EP8 - The Cord Is Not A Gift

Vesha displays the Clan Mating Cord inside Bloodfang Den, making romance a legal weapon. Rovan reframes Kael's rescue as theft while Vesha enters controlled partial form to embody mating law before suppressing. Dain forces Mara's wrist toward the cord; fear drives claws through her nails, and witnesses recoil before she regains control. A servant is ordered to assist the binding. Mara changes tactics, forces Vesha to name the coercive rule aloud, and refuses before silence becomes consent. Her second defensive flash stops Dain striking the servant. Rovan preserves his claim, forcing Mara to seek older law at the Cursed Well.