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I Came Back To Break His Bond
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00:00The scandal broke at Lady Whitmore's birthday banquet.
00:03Adrian Whitmore, heir to the Marshak of Whitmore, was caught in a private chamber with a woman.
00:09Mother, Vivian and I are nearly engaged.
00:12We love each other.
00:14This was a mistake made in passion.
00:17Please go to House Sunel and formally seek her hand.
00:20One sentence turned me into a whore.
00:22Soon, the capital buzzed with it.
00:24The Chancellor's daughter had been found half-dressed with the Whitmore urn at his mother's own banquet.
00:30It didn't matter how many times I said I hadn't been there.
00:33No one believed me.
00:34The whispers became a roar.
00:36I couldn't walk through the capital without feeling it.
00:38I drank poison and died.
00:40Adrian stood in front of my trombstone and placed a bouquet of white lilies inside.
00:45Vivian, I needed someone to take the blame.
00:50Lily is low-born.
00:52If anyone found out about us, she'd have had nowhere to go.
00:55I didn't think you'd actually kill yourself over a few rumors.
01:00Consider this an apology.
01:02If there's a next life, I'll make it up to you.
01:05He gave Lily a new identity and married her.
01:08They had children.
01:09They were happy.
01:11Overnight, my parents' hair tear turned completely gray on account of me.
01:15And they both died of illness within a handful of years.
01:18I opened my eyes and found myself reborn on the afternoon of Mrs. Whitmore's birthday party.
01:25In this life, I will change everything and never let the same thing happen again.
01:30I heard the Whitmore heir was caught in one of the back rooms with a woman.
01:34At his own mother's banquet?
01:35Who would do something like that?
01:37Shameless.
01:38Absolutely shameless.
01:40The guests all headed towards Adrian's room on the second floor.
01:43I joined the crowd, stood on my toes, peered over someone's shoulder.
01:48What's happening?
01:49I asked, keeping my voice light and curious.
01:52The women around me turned.
01:54Then, they screamed.
01:56Vivian?
01:57You're here?
01:58But you're supposed to be in there.
01:59If you're out here, then who is that?
02:03Every head turned back toward the open door.
02:05Adrian's face went white.
02:07He had counted on my absence.
02:09I'd sent a note the day before.
02:11A cold.
02:11A regret I wouldn't be attending.
02:14He had built his entire plan around that note.
02:16In my first life, I hadn't been there.
02:18I'd been sick for days and heard nothing until it was already everywhere.
02:22Adrian's version of events spreading the Capitol like fire.
02:26This time, I had come early.
02:28Princess Charlotte leaned toward me with a sharp smile.
02:30The heir just announced that the woman in his arms was you.
02:33Said he was planning to ride a house single tomorrow to seek your hand.
02:37I stepped forward.
02:39She's also named Vivian Sinclair.
02:41I called out, loud enough for everyone to hear.
02:43What exactly is the meaning of this?
02:45Why are you using my name in front of half the Capitol?
02:49A woman's reputation is everything.
02:52Surely you know that.
02:53If I hadn't come today,
02:55if Princess Charlotte hadn't personally invited me this morning,
02:58would your little performance have ruined me completely?
03:01Vivian, you said you weren't feeling well.
03:02You weren't coming.
03:03So you knew I wouldn't be here.
03:05And you chose today on purpose.
03:07Who is she?
03:08Why is she using my name?
03:10What were the two of you planning?
03:12Lady Whitmore stood at the door,
03:14her face the color of ash.
03:15My lady.
03:17You've known me since I was a child.
03:20My parents are away.
03:21There's no one to stand up for me.
03:23Please, help me.
03:25I sank toward the floor.
03:27Several of the ladies caught me before my knees touched.
03:29You'll have justice, Vivian.
03:31Lady Margaret, the Duchess of Warwick,
03:33drew herself to her full height
03:34and fixed Lady Whitman with a look that could have cut glass.
03:38Your son was caught in a compromising situation at your own event.
03:41And then he used an innocent girl's name to cover it.
03:44Do you have an explanation, my lady?
03:46Princess Charlotte raised her voice.
03:48Vivian, don't be afraid.
03:49I'll speak to Queen Aztebella personally.
03:52Lady Whitmore was sweating.
03:54She took my hands and pulled me close.
03:57My darling girl.
03:58This was all Adrienne's fault.
04:00I'll make him apologize properly.
04:03Drag that woman out.
04:05The maids moved.
04:06The woman was hauled from behind Adrienne,
04:09half-dressed,
04:10and her face came into the light.
04:12Lily Carter was the daughter of Lady Whitmore's friend.
04:15She was taken in by the Whitmore family after her parents passed away.
04:19Help me!
04:21She crawled to Lady Whitmore's feet.
04:24Please.
04:24Please, I didn't seduce him.
04:26We love each other.
04:28I don't need a title.
04:29I'll be a servant.
04:30I'll be anything.
04:31Just let me stay with him.
04:33You're barely a relation.
04:34I took you in out of pity.
04:36And this is what you do in my house.
04:40You're no family of mine.
04:42Mother, she has nowhere to go.
04:43It was my fault.
04:45I had too much to drink.
04:47Please, just let her stay as a mistress.
04:49Vivian, dear.
04:50You'll be the rightful lady of the entire clan one day.
04:54You shall have the final say in this matter.
04:57There it is, I thought.
04:59Push the blame to me.
05:00Make me the villain either way.
05:02I stepped back and removed my hands from hers.
05:05My lady, with respect.
05:07I have no connection to House Whitmore.
05:09There is no engagement.
05:09There never was.
05:10As for Miss Carter,
05:11if she and the heir have been intimate,
05:13her future is your family's business.
05:15Or perhaps the next Lady Whitman's, not mine.
05:18I'm a guest at this banquet.
05:19Nothing more.
05:20Lady Whitmorester arrived at House Sinclair
05:23the following morning with Adrian at her side
05:25and enough gifts to fill the courtyard.
05:28Lady Sinclair, please forgive us.
05:30Adrian behaved terribly.
05:32We've punished him severely.
05:34We'll find a match for Lily quickly
05:36and send her out of the house.
05:37She won't be a problem.
05:38And when Vivian comes to us,
05:40she'll have full authority over the household
05:42scored from the first day.
05:44Shall we put this unpleasantness behind us?
05:46Put it behind us?
05:48My lady, there was never an engagement.
05:50Not a word exchanged between our families.
05:53Not a single formal step taken.
05:55What exactly are we putting behind us?
05:58Lady Whitmore opened her mouth.
06:00My lady,
06:00if I hadn't shown up at that banquet,
06:02what would have happened to my reputation?
06:04I think we both know the answer.
06:07Vivian,
06:07you were always so reasonable.
06:09Why are you being like this?
06:10We came here.
06:11We apologised.
06:12I agreed to send Lily away.
06:14What more do you want?
06:15I stared at him.
06:16You're really going to lecture me right now?
06:18You used my name
06:19to cover up an affair with that woman
06:21in front of the entire capital
06:23and your defense is that
06:24you were planning to marry me anyway?
06:25You know what that logic sounds like?
06:27It sounds like my reputation
06:29doesn't matter at all to you.
06:30Like it never did.
06:33It was a mistake.
06:34I panicked.
06:35And if you've just been
06:36a little more understand...
06:37I think you should leave.
06:38We'll keep the gifts
06:39as compensation for the distress
06:40caused to my daughter.
06:42Consider this matter closed.
06:44Permanently.
06:44Good day.
06:45They left.
06:46The engagement
06:47that had never officially existed
06:49was dead.
06:50Adrian's reputation
06:51in the capital didn't recover.
06:53Every family with a daughter
06:54of marriageable age
06:55had heard the story.
06:56No one wanted to send
06:57their girl into that house.
06:59As for Lily,
07:01Lady Whitmore found her a match
07:02and pushed to have her gone,
07:03but Adrian threatened
07:04to starve himself
07:05and eventually his mother gave in.
07:07Lily stayed.
07:08She became his mistress.
07:10The royal ball was about to begin
07:11and Princess Charlotte
07:13came to collect me herself.
07:15I was at jewelry store
07:16when I saw Lily again.
07:17Her maid trailing behind her,
07:19her chin tilted up
07:20at an angle
07:21that suggested she owned the building.
07:23This ruby set.
07:25I'll take it.
07:26Send the bill to House Whitfall.
07:29My lady,
07:30I'm afraid that piece
07:30was commissioned
07:31by another customer.
07:32House Whitfall
07:33outranks whoever it is.
07:35Name your price.
07:36The jeweler spotted me
07:37and went limp with relief.
07:39Miss Sinclair,
07:40I'm so glad you're here.
07:41This is the piece you ordered.
07:42Lily turned.
07:43For a moment,
07:44she just stared at me.
07:45Then she smiled,
07:46slow and deliberate.
07:47Miss Sinclair,
07:48fancy seeing you here.
07:50That set is a bit mature
07:52for someone unmarried,
07:53isn't it?
07:55Very wifely.
07:57But then I suppose
07:58you're running out of options.
07:59She covered her mouth.
08:01I heard there hasn't been
08:02a single inquiry
08:03to House Sinclair
08:03since the banquet.
08:05Are you still hoping
08:06Adrian will come to his senses?
08:09Three thousand pounds.
08:10That's what I paid for this set.
08:15Three thousand five hundred.
08:16Wrap it up.
08:17Darling, you're here.
08:18She was trying to take my-
08:20I'm buying it for Vivian.
08:21The shop went quiet.
08:23Vivian.
08:24You like it.
08:25Let me buy it for you.
08:26He looked at me.
08:27Something moved behind his eyes.
08:29Regret, maybe?
08:30Or the last flicker
08:31of something he'd already lost.
08:32I don't need you
08:33to buy anything for me.
08:34Five thousand.
08:35This necklace
08:36and that sapphire set in the window
08:38and the pearl collar on the left.
08:40All of it.
08:41Whatever the Whithome heir bids,
08:42I'll go five hundred higher.
08:44Shall we keep going, Whithome?
08:46I have time.
08:48Lucas.
08:49When did you get back?
08:50I hadn't seen Lucas
08:52in three years.
08:53Queen Isabella
08:54had sent him
08:55to the northern front
08:56to knock the recliteness
08:57out of him.
08:57Apparently,
08:58it hadn't worked.
09:00A few days ago,
09:01came to collect
09:02my commendation.
09:04Also heard someone
09:05had been giving you trouble.
09:06Thought I'd come
09:07see for myself.
09:09You came back
09:09because of that?
09:10I came back
09:11for the commendation.
09:12The other part
09:13was a bonus.
09:14Whitmore,
09:15are you going to keep
09:16standing there
09:16or are you going to move?
09:17This is a private conversation
09:18between Vivian and me.
09:19I don't see what it has
09:20to do with you, Harrington.
09:21It has everything
09:22to do with me.
09:23You're talking
09:23to my fiancé.
09:25You're what?
09:26Lucas picked up the case
09:27and held it out to me.
09:29We can argue
09:30about the ring later.
09:31Right now,
09:32these are yours.
09:33He carried three cases
09:34of jewelry
09:35out of that shop
09:36and ended to my maid
09:37like it was nothing.
09:39Adrian followed us
09:40to the street.
09:41Vivian,
09:41you ended things
09:42with me for him.
09:43After everything...
09:44There was nothing to end.
09:45There was never
09:46anything between us.
09:47You decided there was
09:48without asking me.
09:50And Harrington,
09:51you've known him
09:51since childhood.
09:52Don't tell me
09:53nothing was happening.
09:55Whitmore,
09:55if I hear you say
09:56one more word
09:57about Vivian
09:57that isn't an apology,
09:59I will embarrass you
10:00in front of every person
10:01on this street
10:02and then I'll do it
10:03again tomorrow
10:03and the day after.
10:05Walk away.
10:05At the royal banquet
10:07that evening,
10:08Lucas disappeared
10:09the moment we arrived.
10:11I sat with
10:11the other ladies
10:12and listened to them talk.
10:14I heard Whitmore
10:15brought that woman
10:15to the palace.
10:16He didn't.
10:17As a maid.
10:19Still,
10:19the audacity.
10:21Lily had been admitted
10:22to the palace
10:22as a servant.
10:23She stood alone
10:24near the far wall,
10:25no seat,
10:26no companion.
10:27When she spotted me
10:28laughing with the other ladies,
10:29she floated over.
10:31Miss Singlaire,
10:32I wanted to apologize
10:33about the jewelry shop.
10:35I was out of line.
10:36Adrian says
10:37you're very gracious.
10:38I hope you can forgive me.
10:39And when you do come
10:40to House Whitmore,
10:41I promise I won't
10:42cause trouble.
10:43You'll have no competition
10:44for me.
10:45The ladies around me
10:45said nothing.
10:46Their silence
10:47was a kind of verdict.
10:48Stop saying things
10:49like that.
10:50I have no connection
10:51to House Whitmore.
10:52I've told you that.
10:53If you keep implying otherwise,
10:55I won't be polite
10:56about it a second time.
10:57I nodded to my maid.
10:59She stepped forward
11:00and Lily retreated.
11:02Adrian appeared
11:03from the other side
11:04of the royal palace
11:05banquet hall.
11:06Vivian,
11:07what exactly
11:07is your relationship
11:09with Harrington?
11:10Is that why
11:10you refused me?
11:11Because you've been
11:12meeting with him
11:13privately this whole time?
11:14And what gives you
11:15the right to stand there
11:16and accuse me
11:17of exactly what you did?
11:18I didn't accuse you
11:19of anything.
11:20I asked a question.
11:21You implied it.
11:23Loudly.
11:24In front of witnesses.
11:25He grabbed my arm.
11:26The crack of the punch
11:27was loud enough
11:28that half the garden
11:29flinched.
11:30Adrian went down.
11:32Lucas stood over him
11:33with absolutely
11:33no expression
11:34on his face.
11:35Whitmore,
11:36I told you this afternoon.
11:37If you speak about Vivian
11:38again without politizing,
11:39there are consequences.
11:41You just grabbed her.
11:42In the royal palace.
11:44Do you understand
11:45how much trouble
11:46I could make
11:47for you right now?
11:50You're insane, Harrington.
11:53We're in the palace.
11:54And I just demonstrated
11:55that it doesn't matter.
11:57Vivian is my fiancée.
11:59The king just approved it.
12:00So I suggest
12:01you think very carefully
12:02before you come
12:03near her again.
12:05He put his hand
12:06on my back
12:06and steered me away.
12:08When did the king
12:09approve it?
12:10About an hour ago.
12:12I walked in,
12:13told them I didn't
12:14want a land grant
12:15or a title promotion.
12:16I wanted to marry you.
12:18The queen said yes
12:19before the king
12:20finished reading my petition.
12:21You didn't ask me.
12:23I knew you'd say yes.
12:26Lucas.
12:26Would you have said no?
12:29That's not the point.
12:32It is a little bit
12:33the point.
12:34The king announced
12:34the betrothal at dinner.
12:36The shift in the room
12:37was immediate.
12:38Every pair of eyes
12:39that had carried
12:39even a trince of doubt
12:40about me
12:41rearranged themselves
12:42into something warmer,
12:44more careful.
12:45Vivian Stenclard,
12:46daughter of the chancellor,
12:47betrothed to Lucas Harrington,
12:49heir to the Duke of Harrington,
12:50nephew to Queen Isabella.
12:52House Sinclair
12:52had just become family
12:53to the crown.
12:54Lucas leaned toward me
12:55during the toasting
12:56and said,
12:56in his lowest poif,
12:57for the record,
12:59I meant it this afternoon.
13:00I will never fall in love
13:02with any other woman
13:02but you.
13:03And when I come back
13:04from the north
13:04with my next commendation,
13:05I'm getting you a title
13:06to go with it.
13:08You said that
13:09when we were twelve.
13:11I know.
13:13I always keep my promises.
13:15The formal betrothal
13:16proceedings moved quickly,
13:17as royal betrothed do.
13:19Queen Isabella
13:20sent a pair of matched
13:21silver broochers
13:22as a gift.
13:22House Harrington
13:23sent so many carriages
13:24of gifts
13:25to our courtyard
13:26that my father
13:26had to open
13:27the side gates.
13:28Three days before
13:29the wedding,
13:30a delivery arrived
13:31from the jeweler.
13:32My bridal cronet,
13:33paid for and ordered
13:34months ago.
13:35The man at the door
13:36wasn't from the jeweler.
13:37It was Adrian.
13:38He looked like
13:39he hadn't slept in days.
13:41He looked at my dress.
13:42He looked at my hair.
13:43He stood there
13:44for a moment
13:44without speaking.
13:45I came to apologize.
13:48What I did
13:48was unforgivable.
13:50I used your name
13:50because I knew
13:51you weren't coming.
13:52I told myself
13:53it didn't matter.
13:54We were going
13:54to be married anyway,
13:55so what was
13:56a little scandal?
13:56I'd make it up to you
13:57once you were
13:57at House Whitworth.
13:59I didn't think
14:00it would end like this.
14:01You mean you didn't
14:01think I'd fight back?
14:04Adrian,
14:05I accepted your apology
14:06the first time.
14:07I don't need another one.
14:08What I need
14:09is for you to stop
14:09coming to my house
14:10three days before my wedding.
14:12I found out last week
14:13that Lily had put
14:14something in my drink.
14:15That night,
14:16she planned
14:17the whole thing.
14:18Did she?
14:20I've confined her.
14:21She'll be sent
14:21to the country estate
14:22after...
14:23Adrian!
14:24You've been in that room
14:25with her for years.
14:26You threatened your mother
14:27into letting her stay.
14:28You chose her
14:29every time.
14:30And now that it's over,
14:32you want to blame her
14:32for what happened?
14:34Whatever she did
14:34or didn't do,
14:35she didn't make you
14:36use my name.
14:37That was you.
14:39Go home.
14:40Come to the wedding
14:41if you'd like.
14:42Drink the wine.
14:43Be happy for me.
14:44I married Lucas Harrington
14:45on a Thursday morning
14:46in early spring.
14:48The ceremony was brief
14:49and the party was not.
14:50My mother cried
14:51for two hours straight.
14:53Lucas' best man
14:54spilled wine
14:54on the Arpshikip
14:55and spent the rest
14:56of the evening
14:57apologizing.
14:59Lucas was due back
15:00at the Northern Front
15:01within the half year.
15:02The king,
15:03in a generous mood,
15:05gave us leave
15:06to go together.
15:07We spent the weeks
15:08before our departure
15:09ordering supplies
15:10and sorting maps
15:11and arguing about
15:13which books
15:13I was allowed to bring.
15:14Word reached us
15:15while we were packing.
15:16House Whitmore
15:17had descended into chaos.
15:19Lady Whitmore,
15:20having failed to find
15:21any respectable family
15:22willing to send
15:23a daughter to her son,
15:24had reached
15:24within her own circle.
15:26The daughter
15:26of an undistinguished family,
15:28Catherine Blake,
15:29had been brought
15:30to the capital
15:30and the engagement
15:31announced quickly.
15:33Catherine was beautiful,
15:34sharp,
15:35and she had no intention
15:36of sharing her marriage
15:37with anyone.
15:38The night of the welcome dinner
15:39Lady Whitmore threw
15:40in her honor
15:41Lily appeared
15:42in the great hall
15:43and refused to leave.
15:45She is nothing
15:45but an ordinary woman.
15:47Why should she get
15:47to be his wife
15:48while I'm forced
15:49to hide away
15:49in the farthest room
15:50of the house?
15:51Give me the same standing
15:52as his wife.
15:53Equal standing!
15:55Or I tell everyone
15:56what I know
15:57about this family.
15:58Lady Whitmore
15:59had no patience left.
16:01Catherine Black
16:02had even less.
16:04Say what you need to say
16:05and sit down.
16:06Or leave.
16:07Those are your options.
16:08Lily threw a glass.
16:09She was removed
16:10from the dinner
16:10by force.
16:11On the wedding day,
16:12she walked into the ceremony
16:14in a white gown.
16:15She knelt in front of Adrian
16:17on the stone floor.
16:18I'm three months along.
16:19If you don't don't give me
16:21equal standing
16:22as your wife,
16:23right now,
16:24in front of everyone,
16:25don't blame me
16:26for doing something terrible.
16:28Adrian hadn't finished
16:29processing the words
16:30before Catherine's hand
16:31came across Lily's face.
16:32The sound rang off
16:33the cathedral ceiling.
16:35Go ahead.
16:36Proceed, please.
16:37Adrian didn't go
16:38to Catherine that night.
16:39He sat with Lily
16:40until morning.
16:42Catherine locked her room
16:43and didn't come out
16:44for a day.
16:45When she did,
16:46she brought preservans
16:47and blankets
16:47to Lady Whitmore's
16:48sitting room
16:49and spent the next
16:49two weeks
16:50becoming her mother-in-law's
16:51favorite person
16:52in the house.
16:52One afternoon,
16:54Catherine went to Lily's room
16:55with a basket of fruit.
16:58I thought we might
16:59call a truce.
17:00Lily threw the basket
17:02at her head.
17:02They quarreled
17:03for a good ten minutes.
17:05Then suddenly,
17:05Lily pounced on Catherine.
17:07Catherine stepped aside.
17:08Lily's foot caught
17:09the edge of the rug
17:10and she went down hard,
17:12striking the corner
17:12of the bed frame
17:13on her way to the floor.
17:14The doctor came
17:15within the hour.
17:16The bleeding didn't stop.
17:18By morning,
17:19the outcome was clear.
17:20The child was gone
17:21and the damage
17:22was severe enough
17:23that there would be
17:24no others.
17:25When Adrian came home
17:26from his assignment
17:26a month later,
17:28Lily was thin and gray.
17:29Catherine was playing chess
17:30with his mother
17:31in the parlor.
17:32What did you do?
17:33You know what happened.
17:34I know a lot of things,
17:35including how many laws
17:37your family has broken
17:38in the last year
17:39and which judges
17:40are on speaking terms
17:41with my father.
17:42Adrian,
17:43I am your wife.
17:44I was brought here
17:45to run this household,
17:46not to compete with your mistress
17:47for your attention.
17:48Get your priorities in order.
17:50From that day on,
17:51he never went to Catherine's room,
17:53but he didn't kick her
17:54out of the house either.
17:56Lily stopped eating.
17:57She stopped leaving her room.
17:59One night,
18:00when the servants were asleep,
18:02she slipped into Catherine's
18:03sitting room
18:04and emptied a vial
18:05into the decanjure
18:06on the sideboard.
18:07It wasn't enough
18:08to kill her,
18:09but it was enough
18:10to ensure that the footman
18:11who found Catherine
18:12the next morning
18:13would see exactly
18:14what Lily needed him to see.
18:16What followed moved quickly.
18:17Lily was dragged out
18:18of her room,
18:19screaming.
18:20Catherine stood in the doorway,
18:21wrapped in a sheet
18:22and pointed at her.
18:23Huh, that woman.
18:25The footman confirmed the story.
18:27Two maids confirmed it.
18:29The doctor's report said
18:30the substance in the decanjure
18:32was traceable and deliberate.
18:34Catherine Blake
18:35didn't survive the week.
18:37Lily was arrested the same day.
18:39Catherine's family
18:40came to House Whitmore
18:41on a Sunday.
18:42Her mother arrived first,
18:44alone, carrying nothing.
18:46She walked through
18:47the front gates
18:47without being announced.
18:49Lady Whitmore
18:49came out to meet her.
18:51My daughter is dead.
18:54Your family killed her.
18:56Give me a reason
18:56not to go to the king today.
18:59Catherine's mother
19:00left without an answer,
19:01went directly to the palace
19:02and gave a detailed account
19:04to the royal chamberlain.
19:06Catherine's father
19:07followed with a formal complaint
19:08drafted by three barristers.
19:10The hearings moved quickly.
19:12By the time the verdict came,
19:14Adrian was sitting
19:15and in his study
19:15reading the same letter
19:16for the fourth time.
19:18The Whitmore Marquistid
19:19was stripped.
19:20The family had 60 days
19:22to vacate their properties
19:23in the capital.
19:24They could retire
19:25to their country estate
19:26and live there quietly.
19:28Or they could contest
19:28the ruling
19:29and lose everything.
19:30We were leaving the capital
19:31on the same morning.
19:33Our carriage rolled
19:34through the south gate
19:35just as the Whitmore convoy
19:36came through
19:37from the north road.
19:38I saw them through the window.
19:40A long line
19:41of covered wagons.
19:42Servants walking alongside.
19:44No banners.
19:45Adrian was in the lead carriage.
19:47His face had aged 10 years.
19:49Behind his carriage
19:50was a plain black wagon.
19:52Lily died while in custody.
19:54She had been held in prison
19:56for four days
19:57before her passing.
19:58When Catherine's family
20:00arrived at the prison,
20:01the guards had not yet
20:02received any instructions
20:03regarding her security arrangements.
20:06No one came to take her home.
20:08In the end,
20:09Adrian took her ashes away.
20:11The two convoys
20:12crossed at the gate.
20:13For one moment,
20:14our carriage windows aligned
20:16and Adrian looked
20:17directly at me.
20:18Lucas was asleep
20:19against my shoulder.
20:20I had my hand in his.
20:22Adrian looked at that.
20:23Then he looked away.
20:24His convoy turned
20:25onto the road south,
20:26toward the country.
20:28Hours passed through the gate
20:29and headed north.
20:31We didn't look back.
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