00:00found three so far. Zahra. She passed me notes under the door. Are you going to tell me what
00:12she's doing here? Zahra was positioned by her family to become Luffa's bride before you.
00:24When I claimed you instead, she had nowhere safe to go. Her family views her as a liability now.
00:36The lock is to keep others out. To protect her.
00:47I'd like to speak with her. Properly. Just to sit with someone who needs company. I'll tell you
00:59everything she says to me. You have my word, Kale. Tomorrow. For one hour.
01:18Oh my God.
01:31I'll tell you.
01:34I'll tell you.
01:36I'll tell you.
01:39I'll tell you.
01:52breakfast first
01:56then we should talk about how things work here
02:00rules
02:02some of them, yes
02:08within the compound walls you move freely
02:10outside you're escorted
02:12I'm not a pack pack member
02:14you're under pack protection
02:16pack business stays here
02:20Rin will be writing your letters
02:24then I'll write my letters accordingly well
02:26what else?
02:28the south wing
02:29the locked room and the corridor leading to it
02:34stay out of it alone
02:36I'd rather you weren't isolated there
02:41someone has used that corridor to access Zara's room without permission before
02:46stay out of the south corridor alone
02:50that's the rule
02:54understood
02:54don't enter the training floor without Rin's clearance
02:57the armory is off limits
03:00and the binding ceremony preparation sessions with Mira Shen begin next week
03:05what is coming
03:06exactly
03:08for my body
03:11changes I'd rather explain them over time than all at once
03:14if something threatens you
03:18you come to me directly
03:21not Rin
03:22me
03:25understood
03:26all of it
03:27when can I see Zara?
03:29this afternoon
03:29two o'clock
03:48you haven't moved in three hours
03:52neither of these books
03:56you didn't tell Rin about the note on the windowsill
03:59I didn't hear anything specific enough to report
04:03thank you, Lina
04:04did you know about the previous vessel?
04:07only stories
04:07from Kale's father's time
04:11there was a young human woman
04:14people said she had strange abilities
04:18things happened around her
04:22then one day she disappeared
04:24just
04:25gone
04:26and nobody looked for her?
04:29people did
04:30but every record connected to her was destroyed
04:34by whom?
04:38Ksel's father
04:41who still remembers
04:44Counselor Vasha
04:45she knows more than anyone
04:47and she doesn't want me asking questions
04:52she doesn't fear you
04:53she fears what happens if you're important
05:31you're
05:32the one he claimed
05:36and you're here because you feel sorry for me
05:41I'm here because you passed me notes
05:43Kale said you're here willingly
05:47willingly is a strange word of a
05:50when the other option is a family willing to sell you to someone worse
05:57Kale checks on me every few days
05:59makes sure I'm safe
06:00but he never sits
06:02never stays
06:07what do you know?
06:09about the vessel
06:12more than I want to
06:15vessel
06:17isn't
06:18a title
06:22it's a bloodline
06:24human blood carrying dormant wolf power
06:29most of the time it stays asleep
06:31but proximity to a strong alpha can wake it
06:36the binding ceremony doesn't create the power
06:40the binding ceremony doesn't create the power
06:40it activates it completely
06:43and then
06:44there's a cost
06:46every significant use shortens the vessel's life
06:52the stronger the power becomes
06:55the shorter the life that carries it
07:00no
07:02I'm sorry
07:03no
07:05does Kale know?
07:07yes
07:10he knows what the binding will do
07:11he knows all of it
07:13how do you know?
07:16because I found references to it
07:17fragments
07:18fragments
07:18where?
07:20a book
07:22want?
07:25book
07:27the Ardenvale compendium
07:30it disappeared years ago
07:32hidden?
07:36probably destroyed
07:39I'm coming back
07:40and I'm going to find that book
08:06you never told me the binding would shorten my life
08:10I would have told you if I had a solution
08:12from the start
08:15I was trying to limit the bond so it wouldn't harm you
08:18then why didn't you tell me sooner
08:19and I just walked through the south corridor alone
08:21I wasn't paying attention
08:22don't walk that corridor alone again
08:26I'm asking you
08:28I don't know yet
08:30what is this land
08:320
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08:390
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