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00:00:00a billionaire from the west coast. The other was Victor. Inside a gothic cathedral stood
00:00:04two men looking for wives. One was Jace, a billionaire from the west coast. The other
00:00:09was Victor, a small-time thug from the east coast. For the sake of a massive bride price,
00:00:14our powerful stepmother made us choose which one we would marry. In my last life, my younger
00:00:19sister Lily rushed to choose Jace, the billionaire, and she pushed Victor, that low-life thug,
00:00:24onto me. But no one expected that five years later, Jace would go completely bankrupt and
00:00:31Lily would have no choice but to move with him into a leaking slum. As for that thug Victor,
00:00:36he carved a bloody path across the east coast and became a mafia godfather who struck fear into
00:00:41everyone who heard his name. I became the mafia matriarch countless people tried to curry favor
00:00:45with. Luxury cars and yachts, whenever I went out, money spent like water. When I saw Lily starving
00:00:51in the slums, picking up discarded vegetable leaves, I kindly handed her a check for one
00:00:55million dollars to help improve her life. But she tore the check to pieces, clamped both
00:00:59hands around my throat, and dragged me towards a speeding truck. Give me back the life that
00:01:03should have been mine! The truck roared past and Lily and I died together. When I opened my eyes
00:01:09again, I had returned to five years ago, to the day Jace and Victor came to choose their wives.
00:01:17I like wild men. I'm going with you! As if she had already decided that in this life,
00:01:26she would become the mafia matriarch and crush me completely under her feet. I knew then that Lily
00:01:32had been reborn too. She thought she had stolen my life. But I only found it funny. Victor was no
00:01:39devoted underworld boss from some mafia movie. He was a demon who took pleasure in tormenting people.
00:01:45The only reason Victor became a mafia godfather in my last life was because of the leadership I gave
00:01:50him from behind the scenes. Even so, Victor still broke 199 of my bones. I looked at Lily's relieved
00:01:56expression and curved my lips. You think you're about to live a glorious life above everyone else?
00:02:03But you have no idea. This road will only drag you into hell. Lily thought that throwing herself
00:02:09into Victor's arms would guarantee he would take her in. But Victor shoved her away and fixed his
00:02:14gaze on me. Come here. I want you. My heart trembled. Fear flooded over me like a tide. Memories
00:02:22from my last life poured into my mind in an instant. Being chained in his basement and beaten. Being handed
00:02:26to other gangs as a hostage and violated. Having my bones shattered for human experiments. I froze where I
00:02:32stood. Unable to move even half a step. Lily panicked at the sight. Don't choose my sister
00:02:37Chloe. She's vain and greedy. Always thinking about diamonds and sports cars. How could she
00:02:42possibly endure your dangerous bloodstake life? She looks down on you, but I'm willing to suffer with
00:02:48you. Fine. Then you'll be my woman. As long as you behave and do what I say, I'll make sure
00:02:58you can
00:02:58walk all over this street. I believe you. I'll do whatever you say. At that moment, Jace, who stood beside
00:03:07us,
00:03:08held out an expensive wedding gown to me. Will you be my wife and leave with me? I'm currently facing
00:03:13a
00:03:13financial crisis. But I promise you, even if I lose everything, I'll never let you go hungry. Without hesitation,
00:03:22I placed my hand in his palm. I will. I knew very well that Jace was an exceptional man. In
00:03:29my last life,
00:03:30after Jace went bankrupt, even when he had to work three jobs a day, he still saved the last piece
00:03:34of
00:03:34bread for Lily. But Lily cursed him all day long, calling him useless. Since you're too blessed to
00:03:39appreciate him, then he'll be mine. When Lily climbed onto Victor's battered motorcycle, she turned back and
00:03:44whispered to me, Jace is about to go bankrupt and end up on the street. Victor will fight his way
00:03:49back
00:03:49into high society sooner or later. Chloe, in this life, you can wait in the gutter and look up at
00:03:56me.
00:03:56So she knew I had been reborn too, and she thought she had stolen my life. I watched the motorcycle
00:04:01roar away and sneered in the room. Only I knew Victor would treat the woman beside him like a machine
00:04:06until he had squeezed out every last drop of value. In my last life, when I first followed Victor back
00:04:12to
00:04:12the East Coast, I had naively believed he was a good man too. He bought me the most expensive dresses
00:04:17and
00:04:17took me in and out of the top underground casinos. Even though back then, I was so afraid I could
00:04:22barely walk, he brainwashed me, telling me this was the unique love a man who lived on the edge had
00:04:28for me. Until one day, his gang hit a dead end. Without hesitation, he chained me up and handed me
00:04:34over to a rival gang. I was abused by those vile men for two full years. Only then did understand
00:04:42that Victor had only ever seen me as a scapegoat he could discard at any time.
00:04:48Chloe, welcome home.
00:04:51Jace's gentle voice sounded beside me. I followed Jace into the villa. The moment he opened the door,
00:04:57I froze. It was a luxurious dressing room filled with limited edition gowns from the current season.
00:05:03Brilliant jewels flashed almost blindingly under the lights. My eyes warmed.
00:05:08Jace, thank you. I've never seen such a beautiful place.
00:05:12Since you've come home with me, you're the mistress of this house. Swipe the card for anything you want.
00:05:22I'll never let my woman suffer the slightest grievous.
00:05:26Warmth rushed through my chest.
00:05:29Even though his company was currently being jointly stingled by Wall Street,
00:05:33he still gave me the very best.
00:05:36I'll behave.
00:05:38Facts proved that Jace was the perfect gentleman.
00:05:41He cherished me like a priceless treasure.
00:05:44My food, clothes, and daily necessities were all top tier.
00:05:48But he didn't know that I was no longer the fallen heiress who only knew how to enjoy herself.
00:05:54In my last life, I hid behind the scenes and helped Victor build a massive mafia empire.
00:06:01In this life, I could help Jace protect everything too.
00:06:05I walked straight into his study and picked up the financial reports on his desk.
00:06:13Since you're protecting me, I'll protect your business empire for you.
00:06:18Only three days later, Wall Street's hunt began.
00:06:21Jace's enemies had brabbed an executive in his company.
00:06:23They planned to present a fake report at the board meeting and force Jace out.
00:06:27In my last life, Jace fell at this very step.
00:06:29Not only did he go bankrupt, he was also saddled with massive debt.
00:06:32But in this life, I was here.
00:06:34My experience laundering money for Victor in my past life made me intimately familiar with these kinds of business tactics.
00:06:40I hacked directly into that traitorous executive's email, obtained ironclade proof that they had falsified the data, and sent it
00:06:45straight to the FBI.
00:06:46Not only that, I also used a black card Jace had given me to set a financial trap in the
00:06:50futures market.
00:06:51Jace, this time you won't lose.
00:06:54That night, a top charity gala was held in Manhattan.
00:06:57I held Jace's arm and stepped out of a Rolls Royce.
00:07:00But unexpectedly, I ran into Lily there.
00:07:03Victor was nothing but an up-and-coming street thug.
00:07:05He had no qualifications to attend such an event.
00:07:07Clearly, Lily had forced Victor to misfortune-buying invitations so she could show off her mafia wife persona.
00:07:11Lily arrogantly blocked my path.
00:07:13Chloe, what a surprise!
00:07:15Jace, that loser who's going bankrupt tonight, actually managed to borrow money to rent you a gown?
00:07:20You have no idea how amazing Victor is.
00:07:23He took over three blocks of territory.
00:07:25The cash he brings home could fill a bathtub!
00:07:28See that?
00:07:29He assigned me fully-armed bodyguards to protect me, and every day he has people stew the finest supplements for
00:07:34me.
00:07:34You'll never experience this kind of love in your life.
00:07:37I looked at her nouveau riche posturing and smeared again and again in my heart.
00:07:42Bodyguards? Supplements?
00:07:43Lily had no idea that Victor's frantic territorial expansion had already angered several old mafia families.
00:07:50He gave Lily bodyguards to disguise her as a top priority target and draw assassin fire.
00:07:55He fed her expensive supplements so he could draw her healthy blood
00:07:58and trade it to high-level figures on the underground black market in exchange for resources and life extension.
00:08:03I looked at Lily with pity. She wasn't far from death.
00:08:07Seeing me silent, Lily thought she had hit a sore point and laughed even more wildly.
00:08:13I just heard several Wall Street big shot say that after tonight, Jace will have nothing!
00:08:18She leaned closer and lowered her voice.
00:08:21When that happens, you'll have to sell yourself in the slums to pay off his debts.
00:08:26The throne above everyone else is mine in the end.
00:08:33I smiled.
00:08:34Then let's wait and see.
00:08:37When Lily saw that I wasn't intimidated at all, she stomped her foot hard.
00:08:41Chloe, just you wait!
00:08:43Sooner or later, you'll be kneeling and begging me!
00:08:48She turned and walked toward Eric, the crown prince of Wall Street,
00:08:51picked up a glass of champagne and tried to build a connection.
00:08:55Mr. Eric, Victor asked me to send you his regards.
00:08:58From now on, he'll have your East Coast business covered.
00:09:02Eric didn't even look at her, before knocking over his glass with the back of his hand.
00:09:09What gutter rat thinks she's worthy of cozying up to me?
00:09:13But on TV, you clearly said you respected people who would do whatever it took to climb up.
00:09:17That's me! How can you look down on me?
00:09:20Watching this, I couldn't help finding it funny.
00:09:22In my last life, after Victor became a mafia godfass, Eric did indeed fawn over me like a dog.
00:09:28But Lily didn't know that the current Victor was nowhere near qualified.
00:09:32Capitalists like Eric only respected absolute power.
00:09:35They would never spare a second glance for a street thug's woman.
00:09:38A cheap whore who eats off gangsters has no right to dirty my suit.
00:09:46Mrs. Jace, congratulations to Mr. Jace on his perfect counterattack in the futures market tonight,
00:09:52earning a net profit of $1 billion.
00:09:54Wall Street will be relying on you from now on!
00:09:58Lily froze where she stood, shaking her head in disbelief.
00:10:00What nonsense are you talking about?
00:10:02Jace is supposed to go bankrupt tonight.
00:10:03Victor is the future godfather.
00:10:04She suddenly lunged at Eric.
00:10:06Eric, open your eyes.
00:10:06You should be working with me.
00:10:07Eric shoved her to the floor, his face full of disgust.
00:10:10Who collects protection money?
00:10:10Tonight, some other family will throw him into the sea to feed the sharks.
00:10:13What mafia matriarch fantasy are you having?
00:10:15The surrounding elite covered their ears and laughed, their gazes as sharp as knives.
00:10:19So she's a lunatook trying to use a thug to climb into power.
00:10:22Hurry up and call security to throw this bitch out.
00:10:24She's dirtying our eyes.
00:10:25Humiliated to the bone, Lily climbed up from the floor and glared at everyone with hatred.
00:10:29Victor, pull out your gun!
00:10:30Show them who the king of the East Coast really is!
00:10:32The doors to the banquet hall were kicked open.
00:10:34Victor stormed in arrogantly with a dozen tattooed men, all carrying machetes.
00:10:37Who the fuck dares touch my woman?
00:10:39Eric sneered.
00:10:40In an instant, dozens of armed Blackwater bodyguards surged out from every direction.
00:10:43Red laser sights locked onto Victor's forehead and chest in unisys.
00:10:46Victor's legs went weak.
00:10:47With a thud, he dropped to his knees.
00:10:49Mr. Eric, misunderstanding!
00:10:51This crazy bitch lost her mind!
00:10:52It has nothing to do with me!
00:10:53Victor, what are you saying?
00:10:54Shut up!
00:10:55Who gave you the right to speak here?
00:10:57To distance himself from her, he crawled over, grabbed Lily by the hair, and slapped
00:11:01her across the face again and again, more than a dozen times.
00:11:05Blood filled the corners of Lily's mouth.
00:11:07Her soul seemed to leave her body as he slapped her over and over.
00:11:11No!
00:11:12It shouldn't be like this!
00:11:13The entire hall fell into dead silence.
00:11:16Jace calmly set down his wine glass and shielded me behind him.
00:11:19He loserly wiped a drop of wine from the hem of his jacket.
00:11:22Every movement refined and elegant.
00:11:23He was worlds apart from Victor, who had just been wagging his tail and begging.
00:11:27If you're not gone in one minute, all of you are going into the sea.
00:11:32After dropping that threat, Eric strode away with his bodyguards.
00:11:36Lily seized the chance to break free from Victor and stumbled toward the door.
00:11:39You all look down on me today, but sooner or later you'll regret it!
00:11:42I will become a mafia godmother!
00:11:44Because her pride had been completely trampled, Lily never again had the face to appear in
00:11:49public after that day.
00:11:52Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
00:11:54In my last life, these three months were exactly the death trap, when Victor's territory was
00:12:02jointly purged by the major mafia families.
00:12:05To borrow money from a Mexican drug lord for weapons, he personally pushed me onto an underground
00:12:10gambling table.
00:12:11Those desperados shoved a loaded Resolvor into my mouth, and forced me to play Russian
00:12:18Salette.
00:12:20Each time the trigger was pulled, Victor showed no heartache at all.
00:12:25Instead, he held other women, and laughed loudly as he placed his bets.
00:12:31The despair of that cold gun barrel pressed against my throat, utterly shredded my dignity
00:12:37as a human being.
00:12:38In his eyes, I had never been a mafia matriarch.
00:12:42I was only a chip he could trade for money at any time.
00:12:48I didn't know whether Lily would experience all of that.
00:12:52But based on my observation of Victor in this life, he would only torment Lily even more
00:12:57viciously.
00:12:59Facts proved my guess was right.
00:13:01The next morning, I had just walked out of an upscale clubhouse, when a battered pickup
00:13:06car riddled with bullet holes came barreling towards me like mad.
00:13:10A bodyguard threw me to the ground, and the pickup slammed into a stone pillar beside us
00:13:14with a crash.
00:13:20Lily's shrill voice came from inside.
00:13:22Chloe, get out here!
00:13:25My heart jolted.
00:13:26Lily had come.
00:13:35Although I had prepared myself, when I saw what she looked like now, I nearly vomited.
00:13:40I never imagined Victor would torture Lily into such a state.
00:13:44Lily tumbled out of the bullet-rivet old pickup.
00:13:47Her once delicate face was sun and deathly pale.
00:13:50Beneath her expensive silk-slip dress, her body was covered in bruises and needle marks.
00:13:55She crawled toward me and clung tightly to my leg.
00:13:57Chloe, let's switch back!
00:14:00Knot and tears mixed together on her face, making her look both pitiful and disgusting.
00:14:04That lunatic Victor has been losing territory lately, and he's taking all his anger out on me!
00:14:09He draws my blood every day to sell it, and he forces me to accompany those perverts so he can
00:14:15win resources!
00:14:16She suddenly lifted her head and shouted with righteous confidence.
00:14:20You clearly knew this life would be so miserable!
00:14:22Why didn't you warn me?
00:14:24This was supposed to be your suffering!
00:14:26Let's switch back now!
00:14:28You go be Victor's dog, and I'll be your rich wife!
00:14:31Hearing such shameless words, I sneered and kicked her away.
00:14:37Switch back?
00:14:38Lily, did they beat your brain broken?
00:14:41I looked down at her from above.
00:14:43Who was the one who rushed to climb onto Victor's motorcycle?
00:14:51Who was the one who gloated and mocked me?
00:14:55Saying I could only look up at you from the slums?
00:14:58She lay on the ground, pounding the pavement in a frenzy as she screamed.
00:15:02That's because you tricked me!
00:15:05You hid from me what would happen if I chose Victor!
00:15:10But don't get too pleased with yourself!
00:15:13A flash of vicious, sick pleasure crossed Lily's eyes.
00:15:16According to how things went in the last life, that useless Jace is going completely bankrupt today!
00:15:22When that happens, you won't even be able to afford the slums!
00:15:25You'll have to beg on the street!
00:15:27The words had barely left her mouth.
00:15:32Twelve Rolls-Royce phantoms roared to a stop in front of us, sealing off the entire street.
00:15:38The car doors opened.
00:15:40Dressed in a custom suit, strode toward us surrounded by dozens of Blackwater bodyguards.
00:15:44Seeing such an astonishing scene's throat tightened, a sharp swallow betraying her shock.
00:15:48Impossible! You're supposed to go bankrupt today! How could you still have money?!
00:15:52But she instantly reacted.
00:15:54Now was the time to cling to power.
00:15:56She shoved me aside and rushed toward two,
00:15:58deliberately exposing her collarbones and leaning close as she pleaded sweetly.
00:16:01Mr. Monsieur, don't be deceived by my sister!
00:16:03She's a demon to the bone!
00:16:05Sooner or later, she'll destroy your business empire!
00:16:08Lifted her head pitifully.
00:16:09Only a clean woman like me is worthy of your wealth.
00:16:12As long as you want me...
00:16:12Get away!
00:16:13Didn't even spare her a sidelong glance.
00:16:15He walked straight past her and came to me.
00:16:18He took out an expensive handkerchief and, with aching tenderness,
00:16:22wiped the dust grabbed onto the hem of my clothes.
00:16:25Then he turned and looked down at her.
00:16:27If she really is a demon, then I'd willingly offer her my soul.
00:16:31Besides, she's the one who helped me dominate Wall Street.
00:16:34Chloe is my only woman.
00:16:36As for you, you're not even worthy of carrying her shoes.
00:16:39Picture 1 looked as if she had been struck by lightning.
00:16:41Jealousy twisted her features.
00:16:43She screamed and tried to lunge forward again.
00:16:45No!
00:16:46This life should be mine!
00:16:49Just then, an old, unlicensed van screeched to a stop by the roadside.
00:16:55Two tattooed thugs jumped out, grabbed her by the hair,
00:16:58and dragged her viciously toward the van.
00:17:01Filthy bitch!
00:17:02How dare you run out and play victim!
00:17:04Boss Victor is waiting for you to come back!
00:17:07We haven't drawn enough blood today!
00:17:09Watching the van speed away, I frowned.
00:17:12Special supplements?
00:17:13Had Victor come up with some new trick again?
00:17:15The instincts I had developed in my last life while managing Victor's underground industries told me this was absolutely not
00:17:20simple.
00:17:21After returning to the Manishin, I immediately locked the study door and turned off the computer.
00:17:25Relying my understanding of Victor's cratic network from my EMP, the Uthry, bypassed the firewall with ease and hacked directly
00:17:32into the underground medical system he had recently connected.
00:17:35In an encrypted purchase list, I found the true ingredients of those special supplements.
00:17:40The moment I clicked it open, a chill crawled up my spine.
00:17:43They weren't supplements at all.
00:17:45They were living organ rejection suppressors, a substance explicitly banned on the dark web.
00:17:49So that was it.
00:17:51Victor's frantic expansion had angered the old mafia, and his cash flow had completely collapsed.
00:17:56To repay his debts, he had accepted a live organ order from a sick drug lord.
00:18:02Victor fed her that drug every day and kept her well fed.
00:18:05Not because he cherished her, because he was treating her like a mobable organ incubator.
00:18:10Ensuring that her heart and corneals would perfectly match the buyer's body when they were dug out.
00:18:15Ridiculous, Lily.
00:18:16She thought she had stolen my script as mafia matriarch, and ran around showing off that exclusive love, never knowing
00:18:23she was walking step by step towards the slaughterhouse.
00:18:25I scrolled to the last line of the order.
00:18:28The system showed that the harvest delivery date was three days later, at an East Coast elite charity gala.
00:18:34I curved my lips coldly.
00:18:37The show was about to begin.
00:18:38On the night of the delivery, the East Coast's most prestigious charity gala was held at a Manhattan hotel.
00:18:44And at that moment, she knew nothing about death's arrival.
00:18:47Because she had been taking that illegal rejection-suppressing drug for so long, her body was already on the verge
00:18:52of collapse.
00:18:53She could barely take two steps without losing her breath.
00:18:55But she still believed it was only weakness caused by Victor's abuse.
00:18:58She stole an invitation from Victor's drawer, covered her corpse pale face with thick foundation, and snuck into the gala.
00:19:04Amid the glittering crowd, she immediately set her sights on a gray-haired Wall Street magnet hit.
00:19:08She used the same old trick, forcing tears into her eyes as she pressed herself delicately against the magnet's arm.
00:19:13Sir, please save me. Victor, that thug keeps torturing me.
00:19:16As long as you're willing to pay to take me away, I'll do anything for you.
00:19:20She looked at the magnet with expectation, thinking that with her looks, finding a new patron would be easy.
00:19:25The magnet held his glass of red wine and looked her up and down.
00:19:28But there was no desire in his eyes.
00:19:31Take you away.
00:19:34Poor little thing, don't you know?
00:19:37Victor already pre-sold your heart and cornelized to me yesterday.
00:19:42I'm your buyer.
00:19:45The moment you heard that, the fanging expression on her face froze.
00:19:50All the blood in her body seemed to turn to ice.
00:19:53What did you say?
00:19:57What did you say?
00:19:59My heart, my corneals?
00:20:00Her mind exploded with a buzz.
00:20:02She finally understood what those expensive supplements really were.
00:20:05The mafia love she had been so proud of had been nothing more than fattening her like a pig for
00:20:10slaughter from beginning to end.
00:20:13She shoved the magnet away and fled through the banquet hall like a madwoman, not even noticing when one of
00:20:18her high heels fell off.
00:20:19She crashed headfirst into me as I stood arm in arm with the man, chatting and laughing with the mayor.
00:20:25Bang.
00:20:26Bang.
00:20:26When she saw it was me, she seemed to seize the last straw of hope.
00:20:30With a thud, she dropped to her knees at my feet and slammed her head against the floor again and
00:20:34again.
00:20:34Sister, I was wrong.
00:20:36I really was wrong.
00:20:37She cock-oated until blood streamed down her forehead, wailing missively.
00:20:41Victor wants to cut out my heart!
00:20:47I'll never fight you for anything again, please.
00:20:49I looked down at her from above, my eyes utterly unmoved.
00:20:53You chose your own road.
00:20:55I coldly pulled back the hem of my dress.
00:20:57If you walk into hell yourself, don't blame others for not reaching out.
00:21:01Lily collapsed to the floor in despair.
00:21:04Just then, the doors to the banquet hall were kicked open.
00:21:06First heard one swaggered in with several armed, tattooed men.
00:21:10In his hand was a huge, thick four.
00:21:12A sinister smile hung on his lips as he walked step-by-step towards Sir Lung on the floor.
00:21:18Found you, nutty.
00:21:21Seeing the man approach with the sedative, the girl scrambled backward in terror, screaming like a pig being slaughtered.
00:21:26Don't die!
00:21:27The distinguished guests at the gala were terrified.
00:21:29The man shouted...
00:21:30Let me move!
00:21:30I'm only here to take my goods today!
00:21:33Anyone who dares call the cops, I'll kill their whole family!
00:21:36Standing beside one, I watched the farce coldly.
00:21:39Not only did I not hide, I took my phone out of my clutch.
00:21:43Save Lily?
00:21:44Impossible.
00:21:45But I would never pass up the chance to crush Victor completely.
00:21:49My slender fingers tapped rapidly across the screen, activating the trojan I had set up in advance.
00:21:53In less than three seconds, Victor's 13 money laundering accounts on the global dark internet were wiped clean and frozen.
00:21:59At the same time, he elegantly pressed the send button on his log,
00:22:02packaging and sending the complete surveillance footage and evidence chain of Victor's live organ transaction tonight to the FBI in
00:22:07one film.
00:22:08The next second, police sirens and red-dew flashing lights pierced through the banquet hall.
00:22:11Dozens of SWAT armored vehicles blocked the entrance so tightly that not even water could pass.
00:22:14Boss!
00:22:15All our accounts have been frozen!
00:22:16The place is crawling with cops!
00:22:17One's men stared at their phones in terror.
00:22:19One's face went deathly pale, as if he had fallen into an ice pit.
00:22:22What?
00:22:22What's going on?
00:22:23He could no longer care about anything else.
00:22:25He lunged at her and stabbed the thick syringe viciously into her neck.
00:22:28Everybody stay the fuck back!
00:22:31Anyone moves, and I'll blow this bitch's head off!
00:22:37The entire tube of illegal green liquid was pushed into Lily's hand.
00:22:40It wasn't an ordinary sedative, but a high-concentration, manual-inducing drug.
00:22:44In less than two seconds, Lily's eyes flooded blood-red, and the veins on her neck bulged like earthworms.
00:22:48Her entire body lost all sense of pain and reason.
00:22:51She stared fixably at me, dazzling and glamorous.
00:22:53Protected in Jace's arms, the extreme resentment of being trampled underfoot erupted completely under the drug's effects.
00:22:58I was reborn too, so why do you get to live so well?
00:23:01Lily let out a beast-like howl that barely sounded human.
00:23:03She actually bit into Victor's arm and tore off a large chunk of flesh.
00:23:06Victor screamed and let go.
00:23:08Like a vengeful ghost, Lily grabbed a sharp, broken wine bottle from the table and charged wildly at my face.
00:23:13I'll ruin you! Go to hell with me!
00:23:15She was extremely fat, but didn't even blink.
00:23:18Before she could get within half a meter of me,
00:23:19Jace lifted his long leg and delivered a ruthlessly clean sidekick straight to Lily's chest.
00:23:23Lily flew out like a torn sack.
00:23:25With a crash, she smashed heavily into the five-tier champagne tower.
00:23:28Glass sharts pierced her entire body, and blood gushed out.
00:23:30Lying in a pool of blood, she vomited blood while pointing at me and laughing madly.
00:23:34Jace, don't be fooled by her!
00:23:36Lily shrieked hysterically, trying to use her final tropsod to destroy me.
00:23:40She's a reborn woman!
00:23:42In her last life, she was a demon with blood all over her hands!
00:23:45She only chose you because she knew you would become rich in this life!
00:23:49She doesn't love you at all!
00:23:55The entire room fell silent.
00:23:57Blood filled Lily's mouth as she looked at Jace smugly,
00:24:00thinking that exposing the secret of rebirth.
00:24:03At me with disgust, she screamed.
00:24:05In her last life, you were picking through trash in the slums
00:24:08while she was all-powerful mafia matriarch!
00:24:11You're just a tool she's using!
00:24:12Everyone waited for Jace's reaction.
00:24:14I stood where I was and looked at him calmly.
00:24:17Jace looked down at Lily on the floor, his lips curling in a cold smile.
00:24:20If that's true, then I really should thank you for your stupidity in this life.
00:24:24Jace's voice was low and dominating.
00:24:26Thank you for personally pushing such a perfect wife into my arms.
00:24:30Just then, SWAT officers broke through the doors.
00:24:33Don't move! Drop your weapons!
00:24:36The scene descended instantly into chaos.
00:24:39Seeing that the tide had turned,
00:24:40Victor grabbed a chair and smashed the floor to ceiling window.
00:24:43In the final second before he leapt into the cold seawater,
00:24:46Victor stared hard at me, shielded in Jaya's arms my eyes cold.
00:24:49In her last life, she was the all-powerful mafia matriarch.
00:24:52In his mind, the sentence Lily had shouted flash like lightning.
00:24:55Victor's eyes instantly changed from fear to shock.
00:24:57It was her?
00:24:59Cold seawater choked his windpipe.
00:25:01Victor swam desperately through the sewer like a stray dog that had lost its home.
00:25:04But Lily's words from the gala kept replaying in his mind.
00:25:07In her last life, she was the all-powerful mafia matriarch.
00:25:10Victor fled back to the moldy-smelling basement
00:25:11and looked at the territory he had now lost completely.
00:25:14His heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer.
00:25:16He suddenly remembered many details from his last life.
00:25:19In his last life, every time his gang hit a dead end,
00:25:21he would somehow receive intelligence to solve it the next day.
00:25:24He had thought Lily was born blessed with good fortune,
00:25:26so each time he had placed Lily high on a pedestal.
00:25:29But in this life, Lily, who carried memories too,
00:25:31was a fool who didn't even understand mafia slang
00:25:33and only knew how to cry for designer brands.
00:25:36And just now at the gala,
00:25:37the way Chloe froze his overseas dark web accounts
00:25:39was exactly like the mysterious strategist behind the scenes from his last life.
00:25:43Victor understood in an instant.
00:25:45Chloe, the one who helped me conquer everything in my last life,
00:25:49the one who shielded me from danger was Chloe all along!
00:25:52Victor's knees went weak, and he dropped onto the damp floor.
00:25:57He finally realized that with his own hands,
00:25:59he had thrown away a queen who could have helped him dominate the world,
00:26:03only to pick up a useless blood bag that had drained him dry.
00:26:07Victor's bloodshot eyes locked onto a financial magazine photo of Jace and Chloe on the wall.
00:26:13He punched the frame to pieces.
00:26:15Chloe is mine!
00:26:17She belongs to me!
00:26:19Three days later,
00:26:20in the underground parking garage of the J group,
00:26:23I had just stepped out of my private elevator,
00:26:25when a foul-smelling, unshaven man suddenly lunged out from behind a load-carrying pollen.
00:26:31Chloe!
00:26:32Chloe, I finally found you!
00:26:34It was Victor.
00:26:35With a heavy thud,
00:26:36he dropped to his knees in front of me.
00:26:38Ignoring the muddy water on the ground,
00:26:40he sobbed and slapped himself across the face again and again.
00:26:43I was wrong, Chloe.
00:26:44I was blinded by that idiot Lily.
00:26:46I was blind as a dog!
00:26:47He shuffled forward on his knees,
00:26:49trying to hug my leg,
00:26:50crying until his face was covered in snot and tears.
00:26:53You're my woman.
00:26:54As long as you come back,
00:26:56we can join hands like in our last life and take Jace money.
00:26:59We're the destined king and queen of the underworld!
00:27:02Looking at him so utterly pathetic,
00:27:04I felt only nausea.
00:27:05I pressed the red emergency alarm on my car key.
00:27:09The piercing alarm instantly echoed through the garage.
00:27:13Victor panicked and still tried to forcibly drag me.
00:27:15A dark figure flashed past.
00:27:17Jace, like a leopard,
00:27:18kicked Victor three meters away.
00:27:20Jace unbuttoned his suit jacket unhastingly
00:27:22and handed it to the bodyguard behind him.
00:27:25His eyes held a terrifying violence.
00:27:26Victor, you're not only blind,
00:27:28you're hopelessly stupid.
00:27:31Jace!
00:27:32You're nothing but a pretty boy living off a woman!
00:27:36Driven into a corner,
00:27:37Victor erupted with a desperado's ferocity.
00:27:40He pulled out a switchblade
00:27:41and roared as he lunged at Jace.
00:27:44But he had no idea what kind of monster he was facing.
00:27:46Jace didn't even dodge.
00:27:48He shifted slightly to avoid the blade,
00:27:49then caught Victor's wrist in a backhand grip
00:27:51and snapped it hard.
00:27:52The crisp sound of breaking bone rang out.
00:27:55Victor let out a pig-like scream
00:27:56and the knife fell to the floor.
00:27:57Then Jace drove his knee upward,
00:27:59slamming it heavily into Victor's chest.
00:28:02Two ribs snapped instantly.
00:28:03The entire sequence flowed smoothly,
00:28:06carrying a brutal beauty of absolute domination.
00:28:09Victor collapsed to the floor like mud,
00:28:11coughing out mouthfuls of blood.
00:28:13Jace stepped forward
00:28:13and mercilessly planted his leather shoe
00:28:15on Victor's broken fingers,
00:28:17grinding down hard.
00:28:19You think you deserved her in your last life?
00:28:22Jace looked down at Victor as he corrals it in pain.
00:28:26You couldn't protect her.
00:28:28All you could do was rely on the pitiful power she handed you.
00:28:31And in this life,
00:28:34you don't even have the right to say her name.
00:28:38Jake's gestured.
00:28:39Blackwater bodyguards stepped forward
00:28:41and dragged Victor like a dead dog,
00:28:43throwing him into the garbage heap in the back alley.
00:28:45And at that moment,
00:28:46the gears of fate turned.
00:28:47An ambulance from the hospital
00:28:49happened to stop at the Annie entrance.
00:28:51The one who secretly slipped down from it
00:28:52was Lily, dragging her broken body.
00:28:55To avoid the expensive medical bills,
00:28:57Lily had escaped from the public hospital.
00:28:59She limped into the back alley,
00:29:01about to look for something to eat,
00:29:03when she suddenly saw Victor rivaling in the garbage heap.
00:29:07Victor?
00:29:08The moment she made out that face,
00:29:10Lily showed not the slightest sympathy.
00:29:11Instead, she burst into wild laughter.
00:29:13You liar!
00:29:14Weren't you a mafia boss?
00:29:15Why are you lying here like a stray dog?
00:29:17Victor struggled to open his eyes.
00:29:19Seeing the woman who had ruined him so badly,
00:29:21old hatred and new rage erupted like a volcano.
00:29:23If not for Lily,
00:29:24how would he have lost Chloe?
00:29:29Filthy bitch!
00:29:31This is all your fault!
00:29:32Victor lunged at her,
00:29:33clapped his hands around Lily's throat,
00:29:35and pressed her into the filthy,
00:29:36water-water-filled garbage heap.
00:29:38You useless thing!
00:29:39Give me back Chloe!
00:29:41Give me back my mafia empire!
00:29:42Lily's eyes rolled back from the choking,
00:29:44and her hands clawed wildly.
00:29:45The true love they had once believed
00:29:47would bring mutual benefit
00:29:48now tore at each other like two mad dogs,
00:29:49blaming each other and ripping each other apart.
00:29:51In the final second before suffocation,
00:29:53Lily's hand found a sharp shard of glass.
00:29:56Go to hell!
00:29:59Using all her strength,
00:30:00she stabbed the shard fiercely
00:30:02into Victor's female artery.
00:30:04Blood instantly sprayed out like a fountain,
00:30:06splattering across Lily's face.
00:30:09Victor screamed.
00:30:12The two of them collapsed together
00:30:14into the reeking pool of blood and trash,
00:30:17convulsing in despair.
00:30:18A passerby discovered them and called the police,
00:30:21and the two were taken back to the public hospital
00:30:23due to severe blood loss.
00:30:24Victor's thigh was already paralyzed.
00:30:26As for Lily,
00:30:27when she woke up in the hospital bed,
00:30:28a doctor walked over to her coldly with her test results.
00:30:31Because you have been taking illegal living organ suppresses
00:30:33from the earth dark web for a long time,
00:30:35your kidneys and liver have completely failed.
00:30:37You have two months at most.
00:30:39There's no treatment value.
00:30:41Wait to die.
00:30:42The doctor's words were like a final verdict.
00:30:45Lily finally realized it.
00:30:47The rebirth script she had thought herself so clever for stealing
00:30:51had not helped her rise above everyone else.
00:30:55Instead, she had personally pushed open the gates to hell.
00:30:58The television on the hospital wall lit up.
00:31:01On the screen,
00:31:02the grand celebration of the Jace Group's successful listing on Wall Street
00:31:05was being broadcast live.
00:31:07I wore a gown and rang the opening bell under the eyes of the world,
00:31:11dazzling like a queen.
00:31:12If I can't live,
00:31:14you won't have peace either!
00:31:16She violently ripped the IV needle from the back of her hand.
00:31:20Blood dripped onto the white sheets.
00:31:22She stole a nurse's uniform and made an insane decision.
00:31:25Lily wrapped all the wounds on her body in bandages,
00:31:28pulled the loose cleaner's robe over herself,
00:31:30and slipped in the outdoor celebration banquet
00:31:32for the Jace Group's listing in her arms.
00:31:34She carried a large barrel of gasoline,
00:31:36had bought on the black market.
00:31:37As long as she could burn me and Jace to ashes in front of everyone,
00:31:41she would be willing to die in the flames immediately.
00:31:43At the center of the reception,
00:31:45Jace and I were being interviewed by global media.
00:31:47I wore a custom gown and looked invincible beneath the flashes.
00:31:50Lily hid behind a pillar in the shadows,
00:31:53staring at that blinding glory,
00:31:55the flames of jealousy in her heart
00:31:57burned all the way up her throat.
00:31:58Die! All of you die!
00:32:01She pushed the cart,
00:32:02carrying the gasoline using the darkness
00:32:03to inch closer to the ventilation system.
00:32:06As long as she pressed the igniter,
00:32:07this place would become a living hell.
00:32:09Just as her hand reached for the lighter,
00:32:11a pair of rough hands suddenly stretched out from the darkness,
00:32:14clamped over her mouth,
00:32:15and dragged her forcibly into the dim fire stair hell.
00:32:19It was Victor.
00:32:23Who told you to make a move?
00:32:25He still hadn't given up.
00:32:26He wanted to use Lily for one last struggle.
00:32:28What we need is money.
00:32:30We need the lifeline in Chloe's hands.
00:32:32You are not allowed to act.
00:32:34Chloe!
00:32:35Want your sister alive?
00:32:36Bring ten million in cash to basement level two.
00:32:39Remember,
00:32:39no bodyguards.
00:32:41He thought I would go soft.
00:32:43He thought that as long as I appeared,
00:32:45he could use me as a bargaining chain
00:32:46to turn the tables,
00:32:47just like in the last life.
00:32:50Watching the video.
00:32:52Madam,
00:32:53shall I mobilize mercenaries and flatten the place?
00:32:56No need.
00:32:57I want them to see with their own eyes
00:32:59that before this position,
00:33:01they don't even qualify to be ants.
00:33:04Instead,
00:33:04I had Jace robilize the city's armed forces
00:33:06and surround the entire building like an iron barrel.
00:33:09Basement level two.
00:33:11Victor stared at the elevator with high expectations.
00:33:16How is this possible?
00:33:18How dare you come without the money?
00:33:20I slowly stepped out from behind the bodyguards,
00:33:23every step calm and elegant.
00:33:24I didn't even glance at Lily,
00:33:26who was tied to the fire hydrant.
00:33:27Victor,
00:33:28you used me in my last life
00:33:30and tortured me in this one.
00:33:32Did you think you could still threaten me
00:33:33like some ridiculous clown?
00:33:35Didn't you want to light the fire?
00:33:37Go on.
00:33:38Don't be a coward.
00:33:40When Lily heard this,
00:33:41the last spark of hope in her eyes went out completely.
00:33:44She looked at my lofty posture,
00:33:46at how I didn't even deign to get her a single day.
00:33:49I'm done playing.
00:33:51I'm really done playing.
00:33:53I'll make all of you die with me.
00:33:59Before Victor could react,
00:34:00Lily suddenly broke free from the cut ropes
00:34:02and, like a mad woman,
00:34:03wrapped her arms tightly around Victor's neck.
00:34:05Don't ruin me!
00:34:07You made me into this monster!
00:34:10She bit down hard on Victor's ear,
00:34:12bloody tears streaming from her eyes.
00:34:14Victor, didn't you want money?
00:34:17Didn't you want to be the emperor of the underworld?
00:34:21Then let's go be that in hell!
00:34:24You crazy bitch!
00:34:26Let go of me!
00:34:27He struggled desperately,
00:34:29but Lily no longer wanted to live.
00:34:30She slammed violently
00:34:31into the still-burning lighter in Victor's ear.
00:34:33A whole barrel of gasoline
00:34:35instantly poured over the door.
00:34:36Flames shot into the air,
00:34:38lighting up the entire underground garage.
00:34:40Fire swallowed the two evil ghosts
00:34:41who had once screamed against each other
00:34:43and now died together like conjoined twins.
00:34:45Amid piercing screams,
00:34:46they twisted and rolled in the flames.
00:34:48Under Jace's protection,
00:34:50I turned and left.
00:34:51Behind me was the past
00:34:53reduced to scorched earth,
00:34:55and I strode toward the future
00:34:57that belonged to me.
00:35:00The fire was quickly extinguished.
00:35:02Victor and Lily were completely reduced
00:35:04to two charred corpses,
00:35:05so burned that even DNA
00:35:06was difficult to extract.
00:35:08The news spread everywhere.
00:35:09The media frantically dug into
00:35:11the so-called family feud
00:35:12within the conglomerate.
00:35:13I did not have the PR department
00:35:14covered up.
00:35:15Instead, I took the initiative
00:35:16to release to the media
00:35:17Victor's illegal live organ trading network
00:35:20and the evidence that he and Lily
00:35:21had planned the assassination.
00:35:23The media outlets
00:35:24that had originally been waiting
00:35:26to laugh at us
00:35:27quickly turned their guns around
00:35:29in the face of iron-flabbed criminal evidence
00:35:31and praised us as heroes
00:35:34who had eliminated a cancer from society.
00:35:38The group's stock not only did not fall,
00:35:40it surged for three straight days
00:35:42in the market
00:35:43because of our positive image
00:35:45of punishing evil
00:35:46and protecting the innocent.
00:35:47I stood before the floor
00:35:49to cleasing windows,
00:35:51looking down at the ant-like crowds below.
00:35:53Just then,
00:35:54Jace walked over with a glass
00:35:56of expensive red wine
00:35:57and gently pulled me into his arms.
00:36:00Madam,
00:36:01those troublesome mafia families
00:36:03have all signed the asset transfer agreements
00:36:05according to your requirements.
00:36:07He kissed my cheek tenderly.
00:36:09After tonight,
00:36:09there will be no so-called
00:36:10underground rules on the East Coast.
00:36:12You are the only rule.
00:36:13I looked out at the glittering knee
00:36:15beyond the window,
00:36:16lightly swirling the blood-red wine
00:36:17in my glass.
00:36:18A smile of certain sectority
00:36:20curved my lip.
00:36:21Although Victor was dead,
00:36:22the territory he left behind
00:36:24had become a piece of fat meat.
00:36:26The twelve remaining old mafia families
00:36:28on the East Coast
00:36:29were eager to move.
00:36:31In their eyes,
00:36:32Jace was nothing more than
00:36:33a legitimate businessman
00:36:34taking advantage of an opening.
00:36:36That night,
00:36:37a threatening letter
00:36:38containing a bullet
00:36:38was delivered to the group headquarters,
00:36:40demanding that Jace hand
00:36:41over 70% of the shipping routes,
00:36:43or he would not live
00:36:44to see tomorrow's sun.
00:36:45Looking at the bullet on the desk,
00:36:47killing intake surged in Jace's eyes,
00:36:49and he was about to order
00:36:50a direct assault.
00:36:51I pressed down on his hand,
00:36:52took a black encrypted USB drive
00:36:54from the safe,
00:36:55and tossed it lightly onto the deck.
00:36:57A direct attack would be too merciful.
00:36:59This is the underground
00:37:00intelligence network.
00:37:01I spent five years building
00:37:03in my last life.
00:37:04I looked at Jace,
00:37:06my gaze confident and cold.
00:37:07It contained every financial weakness
00:37:09of those twelve families,
00:37:10the locations of their
00:37:11illegitimate children overseas,
00:37:13and conclusive evidence
00:37:14of their dark web smuggling.
00:37:16One fatal strike.
00:37:18Fantastic.
00:37:19Jace picked up the USB drive.
00:37:21The viciousness in his eyes
00:37:22instantly transformed
00:37:23into the utmost admiration
00:37:25and indulgent affection.
00:37:26He lowered his head
00:37:27and kissed me deeply.
00:37:29As you command, my queen.
00:37:30Tonight, I'll tear down their thrones
00:37:32and turn them into
00:37:33stepping stones for you.
00:37:34Outside the window,
00:37:35thunder rolled
00:37:36and rain lashed down.
00:37:38Alone, Jace pushed open the doors
00:37:40to the East Coast
00:37:41underground round table chamber.
00:37:42Inside the round table chamber,
00:37:44twelve mafia elders
00:37:45were smoking cigars
00:37:46and laughing arrogantly.
00:37:47Seeing that Jace
00:37:48had truly dared
00:37:49to come alone,
00:37:50several hot-tempered old men
00:37:51pulled out gold-plated pistols
00:37:52and slammed them heavily
00:37:53onto the table.
00:37:54Pretty boy,
00:37:54if you know what's good for you,
00:37:56you'll sign the asset
00:37:57transfer agreement.
00:37:58Then we might still leave you
00:37:59and that beautiful wife
00:38:00of yours whole corpses.
00:38:02Jace didn't even look
00:38:03at the guns.
00:38:04He leisurely pulled out
00:38:05the chair at the head
00:38:06of the table
00:38:07and sat down,
00:38:08then threw twelve printed sets
00:38:10of confidential financial
00:38:11datements and photos
00:38:12into their faces
00:38:13like trash.
00:38:14Look at your own cards
00:38:15before you decide
00:38:16whether to raise
00:38:17your voice at me.
00:38:18The elders picked up
00:38:19the documents
00:38:20and their faces
00:38:21turned instantly pale.
00:38:22The hands holding their cigars
00:38:24trembled like sieves.
00:38:25Those were their most
00:38:27lethal weak points.
00:38:28As long as Jace
00:38:29sent them with one click,
00:38:30they would immediately
00:38:31lose everything,
00:38:32perhaps even their families.
00:38:34You?
00:38:35What do you want?
00:38:37Jace smeared
00:38:38and snapped his fingers lightly.
00:38:39The hidden walls
00:38:40around the chamber
00:38:40instantly descended,
00:38:42revealing hundreds
00:38:42of heavily armed mercenaries
00:38:44whose infrared sights
00:38:45were all locked
00:38:45onto the centers
00:38:46of their foreheads.
00:38:47Jace rose and looked down
00:38:48at the once-invincible
00:38:49underworld overlords
00:38:50from above.
00:38:51Sign the submission agreement.
00:38:52From today on,
00:38:53the rules of the East Coast
00:38:55underworld are decided
00:38:56by my wife.
00:38:57When Jace returned
00:38:58to the manor
00:38:58with the tokens
00:38:59of submission
00:38:59from the 12 families,
00:39:01it was already late at night.
00:39:03After my shower,
00:39:04I stood before the Florida
00:39:05clearing windows,
00:39:06watching the wind and rain
00:39:07finally stop outside.
00:39:09Jace embraced me
00:39:10from behind
00:39:10and flipped the black
00:39:11gold serpent ring,
00:39:12a symbol of the highest power
00:39:14on the dark wet,
00:39:15onto my ring finger.
00:39:16His fingers were faintly callid.
00:39:18When they touched my back,
00:39:20my body stiffened
00:39:20controllably
00:39:21because of the bone-deep
00:39:22memories of beatings
00:39:23from my last life,
00:39:24Jace noticed.
00:39:25He did not rush
00:39:26to take anything from me.
00:39:28Instead,
00:39:28he turned me around
00:39:29and looked at me
00:39:30with aching tenderness.
00:39:31He lowered his head
00:39:32and reverently kissed
00:39:33the invisible scars
00:39:34on my body,
00:39:35kissing away the last trace
00:39:36of guardedness
00:39:37towards intimacy
00:39:37in my heart.
00:39:39Chloe,
00:39:40in this life,
00:39:41you're no one's strategist
00:39:42behind the scenes anymore
00:39:43and you don't have to
00:39:44take a blade for anyone.
00:39:45Jace's held my face,
00:39:47his voice low and tempting.
00:39:49You are the only one
00:39:50in power
00:39:51and I am your
00:39:52most loyal believer.
00:39:53Looking at the deep love
00:39:55burning in his eyes
00:39:55for me alone,
00:39:56I finally let go
00:39:57completely of the shadows
00:39:59from my past life.
00:40:00I wrapped my arms
00:40:01around his neck
00:40:01and kissed him back
00:40:02with equal heat.
00:40:03Moonlight streamed
00:40:04through the windows
00:40:04and spilled across
00:40:05the luxurious bed
00:40:06where two figures
00:40:07merged completely.
00:40:09Five years later,
00:40:10it was the very day
00:40:10when, in my last life,
00:40:11Jace went bankrupt
00:40:12and Lily rolled beneath
00:40:13the truck to her death.
00:40:14But now we were
00:40:14at the top floor
00:40:15of the highest tower
00:40:15on Wall Street.
00:40:16Wearing a custom gown,
00:40:17I rang the Nasdaq
00:40:18opening bell,
00:40:19the richest person
00:40:19in the world
00:40:20and the supreme matriarch
00:40:21of the dark web.
00:40:22Thunderous applause
00:40:22filled the room
00:40:23and camera flashes
00:40:24blazed like daylight.
00:40:25Holding a glass of champagne,
00:40:26I walked to the floor
00:40:27to clear window
00:40:27and looked down
00:40:28over the city
00:40:28I had thoroughly conquered.
00:40:29At the end of my line
00:40:30of sight lay that filthy slum.
00:40:32In my last life,
00:40:33Lily had gnawed
00:40:33on rotten vegetable leaves there,
00:40:35then dragged me
00:40:35to my death
00:40:36out of jealousy.
00:40:36In this life,
00:40:37she thought she had
00:40:38stolen the Trump card,
00:40:39but she turned to ashes
00:40:40in the very first year.
00:40:41Jace walked to my side
00:40:42holding our three-year-old heir.
00:40:43What are you thinking about?
00:40:44His eyes full of doting affection
00:40:46as he wrapped an arm
00:40:47around my waist.
00:40:48As if performing magic,
00:40:49he took a document
00:40:50from the pocket of his suit
00:40:51and handed it to me.
00:40:53Darling,
00:40:53you said before
00:40:54that looking at that slum
00:40:55bothered you.
00:40:56I've had people approve
00:40:57the demolition plan
00:40:57to buy it.
00:40:58I looked at the document
00:40:59and couldn't help
00:41:00laughing softly.
00:41:01The place that had buried
00:41:01our fates in my last life
00:41:02could now be erased
00:41:03completely from the map
00:41:04with nothing more
00:41:05than my signature.
00:41:06Three days later,
00:41:07more than a dozen
00:41:08heavy bulldozers
00:41:09drove into the slums.
00:41:10Amid the enormous roar,
00:41:11the dilapidated chantels,
00:41:12the place that had buried
00:41:13Lily's greed and despair,
00:41:14collapsed with a crash
00:41:15and became ruins.
00:41:16On the original site,
00:41:17the world's largest
00:41:18commercial landmark,
00:41:19named after me,
00:41:20would rise.
00:41:21At the groundbreaking ceremony,
00:41:23global media swarmed in.
00:41:26Countless microphones
00:41:27were thrust in front of me.
00:41:28This is Jake's man.
00:41:29How did you go
00:41:30from an ordinary girl
00:41:31to the overlord
00:41:31who dominates both
00:41:32the legitimate
00:41:33and underground worlds today?
00:41:34What was the core secret?
00:41:35Was it because you were lucky
00:41:36and chose the right person?
00:41:38Hearing the question,
00:41:40I raised my brows slightly.
00:41:42I turned and glanced
00:41:42down from the stage.
00:41:43Jace was holding our sun.
00:41:45Watching me with a smile
00:41:46like the most loyal knight,
00:41:47eyes filled the pride
00:41:48of someone thinking,
00:41:49my wife shines brightest.
00:41:50I withdrew my eyes
00:41:51and looked to the camera,
00:41:53the corner of my throat
00:41:53curving into a calm,
00:41:54aggressively confident smile.
00:41:56Fate has never been about
00:41:57what cards you manage to steal.
00:42:01It's about whether you have
00:42:02the brains to play them well.
00:42:04Unfortunately,
00:42:05some people think
00:42:05they've stolen the winning hand,
00:42:07but they don't even qualify
00:42:08to sit at the table.
00:42:09I raised the champagne
00:42:10in my hand.
00:42:11Sunlight struck
00:42:12the black gold serpent ring,
00:42:14refracting a dazzling gleam.
00:42:16Cheers
00:42:16to my empire.
00:42:19Daughter of the lord,
00:42:21bloodline awakened,
00:42:22heir to the throne.
00:42:24Glory to the soul and glance,
00:42:26a gift from Hector's belt.
00:42:30Give me a red wine.
00:42:39The wine you asked for.
00:42:47You walk in here
00:42:48while he is clearly occupied?
00:42:50Are you blind or just stupid?
00:42:59Then Lord Rowan
00:43:00can pour his own wine.
00:43:02What did you just...
00:43:03Did you call him by his name?
00:43:05You address him as my lord,
00:43:07you disrespectful little twat!
00:43:12That is enough, Isolette.
00:43:16Know your place, Zahra.
00:43:18You have no house,
00:43:19no bloodline,
00:43:21nowhere you're in this realm
00:43:22that would take you in.
00:43:23I will leave then.
00:43:24I will go rogue
00:43:25before I die.
00:43:26You have no soul power yet.
00:43:30Until you do,
00:43:31you belong to this house.
00:43:33You belong to me.
00:43:37Come to my study
00:43:38once you have cleaned this up.
00:43:4915 years with not a single
00:43:51confirmed trace of my daughter.
00:43:52What more do you need,
00:43:54Lord Blackwell?
00:43:55I hear you, Lord Cassian,
00:43:57but murder and abduction
00:43:59require proof.
00:44:01The other houses will not move
00:44:02against Greth without it.
00:44:04House Greth attacked
00:44:05how Solani 15 years ago,
00:44:07my daughter banished
00:44:07the same night.
00:44:09I know what happened to her.
00:44:11Her body was never found,
00:44:13Lord Blackwell.
00:44:14In 15 years,
00:44:15no body.
00:44:16What does that tell you?
00:44:19Or do you just not want to hear it?
00:44:22You are the only one
00:44:24with the power
00:44:25and the standing
00:44:26to help us.
00:44:27You have to help me
00:44:28avenge my daughter.
00:44:34Clotha,
00:44:35Laxius,
00:44:36Hekma,
00:44:37if any of you are listening,
00:44:39please,
00:44:40tomorrow,
00:44:40give me my soul power
00:44:42when I turn 18.
00:44:44Set me free.
00:44:45We will live simply,
00:44:47in the woods if we have to.
00:44:48We will hunt for what we need.
00:44:50We will need nothing
00:44:51from anyone in this house
00:44:52ever again.
00:44:55I will attend
00:44:56Rowan Greth's feast tomorrow.
00:44:58Whatever is inside that castle,
00:45:00I will find it.
00:45:02You have my word.
00:45:06I will pull everything
00:45:07we have on the Greth Earth,
00:45:08attack on House Selenen.
00:45:10Every record.
00:45:13Every body.
00:45:15Body that was not found.
00:45:17Do it.
00:45:20Zara Saloni's body
00:45:21was never found.
00:45:23I suspect
00:45:24she is not dead.
00:45:45You're a fast learner,
00:45:47my lady.
00:46:08Rowan,
00:46:09you asked to see me.
00:46:10What is she doing here?
00:46:12Was she watching us?
00:46:15You will address me as my lord.
00:46:23If you walk in here
00:46:25without knocking again,
00:46:26I will make sure
00:46:26you cannot walk at all.
00:46:30Isolid,
00:46:31leave us.
00:46:33Excuse me?
00:46:34I said,
00:46:35leave us.
00:46:46How long have you lived here
00:46:47at House Greth?
00:46:48Almost 15 years.
00:46:51Have we ever let you go hungry?
00:46:54Cold?
00:46:56Without shelter?
00:46:57No.
00:46:59What are you trying to say?
00:47:03Are you jealous?
00:47:05Is that what this is?
00:47:07You wish you were the one
00:47:08I was fucking?
00:47:09You disgust me.
00:47:11What?
00:47:12I am not jealous.
00:47:14I am disgusted.
00:47:15And you are not my lord.
00:47:17The only L word that fits you
00:47:19is low life.
00:47:22My lord.
00:47:23Lord Theron Blackwell
00:47:24of House Blackwell
00:47:25has confirmed his attendance
00:47:26at tomorrow's feast.
00:47:31Taron Blackwell
00:47:32is coming here?
00:47:32I only sent that invitation
00:47:34out of courtesy.
00:47:34Why now?
00:47:35What does he want?
00:47:35My lord.
00:47:36I believe it signals respect.
00:47:38If Taron attends,
00:47:39the other houses will follow.
00:47:40It confirms our standing.
00:47:41You think so?
00:47:42He must know House Greth
00:47:43is the second house
00:47:44in the realm.
00:47:45He is acknowledging the threat.
00:47:49Since you find this
00:47:51so amusing,
00:47:52you will prepare
00:47:53and serve the entire feast,
00:47:55beginning to end.
00:47:56Tomorrow is my 18th birthday.
00:47:58You promised me
00:47:59a day's rest.
00:48:00I changed my mind.
00:48:11Does Zada know
00:48:12the cloth I wove her to you?
00:48:17Do not ever mention again.
00:48:24Forgive me, my lord.
00:48:26It only seemed
00:48:27as though you two were...
00:48:31We are nothing.
00:48:33She is a servant.
00:48:34An orphan.
00:48:36I do not know
00:48:37why the Moray goddesses
00:48:38chose her for me
00:48:39and I do not care.
00:48:40I will not accept it.
00:48:43What do you plan
00:48:44to do with her?
00:48:46Once she turns 18 tomorrow,
00:48:48her soul power will awaken.
00:48:49She will feel the fated
00:48:50between us
00:48:51the moment it does.
00:48:52I will sever it publicly
00:48:53in front of the entire feast.
00:48:55Severing a threat
00:48:56decreed by the Morayas
00:48:57is not a simple act,
00:48:58my lord.
00:48:58Clothra herself spun it away.
00:49:00I do not care.
00:49:01You are dismissed.
00:49:09Damn it, Zara.
00:49:15Sorin,
00:49:15I need you to source
00:49:16a worthy gift
00:49:17for Lord Rowan Greth
00:49:18before tomorrow's feast.
00:49:19A gift
00:49:20for Rowan Greth?
00:49:21Why would you...
00:49:22We keep our friends close
00:49:23and our enemies closer.
00:49:25Yes, my lord.
00:49:25Daughters of allied houses,
00:49:27each one a strong
00:49:28political match.
00:49:30If you arrive at the feast
00:49:31with one of them
00:49:32on your arm,
00:49:32it sends a message.
00:49:34House Blackhead
00:49:35is building alliances,
00:49:36not just the family.
00:49:37I will not be bringing
00:49:39a companion.
00:49:39My lord,
00:49:40if House Greth
00:49:41discovers you are still
00:49:42unwavered at your age,
00:49:43they will question your stand
00:49:44and they will use it
00:49:44against you at the feast.
00:49:45Let them.
00:49:46I am Theron Blackwaite.
00:49:51Let's hope she is there,
00:49:53whoever she is.
00:50:01My lord,
00:50:02Those burns,
00:50:03are those...
00:50:04Jade Hog.
00:50:05Yes.
00:50:05Inside the estate?
00:50:07How did it get past the...
00:50:08It was tracking something.
00:50:10A soul whose suppression
00:50:11is breaking.
00:50:13Something it could smell
00:50:14from a long distance.
00:50:20The trail leads toward
00:50:21House Greth territory.
00:50:23Lord Cassian's daughter.
00:50:24Have the carriage ready at dawn.
00:50:26Sauron,
00:50:28tell no one about the burns.
00:50:45Happy birthday to me.
00:50:47Happy birthday, Zara.
00:50:50Who is there?
00:50:52It is me,
00:50:53Lara.
00:50:54I am your divine gift, Zara.
00:50:56Hecate's gift.
00:50:57The one they sealed away
00:50:58when you were a child.
00:51:00I have been here
00:51:01the entire time.
00:51:02They simply would not
00:51:03let me speak.
00:51:04Hecate's gift.
00:51:05You are Hecate's gift.
00:51:07It is very good
00:51:08to finally meet you.
00:51:09And there is something
00:51:10I need to tell you
00:51:11about the one
00:51:11the Moiri decried for us.
00:51:13The one Clothra
00:51:13wove into your thread
00:51:14at birth.
00:51:15Clothra wove a thread for me?
00:51:16Yes.
00:51:17The one she decreed for us.
00:51:18He is here.
00:51:19He has always been here.
00:51:20In this castle.
00:51:23Who?
00:51:23Rowan Greth,
00:51:24lord of this house.
00:51:26Clothra wove you
00:51:27for him at birth.
00:51:28He has known
00:51:29since before you did.
00:51:52He is coming.
00:51:53I can feel him approaching.
00:51:56Zara,
00:51:56when you see the thread,
00:51:58do not let it show
00:51:59on your face.
00:52:13So,
00:52:14Hector finally broke the seal.
00:52:17You knew.
00:52:19This whole time
00:52:20you knew what Clothra decreed
00:52:21and you said nothing.
00:52:23So what?
00:52:23You are a servant.
00:52:25A casteless orphan.
00:52:26You have no house,
00:52:28no bloodline,
00:52:29nothing.
00:52:29What Clothia decreed
00:52:31does not change
00:52:32what you are.
00:52:33I defy the decree,
00:52:35Zara.
00:52:47If you beg,
00:52:49perhaps I will reconsider.
00:52:52I accept your defiance,
00:52:53Rowan.
00:52:56What?
00:53:00The thread is gone.
00:53:02So are we.
00:53:03Clothra does not weave
00:53:04a second thread
00:53:05for the same person.
00:53:06You will live
00:53:07and die casteless.
00:53:08So be it.
00:53:09Pack what you have tonight.
00:53:11After today,
00:53:11I do not want to see you
00:53:12in this castle again.
00:53:13I have been waiting years
00:53:15for you to say that, Rowan.
00:53:20You are allowed to feel it,
00:53:21Zara.
00:53:22What he did this morning.
00:53:26I just need to get
00:53:27through this feast.
00:53:30There is someone
00:53:31coming tonight.
00:53:32I can feel a presence
00:53:33in the road.
00:53:34Something old.
00:53:35Something that knows
00:53:36Hector's gift from a distance.
00:53:37Everything can wait
00:53:38until after the feast.
00:53:46The carers were
00:53:47in this tree line
00:53:48last night.
00:53:49How close?
00:53:50Close enough
00:53:51to leave tribute
00:53:52at the window.
00:53:53Someone inside that castle
00:53:54has been paying them
00:53:55to stay back.
00:53:56Paying the carers
00:53:57to stay back from whom?
00:54:06Hector's bloodline
00:54:08in Inside House Greth.
00:54:33Lord Blackwit,
00:54:34what a pleasure.
00:54:35I hope the road
00:54:36treated you well.
00:54:37Our castle sits deep
00:54:37in the forest.
00:54:38Not the easiest journey.
00:54:40Lord Rowan,
00:54:41built House Greth castle
00:54:42from the foundations up.
00:54:43It is everything
00:54:44a great house should be.
00:54:46Hmm.
00:54:47A gift from House Blackwit,
00:54:48Lord Greth,
00:54:49in honor of
00:54:50tomorrow's betrothal.
00:54:53Lord Blackwit,
00:54:54this is far too generous.
00:54:56We could not possibly...
00:54:57Pocket change,
00:54:58shall we?
00:55:02What do you think
00:55:03you are doing?
00:55:04Do not embarrass me.
00:55:08I saw a servant girl.
00:55:10at the rest juice pile.
00:55:12At the rest juice pile.
00:55:13Find out who she is,
00:55:14how she came from,
00:55:15how long she has been here,
00:55:17everything.
00:55:18And the carers were paying her
00:55:19the kind of attention
00:55:20they paid to...
00:55:20I know, Sauron.
00:55:21Find out who she is,
00:55:22tonight,
00:55:23before the feast ends.
00:55:32Lord Blackwit,
00:55:33I have always admired
00:55:34what House Blackwit
00:55:35has built in the
00:55:36Northern Territory.
00:55:37The estate,
00:55:38the trade routes.
00:55:39I feel we share
00:55:39very similar tastes
00:55:40in what a great house
00:55:41should be.
00:55:42Isolet.
00:55:42Zara,
00:55:43wine.
00:55:46We have an important guest,
00:55:48Lord Blackwell
00:55:49of House Blackwell.
00:55:50Show some respect.
00:55:53What are you waiting for?
00:55:54We have an important guest.
00:55:55This is Lord Theron Blackwell
00:55:57of House Blackwell.
00:55:58Show some respect.
00:56:01I need to step out a moment,
00:56:02my lord.
00:56:08Excuse me.
00:56:10Where are you...
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