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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

00:00:41into everyone who heard his name. I became the mafia matriarch countless people tried to curry

00:00:45favor with. Luxury cars and yachts, whenever I went out, money spent like water. When I saw Lily

00:00:51starving in the slums, picking up discarded vegetable leaves, I kindly handed her a check

00:00:55for one million dollars to help improve her life. But she tore the check to pieces, clamped

00:00:59both hands around my throat, and dragged me towards a speeding truck. Give me back the life

00:01:03that should have been mine! The truck roared past and Lily and I died together. When I opened

00:01:09my eyes again, I had returned to five years ago, to the day Jace and Victor came to choose

00:01:15their wives. I like wild men. I'm going with you! As if she had already decided that in

00:01:24this life, she would become the mafia matriarch and crush me completely under her feet. I knew

00:01:32then that Lily had been reborn too. She thought she had stolen my life. But I only found it funny.

00:01:38Victor was no devoted underworld boss from some mafia movie. He was a demon who took pleasure

00:01:44in tormenting people. The only reason Victor became a mafia godfather in my last life was

00:01:49because of the leadership I gave him from behind the scenes. Even so, Victor still broke 199

00:01:54of my bones. I looked at Lily's relieved expression and curved my lips. You think you're about to

00:02:01live a glorious life above everyone else? But you have no idea. This road will only drag you

00:02:06into hell. Lily thought that throwing herself into Victor's arms would guarantee he would take

00:02:11her in. But Victor shoved her away and fixed his gaze on me. Come here. I want you. My heart

00:02:18trembled. Fear flooded over me like a tide. Memories from my last life poured into my mind in an instant,

00:02:24being chained in his basement and beaten, being handed to other gangs as a hostage and violated,

00:02:28having my bones shattered for human experiments. I froze where I stood, unable to move even half a

00:02:34step. Lily panicked at the sight. Don't choose my sister Chloe. She's vain and greedy, always thinking

00:02:40about diamonds and sports cars. How could she possibly endure your dangerous bloodstake life?

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

00:02:51Fine. Then you'll be my woman. As long as you behave and do what I say,

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

00:03:04At that moment, Jace, who stood beside us, held out an expensive wedding gown to me.

00:03:10Will you be my wife and leave with me? I'm currently facing a financial crisis.

00:03:16But I promise you, even if I lose everything, I'll never let you go hungry.

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

00:03:25I will. I knew very well that Jace was an exceptional man. In my last life, after Jace

00:03:30went bankrupt, even when he had to work three jobs a day, he still saved the last piece of bread

00:03:34for

00:03:34Lily. But Lily cursed him all day long, calling him useless. Since you're too blessed to appreciate

00:03:39him, 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. So she knew I had been reborn too, and she thought she had stolen my life. I watched the

00:04:01motorcycle whirlwind and sneered in the room. Only I knew Victor would treat the woman beside him like

00:04:06a machine until he had squeezed out every last drop of value. In my last life, when I first followed

00:04:11Victor back to the East Coast, I had naively believed he was a good man too. He bought me the

00:04:16most expensive

00:04:16dresses and took me in and out of the top underground casinos, even though back then I was so afraid

00:04:22I

00:04:22could barely walk. He brainwashed me, telling me this was the unique love a man who lived on the edge

00:04:27had for me. Until one day, his gang hit a dead end. Without hesitation, he chained me up and handed

00:04:34me

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

00:04:43Victor had only ever seen me, as a scapegoat he could discard at any time. Chloe, 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. Since you've come home with me,

00:05:14you'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. Warmth 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. I'll behave. Facts proved that Jace was the perfect gentleman.

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

00:06:26In my last life, Jace fell at this very step. Not only did he go bankrupt, he was also saddled

00:06:31with massive debt. But in this life, I was here. My experience laundering money for Victor in my

00:06:37past life made me intimately familiar with these kinds of business tactics. I hacked directly into

00:06:41that traitorous executive's email, obtained ironclade proof that they had falsified the data,

00:06:45and sent it straight to the FBI. Not only that, I also used a black card Jace had given me

00:06:49to set a

00:06:49financial trap in the futures market. Jace, this time you won't lose.

00:06:54That night, a top charity gala was held in Manhattan. I held Jace's arm and stepped out

00:06:59of a Rolls Royce. But unexpectedly, I ran into Lily there. Victor was nothing but an up-and-coming

00:07:04street thug. He had no qualifications to attend such an event. Clearly, Lily had forced Victor

00:07:08to his fortune-buying invitations so she could show off her mafia wife persona. Lily arrogantly

00:07:12blocked my path.

00:07:13Chloe, what a surprise! Jace, that loser who's going bankrupt tonight, actually managed to borrow

00:07:19money to rent you a gown? You have no idea how amazing Victor is. He took over three blocks

00:07:24of territory. The cash he brings home could fill a bathtub! See that? He assigned me fully

00:07:30armed bodyguards to protect me, and every day he has people stew the finest supplements for

00:07:34me. You'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. Bodyguards?

00:07:42Supplements? Lily had no idea that Victor's frantic territorial expansion had already angered

00:07:48several old mafia families. He gave Lily bodyguards to disguise her as a top priority target and

00:07:53draw assassin fire. He fed her expensive supplements so he could draw her healthy blood and trade

00:07:58it to high-level figures on the underground black market in exchange for resources and

00:08:02life extension. I 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 shots say that after tonight, Jace will have nothing!

00:08:18She leaned closer and lowered her voice. When that happens, you'll have to sell yourself

00:08:23in the slums to pay off his debts. The throne above everyone else is mine in the end.

00:08:33I smiled. Then let's wait and see. When Lily saw that I wasn't intimidated at all,

00:08:39she stomped her foot hard. Chloe, just you wait! Sooner or later, you'll be kneeling and begging me!

00:08:47She turned and walked toward Eric, the crown prince of Wall Street, picked up a glass of champagne

00:08:53and tried to build a connection. Mr. Eric, Victor asked me to send you his regards. From now on,

00:09:00he'll have your East Coast business covered. Eric didn't even look at her before knocking over

00:09:05his 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. In my last life, after Victor became a mafia godfass,

00:09:26Eric did indeed fawn over me like a dog. But Lily didn't know that the current Victor was nowhere

00:09:30near qualified. Capitalists like Eric only respected absolute power. They would never spare a second

00:09:36glance for a street thug's woman. A 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 future's market

00:09:51tonight, earning a net profit of one billion. Wall 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? Jace is supposed to go bankrupt tonight. Victor is the future godfather.

00:10:04She suddenly lunged at Eric. Eric, open your eyes. You should be working with me.

00:10:07Eric shoved her to the floor, his face full of disgust.

00:10:09Who collects protection money? Tonight, some other family will throw him into the sea to feed

00:10:12the sharks. What mafia matriarch fantasy are you having? The surrounding elite covered their ears

00:10:17and laughed, their gazes as sharp as knives. So she's a lunatook trying to use a thug to climb

00:10:21into power. Hurry up and call security to throw this bitch out. She'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! Show them who the king of the East Coast really is!

00:10:32The doors to the banquet hall were kicked open. Victor stormed in arrogantly with a dozen

00:10:36tattooed men, all carrying machetes. Who the fuck dares touch my woman?

00:10:39Eric sneered. In an instant, dozens of armed Blackwater bodyguards surged out from every

00:10:42direction. Red laser sights locked onto Victor's forehead and chest in unisys. Victor's legs

00:10:46went weak. With a thud, he dropped to his knees.

00:10:49Mr. Eric, misunderstanding! This crazy bitch lost her mind! It has nothing to do with me!

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

00:10:54Shut up! Who gave you the right to speak here?

00:10:57To distance himself from her, he crawled over, grabbed Lily by the hair, and slapped her

00:11:01across the face again and again, more than a dozen times.

00:11:05Blood filled the corners of Lily's mouth. Her soul seemed to leave her body as he slapped

00:11:09her over and over.

00:11:11No! It shouldn't be like this!

00:11:13The entire hall fell into dead silence. Jace calmly set down his wine glass and shielded

00:11:18me behind him. He leisurely wiped a drop of wine from the hem of his jacket. Every movement

00:11:22refined and elegant. He was worlds apart from Victor, who had just been wagging his tail and

00:11:27begging.

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. Lily seized the chance

00:11:37to 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! I 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. Three 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. To borrow money from a Mexican drug lord for

00:12:07weapons, he personally pushed me onto an underground gambling table. Those desperados shoved a loaded

00:12:13Resolvor into my mouth and forced me to play Russian Salette. Each time the trigger was pulled,

00:12:22Victor showed no heartache at all. Instead, he held other women and laughed loudly as he placed his

00:12:30bets. The despair of that cold gun barrel pressed against my throat utterly shredded my dignity as a

00:12:37human being. In his eyes, I had never been a mafia matriarch. I was only a chip he could trade

00:12:44for money at

00:12:45any time. I didn't know whether Lily would experience all of that. But based on my observation of Victor in

00:12:55this life, he would only torment Lily even more viciously. Facts proved my guess was right. The next

00:13:01morning, I had just walked out of an upscale clubhouse when a battered pickup car riddled with bullet holes

00:13:07came barreling towards me like mad. A bodyguard threw me to the ground, and the pickup slammed into a stone

00:13:14pillar beside us with a crash.

00:13:20Lily's shrill voice came from inside.

00:13:22Chloe, get out here!

00:13:25My heart jolted. Lily 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. Her 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.

00:13:54She 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! Why didn't you warn me?

00:14:24This was supposed to be your suffering! Let'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? Lily? 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, saying 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!

00:15:06You 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, his throat tightened, a sharp swallow betraying her shock.

00:15:49Impossible! 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.

00:15:55She shoved me aside and rushed toward two, deliberately 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.

00:16:24Then 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 one 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, and 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-a-door and turned off the computer.

00:17:26Relying my understanding of Victor's cratic network from my Yen-P, the Uthry, bypassed the firewall with ease, and hacked

00:17:32directly into 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.

00:18:26I 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 magnetite.

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.

00:20:26When 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! I really was wrong!

00:20:37She cackoed it until blood streamed down her forehead, wailing missibly.

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 Lone 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...

00:21:30Move! I'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 and the global dark internet were wiped clean and frozen.

00:21:59At the same time, he elegantly pressed the send button on his lot, packaging and sending the complete surveillance footage

00:22:03and evidence chain of Victor's live organ transaction tonight to the FBI in one minute.

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! All our accounts have been frozen! The 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? What'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.

00:22:27Everybody 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 van.

00:22:40It wasn't an ordinary sedative, but a high concentration, mania-producing dread.

00:22:44In less than two seconds, Lily's eyes flooded blood red, and the veins on her neck bulged like earth bones.

00:22:48Her entire body lost all sense of pain and reason.

00:22:51She stared fixedly at me, dazzling and glamorous, protected in Jace's arms.

00:22:54The 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 fine, but it 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 shards 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!

00:23:46She 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.

00:24:16Jace 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, Victor grabbed a chair and smashed the floor to Sleeling window.

00:24:43In the final second before he leapt into the cold seawater, Victor stared hard at me,

00:24:47shielded in Jace'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 and 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.

00:25:34And only knew how to cry for designer brands.

00:25:36And just now at the gala, the 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.

00:25:46The 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,

00:26:00he 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!

00:26:16She belongs to me!

00:26:19Three days later, in 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.

00:26:32Chloe!

00:26:32I finally found you!

00:26:34It was Victor.

00:26:35With a heavy thud, he 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. I 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.

00:27:06I pressed the red emergency alarm on my car key.

00:27:09The piercing alarm instantly echoed through the garage.

00:27:12Victor panicked and still tried to forcibly drag me.

00:27:15A dark figure flashed past.

00:27:17Jace, like a leopard, kicked Victor three meters away.

00:27:20Jace unbuttoned his suit jacket unhastingly

00:27:23and 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.

00:27:47Jace 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.

00:28:01Two ribs snapped instantly.

00:28:03The entire sequence flowed smoothly,

00:28:06carrying a brutal beauty of absolute domination.

00:28:08Victor 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

00:28:23as he corulsed in pain.

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

00:28:27All you could do was rely on

00:28:29the pitiful power she handed you.

00:28:31And in this life,

00:28:34you don't even have the right to say her name.

00:28:38Jace gestured.

00:28:40Blackwater bodyguards stepped forward

00:28:41and dragged Victor like a dead dog,

00:28:43throwing him into the garbage heap

00:28:44in the back alley.

00:28:45And at that moment,

00:28:46the gears of fate turned.

00:28:47An ambulance from the hospital

00:28:49happened to stop at the Annie entrance.

00:28:51The one who secretly slipped down from it

00:28:52was Lily,

00:28:53dragging 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,

00:29:02about to look for something to eat,

00:29:03when she suddenly saw Victor

00:29:04rivaling in the garbage heap.

00:29:07Victor?

00:29:08The moment she made out that face,

00:29:10Lily showed not the slightest sympathy.

00:29:11Instead,

00:29:12she burst into wild laughter.

00:29:13Haha, you liar!

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

00:29:15Why are you lying here 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

00:29:22erupted like a volcano.

00:29:23If not for Lily,

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

00:29:29Filthy bitch!

00:29:30This is all your fault!

00:29:32Victor lunged at her,

00:29:33clapped his hands around Lily's throat,

00:29:35and pressed her into the filthy,

00:29:37water-water-filled garbage heap.

00:29:38You useless thing!

00:29:39Give me back Chloe!

00:29:41Give me back my mafia empire!

00:29:43Lily'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,

00:29:50blaming 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.

00:29:57Go to hell!

00:29:58Using all her strength,

00:30:00she stabbed the shard fiercely into 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.

00:30:25As 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.

00:30:43The doctor's words were like a final verdict.

00:30:45Lily finally realized it.

00:30:48The rebirth script,

00:30:49she had thought herself so clever for stealing,

00:30:51had not helped her rise above everyone else.

00:30:55Instead,

00:30:55she had personally pushed open the gates to hell.

00:30:59The television on the hospital wall lit up.

00:31:01On the screen,

00:31:02the grand celebration of the Jace Group's

00:31:04successful listing on Wall Street

00:31:05was being broadcast live.

00:31:07I wore a gown and rang the opening bell

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

00:31:11dazzling like a queen.

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

00:31:14you won't have peace either!

00:31:16She violently ripped the IV needle

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

00:31:20Blood dripped onto the white sheets.

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

00:31:23and made an insane decision.

00:31:25Lily wrapped all the wounds 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

00:31:39in 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 in

00:31:49and looked invincible beneath the flashes.

00:31:51Lily 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!

00:31:59All 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

00:32:13from 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, no 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

00:32:55and 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, I had Jace

00:33:05mobilize the city's armed forces

00:33:06and surround the entire building

00:33:08like an iron barrel.

00:33:09Basement level two.

00:33:11Victor stared at the elevator

00:33:12with high expectations.

00:33:16How is this possible?

00:33:18How dare you come without the money?

00:33:20I slowly stepped out

00:33:21from 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.

00:33:28Victor,

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

00:33:42in her eyes went out completely.

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

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

00:33:47to get her a single 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

00:34:01from the cut ropes

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

00:34:03wrapped her arms tightly

00:34:04around 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.

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

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

00:34:18the emperor of the underworld?

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

00:34:24You crazy bitch!

00:34:26Let 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

00:34:33in Victor's ear.

00:34:33A whole barrel of gasoline

00:34:35instantly poured over the night.

00:34:36Flames shot into the air,

00:34:38lighting up the entire

00:34:39underground garage.

00:34:40Fire swallowed the two evil ghosts

00:34:41who had once screamed

00:34:42against each other

00:34:43and now died together

00:34:44like conjoined twins.

00:34:45Amid piercing screams,

00:34:47they twisted and rolled

00:34:47in the flames.

00:34:48Under Jace's protection,

00:34:50I turned and left.

00:34:51Behind me was the past

00:34:53reduced to scorched earth.

00:34:55And I strode toward the future

00:34:57that belonged to me.

00:34:59The 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

00:35:10into the 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

00:35:19trading 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 quickly

00:35:28turned their guns around

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

00:35:30criminal evidence

00:35:31and praised us as heroes

00:35:34who had eliminated

00:35:35a cancer from society.

00:35:38The group's stock

00:35:39not only did not fall,

00:35:40it surged for three straight days

00:35:42in the market

00:35:43because of our positive image

00:35:45of punishing evil

00:35:46and protecting the innocent.

00:35:48I stood before the floor

00:35:49declasing windows,

00:35:51looking down at the

00:35:51ant-like crowds below.

00:35:53Just then,

00:35:54Jace walked over

00:35:55with a glass of expensive

00:35:56red wine

00:35:57and gently pulled me

00:35:58into his arms.

00:36:00Madam,

00:36:01those troublesome

00:36:02mafia families

00:36:03have all signed

00:36:04the 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

00:36:11on the east coast.

00:36:12You are the only rule.

00:36:13I looked out

00:36:14at the glittering knee

00:36:15beyond the window,

00:36:16lightly swirling

00:36:17the blood-red wine

00:36:17in my glass.

00:36:18A smile of certain

00:36:19sectority curved my lip.

00:36:21Although Victor was dead,

00:36:22the territory he left behind

00:36:24had become a piece

00:36:25of fat meat.

00:36:26The twelve remaining

00:36:27old mafia families

00:36:28on the east coast

00:36:29were eager to move.

00:36:31In their eyes,

00:36:32Jace was nothing more

00:36:33than a legitimate businessman

00:36:34taking advantage

00:36:35of an opening.

00:36:36That night,

00:36:37a threatening letter

00:36:38containing a bullet

00:36:38was delivered

00:36:39to the group headquarters,

00:36:40demanding that Jace

00:36:41hand over 70%

00:36:42of the shipping routes

00:36:43or he would not live

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

00:36:45Looking at the bullet

00:36:46on the desk,

00:36:47killing intake surged

00:36:48in Jace's eyes

00:36:49and he was about

00:36:50to order a direct assault.

00:36:51I pressed down

00:36:52on his hand,

00:36:53took a black encrypted

00:36:53USB drive from the safe

00:36:55and tossed it lightly

00:36:56onto the desk.

00:36:57A direct attack

00:36:58would be too merciful.

00:36:59This is the underground

00:37:00intelligence network.

00:37:02I spent five years

00:37:03building in my last life.

00:37:04I looked at Jace,

00:37:06my gaze confident and cold.

00:37:07It contained every

00:37:08financial 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 smugglers.

00:37:16One fatal threat.

00:37:18Deathlash,

00:37:18I know.

00:37:19Jace picked up

00:37:20the USB drive.

00:37:21The viciousness in his eyes

00:37:22instantly transformed

00:37:23into the utmost admiration

00:37:25and indulgent affection.

00:37:26He lowered his head

00:37:27and kissed me deeply.

00:37:29As you command,

00:37:29my queen.

00:37:30Tonight,

00:37:31I'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,

00:37:39Jace pushed open the doors

00:37:40to the East Coast

00:37:41underground round table chamber.

00:37:43Inside the round table chamber,

00:37:44twelve mafia elders

00:37:45were smoking cigars

00:37:46and laughing arrogantly.

00:37:48Seeing that Jace

00:37:48had truly dared

00:37:49to come alone,

00:37:50several hot-tempered old men

00:37:51pulled out gold-plated pistols

00:37:52and slammed them

00:37:53heavily onto the table.

00:37:54Pretty boy,

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

00:37:56you'll sign the asset

00:37:57transfer agreement.

00:37:58Then we might still leave you

00:37:59and that beautiful wife

00:38:00of yours whole corpses.

00:38:02Jace 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

00:38:09printed sets of

00:38:10confidential 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

00:38:23their cigars trembled

00:38:25like sieves.

00:38:26Those were their

00:38:26most lethal 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

00:38:39lightly.

00:38:39The hidden walls

00:38:40around the chamber

00:38:40instantly descended,

00:38:42revealing hundreds

00:38:42of heavily armed

00:38:43mercenaries whose

00:38:44infrared sights were

00:38:45all locked onto

00:38:46the centers of

00:38:46their foreheads.

00:38:47Jace rose and looked

00:38:48down at the once

00:38:49invincible underworld

00:38:49overlords from above.

00:38:51Sign the submission

00:38:52agreement.

00:38:52From today on,

00:38:53the rules of the

00:38:54East Coast Underworld

00:38:55are decided by my wife.

00:38:57When Jace returned

00:38:58to the manor with

00:38:58the tokens of submission

00:38:59from the twelve families,

00:39:01it was already late

00:39:02at night.

00:39:03After my shower,

00:39:04I stood before

00:39:05the Florida clearing

00:39:05windows,

00:39:06watching the wind

00:39:07and rain finally

00:39:08stop outside.

00:39:09Jace embraced me

00:39:10from behind and

00:39:11slipped the black

00:39:11gold serpent ring,

00:39:12a symbol of the

00:39:13highest power on

00:39:14the dark wet,

00:39:15onto my ring finger.

00:39:16His fingers were

00:39:17faintly callid.

00:39:18When they touched

00:39:19my back,

00:39:20my body stiffened

00:39:20controllably because

00:39:21of 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

00:39:32head and reverently

00:39:33kissed the invisible

00:39:34scars on my body,

00:39:35kissing away the

00:39:36last trace of

00:39:36guardedness towards

00:39:37intimacy in my heart.

00:39:39Chloe,

00:39:40in this life,

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

00:39:41strategist behind

00:39:42the scenes anymore

00:39:43and you don't have

00:39:44to take a blade

00:39:44for anyone.

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

00:39:47his voice low

00:39:48and tempting.

00:39:49You are the only

00:39:49one in power

00:39:51and I am your

00:39:52most loyal believer.

00:39:53Looking at the

00:39:54deep love burning

00:39:55in his eyes for me

00:39:56alone,

00:39:56I finally let go

00:39:57completely of the

00:39:58shadows from my

00:39:59past life.

00:40:00I wrapped my arms

00:40:01around his neck

00:40:01and kissed him

00:40:02back with equal

00:40:03heat.

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

00:40:13beneath the truck

00:40:13to 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

00:40:20matriarch of the

00:40:21dark 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

00:40:25of champagne,

00:40:26I walked to the

00:40:26Florida clear window

00:40:27and looked down over

00:40:28the city I had

00:40:28thoroughly conquered.

00:40:29At the end of my

00:40:30line of sight

00:40:30lay that filthy slum.

00:40:32In my last life,

00:40:33Lily had gnawed

00:40:33on rotten vegetable

00:40:34leaves 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

00:40:45doting affection

00:40:46as he wrapped

00:40:46an arm around my waist.

00:40:48As if performing magic,

00:40:49he took a document

00:40:50from the pocket

00:40:51of his suit

00:40:52and handed it to me.

00:40:53Darling,

00:40:53you said before

00:40:54that looking at that

00:40:55slum bothered you.

00:40:56I've had people

00:40:56approve the demolition

00:40:57plan to buy it.

00:40:58at the document

00:40:59and couldn't help

00:41:00laughing softly.

00:41:01The place that had

00:41:01buried our fates

00:41:02in 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

00:41:22ceremony,

00:41:23global media

00:41:24swarmed in.

00:41:26Countless microphones

00:41:27were thrust

00:41:27in front of me.

00:41:28Jace, 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

00:41:34today?

00:41:34What was the core secret?

00:41:35Was it because you were lucky

00:41:36and chose the right person?

00:41:39Hearing the question,

00:41:40I raised my brows slightly.

00:41:42I turned and glanced

00:41:42down from the stage.

00:41:44Jace was holding our son.

00:41:45Watching me with a smile

00:41:46like the most loyal knight,

00:41:47eyes filled the pride

00:41:48of someone thinking,

00:41:49my wife shines brightest.

00:41:50I withdrew my eyes

00:41:51and looked to the camera,

00:41:53the 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 managed 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.

00:42:20Daughter 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 Hecate,

00:42:27love and earth.

00:42:30Give me a red wine.

00:42:39The wine you asked for.

00:42:47You walk in here

00:42:48while he is clearly occupied?

00:42:50Are you blind?

00:42:52Or 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

00:43:06my lord,

00:43:07you disrespectful little twat!

00:43:12That is enough, Isolette.

00:43:16Know your place, Zara.

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.

00:43:49Fifteen years

00:43:50with not a single

00:43:51confirmed trace

00:43:51of my daughter.

00:43:52What more do you need,

00:43:54Lord Blackwell?

00:43:55I hear you,

00:43:56Lord Cassian,

00:43:57but murder

00:43:58and abduction

00:43:59require proof.

00:44:01The other houses

00:44:02will not move

00:44:02against Greth

00:44:03without it.

00:44:04House Greth

00:44:04attacked House Solani

00:44:05fifteen years ago.

00:44:07My daughter

00:44:07banished the same night.

00:44:09I know what happened

00:44:10to her.

00:44:11Her body was never found,

00:44:13Lord Blackwell.

00:44:14In fifteen years,

00:44:15no body.

00:44:16What does that tell you?

00:44:19Or do you just not

00:44:20want 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

00:44:38are listening,

00:44:39please,

00:44:40tomorrow,

00:44:41give me my soul power

00:44:42when I turn eighteen.

00:44:44Set me free.

00:44:45We will live simply,

00:44:47in the woods

00:44:47if we have to.

00:44:48We will hunt

00:44:49for what we need.

00:44:50We will need nothing

00:44:51from anyone

00:44:52in this house

00:44:52ever again.

00:44:55I will attend

00:44:56Rowan Greth's feast

00:44:57tomorrow.

00:44:58Whatever is inside

00:44:59that castle,

00:45:00I will find it.

00:45:02You have my word.

00:45:06I will pull

00:45:07everything we have

00:45:07on the Gretheth

00:45:08attack on House Selenen.

00:45:11Every 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.

00:45:56You're a fast learner,

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

00:46:16as 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

00:46:27at all.

00:46:30Isolid,

00:46:31leave us.

00:46:33Excuse me?

00:46:34I said,

00:46:35leave us.

00:46:46How 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

00:47:08the one I was fucking?

00:47:09You disgust me.

00:47:10What?

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

00:47:18that 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

00:47:43House 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

00:47:54the entire feast

00:47:55beginning to end.

00:47:56tomorrow is my

00:47:5718th birthday.

00:47:59You promised me

00:47:59a day's rest.

00:48:00I changed my mind.

00:48:11Does Zada know

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

00:48:17Do not ever

00:48:19mention again.

00:48:23Forgive me, my lord.

00:48:26It only seemed

00:48:27as though you two 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 faded

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

00:48:59spun again.

00:49:00I do not care.

00:49:01You are dismissed.

00:49:09Damn it, Zara.

00:49:14Sorin,

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 on 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 discovers

00:49:41you are still unwavered

00:49:42at your age,

00:49:43they will question your standard

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

00:50:25at dawn.

00:50:26And Sauron,

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, Lara.

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.

00:51:22Who?

00:51:23Rowan Greth,

00:51:24lord of this house.

00:51:26Clothra wove me

00:51:27for him at birth.

00:51:28He has known since

00:51:29before you did.

00:51:52He is coming.

00:51:53I can feel him approaching.

00:51:55Zara,

00:51:56when you see the thread,

00:51:58do not let it show

00:51:59on your face.

00:52:13So,

00:52:14Hector finally broke the seal.

00:52:17You knew.

00:52:19This whole time

00:52:20you knew what Clothra decreed

00:52:21and you said nothing.

00:52:23So what?

00:52:23You are a servant.

00:52:25A casteless orphan.

00:52:26You have no house,

00:52:28no bloodline,

00:52:28nothing.

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

00:53:21to feel it, Zara.

00:53:22What he did this morning.

00:53:26I just need to get through

00:53:27this 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 in this

00:53:47tree line last night.

00:53:49How close?

00:53:50Close enough to leave

00:53:51tribute at the window.

00:53:53Someone inside that castle

00:53:54has been paying them

00:53:55to stay back.

00:53:56Paying the carers

00:53:57to stay back from whom?

00:54:06Hector's bloodline

00:54:08in Inside House Greth.

00:54:33Lord Blackwit,

00:54:34what a pleasure.

00:54:35I hope the road

00:54:36treated you well.

00:54:37Our 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 of the castle.

00:55:13At the rest of the castle.

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, Sorin.

00:55:21Find out who she is.

00:55:22Tonight.

00:55:23Before the feast ends.

00:55:32Lord Blackwit,

00:55:33Lord 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

00:56:02a moment, my lord.

00:56:08Excuse me.

00:56:10Where are you going

00:56:11with that?

00:56:13I am trying to wash.

00:56:15Wash?

00:56:16You call that washing?

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

00:56:19Please.

00:56:20I am not even supposed

00:56:21to be talking to you.

00:56:23I just want to know

00:56:24your name.

00:56:25Please.

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

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

00:56:33It is her birthday.

00:56:35Lord Blackliffe

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

00:56:39I noticed you came alone,

00:56:40Lord Blackwell.

00:56:41No companion for the feast.

00:56:44Is there no one

00:56:45who has caught your interest?

00:56:46I hear House Blackwell

00:56:48has no shortage

00:56:48of fine houses

00:56:49seeking alliance.

00:56:51There is someone.

00:56:52Is that so?

00:56:56Well,

00:56:57we have some of the finest

00:56:58bloodlines in the realm

00:56:59here tonight.

00:57:00Lady Maron of House Vale.

00:57:03Strong covenant line.

00:57:04Excellent standing.

00:57:06Lady Maron,

00:57:07Lord Blackwet

00:57:08of House Blackwet.

00:57:09She has good bloodline.

00:57:11And,

00:57:12well,

00:57:13if Lady Maron

00:57:14is not to your pace,

00:57:15take your pick

00:57:16of any house

00:57:16here tonight.

00:57:17This is the finest

00:57:18gathering in the realm

00:57:19this season.

00:57:20There is someone,

00:57:21actually.

00:57:22Oh?

00:57:22Who is the lucky lady?

00:57:24That servant girl.

00:57:25From earlier.

00:57:27The one who poured the wine.

00:57:31You cannot be serious,

00:57:33Lord Blackwell.

00:57:34She is a costless servant

00:57:36with no house name.

00:57:38Whatever interest you have,

00:57:41surely one of the noble

00:57:42daughters here tonight

00:57:43would serve you far better.

00:57:44I am not interested

00:57:45in the noble daughters.

00:57:47She does not even

00:57:48bathe properly.

00:57:49She has no access

00:57:50to moods a lot.

00:57:51Is that something

00:57:51she chooses?

00:57:53Or something

00:57:53she is not permitted?

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

00:58:00I would like to speak

00:58:00with her.

00:58:02That is not going

00:58:05to...

00:58:06Of course.

00:58:08We will send her up.

00:58:23Well, it seems

00:58:24you have admirers.

00:58:26Lord Blackwell

00:58:27has requested

00:58:28your company

00:58:28in his guest room

00:58:29this evening.

00:58:32For some reason,

00:58:33Lord Blackwell

00:58:34wants you for the evening.

00:58:35No idea why.

00:58:38What are you talking about?

00:58:42Please do not wear that.

00:58:45Consider it a parting gift.

00:58:47I heard Rowan

00:58:48sent you away.

00:58:50Finally.

00:58:52Lord Blackmoth's guest room

00:58:53to the right

00:58:54at the end

00:58:55of the upper corridor.

00:58:55Do not disappoint him.

00:58:57I am not going.

00:58:58Why not?

00:58:58Does he not interest you?

00:59:00I do not know him.

00:59:01And Clothie does not

00:59:02weave second threads.

00:59:03You said so yourself.

00:59:04Clothie does not weave

00:59:05the same thread twice.

00:59:06But she weaves

00:59:07more than one kind.

00:59:09Go and see for yourself.

00:59:11And Zara,

00:59:13please,

00:59:14change your dress.

00:59:19over and see for you.

00:59:44we finish life.

00:59:44I will see you next time.

00:59:44Okay?

00:59:45The one zeal

00:59:50Thiel, Lord Blackwet

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

00:59:56Rowan, Isoleth sent me to the wrong room

00:59:59She did this deliberately

01:00:11Zara!

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

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

01:00:19You castless little witch!

01:00:25She came to seduce my betrothed

01:00:27In his own room

01:00:29Look at what she is wearing

01:00:31You put me in this dress

01:00:32You sent me to this room

01:00:34You told me it was Lord Blackwell's

01:00:37You lying?

01:00:38Do not touch her

01:00:44If you lay another hand on her

01:00:46I will make certain you regret it

01:00:48For the rest of your days

01:00:59Blackwell

01:01:00This is my castle

01:01:01My house

01:01:02You do not!

01:01:04She is with me now

01:01:05Come

01:01:15How is your face?

01:01:17It is fine

01:01:19I am used to it

01:01:21Why do you let them do that?

01:01:22In case you have not noticed

01:01:24I am not exactly in a position of power here

01:01:27So

01:01:28This is the castless servant of House Greth

01:01:31With an attitude

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

01:01:34You do not have to

01:01:36I am leaving this house tonight

01:01:37Release me

01:01:39You are aware I am Lord of Shouse Blackwell

01:01:41The more powerful house in Auvran

01:01:44I am

01:01:46Which is exactly why you would not want someone like me

01:01:50No house, no bloodline

01:01:51What is your name?

01:01:53Zara

01:01:55Just Zara

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

01:01:59My parents died when I was small

01:02:00House Greth took me in

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

01:02:03You do not have to go anywhere tonight

01:02:06Or at all

01:02:18Happy birthday

01:02:22This is my castle

01:02:24My territory

01:02:26Step aside

01:02:27Lord Blackwell has requested privacy

01:02:29I cannot allow entry

01:02:30You cannot allow

01:02:31I am Lord of this house

01:02:32I could have you removed from this castle entirely

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

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

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

01:02:45She has nothing

01:02:47She is nothing

01:02:48Zara is not nothing, my lord

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

01:02:58Why do you care so much about her?

01:03:00She is irrelevant

01:03:01She is nothing

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

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

01:03:07That shameless, castless wench

01:03:10I said I do not want to talk about it

01:03:16Zara

01:03:18Zara

01:03:18Did you just call me Zara?

01:03:21What?

01:03:22You are being paranoid

01:03:24Paranoid?

01:03:24I am paranoid

01:03:26I knew it

01:03:27I have always known it

01:03:28It was always about her

01:03:31Always Zara

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

01:03:35What am I to you?

01:03:36What have I ever been?

01:03:38You are right

01:03:38He cannot have her

01:03:41What?

01:03:42Are you serious right now?

01:03:44I am talking to you

01:03:45Rowan

01:03:46Do not you dare leave me here

01:03:54Lord Rowan insists on seeing Zara

01:03:57He says it is urgent

01:04:00You do not have to go

01:04:04I should

01:04:05I want to end this properly

01:04:13What do you want Rowan?

01:04:14You cannot go with Theron Blackneck

01:04:16You do not even know him

01:04:17Clotha decreed him for me

01:04:19I am your decree

01:04:21Zara

01:04:23Do not leave

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

01:04:26Things between us?

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

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

01:04:32You watched Izzalt abuse me

01:04:33And you said nothing

01:04:34You kept Hecti's seal on me

01:04:35So I would never know who I was

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

01:04:39You rejected me Rowan

01:04:40Your words to the gods

01:04:41I will marry Izzalette

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

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

01:04:48A house of your own

01:04:49You would want for nothing

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

01:04:51You do not have to

01:04:52What are you trying to say to me right now?

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

01:04:56The other woman while you marry Izzalde?

01:04:58I came to say goodbye Rowan

01:05:00That is all this is

01:05:03Zara

01:05:03I have always

01:05:05Loved you

01:05:05What?

01:05:08I said I love you

01:05:09Do you hear me?

01:05:10You cannot treat someone like nothing for fifty years

01:05:13And then tell them you love you

01:05:14That is not love

01:05:15Let me go!

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

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

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

01:05:21I do not want it

01:05:22Let me go!

01:05:22Stop pretending

01:05:23You think I do not know?

01:05:25You disobeyed me

01:05:26Gave me that attitude every day

01:05:28To get my attention

01:05:29You have it

01:05:30I never wanted your attention

01:05:32I never wanted any of this

01:05:33Let me go!

01:05:37We are leaving

01:05:38Now

01:05:40What about my things?

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

01:06:04You will have your own rooms at House Blackneck

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

01:06:09Clothing anything you want

01:06:11We can send for

01:06:12Is that a village?

01:06:13The market town of Veld

01:06:15Three leagues from Greth territory

01:06:18A market town?

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

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

01:06:29Forgive me

01:06:30What were you saying?

01:06:32I have never even seen anything beyond the castle walls

01:06:37Call me Theron

01:06:41Take the long road through Veld

01:06:42We are not going home yet

01:06:56Zara

01:06:56This house

01:06:58It knows us

01:06:59Hectala and Neve

01:07:00Have walked the same road

01:07:01Since before mortals had names for either of them

01:07:04This is a safe place

01:07:07The shadows

01:07:08They are moving

01:07:11They are the nextborn

01:07:12They guard this house

01:07:13They will not harm you

01:07:15They are alive?

01:07:16They are older than alive

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

01:07:26They have never done that before

01:07:28They recognize Hecate's gift

01:07:30They are saying hello

01:07:37I want the girl

01:07:39Send her out

01:07:40She is a guest of House Blacknick

01:07:42She leaves when she chooses

01:07:44Open the gate, Zoran

01:07:45Last time I ask

01:07:47No

01:07:48No

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

01:08:02You broke my gate

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

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

01:08:09She is not yours to keep

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

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

01:08:15She never was

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

01:08:43What are you doing?

01:08:54Stand down

01:08:58This isn't over, Blackweck

01:09:00Send a raven next time

01:09:02Like a lord

01:09:05Rowan

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

01:09:14I know you sealed a three-year-old child

01:09:16And kept her hidden for fifty years

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

01:09:19And you threw it away

01:09:21Atrotus is watching you

01:09:22You defied the Moraes

01:09:23Buried Hecathar's bloodline

01:09:24And destroyed an entire house

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

01:09:27And neither do I

01:09:28You read my ring without permission

01:09:29That is a violation of the accord between houses

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

01:09:42Rowan's RS gift is not controlled

01:09:44When he is this angry

01:09:46He would not mean to

01:09:47But he could drain you through the seal fractures

01:09:50The cracks make you vulnerable

01:09:52I am not afraid of him

01:09:54I know

01:09:54But the seal is not fully broken yet

01:09:57Until it is

01:09:59Stay inside this house

01:10:01The Nyxbourne will not let him pass the gate

01:10:04What happened at the gate?

01:10:06He backed down

01:10:07For now

01:10:08But he will move against you

01:10:09Soon

01:10:10Rowan does not accept losses

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

01:10:14He defied the decree himself

01:10:15He sent me away

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

01:10:18He does not want you

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

01:10:20There is a difference

01:10:21Your name is not just Zara

01:10:22Your full name is Zara Solene

01:10:24Daughter

01:10:25Of Lord Cassiel Solene

01:10:27And Lady Neva Solene

01:10:28Of House Solene

01:10:29That is not possible

01:10:32My parents died when

01:10:34They did not die

01:10:37House Greth attacked House Solene

01:10:3815 years ago

01:10:39Your parents survived

01:10:40You were taken in the chaos

01:10:42Either by Greth soldiers

01:10:44Or hidden here afterward

01:10:45Your parents have been searching for you ever since

01:10:48My parents are alive?

01:10:49Yes

01:10:50I met with them 2 days ago

01:10:52Your father sat across a desk from me

01:10:54And told me 15 years of searching

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

01:10:59Absolutely

01:11:01Hector's covenant

01:11:02Yes

01:11:02Your bloodline carries Hector's gift

01:11:05Soul sight

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

01:11:08Rareest gift in Arboran

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

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

01:11:13To keep you buried

01:11:16Why are you doing this?

01:11:18I gave your father, Lord Cassian, my word

01:11:20That is not what I mean

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

01:11:22You saw me and you spent the rest of the night

01:11:24Trying to find out who I was, why

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

01:11:28The Keris retreating when I arrived

01:11:30The pieces were already there

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

01:11:34My gift responded to you at the gate

01:11:36Before I knew who you were

01:11:37That does not happen

01:11:38Not to me

01:11:39Lyra said Clothdoor weaves more than one kind of thread

01:11:42Yes, she does

01:12:04Lord Cassian

01:12:05Lord Cassian

01:12:06I said I would find her

01:12:13You have her eyes

01:12:16Your mother's eyes exactly

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

01:12:26They told me

01:12:27I thought

01:12:27I know

01:12:27I know what they told you

01:12:29I prayed

01:12:31For years I prayed

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

01:12:34I called her Hector

01:12:36I just prayed that someone was listening

01:12:37Hector was listening

01:12:39She always was

01:12:40I never stopped looking for you

01:12:43Not one day

01:12:44Not one hour

01:12:47I

01:12:51You were three years old

01:12:54The night they came

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

01:12:57No warning

01:12:58No declaration

01:12:59Just Greth soldiers at our walls

01:13:02They knew exactly what they wanted

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

01:13:06House Solane with a newborn heir

01:13:08Carrying the full force of soul sight

01:13:10That terrified them

01:13:11You would have been the most powerful voice

01:13:13At any council table in Auron

01:13:14So they took me instead of killing me

01:13:18They put the covenant seal on you that same night

01:13:20And they kept you where they could watch you

01:13:22And where the seal would never break

01:13:23Surrounded by Rowan Zara's gift

01:13:26Pressing the seal down every day

01:13:28Simply by existing near you

01:13:29And close his decree

01:13:32Rowan was woven for me at birth

01:13:34He knew if the thread appeared

01:13:35He could not hide who I was any longer

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

01:13:40Better to pay the cost of defying the Moirai

01:13:43Than to let you know who you were

01:13:45He was afraid of me

01:13:51His entire house has been afraid of you

01:13:53Since the night you were born

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

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

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

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

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

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

01:14:11The seal is too far gone

01:14:13Rowan's depression cannot close those fractures

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

01:14:17There is only one thing that stops Hecta's gift once it starts

01:14:19Voidban

01:14:21Voidban severs the covenant permanently

01:14:22Hecta's gift gone from her bloodline entirely

01:14:25Gone

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

01:14:32Get it

01:14:39How does it work?

01:14:40One touch to bare skin

01:14:42The poison enters through contact

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

01:14:47After that

01:14:48The gift is gone

01:14:49The bloodline's covenant with Hecta dissolves permanently

01:14:52As if the original bargain was never made

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

01:14:56She lives

01:14:57She simply becomes ordinary

01:15:13Good morning

01:15:14Good morning

01:15:15This was always your room

01:15:17We never changed it

01:15:26Tell me what Lyra says your gift does

01:15:28In full

01:15:29Soul sight

01:15:30Hecta's gift

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

01:15:34What they intend

01:15:35What they hide

01:15:35What they have done

01:15:36No lie survives it

01:15:37In its full form

01:15:38Lyra says I can read an entire room simultaneously

01:15:41Can you use it now?

01:15:42Not yet

01:15:43The seal is still there

01:15:44Most of it

01:15:45Lyra says when it fully breaks

01:15:47The gift will arrive all at once

01:15:48She says it will be overwhelming

01:15:50At first

01:15:51When it does

01:15:52You will be able to see the truth of everyone around you

01:15:54Including me

01:15:56Does that concern you?

01:15:58No

01:15:59Zara

01:16:00The warmth between you

01:16:02That is real

01:16:03Clothy wove it differently this time

01:16:04It will not collapse if defied

01:16:06It only grows

01:16:07Not yet

01:16:08What?

01:16:09Nothing

01:16:09Lyra talks a great deal

01:16:14Rowan demands we surrender Zara to House Graith

01:16:17Custody within three days

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

01:16:25He cannot declare conflict against both our houses

01:16:28House Selene and House Blackwell together outrank him at every council

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

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

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

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

01:16:46Lord Cassian

01:16:47Can you call the council?

01:16:51Formally

01:16:52Openly

01:16:52Before Rowan moves first

01:16:58I can

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

01:17:40House Graith denies every accusation

01:17:42The girl in question was an orphan found wandering near our territory

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

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

01:17:51Her gift was unstable

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

01:17:55Furthermore

01:17:56This girl has no documented bloodline

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

01:18:03Lord Cassian is asking the council to accept the word of a costless servant

01:18:07Over the standing of House Graith

01:18:09I have proof

01:18:12When Ronan showed up to my house I used my gift and read his ring

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

01:18:1615 years of deliberate moves against House Solene

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

01:18:23All of it

01:18:25That ring has witnessed everything

01:18:26He read my ring without permission

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

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

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

01:18:36Zahra Salande is a missing heir

01:18:38Her father sits at this table

01:18:58Zahra, left side

01:19:01Do not

01:19:04Zahra, left side

01:19:09What did you give her?

01:19:15Nothing that was not necessary

01:19:21Zahra?

01:19:23Zahra?

01:19:24Zahra!

01:19:25Zahra, Hecate is here

01:19:26She is fighting it

01:19:27Hold on

01:19:53This is what you were born for, Zara Selenia.

01:19:57Now let them see you.

01:20:01Welcome home.

01:20:27You're dead!

01:20:29You're dead!

01:20:31You're dead!

01:20:32You're dead!

01:21:09You're dead!

01:21:12You're dead!

01:21:13So, there is every secret in this room.

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

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

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

01:21:24Every action.

01:21:25Every decision.

01:21:26Every order given.

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

01:21:33wrist.

01:21:33Sit down, Rowan.

01:21:37Sit down.

01:21:45Rowan, you lost.

01:21:47Accept the judgment of the council for the mistakes you have made.

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

01:21:57Look around you.

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

01:22:26I'm not done.

01:22:33It is over, Rowan.

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

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

01:22:44Don't.

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

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

01:22:54In neutral land.

01:22:56In front of eight houses sitting in the room.

01:22:58Every lord hearing it clearly.

01:23:00I protected my house.

01:23:02What she would have done with that gift...

01:23:04I can see every lie you've ever told.

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

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

01:23:12in neutral ground.

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

01:23:18You cannot.

01:23:19I am the daughter of House Crane.

01:23:21My father will...

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

01:23:23Rowan.

01:23:24Rowan, tell them.

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

01:23:27For the house.

01:23:27You told me to get it.

01:23:29You said, get it!

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

01:23:37I did everything for you.

01:23:39Every single thing.

01:23:41The room.

01:23:42The vial.

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

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

01:23:52I loved you.

01:23:53That was real.

01:23:55Even if nothing else was.

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

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

01:24:16And here we are anyway.

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

01:24:20An apology?

01:24:20I want nothing from you.

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

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

01:24:31The council exiled him.

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

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

01:24:53Every single day.

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

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

01:25:06Welcome home, Zara.

01:25:19You found her.

01:25:21You brought her home.

01:25:23House Barnett has House Solina's gratitude for what you did and I mean that without reservation.

01:25:29I did not come today for gratitude.

01:25:31No.

01:25:32I did not think so.

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

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

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

01:25:39Nothing hidden, nothing rushed.

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

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

01:25:45She is not a prize to be collected, Lord Blackwell, by anyone, including the man who helped find her.

01:25:49I know that.

01:25:50The decision is hers entirely.

01:25:51I am asking your permission to be considered, not your permission to decide for her.

01:25:55She already knows you came.

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

01:25:59I am aware of that.

01:26:00Good.

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

01:26:12I spoke with your father.

01:26:14I know.

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

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

01:26:18Reading everything before anyone speaks?

01:26:20Yes.

01:26:22Good.

01:26:25In the Accord Hall, when you read me, what did you see?

01:26:29Everything you have done, everything you intend, everything you have been afraid to say out loud since the gate at

01:26:35House Greth.

01:26:36And?

01:26:37And nothing hidden.

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

01:26:40That is, rarer than you know.

01:26:42Do you see that?

01:26:46I see it.

01:26:48I told you.

01:26:49A decree of purpose.

01:26:51It only grows.

01:26:52So, what do we do with it?

01:26:55I have a few ideas.

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

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

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

01:27:04What am I supposed to do with it?

01:27:05I know.

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

01:27:11I had nothing to hide.

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

01:27:22I heard that.

01:27:24Come on.

01:27:25Your father is going to send someone to find us soon.

01:27:27Let him.

01:27:28You are not afraid of it.

01:27:29You are afraid of it.

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