He Fed Me to the Serpents, So I Came Back to Ruin Him HD

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00:00:07I was born to kill serpents, so the Hargroves used me as their perfect shield.

00:00:12In my past life, I entered their cursed hall for Callum, the man I loved.

00:00:17But when the serpent gate opened, he chose Jenna, locked the door, and left me to be devoured.

00:00:23Death gave me one chance to return.

00:00:25I traded my beauty for silver sight, and woke up with a scar no man was supposed to love.

00:00:30But I did not come back for love.

00:00:32I came back to watch Callum's devotion rot, expose Jenna's snake magic, and let the serpents choose their real prey.

00:00:39My name's Rowena Whitmore.

00:00:41In my past life, I loved Callum Hargrove so much that it cost me everything.

00:00:45I knew exactly what Hargrove Hall was, a century-old estate built over a sealed serpent gate,

00:00:50rotting from the inside out with ancient venom.

00:00:52I still walked in, for him.

00:00:55Whitmoster blood ran through my veins, and that blood was born to suppress serpents.

00:00:59So when the curse came for Callum, I threw myself in its path and let the poison tear through me

00:01:04instead.

00:01:04What I did not know, what I never saw coming, was that he and Jenna had already decided how my

00:01:09story would end.

00:01:10The venom spread through my body like fire through dry wood.

00:01:12My flesh began to rot from the inside.

00:01:14I still remember every second of that night.

00:01:16The freezing rain, the iron door, and my bloody hands clawing at the gap in frame.

00:01:20Callum, please! Just open the door!

00:01:21My nails split down to the quick.

00:01:23Blood smeared the cracks.

00:01:24Still, nothing.

00:01:25Then his voice came through, flat and cold, without even a flicker of hesitation.

00:01:29Shut up.

00:01:30Your screaming is scaring Jenna.

00:01:31I'm not opening this door.

00:01:33You're useful in there, so stay there.

00:01:35Keep those monster snakes inside, even if they eat you alive.

00:01:38From the other side of the door, I could hear Jenna crying softly.

00:01:42Then came Callum's voice again, low and gentle, saying things he had never once said to me.

00:01:48You're safe.

00:01:49I've got you.

00:01:50Nothing is going to touch you.

00:01:51I promise.

00:01:52The lock turned.

00:01:53I will never forget that sound.

00:01:56Callum had one arm around Jenna as he sealed me inside.

00:01:59He left me there to die in the dark, surrounded by serpents, and he never looked back.

00:02:04The pain was beyond anything I had words for.

00:02:07It felt like I was being torn apart from the inside out, piece by piece, until even screaming became impossible.

00:02:11When I died, I drifted in silver light, endless, cold, and silent.

00:02:15There was nothing left of me but a thin thread of soul, too broken even to cry.

00:02:19Then a voice fell through the dark like a blade through silk, clear, ancient, and completely without warmth.

00:02:24Child of the Moir, you died badly.

00:02:28What I offer is not mercy.

00:02:30It is a contract.

00:02:32Give me something, and I will give you what you want.

00:02:36I'll give up my face, my beauty in this life, all of it.

00:02:39In exchange, I want the Lunar Hunt Covenant, the Silver Sight, and one more life.

00:02:43Do you understand what it means to give up your face?

00:02:46I do.

00:02:47Last time, my beauty made it easy for them to use me.

00:02:49I don't need anyone to love my face.

00:02:51I just need to see clearly.

00:02:53Silver light crapped through me like lightning, and I was thrown back into the world of the living.

00:02:58When I opened my eyes, the hissing was gone.

00:03:00The air smelled of incense.

00:03:02I raised a hand to my face and felt it.

00:03:04A scar across my cheek.

00:03:05Faint silver light pulsing beneath it like a wire.

00:03:07It was the mark of the covenant.

00:03:09The price Artemis had carved into my skin.

00:03:11I was back.

00:03:12Back to the morning Eleanor Hargreff came to beg.

00:03:15I stood in front of the mirror and traced the scar with my fingers.

00:03:18Then I smiled, but there was nothing warm left in it.

00:03:22I did not come back to love him.

00:03:25I came back from hell to collect what they owed me.

00:03:28One debt at a time.

00:03:36Rowena, please.

00:03:37I'm begging you.

00:03:38You have to save Callum.

00:03:40The old woman dropped to her knees in front of me, clutching the hem of my dress with both hands

00:03:44and crying like she had nothing left.

00:03:46The death mark carved into Callum's forehead was the final outbreak of decades of serpent resentment buried beneath the Hargrove

00:03:52state.

00:03:53As long as it stayed on him, the curse would keep spreading, and every Hargrove tied to this land by

00:03:59blood would carry the same death sentence.

00:04:02Only a Whitmore could even see the mark.

00:04:05Only a Whitmore could remove it.

00:04:07They needed me.

00:04:09That was a fact.

00:04:10But the only reason I was here was to take back what the Hargroves stole from us.

00:04:13The silver arrow of Whitmore.

00:04:15I stood over Eleanor, looking down at her shaking shoulders, and all I could think of was how she used

00:04:20to call me sweetheart while she watched the flames swallow me alive.

00:04:23I slowly pulled my skirt out of her grip.

00:04:25I can't break the Hargrove curse.

00:04:26There was not a single trace of emotion in my voice.

00:04:29I did not owe her that much.

00:04:30Eleanor nor froze.

00:04:32The invitation in her hands crumbled at the edges.

00:04:33Then Callum walked in from the hallway.

00:04:35He was younger than I remembered.

00:04:36Sharper and more arrogant, with all that ugly pride still sitting right on the surface.

00:04:39His eyes swept over me and stopped on the scar crossing my face.

00:04:43For one second, he went still.

00:04:45The scar was silver, winding across half my cheek and glowing faintly in the morning light.

00:04:49It did not look like an ordinary wound.

00:04:51It looked like something ancient had pressed itself into my skin and left its mark there.

00:04:54His disgust was almost impossible to miss.

00:04:56He turned his face away slightly like he could barely stand to look at it.

00:05:00I noticed.

00:05:00I said nothing.

00:05:02In my past life, I had walked through this same door with an untouched face, and he had smiled at

00:05:06me so beautifully.

00:05:07Every warm word had been perfectly calculated.

00:05:10Now that I had a scar, the mask slipped at once.

00:05:13That told me everything.

00:05:14He did not need a person.

00:05:16He needed a tool.

00:05:17And apparently he preferred his tools pretty.

00:05:19Callum stepped closer, his voice sharp with disbelief.

00:05:23What the hell is that supposed to mean?

00:05:25We came here in good faith, and you won't even give us a reason?

00:05:28You're telling me one curse is too much for a Whitmore?

00:05:31He moved into my space like he was used to people backing down when he did.

00:05:35I only looked at him.

00:05:37Go ahead.

00:05:38Look down on me, Callum.

00:05:40You have no idea that the mark on your forehead is getting darker every day.

00:05:43And the only person in this entire world who can see it, the only one who can take it off

00:05:48you, is standing right in front of you while you make that face at her.

00:05:51Eleanor started crying harder.

00:05:54Her hands shook as she pulled a heavy envelope from her coat.

00:05:58The wax seal bore an old, dark gold crest.

00:06:01We have nowhere else to turn.

00:06:03Please, just look at this.

00:06:05For the sake of what our families once meant to each other.

00:06:09I almost did not bother.

00:06:11But the moment my eyes touched the seal, my silver sight flared.

00:06:15A pulse of silver light cut through the surface of the wax.

00:06:18And beneath it, clear and understakeable, was the trace of a Whitmore silver arrow.

00:06:26The silver arrow was the most sacred relic of the Whitmore bloodline.

00:06:29The Hargroves had stolen it from us, and it had been lost for generations.

00:06:36I only learned the truth as I was dying in my past life when it was already too late to

00:06:41do anything about it.

00:06:42Now I knew exactly where it was.

00:06:45That was the real reason I would walk into Hargrove Hall.

00:06:48Not Callum.

00:06:49The arrow.

00:06:51Callum saw me take it, and his whole body relaxed.

00:06:54He lifted his chin slightly, satisfaction spreading across his face.

00:06:58He had already decided I was still hung up on him, that I had finally given in because of old

00:07:04feelings.

00:07:04Then he turned on that warm, reasonable voice.

00:07:07The one that used to make me believe every word.

00:07:10Good.

00:07:10All you have to do is come with us, and suppress the curse.

00:07:14Once I'm better, I'll make sure you're rewarded.

00:07:17The Hargroves take care of people who prove useful to us.

00:07:20He said it like he was doing me a favor, like I was something he could summon, use, and dismiss

00:07:25whenever it suited him.

00:07:27I looked at him slowly.

00:07:28The way you look at something that does not know it is already finished.

00:07:32I'm going to Hargrove Hall to take back what belongs to the Whitmore family.

00:07:36I was never doing this for you.

00:07:38The smile on his face died, died completely.

00:07:43The next morning, the man had everything packed before I came downstairs.

00:07:48Lady, the carriages are here.

00:07:49He was the boy the Whitmore family had taken in years ago.

00:07:53Quiet, precise, and so still that most people mistook him for cold.

00:07:57Since I came back, he was the only person who looked straight at the scar on my face without flinching

00:08:02or glancing away.

00:08:02Two Harkron carriages were waiting outside.

00:08:06Eleanor had one to herself, and the other was meant for Callum and me.

00:08:10Jenna, who supposedly could not handle the mountain road, was supposed to have her own space.

00:08:14I was about to step into the second carriage when a voice cut across the courtyard.

00:08:18Wait! Callum, I want to ride with you!

00:08:21She ran toward us with her skirts gathered in both hands, her cheeks flushed and her eyes red at the

00:08:26rims, as if she had already been crying.

00:08:28She was the girl the Hargroves had taken in years ago, the orphan daughter of some distant relation.

00:08:33She had grown up inside the estate walls, right beside Callum.

00:08:37Everyone said she was sweet and innocent, the one person Callum protected more than anyone else.

00:08:42She had a white silk scarf in her hands.

00:08:45Before Callum could answer, she was already looping it around his neck and smoothing it down with both palms.

00:08:51The mountain road is freezing. I don't want you getting sick again.

00:08:54Callum did not move away from her hands.

00:08:56In my past life, I thought she was only being kind.

00:08:58This time, my silver sight caught the edge of the scarf the moment it touched him.

00:09:02Faint dark lines were woven into the silk, forming the exact pattern of a serpent mark.

00:09:06Callum did not see any of it.

00:09:08He was already brushing a loose strand of hair away from Jenna's face.

00:09:11Jenna turned to me with wide, apologetic eyes.

00:09:14Lady Rowena, I hope you don't mind. I won't take up much space, I promise.

00:09:17She did not wait for my answer.

00:09:19She climbed in ahead of me.

00:09:21I watched her settle beside Callum and push me toward the window seat without even looking at me.

00:09:26I said nothing.

00:09:26Jenna, last time I missed every move you made.

00:09:29This time I'm gonna watch every single one.

00:09:33The carriage wound its way up the wet cobblestone road towards the Hargraf estate.

00:09:37There was barely enough room for two people to sit comfortably,

00:09:40and Jenna had made sure she stayed pressed against Callum for the entire ride.

00:09:45Every time the wheels hit a rough patch, she let out a soft, breathy sound and leaned into his shoulder.

00:09:50The timing was perfect.

00:09:51Always within my line of sight, like a little performance stage just for me.

00:09:55Callum, I feel so dizzy. I can barely breathe.

00:09:58She twisted her fingers into the front of his shirt, lifting her eyes just enough to catch the light,

00:10:03looking soft and helpless and miserable.

00:10:05In my past life, watching this would have made me want to shrink into myself and disappear.

00:10:10Now I only sat still and watched her work.

00:10:12Callum noticed me looking. His expression hardened at once.

00:10:16He tightened his arm around Jenna and turned his face away from me,

00:10:18like even the air on my side of the carriage disgusted him.

00:10:21Rowena, stop staring. Jenna is kind and gentle.

00:10:24Not that you would know anything about that.

00:10:25And stop using that face to scare her.

00:10:26Jenna reached over and touched his arm gently.

00:10:28Callum, don't.

00:10:30Lady Rowena probably doesn't mean it.

00:10:32She knows exactly what she's doing. She's had it out for you since the moment she saw you.

00:10:36Maybe she just doesn't like me. It's alright, I'm used to it.

00:10:40That is her problem, not yours. I don't care what she thinks.

00:10:42I did not answer.

00:10:43In my past life, that exchange would have hollowed me out for days.

00:10:47Now I only filed it away. Every word, every dismissal. I was keeping track.

00:10:52At the same time, through the silver sight, I could see what was really happening.

00:10:56Dark energy was seeping from the coral bracelet on Jenna's wrist,

00:10:59winding along Callum's collar and pushing inch by inch into the skin at the back of his neck.

00:11:04She was not dizzy. She was feeding the serpent.

00:11:07Callum, the sweet, innocent girl you're so desperate to protect,

00:11:10is poisoning you right now, and you're holding her tighter.

00:11:12He pulled her closer and pressed his cheek against the top of her head, completely blind.

00:11:18By midday, the carriages stopped in front of the Hargreth family's main residence.

00:11:22This was not Hargreth Hall. Not the old estate with the serpent gate buried beneath it.

00:11:27The hall stood deeper inside the grounds, behind a locked inner courtyard that almost never opened.

00:11:32This was only where the family lived.

00:11:33When Jenna stepped down from the carriage, she grabbed the doorbraim, her face going pale,

00:11:37and sagged into Callum's side.

00:11:39I'm fine. Just cold. My legs feel strange.

00:11:42Callum wrapped an arm around her at once.

00:11:44The look he sent me over her shoulder made it clear that somehow this was supposed to be my fault.

00:11:48We passed through the front entrance hall.

00:11:50The moment we crossed the threshold, my silver sight erupted.

00:11:54Dark serpent energy crawled across every wall and ceiling, coiling and shifting like something alive.

00:11:59It hulged at anyone with Hargreth blood, then recoiled the second it touched the silver light of my mark.

00:12:05Shrieking back into the cracks, Jenna was walking ahead.

00:12:08I watched her cross the threshold, and I saw the exact moment her shoe came down

00:12:13on the protection line hidden beneath the doorframe.

00:12:16It was not an accident. The movement was too precise.

00:12:19The line snapped. The energy that had been held down broke loose all at once,

00:12:23and a wave of freezing air tore down the corridor like a blade.

00:12:27Oh God! Help me!

00:12:29She stumbled backwards straight into his arms, clean and practiced, like a stage fall.

00:12:34Callum caught her without even looking.

00:12:35One arm locked across her chest, and his first words were for me.

00:12:39Rowena!

00:12:39Jenna! What the hell are you doing just standing there?

00:12:43You're a Whitmore! You're supposed to handle this!

00:12:48If Jenna gets hurt because of you, I swear you'll answer for it.

00:12:53I raised one hand, a silver seal dropped across the corridor,

00:12:55and the serpent energy shrank back into the walls.

00:12:58The hallway went still.

00:13:00I looked at Callum.

00:13:02You're welcome.

00:13:03I let the silence stretch for a moment.

00:13:05Then I lowered my gaze to the broken line on the floor,

00:13:08before slowly lifting my eyes to Jenna's shoes.

00:13:11You might want to ask how that line broke in the first place.

00:13:14Callum's brow tightened.

00:13:16In his arms, Jenna's eyes filled with tears at once.

00:13:19Her lower lip trembled as she looked up at him,

00:13:20as if she was the one being attacked.

00:13:22Callum looked between us and clenched his jaw.

00:13:25What exactly are you accusing her of?

00:13:27Nothing.

00:13:28Just giving you advice.

00:13:30While you're in this house,

00:13:31pay attention to what's right in front of you.

00:13:33Then I walked toward the sitting room without looking back.

00:13:40When we settled into the sitting room,

00:13:42Eleanor came in herself with a tray of peach blossom tea.

00:13:45Steam curled slowly from each cup.

00:13:47You must be exhausted after that ride, sweetheart.

00:13:50I made this myself.

00:13:51Drink it while it's hot.

00:13:53It will calm your nerves.

00:13:55She had the warmth turned all the way on,

00:13:57deep smile lines,

00:13:58a gentle voice,

00:13:59every inch the loving grandmother.

00:14:00Jenna sat beside Callum.

00:14:02She picked up his cup first,

00:14:03blew on it softly,

00:14:04and placed it in his hands.

00:14:05Drink it while it's hot.

00:14:07It'll warm you up.

00:14:08In my past life,

00:14:09I fell for all of it.

00:14:10I drank the tea,

00:14:11and by nightfall,

00:14:12my silver sight was almost blind.

00:14:14The poison had worked slowly and silently the whole time.

00:14:17When I tried to suppress the serpents that night,

00:14:19I kept making the wrong calls,

00:14:21and one of them tore my palm open.

00:14:22I burned with fever for three days straight,

00:14:24and Jenna had been there the entire time,

00:14:26smiling sweetly as she added a spoonful of sugar to my cup.

00:14:30Something sweet makes everything less bitter,

00:14:31Lady Rowena.

00:14:32This time,

00:14:32I looked into my cup through the silver sight.

00:14:34The tea should have been pale amber,

00:14:36but beneath the surface,

00:14:37it was deep crimson.

00:14:38Something small and dark moved along the bottom.

00:14:40I picked up the cup and drank most of it.

00:14:42I let none of it touch me.

00:14:44Under the cover of my sleeve,

00:14:46I pressed two fingers to my wrist

00:14:47and sealed my throat and chest with a silver seal.

00:14:50The poison slammed into the barrier

00:14:52and thrashed like a trapped thing,

00:14:53but it got nowhere.

00:14:54Jenna kept her eyes on my face the whole time.

00:14:57She was waiting for my gaze to blur,

00:14:58waiting for the sight to go dark.

00:15:00When I set the cup down,

00:15:01breathing evenly and looking straight back at her,

00:15:04I saw the corner of her smile crack.

00:15:06Just a twitch.

00:15:07Just one second.

00:15:08But it was there.

00:15:10Lucien picked up his own cup,

00:15:11gave it one slow sniff,

00:15:13then turned and poured the whole thing

00:15:14into the planter beside his chair.

00:15:16Too sweet.

00:15:17Hides the taste of rot.

00:15:19Eleanor's expression flickered.

00:15:20Calatin's eyes sharpened.

00:15:22My grandmother made that tea herself.

00:15:24You want to explain what the hell you're doing?

00:15:26I just did.

00:15:27Lucien looked at him calmly.

00:15:29Callum's face turned ugly.

00:15:30He was about to snap back

00:15:32when Jenna laid a hand on his arm.

00:15:33Callum, don't.

00:15:34We asked them to come here.

00:15:35It's fine, really.

00:15:36She said it in that soft,

00:15:38peacemaking voice.

00:15:39But as she lifted her own cup back to her lips,

00:15:42her eyes slid sideways to me,

00:15:44patient,

00:15:45calculating,

00:15:46waiting to see something

00:15:46that was never going to happen.

00:15:48I looked at her and said nothing.

00:15:51Jenna, I'm just getting started.

00:15:52Next time,

00:15:53I'll make sure you see it coming.

00:15:56The welcome dinner that night

00:15:58was exactly the kind of show

00:15:59the Hargroves loved to put on.

00:16:01Candles stretched down the table,

00:16:03silver gleamed at every place setting,

00:16:05and there was more food

00:16:06than anyone could finish.

00:16:07Jenna sat to Callum's left,

00:16:09cutting her food with careful,

00:16:10effortless grace.

00:16:11Then she set down her knife,

00:16:13turned to me and spoke

00:16:14in the softest,

00:16:15most concerned voice she had.

00:16:16Ladies, Rowena,

00:16:17I've been meaning to ask you something.

00:16:19With a scar like that on your face,

00:16:21do people avoid you when you go out?

00:16:23You must feel so lonely.

00:16:25I can't even imagine.

00:16:27Perfectly worded,

00:16:28perfectly gentle,

00:16:29loud enough for every servant

00:16:30in the room to hear.

00:16:31I held my knife and fork

00:16:33and did not respond.

00:16:34Jenna, don't say it like that.

00:16:36She's a guest,

00:16:37you'll embarrass her.

00:16:38In my past life,

00:16:39I had actually been grateful for that.

00:16:41I thought he was standing up for me.

00:16:42Now I could see it clearly.

00:16:44He did not care whether I was humiliated.

00:16:47He just needed me to walk

00:16:48into that hall tomorrow night

00:16:49and a scene at dinner

00:16:50would make things harder.

00:16:51That sentence was for him,

00:16:53not for me.

00:16:54Jenna's face crumpled at once.

00:16:56Her eyes filled.

00:16:57I didn't mean it that way.

00:16:58I was worried about her.

00:17:00Callum,

00:17:01why are you making it sound

00:17:02like I did something wrong?

00:17:03Her voice broke on the last word.

00:17:05Two tears slipped down her face.

00:17:07And just like that,

00:17:08Callum changed.

00:17:09The hardness left him

00:17:10and his voice turned low and gentle.

00:17:13I know you didn't.

00:17:14I'm sorry.

00:17:16I shouldn't have said it like that.

00:17:18Lucian set down his silverware.

00:17:20I have a question.

00:17:21Is this how the Hargroves

00:17:23treat guests they begged for help?

00:17:24Every sound at the table stopped.

00:17:26Jenna's tears paused mid-fall.

00:17:29Callum's head snapped up

00:17:30and the look he gave Lucian

00:17:31was full of real anger.

00:17:33Who the hell do you think you are?

00:17:34Nobody asked for your opinion.

00:17:36Lucian did not move.

00:17:37He only held Callum's gaze

00:17:39and took his time answering.

00:17:40I came with Lady Whitmore.

00:17:41As long as she is here,

00:17:43I have every right to speak.

00:17:45Callum pressed one hand flat

00:17:46against the edge of the table.

00:17:48His jaw tightened

00:17:48and his face went pale with fury.

00:17:50Rowena,

00:17:51control your people.

00:17:52I set my wine glass down slowly

00:17:53and looked at him.

00:17:55He's right.

00:17:56Callum,

00:17:56I came because your family

00:17:57begged me to save you.

00:17:59I did not come here

00:18:00to be insulted at your dinner table.

00:18:01If you can't understand the difference,

00:18:03I don't need to enter

00:18:04that hall tomorrow.

00:18:05I can leave tonight.

00:18:07Silence fell over the room.

00:18:09Then Callum exhaled through his nose,

00:18:10forced down his anger

00:18:11and ground out the words

00:18:12like they hurt.

00:18:13After dinner,

00:18:14I'll have Chester bring out

00:18:15the legacy book.

00:18:17I picked up my wine glass again

00:18:18and said nothing.

00:18:21Dinner ended

00:18:22and I asked for the Hargrove legacy book,

00:18:24the family's hand-print record

00:18:25dating back to 1840.

00:18:26It doored it how the serpent gate

00:18:27was first sealed

00:18:28and why.

00:18:29If the silver arrow

00:18:30was hidden somewhere

00:18:30on these grounds,

00:18:31there would be a trace of it

00:18:32in those pages.

00:18:34Callum's face tightened at once.

00:18:37It's a dusty old record book.

00:18:39You're here to deal with the curse,

00:18:41not dig through our family history.

00:18:43If I'm going to suppress

00:18:44what's down there,

00:18:45I need to know what caused it.

00:18:46The answer is in that book.

00:18:47Is that too hard

00:18:48for you to understand?

00:18:49He opened his mouth to argue

00:18:50and Jenna let out

00:18:50a sharp little cry.

00:18:51Her elbow caught the wine bottle

00:18:52at the edge of the table.

00:18:53It tipped over

00:18:53and spilled half its contents

00:18:54across the tablecloth

00:18:55in a dark red wave.

00:18:57Servants rushed forward

00:18:58and the moment broke apart.

00:18:59I'm so sorry.

00:19:00I'm so sorry.

00:19:01My hands are so shaky tonight.

00:19:03Callum leaned over

00:19:03and took her hands in his,

00:19:05checking them with a deep frown.

00:19:06You didn't cut yourself.

00:19:07It's just a bottle.

00:19:08It doesn't matter.

00:19:09Then he looked at me sideways,

00:19:10contempt clear in his eyes.

00:19:12All this over one old book?

00:19:14Did you really have to push that hard

00:19:15and scare her like that?

00:19:16What is this?

00:19:17An interrogation?

00:19:18I was not looking at him.

00:19:19The silver sight,

00:19:20I watched dark serpent energy

00:19:22pour from Jenna's sleeve

00:19:23and curl around the cabinet

00:19:24where the legacy book was kept

00:19:26like a hand pressing the door shut.

00:19:28She had not dropped the bottle

00:19:29because her hands were unsteady.

00:19:32She had dropped it

00:19:33to keep that cabinet closed.

00:19:34I raised one hand.

00:19:35A silver seal shot across the room

00:19:36and pinned the serpent energy

00:19:37flat against the cabinet doors.

00:19:39Jenna went white.

00:19:40Lucian walked to the cabinet,

00:19:41opened it without asking,

00:19:42and looked calmly

00:19:42at Chester in the corner.

00:19:43Chester, bring out the legacy book.

00:19:45Chester hesitated.

00:19:46Then he lowered his head,

00:19:47took the yellowed leather volume

00:19:48wooden box inside the cabinet

00:19:49and held it out with both hands.

00:19:50I took it and opened it.

00:19:51I caught sight of the serpent brand

00:19:52running along the edge

00:19:53of Chester's sleeve.

00:19:54I filed it away.

00:19:57The first several pages

00:19:59of the legacy book

00:19:59had been cut out.

00:20:00Clean cuts.

00:20:02Blade cuts.

00:20:03Nothing old about them.

00:20:04Callum glanced over

00:20:05and dismissed it

00:20:05without missing a bead.

00:20:07It's a 150-year-old book.

00:20:08Pages go missing.

00:20:09That's not suspicious.

00:20:10That's time.

00:20:11Jenna stepped in right on cue.

00:20:14Exactly.

00:20:15Lady Rowena,

00:20:16the Hargroves have been

00:20:17a respectable family

00:20:18for generations.

00:20:19There's nothing to hide here.

00:20:20Don't you think

00:20:21you're reading too much into this?

00:20:22I ignored them both

00:20:23and bent over the torn edges,

00:20:24looking through the silver site.

00:20:26There it was,

00:20:27buried in the yellowed fringe,

00:20:28the faint silver glow

00:20:29of dried Whitmore blood,

00:20:30ancient and thin.

00:20:31Tangled through it

00:20:32was the serpent energy

00:20:33from the bracelet

00:20:33on Jenna's wrist,

00:20:34the exact same signature.

00:20:36She was the one

00:20:37who had cut out those pages,

00:20:38which meant she had known

00:20:39about the silver arrow

00:20:40all along.

00:20:41I was about to speak

00:20:42when the death mark

00:20:43on Callum's forehead

00:20:44split open.

00:20:45Serpent energy

00:20:46burst through his veins

00:20:47all at once

00:20:48and the whole study shook.

00:20:50From deep inside

00:20:51Hargrove Hall

00:20:51came a low,

00:20:52grinding sound,

00:20:53like something massive

00:20:54turning in its sleep.

00:20:56Callum's legs buckled.

00:20:57He caught the edge

00:20:58of a shelf,

00:20:59his face white,

00:20:59his teeth clenched,

00:21:01his breath coming

00:21:01in sharp pulls.

00:21:03Eleanor rushed across the room

00:21:04and grabbed my arm.

00:21:05Rowene,

00:21:06please,

00:21:07go tonight,

00:21:07you're the only one

00:21:08who can stop it.

00:21:09Please.

00:21:10I closed the legacy book.

00:21:12I'll enter Hargrove Hall tonight,

00:21:13but I'm going to question

00:21:15the serpent,

00:21:15not break the curse.

00:21:17Get that straight now.

00:21:18Then I turned to Jenna.

00:21:19My voice stayed calm,

00:21:20but every person in the room

00:21:21heard me one more thing.

00:21:22During the ritual tonight,

00:21:23Jenna does not come anywhere

00:21:24near the main hall.

00:21:25Her energy is corrupt.

00:21:25If she gets close,

00:21:26she'll provoke what's down there

00:21:27and the entire formation

00:21:28will collapse.

00:21:29This is not a request.

00:21:30It's a condition.

00:21:31The study went completely silent.

00:21:33Jenna blinked.

00:21:35Then her head lowered

00:21:36and tears rolled down

00:21:37her face without a sound.

00:21:40Callum pushed himself

00:21:41up from the shelf,

00:21:42still pale and tight with pain,

00:21:44and turned on me at once.

00:21:45On what grounds?

00:21:47Jenna came all this way

00:21:48because she was worried about me.

00:21:49You don't get to throw her out

00:21:50in the cold

00:21:50just because you hate her!

00:21:51On the grounds

00:21:52that if I walk in tonight,

00:21:54you live.

00:21:58Callum stayed quiet,

00:21:59but it was not over.

00:22:00He steadied himself

00:22:01against the shelf

00:22:02and started again

00:22:03a few seconds later.

00:22:04Even if you have to

00:22:05enter the hall tonight,

00:22:06that does not give you

00:22:07the right to leave

00:22:07Jenna outside alone.

00:22:08She scares easily.

00:22:10What if something happens

00:22:11and you are not there?

00:22:12Are you going to take

00:22:12responsibility for that?

00:22:13Jenna's tears fell faster,

00:22:14but she still reached out

00:22:15and grabbed Callum's sleeve

00:22:16with both hands.

00:22:17Callum, please don't fight

00:22:18with Lady Rowena.

00:22:19This is my fault.

00:22:20I shouldn't have come.

00:22:21You go in and let her

00:22:21do what she needs to do.

00:22:22Don't worry about me.

00:22:23I'll wait outside.

00:22:24I just want you safe.

00:22:25That's all I want.

00:22:26Every word landed

00:22:27exactly where she wanted it to.

00:22:29Callum's chest rose

00:22:30and fell hard.

00:22:31Then he turned

00:22:32all that anger on me.

00:22:33You hear that?

00:22:35She's willing to stand

00:22:36out there alone in the dark

00:22:37just to make things

00:22:38easier for you.

00:22:39What kind of person are you?

00:22:40Jenna stays by the door tonight.

00:22:42No one is stopping her.

00:22:43I looked at them

00:22:44without anger.

00:22:46I was not even surprised.

00:22:47This was the same performance

00:22:49they had put on

00:22:50in my past life.

00:22:51Jenna cried,

00:22:52Callum exploded

00:22:53and every bit of blame

00:22:53in the room landed on me

00:22:55while they clung to each other.

00:22:56Perfectly timed.

00:22:58Perfectly practiced.

00:23:00I turned toward Hargrim Hall

00:23:02and spoke without looking back.

00:23:05Fine.

00:23:06Then keep your eyes open tonight.

00:23:10Whatever happens

00:23:11don't come crying to me.

00:23:14Behind me,

00:23:15I heard Callum murmur to Jenna.

00:23:18You're okay.

00:23:19I'm right here.

00:23:20I walked into the dark

00:23:21of Hargmite Hall

00:23:22without turning around.

00:23:23I already knew

00:23:24he would open that door

00:23:25for her when the time came.

00:23:26And the harder he fought

00:23:27to protect her tonight

00:23:28the worse the backlash

00:23:29would hit him.

00:23:31Midnight.

00:23:32The main hall

00:23:33of Hargrave Hall.

00:23:34The wind howled

00:23:35through the walls

00:23:35like something was trying

00:23:36to claw its way out.

00:23:37The old chandelier

00:23:39swung overhead,

00:23:40its candles throwing

00:23:41long crooked shadows

00:23:42across the room.

00:23:43The estate had gone still,

00:23:44except for the dull shiver

00:23:46that rolled up

00:23:46from beneath the floor

00:23:47every few minutes.

00:23:48Whatever had been sleeping

00:23:49down there

00:23:50was starting to wake.

00:23:51I stood in the center

00:23:52of the hall and focused.

00:23:53Whitmore blood

00:23:54ignited in my veins.

00:23:55Silver seals

00:23:56poured out of me

00:23:57in rings,

00:23:58spreading across the floor

00:23:59like a net of cold light,

00:24:01pressing the serpent energy

00:24:02back into the walls

00:24:03and stone.

00:24:04Building a formation

00:24:05like this

00:24:06burned through

00:24:06everything I had.

00:24:08Power,

00:24:08focus,

00:24:09and sheer will.

00:24:10But I did not

00:24:11let it show.

00:24:13My hands were steady.

00:24:14My face was calm.

00:24:17Callum stood

00:24:17on the far side

00:24:18of the formation,

00:24:19supported by

00:24:20the old butler.

00:24:21The death mark

00:24:22on his forehead

00:24:23pulsed blood red

00:24:24in the silver light.

00:24:25He was shaking,

00:24:26yet he still looked at me

00:24:27like he was doing me

00:24:28a favor by letting me help.

00:24:30How sure are you

00:24:31about this?

00:24:32I did not look at him,

00:24:33sure enough.

00:24:34A pause.

00:24:35I need more than questions.

00:24:36I need the death mark

00:24:37gone completely.

00:24:38Can you actually do that?

00:24:40I turned and looked

00:24:41at him properly

00:24:42for the first time.

00:24:43Callum,

00:24:44the only reason

00:24:44I'm standing in this room

00:24:45is because the silver arrow

00:24:46is here.

00:24:48Not because of you.

00:24:49Whether that mark

00:24:50comes off at all

00:24:52depends on whether

00:24:53the Hargroves start paying

00:24:54what they owe the Whitmans.

00:24:56We can discuss that later.

00:24:57He wanted to argue.

00:24:59Then the death mark

00:25:00tore at him again,

00:25:01and the sound that left

00:25:03his throat was not

00:25:03one he meant to make.

00:25:05He swallowed it down hard.

00:25:06Palm up.

00:25:07Catch the light

00:25:08from the core of the formation.

00:25:09Whatever you hear,

00:25:10whatever you see,

00:25:11do not move.

00:25:12This creature follows

00:25:13Hargrove blood.

00:25:14If you move,

00:25:14the backlash will bury you

00:25:15and I will not be able

00:25:16to pull you out.

00:25:16Callum raised his

00:25:17trembling right hand.

00:25:19This time,

00:25:19he said nothing.

00:25:22The last seal

00:25:23fell into place.

00:25:24The stone floor

00:25:25cracked with a deep,

00:25:27grinding boom

00:25:28that rose through

00:25:28the soles of my feet.

00:25:30The eternal flame

00:25:31in its copper lamp

00:25:32guttled

00:25:33until it was almost gone

00:25:34and the temperature dropped.

00:25:36So fast it felt like

00:25:37the walls themselves

00:25:38were breathing out ice.

00:25:40The floor began to shake

00:25:41in small rapid tremors.

00:25:43White mist bled up

00:25:44through the cracks,

00:25:45spreading low and thick

00:25:46across the ground,

00:25:48catching the faint silver light

00:25:49of my formation.

00:25:51Then,

00:25:52from the center of the mist,

00:25:53she came.

00:25:55Althea.

00:25:56A thousand-year-old serpent,

00:25:59white as bone,

00:26:00as large as a river dragon,

00:26:01with golden-slit eyes

00:26:03burning in the dark

00:26:04like two cold fires.

00:26:05Decades of rage,

00:26:07grief,

00:26:07and imprisonment

00:26:08moved through the air

00:26:09around her

00:26:10like a physical force.

00:26:13The servants screamed.

00:26:16Eleanor collapsed

00:26:17to her knees.

00:26:19Callum made a sound

00:26:20he probably did not

00:26:21mean to make

00:26:21as the death mark

00:26:23nearly tore itself open

00:26:24under the pressure

00:26:25of her presence.

00:26:27But when those golden eyes

00:26:28swept across the hall

00:26:29and found him,

00:26:30they stopped.

00:26:33She recognized something.

00:26:35The covenant.

00:26:36The silver light around me.

00:26:38Something older than her rage.

00:26:41Althea went still

00:26:42in a way she had not

00:26:43been still in years.

00:26:45Then she lowered her slowly

00:26:47all the way to my feet.

00:26:49A low, grieving sound

00:26:51came from her throat,

00:26:52like a creature

00:26:53finally standing

00:26:54before the person

00:26:55it had been waiting for.

00:26:56No one in the room

00:26:57could speak.

00:26:58Callum's breathing

00:26:59was loud,

00:26:59raggled and stunned.

00:27:01He had spent his whole life

00:27:03under the shadow

00:27:04of what she had done

00:27:05to his family.

00:27:06He had never expected

00:27:07to see her bow.

00:27:08I crouched and touched

00:27:10her scales.

00:27:11They were cold,

00:27:12smooth,

00:27:13and faintly luminous.

00:27:15Althea,

00:27:16I need to ask you something.

00:27:18The silver arrow,

00:27:19the one taken from

00:27:20the Whitmore family

00:27:20a hundred years ago

00:27:21and brought into this estate.

00:27:23Where is it?

00:27:24Her whole body convulsed.

00:27:25She reared halfway up,

00:27:27her great tail

00:27:27striking the stone floor

00:27:29as she pointed deeper

00:27:31into the estate.

00:27:33Somewhere farther in.

00:27:34One more step.

00:27:36One answer.

00:27:37That was all

00:27:38it would have taken.

00:27:40That was when the screaming

00:27:41started outside

00:27:42the hall doors.

00:27:44Callum!

00:27:44Callum, help me!

00:27:45It's going to eat me!

00:27:46Please!

00:27:47Every note

00:27:47was perfectly pitched.

00:27:48Every word landed

00:27:49right at the weakest

00:27:50seam of the ritual.

00:27:52I did not move.

00:27:53But Althea's head snapped up

00:27:55and her golden eyes

00:27:56flooded red.

00:27:57I turned to Callum.

00:27:59Do you remember

00:28:00what I told you

00:28:01earlier tonight?

00:28:01His hand had already

00:28:02curled into a fist.

00:28:04Something broke

00:28:05behind his eyes

00:28:06when he heard

00:28:06Jenna's voice.

00:28:08He stared at the door,

00:28:09throat working,

00:28:10and then he ran.

00:28:11Callum!

00:28:12That's Jenna!

00:28:13I don't care!

00:28:14He threw the doors open.

00:28:16Jenna crashed into him

00:28:17from the other side,

00:28:18shaking,

00:28:19soaked with tears

00:28:19and buried her face

00:28:20in his chest.

00:28:21I was so scared.

00:28:23I just wanted

00:28:23to make sure

00:28:24you were okay.

00:28:25I needed to see you.

00:28:27That thing is terrifying,

00:28:28Callum.

00:28:28I couldn't stay out there.

00:28:29The second her foot

00:28:31crossed the threshold,

00:28:32Serpent Energy

00:28:33burst free

00:28:34from her coral bracelet.

00:28:36It came in a dark,

00:28:37thick wave

00:28:38carrying a resonance

00:28:40that matched

00:28:41Althea's

00:28:42imprisoned resentment.

00:28:44Frequency

00:28:44for frequency.

00:28:46A signal

00:28:47going both ways.

00:28:50Althea felt it.

00:28:52The red

00:28:53in her eyes

00:28:53deepened.

00:28:55Her scales

00:28:56lifted all

00:28:56across her body

00:28:57as she rose higher.

00:28:59And the sound

00:29:00she made

00:29:00was no longer

00:29:01grief.

00:29:03I stood still

00:29:04with my hands

00:29:04behind my back.

00:29:06In my past life,

00:29:07I had thrown myself

00:29:07in front of that rage.

00:29:09I took all of it

00:29:10so they would not

00:29:10have to.

00:29:12Afterward,

00:29:12I burned with fever

00:29:13for three days

00:29:14and nearly died twice

00:29:15before the fever broke.

00:29:16When I woke up,

00:29:17Callum stood beside

00:29:18my bed with Jenna

00:29:19at his side

00:29:20and said,

00:29:20She needs me more

00:29:21than you do.

00:29:21You're tough.

00:29:22You'll be fine

00:29:23on your own.

00:29:24This time,

00:29:25I breathed out

00:29:26slowly and quietly

00:29:27and I let it happen.

00:29:32Althema hit them

00:29:33like a wave

00:29:34smashing into a wall.

00:29:35The formation shattered.

00:29:37The eternal flame died.

00:29:40The silver seals

00:29:41cracked all at once

00:29:43with a sound

00:29:44like breaking ice.

00:29:45And the core

00:29:46of the ritual

00:29:46collapsed.

00:29:49The whole hall

00:29:50convulsed.

00:29:54Callum was thrown

00:29:55backward

00:29:56and slammed

00:29:56into the offering table

00:29:58hard enough

00:29:58to knock it over.

00:29:59He hit the ground

00:30:00coughing blood.

00:30:02Jenna went down

00:30:03beside him

00:30:04white-faced

00:30:05with blood

00:30:06at the corner

00:30:07of her mouth.

00:30:08The ground shook.

00:30:11Serpent Heeks

00:30:12rose from every crack

00:30:14in the stone

00:30:15growing louder

00:30:16and closer.

00:30:18If the formation

00:30:19stayed broken

00:30:20the serpents

00:30:22under the estate

00:30:23would come up

00:30:23through the floor.

00:30:25Everyone in this house

00:30:27would die.

00:30:28That included me

00:30:29and Lucian.

00:30:31I pressed my fingers

00:30:32together

00:30:33like a blade

00:30:34and cut across

00:30:35my own palm.

00:30:39Silver blood fell

00:30:40onto the extinguished flame.

00:30:42The fire came back

00:30:44like an explosion.

00:30:46Three feet of silver flame

00:30:48roared up

00:30:48from the lamp.

00:30:49Flooding the hall

00:30:50in cold light

00:30:51Althema hit that light

00:30:53and went rigid.

00:30:54The red drained

00:30:56from her eyes.

00:30:57She lowered herself

00:30:58to the floor,

00:30:59pressed her head

00:31:00against my feet

00:31:01and went still.

00:31:03Breathing

00:31:04slow and deep

00:31:05like something

00:31:07finally put to rest.

00:31:09The hall

00:31:09went quiet.

00:31:13Then Calium

00:31:14dragged himself up

00:31:15from the floor

00:31:16with one arm

00:31:17around Jenna.

00:31:18He looked across

00:31:19the ruined hall at me

00:31:20standing in the silver light

00:31:22with blood

00:31:22still running down

00:31:23my wrist.

00:31:24For one moment

00:31:25he just stared.

00:31:27Then he opened

00:31:28his mouth.

00:31:29Rowena!

00:31:30You could control

00:31:31that thing the whole time!

00:31:32So why the hell

00:31:33did you just stand there

00:31:34and let it go

00:31:34after Jenna?

00:31:36What is wrong

00:31:37with you?

00:31:38What sick game

00:31:39are you playing?

00:31:41He said it like

00:31:42he was the victim.

00:31:44Like he was not

00:31:45the one who had

00:31:46opened that door

00:31:46after a direct warning.

00:31:48Like I was not

00:31:49standing in front of him

00:31:50bleeding to hold

00:31:51the ritual together.

00:31:54I looked down

00:31:55at my palm.

00:31:57The silver blood

00:31:58was already slowing.

00:32:00I did not answer him

00:32:01in Calium's arms

00:32:02too quietly

00:32:03for him to notice.

00:32:05Jenna lifted her head.

00:32:06Her face was wet,

00:32:07her hair a mess,

00:32:08tears still drying

00:32:10on her cheeks.

00:32:11But from an angle

00:32:12he could not see,

00:32:13the corner of her mouth

00:32:14curved.

00:32:15Less than a second.

00:32:16I caught every bit of it.

00:32:18I almost wanted to laugh.

00:32:20It was the same

00:32:20in this life

00:32:21as it had been

00:32:22in the last.

00:32:23Jenna worked in the dark,

00:32:25soft and sweet

00:32:26and untouchable.

00:32:27And Calum,

00:32:29righteous,

00:32:29devoted,

00:32:30completely blind Calum,

00:32:31picked up every knife

00:32:32she left behind

00:32:33and walked it

00:32:34straight into me.

00:32:35Except this time,

00:32:36I was not the one

00:32:37bleeding out on the floor.

00:32:39This time,

00:32:41I was the one

00:32:42still standing.

00:32:45I stood in the ruined hall,

00:32:47the cold serpent energy

00:32:49still lingering in the air

00:32:51like frost on my skin.

00:32:55Calum's accusation

00:32:57hung between us,

00:32:58sharp and accusatory.

00:33:00I didn't rush

00:33:01to defend myself.

00:33:03Instead,

00:33:04I raised my hand

00:33:05and let the silver seat

00:33:07flare.

00:33:10Silver light swept over Jenna,

00:33:13amplifying the dark serpent patterns

00:33:15twisting on her coral bracelet.

00:33:17They projected clearly

00:33:19onto the wall,

00:33:20rivaling like living shadows.

00:33:25The exact energy

00:33:27that had provoked Althea.

00:33:28The servants gasp.

00:33:30Eleanor's face

00:33:31drained of colour.

00:33:33Jenna's expression

00:33:34crumpled

00:33:34as she threw herself

00:33:36into Calum's arms,

00:33:37sobbing violently.

00:33:39Calum,

00:33:40I don't know what that is.

00:33:41I really don't.

00:33:44Did Lady Rowish

00:33:45do this on purpose

00:33:46to scare me?

00:33:49Calum pulled her tighter,

00:33:50his voice rising in fury

00:33:52as he glared at me.

00:33:54Rowena,

00:33:55enough!

00:33:56You already hurt her tonight

00:33:58and now you want

00:33:59to humiliate her

00:34:00in front of everyone?

00:34:01The disbelief

00:34:01hit me hard.

00:34:03Evidence

00:34:04right in front of him

00:34:05and still he chose her.

00:34:06Lucian stepped to my side,

00:34:08his voice like ice.

00:34:09Are you blind?

00:34:11Or has your brain

00:34:12rotted too?

00:34:13You have no right

00:34:13to speak here!

00:34:14I held Lucian back

00:34:15with a hand on his arm.

00:34:16No need to argue with him.

00:34:17Serpent energy

00:34:18recognises its own

00:34:18and so does Althea.

00:34:19Calum,

00:34:20you can keep pretending

00:34:20not to see it

00:34:21but the formation collapsed

00:34:22tonight because you

00:34:22opened that door yourself.

00:34:23Calum's face stiffened.

00:34:24Jenna cried,

00:34:25even harder.

00:34:26I turned away from them,

00:34:27crouching beside Althea

00:34:28and placing my hand

00:34:28on her head.

00:34:29The great white serpent

00:34:30calmed under my touch,

00:34:30lowering her head

00:34:31like a tamed beast.

00:34:32Everyone saw it.

00:34:32The serpents didn't fear me.

00:34:33They feared the Hargrove.

00:34:37Lucian helped me

00:34:38back to my room.

00:34:39The cut in my palms

00:34:41still seeped silver blood

00:34:42and the Lunarn Hunt scar

00:34:44on my face burned.

00:34:46Every use of the covenant

00:34:47reminded me of the price

00:34:48I had paid.

00:34:49My face for this power.

00:34:52Lucian banded the wound

00:34:53with careful hands.

00:34:54his touch gentle,

00:34:56as if afraid to break me.

00:34:58Don't cut so deep

00:34:59next time.

00:34:59If I hadn't,

00:35:00this entire estate

00:35:02would have collapsed tonight.

00:35:04That's not your burden

00:35:05alone to carry.

00:35:06I looked up at him.

00:35:08He met my eyes steadily,

00:35:11never flinching

00:35:11from the scar,

00:35:13only seeing me.

00:35:14After my rebirth,

00:35:16I had accepted

00:35:17that trading my beauty

00:35:19meant no man

00:35:20would love me again.

00:35:21Others saw fear

00:35:22or disgust first.

00:35:24But Lucian never did.

00:35:26I pulled my hand away,

00:35:27my voice turning cold.

00:35:30Don't be too good to me.

00:35:32I don't need it.

00:35:34Whether you need it

00:35:34is your business.

00:35:36Whether I do it

00:35:37is mine.

00:35:38Footsteps sounded outside.

00:35:41Callum stood in the doorway,

00:35:42his face dark.

00:35:44Seeing Lubian holding my hand

00:35:46made his expression

00:35:48twist with jealousy.

00:35:50So you have time

00:35:51for your servant

00:35:51to fawn him over you.

00:35:53I smiled coldly.

00:35:54At least he knows

00:35:55who was bleeding.

00:35:57Unlike some people

00:35:58who only held

00:36:00the real culfrid

00:36:01while accusing me.

00:36:02Callum's face

00:36:03darkened further.

00:36:05Tomorrow morning,

00:36:05you're coming with me

00:36:06to the family cemetery.

00:36:08I need to know

00:36:08why this serpent

00:36:09clings to the Hargroves.

00:36:11Fine.

00:36:12But Jenna stays behind.

00:36:14You're meddling too much.

00:36:16I said nothing.

00:36:18I knew Jenna

00:36:19would come anyway.

00:36:22Jenna appeared

00:36:23the next day,

00:36:25wrapped in a pale cloak,

00:36:27looking frail

00:36:28as she clung

00:36:29to Callum's side.

00:36:31Callum,

00:36:32I can't let you go alone.

00:36:34Let me come.

00:36:35I promise

00:36:36I won't cause trouble.

00:36:38Callum glanced at me,

00:36:40waiting for protest.

00:36:41I stayed silent.

00:36:44Let her.

00:36:45The closer she gets

00:36:47to the truth,

00:36:47the faster her mask slips.

00:36:50Jenna's eyes flickered

00:36:51before she looked down.

00:36:53We reached the Hargrove Cemetery,

00:36:55where serpent energy

00:36:57coiled around every grave.

00:36:59My silver sight

00:37:00revealed snake bones

00:37:01pressed beneath

00:37:02each male Hargrove tombstone.

00:37:04This was no simple curse.

00:37:06It was a betrayal.

00:37:08What do you see?

00:37:10Your family wasn't cursed

00:37:12by serpents.

00:37:13You used them first,

00:37:15then betrayed them.

00:37:18Jenna suddenly cried out

00:37:20and stumbled,

00:37:21her hand landing precisely

00:37:22on a formation node.

00:37:24Serpent energy erupted.

00:37:28Callum rushed to her.

00:37:31I saw dark energy

00:37:33flash between her fingers.

00:37:35In my past life,

00:37:37I thought it was an accident.

00:37:41Now I knew better.

00:37:43Lucian stepped in front of me,

00:37:45and the underground bones

00:37:47recoiled from him,

00:37:48as if terrified.

00:37:50A question stirred in my mind.

00:37:55Who exactly was Lucian?

00:37:58Jenna clung to Callum,

00:38:01claiming her legs

00:38:02had simply given out.

00:38:04He held her protectively,

00:38:05but turned on me in anger.

00:38:09You knew it was dangerous here.

00:38:11Why didn't you clear it first?

00:38:15Did you see her step on the node?

00:38:17Callum paused.

00:38:19Jenna lifted her tear-stripped face.

00:38:23Lady Rowena,

00:38:24I know you dislike me,

00:38:26but I didn't touch any node.

00:38:28I was just scared.

00:38:31Callum's gaze softened

00:38:32toward her immediately.

00:38:35Rowena, enough.

00:38:37Stop pinning everything on her!

00:38:39I didn't argue.

00:38:41I extracted the serpent energy

00:38:43from her palm

00:38:46and held it suspended in the air,

00:38:49a writhling black thread

00:38:50trying to return to her sleeve.

00:38:54Jenna paled.

00:38:56Still need an explanation?

00:38:59Callum saw it.

00:39:00Everyone did.

00:39:02But after a moment,

00:39:03he muttered,

00:39:06maybe the node

00:39:06latched onto her.

00:39:07I laughed bitterly.

00:39:09In my past life,

00:39:10I thought he was blind.

00:39:11Now I realized he saw.

00:39:13He just refused to admit it.

00:39:15Lucian spoke softly behind me.

00:39:18He doesn't deserve

00:39:19a single word from you.

00:39:20His words eased

00:39:22some of the cold weight

00:39:22in my chest.

00:39:24I turned back to the graves.

00:39:27Keep digging.

00:39:29Jenna's desperation

00:39:30to interrupt means

00:39:32there's something

00:39:33important down there.

00:39:36I used silver blood

00:39:38on the tombstone.

00:39:40A fragment of memory rose.

00:39:43Centuries ago,

00:39:44Althea had willingly

00:39:45guarded the Hargroves,

00:39:47shielding them

00:39:48and even giving her

00:39:49white scales as a token.

00:39:51They repaid her

00:39:52by stabbing her

00:39:53with the stolen silver arrow

00:39:54while she slept,

00:39:55turning her into a living lock

00:39:57for the serpent gate.

00:39:59She was no monster.

00:40:01She was a betrayed protector.

00:40:05When the vision faded,

00:40:07Callum looked grim.

00:40:09I expected him

00:40:11to ask about Althea.

00:40:12Instead,

00:40:13If she's the living lock,

00:40:16she can still hold

00:40:18the gate, right?

00:40:19I turned slowly,

00:40:21anger flaring.

00:40:23That's all you take

00:40:24from this?

00:40:26The Hogg family

00:40:27cannot fall.

00:40:29I need to know

00:40:30how to save it.

00:40:31His selfishness

00:40:32drained even my rage.

00:40:34In my past life,

00:40:35my pain,

00:40:36my blood,

00:40:36my life had only

00:40:37ever been tools to him.

00:40:40Jenna squeezed

00:40:40his hand gently.

00:40:42Callum,

00:40:42you're just worried

00:40:43about the family.

00:40:44Lady Rowena

00:40:45wouldn't understand

00:40:46your burden.

00:40:46Her voice was soft,

00:40:48but her eyes smiled.

00:40:50Lucian's hand

00:40:50tightened on his sword hilt.

00:40:52Don't rush.

00:40:53Let them dig

00:40:54their own graves deeper.

00:40:57The filthier

00:40:58their words now,

00:40:59the cleaner

00:41:00the reckoning later.

00:41:03Later,

00:41:04Jenna sought me

00:41:05out alone.

00:41:07Her gentle mask

00:41:09dropped completely

00:41:10as she leaned

00:41:11against a cord's

00:41:12alert,

00:41:12twisting her

00:41:13coral bracelet.

00:41:14You must feel

00:41:15so smug right now,

00:41:17making Callum

00:41:18look bad,

00:41:19making everyone

00:41:20doubt me,

00:41:21enjoying yourself.

00:41:23It's nowhere near

00:41:25as entertaining

00:41:26as you feeding

00:41:28serpents

00:41:29while playing

00:41:30the helpless victim.

00:41:31She laughed,

00:41:33her eyes

00:41:33turning venomous.

00:41:34You're much smarter

00:41:35than last time.

00:41:36So you remember too?

00:41:40Jenna didn't answer

00:41:41directly.

00:41:43She stroked

00:41:44the bracelet.

00:41:47Whether I remember

00:41:48doesn't matter.

00:41:49Callum will

00:41:50always believe me.

00:41:52You can shove

00:41:53proof in his face,

00:41:54and he'll still

00:41:55make excuses for me.

00:41:57Her words cut deep,

00:41:59laced with malice.

00:42:00Look at you.

00:42:02Traded your face

00:42:03for power,

00:42:05and still no one

00:42:07loves you.

00:42:08How pathetic.

00:42:10You think I still

00:42:11want Callum's love?

00:42:12Jenna stepped closer,

00:42:13lowering her voice.

00:42:15Of course you do.

00:42:16Once a woman

00:42:17has been loved,

00:42:18she always craves it back.

00:42:20You're just pretending

00:42:21to be clear-headed now.

00:42:23She reached

00:42:24toward my scar.

00:42:25Lucian emerged

00:42:26from the shadows

00:42:26and seized her wrist.

00:42:28Touch her again,

00:42:28and I'll cut off

00:42:29your hand.

00:42:31Jenna winced

00:42:32in pain,

00:42:33but quickly shifted

00:42:34to a pitiful expression

00:42:35as Callum's

00:42:36foot stems approached.

00:42:38Callum!

00:42:39He's trying to kill me!

00:42:46I only wanted

00:42:47to apologize

00:42:48to Lady Rowena,

00:42:49but he suddenly

00:42:50grabbed me.

00:42:51I was so scared.

00:42:53Let her go.

00:42:56Lucian,

00:42:57release her.

00:42:59Rowena,

00:42:59control your people.

00:43:01Don't forget,

00:43:03this is the Hargrove

00:43:04estate.

00:43:08I remember perfectly.

00:43:10That's exactly

00:43:11why it's so filthy here.

00:43:25See that?

00:43:26Every time she touches you,

00:43:28your mark deepens.

00:43:29What trick did you pull?

00:43:31Wonderful.

00:43:32She poisons you,

00:43:33and I get blamed.

00:43:35You really are

00:43:35her perfect blade.

00:43:37Lucian stepped

00:43:38beside me.

00:43:41Let's go.

00:43:42Don't waste time

00:43:43on fools.

00:43:46This time,

00:43:47I didn't disagree.

00:43:51Late that night,

00:43:52Chester knocked

00:43:53on my door,

00:43:53holding a lantern

00:43:54with perfect servant

00:43:55deference.

00:43:55Lady Whitmere,

00:43:56the old madam asks

00:43:57if you will enter

00:43:58the hall again tomorrow.

00:43:59Eleanor did the serpent

00:44:00send you,

00:44:00did she?

00:44:01Chester's expression

00:44:02stayed neutral.

00:44:03You're overthinking.

00:44:04I sealed the room

00:44:04with silver seals.

00:44:06Only Lucian and I

00:44:06remained with him.

00:44:07Chester finally looked up.

00:44:09The silver site

00:44:10lives up to its name.

00:44:11How many years

00:44:11have you hidden

00:44:12in the Hargroves?

00:44:1343.

00:44:14He spoke calmly.

00:44:15The Hargroves think

00:44:15they can control

00:44:16the serpent gate,

00:44:17but those behind it

00:44:17have waited for them

00:44:18to walk into the trap.

00:44:19I asked about

00:44:19the silver arrow.

00:44:21You want the sacred relic.

00:44:23The serpent court wants it.

00:44:24Callum wants it to survive.

00:44:26Jenna wants it

00:44:27to open the gate.

00:44:28Everyone is waiting

00:44:28for you to act,

00:44:29Lady Whitmore.

00:44:30Callum,

00:44:31I just saw Chester

00:44:32enter Lady Rowena's room.

00:44:33Are they plotting something?

00:44:37Rowena,

00:44:37what exactly are you

00:44:38doing behind my back?

00:44:44Callum immediately

00:44:45accused me

00:44:46of colluding

00:44:47with the serpent court

00:44:48through Chester.

00:44:51I didn't deny

00:44:52seeking the arrow.

00:44:55It was my goal.

00:44:57He seized on it,

00:44:59turning everyone

00:45:00against me.

00:45:03You were never here

00:45:04to save us.

00:45:06You came for

00:45:07Hargrave possessions

00:45:08from the start.

00:45:10That relic belongs

00:45:11to Whitmore,

00:45:13not Hargrige.

00:45:15Jenna spoke softly.

00:45:17Callum,

00:45:19I've long felt

00:45:20Lady Rowena's

00:45:21hostility.

00:45:23I didn't dare

00:45:24say it before.

00:45:25I feared you'd

00:45:26think me petty.

00:45:28Her eyes

00:45:29reddened again.

00:45:31Callum's disgust

00:45:32towards me

00:45:32deepened.

00:45:33Hand over

00:45:34your silver seals.

00:45:37From now on,

00:45:38any ritual

00:45:39needs my approval.

00:45:41You want to

00:45:42control my power

00:45:43to manage

00:45:45the gate?

00:45:45This is my home!

00:45:48I have the right

00:45:49to know

00:45:49what you're doing.

00:45:51I summoned

00:45:52a wisp of

00:45:53Althea's

00:45:53white serpent

00:45:54shadow.

00:45:55It coiled

00:45:56around Callum's

00:45:57death mark.

00:45:58He cried out

00:45:59in pain,

00:46:00face paling.

00:46:02You have the

00:46:02right to know

00:46:03this, for example.

00:46:04You're still

00:46:05standing,

00:46:06only because

00:46:06I allow it.

00:46:08Jenna stumbled

00:46:09back in fear.

00:46:11Callum stared

00:46:12at me with a

00:46:12mix of rage

00:46:13and newfound

00:46:14terror.

00:46:15Lucien spoke

00:46:16quietly at

00:46:16my side.

00:46:17She saves you

00:46:19by choice,

00:46:19not obligation.

00:46:21Remember that.

00:46:29Eleanor called

00:46:30a family meeting,

00:46:31summoning all

00:46:32Hargroff branches.

00:46:35It was framed

00:46:36as discussing

00:46:37the gate,

00:46:38but clearly

00:46:39meant to

00:46:39force me

00:46:40to submit

00:46:40publicly.

00:46:43Many saw

00:46:43my scarred face

00:46:44for the first

00:46:45time.

00:46:46Whispers spread.

00:46:47How terrifying

00:46:48the scar was.

00:46:50How no wonder

00:46:50Callum preferred

00:46:51Jenna.

00:46:54I heard

00:46:55every word.

00:46:56In my past life,

00:46:57such talk

00:46:58would have

00:46:58crushed me.

00:47:00Now it was

00:47:01just noise.

00:47:02Eleanor sat

00:47:03at the head,

00:47:04voice heavy.

00:47:06Lady Whittemora,

00:47:08your power

00:47:09is great,

00:47:11but we've seen

00:47:12your emotions

00:47:13are unstable.

00:47:14For the family's

00:47:16safety,

00:47:17the sealing arts

00:47:18cannot remain

00:47:19solely in your hands.

00:47:22Callum didn't

00:47:22intervene.

00:47:24He sat silently,

00:47:27endorsing the ambush.

00:47:30Jenna added fuel.

00:47:33I'm only worried

00:47:34Lady Roeth

00:47:35might resent me

00:47:37and take it out

00:47:38on the entire

00:47:39Hargrove family.

00:47:41All eyes turned

00:47:42to me.

00:47:42I stood and

00:47:43activated the

00:47:44silver sight.

00:47:45Behind every person,

00:47:47shadows of

00:47:48sacrificed women

00:47:49appeared,

00:47:49maids,

00:47:50adopted daughters,

00:47:52wives offered

00:47:52as tribute.

00:47:53Those who had

00:47:54mocked my scar

00:47:54dropped to their

00:47:55knees in terror.

00:47:56You wanted

00:47:57to talk safety?

00:47:59Then look at

00:48:00how many lives

00:48:00you've trampled

00:48:01beneath your feet.

00:48:03Jenna's smile

00:48:04finally shattered.

00:48:09Chaos erupted

00:48:10after the ghosts

00:48:11appeared.

00:48:11Some begged me

00:48:12to withdraw the sight.

00:48:13Others accused

00:48:13Eleanor.

00:48:14She paled and

00:48:15instinctively protected

00:48:16the legacy book.

00:48:16I saw it.

00:48:17The sacrifice ledger

00:48:18is inside the book.

00:48:19Eleanor's hand froze.

00:48:20Callum tried to block me.

00:48:21Rowena, don't make

00:48:21this uglier.

00:48:22The ugly one is

00:48:23your family's

00:48:23centuries of blood debt.

00:48:24Jenna clutched

00:48:25her chest,

00:48:26collapsing into a chair.

00:48:28I can't breathe.

00:48:29Callum, I'm so scared.

00:48:31Callum moved

00:48:31to help her,

00:48:32but a white serpent

00:48:33shadow blocked him,

00:48:35staring coldly

00:48:36at Jenna.

00:48:37She stopped

00:48:38aggravating her sobs.

00:48:40I approached

00:48:40Eleanor.

00:48:41Give me the ledger.

00:48:43Eleanor forced

00:48:44a smile.

00:48:45Child, those are

00:48:46old matters.

00:48:47You already died

00:48:48once.

00:48:49Why keep pursuing?

00:48:51I leaned close.

00:48:54Because I died

00:48:55once.

00:48:55I know exactly

00:48:57what being chosen

00:48:58by you feels like.

00:49:00Callum watched

00:49:01with fleeting complexity

00:49:02before Jenna's

00:49:03sobs pulled him

00:49:04away again.

00:49:06My cold laugh

00:49:07deepened.

00:49:09He was never

00:49:10worth it.

00:49:12Callum tried

00:49:13a softer approach

00:49:14that evening,

00:49:15coming to my room

00:49:16with a gentler tone.

00:49:18Roland,

00:49:19we can cooperate.

00:49:21You want the

00:49:22silver arrow?

00:49:23I want the

00:49:24Hargroves to survive.

00:49:25Our goals

00:49:26are clean.

00:49:27I knew what came

00:49:29next.

00:49:29The same fake,

00:49:30fake concern

00:49:31from my past life.

00:49:32I know some words

00:49:34hurt you before,

00:49:35but now isn't the

00:49:36time to dwell on it.

00:49:37Some words?

00:49:38I turned my face

00:49:40so he could see

00:49:40the scar clearly.

00:49:42You mocked my face,

00:49:44protected Jenna

00:49:45as she harmed me,

00:49:47demanded

00:49:47my seals.

00:49:49And you call it

00:49:50some words?

00:49:52Callum frowned.

00:49:53You're too sensitive

00:49:54now.

00:49:55Lucian entered

00:49:56with medicine

00:49:57and overheard.

00:49:58She died once

00:49:59because of you all,

00:50:01and now you call

00:50:01her sensitive?

00:50:02Who do you think

00:50:03you are?

00:50:04Her servant?

00:50:05Guard?

00:50:06Or just the dog

00:50:07she keeps?

00:50:08Lucian remained calm.

00:50:09I can be anything

00:50:10she wants.

00:50:11But you?

00:50:12You're different.

00:50:13How?

00:50:13Even when she bleeds,

00:50:15you only ask

00:50:16why she didn't

00:50:16protect others.

00:50:17The room fell silent.

00:50:19I looked away,

00:50:21no longer wanting

00:50:22to hear Callum.

00:50:23Give me the key.

00:50:25Tomorrow we enter

00:50:25the underground chamber.

00:50:28Callum gritted

00:50:29his teeth

00:50:31and placed the key

00:50:32on the table.

00:50:36The underground chamber

00:50:37lay behind Hargrot Hall.

00:50:39Dust and serpent energy

00:50:41rushed out

00:50:41as the door opened.

00:50:42Whitmore hunting tools,

00:50:44silver blades,

00:50:45short bows,

00:50:45chains,

00:50:46hung on the walls

00:50:47like trophies.

00:50:48My chest tightened.

00:50:50These belonged

00:50:50to my family,

00:50:52displayed as

00:50:52Hargrok spoils.

00:50:54As I approached,

00:50:55the tools hummed

00:50:56in recognition.

00:50:57Several blades

00:50:58tilted toward me.

00:51:00Callum's eyes

00:51:00gleamed with greed.

00:51:02If these can

00:51:03suppress the gate,

00:51:04why not lend them

00:51:06to the Hargroves first?

00:51:07After stealing them

00:51:08for centuries,

00:51:09you still want

00:51:09to borrow more?

00:51:10Jenna followed us in.

00:51:12Seeing the tools

00:51:13respond to me,

00:51:14jealously flashed

00:51:15in her eyes.

00:51:16Impressive.

00:51:18Too bad it all

00:51:20came at the cost

00:51:20of your face.

00:51:22Lucian took

00:51:23a loosened

00:51:23silver blade

00:51:24from the wall

00:51:25and placed it

00:51:25in my hand.

00:51:26They recognize you,

00:51:28not because

00:51:28of your face,

00:51:30but because

00:51:31you are Whitmore.

00:51:32His words settled

00:51:33warmly in my heart.

00:51:34I gripped the blade.

00:51:36Silver light bloomed.

00:51:37All the tools

00:51:38vibrated in univine.

00:51:39Jenna's expression

00:51:40soured completely.

00:51:41What she hated most

00:51:43wasn't my strength.

00:51:44It was that even scarred

00:51:45I still had someone

00:51:46standing by my side.

00:51:47Deepest in the chamber

00:51:49hung an old painting.

00:51:50The first Whitmore

00:51:51lunar huntress

00:51:52beside a golden-horned

00:51:54white deer.

00:51:55The deer shielded her

00:51:56from serpents.

00:51:57Its antlers

00:51:58wrapped in moonlight.

00:52:00Lucian's face

00:52:01changed when he saw it.

00:52:02He looked away

00:52:03too late.

00:52:04You've seen this painting?

00:52:05No.

00:52:06He answered too quickly.

00:52:07Callum noticed,

00:52:08his expression

00:52:08turning dangerous.

00:52:09Seems your servant

00:52:10knows quite a lot.

00:52:11I stepped in front

00:52:11of Lucian.

00:52:12None of your concern.

00:52:13Callum sneered.

00:52:14Rowena,

00:52:14you'd shield

00:52:14a mere servant

00:52:15from me?

00:52:15Lucian's eyes chilled.

00:52:16I spoke calmly

00:52:17without turning.

00:52:18He is not a mere servant.

00:52:19Lucian fell silent.

00:52:20My own heart

00:52:20stirred unexpectedly

00:52:21at the words.

00:52:22Jenna watched

00:52:23with a light laugh.

00:52:24Lady Rowena

00:52:25is so enviable.

00:52:26Face ruined,

00:52:28yet still so protected.

00:52:30How much of that

00:52:30protection is real,

00:52:32I wonder?

00:52:32At least more

00:52:33than what you stole.

00:52:34Her face darkened.

00:52:36Suddenly,

00:52:36her bracelet glowed.

00:52:38Serpent energy

00:52:39corrupted the tools,

00:52:41turning them against me.

00:52:43Jenna cried out

00:52:44in fake alarm.

00:52:45Callum,

00:52:46watch out!

00:52:47The tools have gone

00:52:47out of control!

00:52:48But excitement

00:52:49burned in her eyes.

00:52:50The tools lunged at me.

00:52:54They heard their silver lament.

00:52:57They didn't want to harm

00:52:59their true owner.

00:53:00Jenna's serpent energy

00:53:01forced them.

00:53:02Callum's first instinct

00:53:03was to shield Jenna.

00:53:05Rowena,

00:53:06control them!

00:53:07Don't let them touch Jenna!

00:53:08I ignored him

00:53:09and summoned

00:53:10the moon's silver bow.

00:53:12Moonlight

00:53:13formed the string.

00:53:15I fired arrows,

00:53:17tearing serpent energy

00:53:18from the blades

00:53:19one by one.

00:53:21They fell obediently

00:53:23at my feet.

00:53:24Each shot

00:53:25burned my scar

00:53:25like a fresh blade cut.

00:53:27Pain seared through me.

00:53:28I grit my teeth

00:53:29and kept drawing.

00:53:30Lucian suddenly

00:53:31grabbed my hand.

00:53:31Enough!

00:53:32Not yet cleared!

00:53:33I said enough,

00:53:34you're hurting!

00:53:34Everyone else

00:53:35fixated on my scar,

00:53:36fearing,

00:53:36hating,

00:53:37using it.

00:53:37Only Lucian cared

00:53:38if it hurt.

00:53:39This isn't the time

00:53:40for your intimacy.

00:53:41Rowena,

00:53:41continue.

00:53:42Lucian turned on him.

00:53:44Shut your mouth.

00:53:45Callum's face darkened.

00:53:48I released the bowstring,

00:53:50refusing his order

00:53:51for the first time.

00:53:52The rest can wait

00:53:53until I decide.

00:53:54Jenna looked furious.

00:53:56She had wanted

00:53:56to exhaust me.

00:53:58She never expected

00:53:59Lucian could make me stop

00:54:00or that I would

00:54:01choose to for him.

00:54:03I followed Jaina

00:54:04into the underground

00:54:05water chath.

00:54:06She stood on the stone steps

00:54:08before the outer serpent gate.

00:54:09Her innocent mask

00:54:10finally debardened.

00:54:12Do you know

00:54:12where the silver arrow

00:54:13really is?

00:54:14I remained silent,

00:54:15gripping the hilt

00:54:16of the silver blade,

00:54:17see the sound echoing

00:54:17coldly off the walls.

00:54:19It's not in the chamber.

00:54:21It's buried

00:54:22in Althea's heart.

00:54:23The first Hargroves

00:54:24used it to nail her

00:54:25into the earth vein

00:54:27and create this gate.

00:54:28My fingers tightened

00:54:29painfully.

00:54:30The weight of generations

00:54:32of betrayal

00:54:32pressed down on me.

00:54:34Jenna stepped closer,

00:54:35her voice dripping venom.

00:54:36If you want

00:54:37Whitmore's relic back,

00:54:38you'll have to pull

00:54:40the arrow.

00:54:41But the moment you do,

00:54:42the gate opens.

00:54:44Everyone will blame you

00:54:44for destroying Hargrove Hall.

00:54:46Callum will hate you.

00:54:47Eleanor will hate you.

00:54:48They'll say you did it

00:54:49because no one

00:54:50could love your scarred face.

00:54:52The words stung,

00:54:53but not as deeply

00:54:53as they once would have.

00:54:55I met her gaze steadily,

00:54:56the lunar scar on my cheek

00:54:57pulsing with silver light.

00:54:59You still think I care

00:54:59what Callum's thinks of me?

00:55:01Jenna's smile faltered

00:55:03for a split second.

00:55:04I continued,

00:55:05my voice low but firm.

00:55:06You're wrong.

00:55:08I didn't come back

00:55:08to prove I'm worthy of love.

00:55:10I came to make sure

00:55:11all of you pay what you owe.

00:55:13Her expression turned ugly.

00:55:15She spat one last barb

00:55:17before leaping deeper

00:55:18into the waterway.

00:55:20You really think Lucian

00:55:21will keep protecting you?

00:55:23Men are all the same.

00:55:24Once he gets tired

00:55:25of looking at that face,

00:55:26he'll leave too.

00:55:28I stood there

00:55:29as her footsteps faded,

00:55:30the cold water

00:55:31lapping at my boots.

00:55:32Her words tried

00:55:33to burrow into old wounds,

00:55:34but Lucian's steady presence

00:55:35in my mind

00:55:36pushed them back.

00:55:37I turned

00:55:37and climbed back

00:55:38to the surface,

00:55:39the truth now clear

00:55:40in my heart.

00:55:41The silver arrow

00:55:42rested in Althea's chest.

00:55:45Back above ground,

00:55:46I found Lucian

00:55:47waiting in the shadows

00:55:48of the hall.

00:55:49His quiet strength

00:55:50grounded me

00:55:51as I told him

00:55:51what Jenna had revealed.

00:55:53He listened

00:55:53without interruption,

00:55:54his eyes never leaving mine.

00:55:56Will you pull it?

00:55:57I have to,

00:55:58but not recklessly.

00:56:00I'll use Callum's blood,

00:56:02Jenna's serpent contract,

00:56:04Chester's serpent court mark,

00:56:05and Eleanor's sacrifice ledger

00:56:07to form a new seal.

00:56:09Lucian studied me carefully,

00:56:10no fear in his gaze,

00:56:12only unwavering resolve.

00:56:14Then we do it.

00:56:15A small smile tugged

00:56:16at my lips despite everything.

00:56:18You won't ask

00:56:18if I'll turn into a monster?

00:56:20You won't.

00:56:22How can you be so sure?

00:56:23He paused,

00:56:24then stepped closer,

00:56:26and gently re-wrapped

00:56:27the bandage on my palm.

00:56:29Because even when you

00:56:30could have let Callum

00:56:31die tonight,

00:56:32you still saved

00:56:33the entire estate.

00:56:34His words pierced

00:56:35through the armor

00:56:36I had built around my heart.

00:56:38I had hated them all

00:56:39so fiercely

00:56:40that I refused

00:56:41to become the destroyer

00:56:42they feared.

00:56:43Lucian saw that in me

00:56:44when no one else did.

00:56:46The scar on my face

00:56:46burned less fiercely

00:56:47in that moment.

00:56:49Tomorrow we go to Eleanor.

00:56:50Good.

00:56:51I lingered in his presence

00:56:52a moment longer,

00:56:54drawing quiet comfort

00:56:55from the way

00:56:56he stood guard

00:56:57beside me,

00:56:58unflinching.

00:57:00Eleanor refused

00:57:01to surrender

00:57:01the sacrifice's ledger.

00:57:03She sat in the main study,

00:57:04cradling her peach blossom tea.

00:57:06Her grandmotherly facade

00:57:07finally stripped away

00:57:08to reveal cold calculation.

00:57:10Rowena,

00:57:11you already know too much.

00:57:13A smart girl

00:57:14knows when to stop.

00:57:15The memories flooded back.

00:57:17Her smiles

00:57:18as she fed me poison.

00:57:19Her indifference

00:57:20as she watched me die.

00:57:22Anger surged

00:57:23through my veins.

00:57:24When you sent me

00:57:25into the serpent gate

00:57:26in my past life,

00:57:28did you also think

00:57:29I should have stopped?

00:57:30Her hand trembled

00:57:31slightly on the teacup.

00:57:32Do you remember?

00:57:33I remember everything.

00:57:34Your sweet words.

00:57:36The poisoned tea

00:57:37how you locked me inside

00:57:39without a flicker

00:57:40of remorse.

00:57:41I sealed her teacup

00:57:43with a silver seal.

00:57:44The liquid inside

00:57:46turned black.

00:57:47Serpent shadows

00:57:48thrashing wildly.

00:57:50Lupien stood behind me.

00:57:51His presence

00:57:52a wall of silent fury.

00:57:54Eleanor's composure cracked.

00:57:56What do you want?

00:57:58The ledger.

00:58:00She resisted.

00:58:02I stepped forward

00:58:03and sealed her throat

00:58:05with silver light.

00:58:07Her mouth opened

00:58:09but no sound emerged.

00:58:11You lied so many people

00:58:13to their deaths.

00:58:14This mouth of yours

00:58:15deserves rest.

00:58:16I retrieved the ledger

00:58:18from her hidden compartment.

00:58:19Page after page

00:58:20listed women's names.

00:58:21The final entry

00:58:22was my own.

00:58:23Rowena Whitmore.

00:58:25My fingers clenched

00:58:26until my knuckles whitened.

00:58:28This life

00:58:29I would cross it out myself.

00:58:33Callum learned

00:58:34of the stolen ledger quickly.

00:58:35Instead of confronting

00:58:37Mimi directly

00:58:37he lured Lupien away

00:58:39and trapped him

00:58:40in the old underground chapel

00:58:42beneath Hargrove Hall.

00:58:43An ancient altar

00:58:44etched with serpent arrays

00:58:46designed to suppress

00:58:47Lunarn Hunt blood.

00:58:48When I arrived

00:58:49Lucian knelt in the center

00:58:50of the array

00:58:50covered in wounds

00:58:51yet his eyes glowed

00:58:52with a faint golden light.

00:58:53Callum stood outside

00:58:54the formation

00:58:55a silver blade in hand.

00:58:56Don't come closer Rowena.

00:58:57One more step

00:58:58and he dies for you.

00:58:59Eyes alight

00:58:59with vicious excitement.

00:59:01Lady Rowena

00:59:01you're so powerful.

00:59:02Choose

00:59:03the silver arrow

00:59:04or him.

00:59:05Lucian looked at me

00:59:06through the pain

00:59:06and shook his head wiltly.

00:59:08Leave me.

00:59:09The plea tore at my chest.

00:59:10In my past life

00:59:11I had told Callum

00:59:12the same thing

00:59:12only for him to abandon me.

00:59:14I would not repeat

00:59:15his cruelty.

00:59:16Power erupted

00:59:16from my Huntress mark.

00:59:18Silver light shattered

00:59:18the serpent array

00:59:19inch by inch.

00:59:21Callum paled.

00:59:22You're mad.

00:59:23The covenant will backlash.

00:59:25That's not for you

00:59:26to decide.

00:59:28I rushed into the formation

00:59:30grabbed Lucian's hand

00:59:32and dragged him free.

00:59:33His silver gold blood

00:59:34touched my pie palm

00:59:36and the lingering

00:59:37dark energy

00:59:39recoiled as if burned.

00:59:42Lucian's blood

00:59:43was not red.

00:59:44It shimmered

00:59:45with faint silver gold light.

00:59:46The realization hit me

00:59:48as the serpent array

00:59:49was rainness

00:59:49fled from him.

00:59:50Who are you?

00:59:51Really?

00:59:51Lucian remained silent

00:59:52for a long moment

00:59:53before answering softly.

00:59:55I promised to stay

00:59:56by the Whitmore heir's side.

00:59:57Promised whom?

00:59:59He didn't reply.

01:00:00But Callum

01:00:01had seen the blood.

01:00:02Greed twisted his features.

01:00:04So he's even more

01:00:05special than you.

01:00:05She laughed cruelly.

01:00:07Callum, if we use him

01:00:08as the new living lock

01:00:10we won't need Rowena anymore.

01:00:12Callum didn't deny it.

01:00:13Cold fury

01:00:14settled in my chest.

01:00:15Touch him

01:00:17and I will end

01:00:18the hog rave bloodline tonight.

01:00:21You care about him that much?

01:00:24So even you can feel fear.

01:00:26I helped Lucian to his feet

01:00:28my voice steady

01:00:29despite the storm inside.

01:00:32Yes, I fear.

01:00:33I fear him suffering

01:00:35the same fate I did.

01:00:37Being sacrificed

01:00:38by people like you

01:00:39who treat lives

01:00:40as disposable.

01:00:42Lucian glanced at me

01:00:43emotion flickering

01:00:45in his eyes.

01:00:46I avoided looking back

01:00:47afraid my own feelings

01:00:50would spill over.

01:00:53Callum and Jenna

01:00:54united against us.

01:00:55They spread rumors

01:00:56that Lucian's

01:00:57non-human aura

01:00:58was the true cause

01:01:00of the gate's instability.

01:01:03Jenna wept publicly

01:01:04claiming she saw

01:01:06his golden blood

01:01:07and couldn't sleep

01:01:08from fear.

01:01:10Callum played

01:01:11the responsible family head.

01:01:13I don't want to hurt anyone

01:01:14but for the Hargroves

01:01:16I must uncover

01:01:17what he is.

01:01:19The hypocrisy

01:01:19made me want to laugh.

01:01:21This was their old game.

01:01:23One crying,

01:01:24the other forced to act.

01:01:26Only now

01:01:28the knives

01:01:28were aimed elsewhere.

01:01:31I stepped in front

01:01:32of Lucian.

01:01:33Anyone who wants

01:01:34to investigate him

01:01:35goes through me first.

01:01:37Callum's face darkened.

01:01:39Rowena,

01:01:39you'd abandoned

01:01:40the entire Hargrove

01:01:41family's safety

01:01:42for him?

01:01:43I protected you.

01:01:45You don't deserve it.

01:01:46Lady Rowena,

01:01:48have you forgotten

01:01:49Lucian's just an outsider

01:01:50you picked up?

01:01:51An outsider

01:01:51cleaner than you'll ever be.

01:01:53Lucian spoke quietly

01:01:54behind me.

01:01:55You don't have to

01:01:56shield me like this.

01:01:57I want to.

01:02:01The words surprised

01:02:02even me.

01:02:03We retreated

01:02:04to the forest

01:02:05behind the hall.

01:02:07Serpent energy

01:02:07pursued us

01:02:08to the edge

01:02:09but dared not enter.

01:02:12Moonlight

01:02:12filtered through the trees

01:02:13as I tended

01:02:14Lucian's wounds.

01:02:16Why do you remember

01:02:17the past life?

01:02:18He was quiet

01:02:20for a long time.

01:02:21Because when you died

01:02:22I was there too.

01:02:24My hand stilled

01:02:25on the bandages.

01:02:26I was trapped

01:02:26in the formation.

01:02:27I heard you begging him

01:02:29to open the door.

01:02:30I couldn't break free.

01:02:31I could only watch it close.

01:02:33The memory of that

01:02:34freezing night

01:02:35crashed over me.

01:02:36Not everyone

01:02:37had abandoned me.

01:02:39Someone

01:02:40had tried.

01:02:42My throat

01:02:43tightened.

01:02:44I always thought

01:02:45if I were stronger

01:02:46you wouldn't have died.

01:02:47That wasn't your fault.

01:02:49But I was still

01:02:50too late.

01:02:51I looked at him

01:02:51the urge

01:02:52to embrace him

01:02:53nearly overwhelming.

01:02:55Instead

01:02:55I whispered

01:02:56this time

01:02:57you weren't too late.

01:02:59Lucian met my eyes

01:03:00and smiled faintly

01:03:01for the first time.

01:03:02It was small

01:03:03but it lit up

01:03:05the darkness around us

01:03:06like moonlight on water.

01:03:08My huntress mark

01:03:09began spiraling

01:03:10out of control.

01:03:13Visions of blood deeds

01:03:15and deaths

01:03:16flooded my silver sight.

01:03:20I saw Eleanor

01:03:21dragged by ghosts.

01:03:27Chester devoured

01:03:28by the serpent court.

01:03:30Jenna consumed

01:03:32by her own power.

01:03:34And Callum

01:03:35begging on his knees.

01:03:39Ardus' voice

01:03:40echoed in my mind

01:03:42commanding me

01:03:43to hunt those

01:03:48who fed the serpents.

01:03:52I nearly summoned

01:03:54the oath arrow.

01:03:55Lucian seized

01:03:56my shoulders.

01:03:57Rowena

01:03:58look at me.

01:03:58The silver light

01:03:59and blood

01:04:00blurted my vision.

01:04:01Pain tore through

01:04:02the scar on my face.

01:04:04Move!

01:04:05I need to kill them!

01:04:06Lucian held firm.

01:04:08You can take revenge.

01:04:12But don't give yourself

01:04:13to the covenant.

01:04:15He cut his own palm

01:04:16and pressed the silver-gold blood

01:04:18against my scar.

01:04:20The divine fury

01:04:21retreated.

01:04:22I could breathe again.

01:04:24You are not

01:04:24the goddess's blade.

01:04:26You are Rowena.

01:04:28Tears stung my eyes.

01:04:30He had shown me

01:04:31I could hurt,

01:04:32hate,

01:04:33and still remain myself.

01:04:35I closed my eyes.

01:04:37Don't let go.

01:04:39I'm here.

01:04:40Chester stole the sacrifice ledger,

01:04:43hoping to trade it

01:04:44to the serpent court

01:04:45for freedom.

01:04:47We tracked him

01:04:49to an old underground room

01:04:50where he knelt

01:04:51before a black serpent mirror.

01:04:55A pale hand reached out

01:04:57and took the ledger,

01:04:58offering no promise.

01:05:02Executors have no freedom.

01:05:05Only the next order.

01:05:09Chester protested

01:05:10his 43 years of service.

01:05:13The mirror cracked

01:05:14and dark energy retaliated,

01:05:17rotting his brand.

01:05:24I didn't save him immediately.

01:05:27Lady Whitmore,

01:05:29save me!

01:05:30I can tell you

01:05:31how to close the gate!

01:05:36How many have you

01:05:37helped kill?

01:05:38Let him die.

01:05:40I stabilize the energy

01:05:42in Chester's body

01:05:44with a silver seal.

01:05:47You won't die yet.

01:05:50You'll watch

01:05:51what you served

01:05:52devour you.

01:05:55I reclaimed the ledger.

01:05:57The path to the silver arrow

01:05:59lay clear.

01:06:00The path to the silver arrow

01:06:02clear.

01:06:03Jenna publicly revealed

01:06:05the arrow's location

01:06:06in Althea's heart.

01:06:08She stood in the meeting hall,

01:06:10crying convincingly.

01:06:13If we get that arrow,

01:06:15can the Hargroves be saved?

01:06:18Callum, I don't

01:06:20want you to die.

01:06:25The branches went wild

01:06:27with desperation.

01:06:28Callum pretended

01:06:30to restrain them,

01:06:31but I saw his agent

01:06:32slipping toward

01:06:33the hall depths.

01:06:34I blocked the entrance.

01:06:37Call them back.

01:06:39Callum stayed silent.

01:06:41Jenna tried to soften it.

01:06:43Lady Rowena,

01:06:44why must you think

01:06:45the worst of Callum?

01:06:47He only wants

01:06:48to save his family.

01:06:50Shut your mouth.

01:06:52I faced Callum directly.

01:06:53Do you want to save

01:06:55your family

01:06:55or steal my arrow?

01:06:57If it can save

01:06:58the Hargroves,

01:06:59it shouldn't belong

01:07:01only to Whitmore.

01:07:02His true nature

01:07:03stood bare.

01:07:04The man who once

01:07:05wore affection

01:07:06like a mask

01:07:09now showed

01:07:10his greed

01:07:11openly.

01:07:12I descended

01:07:13into the earth vein

01:07:14with Lucian,

01:07:15cross-souled as the strage

01:07:16and several clansmen

01:07:18forced their way

01:07:18after us.

01:07:19Serpent energy

01:07:20parted before me

01:07:21and recoiled

01:07:22even more

01:07:23from Lucian.

01:07:25At the core,

01:07:27Althea was pinned

01:07:28to the gate,

01:07:29the silver arrow

01:07:30buried in her heart.

01:07:31She lowered her head,

01:07:33exposing the wound,

01:07:34begging for release.

01:07:36I grasped

01:07:37the arrow's hilt.

01:07:38Lucian stepped

01:07:39protectively behind me.

01:07:41Careful.

01:07:44Callum pressed

01:07:45a silver blade

01:07:46to Lucian's throat.

01:07:47Pull the arrow,

01:07:48Rowena,

01:07:48or he dies.

01:07:52I held the hilt

01:07:53motionless.

01:07:54Blood,

01:07:54silver gold,

01:07:55trickled from Lucian's throat,

01:07:57exciting the gate further.

01:07:59Jenna's eyes

01:07:59lit with greed.

01:08:00Callum,

01:08:01his blood

01:08:02can replace hers.

01:08:03Use him as the new lock,

01:08:04Callum didn't deny it.

01:08:06Choose the arrow

01:08:07or his life.

01:08:09Don't mind me.

01:08:10The familiar cruelty

01:08:11broke something inside me.

01:08:13Why must everyone

01:08:14I cared for

01:08:15become their leverage?

01:08:16Do you know what disgustes

01:08:17me most about you?

01:08:19Callum frowned.

01:08:20You treat other people's

01:08:21sacrifices

01:08:22as natural rights?

01:08:23I released the arrow

01:08:24and slashed my plomb

01:08:26instead,

01:08:27spilling silver blood

01:08:28to summon the debts.

01:08:31Ghosts of sacrificed

01:08:32women rose,

01:08:33their eyes fixed

01:08:35on Callum.

01:08:36This time,

01:08:37judgment

01:08:37fell on the Hargloves.

01:08:40The ghosts

01:08:41surrounded Callum.

01:08:42They whispered

01:08:43their names.

01:08:44Wives,

01:08:45maids,

01:08:47daughters,

01:08:47and my past self.

01:08:49He stumbled back,

01:08:51the blade

01:08:51leaving Lucian's throat.

01:08:53I pulled

01:08:54Lucian behind me.

01:08:56Jenna

01:08:57launched for the arrow.

01:09:00Serpent energy

01:09:01from the gate

01:09:01seized her instead,

01:09:03merging with her bracelet.

01:09:06Jenna laughed wildly

01:09:08as she began

01:09:09transforming.

01:09:11Finally,

01:09:12my turn.

01:09:13You knew it

01:09:13wanted your body?

01:09:15So what?

01:09:17At least I'll

01:09:18drag you all

01:09:19down with me!

01:09:20She yanked the arrow

01:09:21partially free.

01:09:23Althea screamed.

01:09:24The gate cracked.

01:09:25Jenna,

01:09:26stop!

01:09:26Now you're scared?

01:09:28You protected me

01:09:29only because

01:09:30I was youthful!

01:09:33Their mutual betrayal

01:09:35lay exposed.

01:09:36Only I had once

01:09:37believed in their

01:09:38false bond.

01:09:39Lucian took my hand.

01:09:41Rowene,

01:09:41don't watch them.

01:09:42Do what you must.

01:09:43I nodded,

01:09:44stealing myself.

01:09:47The gate's opening

01:09:48caused Hargrove Hall

01:09:49to collapse.

01:09:50Black railed

01:09:51Huntson

01:09:52surged from the ground.

01:09:53Clack Sertman fled,

01:09:55only to be caught

01:09:56by their own ghosts.

01:09:58Eleanor was dragged

01:09:59before the fireplace,

01:10:01forced to confront

01:10:02the ledger.

01:10:03Rowena,

01:10:04save me!

01:10:05I was forced!

01:10:06It was all for the family!

01:10:09That's exactly

01:10:10what you said

01:10:11while watching you

01:10:13die last time.

01:10:14She trembled.

01:10:15I was wrong!

01:10:16You're not sorry.

01:10:20You're just afraid,

01:10:21afraid to die.

01:10:23The ghosts

01:10:24pulled her

01:10:25into silver flames.

01:10:27Chester was devoured

01:10:28by his own masters.

01:10:29I asked Lucian

01:10:30if I seemed cool.

01:10:31No.

01:10:33They owed you.

01:10:34His words erased

01:10:35my final hesitation.

01:10:37Callum seized

01:10:38the silver arrow

01:10:39and fled toward

01:10:40the main hall

01:10:41to reseal the gate.

01:10:42I chased him

01:10:43to the iron door,

01:10:45the same one

01:10:46from my past life.

01:10:48Move aside, Rowena,

01:10:49and I'll let you go.

01:10:51We can settle

01:10:52the past later.

01:10:53The past?

01:10:54You speak so lightly of it.

01:10:56Jenna screamed

01:10:57for rescue

01:10:57in the distance.

01:10:59Callum barely glanced

01:11:00at her before turning away.

01:11:02He activated

01:11:03the mechanism

01:11:03to crap Lucian

01:11:04and me.

01:11:06Inside,

01:11:07Lucian pushed me aside

01:11:08and shattered the door

01:11:09with explosive

01:11:10silver-gold light.

01:11:11A golden-horned

01:11:13white deer phantom

01:11:14appeared behind him.

01:11:15The serpents

01:11:16recoiled in fear.

01:11:17At last,

01:11:18I understood.

01:11:19Lucian was the

01:11:20sacred beast

01:11:20guardian of the Whitmores.

01:11:22Lucian knelt

01:11:23by the broken door,

01:11:24the deer phantom

01:11:25fading.

01:11:26Callum stared

01:11:27in shock.

01:11:28What are you?

01:11:31Something far

01:11:32cleaner than you.

01:11:33The serpent court

01:11:34envoyed emerged,

01:11:35terrified.

01:11:37Moon deer guardian,

01:11:39you still live.

01:11:41Lupien looked at me

01:11:42with apology.

01:11:43I didn't mean

01:11:44to hide it.

01:11:44We'll settle accounts

01:11:45after we get out.

01:11:47He smiled.

01:11:48I grasped

01:11:49the silver arrow.

01:11:51The huntress covenant

01:11:52fully awakened.

01:11:54Artemis warned

01:11:55of the price.

01:11:57Use mine.

01:11:58No.

01:11:59I'm the guardian.

01:12:01I should pay for you.

01:12:04I already died

01:12:05for others once.

01:12:06This life,

01:12:09I pay for my own choices.

01:12:15The oath arrow

01:12:16formed in cold white light.

01:12:19Jenna,

01:12:20half serpent,

01:12:21charged in hatred.

01:12:23Why

01:12:23can you still stand?

01:12:27Why do you still have

01:12:28someone protecting you

01:12:30like that?

01:12:30Because I never

01:12:31gave myself to you.

01:12:33Lucian shielded me

01:12:34as the dear phantom

01:12:35repelled the energy.

01:12:37Callum begged

01:12:38on his knees.

01:12:39Roash,

01:12:40save me!

01:12:40I was wrong!

01:12:41In the past life,

01:12:42I had no choice!

01:12:44You had choices.

01:12:45Every time,

01:12:47you chose to hurt me.

01:12:48I drew the bow.

01:12:50Artemis demanded

01:12:50a span of lifespan.

01:12:52I accepted.

01:12:53Lupien cried out,

01:12:54but I reassured him

01:12:56with a glance.

01:12:57Don't worry.

01:12:57I still need to

01:12:59settle your secret

01:12:59with you.

01:13:00I released the arrow.

01:13:02It pierced Jenna.

01:13:04The gate,

01:13:05the blood contracts,

01:13:07and buried deep

01:13:08into the earth vein.

01:13:10Silver light

01:13:11exploded.

01:13:12The serpent

01:13:13tort passages

01:13:14collapsed.

01:13:16The gate sealed.

01:13:18Althira's wound healed.

01:13:22She placed a final

01:13:24white scale

01:13:24in my palm

01:13:25before dissolving

01:13:27into light,

01:13:28finally free.

01:13:29Jenna lay dying,

01:13:30her body rejecting

01:13:31the serpent energy.

01:13:33I'm not willing.

01:13:35Why did someone

01:13:36like you win?

01:13:37Because I lost once,

01:13:39and I refused

01:13:39to lose again.

01:13:41Her body was consumed,

01:13:42leaving only

01:13:43shattered coral.

01:13:44Callum's death mark

01:13:45vanished,

01:13:46but so did

01:13:46his family's power.

01:13:48He knelt broken

01:13:49in the ruins.

01:13:52Rowena,

01:13:54save me.

01:13:55once more.

01:13:58For our past.

01:13:59In the past life,

01:14:00you told me to hold

01:14:01the serpents

01:14:02until I died.

01:14:05I left him there.

01:14:09To face his fate alone.

01:14:15As the hall fully collapsed,

01:14:17Callum chased after me

01:14:18one last time,

01:14:19desperate.

01:14:20Rowish,

01:14:21I was deceived by Jenna.

01:14:22Now I see clearly.

01:14:25You weren't deceived.

01:14:27You chose convenient lies

01:14:29every single time.

01:14:30Lucien stepped forward,

01:14:32blocking Callum's view of me.

01:14:34Don't look at her.

01:14:35You have no right.

01:14:37Callum froze.

01:14:39I allowed the protection,

01:14:41embracing it fully this time.

01:14:45At dawn,

01:14:47Hargrove Hall sank

01:14:48completely into ruin.

01:14:51I stood

01:14:52at a distance,

01:14:55watching the last

01:14:56serpent's stench

01:14:57blow away on the wind.

01:14:59My huntress,

01:15:00Mark,

01:15:00and scar remained.

01:15:04But so did my resolve.

01:15:11Lucien stood beside me.

01:15:13Does it still hurt?

01:15:16Why do you always ask that?

01:15:18Because you always pretend

01:15:19it doesn't.

01:15:20I laugh genuinely

01:15:21for the first time in ages.

01:15:24Lucien,

01:15:25how long have you guarded

01:15:26the Whitmans?

01:15:27Long enough,

01:15:28that I feared I'd always

01:15:29arrive too late.

01:15:30This time you didn't.

01:15:31Rowena,

01:15:32I never loved your face.

01:15:36His gaze held mine,

01:15:38never wavering

01:15:39to the scar.

01:15:41I love that you

01:15:42crawled back from hell

01:15:43to claim your debts,

01:15:45and still chose

01:15:46to save the innocent.

01:15:51I took his hand

01:15:52willingly.

01:15:53Then don't be late again.

01:15:55I won't.

01:15:55We walked away

01:15:56from the ruins

01:15:57together into

01:15:58the morning light.

01:15:59This time,

01:16:02I didn't look back.

01:16:03I didn't look back.

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