'd have no choice but to accept the bond between us.
25:17But he never stopped looking for you.
25:19Not until I got pregnant with his first pup.
25:23Now you're back.
25:25He can't take his eyes off you.
25:28Ethan is your mate.
25:30Not the she-wolf his dead brother left behind.
25:34I'm not Vivian.
25:36I never will be.
25:40She paused.
25:42Margaret wants you to become his second mate.
25:47Ethan said he'd be willing to bond with two mates.
25:58I grabbed a piece of fabric, then cut it straight down the middle.
26:03Vivian, go back and tell them this.
26:06From today on, I have nothing to do with Ethan's family.
26:09If any of you come after me again, I'll fight you to the bitter end.
26:13Cora, calm down.
26:15It's too hard for a she-wolf to raise a pup alone.
26:18If Ethan takes you back, I truly don't mind.
26:21I'm not like you.
26:22I can hunt.
26:23I can sew.
26:25And I can raise my daughter on my own.
26:26Get out!
26:27I shoved the tip of my scissors right up to her face.
26:30She screamed and ran.
26:31I thought Margaret was the crazy one.
26:37I was wrong.
26:39Ethan was worse.
26:40The next morning, he sent warriors to surround my house.
26:46Mia and her tutor had just left.
26:55Ethan stepped in front of me.
26:58Cora, you're not leaving.
27:00I have to get to the shop.
27:04That damn shop's got you thinking you can do this alone.
27:07Without it, you'd be forced to rely on me.
27:10Move.
27:11You want out?
27:13Then bond with me.
27:15I don't care that my brother slept with you first.
27:17But from now on, I'm the only one who gets to share your bed.
27:24I lunged for the door.
27:25He grabbed me.
27:29Why do you want to be that cloth merchant's mate instead?
27:35I'm Cole's mate.
27:36I was his when he was alive, and I'm still his now that he's dead.
27:39His eyes went red.
27:41His hand closed around my throat.
27:49Say it again!
27:50Tell me whose mate you are!
27:53Tell me whose mate you are!
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