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00:02the grand clan gathering in palermo 13 of us stood in a line waiting to be chosen one shard
00:09one night one chance as lord earl's half-denned blood bastard daughter i couldn't afford to fail
00:17lorenzo rossi heir to the rossi clan was my childhood friend he was the only one who'd
00:23agreed to shelter me and he had promised me the white dragon shard we'd made the deal just yesterday
00:30three years of cover after that he could love whoever he wanted yesterday he'd said yes
00:36don't worry i promise to give you the white dragon fragment tonight at the last second he smiled and
00:42placed the shard in the girl's hand beside me mia the human scholarship student he'd been sponsoring
00:48her hands were shaking as she took it he leaned close to my ear i looked at him he was
00:54already
00:54turning away already placing mia's hand on his arm let her have this one elena she's never known
01:03happiness not once what about me don't worry as long as i'm here no one will dare arrange your marriage
01:16mia is elegant she is noble she is worthy of this honor noble the word landed like a slat whispers
01:26rippled through the crowd i stood there empty dan handed lord earl's half-denned blood bastard passed over for a
01:33human girl with no clan no blood nothing these idiots i told them to save you at least one shard
01:44i looked at the man i'd grown up with do you know what tonight means a white dragon shard wasn't
01:50decoration it was a marriage declaration between clans a thousand-year-old ryle without it i had nothing
02:00no shelter no choice no way out of the match lady earl had already arranged for me in the eastern
02:06territory lorenzo was my only option no other man here would choose a half-zen blood bastard
02:14and he'd just chosen someone else 18 years he didn't answer behind him mia was smiling
02:22the white shard still perfect in her hands
02:34guilt flickered across lorenzo's face he sent mia away you're used to these events elena but she isn't
02:43it this is her only moment to shine just do me this one favor he leaned down his expression almost
02:51boyish you can have your way any other day why does it have to be tonight i said nothing he
02:58cleared
02:58his throat today's her graduation after tonight i can't sponsor anymore i promised her one unforgettable
03:06memory unforgettable for me too but it was already too late lorenzo do you understand what the gathering
03:13means mia came back before i could finish elena her voice was soft careful did i ruin everything
03:20please don't blame lorenzo i was the one who begged him to lorenzo saw her shrinking back
03:27his expression darkened toward me enough elena it's just a shard i'll get you another one he dug into
03:37his jacket pocket pulled out a small red shard pushed it into my hand red suits you better anyway
03:44a white shard isn't worth making a scene over this isn't like you
03:50the moment the red shard touched my palm it cracked the stone had split clean in two right down the
03:58middle just my hand i closed my fingers around the broken places the red shard meant someone you
04:06didn't claim i knew the shard would shatter if one's pure blood refused to admit it but i was nothing
04:13more
04:13than a half breed i didn't know what that meant yet laughter rippled through the room a half blood
04:20bootlicker thinking she could marry the rossi heir didn't you hear him say noble in his heart even a
04:28human ranks higher than her lorenzo silenced the woman with one look but the words had already landed
04:37elena i'm sorry you've always had everything i just wanted
04:42one night to feel special everything i stared at her i'm a bastard mia half blood do you have any
04:50idea how the marati clan treats me the plate slipped from her hands landed on her shoe her eyes filled
04:57with tears it's already done let her enjoy tonight come on let's get you cleaned up
05:08you can head home if you want i didn't have one the moment lorenzo left my side someone moved in
05:14antonio ricci a reckless heir from a rival clan he stepped close and breathed in slowly you smell good
05:22elena moratti without lorenzo beside me i didn't even get basic respect lorenzo told me to bring you a shard
05:31i didn't bother i told you before stop chasing him and try me instead you never listened
05:39how does it feel now humiliating isn't it i turned stared at this man who barely reached my shoulder
05:48lorenzo had handed him that task knowing full well antonio had been harassing me for months my fists
05:55tightened another betrayal all i'd asked for was three years three years to build enough power to
06:01get out from under the mariti clan's grip but lady earl wanted me gone she wouldn't give me room to
06:08breathe elena without that pretty face you'd be nothing just a half blood i could do whatever i wanted
06:17with you think the rossi clan will protect you forever his grip tightened lorenzo was back he
06:24knocked the hand away didn't i warn you don't touch what's mine yours you just picked the human girl
06:30what do you need elena for that's none of your business antonio spat and walked away lorenzo spun
06:37me around to face him he touched you and you didn't fight back wasn't this your idea listen
06:43i can protect you at events like this but that doesn't mean i have to stand next to you every
06:48second does it but you knew what the gathering meant mia appeared again lorenzo could i get some
06:55champagne one's cold and stubborn the other's bright and warm lorenzo's choice was easy of course
07:04tonight you're the star whatever you want he glanced back at me we'll talk tomorrow i'll come
07:11by your place tomorrow i smiled coldly tomorrow you'll have to come to the eastern territory to
07:17find me lorenzo left to greet the other clan heirs mia walked back to me holding a glass of wine
07:26the timid scholarship girl was gone in her place stood someone who tasted power you have everything
07:33elena why do you need to take this one moment from me i should never have helped lorenzo choose her
07:39for
07:39that scholarship you grew up in luxury i only wanted one night under lorenzo's protection luxury
07:48you think i'm better off than you my mother was a human she died when i was small lord earl
07:54brought
07:54me back to the estate when i was little lady earl looked at me like she wanted me dead my
08:00father had
08:01women everywhere one more bastard daughter didn't matter to him let alone a half-blood daughter
08:07and pure blood was a sin in itself i learned to read people earlier without this face i wouldn't
08:15have survived i was trapped between two sides there were other things too things i'd never been able
08:21to explain my body had always felt faintly wrong like something inside me was pressed flat held down
08:29some mornings i woke up with heat in my hands that faded before i was fully conscious some nights my
08:35blood felt like it was moving too fast i'd asked lady earl about it once when i was small she'd
08:41given
08:42me a small white pill and told me it was vitamins i'd taken them every day since without thinking i
08:48went to
08:48uncle luca and begged him to train me to back me up uncle luca never smiled i had to lock
08:56my knees to keep
08:57from shaking as i stood in front of him your father has 23 children why would i invest in a
09:03half blood
09:03who won't last because i have nothing to lose i'll do what they won't but the timing wasn't right
09:12uncle luca turned me away too they said dante vitale was ruthless that anyone who crossed him got crushed
09:20without mercy the meridi clan wanted his protection but they wouldn't sacrifice a legitimate daughter for it
09:27so they chose me
09:31uncle luca already knew how the gathering had ended he sent one message figure it out yourself
09:37i was shaking cold all the way through i wrapped my arms around myself mia touched my frozen hand like
09:43she owned it elena do you think lorenz even understands what the gathering means
09:52i wasn't the type to dwell on emotions i needed to find a way to stay i found lorenzo and
09:58asked him
09:58directly do you know what tonight actually means sure it's a matchmaking event but it's just formality
10:08half these arrangements fall apart anyway you knew it don't worry i'll talk to the moretos no one's
10:15forcing you into marriage then can you get the shard back from mia i'll return it tomorrow lorenzo looked
10:22uncomfortable that's not good it's already hers how about i send another one instead don't fight
10:28with me over this that white shard had a rare gold vein running through it it couldn't be replicated
10:34everything i've held back all night came out at once please lorenzo
10:40you know i was never going to cling to you i have someone i care about
10:45after three years you'd be free so why did you humiliate me i stepped forward backed me against the wall
10:58someone you care about you told savary
11:04again with this
11:08elena no one else is going to take you you're a marati half-blood
11:13everyone in palamo knows you're mine
11:17my shadow my little father
11:22the words cut deep being called a shadow
11:25it was the price of surviving inside the marati clan
11:30pairing it from his mouth made me sick i stepped back and dumped into it elena please don't fight with
11:36lorenzo enough elena it's one night stop making a scene
11:41tomorrow mia goes back to her life
11:47but mia's expression said otherwise
11:58tomorrow you leave nothing in this house was mine
12:02not even the plane ticket i paid for it myself uncle luca said nothing and walked to his room
12:08i went to my small bedroom and started packing my half-sister bianca leaned in the doorway inspecting her nails
12:16if i were you i wouldn't have gone to the gathering at all
12:23mom told me to keep an eye on you don't take anything valuable not even tonight's gown
12:30oh and mom said dante vitale is already in love with someone else good luck i took off the gown
12:36in
12:36front of her removed every piece of jewelry set it all on the tray then i walked to the bathroom
12:43in my slip
12:44bianca left on my phone mia had already posted a photo glowing lorenzo's arm around her
12:52he was still wearing the cufflinks i'd given him i left everything lorenzo had ever given me behind
12:59before dawn i was up no goodbyes i grabbed my backpack and headed to the airport security
13:06boarding boarding everything smooth as the plane began to taxi i switched my phone off completely
13:14cut every tie to palermo then the announcement came apologies passengers the rossi clan has sealed
13:21the airways above palermo all flights are returning to the terminal
13:50the drive on the railroad and the little tongue is still there right up now
13:52all the travel routes well effective when you're worried about the Cardinals
13:52is actually going to be a little bit to the car and the aihilisans
13:55that you can see in the distance of the car that you're going to be a little bit
13:56the car and they're Atkjord the driver's car that you can see
13:56because it's in the car that you want you're going to be a little bit
13:56in the car and you'll be a little bit too late
13:57and I'll be able to keep your car and the car at work
13:58and you'll be there habitable and you'll be more comfortable
13:59and you're there at work
14:25...reconnected. Messages poured in, then a refund notification.
14:30We apologize for the inconvenience. To compensate, the Rossi clan will reimburse your ticket at ten times the original price.
14:37The complaints died instantly. Who do you think they're looking for?
14:40A few girls behind me started whispering. This is so dramatic. Like something out of a film.
14:44I scrolled through my phone, exhausted. Lorenzo had gone to the Marretti estate early that morning looking for me.
14:50When he found I wasn't there, he stormed into my bedroom. He saw the gown, the jewelry, everything I'd left
14:56behind.
14:57But my backpack was gone. He panicked. He demanded answers from the Marretti.
15:02That is when he found out I'd already left for the Eastern Territory. Lorenzo lost it.
15:07Nearly tore the estate apart. Then he started calling. But by then, I was already on the plane.
15:13When he realized I hadn't taken a single thing he'd ever given me, he snapped. That is when he sealed
15:18the sky.
15:19I grabbed my backpack and stepped off the plane. Inside the terminal, I stopped.
15:24Go back or keep moving. It was early. I was starving. I found a small coffee and ordered pasta.
15:31Uncle Luca's message came through. Do you want to come back? Lorenzo still wants you.
15:35The Marretti clan ran on schemes. Lorenzo might spoil me, but he'd never lose face for me.
15:41Going back meant more humiliation. Moving forward, maybe something different.
15:48I ate slowly. Outside the cafty window, dragon guards in black flooded the terminal. Dozens of them.
15:55Stopping every woman who looked anything like me. Then Lorenzo came through the doors.
16:01Soaked in sweat. Phone pressed to his ear. He walked straight past my table. He looked wrecked. Frantic.
16:09Calling my number over and over, my phone buzzed in my pocket. I watched him. When no one answered, he
16:16almost smashed the phone against the pillar.
16:19Where is she?
16:19I've never seen Lorenzo like this. Keep searching.
16:22Completely unraveled.
16:22Every terminal. No flight leaves for the Eastern territory today. I don't care what it costs.
16:26I checked my phone. There was a flight to the Central Territories in 20 minutes. I scrolled through the news
16:32while I waited.
16:32Pelamo's gossip feeds were already running with it. Two women at the table behind me were deep into it.
16:38God, that's so romantic. If someone grounded the entire sky for me, I'd say yes on the spot.
16:46Her friend was more cynical. You don't get it. Last night at the gathering, Lorenzo gave the white shard to
16:51some human scholarship girl.
16:53I'm guessing he got played. Wait. He didn't pick a clan daughter? He picked a human? Then why is he
17:00losing his mind today?
17:01I kept my eyes on my coffee. My guess? Lorenzo had no idea what the shard ceremony actually meant. How
17:09would you know?
17:11Because I was at the gathering last night. I went still. I glanced back. Didn't recognize her. Lucky. So, what
17:20does the clan girl look like?
17:22Beautiful. Genuinely stunning. Then why would Lorenzo give the shard to an outsider? Who cares? The girl's voice sharpened.
17:29The other one's just a half blood anyway. Not like the rest of us. I coughed. Both women turned. The
17:35moment they saw my face, one of them went completely silent.
17:38Pointed. Couldn't speak. The other one stared at me.
17:43What? Do you know her? She's gorgeous.
17:47Wait, are you-
17:48She looked toward the guards, still sweeping the terminal. Eyes wide.
17:55I pressed one finger to my lips. Both women covered their mouths with both hands. I picked up my bag
18:00and walked away.
18:01Behind me, I heard one of them hiss. You didn't tell me she looked like that. You have zero chance
18:07now. Zero.
18:08I reached the gate for the Central Territories. Another refund notification hit my phone. The Rossi clan had purchased out
18:15every route leaving Palermo.
18:16Not just the Eastern Territory flights everything. I stood there. Phone in hand. Nowhere to go.
18:23Then it rang an Eastern Territory number.
18:29Hello?
18:31Dante Vitale. I'm sorry, I-
18:34My people are already at the airport. They'll bring you to me.
18:37My arranged husband. His voice was cool. Unhurried. The kind of voice you wanted to keep listening to.
18:42Before I could explain that the entire sky was sealed, I saw it through the terminal window. A private aircraft
18:48on the tarmac.
18:49Several dragon guards in black stepped off and stood at attention, I said.
18:53Understood.
18:54I hung up and walked toward the jet.
18:59It had started to drizzle. The moment I stepped outside, an umbrella appeared over my head. A man holding it
19:06kept his eyes down. Respectful.
19:09Mrs. Vitale. We're here to bring you home.
19:13That is when Lorenzo spotted me, grabbed my wrist.
19:16Elena. Come with me.
19:18Byte Hale's dragon guards closed in immediately. Lorenzo's men did the same. The two groups faced each other. Nobody moved.
19:25People inside the terminal pressed against the glass. Phones out. The man leading Dante's guards was older. Immaculate suit. A
19:33kind of calm that came from having seen everything twice.
19:36He smiled politely. His eyes didn't.
19:40Mr. Rossi, I'm here to escort Mrs. Vitale home. Please, step aside.
19:46Lorenzo's gaze went cold.
19:50She hasn't left Polono yet. I'd like to see who has the nerve to take what's mine.
19:55I was tired. Deeply tired. I'd tried to tell him. More than once. But his attention was always somewhere else.
20:02Always on Nia.
20:05I kept my voice steady. Lorenzo, you've protected me for years. I'm grateful. But this is where it ends. I
20:15don't blame anyone.
20:19Don't blame anyone. Then come back with me. I'll marry you. I'll tell the Morettis myself.
20:27The rain came harder. Lorenzo's hair was soaked. His eyes were red. For just a moment, something flickered at the
20:35edge of his irises. A deep amber, gone before I could be sure I'd seen it. Dragon blood under pressure.
20:41Even the composed ones cracked eventually. The vital butler stepped between us, unmoved.
20:46Apologies, Mr. Rossi. The agreement with the Moretti clan has been finalized. Mrs. Vitale leaves with us today.
20:55Lorenzo, I told you. I only ever wanted three years. I have someone I genuinely care about. I was never
21:02planning to marry you.
21:03This again. Elena, you've been locked inside the Moretti clan your whole life. When exactly did you meet someone to
21:09love?
21:10I know calling you my shadow upset you. Stop being stubborn and come back. We'll talk there, okay?
21:18His tone had shifted, almost pleading. I was grateful. Truly. He'd kept me safe for years.
21:24But when Lorenzo let go of my hand and gave the shard to Mia, or path split for good.
21:32Lorenzo, I said quietly. Mia is your chosen. All of Pilemer witnessed it. Go be happy with her. He laughed.
21:44Short and bitter.
21:46Marry a human girl? Are you serious? I'd marry you before I'd ever marry her.
21:52My expression went flat. Lorenzo had always wanted me around. He'd never once respected me. I didn't hesitate this time.
21:59I turned and walked toward the jet with the butler. Lorenzo stood frozen behind me. Fists clenched. Something radiating off
22:06him that I didn't look back to read.
22:08Elena. You leave Palamo and no one protects you anymore. Think carefully. Once you're gone, don't come back regretting it.
22:18I didn't answer. I stepped onto the plane. The butler had already prepared a change of clothes.
22:25You can freshen up there, Mrs. Vitari. Getting caught in the rain, you'll catch cold.
22:30The jet was extraordinary. Not a rental. This was the Vital Clan's own aircraft.
22:38The Vital Clan operated on a different level entirely. Even the Morettis didn't own anything like this.
22:44The plane didn't just have a bathroom. It had a full bedroom. The bedding was soft pink. Definitely not something
22:52Dante Vital had chosen for himself.
22:54I changed in the bathroom. Then stopped. The clothes fit me perfectly. When I came out, the butler had quietly
23:03moved the Dragon Guards to the rear of the cabin.
23:05Excuse me. Does the Lord usually use this plane? He saw my confusion.
23:11This aircraft was commissioned specifically for you, Mrs. Vitari. Everything was customized to your preferences. The Lord selected the bedding
23:20personally. Softest material available.
23:23I didn't know what to say. Something this considered. Given to a stranger without a word. Wasn't he supposed to
23:30be in love with someone else?
23:32The flight to the Eastern Territory is long. You should rest. The climate there is dry. We've prepared a humidifier
23:38for you.
23:42No one had ever thought about my comfort before. I'd spent my whole life reading other people's moods, adjusting. Disappearing
23:50into whatever shape kept me safe. This kind of attention made me restless. The butler noticed and quietly withdrew. I
23:58pulled out a pen and started sketching notes. My mind was already running through what came next. What I was
24:05walking into. What I'd need.
24:06Inside, the plane landed on a sprawling green estate. I looked closer. The vital compound. Vast, immaculate. The main structure
24:16was built from dark stone that seemed to hold the light differently from ordinary material. Warmer, like it had its
24:22own temperature. Even from the steps of the jet I could feel it. A subtle heat rising from the ground
24:28beneath my feet. Ancient dragon rock. I'd read about it once. Quarried only from the oldest dragon territories.
24:35It held warmth for centuries without any source. I filed the detail away without knowing why it mattered. Dante Vitale
24:43came out to meet me personally. He was smiling. Warm. Nothing like the ruthless lord the rumors described. He draped
24:52a coat over my shoulders before I could speak.
24:56Something moved in my chest the moment his hand touched my shoulder. A pull. Faint but distinct. Like a thread
25:03I hadn't known was there had just been tugged from the other end. I stepped back. Put some space between
25:10us. Told myself it was nerves. I said carefully.
25:31Someone I loved three years. Yes. Three years. I'll play the role of your wife. I won't interfere with your
25:40private life. That we separate. I bootake anything from you. I'll sign what you need.
25:45His frown deepened. He looked sharply at the butler. Some silent question passing between them. Then he stepped closer. Gently
25:55pulled me in. My face went completely red.
25:59Who said anything about keeping things separate. His voice was quiet. Almost amused. You're my wife. He seemed to enjoy
26:10the fact that I was flustered. He lifted my chin. Leaned in just slightly.
26:16Everything I have. Everything I have is yours. We went inside. I still hadn't recovered. Wasn't this man supposed to
26:25be cold? Ruthless. The interior of the vital compound was all sharp lines and clean edges. Dark stone. Minimal furniture.
26:35But there were soft touches throughout. Warm fabrics. Carefully chosen color. Things that had clearly been added recently.
26:46Good taste. Nothing clashing. The additions made the space feel less severe. More like somewhere a person could actually breathe.
26:55I sat on the couch. I handed him a folded piece of paper.
27:01This is my plan. I'd like to borrow some money. I'll pay it back in installments. He took it. Scanned
27:08it. You need money?
27:10It was humiliating. Arriving with nothing. Lord Earl's half-blood daughter showing up with a backpack and no dowry. No
27:18offering. Nothing of value for the vitals. This had to look like an insult. I'd done my research before landing.
27:27The vital clan didn't need alliances. Didn't need anyone's backing. They stood alone at the top of the Eastern Territory.
27:34People came from across the continent just to ask them for favors.
27:37I still didn't understand why they'd agreed to this match. I pressed my lips together. Yes, I don't have money
27:45right now. But I have a way to pay you back. I promise. He didn't question it. His hand closed
27:51over mine instead. Warm against my cold fingers. He rubbed them slowly.
28:01My face flushed again. His mood seemed to improve. Why do you need money? I looked up. Suddenly aware. Maybe
28:10as Mrs. Vital, I wasn't supposed to have financial control. Maybe I was expected to live on an allowance. To
28:18ask permission. I straightened.
28:20Mr. Vital, I don't want to be trapped by the Moretti clan anymore. And I'm not going to sit here
28:24and ask for handouts. I want my own income. My own footing. And if possible, I want to take back
28:30what's mine from the Moretti's.
28:32He looked surprised. Like he hadn't expected me to say it that plainly. And he reached over and ruffled my
28:38hair.
28:40Everything the vitalists have is yours.
28:42He nodded to the butler. The butler produced a black card.
28:46This is my account. Spend whatever you need.
28:49The room Dante gave me was the finest in the entire compound.
28:53Morning light came through the windows at the perfect angle.
28:57The DD core was soft. Feminine. Like something out of a story I'd never thought would include me.
29:03That night, I lay down expecting to stare at the ceiling for hours.
29:07Instead, I was asleep within minutes. Deep. Still. Dreamless.
29:12I told myself it was exhaustion from the journey.
29:15I didn't consider the warmth rising steadily.
29:19From the ancient stone beneath the floors.
29:21Didn't consider that the vital compound had been built on the oldest dragonwalk in the Eastern Territory.
29:27That the heat it held had a particular quality.
29:31One that ancient texts described as resonant with dormant dragon blood.
29:35I didn't know any of that then.
29:37I just slept.
29:44For the first time in years, I woke up rested.
29:47A message from Uncle Luca.
29:50Lorenzo is furious. Why didn't you go back with him?
29:53Uncle Luca was the only person in the Moretti clan who'd ever looked out for me.
29:58But his protection always came at a price.
30:01I typed back.
30:02Uncle, I am a person.
30:04Not something you can call back whenever it is convenient.
30:07His reply was immediate.
30:10Cold.
30:11Really.
30:11I thought you'd already turned yourself into a vital.
30:15Three years passed.
30:17I borrowed 100,000 from the vitals.
30:20I did everything a lord's wife was supposed to do.
30:23Attended gallus with Dante.
30:25Smiled for the right people.
30:27Let the right people court my favor.
30:29I played the part.
30:31The beautiful, composed lady vital.
30:33Dante spoiled me without restraint.
30:35But I never lost sight of why I was there.
30:39Behind the smiles, I was working.
30:42That 100,000 became leverage.
30:45Quietly.
30:46Carefully.
30:47Somewhere in the second year, I stopped taking the white pills.
30:51It wasn't a decision, exactly.
30:53I'd run out during a trip and hadn't replaced them.
30:56A week passed.
30:57Then another.
30:59I kept waiting to feel worse.
31:01Instead, I felt more.
31:03Heat in my hands when I was angry.
31:05A sharpness behind my eyes when I was focused.
31:08Small things.
31:10Easy to dismiss.
31:11I told myself it was confidence.
31:14That I was simply becoming someone harder to intimidate.
31:17I didn't connect it to the pills.
31:19I didn't connect it to anything yet.
31:24I dismantled Moridi operations piece by piece.
31:28Pulled their best dragon cards and wing commanders into my own network.
31:32Lord Sergio finally had to look at what he'd built.
31:36His 23 children.
31:38Useless.
31:38Everyone.
31:40The second generation panicked.
31:42Afraid the clan's collapse would hit their share of the territories.
31:45They started selling off assets.
31:47I bought them all.
31:49One by one.
31:50The gambling operations.
31:52The shipping routes.
31:53The legitimate fronts they'd spent years building.
31:56I took the businesses that were bleeding and made them profitable.
32:00Expanded the territories they'd abandoned.
32:03By the time Lord Sergio understood what was happening,
32:06I controlled more of the clan's income than he did.
32:09The other Moretti heirs couldn't touch me anymore.
32:12During the negotiations for the last of the shipping routes,
32:15something happened that I couldn't explain.
32:18When the Moretti representative had tried to walk out,
32:21I'd reached out to stop him.
32:23And the glass of water on the table between us had cracked.
32:26Clean through.
32:27No one had touched it.
32:29The representative had gone pale.
32:31He signed everything.
32:33I stood in the corridor afterward and looked at my hand.
32:37It felt warm.
32:39The same warmth I'd been ignoring for months.
32:42I thought about the pills.
32:44I thought about the pills 18.
32:46Years of white capsules.
32:48Lady Earl had called them vitamins.
32:51She'd never explained what they were for.
32:53Never let me miss a dose.
32:54I'd stopped taking them 14 months ago.
32:57Since then, the heat in my hands.
33:00The sharpness behind my eyes.
33:02The glass that cracked without being touched.
33:05I wasn't imagining it.
33:07I held on for a moment.
33:09Then I let go and stepped back.
33:12Composed again.
33:15Why so late?
33:17Are you tired?
33:19I had soup made.
33:20The words I'd been preparing stuck in my throat.
33:23He took my hand and led me to the table.
33:26Watched me eat.
33:30When are you going to let yourself lean on me?
33:33You don't have to run yourself into the ground like this.
33:36The warmth of it hit me somewhere I wasn't ready for.
33:39I looked at him in the low light.
33:41Felt something pull tight in my chest.
33:45The three years are up.
33:46It's time for me to go back.
33:47To finish what I started with the Morettis.
33:50Dante had always known I hadn't let go of my plans.
33:53He didn't look surprised.
33:54You don't like the Morettis.
33:57From what I know, only Luca was ever decent to you.
34:00And Lorendo.
34:02He came to the Eastern Territory several times looking for you.
34:05You never saw him.
34:06I hadn't known he'd been aware of that.
34:11You never saw him.
34:11It was out for me.
34:12You
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