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00:00:00a billionaire from the west coast.

00:00:01The other was Victor.

00:00:03Inside a gothic cathedral stood two men looking for wives.

00:00:06One was Jace, a billionaire from the west coast.

00:00:09The other was Victor, a small-time thug from the east coast.

00:00:12For the sake of a massive bride price,

00:00:14our powerful stepmother made us choose which one we would marry.

00:00:17In my last life, my younger sister Lily rushed to choose Jace, the billionaire.

00:00:21And she pushed Victor, that low-life thug, onto me.

00:00:26But no one expected that five years later,

00:00:29Jace would go completely bankrupt,

00:00:31and Lily would have no choice but to move with him into a leaking slum.

00:00:35As for that thug Victor,

00:00:36he carved a bloody path across the east coast

00:00:38and became a mafia godfather who struck fear into everyone who heard his name.

00:00:42I became the mafia matriarch countless people tried to curry favor with.

00:00:46Luxury cars and yachts, whenever I went out, money spent like water.

00:00:50When I saw Lily starving in the slums, picking up discarded vegetable leaves,

00:00:53I kindly handed her a check for $1 million to help improve her life.

00:00:57But she tore the check to pieces, clamped both hands around my throat,

00:01:00and dragged me towards a speeding truck.

00:01:02Give me back the life that should have been mine!

00:01:04The truck roared past and Lily and I died together.

00:01:08When I opened my eyes again,

00:01:10I had returned to five years ago,

00:01:12to the day Jace and Victor came to choose their wives.

00:01:17I like wild men.

00:01:19I'm going with you!

00:01:22As if she had already decided that in this life,

00:01:26she would become the mafia matriarch

00:01:28and crush me completely under her feet.

00:01:31I knew then that Lily had been reborn too.

00:01:33She thought she had stolen my life.

00:01:36But I only found it funny.

00:01:38Victor was no devoted underworld boss from some mafia movie.

00:01:41He was a demon who took pleasure in tormenting people.

00:01:45The only reason Victor became a mafia godfather in my last life

00:01:48was because of the leadership I gave him from behind the scenes.

00:01:51Even so, Victor still broke 199 of my bones.

00:01:55I looked at Lily's relieved expression and curved my lips.

00:01:59You think you're about to live a glorious life above everyone else?

00:02:03But you have no idea.

00:02:04This road will only drag you into hell.

00:02:07Lily thought that throwing herself into Victor's arms

00:02:10would guarantee he would take her in.

00:02:12But Victor shoved her away

00:02:13and fixed his gaze on me.

00:02:15Come here.

00:02:16I want you.

00:02:18My heart trembled.

00:02:19Fear flooded over me like a tide.

00:02:21Memories from my last life poured into my mind in an instant.

00:02:24Being chained in his basement and beaten.

00:02:25Being handed to other gangs as a hostage and violated.

00:02:28Having my bones shattered for human experiments.

00:02:31I froze where I stood.

00:02:32Unable to move even half a step.

00:02:34Lily panicked at the sight.

00:02:35Don't choose my sister Chloe.

00:02:37She's vain and greedy.

00:02:39Always thinking about diamonds and sports cars.

00:02:41How could she possibly endure your dangerous bloodstake life?

00:02:45She looks down on you, but I'm willing to suffer with you.

00:02:51Fine.

00:02:52Then you'll be my woman.

00:02:54As long as you behave and do what I say,

00:02:57I'll make sure you can walk all over this street.

00:03:00I believe you.

00:03:01I'll do whatever you say.

00:03:04At that moment, Jace, who stood beside us,

00:03:07held out an expensive wedding gown to me.

00:03:09Will you be my wife and leave with me?

00:03:12I'm currently facing a financial crisis.

00:03:16But I promise you, even if I lose everything,

00:03:18I'll never let you go hungry.

00:03:21Without hesitation, I placed my hand in his palm.

00:03:25I will.

00:03:26I knew very well that Jace was an exceptional man.

00:03:28In my last life, after Jace went bankrupt,

00:03:31even when he had to work three jobs a day,

00:03:33he still saved the last piece of bread for Lily.

00:03:35But Lily cursed him all day long, calling him useless.

00:03:38Since you're too blessed to appreciate him,

00:03:40then he'll be mine.

00:03:41When Lily climbed onto Victor's battered motorcycle,

00:03:43she turned back and whispered to me,

00:03:45Jace is about to go bankrupt and end up on the street.

00:03:48Victor will fight his way back into high society sooner or later.

00:03:51Chloe, in this life,

00:03:53you can wait in the gutter and look up at me.

00:03:56So she knew I had been reborn too,

00:03:58and she thought she had stolen my life.

00:04:00I watched the motorcycle roar away and sneered in the room.

00:04:03Only I knew Victor would treat the woman beside him like a machine

00:04:06until he had squeezed out every last drop of value.

00:04:09In my last life,

00:04:10when I first followed Victor back to the East Coast,

00:04:12I had naively believed he was a good man too.

00:04:15He bought me the most expensive dresses

00:04:16and took me in and out of the top underground casinos.

00:04:19Even though back then,

00:04:20I was so afraid I could barely walk,

00:04:22he brainwashed me,

00:04:24telling me this was the unique love,

00:04:26a man who lived on the edge had for me.

00:04:28Until one day,

00:04:30his gang hit a dead end.

00:04:31Without hesitation,

00:04:32he chained me up

00:04:33and handed me over to a rival gang.

00:04:36I was abused by those vile men for two full years.

00:04:41Only then did I understand

00:04:42that Victor had only ever seen me

00:04:44as a scapegoat he could discard at any time.

00:04:48Chloe, welcome home.

00:04:51Jace's gentle voice sounded beside me.

00:04:53I followed Jace into the villa.

00:04:55The moment he opened the door,

00:04:57I froze.

00:04:58It was a luxurious dressing room

00:04:59filled with limited edition gowns

00:05:01from the current season.

00:05:03Brilliant jewels flashed almost blindingly

00:05:05under the lights.

00:05:06My eyes warmed.

00:05:08Jace, thank you.

00:05:09I've never seen such a beautiful place.

00:05:12Since you've come home with me,

00:05:14you're the mistress of this house.

00:05:16Swipe the card for anything you want.

00:05:22I'll never let my woman

00:05:23suffer the slightest grievous.

00:05:26Warmth rushed through my chest.

00:05:29Even though his company

00:05:30was currently being jointly stingled

00:05:32by Wall Street,

00:05:33he still gave me the very best.

00:05:36I'll behave.

00:05:38Facts proved that Jace

00:05:40was the perfect gentleman.

00:05:41He cherished me like a priceless treasure.

00:05:43My food, clothes,

00:05:45and daily necessities

00:05:46were all top tier.

00:05:48But he didn't know

00:05:48that I was no longer

00:05:49the fallen heiress

00:05:50who only knew

00:05:51how to enjoy herself.

00:05:53In my last life,

00:05:55I hid behind the scenes

00:05:57and helped Victor build

00:05:58a massive mafia empire.

00:06:00In this life,

00:06:02I could help Jace

00:06:03protect everything too.

00:06:05I walked straight into his study

00:06:07and picked up the financial reports

00:06:08on his desk.

00:06:12Since you're protecting me,

00:06:15I'll protect your business empire for you.

00:06:18Only three days later,

00:06:19Wall Street's hunt began.

00:06:21Jace's enemies had brabbed

00:06:22an executive in his company.

00:06:23They planned to present a fake report

00:06:25at the board meeting

00:06:25and force Jace out.

00:06:26In my last life,

00:06:27Jace fell at this very step.

00:06:29Not only did he go bankrupt,

00:06:30he was also saddled

00:06:31with massive debt.

00:06:32But in this life,

00:06:33I was here.

00:06:34My experience laundering money

00:06:36for Victor in my past life

00:06:37made me intimately familiar

00:06:38with these kinds of business tactics.

00:06:40I hacked directly

00:06:41into that traitorous executive's email,

00:06:42obtained ironclade proof

00:06:43that they had falsified the data,

00:06:45and sent it straight to the FBI.

00:06:46Not only that,

00:06:47I also used a black card

00:06:48Jace had given me

00:06:49to set a financial trap

00:06:50in the futures market.

00:06:51Jace,

00:06:52this time you won't lose.

00:06:54That night,

00:06:54a top charity gala

00:06:56was held in Manhattan.

00:06:57I held Jace's arm

00:06:58and stepped out of a Rolls Royce.

00:07:00But unexpectedly,

00:07:01I ran into Lily there.

00:07:02Victor was nothing

00:07:03but an up-and-coming street thug.

00:07:05He had no qualifications

00:07:06to attend such an event.

00:07:07Clearly,

00:07:07Lily had forced Victor

00:07:08to his fortune-buying invitations

00:07:09so she could show off

00:07:10her mafia wife persona.

00:07:11Lily arrogantly blocked my path.

00:07:13Chloe,

00:07:14what a surprise.

00:07:15Jace,

00:07:15that loser

00:07:16who's going bankrupt tonight,

00:07:17actually managed to borrow money

00:07:19to rent you a gown?

00:07:20You have no idea

00:07:21how amazing Victor is.

00:07:23He took over

00:07:23three blocks of territory.

00:07:25The cash he brings home

00:07:26could fill a bathtub.

00:07:28See that?

00:07:28He assigned me

00:07:29fully armed bodyguards

00:07:30to protect me,

00:07:31and every day

00:07:31he has people

00:07:32stew the finest supplements

00:07:33for me.

00:07:34You'll never experience

00:07:35this kind of love

00:07:36in your life.

00:07:37I looked at her

00:07:37nouveau riche posturing

00:07:38and smeared again and again

00:07:40in my heart.

00:07:41Bodyguards?

00:07:42Supplements?

00:07:43Lily had no idea

00:07:44that Victor's

00:07:45frantic territorial expansion

00:07:46had already angered

00:07:48several old mafia families.

00:07:49He gave Lily bodyguards

00:07:51to disguise her

00:07:51as a top-priority target

00:07:53and draw assassin fire.

00:07:54He fed her expensive supplements

00:07:56so he could draw

00:07:57her healthy blood

00:07:58and trade it to

00:07:58high-level figures

00:07:59on the underground

00:08:00black market

00:08:01in exchange for resources

00:08:02and life extension.

00:08:03I looked at Lily with pity.

00:08:05She wasn't far from death.

00:08:07Seeing me silent,

00:08:09Lily thought she had

00:08:09hit a sore point

00:08:10and laughed even more wildly.

00:08:13I just heard several

00:08:15Wall Street big shots

00:08:15say that after tonight,

00:08:17Jace will have nothing!

00:08:18She leaned closer

00:08:19and lowered her voice.

00:08:21When that happens,

00:08:22you'll have to sell yourself

00:08:23in the slums

00:08:24to pay off his debts.

00:08:25The throne above everyone else

00:08:27is mine in the end.

00:08:33I smiled.

00:08:34Then let's wait and see.

00:08:37When Lily saw

00:08:38that I wasn't intimidated at all,

00:08:39she stomped her foot hard.

00:08:41Chloe, just you wait!

00:08:43Sooner or later,

00:08:44you'll be kneeling

00:08:45and begging me!

00:08:47She turned and walked

00:08:49toward Eric,

00:08:49the crown prince of Wall Street,

00:08:51picked up a glass of champagne

00:08:53and tried to build a connection.

00:08:55Mr. Eric,

00:08:56Victor asked me

00:08:57to send you his regards.

00:08:58From now on,

00:08:59he'll have your

00:09:00East Coast business covered.

00:09:02Eric didn't even look at her

00:09:03before knocking over his glass

00:09:05with the back of his hand.

00:09:09What gutter rat

00:09:10thinks she's worthy

00:09:11of cozying up to me?

00:09:13But on TV,

00:09:14you clearly said

00:09:15you respected people

00:09:16who would do

00:09:16whatever it took to climb up.

00:09:17That's me!

00:09:18How can you look down on me?

00:09:20Watching this,

00:09:21I couldn't help

00:09:21finding it funny.

00:09:22In my last life,

00:09:23after Victor became

00:09:24a mafia godfast,

00:09:26Eric did indeed

00:09:26fawn over me like a dog.

00:09:28But Lily didn't know

00:09:29that the current Victor

00:09:30was nowhere near qualified.

00:09:32Capitalists like Eric

00:09:33only respected

00:09:33absolute power.

00:09:35They would never spare

00:09:36a second glance

00:09:36for a street thug's woman.

00:09:38A cheap whore

00:09:40who eats off gangsters

00:09:40has no right

00:09:41to dirty my suit.

00:09:46Mrs. Jace,

00:09:47congratulations to Mr. Jace

00:09:49on his perfect

00:09:49counterattack

00:09:50in the futures market

00:09:51tonight,

00:09:52earning a net profit

00:09:53of one billion.

00:09:54Wall Street will be

00:09:55relying on you

00:09:56from now on!

00:09:57Lily froze where she stood,

00:09:59shaking her head

00:09:59in disbelief.

00:10:00What nonsense

00:10:01are you talking about?

00:10:01Jace is supposed

00:10:02to go bankrupt tonight.

00:10:03Victor is the future godfather.

00:10:04She suddenly lunged at Eric.

00:10:05Eric, open your eyes!

00:10:06You should be working with me!

00:10:07Eric shoved her to the floor,

00:10:08his face full of disgust.

00:10:09Who collects protection money?

00:10:10Tonight, some other family

00:10:11will throw him into the sea

00:10:12to feed the sharks.

00:10:13What mafia matriarch fantasy

00:10:14are you having?

00:10:15The surrounding elite

00:10:16covered their ears

00:10:17and laughed,

00:10:18their gazes as sharp as knives.

00:10:19So she's a lunatook

00:10:20trying to use a thug

00:10:21to climb into power.

00:10:22Hurry up and call security

00:10:23to throw this bitch out!

00:10:24She's dirtying our eyes!

00:10:25Humiliated to the bone,

00:10:26Lily climbed up from the floor

00:10:27and glared at everyone

00:10:28with hatred.

00:10:28Victor, pull out your gun!

00:10:30Show them who the king

00:10:30of the East Coast really is!

00:10:32The doors to the banquet hall

00:10:33were kicked open.

00:10:34Victor stormed in arrogantly

00:10:35with a dozen tattooed men

00:10:36all carrying machetes.

00:10:37Who the fuck dares

00:10:38touch my woman?

00:10:39Eric sneered in an instant,

00:10:40dozens of armed

00:10:41Blackwater bodyguards

00:10:42surged out from every direction.

00:10:43Red laser sights

00:10:44locked onto Victor's forehead

00:10:45and chest in unisys.

00:10:46Victor's legs went weak.

00:10:47With a thud,

00:10:48he dropped to his knees.

00:10:49Mr. Eric, misunderstanding!

00:10:50This crazy bitch

00:10:51lost her mind!

00:10:52It has nothing to do with me!

00:10:53Victor, what are you saying?

00:10:54Shut up!

00:10:55Who gave you the right

00:10:56to speak here?

00:10:57To distance himself from her,

00:10:58he crawled over,

00:10:59grabbed Lily by the hair,

00:11:00and slapped her across the face

00:11:02again and again,

00:11:03more than a dozen times.

00:11:05Blood filled the corners

00:11:06of Lily's mouth.

00:11:07Her soul seemed to leave

00:11:08her body as he slapped her over

00:11:10and over.

00:11:11No, it shouldn't be like this!

00:11:13The entire hall fell

00:11:14into dead silence.

00:11:15Jace calmly set down

00:11:16his wine glass

00:11:17and shielded me behind him.

00:11:18He loserly wiped

00:11:19a drop of wine

00:11:20from the hem of his jacket.

00:11:21Every movement refined

00:11:22and elegant.

00:11:23He was worlds apart

00:11:24from Victor,

00:11:25who had just been

00:11:25wagging his tail

00:11:26and begging.

00:11:27If you're not gone

00:11:28in one minute,

00:11:29all of you are going

00:11:30into the sea.

00:11:32After dropping that threat,

00:11:33Eric strode away

00:11:34with his bodyguards.

00:11:35Lily seized the chance

00:11:36to break free from Victor

00:11:37and stumbled toward the door.

00:11:39You all look down

00:11:39on me today,

00:11:40but sooner or later

00:11:41you'll regret it!

00:11:42I will become

00:11:43a mafia godmother!

00:11:44Because her pride

00:11:45had been completely trampled,

00:11:47Lily never again

00:11:48had the face

00:11:49to appear in public

00:11:50after that day.

00:11:52Three months passed

00:11:53in the blink of an eye.

00:11:54In my last life,

00:11:56these three months

00:11:58were exactly

00:11:58the death trap

00:11:59when Victor's territory

00:12:01was jointly purged

00:12:03by the major mafia families.

00:12:04To borrow money

00:12:05from a Mexican drug lord

00:12:06for weapons,

00:12:07he personally pushed me

00:12:09onto an underground

00:12:10gambling table.

00:12:11Those desperados

00:12:13shoved a loaded

00:12:13Resolvor into my mouth

00:12:16and forced me

00:12:17to play Russian Salette.

00:12:20Each time the trigger

00:12:21was pulled,

00:12:22Victor showed

00:12:23no heartache at all.

00:12:25Instead,

00:12:26he held other women

00:12:28and laughed loudly

00:12:29as he placed his bets.

00:12:31The despair

00:12:31of that cold gun barrel

00:12:33pressed against my throat

00:12:35utterly shredded

00:12:36my dignity

00:12:36as a human being.

00:12:38In his eyes,

00:12:39I had never been

00:12:40a mafia matriarch.

00:12:42I was only a chip

00:12:43he could trade for money

00:12:44at any time.

00:12:47I didn't know

00:12:48whether Lily

00:12:49would experience

00:12:50all of that.

00:12:52But based on my

00:12:53observation of Victor

00:12:54in this life,

00:12:55he would only torment

00:12:56Lily even more

00:12:57viciously.

00:12:58Facts proved

00:12:59my guess was right.

00:13:01The next morning,

00:13:02I had just walked out

00:13:03of an upscale clubhouse

00:13:04when a battered pickup car

00:13:06riddled with bullet holes

00:13:07came barreling towards me

00:13:08like mad.

00:13:09A bodyguard threw me

00:13:11to the ground

00:13:11and the pickup

00:13:12slammed into a stone pillar

00:13:14beside us

00:13:14with a crash.

00:13:19Lily's shrill voice

00:13:21came from inside.

00:13:22Chloe, get out here!

00:13:25My heart jolted.

00:13:26Lily had come.

00:13:34Although I had prepared myself,

00:13:36when I saw what she looked like now,

00:13:38I nearly vomited.

00:13:40I never imagined Victor

00:13:41would torture Lily

00:13:42into such a state.

00:13:44Lily tumbled out

00:13:45of the bullet-rivet

00:13:46old pickup.

00:13:47Her once delicate face

00:13:48was sun and deathly pale.

00:13:50Beneath her expensive

00:13:51silk slip dress,

00:13:52her body was covered

00:13:53in bruises

00:13:53and needle marks.

00:13:54She crawled toward me

00:13:56and clung tightly

00:13:56to my leg.

00:13:57Chloe, let's switch back!

00:13:59Snot and tears

00:14:00mixed together

00:14:01on her face,

00:14:02making her look

00:14:02both pitiful

00:14:03and disgusting.

00:14:04That lunatic Victor

00:14:05has been losing territory

00:14:06lately

00:14:07and he's taking

00:14:08all his anger

00:14:08out on me!

00:14:09He draws my blood

00:14:11every day

00:14:11to sell it

00:14:12and he forces me

00:14:13to accompany

00:14:14those perverts

00:14:14so he can win resources!

00:14:16She suddenly lifted

00:14:17her head

00:14:17and shouted

00:14:18with righteous confidence.

00:14:20You clearly knew

00:14:21this life would be

00:14:21so miserable!

00:14:22Why didn't you warn me?

00:14:24This was supposed

00:14:25to be your suffering!

00:14:26Let's switch back now!

00:14:28You go be Victor's dog

00:14:29and I'll be your rich wife!

00:14:31Hearing such shameless words,

00:14:33I sneered

00:14:34and kicked her away.

00:14:37Switch back?

00:14:38Lily,

00:14:39did they beat

00:14:39your brain broken?

00:14:41I looked down

00:14:42at her from above.

00:14:43Who was the one

00:14:44who rushed

00:14:45to climb onto

00:14:45Victor's motorcycle?

00:14:51Who was the one

00:14:52who gloated

00:14:53and mocked me?

00:14:55Saying I could only

00:14:56look up at you

00:14:57from the slums?

00:14:58She lay on the ground,

00:15:00pounding the pavement

00:15:01in a frenzy

00:15:01as she screamed,

00:15:02That's because

00:15:03you tricked me!

00:15:05You hid from me

00:15:07what would happen

00:15:07if I chose Victor!

00:15:10But don't get

00:15:11too pleased

00:15:11with yourself!

00:15:12A flash of vicious,

00:15:13sick pleasure

00:15:14crossed Lily's eyes.

00:15:15According to how

00:15:16things went

00:15:17in the last life,

00:15:18that useless Jace

00:15:19is going completely

00:15:20bankrupt today!

00:15:22When that happens,

00:15:23you won't even be able

00:15:24to afford the slums!

00:15:25You'll have to beg

00:15:26on the street!

00:15:27The words had barely

00:15:28left her mouth.

00:15:32Twelve Rolls-Royce

00:15:33phantoms roared

00:15:34to a stop

00:15:34in front of us,

00:15:35sealing off

00:15:36the entire street.

00:15:37The car doors opened.

00:15:40Dressed in a custom suit,

00:15:41strode toward us

00:15:42surrounded by dozens

00:15:43of Blackwater bodyguards.

00:15:44Seeing such an astonishing

00:15:45scene's throat tightened,

00:15:47a sharp swallow

00:15:47betraying her shock.

00:15:48Impossible!

00:15:49You're supposed to go

00:15:50bankrupt today!

00:15:51How could you still

00:15:51have money?

00:15:52But she instantly reacted.

00:15:54Now was the time

00:15:54to cling to power.

00:15:55She shoved me aside

00:15:56and rushed toward two,

00:15:58deliberately exposing

00:15:59her collarbones

00:15:59and leaning close

00:16:00as she pleaded sweetly.

00:16:01Mr. Miss,

00:16:02you don't be deceived

00:16:02by my sister!

00:16:03She's a demon to the bone!

00:16:05Sooner or later,

00:16:06she'll destroy

00:16:06your business empire!

00:16:07Lifted her head pitifully.

00:16:09Only a clean woman

00:16:10like me is worthy

00:16:11of your wealth.

00:16:11As long as you want me-

00:16:12Get away.

00:16:13Didn't even spare her

00:16:14a sidelong glance.

00:16:15He walked straight past her

00:16:17and came to me.

00:16:18He took out

00:16:18an expensive handkerchief

00:16:20and,

00:16:20with aching tenderness,

00:16:22wiped the dust

00:16:22grabbed onto

00:16:23the hem of my clothes.

00:16:25Then he turned

00:16:25and looked down at her.

00:16:27If she really is a demon,

00:16:28then I'd willingly

00:16:29offer her my soul.

00:16:31Besides,

00:16:31she's the one

00:16:32who helped me

00:16:32dominate Wall Street.

00:16:34Chloe is my only woman.

00:16:36As for you,

00:16:36you're not even worthy

00:16:37of carrying her shoes.

00:16:38Picture one looked

00:16:39as if she had been

00:16:40struck by lightning.

00:16:41Jealousy twisted

00:16:42her features.

00:16:43She screamed

00:16:44and tried to lunge

00:16:44forward again.

00:16:45No!

00:16:46This life should be mine!

00:16:49Just then,

00:16:50an old,

00:16:51unlicensed van

00:16:51screeched to a stop

00:16:52by the roadside.

00:16:54Two tattooed thugs

00:16:56jumped out,

00:16:57grabbed her by the hair,

00:16:58and dragged her

00:16:59viciously toward the van.

00:17:01Filthy bitch!

00:17:02How dare you run out

00:17:03and play victim!

00:17:04Boss Victor is waiting

00:17:05for you to come back!

00:17:07We haven't drawn

00:17:07enough blood today!

00:17:09Watching the van

00:17:10speed away,

00:17:10I frowned.

00:17:11Special supplements?

00:17:13Had Victor come up

00:17:14with some new trick again?

00:17:15The instincts

00:17:15I had developed

00:17:16in my last life

00:17:17while managing

00:17:17Victor's underground industries

00:17:19told me this was

00:17:19absolutely not simple.

00:17:21After returning

00:17:21to the Manishin,

00:17:22I immediately locked

00:17:23the studyador

00:17:23and turned off

00:17:24the computer.

00:17:25Relying my understanding

00:17:26of Victor's

00:17:27cratic network

00:17:28from my Yen-P,

00:17:28the Uthrae,

00:17:29bypassed the firewall

00:17:30with ease

00:17:31and hacked directly

00:17:32into the underground

00:17:33medical system

00:17:34he had recently connected.

00:17:35In an encrypted

00:17:36purchase list,

00:17:36I found the true

00:17:37ingredients of those

00:17:38special supplements.

00:17:40The moment I clicked

00:17:40it open,

00:17:41a chill crawled up my spine.

00:17:43They weren't supplements

00:17:44at all.

00:17:44They were living organ

00:17:45rejection suppressors,

00:17:47a substance explicitly

00:17:48banned on the dark web.

00:17:49So that was it.

00:17:51Victor's frantic expansion

00:17:52had angered the old mafia

00:17:53and his cash flow

00:17:54had completely collapsed.

00:17:56To repay his debts,

00:17:57he had accepted

00:17:58a live organ order

00:17:59from a sick drug lord.

00:18:02Victor fed her that drug

00:18:03every day

00:18:04and kept her well fed.

00:18:05Not because he cherished her,

00:18:06because he was treating her

00:18:07like a mobable organ incubator,

00:18:09ensuring that her heart

00:18:10and corneals

00:18:11would perfectly match

00:18:12the buyer's body

00:18:13when they were dug out.

00:18:15Ridiculous, Lily.

00:18:16She thought she had stolen

00:18:17my script as mafia matriarch

00:18:19and ran around

00:18:20showing off that exclusive love,

00:18:22never knowing she was walking

00:18:23step by step

00:18:24towards the slaughterhouse.

00:18:26I scrolled to the last line

00:18:27of the order.

00:18:28The system showed

00:18:29that the harvest delivery date

00:18:30was three days later

00:18:31at an East Coast elite

00:18:32charity gala.

00:18:34I curved my lips coldly.

00:18:36The show was about to begin.

00:18:38On the night of the delivery,

00:18:40the East Coast's

00:18:41most prestigious charity gala

00:18:42was held at a Manhattan hotel.

00:18:44And at that moment,

00:18:45she knew nothing

00:18:46about death's arrival.

00:18:47Because she had been taking

00:18:48that illegal rejection-suppressing

00:18:49drug for so long,

00:18:50her body was already

00:18:51on the verge of collapse.

00:18:52She could barely take two steps

00:18:54without losing her breath.

00:18:55But she still believed

00:18:56it was only weakness

00:18:57caused by Victor's abuse.

00:18:58She stole an invitation

00:18:59from Victor's drawer,

00:19:00covered her corpse pale face

00:19:02with thick foundation,

00:19:03and snuck into the gala.

00:19:04Amid the glittering crowd,

00:19:05she immediately set her sights

00:19:07on a gray-haired

00:19:07Wall Street magnetite.

00:19:08She used the same old trick,

00:19:09forcing tears into her eyes

00:19:11as she pressed herself

00:19:11delicately against

00:19:12the magnet's arm.

00:19:13Sir, please save me.

00:19:14Victor, that thug

00:19:15keeps torturing me.

00:19:16As long as you're willing

00:19:17to pay to take me away,

00:19:18I'll do anything for you.

00:19:19She looked at the magnet

00:19:20with expectation,

00:19:22thinking that with her looks,

00:19:23finding a new patron

00:19:24would be easy.

00:19:25The magnet held his glass

00:19:26of red wine

00:19:26and looked her up and down,

00:19:27but there was no desire

00:19:29in his eyes.

00:19:31Take you away.

00:19:34Poor little thing,

00:19:35don't you know?

00:19:36Victor already pre-sold

00:19:38your heart

00:19:39and cornealized

00:19:40to me yesterday.

00:19:42I'm your buyer.

00:19:45The moment you heard that,

00:19:47the fanging expression

00:19:48on her face froze.

00:19:50All the blood in her body

00:19:51seemed to turn to ice.

00:19:53What did you say?

00:19:57What did you say?

00:19:58My heart, my corneals?

00:20:00Her mind exploded

00:20:01with a buzz.

00:20:02She finally understood

00:20:03what those expensive supplements

00:20:04really were.

00:20:05The mafia love

00:20:06she had been so proud of

00:20:07had been nothing more

00:20:08than fattening her

00:20:09like a pig for slaughter

00:20:10from beginning to end.

00:20:11No, no, no!

00:20:13She shoved the magnet away

00:20:14and fled through the banquet hall

00:20:16like a madwoman,

00:20:16not even noticing

00:20:17when one of her high heels

00:20:18fell off.

00:20:19She crashed headfirst into me

00:20:21as I stood arm in arm

00:20:22with the man,

00:20:23chatting and laughing

00:20:24with the mayor.

00:20:25Bang!

00:20:26When she saw it was me,

00:20:27she seemed to seize

00:20:28the last straw of hope.

00:20:30With a thud,

00:20:30she dropped to her knees

00:20:31at my feet

00:20:32and slammed her head

00:20:33against the floor

00:20:33again and again.

00:20:34Sister, I was wrong!

00:20:35I really was wrong!

00:20:37She cock-oed it

00:20:38until blood streamed

00:20:39down her forehead,

00:20:40wailing missibly.

00:20:41Victor wants to cut out

00:20:42my heart!

00:20:46I'll never fight you

00:20:48for anything again, please!

00:20:49I looked down at her

00:20:50from above,

00:20:51my eyes utterly unmoved.

00:20:52You chose your own road.

00:20:55I coldly pulled back

00:20:56the hem of my dress.

00:20:57If you walk into hell yourself,

00:20:59don't blame others

00:21:00for not reaching out.

00:21:01Lily collapsed

00:21:02to the floor in despair.

00:21:03Just then,

00:21:04the doors to the banquet hall

00:21:05were kicked open.

00:21:06First heard one

00:21:07swaggered in

00:21:08with several armed,

00:21:09tattooed men.

00:21:09In his hand

00:21:10was a huge,

00:21:11thick four.

00:21:12A sinister smile

00:21:13hung on his lips

00:21:14as he walked

00:21:15step by step

00:21:15towards Sir Lone

00:21:16on the floor.

00:21:18Found you,

00:21:19nutty.

00:21:20Seeing the man

00:21:21approach with the sedative,

00:21:22the girl scrambled

00:21:23backward in terror,

00:21:24screaming like a pig

00:21:25being slaughtered.

00:21:26Don't die!

00:21:27The distinguished guests

00:21:28at the gala

00:21:28were terrified.

00:21:29The man shouted,

00:21:30I'm only here

00:21:31to take my goods today.

00:21:32Anyone who dares

00:21:33call the cops,

00:21:34I'll kill their whole family.

00:21:36Standing beside one,

00:21:37I watched the farce coldly.

00:21:39Not only did I not hide,

00:21:40I took my phone

00:21:41out of my clutch.

00:21:43Save Lily?

00:21:44Impossible.

00:21:45But I would never

00:21:46pass up the chance

00:21:47to crush Victor completely.

00:21:49My slender fingers

00:21:49tapped rapidly

00:21:50across the screen,

00:21:51activating the trojan

00:21:52I had set up in advance.

00:21:53In less than three seconds,

00:21:55Victor's 13 money laundering accounts

00:21:56on the global dark internet

00:21:57were wiped clean and frozen.

00:21:58At the same time,

00:22:00he elegantly pressed

00:22:00the send button on his lot,

00:22:01packaging and sending

00:22:02the complete surveillance footage

00:22:03and evidence chain

00:22:04of Victor's live organ transaction

00:22:06tonight to the FBI

00:22:07in one minute.

00:22:08The next second,

00:22:08police sirens

00:22:09and red-new flashing lights

00:22:10pierced through the banquet hall.

00:22:11Dozens of SWAT armored vehicles

00:22:12blocked the entrance

00:22:13so tightly

00:22:13that not even water could pass.

00:22:14Boss!

00:22:15All our accounts have been frozen!

00:22:16The place is crawling with cops!

00:22:17One's men stared

00:22:18at their phones in terror.

00:22:19One's face went deathly pale,

00:22:20as if he had fallen

00:22:20into an ice pit.

00:22:21What?

00:22:22What's going on?

00:22:23He could no longer

00:22:23care about anything else.

00:22:24He lunged at her

00:22:25and stabbed the thick syringe

00:22:26viciously into her neck.

00:22:27Everybody stay the fuck back!

00:22:31Anyone moves

00:22:32and I'll blow this bitch's head off!

00:22:37The entire tube

00:22:38of illegal green liquid

00:22:39was pushed into Lily's veins.

00:22:40It wasn't an ordinary sedative,

00:22:41but a high concentration

00:22:42mania-inducing blood.

00:22:43In less than two seconds,

00:22:45Lily's eyes flooded bloodline

00:22:46and the veins on her neck

00:22:47bulged like earthworms.

00:22:48Her entire body

00:22:49lost all sense of pain and reason.

00:22:50She stared fixably at me,

00:22:52dazzling and glamour,

00:22:53protected in Jace's arms.

00:22:54The extreme resentment

00:22:55of being trampled underfoot

00:22:56erupted completely

00:22:57under the drug's effects.

00:22:58I was reborn too,

00:22:59so why do you get

00:23:00to live so well?

00:23:01Lily let out a beast-like howl

00:23:02that barely sounded human.

00:23:03She actually bit into Victor's arm

00:23:05and tore off a large chunk of flesh.

00:23:06Victor screamed and let go.

00:23:07Like a vengeful ghost,

00:23:09Lily grabbed a sharp,

00:23:09broken wine bottle

00:23:10from the table

00:23:11and charged wildly at my face.

00:23:12I'll ruin you!

00:23:14Go to hell with me!

00:23:15She was extremely fat,

00:23:16but it didn't even blink.

00:23:17Before she could get

00:23:18within half a meter of me,

00:23:19Jace lifted his long leg

00:23:20and delivered a ruthlessly

00:23:21clean sidekick

00:23:22straight to Lily's chest.

00:23:23Lily flew out like a torn sack.

00:23:25With a crash,

00:23:25she smashed heavily

00:23:26into the five-tier champagne tower.

00:23:27Glass charts pierced

00:23:28her entire body

00:23:29and blood gushed out.

00:23:30Lying in a pool of blood,

00:23:31she vomited blood

00:23:32while pointing at me

00:23:33and laughing madly.

00:23:34Jace, don't be fooled by her!

00:23:36Lily shrieked hysterically,

00:23:37trying to use her final

00:23:38tropsod to destroy me.

00:23:40She's a reborn woman!

00:23:41In her last life,

00:23:42she was a demon

00:23:43with blood all over her hands!

00:23:45She only chose you

00:23:47because she knew

00:23:47you would become rich

00:23:48in this life!

00:23:49She doesn't love you

00:23:51at all!

00:23:55The entire room fell silent.

00:23:57Blood filled Lily's mouth

00:23:58as she looked at Jace

00:23:59smugly,

00:24:00thinking that exposing

00:24:01the secret of rebirth

00:24:02at me with disgust,

00:24:04she screamed.

00:24:05In her last life,

00:24:06you were picking through

00:24:07trash in the slums

00:24:08while she was all-powerful

00:24:09mafia matriarch!

00:24:11You're just a tool

00:24:11she's using!

00:24:12Everyone waited

00:24:13for Jace's reaction.

00:24:14I stood where I was

00:24:15and looked at him calmly.

00:24:16Jace looked down

00:24:17at Lily on the floor,

00:24:18his lips curling

00:24:19in a cold smile.

00:24:20If that's true,

00:24:21then I really should

00:24:22thank you

00:24:22for your stupidity

00:24:23in this life.

00:24:24Jace's voice

00:24:25was low and dominating.

00:24:26Thank you for personally

00:24:27pushing such a perfect wife

00:24:28into my arms.

00:24:30Just then,

00:24:31SWAT officers

00:24:31broke through the doors.

00:24:32Don't move!

00:24:33Drop your weapons!

00:24:36The scene descended

00:24:37instantly into chaos.

00:24:39Seeing that the tide

00:24:39had turned,

00:24:40Victor grabbed a chair

00:24:41and smashed the floor

00:24:42to Sleeling Window.

00:24:43In the final second

00:24:44before he leapt

00:24:45into the cold seawater,

00:24:46Victor stared hard at me,

00:24:47shielded in Jaya's arm,

00:24:48was my eyes cold.

00:24:49In her last life,

00:24:50she was the all-powerful

00:24:51Mafia matriarch.

00:24:52In his mind,

00:24:53the sentence Lily

00:24:53had shouted

00:24:54flash like lightning.

00:24:55Victor's eyes

00:24:55instantly changed

00:24:56from fear to shock.

00:24:57It was her?

00:24:58Cold seawater

00:24:59choked his windpipe.

00:25:00Victor swam desperately

00:25:01through the sewer

00:25:02like a stray dog

00:25:03that had lost its home.

00:25:04But Lily's words

00:25:05from the gala

00:25:05kept replaying in his mind.

00:25:07In her last life,

00:25:07she was the all-powerful

00:25:08Mafia matriarch.

00:25:09Victor fled back

00:25:10to the moldy-smelling basement

00:25:11and looked at the territory

00:25:12he had now lost completely.

00:25:14His heart felt

00:25:14as if it had been struck

00:25:15by a heavy hammer.

00:25:16He suddenly remembered

00:25:17many details

00:25:18from his last life.

00:25:19In his last life,

00:25:20every time his gang

00:25:20hit a dead end,

00:25:21he would somehow

00:25:22receive intelligence

00:25:22to solve it the next day.

00:25:24He had thought Lily

00:25:24was born blessed

00:25:25with good fortune,

00:25:26so each time

00:25:27he had placed Lily

00:25:27high on a pedestal.

00:25:28But in this life,

00:25:30Lily, who carried memories too,

00:25:31was a fool

00:25:31who didn't even understand

00:25:32Mafia slang

00:25:33and only knew

00:25:34how to cry

00:25:34for designer brands.

00:25:35And just now

00:25:36at the gala,

00:25:37the way Chloe froze

00:25:38his overseas dark web accounts

00:25:39was exactly like

00:25:40the mysterious strategist

00:25:41behind the scenes

00:25:42from his last life.

00:25:43Victor understood

00:25:44in an instant.

00:25:46The one who helped me

00:25:47conquer everything

00:25:48in my last life.

00:25:49The one who shielded me

00:25:50from danger

00:25:50was Chloe all along.

00:25:52Victor's knees went weak

00:25:54and he dropped

00:25:54onto the damp floor.

00:25:57He finally realized

00:25:58that with his own hands,

00:25:59he had thrown away

00:26:00a queen who could have

00:26:01helped him

00:26:02dominate the world.

00:26:02only to pick up

00:26:04a useless blood bag

00:26:05that had drained him dry.

00:26:06Victor's bloodshot eyes

00:26:08locked onto

00:26:09a financial magazine photo

00:26:10of Jace and Chloe

00:26:11on the wall.

00:26:13He punched the frame

00:26:14to pieces.

00:26:15Chloe is mine!

00:26:16She belongs to me!

00:26:19Three days later,

00:26:20in the underground

00:26:21parking garage

00:26:22of the J group,

00:26:23I had just stepped out

00:26:24of my private elevator

00:26:25when a foul-smelling,

00:26:27unshaven man

00:26:28suddenly lunged out

00:26:29from behind

00:26:29a load-carrying pollen.

00:26:31Chloe!

00:26:32I finally found you!

00:26:34It was Victor.

00:26:35With a heavy thud,

00:26:36he dropped to his knees

00:26:37in front of me.

00:26:38Ignoring the muddy water

00:26:39on the ground,

00:26:40he sobbed and slapped himself

00:26:41across the face

00:26:42again and again.

00:26:43I was wrong, Chloe.

00:26:44I was blinded

00:26:45by that idiot Lily.

00:26:46I was blind as a dog!

00:26:47He shuffled forward

00:26:48on his knees,

00:26:49trying to hug my leg,

00:26:50crying until his face

00:26:51was covered in snot

00:26:52and tears.

00:26:53You're my woman.

00:26:54As long as you come back,

00:26:55we can join hands

00:26:57like in our last life

00:26:58and take Jace money.

00:26:59We're the destined

00:27:00king and queen

00:27:00of the underworld!

00:27:02Looking at him

00:27:02so utterly pathetic,

00:27:04I felt only nausea.

00:27:05I pressed the red

00:27:06emergency alarm

00:27:07on my car key.

00:27:09The piercing alarm

00:27:10instantly echoed

00:27:11through the garage.

00:27:13Victor panicked

00:27:13and still tried

00:27:14to forcibly drag me.

00:27:15A dark figure

00:27:16flashed past.

00:27:17Jace, like a leopard,

00:27:18kicked Victor

00:27:19three meters away.

00:27:20Jace unbuttoned

00:27:21his suit jacket

00:27:22unhastingly

00:27:22and handed it

00:27:23to the bodyguard

00:27:24behind him.

00:27:24His eyes held

00:27:25a terrifying violence.

00:27:26Victor,

00:27:27you're not only blind,

00:27:28you're hopelessly stupid.

00:27:31Jace!

00:27:32You're nothing

00:27:33but a pretty boy

00:27:34living off a woman!

00:27:36Driven into a corner,

00:27:37Victor erupted

00:27:38with a desperado's

00:27:39ferocity.

00:27:40He pulled out

00:27:40a switchblade

00:27:41and roared

00:27:42as he lunged

00:27:43at Jace.

00:27:43But he had no idea

00:27:45what kind of monster

00:27:45he was facing.

00:27:46Jace didn't even dodge.

00:27:48He shifted slightly

00:27:48to avoid the blade,

00:27:49then caught Victor's wrist

00:27:50in a backhand grip

00:27:51and snapped it hard.

00:27:52The crisp sound

00:27:53of breaking bone

00:27:54rang out.

00:27:54Victor let out

00:27:55a pig-like scream

00:27:56and the knife

00:27:56fell to the floor.

00:27:57Then Jace drove

00:27:58his knee upward,

00:27:59slamming it heavily

00:28:00into Victor's chest.

00:28:01Two ribs snapped instantly.

00:28:03The entire sequence

00:28:04flowed smoothly,

00:28:05carrying a brutal beauty

00:28:07of absolute domination.

00:28:08Victor collapsed

00:28:09to the floor like mud,

00:28:11coughing out mouthfuls

00:28:12of blood.

00:28:12Jace stepped forward

00:28:13and mercilessly planted

00:28:14his leather shoe

00:28:15on Victor's broken fingers,

00:28:17grinding down hard.

00:28:19You think you deserved her

00:28:20in your last life?

00:28:21Jace looked down

00:28:22at Victor

00:28:23as he corrals it

00:28:24in pain.

00:28:25You couldn't protect her.

00:28:27All you could do

00:28:28was rely on the pitiful

00:28:30power she handed you.

00:28:31And in this life,

00:28:34you don't even have

00:28:35the right to say

00:28:36her name.

00:28:38Jake's gestured.

00:28:39Blackwater bodyguards

00:28:40stepped forward

00:28:41and dragged Victor

00:28:42like a dead dog,

00:28:43throwing him into the garbage heap

00:28:44in the back alley.

00:28:45And at that moment,

00:28:46the gears of fate turned.

00:28:47An ambulance from the hospital

00:28:48happened to stop

00:28:49at the Annie entrance.

00:28:50The one who secretly

00:28:51slipped down from it

00:28:52was Lily,

00:28:53dragging her broken body.

00:28:54To avoid the expensive

00:28:56medical bills,

00:28:57Lily had escaped

00:28:58from the public hospital.

00:28:59She limped into the back alley,

00:29:01about to look for something

00:29:02to eat,

00:29:03when she suddenly saw Victor

00:29:04rivaling in the garbage heap.

00:29:07Victor?

00:29:08The moment she made out

00:29:09that face,

00:29:09Lily showed not

00:29:10the slightest sympathy.

00:29:11Instead,

00:29:12she burst into wild laughter.

00:29:13Haha, you liar!

00:29:14Weren't you a mafia boss?

00:29:15Why are you lying here

00:29:16like a stray dog?

00:29:17Victor struggled

00:29:17to open his eyes,

00:29:18seeing the woman

00:29:19who had ruined him so badly.

00:29:20Old hatred and new rage

00:29:22erupted like a volcano.

00:29:23If not for Lily,

00:29:24how would he have lost Chloe?

00:29:29Filthy bitch!

00:29:30This is all your fault!

00:29:32Victor lunged at her,

00:29:33clapped his hands

00:29:34around Lily's throat

00:29:35and pressed her

00:29:35into the filthy,

00:29:36water-water-filled

00:29:37garbage heap.

00:29:38You useless thing!

00:29:39Give me back Chloe!

00:29:40Give me back my mafia empire!

00:29:42Lily's eyes rolled back

00:29:43from the choking

00:29:44and her hands clawed wildly.

00:29:45The true love

00:29:46they had once believed

00:29:46would bring mutual benefit

00:29:47now tore at each other

00:29:48like two mad dogs,

00:29:49blaming each other

00:29:50and ripping each other apart.

00:29:51In the final second

00:29:52before suffocation,

00:29:53Lily's hand found

00:29:54a sharp shard of glass.

00:29:56Go to hell!

00:29:58Using all her strength,

00:30:00she stabbed the shard

00:30:01fiercely into Victor's

00:30:03female artery.

00:30:04Blood instantly sprayed

00:30:05out like a fountain

00:30:06splattering across Lily's face.

00:30:09Victor screamed.

00:30:12The two of them

00:30:13collapsed together

00:30:14into the reeking pool

00:30:15of blood and trash,

00:30:17convulsing in despair.

00:30:18A passerby discovered

00:30:19them and called the police

00:30:20and the two were taken

00:30:21back to the public hospital.

00:30:23Due to severe blood loss,

00:30:24Victor's thigh

00:30:24was already paralyzed.

00:30:26As for Lily,

00:30:26when she woke up

00:30:27in the hospital bed,

00:30:28a doctor walked over

00:30:29to her coldly

00:30:29with her test results

00:30:30because you have been

00:30:31taking illegal living

00:30:32organ suppresses

00:30:33from your dark web

00:30:34for a long time.

00:30:35Your kidneys and liver

00:30:36have completely failed.

00:30:37You have two months

00:30:38at most.

00:30:39There's no treatment value.

00:30:41Wait to die.

00:30:42The doctor's words

00:30:43were like a final verdict.

00:30:45Lily finally realized it.

00:30:47The rebirth script

00:30:49she had thought herself

00:30:50so clever for stealing

00:30:51had not helped her

00:30:52rise above everyone else.

00:30:55Instead,

00:30:55she had personally

00:30:56pushed open the gates

00:30:58to hell.

00:30:58The television

00:30:59on the hospital wall

00:31:00lit up.

00:31:01On the screen,

00:31:02the grand celebration

00:31:03of the Jace Group's

00:31:04successful listing

00:31:04on Wall Street

00:31:05was being broadcast live.

00:31:07I wore a gown

00:31:08and rang the opening bell

00:31:09under the eyes of the world,

00:31:11dazzling like a queen.

00:31:12If I can't live,

00:31:13you won't have peace either!

00:31:16She violently ripped

00:31:17the IV needle

00:31:18from the back of her hand.

00:31:20Blood dripped

00:31:20onto the white sheets.

00:31:22She stole a nurse's uniform

00:31:23and made an insane decision.

00:31:25Lily wrapped all the wounds

00:31:26on her body in bandages,

00:31:28pulled the loose cleaner's

00:31:29robe over herself,

00:31:30and slipped in the outdoor

00:31:31celebration banquet

00:31:32for the Jace Group's

00:31:32listing in her arms.

00:31:34She carried a large barrel

00:31:35of gasoline,

00:31:36had bought on the black market.

00:31:37As long as she could

00:31:38burn me and Jace to ashes

00:31:39in front of everyone,

00:31:40she would be willing

00:31:41to die in the flames immediately.

00:31:43At the center of the reception,

00:31:45Jace and I were being

00:31:46interviewed by global media.

00:31:47I wore a custom gown

00:31:48and looked invincible

00:31:49beneath the flashes.

00:31:50Lily hid behind a pillar

00:31:52in the shadows,

00:31:53staring at that blinding glory.

00:31:54The flames of jealousy

00:31:56in her heart

00:31:56burned all the way

00:31:57up her throat.

00:31:58Die!

00:31:59All of you die!

00:32:00She pushed the cart

00:32:01carrying the gasoline

00:32:02using the darkness

00:32:03to inch closer

00:32:04to the ventilation system.

00:32:05As long as she pressed

00:32:06the igniter,

00:32:07this place would become

00:32:08a living hell.

00:32:09Just as her hand

00:32:10reached for the lighter,

00:32:11a pair of rough hands

00:32:12suddenly stretched out

00:32:13from the darkness,

00:32:14clamped over her mouth,

00:32:15and dragged her forcibly

00:32:16into the dim fire stair hell.

00:32:19It was Victor.

00:32:23Who told you

00:32:24to make a move?

00:32:24He still hadn't given up.

00:32:26He wanted to use Lily

00:32:27for one last struggle.

00:32:28What we need is money.

00:32:30We need the lifeline

00:32:31in Chloe's hands.

00:32:32You are not allowed to act.

00:32:34Chloe!

00:32:35Want your sister alive?

00:32:36Bring ten million in cash

00:32:37to basement level two.

00:32:39Remember,

00:32:39no bodyguards.

00:32:41He thought I would go soft.

00:32:43He thought that as long

00:32:44as I appeared,

00:32:44he could use me

00:32:45as a bargaining chain

00:32:46to turn the tables

00:32:47just like in the last life.

00:32:50Watching the video.

00:32:52Madam,

00:32:53shall I mobilize mercenaries

00:32:55and flatten the place?

00:32:56No need.

00:32:57I want them to see

00:32:58with their own eyes

00:32:59that before this position,

00:33:01they don't even qualify

00:33:02to be ants.

00:33:03Instead,

00:33:04I had Jace robilize

00:33:05the city's armed forces

00:33:06and surround the entire building

00:33:07like an iron barrel.

00:33:09Basement level two.

00:33:11Victor stared at the elevator

00:33:12with high expectations.

00:33:16How is this possible?

00:33:18How dare you come

00:33:19without the money?

00:33:20I slowly stepped out

00:33:21from behind the bodyguards,

00:33:22every step calm and elegant.

00:33:24I didn't even glance at Lily,

00:33:26who was tied to the fire hydrant.

00:33:27Victor,

00:33:28you used me in my last life

00:33:30and tortured me in this one.

00:33:31Did you think you could still

00:33:32threaten me

00:33:33like some ridiculous clown?

00:33:35Didn't you want to light the fire?

00:33:37Go on.

00:33:38Don't be a coward.

00:33:40When Lily heard this,

00:33:41the last spark of hope

00:33:42in her eyes

00:33:43went out completely.

00:33:44She looked at my lofty posture,

00:33:46at how I didn't even deign

00:33:47to get her a single glance.

00:33:49I'm done playing.

00:33:51I'm really done playing.

00:33:53I'll make all of you

00:33:54die with me.

00:33:59Before Victor could react,

00:34:00Lily suddenly broke free

00:34:01from the cut ropes

00:34:02and, like a mad woman,

00:34:03wrapped her arms

00:34:03tightly around Victor's neck.

00:34:09She bit down hard

00:34:10on Victor's ear,

00:34:11bloody tears

00:34:12streaming from her eyes.

00:34:14Victor,

00:34:15didn't you want money?

00:34:17Didn't you want to be

00:34:18the emperor of the underworld?

00:34:21Then let's go be that in hell!

00:34:24You crazy bitch!

00:34:25Let go of me!

00:34:27He struggled desperately,

00:34:28but Lily no longer

00:34:29wanted to live.

00:34:30She slammed violently

00:34:31into the still-burning lighter

00:34:32in Victor's neck.

00:34:33A whole barrel of gas

00:34:34and it instantly

00:34:35poured over them both.

00:34:36Flames shot into the air,

00:34:38lighting up the entire

00:34:38underground garage.

00:34:39Fire swallowed

00:34:40the two evil ghosts

00:34:41who had once

00:34:42schemed against each other

00:34:43and now died together

00:34:44like conjoined twins.

00:34:45Amid piercing screams,

00:34:46they twisted and rolled

00:34:47in the flames.

00:34:48Under Jace's protection,

00:34:50I turned and left.

00:34:51Behind me was the past

00:34:52reduced to scorched earth,

00:34:55and I strode toward

00:34:56the future that belonged to me.

00:34:59The fire was quickly extinguished.

00:35:02Victor and Lily

00:35:02were completely reduced

00:35:03to two charred corpses,

00:35:05so burned that even DNA

00:35:06was difficult to extract.

00:35:08The news spread everywhere.

00:35:09The media frantically dug

00:35:10into the so-called family feud

00:35:12within the conglomerate.

00:35:13I did not have the PR department

00:35:14cover it up.

00:35:15Instead,

00:35:15I took the initiative

00:35:16to release to the media

00:35:17Victor's illegal live organ

00:35:19trading network

00:35:20and the evidence

00:35:21that he and Lily

00:35:21had planned the assassination.

00:35:22The media outlets

00:35:24that had originally been waiting

00:35:26to laugh at us

00:35:26quickly turned their guns around

00:35:29in the face of iron-flabbed criminal evidence

00:35:31and praised us as heroes

00:35:34who had eliminated a cancer from society.

00:35:37The group's stock not only did not fall,

00:35:40it surged for three straight days

00:35:42in the market

00:35:43because of our positive image

00:35:45of punishing evil

00:35:46and protecting the innocent.

00:35:48I stood before the floor

00:35:49to cleasing windows,

00:35:50looking down

00:35:51at the ant-like crowds below.

00:35:53Just then,

00:35:54Jace walked over

00:35:55with a glass of expensive red wine

00:35:57and gently pulled me

00:35:58into his arms.

00:36:00Madam,

00:36:01those troublesome mafia families

00:36:03have all signed

00:36:03the asset transfer agreements

00:36:05according to your requirements.

00:36:07He kissed my cheek tenderly.

00:36:08After tonight,

00:36:09there will be no so-called

00:36:10underground rules

00:36:11on the East Coast.

00:36:12You are the only rule.

00:36:13I looked out

00:36:14at the glittering me

00:36:15beyond the window,

00:36:16lightly swirling

00:36:16the blood-red wine in my glass.

00:36:18A smile of certain sectority

00:36:20curved my lip.

00:36:21Although Victor was dead,

00:36:22the territory he left behind

00:36:24had become a piece of fat meat.

00:36:26The twelve remaining

00:36:27old mafia families

00:36:28on the East Coast

00:36:29were eager to move.

00:36:31In their eyes,

00:36:32Jace was nothing more

00:36:33than a legitimate businessman

00:36:34taking advantage of an opening.

00:36:36That night,

00:36:37a threatening letter

00:36:37containing a bullet

00:36:38was delivered

00:36:39to the group headquarters,

00:36:40demanding that Jace

00:36:41hand over 70%

00:36:42of the shipping routes.

00:36:43Or he would not live

00:36:44to see tomorrow's sun.

00:36:45Looking at the bullet

00:36:46on the desk,

00:36:47killing intics surged

00:36:48in Jace's eyes,

00:36:49and he was about

00:36:49to order a direct assault.

00:36:51I pressed down on his hand,

00:36:52took a black encrypted

00:36:53USB drive from the safe,

00:36:55and tossed it lightly

00:36:56onto the desk.

00:36:57A direct attack

00:36:58would be too merciful.

00:36:59This is the underground

00:37:00intelligence network.

00:37:01I spent five years

00:37:03building in my last life.

00:37:04I looked at Jace,

00:37:05my gaze confident and cold.

00:37:07It contained every financial

00:37:08weakness of those twelve families,

00:37:10the locations of their

00:37:11illegitimate children overseas,

00:37:12and conclusive evidence

00:37:14of their dark web smuggling.

00:37:16One fatal threat.

00:37:18Backlash style.

00:37:19Jace picked up

00:37:20the USB drive.

00:37:21The viciousness in his eyes

00:37:22instantly transformed

00:37:23into the utmost admiration

00:37:24and indulgent affection.

00:37:26He lowered his head

00:37:27and kissed me deeply.

00:37:28As you command,

00:37:29my queen.

00:37:30Tonight,

00:37:31I'll tear down their thrones

00:37:32and turn them

00:37:33into stepping stones for you.

00:37:34Outside the window,

00:37:35thunder rolled

00:37:36and rain lashed down.

00:37:37Alone,

00:37:38Jace pushed open the doors

00:37:40to the East Coast

00:37:40underground round table chamber.

00:37:42Inside the round table chamber,

00:37:44twelve mafia elders

00:37:45were smoking cigars

00:37:46and laughing arrogantly.

00:37:47Seeing that Jace

00:37:48had truly dared

00:37:49to come alone,

00:37:50several hot-tempered old men

00:37:51pulled out gold-plated pistols

00:37:52and slammed them

00:37:53heavily onto the table.

00:37:54Pretty boy,

00:37:54if you know what's good for you,

00:37:56you'll sign the asset

00:37:57transfer agreement.

00:37:58Then we might still leave you

00:37:59and that beautiful wife

00:38:00of yours whole corpses.

00:38:01Jace didn't even look

00:38:03at the guns.

00:38:04He leisurely pulled out

00:38:05the chair

00:38:05at the head of the table

00:38:07and sat down,

00:38:08then threw twelve printed sets

00:38:09of confidential financial datements

00:38:11and photos

00:38:12into their faces like trash.

00:38:14Look at your own cards

00:38:15before you decide

00:38:16whether to raise your voice at me.

00:38:18The elders picked up the documents

00:38:20and their faces

00:38:21turned instantly pale.

00:38:22The hands holding their cigars

00:38:24trembled like sieves.

00:38:25Those were their most

00:38:26lethal weak points.

00:38:28As long as Jace sent them

00:38:29with one click,

00:38:30they would immediately

00:38:31lose everything,

00:38:32perhaps even their families.

00:38:34You?

00:38:35What do you want?

00:38:37Jace smeared

00:38:38and snapped his fingers lightly.

00:38:39The hidden walls

00:38:40around the chamber

00:38:40instantly descended,

00:38:42revealing hundreds

00:38:42of heavily armed mercenaries

00:38:44whose infrared sights

00:38:45were all locked

00:38:45onto the centers

00:38:46of their foreheads.

00:38:47Jace rose and looked down

00:38:48at the once invincible

00:38:49underworld overlords

00:38:50from above.

00:38:51Sign the submission agreement.

00:38:52From today on,

00:38:53the rules of the

00:38:54East Coast underworld

00:38:55are decided by my wife.

00:38:57When Jace returned

00:38:58to the manor

00:38:58with the tokens

00:38:59of submission

00:38:59from the twelve families,

00:39:01it was already late at night.

00:39:03After my shower,

00:39:04I stood before

00:39:05the floor to clearing windows,

00:39:06watching the wind and rain

00:39:07finally stop outside.

00:39:09Jace embraced me

00:39:10from behind

00:39:10and flipped the black

00:39:11gold serpent ring,

00:39:12a symbol of the highest power

00:39:14on the dark wet,

00:39:15onto my ring finger.

00:39:16His fingers

00:39:17were faintly callid.

00:39:18When they touched my back,

00:39:20my body stiffened

00:39:20controllably

00:39:21because of the bone-deep

00:39:22memories of beatings

00:39:23from my last life.

00:39:24Jace noticed.

00:39:25He did not rush

00:39:26to take anything from me.

00:39:27Instead,

00:39:28he turned me around

00:39:29and looked at me

00:39:30with aching tenderness.

00:39:31He lowered his head

00:39:32and reverently kissed

00:39:33the invisible scars

00:39:34on my body,

00:39:35kissing away

00:39:35the last trace

00:39:36of guardedness

00:39:37towards intimacy

00:39:37in my heart.

00:39:39Chloe,

00:39:39in this life,

00:39:41you're no one's strategist

00:39:42behind the scenes anymore

00:39:43and you don't have

00:39:43to take a blade

00:39:44for anyone.

00:39:45Jace's held my face,

00:39:47his voice low

00:39:48and tempting.

00:39:49You are the only one

00:39:50in power

00:39:51and I am your

00:39:51most loyal believer.

00:39:53Looking at the deep love

00:39:54burning in his eyes

00:39:55for me alone,

00:39:56I finally let go

00:39:57completely of the shadows

00:39:58from my past life.

00:40:00I wrapped my arms

00:40:01around his neck

00:40:01and kissed him back

00:40:02with equal heat.

00:40:03Moonlight streamed

00:40:04through the windows

00:40:04and spilled across

00:40:05the luxurious bed

00:40:06where two figures

00:40:07merged completely.

00:40:08Five years later,

00:40:09it was the very day

00:40:10when,

00:40:10in my last life,

00:40:11Jace went bankrupt

00:40:12and Lily rolled

00:40:12beneath the truck

00:40:13to her death.

00:40:13But now we were

00:40:14at the top floor

00:40:15of the highest tower

00:40:15on Wall Street.

00:40:16Wearing a custom gown,

00:40:17I rang the NASDAQ

00:40:18opening bell,

00:40:18the richest person

00:40:19in the world

00:40:20and the supreme matriarch

00:40:21of the dark web.

00:40:21Thunderous applause

00:40:22filled the room

00:40:23and camera flashes

00:40:24blazed like daylight.

00:40:25Holding a glass

00:40:25of champagne,

00:40:26I walked to the floor

00:40:26to clear window

00:40:27and looked down

00:40:27over the city

00:40:28I had thoroughly conquered.

00:40:29At the end of my line

00:40:30of sight lay

00:40:30that filthy slum.

00:40:32In my last life,

00:40:33Lily had gnawed

00:40:33on rotten vegetable leaves

00:40:34there,

00:40:34then dragged me

00:40:35to my death

00:40:35out of jealousy.

00:40:36In this life,

00:40:37she thought she had

00:40:38stolen the Trump card,

00:40:39but she turned to ashes

00:40:39in the very first year.

00:40:41Jace walked to my side

00:40:42holding our three-year-old heir.

00:40:43What are you thinking about?

00:40:44His eyes full of doting affection

00:40:45as he wrapped an arm

00:40:46around my waist.

00:40:48As if performing magic,

00:40:49he took a document

00:40:50from the pocket of his suit

00:40:51and handed it to me.

00:40:53Darling,

00:40:53you said before

00:40:54that looking at that slum

00:40:55bothered you.

00:40:55I've had people approve

00:40:56the demolition plan to buy it.

00:40:58I looked at the document

00:40:59and couldn't help

00:40:59laughing softly.

00:41:00The place that had buried

00:41:01our fates in my last life

00:41:02could now be erased

00:41:03completely from the map

00:41:04with nothing more

00:41:05than my signature.

00:41:06Three days later,

00:41:07more than a dozen heavy

00:41:08bulldozers drove

00:41:09into the slums.

00:41:10Amid the enormous roar,

00:41:11the dilapidated chantels,

00:41:12the place that had buried

00:41:13Lily's greed and despair,

00:41:14collapsed with a crash

00:41:15and became ruins.

00:41:16On the original site,

00:41:17the world's largest

00:41:18commercial landmark,

00:41:19named after me,

00:41:19would rise.

00:41:21At the groundbreaking

00:41:22ceremony,

00:41:23global media swarmed in.

00:41:26Countless microphones

00:41:26were thrust in front of me.

00:41:28This is Jace, man!

00:41:29How did you go

00:41:29from an ordinary girl

00:41:30to the overlord

00:41:31who dominates both

00:41:32the legitimate

00:41:32and underground worlds today?

00:41:34What was the core secret?

00:41:35Was it because you were lucky

00:41:36and chose the right person?

00:41:38Hearing the question,

00:41:39I raised my brows slightly.

00:41:41I turned and glanced

00:41:42down from the stage.

00:41:43Jace was holding our son.

00:41:45Watching me with a smile

00:41:46like the most loyal knight,

00:41:47eyes filled the pride

00:41:48of someone thinking,

00:41:49my wife shines brightest.

00:41:50I withdrew my eyes

00:41:51and looked to the camera,

00:41:52the corner of my throat

00:41:53curving into a calm,

00:41:54aggressively confident smile.

00:41:56Fate has never been about

00:41:57what cards you managed to steal.

00:42:00It's about whether you have

00:42:02the brains to play them well.

00:42:04Unfortunately,

00:42:04some people think

00:42:05they've stolen the winning hand,

00:42:07but they don't even qualify

00:42:08to sit at the table.

00:42:09I raised the champagne

00:42:10in my hand.

00:42:11Sunlight struck

00:42:12the black gold serpent ring,

00:42:13refracting a dazzling gleam.

00:42:16Cheers to my empire.

00:42:19Daughter of the Lord,

00:42:21bloodline awakens,

00:42:22heir to the throne.

00:42:24Glory to the soul and glance,

00:42:26a gift from Hector's health.

00:42:30Give me a red wine.

00:42:39The wine you asked for.

00:42:47You walk in here

00:42:48while he is clearly occupied?

00:42:50Are you blind

00:42:51or just stupid?

00:42:59Then Lord Rowan

00:43:00can pour his own wine.

00:43:01What did you just...

00:43:03Did you call him by his name?

00:43:05You address him as

00:43:06my lord,

00:43:07you disrespectful

00:43:08little twat!

00:43:12That is enough,

00:43:14Isolette.

00:43:16Know your place,

00:43:17Zahra.

00:43:18You have no house,

00:43:19no bloodline,

00:43:21nowhere you're in this realm

00:43:22that would take you in.

00:43:23I will leave then.

00:43:24I will go rogue

00:43:25before I die.

00:43:26You have no soul power yet.

00:43:29Until you do,

00:43:31you belong to this house.

00:43:33You belong to me.

00:43:37Come to my study

00:43:38once you have

00:43:39cleaned this up.

00:43:49Fifteen years

00:43:50with not a single

00:43:50confirmed trace

00:43:51of my daughter.

00:43:52What more do you need,

00:43:54Lord Blackwell?

00:43:55I hear you,

00:43:56Lord Cassian,

00:43:57but murder and abduction

00:43:59require proof.

00:44:01The other houses

00:44:02will not move against

00:44:02Greth without it.

00:44:04House Greth attacked

00:44:04House Solani

00:44:05fifteen years ago.

00:44:06My daughter vanished

00:44:07the same night.

00:44:09I know what happened

00:44:10to her.

00:44:11Her body was never found,

00:44:13Lord Blackwell.

00:44:14In fifteen years,

00:44:15no body.

00:44:16What does that tell you?

00:44:18Or do you just not

00:44:20want to hear it?

00:44:22You are the only one

00:44:24with the power

00:44:24and the standing

00:44:26to help us.

00:44:27You have to help me

00:44:27avenge my daughter.

00:44:34Clotha,

00:44:35Laxius,

00:44:36Hekma,

00:44:37if any of you

00:44:37are listening,

00:44:38please,

00:44:39tomorrow,

00:44:40give me my soul power

00:44:42when I turn eighteen.

00:44:43Set me free.

00:44:45We will live simply.

00:44:46In the woods

00:44:47if we have to.

00:44:48We will hunt

00:44:49for what we need.

00:44:50We will need nothing

00:44:51from anyone

00:44:51in this house

00:44:52ever again.

00:44:54I will attend

00:44:56Rowan Greth's feast

00:44:57tomorrow.

00:44:58Whatever is inside

00:44:59that castle,

00:45:00I will find it.

00:45:01You have my word.

00:45:05I will pull

00:45:06everything we have

00:45:07on the Greth Earth

00:45:08attack on House Selenen.

00:45:10Every record.

00:45:13Every body.

00:45:15Body that was not found.

00:45:16Do it.

00:45:20Zara Salone's body

00:45:21was never found.

00:45:23I suspect

00:45:24she is not dead.

00:45:45You're a fast learner,

00:45:47my lady.

00:46:08Rowan,

00:46:08you asked to see me.

00:46:10What is she doing here?

00:46:12Was she watching us?

00:46:14You will address me

00:46:15as my lord.

00:46:23If you walk in here

00:46:24without knocking again,

00:46:26I will make sure

00:46:26you cannot walk

00:46:27at all.

00:46:30Isolid,

00:46:31leave us.

00:46:33Excuse me?

00:46:34I said,

00:46:35leave us.

00:46:45How long have you lived

00:46:47here at House Greth?

00:46:48Almost 15 years.

00:46:51Have we ever let you

00:46:52go hungry?

00:46:54Cold?

00:46:56Without shelter?

00:46:57No.

00:46:58What are you trying to say?

00:47:03Are you jealous?

00:47:05Is that what this is?

00:47:07You wish you were

00:47:08the one I was fucking?

00:47:09You disgust me.

00:47:10What?

00:47:12I am not jealous.

00:47:13I am disgusted.

00:47:15And you are not my lord.

00:47:17The only L word

00:47:18that fits you

00:47:18is low life.

00:47:22My lord.

00:47:23Lord Theron Blackwell

00:47:24of House Blackwell

00:47:25has confirmed his attendance

00:47:26at tomorrow's feast.

00:47:31Taron Blackwell

00:47:31is coming here?

00:47:32I only sent that invitation

00:47:34out of courtesy.

00:47:34Why now?

00:47:35What does he want?

00:47:35My lord.

00:47:36I believe it signals respect.

00:47:38If Taron attends,

00:47:39the other houses will follow.

00:47:40It confirms our standing.

00:47:41You think so?

00:47:42He must know House Greth

00:47:43is the second house

00:47:44in the realm.

00:47:44He is acknowledging the threat.

00:47:49Since you find this

00:47:50so amusing,

00:47:52you will prepare

00:47:53and serve

00:47:53the entire feast,

00:47:55beginning to end.

00:47:56Tomorrow is my 18th birthday.

00:47:58You promised me

00:47:59a day's rest.

00:48:00I changed my mind.

00:48:11Does Zada know

00:48:12the cloth I wove her to you?

00:48:17Do not ever

00:48:19mention again.

00:48:23Forgive me, my lord.

00:48:26It only seemed

00:48:27as though you two

00:48:27were...

00:48:31We are nothing.

00:48:32She is a servant.

00:48:34An orphan.

00:48:36I do not know

00:48:37why the Moray goddesses

00:48:38chose her for me

00:48:39and I do not care.

00:48:40I will not accept it.

00:48:43What do you plan

00:48:44to do with her?

00:48:46Once she turns 18 tomorrow,

00:48:48her soul power

00:48:48will awaken.

00:48:49She will feel the faded

00:48:50between us

00:48:50the moment it does.

00:48:51I will sever it publicly,

00:48:53in front of the entire feast.

00:48:55Severing a thread

00:48:55decreed by the Morayas

00:48:57is not a simple act,

00:48:58my lord.

00:48:58Clothra herself

00:48:59spun again.

00:49:00I do not care.

00:49:01You are dismissed.

00:49:08Damn it, Zara.

00:49:14Sorin,

00:49:15I need you to source

00:49:16a worthy gift

00:49:16for Lord Rowan Greth

00:49:17before tomorrow's feast.

00:49:19A gift?

00:49:20For Rowan Greth?

00:49:21Why would you...

00:49:21We keep our friends close

00:49:23and our enemies closer.

00:49:25Yes, my lord.

00:49:25Daughters of allied houses,

00:49:27each one a strong

00:49:28political match.

00:49:30If you arrive at the feast

00:49:31with one of them

00:49:31on your arm,

00:49:32it sends a message.

00:49:34House Blackhead

00:49:35is building alliances,

00:49:36not just the family.

00:49:37I will not be bringing

00:49:38a companion.

00:49:39My lord,

00:49:40if House Greth discovers

00:49:41you are still unwavered

00:49:42at your age,

00:49:42they will question your stand

00:49:43and they will use it

00:49:44against you at the feast.

00:49:45Let them.

00:49:46I am Theron Blackway.

00:49:51Let's hope she is there,

00:49:53whoever she is.

00:50:01My lord,

00:50:02those burns,

00:50:03are those...

00:50:04Jade Hogg?

00:50:04Yes.

00:50:05Inside the estate?

00:50:07How did it get past the...

00:50:08It was tracking something.

00:50:10A soul whose suppression

00:50:11is breaking.

00:50:12Something it could smell

00:50:14from a long distance.

00:50:19The trail leads toward

00:50:21House Greth territory.

00:50:23Lord Cassian's daughter.

00:50:24Have the carriage ready

00:50:25at dawn.

00:50:26Sauron,

00:50:28tell no one about the burns.

00:50:45Happy birthday to me.

00:50:47Happy birthday, Zara.

00:50:50Who is there?

00:50:52It is me,

00:50:53Lara.

00:50:54I am your divine gift,

00:50:55Zara.

00:50:56Hecate's gift.

00:50:57The one they sealed away

00:50:58when you were a child.

00:50:59I have been here

00:51:00the entire time.

00:51:02They simply would not

00:51:03let me speak.

00:51:04Hecate's gift.

00:51:05You are Hecate's gift.

00:51:07It is very good

00:51:08to finally meet you.

00:51:09And there is something

00:51:10I need to tell you

00:51:10about the one

00:51:11the Moiri decried for us.

00:51:12The one Clothra

00:51:13wove into your thread

00:51:14at birth.

00:51:15Clothra wove a thread for me?

00:51:16Yes.

00:51:16The one she decreed for us.

00:51:18He is here.

00:51:19He has always been here.

00:51:20In this castle.

00:51:22Who?

00:51:23Rowan Greth,

00:51:24lord of this house.

00:51:26Clothra wove you

00:51:27for him at birth.

00:51:28He has known

00:51:29since before you did.

00:51:52He is coming.

00:51:53I can feel him approaching.

00:51:55Zara,

00:51:56when you see the thread,

00:51:58do not let it show

00:51:59on your face.

00:52:13So,

00:52:14Hector finally broke the seal.

00:52:17You knew.

00:52:19This whole time

00:52:20you knew what Clothra decreed

00:52:21and you said nothing.

00:52:22So what?

00:52:23You are a servant.

00:52:25A casteless orphan.

00:52:26You have no house,

00:52:27no bloodline.

00:52:28and nothing.

00:52:29What Clothia decreed

00:52:31does not change

00:52:31what you are.

00:52:33I defy the decree,

00:52:35Zara.

00:52:47If you beg,

00:52:49perhaps I will reconsider.

00:52:52I accept your defiance,

00:52:53Rowan.

00:52:56What?

00:53:00The thread is gone.

00:53:02So are we.

00:53:03Clothra does not weave

00:53:04a second thread

00:53:05for the same person.

00:53:06You will live

00:53:07and die casteless.

00:53:08So be it.

00:53:09Pack what you have tonight.

00:53:10After today,

00:53:11I do not want to see you

00:53:12in this castle again.

00:53:13I have been waiting years

00:53:14for you to say that, Rowan.

00:53:20You are allowed

00:53:21to feel it, Zara.

00:53:22What he did this morning.

00:53:25I just need to get through

00:53:27this feast.

00:53:29If there is someone

00:53:31coming tonight,

00:53:31I can feel a presence

00:53:33in the road.

00:53:34Something old.

00:53:35Something that knows

00:53:36Hector's gift from a distance.

00:53:37Everything can wait

00:53:38until after the feast.

00:53:46The carers were in this

00:53:47tree line last night.

00:53:49How close?

00:53:50Close enough to leave

00:53:51tribute at the window.

00:53:53Someone inside that castle

00:53:54has been paying them

00:53:55to stay back.

00:53:56Paying the carers

00:53:57to stay back from whom?

00:54:06Hector's bloodline

00:54:08in Inside House Greth.

00:54:33Lord Blackwit,

00:54:34what a pleasure.

00:54:35I hope the road

00:54:36treated you well.

00:54:36Our castle sits deep

00:54:37in the forest.

00:54:38Not the easiest journey.

00:54:40Lord Rowan,

00:54:40built House Greth castle

00:54:42from the foundations up.

00:54:43It is everything

00:54:44a great house should be.

00:54:45Hmm.

00:54:46A gift from House Blackwit,

00:54:48Lord Greth,

00:54:49in honor of

00:54:50tomorrow's betrothal.

00:54:53Lord Blackwit,

00:54:54this is far too generous.

00:54:56We could not possibly...

00:54:57Pocket change.

00:54:58Shall we?

00:55:02What do you think

00:55:03you are doing?

00:55:04Do not embarrass me.

00:55:08I saw a servant girl

00:55:10at the rest juice pile.

00:55:12Find out who she is,

00:55:14how she came from,

00:55:15how long she has been here,

00:55:17everything.

00:55:18And the carers were paying her

00:55:19the kind of attention

00:55:19they paid to...

00:55:20I know, Sorin.

00:55:21Find out who she is,

00:55:22tonight,

00:55:23before the feast ends.

00:55:31Lord Blackwit.

00:55:33I have always admired

00:55:34what House Blackwit

00:55:35has built

00:55:35in the Northern Territory.

00:55:37The estate,

00:55:37the trade routes.

00:55:38I feel we share

00:55:39very similar tastes

00:55:40in what a great house

00:55:41should be.

00:55:42Isolet.

00:55:42Zara,

00:55:43wine.

00:55:46We have an important guest,

00:55:47Lord Blackwell

00:55:49of House Blackwell.

00:55:50Show some respect.

00:55:53What are you waiting for?

00:55:54We have an important guest.

00:55:55This is Lord Theron Blackwell

00:55:57of House Blackwell.

00:55:58Show some respect.

00:56:01I need to step out

00:56:02a moment, my lord.

00:56:08Excuse me.

00:56:10Where are you going

00:56:11with that?

00:56:12I am trying to wash.

00:56:15Wash?

00:56:15You call that washing?

00:56:17Can you just leave me alone?

00:56:19Please.

00:56:20I am not even supposed

00:56:21to be talking to you.

00:56:23I just want to know

00:56:23your name.

00:56:25Please.

00:56:26It's my 18th birthday today.

00:56:28Just do not make this worse.

00:56:33It is her birthday.

00:56:35Lord Blackliffe

00:56:36is going to want to know that.

00:56:39I noticed you came alone,

00:56:40Lord Blackwell.

00:56:41No companion for the feast.

00:56:43Is there no one

00:56:44who has caught your interest?

00:56:46I hear House Blackwell

00:56:47has no shortage

00:56:48of fine houses

00:56:49seeking alliance.

00:56:51There is someone.

00:56:52Is that so?

00:56:56Well,

00:56:57we have some of the finest

00:56:58bloodlines in the realm

00:56:59here tonight.

00:57:00Lady Maron

00:57:01of House Vale.

00:57:02Strong covenant line.

00:57:04Excellent standing.

00:57:05Lady Maron,

00:57:07Lord Blackwet

00:57:07of House Blackwet.

00:57:09She has good bloodline.

00:57:11And,

00:57:11well,

00:57:13if Lady Maron

00:57:14is not to your pace,

00:57:15take your pick

00:57:15of any house

00:57:16here tonight.

00:57:17This is the finest

00:57:18gathering in the realm

00:57:19this season.

00:57:20There is someone,

00:57:21actually.

00:57:21Oh?

00:57:22Who is the lucky lady?

00:57:24That servant girl.

00:57:25From earlier.

00:57:26The one who poured the wine.

00:57:31You cannot be serious,

00:57:32Lord Blackwell.

00:57:34She is a costless servant

00:57:36with no house name.

00:57:38Whatever interest you have,

00:57:41surely one of the noble

00:57:42daughters here tonight

00:57:43would serve you far better.

00:57:44I am not interested

00:57:45in the noble daughters.

00:57:46She does not even

00:57:47bathe properly.

00:57:49She has no access

00:57:49to moods a lot.

00:57:50Is that something

00:57:51she chooses?

00:57:52Or something

00:57:53she has not permitted?

00:57:58Send her to my guest room.

00:58:00I would like to speak

00:58:00with her.

00:58:02That is not going to...

00:58:06Of course.

00:58:08We will send her up.

00:58:23Well, it seems you have admirers.

00:58:26Lord Blackwell has requested

00:58:27your company in his guest room

00:58:29this evening.

00:58:32For some reason,

00:58:33Lord Blackwell wants you

00:58:34for the evening.

00:58:35No idea why.

00:58:38What are you talking about?

00:58:42Please do not wear that.

00:58:45Consider it a parting gift.

00:58:47I heard Rowan sent you away.

00:58:50Finally.

00:58:52Lord Blackmeth's guest room.

00:58:53To the right at the end

00:58:54of the upper corridor.

00:58:55Do not disappoint him.

00:58:56I am not going.

00:58:58Why not?

00:58:58Does he not interest you?

00:58:59I do not know him.

00:59:01And Clothie does not weave

00:59:02second threads.

00:59:03You said so yourself.

00:59:03Clothie does not weave

00:59:05the same thread twice.

00:59:06But she weaves

00:59:07more than one kind.

00:59:09Go and see for yourself.

00:59:11And Zara.

00:59:12Please.

00:59:14Change your dress.

00:59:29What's there?

00:59:32What the hell?

00:59:35What the hell?

00:59:50Theola, Lord Blackwet.

00:59:53What did you just call me?

00:59:56Rowan!

00:59:57Isoleth sent me to the wrong room.

00:59:59She did this deliberately.

01:00:11Zara!

01:00:14What in the name of the gods?

01:00:17What do you think you are doing with my betrothed?

01:00:19You castless little witch!

01:00:25She came to seduce my betrothed.

01:00:27In his own room.

01:00:29Look at what she is wearing.

01:00:31You put me in this dress.

01:00:33You sent me to this room.

01:00:35You told me it was Lord Blackwell's...

01:00:37You lying.

01:00:38Do not touch her.

01:00:44If you lay another hand on her, I will make certain you regret it for the rest of your days.

01:00:59Blackwell, this is my castle.

01:01:01My house!

01:01:02You do not...

01:01:04She is with me now.

01:01:05Come.

01:01:15How is your face?

01:01:17It is fine.

01:01:18I am used to it.

01:01:20Why do you let them do that?

01:01:22In case you have not noticed, I am not exactly in a position of power here.

01:01:27So, this is the castless servant of House Greth, with an attitude.

01:01:33Thank you for what you did back there.

01:01:35You do not have to.

01:01:36I am leaving this house tonight.

01:01:37Release me.

01:01:39You are aware I am Lord of Shouse Blackwell, the more powerful house in Orvran.

01:01:44I am.

01:01:45Which is exactly why you would not want someone like me.

01:01:49No house, no bloodline.

01:01:51What is your name?

01:01:53Zara.

01:01:55Just Zara.

01:01:56I do not remember my house name.

01:01:58My parents died when I was small.

01:02:01House Greth took me in.

01:02:02You are with me now, Zara.

01:02:04You do not have to go anywhere tonight.

01:02:06Or at all.

01:02:18Happy birthday.

01:02:22This is my castle.

01:02:25My territory.

01:02:26Step aside.

01:02:27Lord Blackwell has requested privacy.

01:02:29I cannot allow entry.

01:02:30You cannot allow.

01:02:31I am Lord of this house.

01:02:33I could have you removed from this castle entirely.

01:02:35The accord between houses expires soon, my lord.

01:02:38You would not want to offend Lord Blackwell over a servant.

01:02:41There is no way a lord like Theron Blackwell accepts someone like her.

01:02:46She has nothing.

01:02:47She is nothing.

01:02:49Zara is not nothing, my lord.

01:02:50She is Lord Blackwell's guest.

01:02:57Why do you care so much about her?

01:03:00She is irrelevant.

01:03:01She is nothing.

01:03:02I do not want to talk about it.

01:03:03I imagine she is doing everything she can to please Lord Blackwell right now.

01:03:07That shameless, castless wench.

01:03:09I said I do not want to talk about it.

01:03:16Zara.

01:03:17Did you just call me Zara?

01:03:21What?

01:03:22You are being paranoid.

01:03:23Paranoid.

01:03:24I am paranoid.

01:03:26I knew it.

01:03:27I have always known it.

01:03:29It was always about her.

01:03:31Always Zara.

01:03:32Did you ever even care about me?

01:03:35What am I to you?

01:03:36What have I ever been?

01:03:37You are right.

01:03:39He cannot have her.

01:03:41What?

01:03:42Are you serious right now?

01:03:43I am talking to you!

01:03:46Rowan!

01:03:47Do not you dare leave me here!

01:03:55Lord Rowan insists on seeing Zara.

01:03:57He says it is urgent.

01:04:00You do not have to go.

01:04:03I should.

01:04:05I want to end this properly.

01:04:13What do you want, Rowan?

01:04:14You cannot go with Theron Blackneck.

01:04:16You do not even know him.

01:04:17Clotha decreed him for me.

01:04:19I am your decree.

01:04:22Zara, do not leave.

01:04:24I know things between us have been...

01:04:26Things between us?

01:04:27There were no things between us, Rowan.

01:04:29For fifteen years you treated me like a servant.

01:04:32You watched Isolde abuse me and you said nothing.

01:04:34You kept Hecti's seal on me so I would never know who I was.

01:04:37And then you broke Clotha's thread.

01:04:39You rejected me, Rowan.

01:04:40Your words to the gods.

01:04:41I will marry Isolde.

01:04:43The betrothal is too far along to break.

01:04:46But I can move you somewhere safe.

01:04:47A house of your own.

01:04:49You would want for nothing.

01:04:50You do not have to go to Blackwick.

01:04:51You do not have to...

01:04:51What are you trying to say to me right now?

01:04:53Are you telling me you want me to be your kept secret?

01:04:55The other woman while you marry Isolde?

01:04:58I came to say goodbye, Rowan.

01:05:00That is all this is.

01:05:03Zara, I have always loved you.

01:05:06What?

01:05:08I said I love you.

01:05:09Do you hear me?

01:05:10You cannot treat someone like nothing for fifty years and then tell them you love you.

01:05:14That is not love.

01:05:15Let me go!

01:05:16I told you I am willing to work something out.

01:05:18What more could you possibly want from me?

01:05:20This is how you show love?

01:05:21I do not want it!

01:05:22Let me go!

01:05:22Stop pretending.

01:05:24You think I do not know?

01:05:25You disobeyed me.

01:05:26Gave me that attitude every day to get my attention.

01:05:29You have it.

01:05:30I never wanted your attention.

01:05:32I never wanted any of this.

01:05:33Let me go!

01:05:37We are leaving.

01:05:38Now.

01:05:40What about my things?

01:05:42I have everything you will ever need.

01:06:03You will have your own rooms at House Blackneck.

01:06:06Tomorrow I can arrange for whatever you need.

01:06:09Clothing, anything you want, we can send for.

01:06:11Is that a village?

01:06:13The market town of Veld.

01:06:15Three leagues from Greth territory.

01:06:18A market town.

01:06:22We will sort out the council inquiry tomorrow.

01:06:25Lord Cassian will want to move quickly once.

01:06:29Forgive me.

01:06:30What were you saying?

01:06:31I have never even seen anything beyond the castle walls.

01:06:37Call me Theron.

01:06:41Take the long road through Veld.

01:06:43We are not going home yet.

01:06:56Zara.

01:06:57This house, it knows us.

01:06:59Hectala and Niamh have walked the same road since before mortals had names for either of them.

01:07:04This is a safe place.

01:07:06The shadows.

01:07:08They are moving.

01:07:10They are the nextborn.

01:07:12They guard this house.

01:07:14They will not harm you.

01:07:15They are alive?

01:07:16They are older than alive.

01:07:18They have been here since Nyx first made her covenant with my bloodline.

01:07:26They have never done that before.

01:07:28They recognize Hecate's gift.

01:07:30They are saying hello.

01:07:37I want the girl.

01:07:39Send her out.

01:07:40She is a guest of House Blackneck.

01:07:42She leaves when she chooses.

01:07:44Open the gate, Zorin.

01:07:46Last time I ask.

01:07:47No.

01:08:00You brought hollow men to my house.

01:08:02You broke my gate.

01:08:05Think very carefully about what you do next.

01:08:07The girl is a servant of my house.

01:08:09She is not yours to keep.

01:08:11Give me the girl and I walk away.

01:08:13She is not a servant of your house.

01:08:15She never was.

01:08:17And I think you have always known that.

01:08:43What are you doing?

01:08:44What are you doing?

01:08:53Stand down.

01:08:57This isn't over, Blackweck.

01:09:00Send a raven next time.

01:09:02Like a lord.

01:09:04Rowan.

01:09:12I know about the attack on House Saluni.

01:09:14I know you sealed a three-year-old child and kept her hidden for fifty years.

01:09:17And I know Clotha with thread for her.

01:09:19And you threw it away.

01:09:21Atrotus is watching you.

01:09:22You defied the Moraes, buried Hecate's bloodline, and destroyed an entire house.

01:09:25The gods don't forget that.

01:09:27And neither do I.

01:09:28You read my ring without permission.

01:09:30That is a violation of the accord between houses.

01:09:39Do not go out there, Zara.

01:09:42Rowan's RS gift is not controlled when he is this angry.

01:09:46He would not mean to, but he could drain you through the seal fractures.

01:09:50The cracks make you vulnerable.

01:09:52I am not afraid of him.

01:09:54I know.

01:09:55But the seal is not fully broken yet.

01:09:58Until it is.

01:09:59Stay inside this house.

01:10:01The Nyxborn will not let him pass the gate.

01:10:04What happened at the gate?

01:10:06He backed down.

01:10:07For now.

01:10:08But he will move against you.

01:10:09Soon.

01:10:10Rowan does not accept losses.

01:10:12What does he want from me?

01:10:13He defied the decree himself.

01:10:15He sent me away.

01:10:16What is there left to take?

01:10:17He does not want you.

01:10:18He wants to make certain no one else has you.

01:10:20There is a difference.

01:10:21Your name is not just Zara.

01:10:22Your full name is Zara Solene.

01:10:24Daughter of Lord Cassiel Solene and Lady Neva Solene of House Solene.

01:10:30That is not possible.

01:10:32My parents died when I...

01:10:34They did not die.

01:10:36House Greth attacked House Solene 15 years ago.

01:10:39Your parents survived.

01:10:41You were taken in the chaos.

01:10:42Either by Greth soldiers or hidden here afterward.

01:10:46Your parents have been searching for you ever since.

01:10:48My parents are alive?

01:10:49Yes.

01:10:50I met with them two days ago.

01:10:52Your father sat across a desk from me and told me 15 years of searching.

01:10:56Your mother has not stopped looking since the night you disappeared.

01:10:59Absolutely.

01:11:01Hector's Covenant.

01:11:02Yes.

01:11:03Your bloodline carries Hector's gift.

01:11:05Soul sight.

01:11:06The ability to see the complete truth of any person.

01:11:08Rarest gift in Arvon.

01:11:09It is why the covenant seal was placed on you as a child.

01:11:11To keep Hector's gift buried.

01:11:13To keep you buried.

01:11:16Why are you doing this?

01:11:17I gave your father, Lord Cassian, my word.

01:11:20That is not what I mean.

01:11:21You came to that feast looking for something.

01:11:22You saw me and you spent the rest of the night trying to find out who I was, why.

01:11:25The Shadehound tracks in my study led to House Greth territory.

01:11:28The Keris retreating when I arrived.

01:11:30The pieces were already there.

01:11:31That is still not what I mean.

01:11:34My gift responded to you at the gate before I knew who you were.

01:11:37That does not happen.

01:11:38Not to me.

01:11:39Lyra said Clothed are weaves more than one kind of thread.

01:11:42Yes, she does.

01:12:04Lord Cassian.

01:12:06I said I would find her.

01:12:13You have her eyes.

01:12:16Your mother's eyes, exactly.

01:12:24I did not know you were alive.

01:12:26They told me.

01:12:27I thought...

01:12:27I know.

01:12:28I know what they told you.

01:12:29I prayed.

01:12:30For years I prayed.

01:12:32I did not know who I was praying to.

01:12:34I called her Hector if I just prayed that someone was listening.

01:12:37Hector was listening.

01:12:38She always was.

01:12:40I never stopped looking for you.

01:12:42Not one day.

01:12:44Not one hour.

01:12:51You were three years old.

01:12:53The night they came.

01:12:55House Greth attacked at the third bell of night.

01:12:57No warning.

01:12:58No declaration.

01:12:59Just grethed soldiers at our walls.

01:13:02They knew exactly what they wanted.

01:13:04Hector's covenant had just passed to you at birth.

01:13:06House Solane with a newborn heir carrying the full force of soul sight that terrified them.

01:13:11You would have been the most powerful voice at any council table in Auron.

01:13:15So they took me instead of killing me.

01:13:17They put the covenant seal on you that same night.

01:13:20And they kept you where they could watch you and where the seal would never break.

01:13:23Surrounded by Rowan Zahra's gift.

01:13:26Pressing the seal down every day simply by existing near you.

01:13:29And Clotha's decree.

01:13:31Rowan was woven for me at birth.

01:13:33He knew if the thread appeared he could not hide who I was any longer.

01:13:37Which is why he defied it immediately.

01:13:40Better to pay the cost of defying the Moirai than to let you know who you were.

01:13:45He was afraid of me.

01:13:50His entire house has been afraid of you since the night you were born.

01:13:57The seal will fully break within days.

01:14:00Once Hectecta's gift is free in her.

01:14:02See through every lie in this realm.

01:14:05She will see what we did to her family.

01:14:07She will be able to prove it at council.

01:14:09Then we stop it before it breaks.

01:14:11The seal is too far gone.

01:14:13Rowan's suppression cannot close those fractures.

01:14:15Hector is driving them open from the divine side.

01:14:16There is only one thing that stops Hecta's gift once it starts.

01:14:19Voidban.

01:14:20Voidban severs the covenant permanently.

01:14:23Hecta's gift gone from her bloodline entirely.

01:14:26Gone.

01:14:26I know someone who can get it.

01:14:32Get it.

01:14:39How does it work?

01:14:40One touch to bare skin.

01:14:42The poison enters through contact.

01:14:43It reaches the covenant connection in the blood within one hour.

01:14:47After that, the gift is gone.

01:14:49The bloodline's covenant with Hecta dissolves permanently, as if the original bargain was never made.

01:14:54If I use it on her, what happens?

01:14:56She lives.

01:14:57She simply becomes ordinary.

01:15:13Good morning.

01:15:14Good morning.

01:15:15Good morning.

01:15:27The gift does.

01:15:28In full.

01:15:29Soul sight.

01:15:30Hecta's gift.

01:15:31I can see the complete truth of any person.

01:15:34What they intend, what they hide, what they have done.

01:15:36No lie survives it.

01:15:37In its full form, Lyra says I can read an entire room simultaneously.

01:15:41Can you use it now?

01:15:42Not yet.

01:15:43The seal is still there.

01:15:44Most of it.

01:15:45Lyra says when it fully breaks, the gift will arrive all at once.

01:15:48She says it will be overwhelming.

01:15:50At first.

01:15:51When it does, you will be able to see the truth of everyone around you.

01:15:55Including me.

01:15:56Does that concern you?

01:15:58No.

01:15:59Zara.

01:16:00The warmth between you.

01:16:02That is real.

01:16:03Clothy wove it differently this time.

01:16:05It will not collapse if defied.

01:16:06It only grows.

01:16:07Not yet.

01:16:08What?

01:16:09Nothing.

01:16:10Lyra talks a great deal.

01:16:14Rowan demands we surrender Zara to House Graith, custody within three days.

01:16:19Or he declares inter-house conflict.

01:16:25He cannot declare conflict against both our Houses.

01:16:29House Selene and House Blackwell together outrank him at every Council.

01:16:32He does not need to win the conflict.

01:16:34He only needs to create enough chaos that the other Houses look away while he moves against Zara directly.

01:16:42He is not going to wait for the Council.

01:16:44He is going to move before the seal breaks.

01:16:46Lord Cassian, can you call the Council?

01:16:51Formally.

01:16:52Openly.

01:16:53Before Rowan moves first.

01:16:58I can.

01:16:59But if Rowan has something that can stop the seal breaking before the Council convenes.

01:17:04Do not let anyone you do not trust come near your wrist.

01:17:06Not until the seal is fully gone.

01:17:2215 years ago, House Graith attacked House Solani without declaration, without cause, and without consequence.

01:17:27My door three years old was taken that same night.

01:17:30A covenant seal placed on a child of Hecate's bloodline to suppress her divine gift.

01:17:34She was kept as a servant in House Graith for 15 years.

01:17:38I am asking this Council to answer for what was done.

01:17:40House Graith denies every accusation.

01:17:43The girl in question was an orphan found wandering near our territory.

01:17:46We took her in out of charity.

01:17:48The covenant seal was placed for her own protection.

01:17:51Her gift was unstable.

01:17:52Lord Cassian has no proof of anything he has claimed.

01:17:55Furthermore, this girl has no documented bloodline.

01:17:59No House Solian birth record survives the attack on their estate.

01:18:03Lord Cassian is asking the Council to accept the word of a castless servant

01:18:07over the standing of House Graith.

01:18:09I have proof.

01:18:11When Ronan showed up to my house, I used my gift and read his ring.

01:18:15What I found wasn't pretty.

01:18:1615 years of deliberate moves against House Solane.

01:18:19The attack, taking the child, locking Hectima's gift inside her with that seal.

01:18:23All of it.

01:18:24That ring has witnessed everything.

01:18:26He read my ring without permission.

01:18:28Article 7 of the Accord permits a reading of House Insignia when a missing heir is involved.

01:18:32That itself is a violation of the Accord.

01:18:34Everything he claims to have read is inadmissible.

01:18:36Zahra Solande is a missing heir.

01:18:38Her father sits at this table.

01:18:49Zahra, left side.

01:18:51Now!

01:18:58Zahra, fight it.

01:19:00Do not let it reach the covenant.

01:19:01Do not.

01:19:12What did you give her?

01:19:15Nothing that was not necessary.

01:19:21Zahra?

01:19:23Zahra?

01:19:24Zahra, Hectiath is here.

01:19:26She is fighting it.

01:19:28Hold on.

01:19:52This is what you were born for, Zahra Solanea.

01:19:56Now, let them see you.

01:20:01Welcome home.

01:20:02Welcome home.

01:20:05I don't know.

01:20:58I don't know.

01:21:02You accepted payment from House Grief six years ago in exchange for blocking House

01:21:07Delane's petition to this council.

01:21:09You told your household it was a trade agreement.

01:21:12I am not here to expose every secret in this room.

01:21:15I am here to confirm one thing.

01:21:17Everything Lord Blackwell told this council is true.

01:21:20I can see it in every person who was present at House Grief during the years they kept

01:21:23me.

01:21:24Every action.

01:21:24Every decision.

01:21:26Every order given.

01:21:28This council will not accept the testimony of a girl who just had a vow pressed to her

01:21:32wrist.

01:21:33She is clearly...

01:21:36Sit down.

01:21:44Rowan, you lost.

01:21:46Accept the judgment of the council for the mistakes you have made.

01:21:55You're done, Rowan.

01:21:57Look around you.

01:21:58I'm not done until I say I'm done!

01:22:00I'm not done.

01:22:00Hold on.

01:22:08Know?

01:22:19You're right.

01:22:22Let's go?

01:22:24Everybody's going to look at you.

01:22:24Now,acaque, we're all dead.

01:22:25I have a family.

01:22:25Every action.

01:22:25I have to dismiss.

01:22:25I have to do nothing.

01:22:25Lord America, let's not let us lay out.

01:22:25That's a good thing.

01:22:25Come on,ADE by the city.

01:22:27Huh?

01:22:28A town ?

01:22:29I have to do nothing.

01:22:33It is over, Rowan.

01:22:40You went to a crossroads at night.

01:22:42You took something from Hades Domain.

01:22:44Don't.

01:22:45You pressed it against my wrist in front of this entire council and watched me go down.

01:22:52You tried to kill a divine gift.

01:22:54In neutral land.

01:22:55In front of eight houses sitting in the room.

01:22:58Every lord hearing it clearly.

01:23:00I protected my house.

01:23:02What she would have done with that gift, I can see every lie you've ever told.

01:23:06Don't try another one.

01:23:07I move that House Crane be held responsible for the attempted use of Hades-sourced poison on a divine heir

01:23:12in neutral ground.

01:23:13Isulta Crane to be stripped of her house title and remanded to council custody pending full judgment.

01:23:17You cannot.

01:23:18I am the daughter of House Crane.

01:23:20My father will...

01:23:21Your father is not in this room.

01:23:23Rowan.

01:23:23Rowan, tell them.

01:23:25Tell them I did it for us.

01:23:26For the house, you told me to get it.

01:23:29You said, get it!

01:23:31You're not going to say anything, are you?

01:23:36I did everything for you.

01:23:39Every single thing.

01:23:40The room.

01:23:42The vial.

01:23:45Fifteen years of watching you look at her instead of me and I said nothing.

01:23:49I did everything you needed and you won't even...

01:23:52I loved you.

01:23:53That was real.

01:23:55Even if nothing else was.

01:24:10I want you to know something before you go.

01:24:13You spent fifteen years trying to stop this moment.

01:24:16And here we are anyway.

01:24:18What do you want, Zara?

01:24:19An apology?

01:24:20I want nothing from you.

01:24:22That is what I came to tell you.

01:24:24After everything you did, I feel nothing when I look at you.

01:24:30The council exiled him.

01:24:33He lost any powers he had.

01:24:43I do not know how to do this.

01:24:53Every single day.

01:24:55I said your name every single day so I would not forget the sound of it.

01:24:59So it would still be ready when you came back.

01:25:06Welcome home, Zara.

01:25:19You found her.

01:25:21You brought her home.

01:25:23House Barnett has House Solina's gratitude for what you did.

01:25:26And I mean that without reservation.

01:25:28I did not come today for gratitude.

01:25:31No.

01:25:32I did not think so.

01:25:33What are your intentions toward my daughter, Lord Blackwell?

01:25:35Honorable ones, I want the right to court her.

01:25:37Properly, openly, with your knowledge and consent.

01:25:39Nothing hidden, nothing rushed.

01:25:40She has been kept hidden and castless for fifteen years.

01:25:42She has just received her full divine gift and learned who she is.

01:25:44She is not a prize to be collected, Lord Blackwell, by anyone.

01:25:47Including the man who helped find her.

01:25:49I know that.

01:25:49The decision is hers entirely.

01:25:51I am asking your permission to be considered.

01:25:53Not your permission to decide for her.

01:25:55She already knows you came.

01:25:57She saw it in your face the moment you arrived.

01:25:59I am aware of that.

01:26:00Good.

01:26:00Then there is no point pretending this conversation is a secret.

01:26:12I spoke with your father.

01:26:13I know.

01:26:14I saw it in your face before you said a word.

01:26:16Is that going to be a permanent condition?

01:26:18Reading everything before anyone speaks?

01:26:20Yes.

01:26:22Good.

01:26:25In the Accord Hall.

01:26:27When you read me, what did you see?

01:26:29Everything you have done.

01:26:30Everything you intend.

01:26:32Everything you have been afraid to say out loud since the gate at House Greth.

01:26:36And?

01:26:36And nothing hidden.

01:26:38You are exactly what you appear to be.

01:26:39That is rarer than you know.

01:26:42Do you see that?

01:26:46I see it.

01:26:47I told you.

01:26:49A decree of purpose.

01:26:50It only grows.

01:26:53So, what do we do with it?

01:26:55I have a few ideas.

01:26:56You are not as serious as you pretend to be.

01:26:59And you are not as unbothered as you pretend to be.

01:27:02I read you, you know.

01:27:03What am I supposed to do with it?

01:27:05I know.

01:27:08You are not afraid of that.

01:27:10I had nothing to hide.

01:27:20Lyra is going to be insufferable about this.

01:27:22I heard that.

01:27:24Come on.

01:27:24Your father is going to send someone to find us soon.

01:27:27Let him.

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