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