00:00I always knew. The brothers had every reason to resent me. Anyone could see it.
00:04I was the one who'd married up. They were top of their class at the academy.
00:08Strong, sharp, wanted by everyone. I was ordinary.
00:11If not for the high match percentage, the Bureau's system wouldn't flag us immediately.
00:16We never would have crossed paths. At first I was happy.
00:20I grew up in foster care. All I ever wanted was a home.
00:23I told myself Reese and Rex were that. My home. My family.
00:27So no matter how cool they were, no matter how little they thought of me,
00:32I smiled and showed up anyway.
00:34Every time they finished the food I made, a huge wave of satisfaction washed over me.
00:38I was needed here. That was enough.
00:41Everyone needed bonds to anchor themselves in this world.
00:44Reese and Rex were my only ties to everything around me.
00:47The first six months were brutal, but they hated the match.
00:51Rivals who'd lost to them before finally had something to laugh about.
00:56Look at you two, Reese and Rex. You're handsome, powerful at work.
00:59Every female around you fawns over you. I've never liked you two one bit.
01:03But now the both of you are paired with a total nobody.
01:06It levels the playing field for all of us.
01:08After all, a mating partner matters most. Especially on bed.
01:12I wonder if your little human mate can satisfy the both of you.
01:15If she can't, the red light district's just a left turn out the door.
01:19You can get whatever you want there.
01:20So they took it out on me. Reese went cold. Looked through me like I was furniture.
01:25Rex went loud. Picked apart everything. My face, my job, my right to exist.
01:31In his version of me, I had nothing. Was nothing.
01:34Then something shifted. I don't know exactly when.
01:36Reese stopped looking through me.
01:38Their attitudes toward me softened a little.
01:41Reese especially stopped treating me like I was invisible.
01:44He'd take the food I handed him every time and even thank me.
01:48At times he'd look at me, then suddenly ruffle my hair.
01:51It felt just as intimate as any other beast man with their mate.
01:54I'd never been treated like this before.
01:56I was utterly flustered and overwhelmed.
01:59And Rex stopped picking fights every day.
02:01Sometimes he'd pull me onto the couch to play with him.
02:04Curse me for losing.
02:05Then take out everyone who came near my character.
02:08I thought I'd finally won them over.
02:10I was almost at the end of my hard days.
02:13Sticking it out really did help.
02:14When I tried so hard to please them, they were slowly trying to accept me too.
02:18Until that glass of milk got shattered.
02:21All my years of effort, devotion, and clingy affection ultimately boiled down to just two words.
02:26A lapdog.
02:28Yeah, a dog with no self-respect at all.
