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00:00:04At our mate selection ceremony, my future mate, Grant, rejected me and chose my younger sister.

00:00:12I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercil tribe, reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:00:18Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:00:20I choose Brenna Hale.

00:00:21Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:00:24She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:00:27Tribal law was clear.

00:00:28Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:00:34The council of elders would assign her a mate.

00:00:37In three days, tribal law would send me to the dying Dragon King.

00:00:46I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercil tribe, reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:00:52Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:00:54I choose Brenna Hale.

00:00:55Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:00:58She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:01:00Tribal law was clear.

00:01:02Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:01:08The council of elders would assign her a mate.

00:01:11Brenna would turn 22 in six months.

00:01:13Please don't blame him.

00:01:15My mother is only our father's second mate.

00:01:17I have no powerful family to protect me.

00:01:19The elders could give me to a cruel old chief.

00:01:21I wouldn't survive with him.

00:01:23I'm only protecting her.

00:01:25Once Brenda is safe, I'll end my betrothed to her and choose you again.

00:01:29You'll still be my mate.

00:01:30I'm older than Brenna.

00:01:31I turn 22 before she does.

00:01:33Only then did he remember the law.

00:01:35My 22nd birthday was three days away.

00:01:38By rejecting me in front of both tribes, he had also stripped me of the protection a mate bond would

00:01:43have given me.

00:01:44The elders had assigned me to Ronan Ashford, the dying dragon king.

00:01:49Grant rejected Mara for her sister.

00:01:51The council will assign Mara first.

00:01:53You're Chief Hale's eldest daughter.

00:01:55How could your father let the elders send you to a dying dragon king?

00:01:58He'll find a way to help you.

00:02:00There was nothing left to ask.

00:02:01He still chose Brenna.

00:02:03I accept your rejection, Grant Mercer.

00:02:06Our betrothal ends here.

00:02:10The certainty drayed from Grant's face the moment I accepted his rejection.

00:02:16Mara.

00:02:18Don't worry.

00:02:19Mara must have said that in anger.

00:02:21She loves you so much.

00:02:23She can't live without you.

00:02:24Brenna looked at me.

00:02:26Her gaze dropped to the moonstone necklace at my collarbone.

00:02:30Mara, can I borrow your moonstone necklace for one night?

00:02:33I have no jewelry worthy of the ceremony.

00:02:36Grant chose me.

00:02:37I can't let our family be humiliated.

00:02:39I can't give you this necklace.

00:02:41Father can have the tribe's jewelers bring you new ones to choose from.

00:02:44I know you're upset because Grant chose me.

00:02:47But I really love this moonstone necklace.

00:02:50Please, will you let me borrow it?

00:02:51Mara, do you have to be this hard on her over one necklace?

00:02:55Give it to Brennan.

00:02:57I'll have the jewelers send you two more to make up for it.

00:03:03This necklace was the last thing Mother left me.

00:03:06I would wear it at my bonding ceremony.

00:03:08That was Mother's dying wish.

00:03:10I would not let anyone destroy the necklace.

00:03:12She knows it isn't hers.

00:03:15She shouldn't be grabbing for it.

00:03:17Enough, Mara.

00:03:18Choosing Brenna was my decision.

00:03:20If you're angry, take it out on me.

00:03:22Don't take it out on her.

00:03:22You can give her every jewel in the Mercer tribe's treasury for all I care.

00:03:27But she won't touch a single thing that belongs to me.

00:03:30But it matches my ceremonial dress best.

00:03:33It's only one night.

00:03:34Is that too much?

00:03:35How much is the necklace?

00:03:36I'll buy it.

00:03:37He still did not understand.

00:03:39He thought money could buy my mother's heirloom.

00:03:47Grant ripped off my moonstone necklace and handed it to Brenna.

00:03:51Give it back!

00:03:52I reached out to snatch the necklace back.

00:03:54Brenna stepped back, deliberately dropped it, then crushed it beneath her boot.

00:03:59You tried to snatch it from me, so I lost my grip.

00:04:03I didn't do it on purpose.

00:04:05She had stolen my mate.

00:04:06Now she had deliberately destroyed the only keepsake her mother had left me.

00:04:10I dropped to my knees and wrapped every fragment in my handkerchief.

00:04:14Tears kept falling to help me gather my hand.

00:04:17Grant crouched down to help me gather the fragments.

00:04:20It's just a necklace.

00:04:22Why are you making a scene?

00:04:23I'll replace it.

00:04:25Grant, you can never replace it.

00:04:27I slapped Brenna hard across the face when she tried to speak again.

00:04:30You knew Mother left this heirloom to me, but you still destroyed it on purpose.

00:04:35Stop pretending.

00:04:36You never wanted that necklace.

00:04:37You only wanted to steal what was mine.

00:04:40What?

00:04:40Mara, your mother left this to you?

00:04:42Why didn't you tell me?

00:04:43Would you have listened to me?

00:04:45All you ever think about is Brenda.

00:04:47I carried the fragments out and never looked back.

00:04:50That night, I stood before the ancestral fire with Father.

00:04:54I'll accept the Elder's Decree and bond with Ronan Ashford.

00:04:57Ronan is dying.

00:04:58If you bond with him, you may be widowed before winter.

00:05:01I can arrange for you to bond with a shifter warrior instead.

00:05:04The Elder's Decree already bore the Dragon King's seal.

00:05:07Grant's public rejection had made the Decree take effect three days before my birthday.

00:05:11Choosing anyone else now would be open to fiance.

00:05:14The Hale Tribe would be punished because of me.

00:05:16I won't let them take that punishment for me.

00:05:18Mara, if you don't want this...

00:05:20My voice held steady.

00:05:22My hands did not.

00:05:24I am willing.

00:05:29For the next three days, I packed away everything Mother had left me and sealed every gift Grant had given

00:05:36me inside a wooden chest.

00:05:37On the day I leave, send all of these back to the Mercer Tribe.

00:05:40Before the chest was sent away, Brenna entered my room carrying a grey ceremonial dress and a crystal necklace.

00:05:46Grant believed expensive gifts could make betrayal look generous.

00:05:50The crystal necklace was costly.

00:05:52That only made the insult more obvious.

00:05:54Grant asked me to bring these.

00:05:56This grey ceremonial dress is for the day he brings you into the Mercer household.

00:06:01After all, I'll join his household before you do.

00:06:04Once I become the future chief's mate, you'll no longer be allowed to wear the gold clan marks reserved for

00:06:09that rank.

00:06:10The crystal isn't as precious as your mother's moonstone, but it's enough for a woman who joins the household after

00:06:16me.

00:06:16Lady Mara never said she would enter the Mercer Tribe with Grant.

00:06:19Who allowed you to speak?

00:06:21Get out!

00:06:21Or I'll have the guards drag you away.

00:06:23Your mother is only father's second mate.

00:06:25You don't give orders to anyone in my room.

00:06:28Your bond with Grant isn't sealed.

00:06:30Father can still refuse to send you to the Mercer Tribe at all.

00:06:33If you want to become the future chief's mate, leave my room and keep quiet about everything you see.

00:06:38Brenna did not dare risk the position she had stolen.

00:06:41Sure enough, she told no one what she had seen.

00:06:44Grant kept sending jewelry, dyed hides, and carved ivory, trying to make up for the humiliation he had caused me.

00:06:51I sold everything and gave the money to the poor of the Hale Tribe.

00:06:55Three days later, the dragon court arrived to escort me.

00:06:58Ronan was too ill to come himself, so he sent 100 armored dragon guards.

00:07:03They filled the road beneath black and gold banners.

00:07:06At the Hale Gate, our procession met Grant's.

00:07:08He had come to seal his bond with Brenna.

00:07:10From inside the carriage, I heard him ask a guard a question.

00:07:13Who's the dragon court escorting?

00:07:14Mara Hale.

00:07:15Before nightfall, she'll be the dragon queen.

00:07:32At our mate selection ceremony, my future mate, Grant, rejected me and chose my younger sister.

00:07:40I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercel Tribe, reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:07:46Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:07:48I choose Brenna Hale.

00:07:49Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:07:52She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:07:54Tribal law was clear.

00:07:56Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:08:02The Council of Elders would assign her a mate.

00:08:05In three days, Tribal law would send me to the dying dragon king.

00:08:14I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercel Tribe, reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:08:19Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:08:21I choose Brenna Hale.

00:08:23Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:08:26She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:08:28Tribal law was clear.

00:08:29Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:08:36The Council of Elders would assign her a mate.

00:08:38Brenna would turn 22 in six months.

00:08:41Please don't blame him.

00:08:42My mother is only our father's second mate.

00:08:44I have no powerful family to protect me.

00:08:47The Elders could give me to a cruel old chief.

00:08:49I wouldn't survive with him.

00:08:50I'm only protecting her.

00:08:52Once Brenna is safe, I'll end my betrothed to her and choose you again.

00:08:56You'll still be my mate.

00:08:58I'm older than Brenna.

00:08:59I turn 22 before she does.

00:09:01Only then did he remember the law.

00:09:03My 22nd birthday was three days away.

00:09:05By rejecting me in front of both tribes, he had also stripped me of the protection a mate bond would

00:09:11have given me.

00:09:12The Elders had assigned me to Ronan Ashford, the dying dragon king.

00:09:16Grant rejected Mara for her sister.

00:09:19The Council will assign Mara first.

00:09:21Your Chief Hale's eldest daughter.

00:09:22How could your father let the Elders send you to a dying dragon king?

00:09:26He'll find a way to help you.

00:09:27There was nothing left to ask.

00:09:29He still chose Brenna.

00:09:30I accept your rejection, Grant Mercer.

00:09:33Our betrothal ends here.

00:09:38The certainty drayed from Grant's face the moment I accepted his rejection.

00:09:44Mara...

00:09:45Don't worry.

00:09:46Mara must have said that in anger.

00:09:48She loves you so much.

00:09:50She can't live without you.

00:09:52Brenna looked at me.

00:09:53Her gaze dropped to the moonstone necklace at my collarbone.

00:09:57Mara, can I borrow your moonstone necklace for one night?

00:10:00I have no jewelry worthy of the ceremony.

00:10:03Grant chose me.

00:10:04I can't let our family be humiliated.

00:10:07I can't give you this necklace.

00:10:09Father can have the tribe's jewelers bring you new ones to choose from.

00:10:12I know you're upset because Grant chose me.

00:10:15But I really love this moonstone necklace.

00:10:17Please, will you let me borrow it?

00:10:19Mara, do you have to be this hard on her over one necklace?

00:10:23Give it to Brennan.

00:10:24I'll have the jewelers send you two more to make up for it.

00:10:31This necklace was the last thing Mother left me.

00:10:33I would wear it at my bonding ceremony.

00:10:35That was Mother's dying wish.

00:10:37I would not let anyone destroy the necklace.

00:10:40She knows it isn't hers.

00:10:42She shouldn't be grabbing for it.

00:10:44Enough, Mara.

00:10:45Choosing Brenna was my decision.

00:10:47If you're angry, take it out on me.

00:10:49Don't take it out on her.

00:10:50You can give her every jewel in the Mercer tribe's treasury for all I care.

00:10:55But she won't touch a single thing that belongs to me.

00:10:58But it matches my ceremonial dress best.

00:11:00It's only one night.

00:11:02Is that too much?

00:11:03How much is the necklace?

00:11:04I'll buy it.

00:11:05He still did not understand.

00:11:06He thought money could buy my mother's heirloom.

00:11:14Grant ripped off my moonstone necklace and handed it to Brenna.

00:11:18Give it back!

00:11:19I reached out to snatch the necklace back.

00:11:22Brenna stepped back, deliberately dropped it, then crushed it beneath her boot.

00:11:27You tried to snatch it from me, so I lost my grip.

00:11:31I didn't do it on purpose.

00:11:32She had stolen my mate.

00:11:34Now she had deliberately destroyed the only keepsake her mother had left me.

00:11:37I dropped to my knees and wrapped every fragment in my handkerchief.

00:11:41Tears kept falling to help me gather my hand.

00:11:45Grant crouched down to help me gather the fragments.

00:11:48It's just a necklace.

00:11:49Why are you making a scene?

00:11:50I'll replace it.

00:11:52Grant, you can never replace it.

00:11:54I slapped Brenna hard across the face when she tried to speak again.

00:11:57You knew Mother left this heirloom to me, but you still destroyed it on purpose.

00:12:02Stop pretending.

00:12:04You never wanted that necklace.

00:12:05You only wanted to steal what was mine.

00:12:07What?

00:12:08Mara, your mother left this to you?

00:12:10Why didn't you tell me?

00:12:11Would you have listened to me?

00:12:12All you ever think about is Brenda.

00:12:14I carried the fragments out and never looked back.

00:12:17That night, I stood before the Ancestral Fire with Father.

00:12:21I'll accept the Elder's Decree and bond with Ronan Ashford.

00:12:24Ronan is dying.

00:12:25If you bond with him, you may be widowed before winter.

00:12:28I can arrange for you to bond with a Shifter Warrior instead.

00:12:31The Elder's Decree already bore the Dragon King's seal.

00:12:35Grant's public rejection had made the Decree take effect three days before my birthday.

00:12:39Choosing anyone else now would be open to fiance.

00:12:41The Hale Tribe would be punished because of me.

00:12:44I won't let them take that punishment for me.

00:12:46Mara, if you don't want this...

00:12:47My voice held steady.

00:12:49My hands did not.

00:12:52I am willing.

00:12:57For the next three days, I packed away everything Mother had left me

00:13:01and sealed every gift Grant had given me inside a wooden chest.

00:13:05On the day I leave, send all of these back to the Mercer Tribe.

00:13:07Before the chest was sent away, Brenna entered my room carrying a grey ceremonial dress and a crystal necklace.

00:13:13Grant believed expensive gifts could make Betrayal look generous.

00:13:17The crystal necklace was costly.

00:13:19That only made the insult more obvious.

00:13:22Grant asked me to bring these.

00:13:23This grey ceremonial dress is for the day he brings you into the Mercer household.

00:13:29After all, I'll join his household before you do.

00:13:32Once I become the future Chief's mate, you'll no longer be allowed to wear the Gold Clan marks reserved for

00:13:36that rank.

00:13:38The crystal isn't as precious as your mother's moonstone, but it's enough for a woman who joins the household after

00:13:43me.

00:13:44Lady Mara never said she would enter the Mercer Tribe with Grant.

00:13:47Who allowed you to speak? Get out, or I'll have the guards drag you away.

00:13:51Your mother is only father's second mate.

00:13:53You don't give orders to anyone in my room.

00:13:55Your bond with Grant isn't sealed.

00:13:57Father can still refuse to send you to the Mercer Tribe at all.

00:14:01If you want to become the future Chief's mate, leave my room and keep quiet about everything you see.

00:14:05Brenna did not dare risk the position she had stolen.

00:14:09Sure enough, she told no one what she had seen.

00:14:11Grant kept sending jewelry, dyed hides, and carved ivory, trying to make up for the humiliation he had caused me.

00:14:19I sold everything and gave the money to the poor of the Hale Tribe.

00:14:23Three days later, the Dragon Court arrived to escort me.

00:14:26Ronan was too ill to come himself, so he sent 100 armored dragon guards.

00:14:30They filled the road beneath black and gold banners.

00:14:33At the Hale Gate, our procession met Grant's.

00:14:35He had come to seal his bond with Brenna.

00:14:37From inside the carriage, I heard him ask a guard a question.

00:14:40Who's the Dragon Court escorting?

00:14:42Mara Hale.

00:14:43Before nightfall, she'll be the Dragon Queen.

00:14:59At our mate selection ceremony, my future mate, Grant, rejected me and chose my younger sister.

00:15:08I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercer tribe, reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:15:13Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:15:15I choose Brenna Hale.

00:15:16Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:15:19She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:15:22Tribal law was clear.

00:15:23Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:15:29The council of elders would assign her a mate.

00:15:32In three days, Tribal Law would send me to the dying Dragon King.

00:15:41I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercer tribe, reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:15:47Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:15:49I choose Brenna Hale.

00:15:50Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:15:53She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:15:55Tribal law was clear.

00:15:57Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:16:03The council of elders would assign her a mate.

00:16:06Brenna would turn 22 in six months.

00:16:08Please don't blame him.

00:16:10My mother is only our father's second mate.

00:16:12I have no powerful family to protect me.

00:16:14The elders could give me to a cruel old chief.

00:16:16I wouldn't survive with him.

00:16:18I'm only protecting her.

00:16:20Once Brenna is safe, I'll end my betrothed to her and choose you again.

00:16:24You'll still be my mate.

00:16:25I'm older than Brenna.

00:16:26I turn 22 before she does.

00:16:28Only then did he remember the law.

00:16:30My 22nd birthday was three days away.

00:16:33By rejecting me in front of both tribes,

00:16:35he had also stripped me of the protection a mate bond would have given me.

00:16:39The elders had assigned me to Ronan Ashford, the dying Dragon King.

00:16:43Grant rejected Mara for her sister.

00:16:46The council will assign Mara first.

00:16:48You're Chief Hale's eldest daughter.

00:16:50How could your father let the elders send you to a dying Dragon King?

00:16:53He'll find a way to help you.

00:16:55There was nothing left to ask.

00:16:56He still chose Brenna.

00:16:58I accept your rejection, Grant Mercer.

00:17:01Our betrothal ends here.

00:17:05The certainty drayed from Grant's face

00:17:08the moment I accepted his rejection.

00:17:12Mara...

00:17:13Don't worry.

00:17:14Mara must have said that in anger.

00:17:16She loves you so much.

00:17:17She can't live without you.

00:17:19Brenna looked at me.

00:17:21Her gaze dropped to the moonstone necklace at my collarbone.

00:17:25Mara, can I borrow your moonstone necklace for one night?

00:17:28I have no jewelry worthy of the ceremony.

00:17:30Grant chose me.

00:17:32I can't let our family be humiliated.

00:17:34I can't give you this necklace.

00:17:36Father can have the tribe's jewelers bring you new ones to choose from.

00:17:40I know you're upset because Grant chose me.

00:17:42But I really love this moonstone necklace.

00:17:44Please, will you let me borrow it?

00:17:47Mara, do you have to be this hard on her over one necklace?

00:17:50Give it to Brennan.

00:17:52I'll have the jewelers send you two more to make up for it.

00:17:58This necklace was the last thing Mother left me.

00:18:01I would wear it at my bonding ceremony.

00:18:03That was Mother's dying wish.

00:18:05I would not let anyone destroy the necklace.

00:18:07She knows it isn't hers.

00:18:10She shouldn't be grabbing for it.

00:18:12Enough, Mara.

00:18:13Choosing Brenna was my decision.

00:18:15If you're angry, take it out on me.

00:18:16Don't take it out on her.

00:18:17You can give her every jewel in the Mercer tribe's treasury for all I care.

00:18:22But she won't touch a single thing that belongs to me.

00:18:25But it matches my ceremonial dress best.

00:18:28It's only one night.

00:18:29Is that too much?

00:18:30How much is the necklace?

00:18:31I'll buy it.

00:18:32He still did not understand.

00:18:34He thought money could buy my mother's heirloom.

00:18:42Grant ripped off my moonstone necklace and handed it to Brenna.

00:18:46Give it back!

00:18:46I reached out to snatch the necklace back.

00:18:49Brenna stepped back, deliberately dropped it, then crushed it beneath her boot.

00:18:54You tried to snatch it from me, so I lost my grip.

00:18:58I didn't do it on purpose.

00:19:00She had stolen my mate.

00:19:01Now she had deliberately destroyed the only keepsake her mother had left me.

00:19:05I dropped to my knees and wrapped every fragment in my handkerchief.

00:19:09Tears kept falling to help me gather my hand.

00:19:12Grant crouched down to help me gather the fragments.

00:19:15It's just a necklace.

00:19:16Why are you making a scene?

00:19:18I'll replace it.

00:19:20Grant, you can never replace it.

00:19:22I slapped Brenna hard across the face when she tried to speak again.

00:19:25You knew Mother left this heirloom to me, but you still destroyed it on purpose.

00:19:30Stop pretending.

00:19:31You never wanted that necklace.

00:19:32You only wanted to steal what was mine.

00:19:35What?

00:19:35Mara, your mother left this to you?

00:19:37Why didn't you tell me?

00:19:38Would you have listened to me?

00:19:40All you ever think about is Brenna.

00:19:42I carried the fragments out and never looked back.

00:19:45That night, I stood before the Ancestral Fire with Father.

00:19:49I'll accept the Elder's Decree and bond with Ronan Ashford.

00:19:52Ronan is dying.

00:19:53If you bond with him, you may be widowed before winter.

00:19:56I can arrange for you to bond with a Shifter Warrior instead.

00:19:59The Elder's Decree already bore the Dragon King's seal.

00:20:02Grant's public rejection had made the Decree take effect three days before my birthday.

00:20:06Choosing anyone else now would be open to Fiance.

00:20:09The Hale Tribe would be punished because of me.

00:20:11I won't let them take that punishment for me.

00:20:13Mara, if you don't want this...

00:20:15My voice held steady.

00:20:17My hands did not.

00:20:19I am willing.

00:20:24For the next three days, I packed away everything Mother had left me

00:20:28and sealed every gift Grant had given me inside a wooden chest.

00:20:32On the day I leave, send all of these back to the Mercer Tribe.

00:20:35Before the chest was sent away,

00:20:37Brenna entered my room carrying a gray ceremonial dress and a crystal necklace.

00:20:41Grant believed expensive gifts could make betrayal look generous.

00:20:45The crystal necklace was costly.

00:20:47That only made the insult more obvious.

00:20:49Grant asked me to bring these.

00:20:51This gray ceremonial dress is for the day he brings you into the Mercer household.

00:20:56After all, I'll join his household before you do.

00:20:59Once I become the future chief's mate,

00:21:01you'll no longer be allowed to wear the gold clan marks reserved for that rank.

00:21:05The crystal isn't as precious as your mother's moonstone,

00:21:08but it's enough for a woman who joins the household after me.

00:21:11Lady Mara never said she would enter the Mercer Tribe with Grant.

00:21:14Who allowed you to speak?

00:21:16Get out!

00:21:16Or I'll have the guards drag you away.

00:21:18Your mother is only father's second mate.

00:21:20You don't give orders to anyone in my room.

00:21:23Your bond with Grant isn't sealed.

00:21:25Father can still refuse to send you to the Mercer Tribe at all.

00:21:28If you want to become the future chief's mate,

00:21:30leave my room and keep quiet about everything you see.

00:21:33Brenna did not dare risk the position she had stolen.

00:21:36Sure enough, she told no one what she had seen.

00:21:39Grant kept sending jewelry, dyed hides, and carved ivory,

00:21:43trying to make up for the humiliation he had caused me.

00:21:47I sold everything and gave the money to the poor of the Hale Tribe.

00:21:50Three days later, the dragon court arrived to escort me.

00:21:54Ronan was too ill to come himself, so he sent 100 armored dragon guards.

00:21:58They filled the road beneath black and gold banners.

00:22:01At the Hale Gate, our procession met Grant's.

00:22:03He had come to seal his bond with Brenna.

00:22:05From inside the carriage, I heard him ask a guard a question.

00:22:08Who's the dragon court escorting?

00:22:09Mara Hale.

00:22:10Before nightfall, she'll be the dragon queen.

00:22:27At our mate selection ceremony, my future mate, Grant,

00:22:30rejected me and chose my younger sister.

00:22:35I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercer Tribe,

00:22:39reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:22:41Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:22:43I choose Brenna Hale.

00:22:44Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:22:47She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:22:49Tribal law was clear.

00:22:51Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond

00:22:54lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:22:57The Council of Elders would assign her a mate.

00:23:00In three days, Tribal law would send me to the dying dragon king.

00:23:09I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercer Tribe,

00:23:12reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:23:14Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:23:16I choose Brenna Hale.

00:23:18Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:23:20She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:23:23Tribal law was clear.

00:23:24Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond

00:23:28lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:23:30The Council of Elders would assign her a mate.

00:23:33Brenna would turn 22 in six months.

00:23:36Please don't blame him.

00:23:37My mother is only our father's second mate.

00:23:39I have no powerful family to protect me.

00:23:42The elders could give me to a cruel old chief.

00:23:44I wouldn't survive with him.

00:23:45I'm only protecting her.

00:23:47Once Brenna is safe,

00:23:49I'll end my betrothed to her and choose you again.

00:23:51You'll still be my mate.

00:23:53I'm older than Brenna.

00:23:54I turn 22 before she does.

00:23:56Only then did he remember the law.

00:23:57My 22nd birthday was three days away.

00:24:01By rejecting me in front of both tribes,

00:24:03he had also stripped me of the protection a mate bond would have given me.

00:24:07The elders had assigned me to Ronan Ashford,

00:24:09the dying dragon king.

00:24:11Grant rejected Mara for her sister.

00:24:13The Council will assign Mara first.

00:24:16You're Chief Hale's eldest daughter.

00:24:18How could your father let the elders send you to a dying dragon king?

00:24:21He'll find a way to help you.

00:24:22There was nothing left to ask.

00:24:24He still chose Brenna.

00:24:25I accept your rejection, Grant Mercer.

00:24:28Our betrothal ends here.

00:24:33The certainty drayed from Grant's face

00:24:35the moment I accepted his rejection.

00:24:39Mara.

00:24:40Don't worry.

00:24:41Mara must have said that in anger.

00:24:43She loves you so much.

00:24:45She can't live without you.

00:24:47Brenna looked at me.

00:24:48Her gaze dropped to the moonstone necklace at my collarbone.

00:24:52Mara, can I borrow your moonstone necklace for one night?

00:24:55I have no jewelry worthy of the ceremony.

00:24:58Grant chose me.

00:24:59I can't let our family be humiliated.

00:25:02I can't give you this necklace.

00:25:04Father can have the tribe's jewelers bring you new ones to choose from.

00:25:07I know you're upset because Grant chose me,

00:25:09but I really love this moonstone necklace.

00:25:12Please, will you let me borrow it?

00:25:14Mara, do you have to be this hard on her over one necklace?

00:25:18Give it to Brennan.

00:25:19I'll have the jewelers send you two more to make up for it.

00:25:26This necklace was the last thing Mother left me.

00:25:28I would wear it at my bonding ceremony.

00:25:30That was Mother's dying wish.

00:25:32I would not let anyone destroy the necklace.

00:25:35She knows it isn't hers.

00:25:37She shouldn't be grabbing for it.

00:25:39Enough, Mara.

00:25:40Choosing Brenna was my decision.

00:25:42If you're angry, take it out on me.

00:25:44Don't take it out on her.

00:25:45You can give her every jewel in the Mercer tribe's treasury for all I care.

00:25:50But she won't touch a single thing that belongs to me.

00:25:52But it matches my ceremonial dress best.

00:25:55It's only one night.

00:25:57Is that too much?

00:25:58How much is the necklace?

00:25:59I'll buy it.

00:26:00He still did not understand.

00:26:01He thought money could buy my mother's heirloom.

00:26:09Grant ripped off my moonstone necklace and handed it to Brenna.

00:26:13Give it back!

00:26:14I reached out to snatch the necklace back.

00:26:17Brenna stepped back, deliberately dropped it, then crushed it beneath her boot.

00:26:22You tried to snatch it from me, so I lost my grip.

00:26:26I didn't do it on purpose.

00:26:27She had stolen my mate.

00:26:29Now she had deliberately destroyed the only keepsake her mother had left me.

00:26:32I dropped to my knees and wrapped every fragment in my handkerchief.

00:26:36Tears kept falling to help me gather my hand.

00:26:40Grant crouched down to help me gather the fragments.

00:26:43It's just a necklace.

00:26:44Why are you making a scene?

00:26:45I'll replace it.

00:26:47Grant, you can never replace it.

00:26:49I slapped Brenna hard across the face when she tried to speak again.

00:26:53You knew Mother left this heirloom to me, but you still destroyed it on purpose.

00:26:57Stop pretending.

00:26:59You never wanted that necklace.

00:27:00You only wanted to steal what was mine.

00:27:02What?

00:27:03Mara, your mother left this to you?

00:27:05Why didn't you tell me?

00:27:06Would you have listened to me?

00:27:07All you ever think about is Brenda.

00:27:09I carried the fragments out and never looked back.

00:27:12That night, I stood before the Ancestral Fire with Father.

00:27:16I'll accept the Elder's Decree and bond with Ronan Ashford.

00:27:19Ronan is dying.

00:27:20If you bond with him, you may be widowed before winter.

00:27:23I can arrange for you to bond with a Shifter warrior instead.

00:27:26The Elder's Decree already bore the Dragon King's seal.

00:27:30Grant's public rejection had made the Decree take effect three days before my birthday.

00:27:34Choosing anyone else now would be open defiance.

00:27:36The Hale Tribe would be punished because of me.

00:27:38I won't let them take that punishment for me.

00:27:41Mara, if you don't want this...

00:27:42My voice held steady.

00:27:44My hands did not.

00:27:47I am willing.

00:27:52For the next three days, I packed away everything Mother had left me

00:27:56and sealed every gift Grant had given me inside a wooden chest.

00:28:00On the day I leave, send all of these back to the Mercer Tribe.

00:28:03Before the chest was sent away,

00:28:04Brenna entered my room carrying a grey ceremonial dress and a crystal necklace.

00:28:08Grant believed expensive gifts could make betrayal look generous.

00:28:12The crystal necklace was costly.

00:28:14That only made the insult more obvious.

00:28:17Grant asked me to bring these.

00:28:19This grey ceremonial dress is for the day he brings you into the Mercer household.

00:28:24After all, I'll join his household before you do.

00:28:27Once I become the future chief's mate,

00:28:29you'll no longer be allowed to wear the gold clan marks reserved for that rank.

00:28:33The crystal isn't as precious as your mother's moonstone,

00:28:35but it's enough for a woman who joins the household after me.

00:28:38Lady Mara never said she would enter the Mercer Tribe with Grant.

00:28:42Who allowed you to speak?

00:28:43Get out, or I'll have the guards drag you away.

00:28:46Your mother is only father's second mate.

00:28:48You don't give orders to anyone in my room.

00:28:50Your bond with Grant isn't sealed.

00:28:52Father can still refuse to send you to the Mercer Tribe at all.

00:28:56If you want to become the future chief's mate,

00:28:58leave my room and keep quiet about everything you see.

00:29:00Brenna did not dare risk the position she had stolen.

00:29:03Sure enough, she told no one what she had seen.

00:29:07Grant kept sending jewelry, dyed hides, and carved ivory,

00:29:11trying to make up for the humiliation he had caused me.

00:29:14I sold everything and gave the money to the poor of the Hale Tribe.

00:29:18Three days later, the dragon court arrived to escort me.

00:29:21Ronan was too ill to come himself, so he sent 100 armored dragon guards.

00:29:25They filled the road beneath black and gold banners.

00:29:28At the Hale Gate, our procession met Grant's.

00:29:30He had come to seal his bond with Brenna.

00:29:32From inside the carriage, I heard him ask a guard a question.

00:29:35Who's the dragon court escorting?

00:29:37Mara Hale.

00:29:38Before nightfall, she'll be the dragon queen.

00:29:54At our mate selection ceremony, my future mate, Grant, rejected me and chose my younger sister.

00:30:03I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercer Tribe, reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:30:08Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:30:10I choose Brenna Hale.

00:30:11Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:30:14She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:30:17Tribal law was clear.

00:30:18Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:30:24The council of elders would assign her a mate.

00:30:27In three days, tribal law would send me to the dying dragon king.

00:30:36I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercer Tribe, reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:30:42Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:30:44I choose Brenna Hale.

00:30:45Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:30:48She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:30:50Tribal law was clear.

00:30:52Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:30:58The council of elders would assign her a mate.

00:31:01Brenna would turn 22 in six months.

00:31:03Please don't blame him.

00:31:05My mother is only our father's second mate.

00:31:07I have no powerful family to protect me.

00:31:09The elders could give me to a cruel old chief.

00:31:11I wouldn't survive with him.

00:31:13I'm only protecting her.

00:31:15Once Brenna is safe, I'll end my betrothed to her and choose you again.

00:31:19You'll still be my mate.

00:31:20I'm older than Brenna.

00:31:21I turn 22 before she does.

00:31:23Only then did he remember the law.

00:31:25My 22nd birthday was three days away.

00:31:28By rejecting me in front of both tribes,

00:31:30he had also stripped me of the protection a mate bond would have given me.

00:31:34The elders had assigned me to Ronan Ashford, the dying dragon king.

00:31:39Grant rejected Mara for her sister.

00:31:40The council will assign Mara first.

00:31:43You're Chief Hale's eldest daughter.

00:31:45How could your father let the elders send you to a dying dragon king?

00:31:48He'll find a way to help you.

00:31:50There was nothing left to ask.

00:31:51He still chose Brenna.

00:31:53I accept your rejection, Grant Mercer.

00:31:55Our betrothal ends here.

00:32:00The certainty drayed from Grant's face the moment I accepted his rejection.

00:32:06Mara.

00:32:08Don't worry.

00:32:09Mara must have said that in anger.

00:32:11She loves you so much.

00:32:12She can't live without you.

00:32:14Brenna looked at me.

00:32:16Her gaze dropped to the moonstone necklace at my collarbone.

00:32:20Mara, can I borrow your moonstone necklace for one night?

00:32:23I have no jewelry worthy of the ceremony.

00:32:25Grant chose me.

00:32:27I can't let our family be humiliated.

00:32:29I can't give you this necklace.

00:32:31Father can have the tribe's jewelers bring you new ones to choose from.

00:32:34I know you're upset because Grant chose me.

00:32:37But I really love this moonstone necklace.

00:32:40Please, will you let me borrow it?

00:32:42Mara, do you have to be this hard on her over one necklace?

00:32:45Give it to Brennan.

00:32:47I'll have the jewelers send you two more to make up for it.

00:32:53This necklace was the last thing Mother left me.

00:32:56I would wear it at my bonding ceremony.

00:32:58That was Mother's dying wish.

00:33:00I would not let anyone destroy the necklace.

00:33:02She knows it isn't hers.

00:33:05She shouldn't be grabbing for it.

00:33:07Enough, Mara.

00:33:08Choosing Brenna was my decision.

00:33:10If you're angry, take it out on me.

00:33:12Don't take it out on her.

00:33:13You can give her every jewel in the Mercer tribe's treasury for all I care.

00:33:17But she won't touch a single thing that belongs to me.

00:33:20But it matches my ceremonial dress best.

00:33:23It's only one night.

00:33:24Is that too much?

00:33:25How much is the necklace?

00:33:26I'll buy it.

00:33:27He still did not understand.

00:33:29He thought money could buy my mother's heirloom.

00:33:37Grant ripped off my moonstone necklace and handed it to Brenna.

00:33:41Give it back!

00:33:41I reached out to snatch the necklace back.

00:33:44Brenna stepped back, deliberately dropped it, then crushed it beneath her boot.

00:33:49You tried to snatch it from me, so I lost my grip.

00:33:53I didn't do it on purpose.

00:33:55She had stolen my mate.

00:33:56Now she had deliberately destroyed the only keepsake her mother had left me.

00:34:00I dropped to my knees and wrapped every fragment in my handkerchief.

00:34:04Tears kept falling to help me gather my hand.

00:34:07Grant crouched down to help me gather the fragments.

00:34:10It's just a necklace.

00:34:11Why are you making a scene?

00:34:13I'll replace it.

00:34:15Grant, you can never replace it.

00:34:17I slapped Brenna hard across the face when she tried to speak again.

00:34:20You knew Mother left this heirloom to me, but you still destroyed it on purpose.

00:34:25Stop pretending.

00:34:26You never wanted that necklace.

00:34:27You only wanted to steal what was mine.

00:34:30What?

00:34:30Mara, your mother left this to you?

00:34:32Why didn't you tell me?

00:34:34Would you have listened to me?

00:34:35All you ever think about is Brenna.

00:34:37I carried the fragments out and never looked back.

00:34:40That night, I stood before the ancestral fire with father.

00:34:44I'll accept the Elder's Decree and bond with Ronan Ashford.

00:34:47Ronan is dying.

00:34:48If you bond with him, you may be widowed before winter.

00:34:50I can arrange for you to bond with a shifter warrior instead.

00:34:54The Elder's Decree already bore the Dragon King's seal.

00:34:57Grant's public rejection had made the Decree take effect three days before my birthday.

00:35:01Choosing anyone else now would be open to fiance.

00:35:04The Hale tribe would be punished because of me.

00:35:06I won't let them take that punishment for me.

00:35:08Mara, if you don't want this...

00:35:10My voice held steady.

00:35:12My hands did not.

00:35:14I am willing.

00:35:19For the next three days, I packed away everything Mother had left me and sealed every gift Grant had given

00:35:26me inside a wooden chest.

00:35:27On the day I leave, send all of these back to the Mercer tribe.

00:35:30Before the chest was sent away, Brenna entered my room carrying a grey ceremonial dress and a crystal necklace.

00:35:36Grant believed expensive gifts could make betrayal look generous.

00:35:40The crystal necklace was costly.

00:35:42That only made the insult more obvious.

00:35:44Grant asked me to bring these.

00:35:46This grey ceremonial dress is for the day he brings you into the Mercer household.

00:35:51After all, I'll join his household before you do.

00:35:54Once I become the future chief's mate, you'll no longer be allowed to wear the gold clan marks reserved for

00:35:59that rank.

00:36:00The crystal isn't as precious as your mother's moonstone, but it's enough for a woman who joins the household after

00:36:06me.

00:36:06Lady Mara never said she would enter the Mercer tribe with Grant.

00:36:09Who allowed you to speak?

00:36:11Get out!

00:36:11Or I'll have the guards drag you away.

00:36:13Your mother is only father's second mate.

00:36:15You don't give orders to anyone in my room.

00:36:18Your bond with Grant isn't sealed.

00:36:20Father can still refuse to send you to the Mercer tribe at all.

00:36:23If you want to become the future chief's mate, leave my room and keep quiet about everything you see.

00:36:28Brenna did not dare risk the position she had stolen.

00:36:31Sure enough, she told no one what she had seen.

00:36:34Grant kept sending jewelry, dyed hides, and carved ivory, trying to make up for the humiliation he had caused me.

00:36:41I sold everything and gave the money to the poor of the Hale tribe.

00:36:45Three days later, the dragon court arrived to escort me.

00:36:48Ronan was too ill to come himself, so he sent one hundred armored dragon guards.

00:36:53They filled the road beneath black and gold banners.

00:36:56At the Hale gate, our procession met Grant's.

00:36:58He had come to seal his bond with Brenna.

00:37:00From inside the carriage, I heard him ask a guard a question.

00:37:03Who's the dragon court escorting?

00:37:04Mara Hale.

00:37:05Before nightfall, she'll be the dragon queen.

00:37:22At our mate selection ceremony, my future mate, Grant, rejected me and chose my younger sister.

00:37:30I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercer tribe, reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:37:36Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:37:38I choose Brenna Hale.

00:37:39Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:37:42She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:37:44Tribal law was clear.

00:37:46Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:37:52The council of elders would assign her a mate.

00:37:54In three days, tribal law would send me to the dying dragon king.

00:38:04I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercer tribe, reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:38:09Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:38:11I choose Brenna Hale.

00:38:13Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:38:15She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:38:18Tribal law was clear.

00:38:19Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:38:26The council of elders would assign her a mate.

00:38:29Brenna would turn 22 in six months.

00:38:31Please don't blame him.

00:38:32My mother is only our father's second mate.

00:38:34I have no powerful family to protect me.

00:38:37The elders could give me to a cruel old chief.

00:38:39I wouldn't survive with him.

00:38:40I'm only protecting her.

00:38:42Once Brenna is safe, I'll end my betrothed to her and choose you again.

00:38:46You'll still be my mate.

00:38:48I'm older than Brenna.

00:38:49I turn 22 before she does.

00:38:51Only then did he remember the law.

00:38:53My 22nd birthday was three days away.

00:38:55By rejecting me in front of both tribes, he had also stripped me of the protection a mate bond would

00:39:01have given me.

00:39:02The elders had assigned me to Ronan Ashford, the dying dragon king.

00:39:06Grant rejected Mara for her sister.

00:39:08The council will assign Mara first.

00:39:11You're Chief Hale's eldest daughter.

00:39:13How could your father let the elders send you to a dying dragon king?

00:39:16He'll find a way to help you.

00:39:17There was nothing left to ask.

00:39:19He still chose Brenna.

00:39:20I accept your rejection, Grant Mercer.

00:39:23Our betrothal ends here.

00:39:28The certainty drayed from Grant's face the moment I accepted his rejection.

00:39:34Mara...

00:39:35Don't worry.

00:39:36Mara must have said that in anger.

00:39:38She loves you so much.

00:39:40She can't live without you.

00:39:42Brenna looked at me.

00:39:43Her gaze dropped to the moonstone necklace at my collarbone.

00:39:47Mara, can I borrow your moonstone necklace for one night?

00:39:50I have no jewelry worthy of the ceremony.

00:39:53Grant chose me.

00:39:54I can't let our family be humiliated.

00:39:56I can't give you this necklace.

00:39:58Father can have the tribe's jewelers bring you new ones to choose from.

00:40:02I know you're upset because Grant chose me.

00:40:05But I really love this moonstone necklace.

00:40:07Please, will you let me borrow it?

00:40:09Mara, do you have to be this hard on her over one necklace?

00:40:13Give it to Brennan.

00:40:14I'll have the jewelers send you two more to make up for it.

00:40:21This necklace was the last thing Mother left me.

00:40:23I would wear it at my bonding ceremony.

00:40:26That was Mother's dying wish.

00:40:27I would not let anyone destroy the necklace.

00:40:30She knows it isn't hers.

00:40:32She shouldn't be grabbing for it.

00:40:34Enough, Mara.

00:40:35Choosing Brenna was my decision.

00:40:37If you're angry, take it out on me.

00:40:39Don't take it out on her.

00:40:40You can give her every jewel in the Mercer tribe's treasury for all I care.

00:40:45But she won't touch a single thing that belongs to me.

00:40:47But it matches my ceremonial dress best.

00:40:50It's only one night.

00:40:52Is that too much?

00:40:53How much is the necklace?

00:40:54I'll buy it.

00:40:55He still did not understand.

00:40:56He thought money could buy my mother's heirloom.

00:41:04Grant ripped off my moonstone necklace and handed it to Brenna.

00:41:08Give it back!

00:41:09I reached out to snatch the necklace back.

00:41:12Brenna stepped back, deliberately dropped it,

00:41:15then crushed it beneath her boot.

00:41:17You tried to snatch it from me, so I lost my grip.

00:41:21I didn't do it on purpose.

00:41:22She had stolen my mate.

00:41:24Now she had deliberately destroyed the only keepsake her mother had left me.

00:41:27I dropped to my knees and wrapped every fragment in my handkerchief.

00:41:31Tears kept falling to help me gather my hand.

00:41:35Grant crouched down to help me gather the fragments.

00:41:38It's just a necklace.

00:41:39Why are you making a scene?

00:41:40I'll replace it.

00:41:42Grant, you can never replace it.

00:41:44I slapped Brenna hard across the face when she tried to speak again.

00:41:48You knew Mother left this heirloom to me,

00:41:50but you still destroyed it on purpose.

00:41:52Stop pretending.

00:41:54You never wanted that necklace.

00:41:55You only wanted to steal what was mine.

00:41:57What?

00:41:58Mara, your mother left this to you?

00:41:59Why didn't you tell me?

00:42:01Would you have listened to me?

00:42:02All you ever think about is Brenda.

00:42:04I carried the fragments out and never looked back.

00:42:07That night, I stood before the ancestral fire with Father.

00:42:11I'll accept the Elder's Decree and bond with Ronan Ashford.

00:42:14Ronan is dying.

00:42:15If you bond with him, you may be widowed before winter.

00:42:18I can arrange for you to bond with a shifter warrior instead.

00:42:21The Elder's Decree already bore the Dragon King's seal.

00:42:24Grant's public rejection had made the Decree take effect three days before my birthday.

00:42:29Choosing anyone else now would be open to fiance.

00:42:31The Hale tribe would be punished because of me.

00:42:33I won't let them take that punishment for me.

00:42:36Mara, if you don't want this...

00:42:37My voice held steady.

00:42:39My hands did not.

00:42:42I am willing.

00:42:47For the next three days, I packed away everything Mother had left me and sealed every gift Grant had given

00:42:53me inside a wooden chest.

00:42:55On the day I leave, send all of these back to the Mercer tribe.

00:42:57Before the chest was sent away, Brenna entered my room carrying a grey ceremonial dress and a crystal necklace.

00:43:03Grant believed expensive gifts could make Betrayal look generous.

00:43:07The crystal necklace was costly.

00:43:09That only made the insult more obvious.

00:43:12Grant asked me to bring these.

00:43:14This grey ceremonial dress is for the day he brings you into the Mercer household.

00:43:19After all, I'll join his household before you do.

00:43:22Once I become the future chief's mate, you'll no longer be allowed to wear the gold clan marks reserved for

00:43:26that rank.

00:43:28The crystal isn't as precious as your mother's moonstone, but it's enough for a woman who joins the household after

00:43:33me.

00:43:34Lady Mara never said she would enter the Mercer tribe with Grant.

00:43:37Who allowed you to speak?

00:43:38Get out, or I'll have the guards drag you away.

00:43:41Your mother is only father's second mate.

00:43:43You don't give orders to anyone in my room.

00:43:45Your bond with Grant isn't sealed.

00:43:47Father can still refuse to send you to the Mercer tribe at all.

00:43:51If you want to become the future chief's mate, leave my room and keep quiet about everything you see.

00:43:55Brenna did not dare risk the position she had stolen.

00:43:59Sure enough, she told no one what she had seen.

00:44:02Grant kept sending jewelry, dyed hides, and carved ivory, trying to make up for the humiliation he had caused me.

00:44:09I sold everything and gave the money to the poor of the Hale tribe.

00:44:13Three days later, the dragon court arrived to escort me.

00:44:16Ronan was too ill to come himself, so he sent 100 armored dragon guards.

00:44:20They filled the road beneath black and gold banners.

00:44:23At the Hale gate, our procession met Grant's.

00:44:25He had come to seal his bond with Brenna.

00:44:27From inside the carriage, I heard him ask a guard a question.

00:44:30Who's the dragon court escorting?

00:44:32Mara Hale.

00:44:32Before nightfall, she'll be the dragon queen.

00:44:49At our mate selection ceremony, my future mate, Grant, rejected me and chose my younger sister.

00:44:57I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercer tribe, reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:45:03Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:45:05I choose Brenna Hale.

00:45:06Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:45:09She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:45:12Tribal law was clear.

00:45:13Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:45:19The council of elders would assign her a mate.

00:45:22In three days, tribal law would send me to the dying dragon king.

00:45:31I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercer tribe, reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:45:37Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:45:39I choose Brenna Hale.

00:45:40Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:45:43She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:45:45Tribal law was clear.

00:45:47Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:45:53The council of elders would assign her a mate.

00:45:56Brenna would turn 22 in six months.

00:45:58Please don't blame him.

00:46:00My mother is only our father's second mate.

00:46:02I have no powerful family to protect me.

00:46:04The elders could give me to a cruel old chief.

00:46:06I wouldn't survive with him.

00:46:08I'm only protecting her.

00:46:10Once Brenna is safe, I'll end my betrothed to her and choose you again.

00:46:14You'll still be my mate.

00:46:15I'm older than Brenna.

00:46:16I turn 22 before she does.

00:46:18Only then did he remember the law.

00:46:20My 22nd birthday was three days away.

00:46:23By rejecting me in front of both tribes, he had also stripped me of the protection a mate bond would

00:46:28have given me.

00:46:29The elders had assigned me to Ronan Ashford, the dying dragon king.

00:46:33Grant rejected Mara for her sister.

00:46:35The council will assign Mara first.

00:46:38You're Chief Hale's eldest daughter.

00:46:40How could your father let the elders send you to a dying dragon king?

00:46:43He'll find a way to help you.

00:46:45There was nothing left to ask.

00:46:46He still chose Brenna.

00:46:48I accept your rejection, Grant Mercer.

00:46:51Our betrothal ends here.

00:46:55The certainty drayed from Grant's face the moment I accepted his rejection.

00:47:02Mara...

00:47:02Don't worry.

00:47:03Mara must have said that in anger.

00:47:06She loves you so much.

00:47:08She can't live without you.

00:47:09Brenna looked at me.

00:47:11Her gaze dropped to the moonstone necklace at my collarbone.

00:47:15Mara, can I borrow your moonstone necklace for one night?

00:47:18I have no jewelry worthy of the ceremony.

00:47:20Grant chose me.

00:47:22I can't let our family be humiliated.

00:47:24I can't give you this necklace.

00:47:26Father can have the tribe's jewelers bring you new ones to choose from.

00:47:29I know you're upset because Grant chose me, but I really love this moonstone necklace.

00:47:35Please, will you let me borrow it?

00:47:37Mara, do you have to be this hard on her over one necklace?

00:47:40Give it to Brennan.

00:47:42I'll have the jewelers send you two more to make up for it.

00:47:48This necklace was the last thing Mother left me.

00:47:51I would wear it at my bonding ceremony.

00:47:53That was Mother's dying wish.

00:47:55I would not let anyone destroy the necklace.

00:47:57She knows it isn't hers.

00:48:00She shouldn't be grabbing for it.

00:48:02Enough, Mara.

00:48:03Choosing Brenna was my decision.

00:48:05If you're angry, take it out on me.

00:48:07Don't take it out on her.

00:48:07You can give her every jewel in the Mercer tribe's treasury for all I care.

00:48:12But she won't touch a single thing that belongs to me.

00:48:15But it matches my ceremonial dress best.

00:48:18It's only one night.

00:48:19Is that too much?

00:48:20How much is the necklace?

00:48:21I'll buy it.

00:48:22He still did not understand.

00:48:24He thought money could buy my mother's heirloom.

00:48:32Grant ripped off my moonstone necklace and handed it to Brenna.

00:48:36Give it back!

00:48:36I reached out to snatch the necklace back.

00:48:39Brenna stepped back, deliberately dropped it,

00:48:42then crushed it beneath her boot.

00:48:44You tried to snatch it from me, so I lost my grip.

00:48:48I didn't do it on purpose.

00:48:50She had stolen my mate.

00:48:51Now she had deliberately destroyed the only keepsake her mother had left me.

00:48:55I dropped to my knees and wrapped every fragment in my handkerchief.

00:48:59Tears kept falling to help me gather my hand.

00:49:02Grant crouched down to help me gather the fragments.

00:49:05It's just a necklace.

00:49:06Why are you making a scene?

00:49:08I'll replace it.

00:49:10Grant, you can never replace it.

00:49:11I slapped Brenna hard across the face when she tried to speak again.

00:49:15You knew Mother left this heirloom to me, but you still destroyed it on purpose.

00:49:20Stop pretending.

00:49:21You never wanted that necklace.

00:49:22You only wanted to steal what was mine.

00:49:25What?

00:49:25Mara, your mother left this to you?

00:49:27Why didn't you tell me?

00:49:28Would you have listened to me?

00:49:30All you ever think about is Brenna.

00:49:32I carried the fragments out and never looked back.

00:49:35That night, I stood before the Ancestral Fire with Father.

00:49:39I'll accept the Elder's Decree and bond with Ronan Ashford.

00:49:42Ronan is dying.

00:49:43If you bond with him, you may be widowed before winter.

00:49:45I can arrange for you to bond with a Shifter warrior instead.

00:49:49The Elder's Decree already bore the Dragon King's seal.

00:49:52Grant's public rejection had made the Decree take effect three days before my birthday.

00:49:56Choosing anyone else now would be open defiance.

00:49:59The Hale Tribe would be punished because of me.

00:50:01I won't let them take that punishment for me.

00:50:03Mara, if you don't want this...

00:50:05My voice held steady.

00:50:07My hands did not.

00:50:09I am willing.

00:50:14For the next three days, I packed away everything Mother had left me

00:50:18and sealed every gift Grant had given me inside a wooden chest.

00:50:22On the day I leave, send all of these back to the Mercer Tribe.

00:50:25Before the chest was sent away,

00:50:27Brenna entered my room carrying a grey ceremonial dress and a crystal necklace.

00:50:31Grant believed expensive gifts could make betrayal look generous.

00:50:35The crystal necklace was costly.

00:50:37That only made the insult more obvious.

00:50:40Grant asked me to bring these.

00:50:41This grey ceremonial dress is for the day he brings you into the Mercer household.

00:50:46After all, I'll join his household before you do.

00:50:49Once I become the future Chief's mate,

00:50:51you'll no longer be allowed to wear the Gold Clan marks reserved for that rank.

00:50:55The crystal isn't as precious as your mother's moonstone,

00:50:58but it's enough for a woman who joins the household after me.

00:51:01Lady Mara never said she would enter the Mercer Tribe with Grant.

00:51:04Who allowed you to speak?

00:51:06Get out, or I'll have the guards drag you away.

00:51:08Your mother is only father's second mate.

00:51:10You don't give orders to anyone in my room.

00:51:13Your bond with Grant isn't sealed.

00:51:15Father can still refuse to send you to the Mercer Tribe at all.

00:51:18If you want to become the future Chief's mate,

00:51:20leave my room and keep quiet about everything you see.

00:51:23Brenna did not dare risk the position she had stolen.

00:51:26Sure enough, she told no one what she had seen.

00:51:29Grant kept sending jewelry, dyed hides, and carved ivory,

00:51:33trying to make up for the humiliation he had caused me.

00:51:37I sold everything and gave the money to the poor of the Hale Tribe.

00:51:40Three days later, the Dragon Court arrived to escort me.

00:51:44Ronan was too ill to come himself, so he sent 100 armored dragon guards.

00:51:48They filled the road beneath black and gold banners.

00:51:50At the Hale Gate, our procession met Grant's.

00:51:53He had come to seal his bond with Brenna.

00:51:55From inside the carriage, I heard him ask a guard a question.

00:51:58Who's the Dragon Court escorting?

00:51:59Mara Hale.

00:52:00Before nightfall, she'll be the Dragon Queen.

00:52:17At our mate selection ceremony, my future mate, Grant,

00:52:20rejected me and chose my younger sister.

00:52:25I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercer Tribe,

00:52:29reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:52:31Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:52:33I choose Brenna Hale.

00:52:34Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:52:37She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:52:39Tribal law was clear.

00:52:41Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond

00:52:44lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:52:47The Council of Elders would assign her a mate.

00:52:49In three days, Tribal Law would send me to the dying Dragon King.

00:52:59I, Grant Mercer, future chief of the Mercer Tribe,

00:53:02reject Mara Hale as my mate.

00:53:04Then he turned and took Brenna's hand.

00:53:06I choose Brenna Hale.

00:53:08Brenna was the daughter of my father's second mate.

00:53:10She had cried through the entire ceremony.

00:53:13Tribal law was clear.

00:53:14Any female shifter who reached 22 without forming a mate bond

00:53:18lost the right to choose her own mate.

00:53:20The Council of Elders would assign her a mate.

00:53:23Brenna would turn 22 in six months.

00:53:26Please don't blame him.

00:53:27My mother is only our father's second mate.

00:53:29I have no powerful family to protect me.

00:53:32The elders could give me to a cruel old chief.

00:53:34I wouldn't survive with him.

00:53:35I'm only protecting her.

00:53:37Once Brenna is safe, I'll end my betrothed to her

00:53:40and choose you again.

00:53:41You'll still be my mate.

00:53:43I'm older than Brenna.

00:53:44I turn 22 before she does.

00:53:46Only then did he remember the law.

00:53:48My 22nd birthday was three days away.

00:53:51By rejecting me in front of both tribes,

00:53:53he had also stripped me of the protection

00:53:55a mate bond would have given me.

00:53:57The Elders had assigned me to Ronan Ashford,

00:53:59the dying Dragon King.

00:54:01Grant rejected Mara for her sister.

00:54:03The Council will assign Mara first.

00:54:06You're Chief Hale's eldest daughter.

00:54:08How could your father let the Elders send you

00:54:09to a dying Dragon King?

00:54:11He'll find a way to help you.

00:54:12There was nothing left to ask.

00:54:14He still chose Brenna.

00:54:15I accept your rejection, Grant Mercer.

00:54:18Our betrothal ends here.

00:54:23The certainty drayed from Grant's face

00:54:25the moment I accepted his rejection.

00:54:29Mara.

00:54:30Don't worry.

00:54:31Mara must have said that in anger.

00:54:33She loves you so much.

00:54:35She can't live without you.

00:54:37Brenna looked at me.

00:54:38Her gaze dropped to the moonstone necklace

00:54:40at my collarbone.

00:54:42Mara, can I borrow your moonstone necklace

00:54:44for one night?

00:54:45I have no jewelry worthy of the ceremony.

00:54:48Grant chose me.

00:54:49I can't let our family be humiliated.

00:54:52I can't give you this necklace.

00:54:54Father can have the tribe's jewelers

00:54:55bring you new ones to choose from.

00:54:57I know you're upset because Grant chose me,

00:54:59but I really love this moonstone necklace.

00:55:02Please, will you let me borrow it?

00:55:04Mara, do you have to be this hard on her

00:55:06over one necklace?

00:55:08Give it to Brennan.

00:55:09I'll have the jewelers send you

00:55:10two more to make up for it.

00:55:16This necklace was the last thing

00:55:17Mother left me.

00:55:18I would wear it at my bonding ceremony.

00:55:20That was Mother's dying wish.

00:55:22I would not let anyone destroy the necklace.

00:55:25She knows it isn't hers.

00:55:27She shouldn't be grabbing for it.

00:55:29Enough, Mara.

00:55:30Choosing Brenna was my decision.

00:55:32If you're angry, take it out on me.

00:55:34Don't take it out on her.

00:55:35You can give her every jewel

00:55:37in the Mercer tribe's treasury

00:55:38for all I care.

00:55:40But she won't touch a single thing

00:55:41that belongs to me.

00:55:43But it matches my ceremonial dress best.

00:55:45It's only one night.

00:55:47Is that too much?

00:55:48How much is the necklace?

00:55:49I'll buy it.

00:55:50He still did not understand.

00:55:51He thought money could buy

00:55:53my mother's heirloom.

00:55:59Grant ripped off my moonstone necklace

00:56:01and handed it to Brenna.

00:56:03Give it back!

00:56:04I reached out to snatch

00:56:05the necklace back.

00:56:07Brenna stepped back,

00:56:08deliberately dropped it,

00:56:10then crushed it beneath her boot.

00:56:12You tried to snatch it from me,

00:56:14so I lost my grip.

00:56:16I didn't do it on purpose.

00:56:17She had stolen my mate.

00:56:19Now she had deliberately destroyed

00:56:20the only keepsake her mother had left me.

00:56:22I dropped to my knees

00:56:24and wrapped every fragment

00:56:25in my handkerchief.

00:56:26Tears kept falling

00:56:28to help me gather my hand.

00:56:30Grant crouched down

00:56:31to help me gather the fragments.

00:56:32It's just a necklace.

00:56:34Why are you making a scene?

00:56:35I'll replace it.

00:56:37Grant, you can never replace it.

00:56:39I slapped Brenna hard across the face

00:56:41when she tried to speak again.

00:56:43You knew Mother left this heirloom to me,

00:56:45but you still destroyed it on purpose.

00:56:47Stop pretending.

00:56:49You never wanted that necklace.

00:56:50You only wanted to steal what was mine.

00:56:52What?

00:56:53Mara, your mother left this to you?

00:56:55Why didn't you tell me?

00:56:56Would you have listened to me?

00:56:57All you ever think about is Brenda.

00:56:59I carried the fragments out

00:57:00and never looked back.

00:57:02That night,

00:57:03I stood before the ancestral fire with Father.

00:57:06I'll accept the Elder's Decree

00:57:08and bond with Ronan Ashford.

00:57:09Ronan is dying.

00:57:10If you bond with him,

00:57:11you may be widowed before winter.

00:57:13I can arrange for you to bond

00:57:14with a shifter warrior instead.

00:57:16The Elder's Decree

00:57:17already bore the Dragon King's seal.

00:57:20Grant's public rejection

00:57:21had made the decree take effect

00:57:22three days before my birthday.

00:57:24Choosing anyone else now

00:57:25would be open to Fiance.

00:57:26The Hale tribe would be punished

00:57:28because of me.

00:57:29I won't let them take

00:57:30that punishment for me.

00:57:31Mara, if you don't want this...

00:57:32My voice held steady.

00:57:34My hands did not.

00:57:37I am willing.

00:57:42For the next three days,

00:57:43I packed away everything

00:57:45Mother had left me

00:57:46and sealed every gift Grant

00:57:48had given me inside a wooden chest.

00:57:50On the day I leave,

00:57:51send all of these back

00:57:52to the Mercer tribe.

00:57:53Before the chest was sent away,

00:57:54Brenna entered my room

00:57:55carrying a gray ceremonial dress

00:57:57and a crystal necklace.

00:57:58Grant believed expensive gifts

00:58:00could make betrayal look generous.

00:58:02The crystal necklace was costly.

00:58:04That only made the insult more obvious.

00:58:07Grant asked me to bring these.

00:58:09This gray ceremonial dress

00:58:11is for the day he brings you

00:58:12into the Mercer household.

00:58:14After all,

00:58:14I'll join his household

00:58:15before you do.

00:58:17Once I become

00:58:18the future chief's mate,

00:58:19you'll no longer be allowed

00:58:20to wear the gold clan marks

00:58:21reserved for that rank.

00:58:23The crystal isn't as precious

00:58:24as your mother's moonstone,

00:58:25but it's enough for a woman

00:58:27who joins the household

00:58:28after me.

00:58:29Lady Mara never said

00:58:30she would enter

00:58:31the Mercer tribe with Grant.

00:58:32Who allowed you to speak?

00:58:33Get out!

00:58:34Or I'll have the guards

00:58:35drag you away.

00:58:36Your mother is only

00:58:37father's second mate.

00:58:38You don't give orders

00:58:39to anyone in my room.

00:58:40Your bond with Grant

00:58:41isn't sealed.

00:58:42Father can still refuse

00:58:43to send you

00:58:44to the Mercer tribe at all.

00:58:45If you want to become

00:58:46the future chief's mate,

00:58:48leave my room

00:58:48and keep quiet

00:58:49about everything you see.

00:58:50Brenna did not dare risk

00:58:52the position she had stolen.

00:58:54Sure enough,

00:58:55she told no one

00:58:55what she had seen.

00:58:57Grant kept sending jewelry,

00:58:59dyed hides,

00:58:59and carved ivory,

00:59:01trying to make up

00:59:02for the humiliation

00:59:03he had caused me.

00:59:04I sold everything

00:59:05and gave the money

00:59:06to the poor

00:59:07of the Hale tribe.

00:59:08Three days later,

00:59:09the dragon court

00:59:10arrived to escort me.

00:59:11Ronan was too ill

00:59:12to come himself,

00:59:13so he sent

00:59:14100 armored dragon guards.

00:59:15They filled the road

00:59:16beneath black and gold banners.

00:59:18At the Hale gate,

00:59:19our procession met Grant's.

00:59:20He had come to seal

00:59:21his bond with Brenna.

00:59:22From inside the carriage,

00:59:24I heard him ask

00:59:24a guard a question.

00:59:25Who's the dragon court

00:59:26escorting?

00:59:27Mara Hale.

00:59:28Before nightfall,

00:59:29she'll be the dragon queen.

00:59:45At our mate selection ceremony,

00:59:46my future mate,

00:59:47Grant,

00:59:48rejected me

00:59:49and chose my younger sister.

00:59:52I,

00:59:53Grant Mercer,

00:59:54future chief

00:59:55of the Mercer tribe,

00:59:56reject Mara Hale

00:59:57as my mate.

00:59:58Then he turned

00:59:59and took Brenna's hand.

01:00:00I choose Brenna Hale.

01:00:01Brenna was the daughter

01:00:02of my father's second mate.

01:00:04She had cried

01:00:05through the entire ceremony.

01:00:07Tribal law was clear.

01:00:08Any female shifter

01:00:09who reached 22

01:00:10without forming a mate bond

01:00:12lost the right

01:00:13to choose her own mate.

01:00:14The council of elders

01:00:15would assign her a mate.

01:00:17In three days,

01:00:19Tribal law would send me

01:00:20to the dying dragon king.

01:00:26I,

01:00:27Grant Mercer,

01:00:28future chief

01:00:29of the Mercer tribe,

01:00:30reject Mara Hale

01:00:31as my mate.

01:00:32Then he turned

01:00:33and took Brenna's hand.

01:00:34I choose Brenna Hale.

01:00:35Brenna was the daughter

01:00:36of my father's second mate.

01:00:38She had cried

01:00:39through the entire ceremony.

01:00:40Tribal law was clear.

01:00:42Any female shifter

01:00:43who reached 22

01:00:44without forming a mate bond

01:00:45lost the right

01:00:47to choose her own mate.

01:00:48The council of elders

01:00:49would assign her a mate.

01:00:51Brenna would turn 22

01:00:52in six months.

01:00:54Please don't blame him.

01:00:55My mother is only

01:00:56our father's second mate.

01:00:57I have no powerful family

01:00:58to protect me.

01:00:59The elders could give me

01:01:00to a cruel old chief.

01:01:01I wouldn't survive with him.

01:01:03I'm only protecting her.

01:01:05Once Brenna is safe,

01:01:06I'll end my betrothed to her

01:01:07and choose you again.

01:01:09You'll still be my mate.

01:01:10I'm older than Brenna.

01:01:11I turn 22 before she does.

01:01:13Only then did he remember the law.

01:01:15My 22nd birthday

01:01:16was three days away.

01:01:18By rejecting me

01:01:19in front of both tribes,

01:01:21he had also stripped me

01:01:22of the protection

01:01:22a mate bond would have given me.

01:01:24The elders had assigned me

01:01:25to Ronan Ashford,

01:01:26the dying dragon king.

01:01:29Grant rejected Mara

01:01:30for her sister.

01:01:31The council will assign Mara first.

01:01:33You're Chief Hale's

01:01:34eldest daughter.

01:01:35How could your father

01:01:36let the elders send you

01:01:37to a dying dragon king?

01:01:38He'll find a way to help you.

01:01:40There was nothing left to ask.

01:01:41He still chose Brenna.

01:01:43I accept your rejection,

01:01:44Grant Mercer.

01:01:46Our betrothal ends here.

01:01:50The certainty drayed

01:01:52from Grant's face

01:01:53the moment I accepted

01:01:54his rejection.

01:01:57Mara...

01:01:57Don't worry.

01:01:59Mara must have said

01:02:00that in anger.

01:02:01She loves you so much.

01:02:03She can't live without you.

01:02:04Brenna looked at me.

01:02:06Her gaze dropped

01:02:07to the moonstone necklace

01:02:08at my collarbone.

01:02:10Mara,

01:02:10can I borrow

01:02:11your moonstone necklace

01:02:12for one night?

01:02:13I have no jewelry

01:02:14worthy of the ceremony.

01:02:15Grant chose me.

01:02:17I can't let our family

01:02:18be humiliated.

01:02:19I can't give you

01:02:20this necklace.

01:02:21Father can have

01:02:22the tribe's jewelers

01:02:23bring you new ones

01:02:23to choose from.

01:02:24I know you're upset

01:02:26because Grant chose me.

01:02:27But I really love

01:02:28this moonstone necklace.

01:02:30Please,

01:02:30will you let me borrow it?

01:02:32Mara,

01:02:32do you have to be

01:02:33this hard on her

01:02:33over one necklace?

01:02:35Give it to Brennan.

01:02:37I'll have the jewelers

01:02:38send you two more

01:02:38to make up for it.

01:02:43This necklace

01:02:44was the last thing

01:02:45Mother left me.

01:02:46I would wear it

01:02:47at my bonding ceremony.

01:02:48That was Mother's

01:02:49dying wish.

01:02:50I would not let anyone

01:02:51destroy the necklace.

01:02:52She knows it isn't hers.

01:02:55She shouldn't be

01:02:55grabbing for it.

01:02:57Enough, Mara.

01:02:58Choosing Brenna

01:02:58was my decision.

01:03:00If you're angry,

01:03:01take it out on me.

01:03:02Don't take it out on her.

01:03:03You can give her

01:03:04every jewel

01:03:04in the Mercer tribe's

01:03:05treasury for all I care.

01:03:07But she won't touch

01:03:08a single thing

01:03:09that belongs to me.

01:03:10But it matches

01:03:11my ceremonial dress vest.

01:03:13It's only one night.

01:03:14Is that too much?

01:03:15How much is the necklace?

01:03:16I'll buy it.

01:03:17He still did not understand.

01:03:19He thought money

01:03:20could buy my mother's heirloom.

01:03:27Grant rip off

01:03:28my moonstone necklace

01:03:29and handed it to Brenna.

01:03:31Give it back!

01:03:32I reached out

01:03:32to snatch the necklace back.

01:03:34Brenna stepped back,

01:03:35deliberately dropped it,

01:03:37then crushed it

01:03:38beneath her boot.

01:03:39You tried to snatch it

01:03:41from me,

01:03:41so I lost my grip.

01:03:43I didn't do it on purpose.

01:03:45She had stolen my mate.

01:03:46Now she had deliberately

01:03:47destroyed the only keepsake

01:03:49her mother had left me.

01:03:50I dropped to my knees,

01:03:51and wrapped every fragment

01:03:53in my handkerchief.

01:03:54Tears kept falling

01:03:55to help me gather my hand.

01:03:57Grant crouched down

01:03:58to help me gather

01:03:59the fragments.

01:04:00It's just a necklace.

01:04:02Why are you making a scene?

01:04:03I'll replace it.

01:04:05Grant, you can never

01:04:06replace it.

01:04:07I slapped Brenna hard

01:04:08across the face

01:04:08when she tried to speak again.

01:04:10You knew Mother

01:04:11left this heirloom to me,

01:04:12but you still destroyed it

01:04:14on purpose.

01:04:15Stop pretending.

01:04:16You never wanted

01:04:17that necklace.

01:04:17You only wanted

01:04:18to steal what was mine.

01:04:20What?

01:04:20Mara, your mother

01:04:21left this to you?

01:04:22Why didn't you tell me?

01:04:24Would you have listened to me?

01:04:25All you ever think about

01:04:26is Brenda.

01:04:27I carried the fragments out

01:04:28and never looked back.

01:04:30That night,

01:04:31I stood before

01:04:32the ancestral fire

01:04:33with Father.

01:04:34I'll accept the Elder's decree

01:04:35and bond with Ronan Ashford.

01:04:37Ronan is dying.

01:04:38If you bond with him,

01:04:39you may be widowed

01:04:40before winter.

01:04:41I can arrange for you

01:04:42to bond with a shifter warrior

01:04:43instead.

01:04:44The Elder's decree

01:04:45already bore

01:04:45the Dragon King's seal.

01:04:47Grant's public rejection

01:04:48had made the decree

01:04:49take effect

01:04:50three days before my birthday.

01:04:51Choosing anyone else now

01:04:52would be open defiance.

01:04:54The Hale tribe

01:04:54would be punished

01:04:55because of me.

01:04:56I won't let them

01:04:57take that punishment for me.

01:04:58Mara,

01:04:59if you don't want this...

01:05:00My voice held steady.

01:05:02My hands did not.

01:05:04I am willing.

01:05:09For the next three days,

01:05:11I packed away

01:05:12everything Mother

01:05:13had left me

01:05:13and sealed every gift

01:05:15Grant had given me

01:05:16inside a wooden chest.

01:05:17On the day I leave,

01:05:18send all of these

01:05:19back to the Mercer tribe.

01:05:20Before the chest

01:05:21was sent away,

01:05:22Brenna entered my room

01:05:23carrying a gray ceremonial dress

01:05:25and a crystal necklace.

01:05:26Grant believed

01:05:27expensive gifts

01:05:27could make betrayal

01:05:28look generous.

01:05:30The crystal necklace

01:05:30was costly.

01:05:32That only made

01:05:33the insult more obvious.

01:05:34Grant asked me

01:05:35to bring these.

01:05:36This gray ceremonial dress

01:05:38is for the day

01:05:39he brings you

01:05:40into the Mercer household.

01:05:41After all,

01:05:42I'll join his household

01:05:43before you do.

01:05:44Once I become

01:05:45the future chief's mate,

01:05:46you'll no longer be allowed

01:05:47to wear the gold clan marks

01:05:48reserved for that rank.

01:05:50The crystal isn't as precious

01:05:52as your mother's moonstone,

01:05:53but it's enough for a woman

01:05:54who joins the household

01:05:55after me.

01:05:56Lady Mara never said

01:05:57she would enter

01:05:58the Mercer tribe with Grant.

01:05:59Who allowed you to speak?

01:06:01Get out!

01:06:02Or I'll have the guards

01:06:02drag you away.

01:06:03Your mother is only

01:06:04father's second mate.

01:06:05You don't give orders

01:06:06to anyone in my room.

01:06:08Your bond with Grant

01:06:09isn't sealed.

01:06:10Father can still refuse

01:06:11to send you to the Mercer tribe

01:06:12at all.

01:06:13If you want to become

01:06:14the future chief's mate,

01:06:15leave my room

01:06:16and keep quiet

01:06:17about everything you see.

01:06:18Brenna did not dare risk

01:06:19the position she had stolen.

01:06:21Sure enough,

01:06:22she told no one

01:06:23what she had seen.

01:06:24Grant kept sending jewelry,

01:06:26dyed hides,

01:06:27and carved ivory,

01:06:29trying to make up

01:06:29for the humiliation

01:06:30he had caused me.

01:06:32I sold everything

01:06:33and gave the money

01:06:33to the poor

01:06:34of the Hale tribe.

01:06:35Three days later,

01:06:36the dragon court

01:06:37arrived to escort me.

01:06:39Ronan was too ill

01:06:40to come himself,

01:06:40so he sent

01:06:41100 armored dragon guards.

01:06:43They filled the road

01:06:44beneath black and gold banners.

01:06:45At the Hale gate,

01:06:46our procession met Grant.

01:06:48He had come

01:06:48to seal his bond

01:06:49with Brenna.

01:06:50From inside the carriage,

01:06:51I heard him ask

01:06:52a guard a question.

01:06:53Who's the dragon court

01:06:54escorting?

01:06:54Mara Hale.

01:06:55Before nightfall,

01:06:56she'll be the dragon queen.

01:07:12At our mate selection ceremony,

01:07:14my future mate,

01:07:15Grant,

01:07:15rejected me

01:07:16and chose my younger sister.

01:07:20I,

01:07:21Grant Mercer,

01:07:22future chief

01:07:22of the Mercer tribe,

01:07:24reject Mara Hale

01:07:25as my mate.

01:07:26Then he turned

01:07:26and took Brenna's hand.

01:07:28I choose Brenna Hale.

01:07:29Brenna was the daughter

01:07:30of my father's second mate.

01:07:32She had cried

01:07:32through the entire ceremony.

01:07:34Tribal law was clear.

01:07:36Any female shifter

01:07:37who reached 22

01:07:38without forming

01:07:39a mate bond

01:07:39lost the right

01:07:40to choose her own mate.

01:07:42the council of elders

01:07:43would assign her a mate.

01:07:45In three days,

01:07:46Tribal law would send me

01:07:47to the dying dragon king.

01:07:54I,

01:07:55Grant Mercer,

01:07:56future chief

01:07:56of the Mercer tribe,

01:07:58reject Mara Hale

01:07:59as my mate.

01:07:59Then he turned

01:08:00and took Brenna's hand.

01:08:01I choose Brenna Hale.

01:08:03Brenna was the daughter

01:08:04of my father's second mate.

01:08:05She had cried

01:08:06through the entire ceremony.

01:08:08Tribal law was clear.

01:08:09Any female shifter

01:08:10who reached 22

01:08:11without forming

01:08:12a mate bond

01:08:13lost the right

01:08:14to choose her own mate.

01:08:16The council of elders

01:08:17would assign her a mate.

01:08:18Brenna would turn 22

01:08:20in six months.

01:08:21Please don't blame him.

01:08:22My mother is only

01:08:23our father's second mate.

01:08:24I have no powerful family

01:08:26to protect me.

01:08:27The elders could give me

01:08:28to a cruel old chief.

01:08:29I wouldn't survive with him.

01:08:30I'm only protecting her.

01:08:32Once Brenna is safe,

01:08:34I'll end my betrothed to her

01:08:35and choose you again.

01:08:36You'll still be my mate.

01:08:38I'm older than Brenna.

01:08:39I turn 22 before she does.

01:08:41Only then did he remember the law.

01:08:43My 22nd birthday

01:08:44was three days away.

01:08:46By rejecting me

01:08:47in front of both tribes,

01:08:48he had also stripped me

01:08:49of the protection

01:08:50a mate bond

01:08:50would have given me.

01:08:51The elders had assigned me

01:08:53to Ronan Ashford,

01:08:54the dying dragon king.

01:08:56Grant rejected Mara

01:08:57for her sister.

01:08:58The council will assign

01:09:00Mara first.

01:09:01You're Chief Hale's

01:09:02eldest daughter.

01:09:03How could your father

01:09:03let the elders send you

01:09:04to a dying dragon king?

01:09:06He'll find a way

01:09:06to help you.

01:09:07There was nothing left to ask.

01:09:09He still chose Brenna.

01:09:10I accept your rejection,

01:09:12Grant Mercer.

01:09:13Our betrothal ends here.

01:09:18The certainty

01:09:19drayed from Grant's face

01:09:20the moment I accepted

01:09:21his rejection.

01:09:24Mara.

01:09:25Don't worry.

01:09:26Mara must have said that

01:09:28in anger.

01:09:28She loves you so much.

01:09:30She can't live without you.

01:09:32Brenna looked at me.

01:09:33Her gaze dropped

01:09:34to the moonstone necklace

01:09:35at my collarbone.

01:09:37Mara,

01:09:38can I borrow your moonstone necklace

01:09:39for one night?

01:09:40I have no jewelry

01:09:41worthy of the ceremony.

01:09:43Grant chose me.

01:09:44I can't let our family

01:09:45be humiliated.

01:09:47I can't give you

01:09:48this necklace.

01:09:48Father can have

01:09:49the tribe's jewelers

01:09:50bring you new ones

01:09:51to choose from.

01:09:52I know you're upset

01:09:53because Grant chose me,

01:09:54but I really love

01:09:56this moonstone necklace.

01:09:57Please,

01:09:57will you let me borrow it?

01:09:59Mara,

01:10:00do you have to be this hard

01:10:01on her over one necklace?

01:10:03Give it to Brennan.

01:10:04I'll have the jewelers

01:10:05send you two more

01:10:06to make up for it.

01:10:11This necklace

01:10:12was the last thing

01:10:12Mother left me.

01:10:13I would wear it

01:10:14at my bonding ceremony.

01:10:15That was Mother's dying wish.

01:10:17I would not let anyone

01:10:19destroy the necklace.

01:10:20She knows it isn't hers.

01:10:22She shouldn't be

01:10:23grabbing for it.

01:10:24Enough, Mara.

01:10:25Choosing Brenna

01:10:26was my decision.

01:10:27If you're angry,

01:10:28take it out on me.

01:10:29Don't take it out on her.

01:10:30You can give her

01:10:31every jewel

01:10:32in the Mercer tribe's treasury

01:10:33for all I care.

01:10:35But she won't touch

01:10:36a single thing

01:10:36that belongs to me.

01:10:38But it matches

01:10:38my ceremonial dress vest.

01:10:40It's only one night.

01:10:42Is that too much?

01:10:43How much is the necklace?

01:10:44I'll buy it.

01:10:45He still did not understand.

01:10:46He thought money

01:10:47could buy my mother's heirloom.

01:10:54Grant rip off

01:10:55my moonstone necklace

01:10:56and handed it to Brenna.

01:10:58Give it back!

01:10:59I reached out

01:11:00to snatch the necklace back.

01:11:01Brenna stepped back,

01:11:03deliberately dropped it,

01:11:05then crushed it

01:11:06beneath her boot.

01:11:07You tried to snatch it

01:11:08from me,

01:11:09so I lost my grip.

01:11:11I didn't do it on purpose.

01:11:12She had stolen my mate.

01:11:14Now she had deliberately

01:11:15destroyed the only keepsake

01:11:16her mother had left me.

01:11:17I dropped to my knees

01:11:19and wrapped every fragment

01:11:20in my handkerchief.

01:11:21Tears kept falling

01:11:23to help me gather my hand.

01:11:25Grant crouched down

01:11:26to help me gather

01:11:27the fragments.

01:11:28It's just a necklace.

01:11:29Why are you making a scene?

01:11:30I'll replace it.

01:11:32Grant, you can never

01:11:33replace it.

01:11:34I slapped Brenna hard

01:11:35across the face

01:11:36when she tried

01:11:37to speak again.

01:11:38You knew Mother

01:11:38left this heirloom to me,

01:11:40but you still destroyed

01:11:41it on purpose.

01:11:42Stop pretending.

01:11:44You never wanted

01:11:44that necklace.

01:11:45You only wanted

01:11:46to steal what was mine.

01:11:47What?

01:11:48Mara, your mother

01:11:49left this to you?

01:11:50Why didn't you tell me?

01:11:51Would you have listened

01:11:52to me?

01:11:52All you ever think

01:11:53about is Brenda.

01:11:54I carried the fragments

01:11:55out and never looked back.

01:11:57That night,

01:11:58I stood before

01:11:59the Ancestral Fire

01:12:00with Father.

01:12:01I'll accept the Elder's Decree

01:12:03and bond with Ronan Ashford.

01:12:04Ronan is dying.

01:12:05If you bond with him,

01:12:06you may be widowed

01:12:07before winter.

01:12:08I can arrange for you

01:12:09to bond with a Shifter Warrior

01:12:10instead.

01:12:11The Elder's Decree

01:12:12already bore

01:12:13the Dragon King's seal.

01:12:15Grant's public rejection

01:12:16had made the Decree

01:12:17take effect

01:12:17three days before my birthday.

01:12:19Choosing anyone else now

01:12:20would be open to fiance.

01:12:21The Hale Tribe

01:12:22would be punished

01:12:23because of me.

01:12:23I won't let them

01:12:24take that punishment for me.

01:12:26Mara, if you don't want this...

01:12:27My voice held steady.

01:12:29My hands did not.

01:12:32I am willing.

01:12:37For the next three days,

01:12:38I packed away

01:12:39everything Mother

01:12:40had left me

01:12:41and sealed every gift

01:12:42Grant had given me

01:12:43inside a wooden chest.

01:12:45On the day I leave,

01:12:46send all of these

01:12:46back to the Mercer Tribe.

01:12:48Before the chest

01:12:48was sent away,

01:12:49Brenna entered my room

01:12:50carrying a gray ceremonial dress

01:12:52and a crystal necklace.

01:12:53Grant believed

01:12:54expensive gifts

01:12:55could make betrayal

01:12:56look generous.

01:12:57The crystal necklace

01:12:58was costly.

01:12:59That only made

01:13:00the insult more obvious.

01:13:02Grant asked me

01:13:03to bring these.

01:13:04This gray ceremonial dress

01:13:06is for the day

01:13:07he brings you

01:13:07into the Mercer household.

01:13:09After all,

01:13:09I'll join his household

01:13:10before you do.

01:13:12Once I become

01:13:13the future chief's mate,

01:13:14you'll no longer

01:13:14be allowed to wear

01:13:15the gold clan marks

01:13:16reserved for that rank.

01:13:18The crystal isn't as precious

01:13:19as your mother's moonstone,

01:13:20but it's enough

01:13:21for a woman who joins

01:13:22the household after me.

01:13:23Lady Mara never said

01:13:25she would enter

01:13:26the Mercer Tribe with Grant.

01:13:27Who allowed you to speak?

01:13:28Get out!

01:13:29Or I'll have the guards

01:13:30drag you away.

01:13:31Your mother is only

01:13:32father's second mate.

01:13:33You don't give orders

01:13:34to anyone in my room.

01:13:35Your bond with Grant

01:13:36isn't sealed.

01:13:37Father can still refuse

01:13:38to send you

01:13:39to the Mercer Tribe at all.

01:13:41If you want to become

01:13:41the future chief's mate,

01:13:43leave my room

01:13:43and keep quiet

01:13:44about everything you see.

01:13:45Brenna did not dare risk

01:13:47the position she had stolen.

01:13:49Sure enough,

01:13:50she told no one

01:13:50what she had seen.

01:13:52Grant kept sending jewelry,

01:13:54dyed hides,

01:13:54and carved ivory,

01:13:56trying to make up

01:13:57for the humiliation

01:13:58he had caused me.

01:13:59I sold everything

01:14:00and gave the money

01:14:01to the poor

01:14:02of the Hale Tribe.

01:14:03Three days later,

01:14:04the dragon court

01:14:05arrived to escort me.

01:14:06Ronan was too ill

01:14:07to come himself,

01:14:08so he sent

01:14:09one hundred armored

01:14:10dragon guards.

01:14:10They filled the road

01:14:11beneath black and gold

01:14:12banners.

01:14:13At the Hale Gate,

01:14:14our procession met Grant's.

01:14:15He had come to seal

01:14:16his bond with Brenna.

01:14:17From inside the carriage,

01:14:19I heard him ask

01:14:19a guard a question.

01:14:20Who's the dragon court

01:14:21escorting?

01:14:22Mara Hale.

01:14:23Before nightfall,

01:14:24she'll be the dragon queen.

01:14:39At our mate selection ceremony,

01:14:41my future mate,

01:14:42Grant,

01:14:43rejected me

01:14:44and chose my younger sister.

01:14:48I, Grant Mercer,

01:14:49future chief

01:14:50of the Mercer Tribe,

01:14:51reject Mara Hale

01:14:52as my mate.

01:14:53Then he turned

01:14:54and took Brenna's hand.

01:14:55I choose Brenna Hale.

01:14:56Brenna was the daughter

01:14:57of my father's second mate.

01:14:59She had cried

01:15:00through the entire ceremony.

01:15:02Tribal law was clear.

01:15:03Any female shifter

01:15:04who reached 22

01:15:05without forming

01:15:06a mate bond

01:15:07lost the right

01:15:08to choose her own mate.

01:15:09The council of elders

01:15:10would assign her a mate.

01:15:12In three days,

01:15:13tribal law would send me

01:15:15to the dying dragon king.

01:15:21I, Grant Mercer,

01:15:23future chief

01:15:24of the Mercer Tribe,

01:15:25reject Mara Hale

01:15:26as my mate.

01:15:27Then he turned

01:15:28and took Brenna's hand.

01:15:29I choose Brenna Hale.

01:15:30Brenna was the daughter

01:15:31of my father's second mate.

01:15:33She had cried

01:15:34through the entire ceremony.

01:15:35Tribal law was clear.

01:15:37Any female shifter

01:15:38who reached 22

01:15:39without forming

01:15:40a mate bond

01:15:40lost the right

01:15:42to choose her own mate.

01:15:43The council of elders

01:15:44would assign her a mate.

01:15:46Brenna would turn 22

01:15:47in six months.

01:15:49Please don't blame him.

01:15:50My mother is only

01:15:51our father's second mate.

01:15:52I have no powerful family

01:15:53to protect me.

01:15:54The elders could give me

01:15:55to a cruel old chief.

01:15:56I wouldn't survive with him.

01:15:58I'm only protecting her.

01:16:00Once Brenda is safe,

01:16:01I'll end my betrothed to her

01:16:02and choose you again.

01:16:04You'll still be my mate.

01:16:05I'm older than Brenna.

01:16:06I turn 22 before she does.

01:16:08Only then did he remember the law.

01:16:10My 22nd birthday

01:16:11was three days away.

01:16:13By rejecting me

01:16:14in front of both tribes,

01:16:16he had also stripped me

01:16:17of the protection

01:16:17a mate bond

01:16:18would have given me.

01:16:19The elders had assigned me

01:16:20to Ronan Ashford,

01:16:21the dying dragon king.

01:16:24Grant rejected Mara

01:16:25for her sister.

01:16:26The council will assign

01:16:27Mara first.

01:16:28You're Chief Hale's

01:16:29eldest daughter.

01:16:30How could your father

01:16:31let the elders send you

01:16:32to a dying dragon king?

01:16:33He'll find a way

01:16:34to help you.

01:16:35There was nothing left to ask.

01:16:36He still chose Brenna.

01:16:38I accept your rejection,

01:16:39Grant Mercer.

01:16:41Our betrothal ends here.

01:16:45The certainty

01:16:46drayed from Grant's face

01:16:48the moment I accepted

01:16:49his rejection.

01:16:51Mara.

01:16:53Don't worry.

01:16:54Mara must have said

01:16:55that in anger.

01:16:56She loves you so much.

01:16:57She can't live without you.

01:16:59Brenna looked at me.

01:17:01Her gaze dropped

01:17:02to the moonstone necklace

01:17:03at my collarbone.

01:17:05Mara,

01:17:05can I borrow

01:17:06your moonstone necklace

01:17:07for one night?

01:17:08I have no jewelry

01:17:09worthy of the ceremony.

01:17:10Grant chose me.

01:17:12I can't let our family

01:17:13be humiliated.

01:17:14I can't give you

01:17:15this necklace.

01:17:16Father can have

01:17:17the tribe's jewelers

01:17:18bring you new ones

01:17:18to choose from.

01:17:20I know you're upset

01:17:21because Grant chose me,

01:17:22but I really love

01:17:23this moonstone necklace.

01:17:25Please,

01:17:25will you let me borrow it?

01:17:27Mara,

01:17:27do you have to be

01:17:28this hard on her

01:17:28over one necklace?

01:17:30Give it to Brennan.

01:17:32I'll have the jewelers

01:17:33send you two more

01:17:33to make up for it.

01:17:37I'll have the jewelers

01:18:00for all I care.

01:18:02But she won't touch

01:18:03a single thing

01:18:04that belongs to me.

01:18:05But it matches

01:18:06my ceremonial dress best.

01:18:08It's only one night.

01:18:09Is that too much?

01:18:10How much is the necklace?

01:18:11I'll buy it.

01:18:12He still did not understand.

01:18:14He thought money

01:18:15could buy

01:18:15my mother's heirloom.

01:18:22Grant rip off

01:18:23my moonstone necklace

01:18:24and handed it to Brennan.

01:18:26Give it back!

01:18:26I reached out

01:18:27to snatch the necklace back.

01:18:29Brenna stepped back,

01:18:30deliberately dropped it,

01:18:32then crushed it

01:18:33beneath her boot.

01:18:34You tried to snatch it

01:18:36from me,

01:18:36so I lost my grip.

01:18:38I didn't do it on purpose.

01:18:40She had stolen my mate.

01:18:41Now she had deliberately

01:18:42destroyed the only keepsake

01:18:44her mother had left me.

01:18:45I dropped to my knees

01:18:46and wrapped every fragment

01:18:48in my handkerchief.

01:18:49Tears kept falling

01:18:50to help me gather my hand.

01:18:52Grant crouched down

01:18:53to help me gather

01:18:54the fragments.

01:18:55It's just a necklace.

01:18:56Why are you making a scene?

01:18:58I'll replace it.

01:19:00Grant,

01:19:00you can never replace it.

01:19:02I slapped Brenna hard

01:19:03across the face

01:19:03when she tried to speak again.

01:19:05You knew Mother

01:19:06left this heirloom to me,

01:19:07but you still destroyed it

01:19:09on purpose.

01:19:10Stop pretending.

01:19:11You never wanted

01:19:12that necklace.

01:19:12You only wanted

01:19:13to steal what was mine.

01:19:15What?

01:19:15Mara,

01:19:16your mother left this to you?

01:19:17Why didn't you tell me?

01:19:18Would you have listened to me?

01:19:20All you ever think about

01:19:21is Brenda.

01:19:22I carried the fragments out

01:19:23and never looked back.

01:19:25That night,

01:19:26I stood before

01:19:27the Ancestral Fire

01:19:28with Father.

01:19:29I'll accept the Elder's Decree

01:19:30and bond with Ronan Ashford.

01:19:32Ronan is dying.

01:19:33If you bond with him,

01:19:34you may be widowed

01:19:35before winter.

01:19:36I can arrange for you

01:19:37to bond with a shifter warrior

01:19:38instead.

01:19:39The Elder's Decree

01:19:40already bore

01:19:40the Dragon King's seal.

01:19:42Grant's public rejection

01:19:43had made the Decree

01:19:44take effect

01:19:45three days before my birthday.

01:19:46Choosing anyone else now

01:19:47would be open defiance.

01:19:49The Hale Tribe

01:19:49would be punished

01:19:50because of me.

01:19:51I won't let them

01:19:52take that punishment for me.

01:19:53Mara, if you don't want this...

01:19:55My voice held steady.

01:19:57My hands did not.

01:19:59I am willing.

01:20:04For the next three days,

01:20:06I packed away

01:20:07everything Mother

01:20:08had left me

01:20:08and sealed

01:20:09every gift Grant

01:20:10had given me

01:20:11inside a wooden chest.

01:20:12On the day I leave,

01:20:13send all of these

01:20:14back to the Mercer Tribe.

01:20:15Before the chest

01:20:16was sent away,

01:20:17Brenna entered my room

01:20:18carrying a gray ceremonial dress

01:20:20and a crystal necklace.

01:20:21Grant believed

01:20:21expensive gifts

01:20:22could make betrayal

01:20:23look generous.

01:20:25The crystal necklace

01:20:25was costly.

01:20:27That only made

01:20:28the insult more obvious.

01:20:29Grant asked me

01:20:30to bring these.

01:20:31This gray ceremonial dress

01:20:33is for the day

01:20:34he brings you

01:20:35into the Mercer household.

01:20:36After all,

01:20:37I'll join his household

01:20:38before you do.

01:20:39Once I become

01:20:40the future chief's mate,

01:20:41you'll no longer

01:20:42be allowed to wear

01:20:43the gold clan marks

01:20:43reserved for that rank.

01:20:45The crystal isn't as precious

01:20:47as your mother's moonstone,

01:20:48but it's enough for a woman

01:20:49who joins the household

01:20:50after me.

01:20:51Lady Mara never said

01:20:52she would enter

01:20:53the Mercer Tribe with Grant.

01:20:54Who allowed you to speak?

01:20:56Get out!

01:20:57Or I'll have the guards

01:20:57drag you away.

01:20:58Your mother is only

01:20:59father's second mate.

01:21:00You don't give orders

01:21:01to anyone in my room.

01:21:03Your bond with Grant

01:21:04isn't sealed.

01:21:05Father can still refuse

01:21:06to send you

01:21:07to the Mercer Tribe at all.

01:21:08If you want to become

01:21:09the future chief's mate,

01:21:10leave my room

01:21:11and keep quiet

01:21:12about everything you see.

01:21:13Brenna did not dare risk

01:21:14the position she had stolen.

01:21:16Sure enough,

01:21:17she told no one

01:21:18what she had seen.

01:21:19Grant kept sending jewelry,

01:21:21dyed hides,

01:21:22and carved ivory,

01:21:24trying to make up

01:21:24for the humiliation

01:21:25he had caused me.

01:21:26I sold everything

01:21:28and gave the money

01:21:28to the poor

01:21:29of the Hale Tribe.

01:21:30Three days later,

01:21:31the dragon court

01:21:32arrived to escort me.

01:21:34Ronan was too ill

01:21:34to come himself,

01:21:36so he sent

01:21:36100 armored dragon guards.

01:21:38They filled the road

01:21:39beneath black and gold banners.

01:21:40At the Hale Gate,

01:21:41our procession met Grant's.

01:21:43He had come to seal

01:21:44his bond with Brenna.

01:21:45From inside the carriage,

01:21:46I heard him ask

01:21:47a guard a question.

01:21:48Who's the dragon court

01:21:49escorting?

01:21:49Mara Hale.

01:21:50Before nightfall,

01:21:51she'll be the dragon queen.

01:22:07At our mate selection ceremony,

01:22:09my future mate,

01:22:10Grant,

01:22:10rejected me

01:22:11and chose my younger sister.

01:22:15I, Grant Mercer,

01:22:17future chief

01:22:17of the Mercer Tribe,

01:22:19reject Mara Hale

01:22:20as my mate.

01:22:21Then he turned

01:22:21and took Brenna's hand.

01:22:23I choose Brenna Hale.

01:22:24Brenna was the daughter

01:22:25of my father's second mate.

01:22:27She had cried

01:22:27through the entire ceremony.

01:22:29Tribal law was clear.

01:22:31Any female shifter

01:22:32who reached 22

01:22:33without forming a mate bond

01:22:34lost the right

01:22:35to choose her own mate.

01:22:37The council of elders

01:22:38would assign her a mate.

01:22:39In three days,

01:22:41Tribal law would send me

01:22:42to the dying dragon king.

01:22:49I, Grant Mercer,

01:22:51future chief

01:22:51of the Mercer Tribe,

01:22:52reject Mara Hale

01:22:54as my mate.

01:22:54Then he turned

01:22:55and took Brenna's hand.

01:22:56I choose Brenna Hale.

01:22:58Brenna was the daughter

01:22:59of my father's second mate.

01:23:00She had cried

01:23:01through the entire ceremony.

01:23:03Tribal law was clear.

01:23:04Any female shifter

01:23:05who reached 22

01:23:06without forming a mate bond

01:23:08lost the right

01:23:09to choose her own mate.

01:23:11The council of elders

01:23:12would assign her a mate.

01:23:13Brenna would turn 22

01:23:15in six months.

01:23:16Please don't blame him.

01:23:17My mother is only

01:23:18our father's second mate.

01:23:19I have no powerful family

01:23:21to protect me.

01:23:22The elders could give me

01:23:23to a cruel old chief.

01:23:24I wouldn't survive with him.

01:23:26I'm only protecting her.

01:23:27Once Brenna is safe,

01:23:29I'll end my betrothed to her

01:23:30and choose you again.

01:23:31You'll still be my mate.

01:23:33I'm older than Brenna.

01:23:34I turn 22 before she does.

01:23:36Only then did he remember the law.

01:23:37My 22nd birthday

01:23:39was three days away.

01:23:40By rejecting me

01:23:42in front of both tribes,

01:23:43he had also stripped me

01:23:44of the protection

01:23:45a mate bond would have given me.

01:23:47The elders had assigned me

01:23:48to Ronan Ashford,

01:23:49the dying dragon king.

01:23:51Grant rejected Mara

01:23:52for her sister.

01:23:53The council will assign

01:23:55Mara first.

01:23:56Your chief hails

01:23:57eldest daughter.

01:23:58How could your father

01:23:58let the elders send you

01:23:59to a dying dragon king?

01:24:01He'll find a way

01:24:01to help you.

01:24:02There was nothing left to ask.

01:24:04He still chose Brenna.

01:24:05I accept your rejection,

01:24:07Grant Mercer.

01:24:08Our betrothal ends here.

01:24:13The certainty

01:24:14drayed from Grant's face

01:24:15the moment I accepted

01:24:16his rejection.

01:24:19Mara.

01:24:20Don't worry.

01:24:21Mara must have said

01:24:22that in anger.

01:24:23She loves you so much.

01:24:25She can't live without you.

01:24:27Brenna looked at me.

01:24:28Her gaze dropped

01:24:29to the moonstone necklace

01:24:30at my collarbone.

01:24:32Mara,

01:24:33can I borrow

01:24:33your moonstone necklace

01:24:34for one night?

01:24:35I have no jewelry

01:24:36worthy of the ceremony.

01:24:38Grant chose me.

01:24:39I can't let our family

01:24:40be humiliated.

01:24:42I can't give you

01:24:43this necklace.

01:24:44Father can have

01:24:44the tribe's jewelers

01:24:45bring you new ones

01:24:46to choose from.

01:24:47I know you're upset

01:24:48because Grant chose me,

01:24:49but I really love

01:24:51this moonstone necklace.

01:24:52Please,

01:24:52will you let me borrow it?

01:24:54Mara,

01:24:55do you have to be this hard

01:24:56on her over one necklace?

01:24:58Give it to Brennan.

01:24:59I'll have the jewelers

01:25:00send you two more

01:25:01to make up for it.

01:25:06This necklace

01:25:07was the last thing

01:25:07Mother left me.

01:25:08I would wear it

01:25:09at my bonding ceremony.

01:25:10That was Mother's

01:25:11dying wish.

01:25:12I would not let

01:25:13anyone destroy

01:25:14the necklace.

01:25:15She knows it isn't hers.

01:25:17She shouldn't be

01:25:18grabbing for it.

01:25:19Enough, Mara.

01:25:20Choosing Brenna

01:25:21was my decision.

01:25:22If you're angry,

01:25:23take it out on me.

01:25:24Don't take it out on her.

01:25:25You can give her

01:25:26every jewel

01:25:27in the Mercer tribe's

01:25:28treasury for all I care.

01:25:30But she won't touch

01:25:31a single thing

01:25:31that belongs to me.

01:25:33But it matches

01:25:33my ceremonial dress best.

01:25:35It's only one night.

01:25:37Is that too much?

01:25:38How much is the necklace?

01:25:39I'll buy it.

01:25:40He still did not understand.

01:25:41He thought money

01:25:42could buy my mother's heirloom.

01:25:49Grant rip off

01:25:50my moonstone necklace

01:25:51and handed it to Brenna.

01:25:53Give it back!

01:25:54I reached out

01:25:55to snatch the necklace back.

01:25:57Brenna stepped back,

01:25:58deliberately dropped it,

01:25:59then crushed it

01:26:01beneath her boot.

01:26:02You tried to snatch it

01:26:03from me,

01:26:04so I lost my grip.

01:26:06I didn't do it on purpose.

01:26:07She had stolen my mate.

01:26:09Now she had deliberately

01:26:10destroyed the only keepsake

01:26:11her mother had left me.

01:26:12I dropped to my knees

01:26:14and wrapped every fragment

01:26:15in my handkerchief.

01:26:16Tears kept falling

01:26:18to help me gather my hand.

01:26:20Grant crouched down

01:26:21to help me gather

01:26:22the fragments.

01:26:23It's just a necklace.

01:26:24Why are you making a scene?

01:26:25I'll replace it.

01:26:27Grant, you can never

01:26:28replace it.

01:26:29I slapped Brenna hard

01:26:30across the face

01:26:31when she tried to speak again.

01:26:33You knew Mother

01:26:33left this heirloom to me,

01:26:35but you still destroyed it

01:26:36on purpose.

01:26:37Stop pretending.

01:26:38You never wanted

01:26:39that necklace.

01:26:40You only wanted

01:26:41to steal what was mine.

01:26:42What?

01:26:43Mara, your mother

01:26:44left this to you?

01:26:45Why didn't you tell me?

01:26:46Would you have listened to me?

01:26:47All you ever think about

01:26:48is Brenda.

01:26:49I carried the fragments out

01:26:50and never looked back.

01:26:52That night,

01:26:53I stood before

01:26:54the Ancestral Fire

01:26:55with Father.

01:26:56I'll accept the Elder's Decree

01:26:58and bond with Ronan Ashford.

01:26:59Ronan is dying.

01:27:00If you bond with him,

01:27:01you may be widowed

01:27:02before winter.

01:27:03I can arrange for you

01:27:04to bond with a Shifter Warrior

01:27:05instead.

01:27:06The Elder's Decree

01:27:07already bore

01:27:08the Dragon King's seal.

01:27:10Grant's public rejection

01:27:11had made the Decree

01:27:12take effect

01:27:12three days before my birthday.

01:27:14Choosing anyone else now

01:27:15would be open defiance.

01:27:16The Hale Tribe

01:27:17would be punished

01:27:18because of me.

01:27:18I won't let them

01:27:19take that punishment for me.

01:27:21Mara, if you don't want this...

01:27:22My voice held steady.

01:27:24My hands did not.

01:27:27I am willing.

01:27:32For the next three days,

01:27:33I packed away

01:27:34everything Mother

01:27:35had left me

01:27:36and sealed every gift

01:27:37Grant had given me

01:27:38inside a wooden chest.

01:27:40On the day I leave,

01:27:41send all of these

01:27:41back to the Mercer Tribe.

01:27:42Before the chest

01:27:43was sent away,

01:27:44Brenna entered my room

01:27:45carrying a gray

01:27:46ceremonial dress

01:27:47and a crystal necklace.

01:27:48Grant believed

01:27:49expensive gifts

01:27:50could make betrayal

01:27:51look generous.

01:27:52The crystal necklace

01:27:53was costly.

01:27:54That only made

01:27:55the insult more obvious.

01:27:57Grant asked me

01:27:58to bring these.

01:27:59This gray ceremonial dress

01:28:01is for the day

01:28:02he brings you

01:28:02into the Mercer household.

01:28:04After all,

01:28:04I'll join his household

01:28:05before you do.

01:28:07Once I become

01:28:08the future chief's mate,

01:28:09you'll no longer

01:28:09be allowed to wear

01:28:10the gold clan marks

01:28:11reserved for that rank.

01:28:12The crystal isn't as precious

01:28:14as your mother's moonstone,

01:28:15but it's enough

01:28:16for a woman who joins

01:28:17the household after me.

01:28:18Lady Mara never said

01:28:20she would enter

01:28:21the Mercer Tribe

01:28:21with Grant.

01:28:22Who allowed you to speak?

01:28:23Get out,

01:28:24or I'll have the guards

01:28:25drag you away.

01:28:26Your mother is only

01:28:27father's second mate.

01:28:28You don't give orders

01:28:29to anyone in my room.

01:28:31Your bond with Grant

01:28:31isn't sealed.

01:28:32Father can still refuse

01:28:33to send you

01:28:34to the Mercer Tribe

01:28:35at all.

01:28:35If you want to become

01:28:36the future chief's mate,

01:28:38leave my room

01:28:38and keep quiet

01:28:39about everything you see.

01:28:40Brenna did not dare risk

01:28:42the position

01:28:42she had stolen.

01:28:44Sure enough,

01:28:44she told no one

01:28:45what she had seen.

01:28:47Grant kept sending jewelry,

01:28:49dyed hides,

01:28:49and carved ivory,

01:28:51trying to make up

01:28:52for the humiliation

01:28:53he had caused me.

01:28:54I sold everything

01:28:55and gave the money

01:28:56to the poor

01:28:57of the Hale Tribe.

01:28:58Three days later,

01:28:59the dragon court arrived

01:29:00to escort me.

01:29:01Ronan was too ill

01:29:02to come himself,

01:29:03so he sent 100

01:29:04armored dragon guards.

01:29:05They filled the road

01:29:06beneath black and gold banners.

01:29:08At the Hale gate,

01:29:09our procession met Grant's.

01:29:10He had come to seal

01:29:11his bond with Brenna.

01:29:12From inside the carriage,

01:29:14I heard him ask

01:29:14a guard a question.

01:29:15Who's the dragon court

01:29:16escorting?

01:29:17Mara Hale.

01:29:18Before nightfall,

01:29:19she'll be the dragon queen.

01:29:32No wonder.

01:29:32Ben?

01:29:33No wonder.

01:29:34It's like...

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