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