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00:00:00To give her son a normal childhood, a mother decided to hide her billionaire status,

00:00:04burying her mansion underground and making him live in a dilapidated house.

00:00:09After her son fell asleep, she would return to her luxurious home.

00:00:13The boy studied diligently every day to escape poverty.

00:00:16Twenty years later, the boy became the world's richest man.

00:00:20One day, after completing five years of volunteer work in Africa,

00:00:23he was preparing to return home and propose to his girlfriend.

00:00:26However, a beautiful woman introduced herself to him and asked to be her husband.

00:00:31Oh wow, that's pretty cool.

00:00:33He probably didn't make a cent doing that,

00:00:36but the way he talks about it, like it mattered, he's unlike any other man I've ever met.

00:00:41I'm Anya, by the way.

00:00:44Arthur.

00:00:46Well, Arthur, this might sound totally insane, but...

00:00:51Would you mind doing me a favor?

00:00:53What favor?

00:00:55Let me introduce myself properly.

00:00:57I'm the CEO of Throne Tech, the heiress to Throne's fortune.

00:01:00I own five properties and two private estates.

00:01:02Annual income, one billion dollars.

00:01:06And...

00:01:07I want you to be my husband.

00:01:09What?

00:01:09I mean, a fake marriage.

00:01:11Just for a year.

00:01:12I need someone to play my husband,

00:01:14and you just feel like the right man for me.

00:01:17Is that a joke?

00:01:18I'm serious.

00:01:19You can trust me.

00:01:20Google me.

00:01:21You'll see that I have no scandals, no addictions, nothing shady in my past.

00:01:24If you agree, we can sign the paperwork today.

00:01:27And I'll offer $100,000 a month, plus a waterfront con in Midtown, in your name only.

00:01:34Tempting.

00:01:35But you have picked the wrong man.

00:01:37Already taken.

00:01:38I'm flying back to get married.

00:01:41Oh.

00:01:42I did not see that coming.

00:01:44I'm sorry.

00:01:46So that is it.

00:01:47Guess I just have to suck it up.

00:01:50You do not seem that helpless to me.

00:01:52Hm?

00:01:55Your AI subsidiary, Underthrone Tech?

00:01:58It has got potential.

00:02:00The Titan Group will be interested.

00:02:02But if that is your pitch deck,

00:02:04to win them over,

00:02:05you are toast.

00:02:08Really?

00:02:08You might be a nice guy,

00:02:10but you don't know a thing about how the business world works.

00:02:14We might not be getting married,

00:02:16but I can still help you.

00:02:17Hey, what are you doing?

00:02:19Fixing your pitch.

00:02:20You're asking for $100 million?

00:02:22Try $100 billion.

00:02:23Excuse me?

00:02:24What?

00:02:26There.

00:02:27Done.

00:02:29What the hell did you just do?

00:02:31You sent that?

00:02:32You actually sent it?

00:02:33You were under-saying yourself.

00:02:35You hijacked my pitch!

00:02:37Do you have any idea what you've just done?

00:02:39I saved your pitch.

00:02:41Saved?

00:02:42You've ruined it!

00:02:51Did you just touch me?

00:02:54It was an accident.

00:02:55Turbulity.

00:02:56I was trying to help.

00:02:57Oh, you've done enough to help.

00:03:01Sir?

00:03:01Ma'am?

00:03:02Is everything all right?

00:03:03We're good.

00:03:04She just scored a $100 billion investment.

00:03:05She's a bit emotional.

00:03:08Emotional?

00:03:10Well, congratulations.

00:03:13Trust me.

00:03:14The Titan Group doesn't go for small gains.

00:03:16Asking for $100 million?

00:03:18That's an insult.

00:03:19$100 billion?

00:03:19That's where the conversation starts.

00:03:22You want to win them over?

00:03:23You need to think bigger.

00:03:25Did you seriously just say that?

00:03:27You're welcome.

00:03:28Great.

00:03:28First you messed with my file.

00:03:30Then you humiliated me in public?

00:03:31Congratulations, you're officially the most infuriating man I've ever met.

00:03:35Lucky we're not getting married, huh?

00:03:37This isn't over.

00:03:48Help her land a billion-dollar deal?

00:03:50And not even a thank you?

00:03:52Please.

00:03:53Serena would never.

00:03:57Five years apart, she must be surprised when he sees me.

00:04:01You sure about this?

00:04:03Africa's far.

00:04:04It's not just a trip.

00:04:05I'm going to change the world, Serena.

00:04:07You always knew that was the dream.

00:04:11One more thing before I go.

00:04:22Serena Lee, will you marry me?

00:04:25Yes.

00:04:34Let's get married when I get back.

00:04:38A $2 million necklace.

00:04:40The perfect gift for her big day.

00:04:42I hope she'll like it.

00:04:51My girl, look at this.

00:04:53An entire party just for you.

00:04:55Throne Tech doesn't do this for just anyone.

00:04:57We've officially made it.

00:04:58It's just the beginning, Mom.

00:05:00You know, my dream is to become someone like Anya Throne.

00:05:02The CEO.

00:05:03But she's a mystery.

00:05:05Never appears in public.

00:05:11Assuming I'll meet her today.

00:05:17After all these years of my funding,

00:05:20Serena's finally made it.

00:05:21A PhD.

00:05:22Partner at Throne Tech.

00:05:24Time to let her know that

00:05:25I'm the CEO of Titan Group.

00:05:27and start our sweet life.

00:05:36Is that Arthur?

00:05:37Isn't he begging for life abroad?

00:05:39What the hell is he doing here?

00:05:43Serena.

00:05:45Congratulations.

00:05:46Arthur?

00:05:49I heard about the offer.

00:05:50Thought I'd surprise you.

00:05:52Why are you here?

00:05:53I flew back.

00:05:54For you.

00:05:56Let me guess.

00:05:57You heard about her throne offer,

00:05:59the salary,

00:06:00and you decided to claw your way back?

00:06:03What?

00:06:04Don't act surprised.

00:06:05Five years you vanished.

00:06:07The second she makes partner,

00:06:08you show up with discount flowers

00:06:10and a name that means nothing.

00:06:12You shouldn't have come, Arthur.

00:06:14This whatever we were,

00:06:15it's over.

00:06:16Let's break up.

00:06:17But we spent seven years

00:06:19building towards this.

00:06:20We are supposed to get married.

00:06:22You said you loved me.

00:06:23You thought Serena would love you?

00:06:25Don't be absurd.

00:06:26My daughter has a PhD.

00:06:27She's the youngest partner at Throne Tech,

00:06:29pulling in 30 million a year.

00:06:30And you?

00:06:31You vanished to Africa

00:06:32and worked there as a builder.

00:06:34Do you really think

00:06:35that makes you worthy of her?

00:06:36My mom is right.

00:06:38We belong to different worlds now.

00:06:40I can't marry someone like you.

00:06:42No.

00:06:53Someone like me?

00:06:54Look around.

00:06:56This is the party

00:06:57Throne Tech threw for me.

00:06:58These people?

00:07:00Legacy investors.

00:07:01Real powers.

00:07:03And you think I could introduce them

00:07:04to an embarrassment as my fiancé?

00:07:06I'm an embarrassment?

00:07:11So that's what this did to you.

00:07:14One job offer from Throne Tech.

00:07:17And you think you're out of my league.

00:07:19Did you know, Serena?

00:07:21To me,

00:07:23Throne Tech is just a small fish.

00:07:24You arrogant little cockroach.

00:07:26How dare you look down on the top firm in this country?

00:07:29You want to know why Throne Tech gave you that offer?

00:07:31Because someone vouched for you.

00:07:33Someone they'd never dare ignore.

00:07:35And that someone...

00:07:37was me.

00:07:39I'm sorry, what?

00:07:41Confirmed?

00:07:42Are you sure?

00:07:44Madam,

00:07:44you're not going to believe this.

00:07:46The Titan Group

00:07:47just approved a direct investment in us.

00:07:50They what?

00:07:53100 billion dollars.

00:07:55What?

00:07:55It's Mr. Storm's move.

00:07:57You know the ghost chairman

00:07:58who runs the Titan Group?

00:07:59It's his first formal return to the States.

00:08:01And we're his first target.

00:08:02We got it.

00:08:03100 billion.

00:08:07There.

00:08:08Done.

00:08:09He was right.

00:08:11It's 100 billion.

00:08:15Parker.

00:08:17Find him.

00:08:18Find who?

00:08:19The man who sit next to me

00:08:20on the Nairobi flight.

00:08:22Arthur.

00:08:23I don't care what it takes.

00:08:25Find him.

00:08:26Understood.

00:08:28But...

00:08:28What do you want with him?

00:08:30I'm going to marry him.

00:08:32Wait.

00:08:32What?

00:08:33I've never seen an incredible man

00:08:35like him before.

00:08:36He is the one I want.

00:08:38You self-importance little shit.

00:08:40Who the hell do you think you are?

00:08:41I get it, Arthur.

00:08:42You're not upset about the breakup.

00:08:44You're just pissed off

00:08:45at all the money you poured into me.

00:08:46Just name your number.

00:08:47I'll pay you off.

00:08:48And then we're done.

00:08:50For good.

00:08:51Is that what you think?

00:08:52That I'm here chasing the money I gave you?

00:08:54Let's settle up.

00:08:55How about...

00:08:56A hundred grand?

00:08:57Two hundred thousand?

00:08:58Serena.

00:08:59Three hundred thousand dollars.

00:09:00That's more than you've ever seen.

00:09:02Three hundred thousand dollars.

00:09:03That's more than you've ever seen.

00:09:05You still think I came here for money?

00:09:06Take it and get out of here.

00:09:08My daughter should have dumped you ages ago.

00:09:10You've got no house, no car, no savings.

00:09:12You can't even get a decent job.

00:09:14You're a lost cause.

00:09:15Is that what you think of me?

00:09:16For the sake of our seven years together,

00:09:18don't embarrass yourself even more.

00:09:19Just take the money and leave.

00:09:21My daughter's done with you.

00:09:22Can't you get that through your thick head?

00:09:26He's not worth your time.

00:09:29Oh, where's Victor?

00:09:31Didn't he say he was coming tonight?

00:09:33Yeah.

00:09:34Said he had something to handle first.

00:09:35Should be here soon.

00:09:37Victor?

00:09:38Victor.

00:09:39Son of James West.

00:09:40Vice Chair of Throne Tech.

00:09:43Practically next in line after Anya Throne.

00:09:47Only someone like him is a match for my daughter.

00:09:50Rich, charming, well-educated.

00:09:53And you?

00:09:54You're a penniless dropout.

00:09:55You're just a misstep she should have never taken.

00:09:58Arthur, Victor's on his way.

00:09:59You should leave.

00:10:02Trust me.

00:10:03You don't want to be here when he walks in.

00:10:06Because the moment you see him,

00:10:08you'll be ashamed of yourself.

00:10:10Now I see it.

00:10:11You didn't just break up with me because of the job.

00:10:14It was because of him.

00:10:15Victor.

00:10:16At least with him, I can build something bigger.

00:10:19Really?

00:10:20And you're so sure I couldn't help you build something better than anything he could?

00:10:24You?

00:10:25Please.

00:10:27So, you actually think you're better than me?

00:10:40Victor!

00:10:41My love, you're here!

00:10:43Let me guess.

00:10:44You're Arthur?

00:10:46Serena's ex-boyfriend?

00:10:47You look exactly how I pictured.

00:10:49Cheap suit.

00:10:50Basic face.

00:10:51Still clinging to the woman who left you behind like yesterday's trash.

00:10:56Oh, don't mind him.

00:10:57He never deserved to be with Serena.

00:10:59Just a pathetic shadow tagging along.

00:11:02So, you seriously thought you could compete with me?

00:11:06I'm Victor West.

00:11:07Son of James West.

00:11:09Vice Chair of Throne Tech.

00:11:10And you?

00:11:11You're not even worth the dirt under my shoes.

00:11:13You're right.

00:11:14Because unlike you,

00:11:15I don't need to cling to Daddy's title to matter.

00:11:17Excuse me?

00:11:18A piece of trash like you dares to talk back?

00:11:21Get out.

00:11:22Now.

00:11:23Before I have security drag you out like the street rat you are.

00:11:26Exactly.

00:11:26This is a ceremony for elites, not beggars.

00:11:32What the hell is going on here?

00:11:34Victor, is everything all right?

00:11:36Why don't you ask him?

00:11:37He got dumped by Serena, and now he's crashing her party.

00:11:41Dr. Lee is our new partner, handpicked by Miss Throne herself.

00:11:44Whatever this is, you're way out of line.

00:11:47Exactly.

00:11:48Look around.

00:11:48These aren't just normal guests, Mr. Cooper.

00:11:52This is Throne Tech's A-team.

00:11:54Top executives, professionals, the people who run this city.

00:11:57And then there's him.

00:11:58Some college dropout who thinks moving bricks and nannying kids in Africa is a career.

00:12:04I was running a charity.

00:12:05Oh?

00:12:06So that's what we're calling unemployment now?

00:12:09Charity?

00:12:09Boy, just say you were broke and too proud to get a real job.

00:12:13We all know why he's here.

00:12:15Groveling to my daughter, hoping she will drag him out of the gutter.

00:12:17So he wants to be a kept man and fails.

00:12:20Pathetic.

00:12:20An all-time loser, dumped by his genius girlfriend.

00:12:23He should have seen that coming.

00:12:26You hear that?

00:12:27This is reality.

00:12:28My daughter?

00:12:29A PhD, a future partner, a successful, stunning woman.

00:12:33You?

00:12:33Just the mud on her heels.

00:12:44Now crawl back to the shack you came from.

00:12:47Your fairy tale is over!

00:12:49Arthur, a man can be broke or uneducated.

00:12:52But delusional?

00:12:52That's where I draw the line.

00:12:54No matter what you tell yourself, I would never marry you.

00:12:58Funny.

00:12:59You want to know my biggest mistake, Serena?

00:13:01Believing in you.

00:13:02Seven years of unconditional support.

00:13:04Wiring money whenever you need to pay rent or tuition.

00:13:06I made you.

00:13:07And this is how you repay me?

00:13:09Don't twist it!

00:13:09I didn't force you to do any of this!

00:13:11I don't need to twist anything.

00:13:13I bank-raid your PhD.

00:13:15Helped land your offer at ThroneTech.

00:13:17And you dropped me the second you made it upstairs.

00:13:21Don't credit yourself for my achievement.

00:13:23I earned all these by myself.

00:13:25I'm smart.

00:13:26I worked hard.

00:13:27I could have made it with or without you.

00:13:29No.

00:13:30You won't.

00:13:31You'll never know what you've lost.

00:13:33I bought this for you.

00:13:39But you don't deserve it.

00:13:43We're done.

00:13:46Oh, please.

00:13:47You think a fake diamond necklace could buy my daughter's heart?

00:13:50How much did you spend on this trash?

00:13:51$20?

00:13:52$50?

00:13:54Babe, tell him how much the necklace I bought you is worth.

00:13:58$70,000.

00:13:59My gift for you was auctioned for $2 million.

00:14:02But you throw it away for him and his second-rate jewels.

00:14:05I'm so tired of your bullshit!

00:14:07You need a wake-up call!

00:14:16He's lost it!

00:14:17He attacked my boyfriend!

00:14:19Security!

00:14:19Get him out!

00:14:20That's enough, young man.

00:14:21Dr. Lee's an asset to ThroneTech, and this is her party.

00:14:25She says you're out.

00:14:26You're out!

00:14:27Now get lost!

00:14:31We found Arthur, madam.

00:14:34Where?

00:14:34He's inside ThroneHQ, at Dr. Lee's welcome party.

00:14:37Sounds like things are getting ugly.

00:14:40Dr. Lee?

00:14:43Quick, head to the company now.

00:14:45Yes, madam.

00:14:47What are you waiting for, sucker?

00:14:48Door's that way.

00:14:49Just leave, Arthur, before this gets worse for you.

00:14:51Worse?

00:14:53How?

00:14:54Because I dared to stand where I don't belong?

00:14:56You want to be a laughingstock?

00:14:58Fine.

00:14:59But don't expect me to save you when this all blows up in your face.

00:15:02Save me?

00:15:03That's rich.

00:15:03You don't have that power.

00:15:05You never did.

00:15:06You mess with me, you mess with the Throne family.

00:15:08Pisans like you can't afford the price.

00:15:10Final warning.

00:15:11Walk out on your own, or I'll have security drag you out.

00:15:14Go ahead.

00:15:14Call your guards.

00:15:15But let's be clear.

00:15:16I walked into this building because I have every right to be here.

00:15:19And none of you has the power to push me out.

00:15:21Not even Anya Throne herself.

00:15:25Faster!

00:15:26I don't care what it takes.

00:15:27Get me to him, now!

00:15:28Yes, madam.

00:15:31Do you have any idea what the name Anya Throne means?

00:15:33Wow.

00:15:34You're even dumber than I thought.

00:15:36You just insulted the woman who built this empire.

00:15:38Even my father wouldn't dare challenge her.

00:15:40But you?

00:15:41You're so done.

00:15:42So, in your world, Anya Throne might be an untouchable goddess.

00:15:46But in mine?

00:15:47She's just a woman with some talent.

00:15:50I'd be more worried if I were you.

00:15:51Because you tried to put a hand on me, she might have a bigger problem with you.

00:15:54You must have a death wish.

00:15:56Arthur, I get that the breakup hurt.

00:15:57But now?

00:15:58You're spiraling.

00:16:00Disrespecting Lady Throne like that?

00:16:01I was actually gonna get you a janitor job here.

00:16:04But after this?

00:16:05You're not even worth that.

00:16:06You were gonna recommend me?

00:16:08For a janitor position?

00:16:09Do you know how competitive it is just to work here?

00:16:12You should be grateful.

00:16:13Even our security guards have degrees.

00:16:16And you didn't even finish years.

00:16:18I don't need a degree to prove myself.

00:16:20My achievement speaks for itself.

00:16:21That's how real business works.

00:16:23Clearly, it's beyond your imagination.

00:16:25You're talking nonsense again.

00:16:27After everything happens today, there's no place for you in ThroneTech.

00:16:29You blew your only chance to fix your sore life.

00:16:32I never needed your recommendation.

00:16:34And as for whether ThroneTech has a place for me...

00:16:38Why don't you go ask Annie a thorn yourself?

00:16:50Where is Arthur?

00:16:51Conference hall.

00:16:52It's tense.

00:16:53From what I heard, he and Serena Lee were involved.

00:16:56She dumped him.

00:16:57They broke up?

00:17:00Well, that saves me the trouble of stealing someone's fiancé.

00:17:04What's your goal here, Arthur?

00:17:06Seriously?

00:17:07Trying to crash and burn in public?

00:17:09I'll tell you what it is.

00:17:10He couldn't have you.

00:17:12So now he wants to drag you down with him.

00:17:14Ugh.

00:17:15Pathetic ex-revenge.

00:17:17Such a petty man.

00:17:18Don't worry, Serena.

00:17:19I've got you.

00:17:20Victor's father is the vice chair.

00:17:22With their support,

00:17:24whatever stunt he's pulling ends.

00:17:26Trust me.

00:17:27Once Lady Throne shows up,

00:17:28he's got maybe five minutes left.

00:17:30I can't believe how dumb you are, Arthur.

00:17:33No wonder you achieved nothing in our seven years together.

00:17:36I wasted so much time on you.

00:17:39Honestly,

00:17:39leaving you was the best decision I've ever made.

00:17:42Was it?

00:17:43Because when the truth comes out,

00:17:45you'll realize

00:17:47it was the worst mistake of your life.

00:17:54What?

00:17:55Lady Throne just arrived?

00:17:57Lady Throne.

00:17:58She came straight from the airport.

00:17:59She's in the lobby now.

00:18:01Wait.

00:18:02She actually came?

00:18:03Oh my god!

00:18:04She came to support Serena!

00:18:06You hear that?

00:18:07Anya Throne is here

00:18:09for my daughter!

00:18:10My daughter is the future of Throne Tech!

00:18:13This is it.

00:18:14We need to take out this human trash

00:18:17before Lady Throne arrives.

00:18:18He's literally making the room smell cheap.

00:18:21Hear that, dumbass?

00:18:22Throne Tech doesn't take in strays.

00:18:26Get out

00:18:27while you still have legs to walk on.

00:18:33Here's your last chance.

00:18:34Half a million dollars.

00:18:36Half a million?

00:18:37You're flattering him!

00:18:38It's worth it

00:18:39to keep him from ruining my night.

00:18:41Take the money, Arthur.

00:18:43Disappear.

00:18:44That's more than you'll see

00:18:45in ten lifetimes.

00:18:47Be smart.

00:18:48Take it.

00:18:49and vanish.

00:18:50You talk a lot about power, Serena.

00:18:57But when you learn who I am...

00:19:10You'll be begging me for mercy.

00:19:13What the hell?

00:19:14You ungrateful bastard!

00:19:15You dare humiliate me?

00:19:17You really think you're someone now?

00:19:19Someone's gonna change everything?

00:19:24Then,

00:19:25make your little announcement.

00:19:27But if it's bullshit,

00:19:29you'll be crawling out of here

00:19:31kissing every shoe in this room.

00:19:33Oh, come on.

00:19:34This low-status nobody

00:19:35doesn't even deserve

00:19:36to kiss anyone's shoes here.

00:19:47He's my husband.

00:19:50Is that status high enough for you?

00:19:57You let them do this to you?

00:19:59It's okay.

00:20:00They went rogue.

00:20:01I didn't.

00:20:02Real men don't hit women.

00:20:04Also,

00:20:05I'm your husband?

00:20:06I don't recall saying yes

00:20:08to your little proposal

00:20:08on the plane.

00:20:10I never regret the words I mean.

00:20:21So now,

00:20:24let me take out the trash.

00:20:30Who the hell are you

00:20:31storming in like this?

00:20:32Did you not hear me

00:20:33the first time?

00:20:34I'm Arthur's wife.

00:20:37This man right here,

00:20:38he's my husband.

00:20:43Wait,

00:20:43what?

00:20:44Lady Throne?

00:20:45Mary?

00:20:46But she's never,

00:20:47she's never show interest

00:20:48in any men.

00:20:50Oh, God.

00:20:51I'm dead.

00:20:52I'm so dead.

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00:21:00Callum had one arm around Jenna

00:21:02as he sealed me inside.

00:21:03He left me there to die in the dark,

00:21:05surrounded by serpents,

00:21:07and he never looked back.

00:21:08The pain was beyond anything

00:21:09I had words for.

00:21:10It felt like I was being torn apart

00:21:12from the inside out,

00:21:12piece by piece,

00:21:13until even screaming became impossible.

00:21:15When I died,

00:21:15I drifted in silver light,

00:21:16endless,

00:21:17cold,

00:21:18and silent.

00:21:18There was nothing left of me

00:21:19but a thin thread of soul,

00:21:21too broken even to cry.

00:21:22Then a voice fell through the dark

00:21:23like a blade through silk,

00:21:24clear,

00:21:24ancient,

00:21:25and completely without warmth.

00:21:26Child of Whitmore,

00:21:28you died badly.

00:21:30What I offer is not mercy.

00:21:31It is a contract.

00:21:33Give me something,

00:21:34and I will give you what you want.

00:21:37I'll give up my face,

00:21:38my beauty in this life,

00:21:39all of it.

00:21:40In exchange,

00:21:41I want the Lunar Hunt Covenant,

00:21:42the Silver Sight,

00:21:43and one more life.

00:21:43Do you understand what it means

00:21:45to give up your face?

00:21:46I do.

00:21:47Last time,

00:21:47my beauty made it easy

00:21:48for them to use me.

00:21:49I don't need anyone to love my face.

00:21:50I just need to see clearly.

00:21:52Silver light crapped through me

00:21:54like lightning,

00:21:54and I was thrown back

00:21:55into the world of the Livend.

00:21:57When I opened my eyes,

00:21:58the hissing was gone.

00:21:59The air smelled of incense.

00:22:00I raised a hand to my face

00:22:01and felt it.

00:22:02A scar across my cheek.

00:22:03Faint silver light

00:22:04pulsing beneath it like a wire.

00:22:06It was the mark of the Covenant,

00:22:07the price Artemis had carved

00:22:08into my skin.

00:22:09I was back.

00:22:10Back to the morning,

00:22:11Eleanor Hargreff came to beg.

00:22:12I stood in front of the mirror

00:22:14and traced the scar with my fingers.

00:22:15Then I smiled,

00:22:16but there was nothing warm left in it.

00:22:19I did not come back to love him.

00:22:21I came back from hell

00:22:22to collect what they owed me,

00:22:24one debt at a time.

00:22:28Rowena, please!

00:22:29I'm begging you!

00:22:30You have to save Callum!

00:22:31The old woman dropped to her knees

00:22:33in front of me,

00:22:33clutching the hem of my dress

00:22:34with both hands

00:22:35and crying like she had nothing left.

00:22:37The death mark carved

00:22:38into Callum's forehead

00:22:39was the final outbreak

00:22:40of decades of serpent resentment

00:22:42buried beneath the Hargrove state.

00:22:44As long as it stayed on him,

00:22:45the curse would keep spreading,

00:22:47and every Hargrove tied to this land

00:22:49by blood would carry

00:22:50the same death sentence.

00:22:52Only a Whitmore could even see the mark.

00:22:54Only a Whitmore could remove it.

00:22:56They needed me.

00:22:58That was a fact.

00:22:59But the only reason I was here

00:23:00was to take back

00:23:01what the Hargroves stole from us,

00:23:02the silver arrow of Whitmore.

00:23:04I stood over Eleanor,

00:23:05looking down at her shaking shoulders,

00:23:06and all I could think of

00:23:07was how she used to call me sweetheart

00:23:08while she watched the flames

00:23:09swallow me alive.

00:23:10I slowly pulled my skirt

00:23:12out of her grip.

00:23:12I can't break the Hargrove curse.

00:23:14There was not a single trace

00:23:15of emotion in my voice.

00:23:16I did not owe her that much.

00:23:18Eleanor nor froze.

00:23:19The invitation in her hands

00:23:19crumbled at the edges.

00:23:20Then Callum walked in from the hallway.

00:23:22He was younger than I remembered,

00:23:23sharper and more arrogant,

00:23:24with all that ugly pride

00:23:25still sitting right on the surface.

00:23:26His eyes swept over me

00:23:27and stopped on the scar

00:23:27crossing my face.

00:23:29For one second,

00:23:30he went still.

00:23:31The scar was silver,

00:23:32winding across half my cheek

00:23:33and glowing faintly

00:23:33in the morning light.

00:23:34It did not look like

00:23:35an ordinary wound.

00:23:36It looked like something ancient

00:23:37had pressed itself into my skin

00:23:38and left its mark there.

00:23:39His disgust was almost

00:23:40impossible to miss.

00:23:41He turned his face away slightly

00:23:43like he could barely stand

00:23:43to look at it.

00:23:44I noticed.

00:23:45I said nothing.

00:23:46In my past life,

00:23:47I had walked through this same door

00:23:48with an untouched face,

00:23:49and he had smiled at me

00:23:50so beautifully.

00:23:51Every warm word

00:23:52had been perfectly calculated.

00:23:53Now that I had a scar,

00:23:55the mask slipped at once.

00:23:56That told me everything.

00:23:58He did not need a person.

00:23:59He needed a tool,

00:24:00and apparently he preferred

00:24:01his tools pretty.

00:24:02Callum stepped closer,

00:24:03his voice sharp with disbelief.

00:24:05What the hell

00:24:06is that supposed to mean?

00:24:07We came here in good faith,

00:24:08and you won't even

00:24:09give us a reason?

00:24:10You're telling me

00:24:10one curse is too much

00:24:11for a Whitmore?

00:24:12He moved into my space

00:24:14like he was used to people

00:24:15backing down when he did.

00:24:16I only looked at him.

00:24:18Go ahead.

00:24:19Look down on me, Callum.

00:24:20You have no idea

00:24:21that the mark on your forehead

00:24:22is getting darker every day,

00:24:24and the only person

00:24:25in this entire world

00:24:26who can see it,

00:24:27the only one who can

00:24:28take it off you,

00:24:28is standing right in front of you

00:24:30while you make that face.

00:24:31Eleanor started crying harder.

00:24:33Her hands shook

00:24:34as she pulled a heavy envelope

00:24:35from her coat.

00:24:36The wax seal bore

00:24:37an old, dark gold crest.

00:24:39We have nowhere else to turn.

00:24:41Please, just look at this

00:24:43for the sake of what

00:24:44our families once

00:24:45meant to each other.

00:24:47I almost did not bother,

00:24:48but the moment my eyes

00:24:49touched the seal,

00:24:50my silver sight flared.

00:24:52A pulse of silver light

00:24:53cut through the surface

00:24:54of the wax,

00:24:55and beneath it,

00:24:56clear and understakeable,

00:24:57was the trace

00:24:58of a Whitmore silver arrow.

00:25:01The silver arrow

00:25:02was the most sacred relic

00:25:04of the Whitmore bloodline.

00:25:05The Hargroves

00:25:06had stolen it from us,

00:25:07and it had been lost

00:25:07for generations.

00:25:11I only learned the truth

00:25:12as I was dying in my past life

00:25:14when it was already too late

00:25:15to do anything about it.

00:25:17Now I knew exactly where it was.

00:25:19That was the real reason

00:25:20I would walk into Hargrove Hall.

00:25:22Not Callum,

00:25:23the arrow.

00:25:25Callum saw me take it,

00:25:26and his whole body relaxed.

00:25:28He lifted his chin slightly,

00:25:30satisfaction spreading

00:25:30across his face.

00:25:31He had already decided

00:25:33I was still hung up on him,

00:25:34that I had finally given in

00:25:35because of old feelings.

00:25:36Then he turned on

00:25:37that warm,

00:25:38reasonable voice,

00:25:39the one that used to

00:25:40make me believe every word.

00:25:42Good.

00:25:42All you have to do

00:25:43is come with us

00:25:44and suppress the curse.

00:25:45Once I'm better,

00:25:46I'll make sure you're rewarded.

00:25:48The Hargroves take care of people

00:25:49who prove useful to us.

00:25:51He said it like

00:25:52he was doing me a favor,

00:25:53like I was something

00:25:53he could summon,

00:25:54use,

00:25:55and dismiss

00:25:56whenever it suited him.

00:25:57I looked at him slowly,

00:25:58the way you look at something

00:25:59that does not know

00:26:00it is already finished.

00:26:02I'm going to Harghal

00:26:03to take back

00:26:04what belongs

00:26:04to the Whitmore family.

00:26:05I was never doing this for you.

00:26:07The smile on his face

00:26:08died,

00:26:09died completely.

00:26:12The next morning,

00:26:13the man had everything packed

00:26:14before I came downstairs.

00:26:16Lady,

00:26:16the carriages are here.

00:26:17He was the boy

00:26:18the Whitmore family

00:26:19had taken in years ago.

00:26:21Quiet,

00:26:21precise,

00:26:22and so still

00:26:23that most people

00:26:23mistook him for cold.

00:26:24Since I came back,

00:26:25he was the only person

00:26:26who looked straight

00:26:27at the scar on my face

00:26:28without flinching

00:26:28or glancing away.

00:26:30Two Harkrin carriages

00:26:31were waiting outside.

00:26:32Eleanor had one to herself,

00:26:34and the other

00:26:34was meant for Callum and me.

00:26:36Jenna,

00:26:36who supposedly

00:26:37could not handle

00:26:37the mountain road,

00:26:38was supposed to have

00:26:39her own space.

00:26:40I was about to step

00:26:41into the second carriage

00:26:42when a voice cut

00:26:43across the courtyard.

00:26:44Wait!

00:26:44Callum,

00:26:45I want to ride with you!

00:26:46She ran toward us

00:26:47with her skirts

00:26:47gathered in both hands,

00:26:49her cheeks flushed

00:26:50and her eyes red

00:26:50at the rims,

00:26:51as if she had already

00:26:52been crying.

00:26:53She was the girl

00:26:54the Hargroves

00:26:54had taken in years ago,

00:26:55the orphan daughter

00:26:56of some distant relation.

00:26:58She had grown up

00:26:58inside the estate walls,

00:27:00right beside Callum.

00:27:01Everyone said

00:27:02she was sweet

00:27:02and innocent,

00:27:03the one person

00:27:04Callum protected

00:27:04more than anyone else.

00:27:05She had a white silk scarf

00:27:07in her hands.

00:27:08Before Callum could answer,

00:27:09she was already

00:27:10looping it around his neck

00:27:11and smoothing it down

00:27:12with both palms.

00:27:13The mountain road

00:27:14is freezing.

00:27:14I don't want you

00:27:15getting sick again.

00:27:16Callum did not move

00:27:17away from her hands.

00:27:18In my past life,

00:27:19I thought she was

00:27:19only being kind.

00:27:20This time,

00:27:21my silver sight caught

00:27:22the edge of the scarf

00:27:22the moment it touched him.

00:27:23Faint dark lines

00:27:24were woven into the silk,

00:27:25forming the exact pattern

00:27:27of a serpent mark.

00:27:27Callum did not see

00:27:28any of it.

00:27:29He was already brushing

00:27:30a loose strand of hair

00:27:31away from Jenna's face.

00:27:32Jenna turned to me

00:27:32with wide,

00:27:33apologetic eyes.

00:27:34Lady Rowena,

00:27:35I hope you don't mind.

00:27:36I won't take up much space.

00:27:37I promise.

00:27:37She did not wait

00:27:38for my answer.

00:27:39She climbed in ahead of me.

00:27:41I watched her settle

00:27:42beside Callum

00:27:42and push me toward

00:27:43the window seat

00:27:44without even looking at me.

00:27:45I said nothing.

00:27:46Jenna,

00:27:47last time I missed

00:27:47every move you made.

00:27:48This time I'm gonna watch

00:27:49every single one.

00:27:51The carriage wound its way

00:27:52up the wet cobblestone road

00:27:53towards the Hargraf estate.

00:27:54There was barely enough room

00:27:55for two people

00:27:56to sit comfortably

00:27:57and Jenna had made sure

00:27:58she stayed pressed

00:27:59against Callum

00:27:59for the entire ride.

00:28:01Every time the wheels

00:28:02hit a rough patch

00:28:03she let out a soft

00:28:03breathy sound

00:28:04and leaned into his shoulder.

00:28:05The timing was perfect.

00:28:06Always within my line of sight.

00:28:08Like a little performance stage

00:28:09just for me.

00:28:10Callum,

00:28:11I feel so dizzy.

00:28:12I can barely breathe.

00:28:13She twisted her fingers

00:28:14into the front of his shirt,

00:28:15lifting her eyes

00:28:16just enough to catch the light,

00:28:18looking soft

00:28:18and helpless

00:28:19and miserable.

00:28:20In my past life,

00:28:21watching this

00:28:21would have made me

00:28:22want to shrink into myself

00:28:23and disappear.

00:28:24Now I only sat still

00:28:25and watched her work.

00:28:26Callum noticed me looking.

00:28:27His expression hardened

00:28:28at once.

00:28:29He tightened his arm

00:28:30around Jenna

00:28:30and turned his face

00:28:31away from me,

00:28:32like even the air

00:28:32on my side of the carriage

00:28:33disgusted him.

00:28:34Rowene,

00:28:35stop staring.

00:28:35Jenna is kind and gentle,

00:28:36not that you would know

00:28:37anything about that,

00:28:38and stop using that face

00:28:38to scare her.

00:28:39Jenna reached over

00:28:39and touched his arm gently.

00:28:41Callum,

00:28:41don't.

00:28:42Lady Rowena

00:28:43probably doesn't mean it.

00:28:44She knows exactly

00:28:45what she's doing.

00:28:45She's had it out for you

00:28:46since the moment

00:28:47she saw you.

00:28:48Maybe she just doesn't like me.

00:28:49It's alright,

00:28:50I'm used to it.

00:28:51That is her problem,

00:28:52not yours.

00:28:52I don't care what she thinks.

00:28:53I did not answer.

00:28:54In my past life,

00:28:55that exchange

00:28:56would have hollowed me out

00:28:57for days.

00:28:57Now I only filed it away.

00:28:59Every word,

00:29:00every dismissal,

00:29:01I was keeping track.

00:29:02At the same time,

00:29:03through the silver sight,

00:29:04I could see what was

00:29:05really happening.

00:29:05Dark energy was seeping

00:29:07from the coral bracelet

00:29:08on Jenna's wrist,

00:29:09winding along Callum's collar

00:29:10and pushing inch by inch

00:29:12into the skin

00:29:12at the back of his neck.

00:29:13She was not dizzy.

00:29:14She was feeding the serpent.

00:29:16Callum,

00:29:16the sweet innocent girl

00:29:17you're so desperate

00:29:18to protect,

00:29:18is poisoning you right now,

00:29:20and you're holding her tighter.

00:29:21He pulled her closer

00:29:22and pressed his cheek

00:29:23against the top of her head,

00:29:24completely blind.

00:29:26By midday,

00:29:26the carriages stopped

00:29:27in front of the Hargreth family's

00:29:28main residence.

00:29:29This was not Hargreth Hall,

00:29:31not the old estate

00:29:32with the serpent gate

00:29:32buried beneath it.

00:29:33The hall stood deeper

00:29:34inside the grounds,

00:29:35behind a locked inner courtyard

00:29:36that almost never opened.

00:29:37This was only where

00:29:38the family lived.

00:29:39When Jenna stepped down

00:29:40from the carriage,

00:29:41she grabbed the doorbrain,

00:29:42her face going pale,

00:29:43and sagged into Callum's side.

00:29:44I'm fine.

00:29:45Just cold.

00:29:46My legs feel strange.

00:29:47Callum wrapped an arm

00:29:48around her at once.

00:29:49The look he sent me

00:29:50over her shoulder

00:29:51made it clear

00:29:51that somehow

00:29:52this was supposed

00:29:52to be my fault.

00:29:53We passed through

00:29:53the front entrance hall.

00:29:55The moment we crossed

00:29:56the threshold,

00:29:56my silver sight erupted.

00:29:58Dark serpent energy

00:29:59crawled across every wall

00:30:00and ceiling,

00:30:01coiling and shifting

00:30:02like something alive.

00:30:03It hulged at anyone

00:30:04with Hargreth blood,

00:30:05then recoiled

00:30:06the second it touched

00:30:06the silver light

00:30:07of my mark,

00:30:08shrieking back

00:30:09into the cracks.

00:30:09Jenna was walking ahead.

00:30:11I watched her

00:30:11cross the threshold,

00:30:12and I saw the exact moment

00:30:14her shoe came down

00:30:15on the protection line

00:30:16hidden beneath the doorframe.

00:30:18It was not an accident.

00:30:19The movement was too precise.

00:30:21The line snapped.

00:30:22The energy that had been

00:30:23held down broke loose

00:30:24all at once,

00:30:24and a wave of freezing air

00:30:26tore down the corridor

00:30:27like a blade.

00:30:28Oh God!

00:30:29Callum, help me!

00:30:30She stumbled backwards

00:30:31straight into his arms,

00:30:32clean and practiced,

00:30:33like a stage fall.

00:30:34Callum caught her

00:30:35without even looking.

00:30:35One arm locked

00:30:36across her chest,

00:30:37and his first words

00:30:38were from me.

00:30:38Rowena!

00:30:39What the hell are you doing

00:30:41just standing there?

00:30:43You're a Whitmore!

00:30:44You're supposed to handle this!

00:30:47If Jenna gets hurt

00:30:48because of you,

00:30:49I swear you'll answer for it.

00:30:51I raised one hand,

00:30:52a silver seal

00:30:53dropped across the corridor,

00:30:54and the serpent energy

00:30:55shrank back into the walls.

00:30:57The hallway went still.

00:30:58I looked at Callum.

00:31:00You're welcome.

00:31:01I let the silence

00:31:01stretch for a moment.

00:31:03Then I lowered my gaze

00:31:04to the broken line

00:31:04on the floor,

00:31:05before slowly lifting

00:31:06my eyes to Jenna's shoes.

00:31:08You might want to ask

00:31:08how that line broke

00:31:10in the first place.

00:31:11Callum's brow tightened.

00:31:12In his arms,

00:31:13Jenna's eyes filled

00:31:14with tears at once.

00:31:15Her lower lip trembled

00:31:16as she looked up at him,

00:31:17as if she was the one

00:31:17being attacked.

00:31:18Callum looked between us

00:31:19and clenched his jaw.

00:31:21What exactly are you

00:31:21accusing her of?

00:31:22Nothing.

00:31:23Just giving you advice.

00:31:25While you're in this house,

00:31:26pay attention to what's

00:31:27right in front of you.

00:31:28Then I walked toward

00:31:29the sitting room

00:31:30without looking back.

00:31:31When we settled

00:31:32into the sitting room,

00:31:33Eleanor came in herself

00:31:34with a tray of peach blossom tea.

00:31:36Steam curled slowly

00:31:37from each cup.

00:31:37You must be exhausted

00:31:38after that ride, sweetheart.

00:31:40I made this myself.

00:31:41Drink it while it's hot.

00:31:42It will calm your nerves.

00:31:44She had the warmth

00:31:45turned all the way on.

00:31:46Deep smile lines,

00:31:47a gentle voice,

00:31:48every inch the loving grandmother.

00:31:49Jenna sat beside Callum.

00:31:50She picked up his cup first,

00:31:51blew on it softly,

00:31:52and placed it in his hands.

00:31:54Drink it while it's hot.

00:31:55It'll warm you up.

00:31:56In my past life,

00:31:57I fell for all of it.

00:31:58I drank the tea,

00:31:59and by nightfall,

00:32:00my silver sight was almost blind.

00:32:01The poison had worked slowly

00:32:03and silently the whole time.

00:32:04When I tried to suppress

00:32:05the serpents that night,

00:32:06I kept making the wrong calls,

00:32:07and one of them

00:32:08tore my palm open.

00:32:09I burned with fever

00:32:10for three days straight.

00:32:11And Jenna had been there

00:32:12the entire time,

00:32:13smiling sweetly

00:32:14as she added a spoonful

00:32:14of sugar to my cup.

00:32:16Something sweet

00:32:16makes everything less bitter,

00:32:17Lady Rowena.

00:32:18This time,

00:32:18I looked into my cup

00:32:19through the silver sight.

00:32:20The tea should have been pale amber,

00:32:21but beneath the surface,

00:32:22it was deep crimson.

00:32:23Something small and dark

00:32:24moved along the bottom.

00:32:25I picked up the cup

00:32:26and drank most of it.

00:32:27I let none of it touch me.

00:32:29Under the cover of my sleeve,

00:32:30I pressed two fingers

00:32:31to my wrist

00:32:32and sealed my throat

00:32:33and chest with a silver seal.

00:32:34The poison slammed

00:32:35into the barrier

00:32:36and thrashed like a trapped thing,

00:32:37but it got nowhere.

00:32:38Jenna kept her eyes

00:32:39on my face the whole time.

00:32:40She was waiting

00:32:41for my gaze to blur,

00:32:42waiting for the sight to go dark.

00:32:43When I set the cup down,

00:32:45breathing evenly

00:32:45and looking straight back at her,

00:32:47I saw the corner

00:32:47of her smile crack.

00:32:49Just a twitch.

00:32:50Just one second.

00:32:51But it was there.

00:32:52Lucien picked up his own cup,

00:32:54gave it one slow sniff,

00:32:55then turned and poured

00:32:56the whole thing

00:32:56into the planter

00:32:57beside his chair.

00:32:58Too sweet.

00:32:59Hides the taste of rot.

00:33:01Eleanor's expression flickered.

00:33:02Calatin's eyes sharpened.

00:33:03My grandmother

00:33:04made that tea herself.

00:33:05You want to explain

00:33:06what the hell you're doing?

00:33:07I just did.

00:33:08Lucien looked at him calmly.

00:33:10Callum's face turned ugly.

00:33:11He was about to snap back

00:33:12when Jenna laid a hand

00:33:13on his arm.

00:33:14Callum, don't.

00:33:14We asked them to come here.

00:33:15It's fine, really.

00:33:16She said it in that soft,

00:33:18peacemaking voice.

00:33:19But as she lifted her own cup

00:33:20back to her lips,

00:33:21her eyes slid sideways to me,

00:33:23patient,

00:33:24calculating,

00:33:25waiting to see something

00:33:26that was never going to happen.

00:33:27I looked at her and said nothing.

00:33:29Jenna, I'm just getting started.

00:33:31Next time,

00:33:32I'll make sure you see it coming.

00:33:33The welcome dinner that night

00:33:34was exactly the kind of show

00:33:35the Hargroves loved to put on.

00:33:37Candles stretched down the table.

00:33:39Silver gleamed at every place setting,

00:33:40and there was more food

00:33:41than anyone could finish.

00:33:43Jenna sat to Callum's left,

00:33:44cutting her food with careful,

00:33:45effortless grace.

00:33:46Then she set down her knife,

00:33:48turned to me,

00:33:48and spoke in the softest,

00:33:49most concerned voice she had.

00:33:51Ladies Rowena,

00:33:52I've been meaning to ask you something.

00:33:53With a scar like that on your face,

00:33:55do people avoid you when you go out?

00:33:57You must feel so lonely.

00:33:59I can't even imagine.

00:34:00Perfectly worded,

00:34:01perfectly gentle,

00:34:02loud enough for every servant

00:34:04in the room to hear.

00:34:05I held my knife and fork

00:34:06and did not respond.

00:34:07Jenna, don't say it like that.

00:34:09She's a guest.

00:34:09You'll embarrass her.

00:34:11In my past life,

00:34:11I had actually been grateful for that.

00:34:13I thought he was standing up for me.

00:34:15Now I could see it clearly.

00:34:16He did not care whether I was humiliated.

00:34:18He just needed me to walk

00:34:19into that hall tomorrow night,

00:34:21and a scene at dinner

00:34:21would make things harder.

00:34:23That sentence was for him,

00:34:24not for me.

00:34:25Jenna's face crumpled at once.

00:34:27Her eyes filled.

00:34:28I didn't mean it that way.

00:34:29I was worried about her.

00:34:31Callum,

00:34:31why are you making it sound

00:34:32like I did something wrong?

00:34:33Her voice broke on the last word.

00:34:35Two tears slipped down her face.

00:34:37And just like that,

00:34:38Callum changed.

00:34:39The hardness left him,

00:34:40and his voice turned low and gentle.

00:34:42I know you didn't.

00:34:44I'm sorry.

00:34:45I shouldn't have said it like that.

00:34:47Lucian set down his silverware.

00:34:49I have a question.

00:34:50Is this how the Hargroves

00:34:51treat guests they begged for help?

00:34:53Every sound at the table stopped.

00:34:55Jenna's tears paused mid-fall.

00:34:57Callum's head snapped up,

00:34:58and the look he gave Lucian

00:34:59was full of real anger.

00:35:00Who the hell do you think you are?

00:35:02Nobody asked for your opinion!

00:35:03Lucian did not move.

00:35:04He only held Callum's gaze

00:35:06and took his time answering.

00:35:07I came with Lady Whitmore.

00:35:08As long as she is here,

00:35:10I have every right to speak.

00:35:11Callum pressed one hand flat

00:35:13against the edge of the table.

00:35:14His jaw tightened,

00:35:15and his face went pale with fury.

00:35:16Rowena,

00:35:17control your people.

00:35:18I set my wine glass down slowly

00:35:19and looked at him.

00:35:20He's right.

00:35:21Callum,

00:35:22I came because your family

00:35:23begged me to save you.

00:35:24I did not come here

00:35:25to be insulted at your dinner table.

00:35:26If you can't understand the difference,

00:35:28I don't need to enter

00:35:28that hall tomorrow.

00:35:30I can leave tonight.

00:35:31Silence fell over the room.

00:35:33Then Callum exhaled through his nose,

00:35:35forced down his anger

00:35:36and ground out the words

00:35:36like they hurt.

00:35:37After dinner,

00:35:38I'll have Chester

00:35:39bring out the legacy book.

00:35:40I picked up my wine glass again

00:35:42and said nothing.

00:35:43Dinner ended,

00:35:43and I asked for the Hargrove legacy book,

00:35:45the family's hand-print record

00:35:46dating back to 1840.

00:35:47It dorted how the serpent gate

00:35:48was first sealed,

00:35:49and why.

00:35:50If the silver arrow

00:35:50was hidden somewhere on these grounds,

00:35:52there would be a trace of it

00:35:53in those pages.

00:35:54Callum's face tightened at once.

00:35:57It's a dusty old record book.

00:35:59You're here to deal with the curse,

00:36:01not dig through our family history.

00:36:03If I'm going to suppress

00:36:03what's down there,

00:36:04I need to know what caused it.

00:36:05The answer is in that book.

00:36:06Is that too hard

00:36:07for you to understand?

00:36:07He opened his mouth to argue,

00:36:09and Jenna let out

00:36:09a sharp little cry.

00:36:10Her elbow caught the wine bottle

00:36:11at the edge of the table.

00:36:11It tipped over

00:36:12and spilled half its contents

00:36:13across the tablecloth

00:36:14in a dark red wave.

00:36:15Servants rushed forward,

00:36:16and the moment broke apart.

00:36:17I'm so sorry.

00:36:18I'm so sorry.

00:36:19My hands are so shaky tonight.

00:36:20Callum leaned over

00:36:21and took her hands in his,

00:36:22checking them with a deep frown.

00:36:23You didn't cut yourself.

00:36:25It's just a bottle.

00:36:25It doesn't matter.

00:36:26Then he looked at me sideways,

00:36:27contempt clear in his eyes.

00:36:29All this over one old book?

00:36:30Did you really have to push that hard

00:36:31and scare her like that?

00:36:33What is this, an interrogation?

00:36:34I was not looking at him.

00:36:35Through the silver sight,

00:36:36I watched dark serpent energy

00:36:38pour from Jenna's sleeve

00:36:39and curl around the cabinet

00:36:40where the legacy book was kept

00:36:41like a hand pressing the door shut.

00:36:43She had not dropped the bottle

00:36:45because her hands were unsteady.

00:36:47She had dropped it

00:36:47to keep that cabinet closed.

00:36:49I raised one hand.

00:36:49A silver seal shot across the room

00:36:51and pinned the serpent energy

00:36:52flat against the cabinet doors.

00:36:53Jenna went white.

00:36:54Lucian walked to the cabinet,

00:36:55opened it without asking,

00:36:56and looked calmly

00:36:56at Chester in the corner.

00:36:57Chester, bring out the legacy book.

00:36:59Chester hesitated.

00:37:00Then he lowered his head,

00:37:00took the yellowed leather valium

00:37:01wooden box inside the cabinet,

00:37:03and held it out with both hands.

00:37:04I took it and opened it.

00:37:04I caught sight of the serpent brand

00:37:05running along the edge

00:37:06of Chester's sleeve.

00:37:07I filed it away.

00:37:08The first several pages

00:37:09of the legacy book

00:37:10had been cut out.

00:37:11Clean cuts.

00:37:12Blade cuts.

00:37:13Nothing old about them.

00:37:14Callum glanced over

00:37:15and dismissed it

00:37:15without missing a beat.

00:37:16It's a 150-year-old book.

00:37:17Pages go missing.

00:37:18That's not suspicious.

00:37:19That's time.

00:37:21Jenna stepped in right on cue.

00:37:23Exactly.

00:37:24Lady Rowena,

00:37:25the Hargroves have been

00:37:26a respectable family

00:37:26for generations.

00:37:27There's nothing to hide here.

00:37:29Don't you think you're reading

00:37:30too much into this?

00:37:30I ignored them both

00:37:31and bent over the torn edges,

00:37:32looking through the silver site.

00:37:34There it was,

00:37:34buried in the yellowed fringe,

00:37:36the faint silver glow

00:37:36of dried Whitmore blood,

00:37:38ancient and thin.

00:37:39Tangled through it

00:37:39was the serpent energy

00:37:40from the bracelet on Jenna's wrist,

00:37:42the exact same signature.

00:37:43She was the one

00:37:44who had cut out those pages.

00:37:45which meant she had known

00:37:46about the silver arrow all along.

00:37:47I was about to speak

00:37:49when the death mark

00:37:49on Callum's forehead split open.

00:37:52Serpent energy

00:37:52burst through his veins

00:37:53all at once

00:37:54and the whole study shook.

00:37:55From deep inside

00:37:56Hargrove Hall

00:37:57came a low, grinding sound,

00:37:58like something massive

00:37:59turning in its sleep.

00:38:01Callum's legs buckled.

00:38:02He caught the edge of a shelf,

00:38:03his face white,

00:38:04his teeth clenched,

00:38:05his breath coming in sharp pulls.

00:38:07Eleanor rushed across the room

00:38:09and grabbed my arm.

00:38:09Rowena, please,

00:38:11go tonight,

00:38:12you're the only one

00:38:12who can stop it.

00:38:13Please.

00:38:14I closed the legacy book.

00:38:15I'll enter Hargrove Hall tonight,

00:38:17but I'm going to question the serpent,

00:38:19not break the curse.

00:38:20Get that straight now.

00:38:21Then I turned to Jenna.

00:38:22My voice stayed calm,

00:38:23but every person in the room

00:38:24heard me one more thing.

00:38:25During the ritual tonight,

00:38:26Jenna does not come anywhere

00:38:26near the main hall.

00:38:27Her energy is corrupt.

00:38:28If she gets close,

00:38:29she'll provoke what's down there

00:38:30and the entire formation

00:38:31will collapse.

00:38:31This is not a request.

00:38:32It's a condition.

00:38:33The study went completely silent.

00:38:35Jenna blinked.

00:38:36Then her head lowered,

00:38:38and tears rolled down her face

00:38:39without a sound.

00:38:41Callum pushed himself up

00:38:42from the shelf,

00:38:43still pale and tight with pain,

00:38:45and turned on me at once.

00:38:46On what grounds?

00:38:47Jenna came all this way

00:38:48because she was worried about me.

00:38:49You don't get to throw her out

00:38:50in the cold

00:38:51just because you hate her.

00:38:52On the grounds that

00:38:52if I walk in tonight,

00:38:54you live.

00:38:55Callum stayed quiet,

00:38:55but it was not over.

00:38:57He steadied himself

00:38:58against the shelf

00:38:58and started again

00:38:59a few seconds later.

00:39:00Even if you have to

00:39:01enter the hall tonight,

00:39:02that does not give you

00:39:02the right to leave

00:39:03Jenna outside alone.

00:39:04She scares easily.

00:39:05What if something happens

00:39:06and you are not there?

00:39:07Are you going to take

00:39:07responsibility for that?

00:39:08Jenna's tears fell faster,

00:39:09but she still reached out

00:39:10and grabbed Callum's sleeve

00:39:11with both hands.

00:39:12Callum, please don't fight

00:39:13with Lady Rowena.

00:39:13This is my fault.

00:39:14I shouldn't have come.

00:39:15You go in and let her

00:39:16do what she needs to do.

00:39:17Don't worry about me.

00:39:17I'll wait outside.

00:39:18I just want you safe.

00:39:19That's all I want.

00:39:20Every word landed

00:39:21exactly where she wanted it to.

00:39:22Callum's chest rose

00:39:23and fell hard.

00:39:25Then he turned

00:39:25all that anger on me.

00:39:27You hear that?

00:39:28She's willing to stand

00:39:29out there alone in the dark

00:39:30just to make things

00:39:30easier for you.

00:39:31What kind of person are you?

00:39:33Jenna stays by the door tonight.

00:39:34No one is stopping her.

00:39:36I looked at them

00:39:37without anger.

00:39:37I was not even surprised.

00:39:39This was the same performance

00:39:41they had put on

00:39:41in my past life.

00:39:42Jenna cried,

00:39:43Callum exploded

00:39:44and every bit of blame

00:39:45in the room landed on me

00:39:46while they clung to each other.

00:39:48Perfectly timed.

00:39:49Perfectly practiced.

00:39:51I turned toward Hargrim Hall

00:39:53and spoke without looking back.

00:39:56Fine.

00:39:57Then keep your eyes open tonight.

00:40:00Whatever happens

00:40:01don't come crying to me.

00:40:04Behind me,

00:40:05I heard Callum murmur to Jenna.

00:40:07You're okay.

00:40:08I'm right here.

00:40:09I walked into the dark

00:40:10of Hargmite Hall

00:40:11without turning around.

00:40:12I already knew

00:40:13he would open that door

00:40:14for her when the time came.

00:40:15And the harder he fought

00:40:16to protect her tonight

00:40:16the worse the backlash

00:40:17would hit him.

00:40:18Midnight.

00:40:18The main hall of Hargrave Hall.

00:40:20The wind howled through the walls

00:40:21like something was trying

00:40:22to claw its way out.

00:40:23The old chandelier

00:40:24swung overhead,

00:40:25its candles throwing

00:40:26long crooked shadows

00:40:27across the room.

00:40:28The estate had gone still,

00:40:29except for the dull shiver

00:40:31that rolled up

00:40:31from beneath the floor

00:40:32every few minutes.

00:40:33Whatever had been sleeping

00:40:34down there

00:40:34was starting to wake.

00:40:35I stood in the center

00:40:36of the hall and focused.

00:40:37Whitmore blood

00:40:38ignited in my veins.

00:40:39Silver seals

00:40:40poured out of me

00:40:41in rings,

00:40:42spreading across the floor

00:40:43like a net of cold light

00:40:44pressing the serpent energy

00:40:45back into the walls

00:40:46and stone.

00:40:47Building a formation

00:40:48like this

00:40:49burned through

00:40:49everything I had.

00:40:50Power,

00:40:51focus,

00:40:52and sheer will.

00:40:53But I did not let it show.

00:40:55My hands were steady.

00:40:56My face was calm.

00:40:59Callum stood

00:40:59on the far side

00:41:00of the formation

00:41:01supported by

00:41:02the old butler.

00:41:03The death mark

00:41:04on his forehead

00:41:04pulsed blood red

00:41:05in the silver light.

00:41:06He was shaking,

00:41:07yet he still looked at me

00:41:08like he was doing me

00:41:09a favor by letting me help.

00:41:11How sure are you

00:41:12about this?

00:41:12I did not look at him,

00:41:14sure enough.

00:41:15A pause.

00:41:15I need more than questions.

00:41:17I need the death mark

00:41:18gone completely.

00:41:19Can you actually do that?

00:41:20I turned

00:41:21and looked at him

00:41:21properly for the first time.

00:41:23Callum,

00:41:23the only reason

00:41:24I'm standing in this room

00:41:25is because the silver arrow

00:41:26is here.

00:41:27Not because of you.

00:41:28Whether that mark

00:41:29comes off at all

00:41:31depends on whether

00:41:32the Hargroves start paying

00:41:33what they owe the Whitmans.

00:41:34We can discuss that later.

00:41:36He wanted to argue.

00:41:37Then the death mark

00:41:38tore at him again,

00:41:39and the sound

00:41:40that left his throat

00:41:41was not one he meant to make.

00:41:42He swallowed it down hard.

00:41:44Palm up.

00:41:45Catch the light

00:41:45from the core of the formation.

00:41:46Whatever you hear,

00:41:47whatever you see,

00:41:48do not move.

00:41:49This creature

00:41:50follows Hargrove blood.

00:41:51If you move,

00:41:51the backlash will bury you

00:41:52and I will not be able

00:41:52to pull you out.

00:41:53Callum raised his

00:41:54trembling right hand.

00:41:55This time,

00:41:56he said nothing.

00:41:57The last seal

00:41:57fell into place.

00:41:58The stone floor

00:41:59cracked with a deep,

00:42:01grinding boom

00:42:01that rose through

00:42:02the soles of my feet.

00:42:04The eternal flame

00:42:05in its copper lamp

00:42:06guttled

00:42:06until it was almost gone

00:42:07and the temperature dropped.

00:42:09So fast,

00:42:10it felt like the walls

00:42:11themselves

00:42:11were breathing out ice.

00:42:12The floor began to shake

00:42:14in small,

00:42:14rapid tremors.

00:42:15White mist bled up

00:42:17through the cracks,

00:42:18spreading low and thick

00:42:19across the ground,

00:42:20catching the faint silver light

00:42:21of my formation.

00:42:23Then,

00:42:23from the center

00:42:24of the mist,

00:42:25she came.

00:42:26Althea.

00:42:28A thousand-year-old serpent,

00:42:30white as bone,

00:42:31as large as a river dragon,

00:42:32with golden-slit eyes

00:42:33burning in the dark

00:42:34like two cold fires.

00:42:36Decades of rage,

00:42:37grief,

00:42:38and imprisonment

00:42:39moved through the air

00:42:40around her,

00:42:41like a physical force.

00:42:43The servants screamed.

00:42:46Eleanor collapsed

00:42:47to her knees.

00:42:48Callum made a sound

00:42:49he probably did not

00:42:50mean to make,

00:42:51as the death mark

00:42:52nearly tore itself open

00:42:53under the pressure

00:42:54of her presence.

00:42:55But when those golden eyes

00:42:57swept across the hall

00:42:58and found me,

00:42:59they stopped.

00:43:01She recognized something.

00:43:02The covenant.

00:43:04The silver light around me.

00:43:06Something older

00:43:07than her rage.

00:43:08Althea went still

00:43:09in a way she had not

00:43:10been still in years.

00:43:12Then she lowered her slowly,

00:43:14all the way to my feet.

00:43:15A low,

00:43:16grieving sound

00:43:17came from her throat,

00:43:18like a creature

00:43:19finally standing

00:43:20before the person

00:43:21it had been waiting for.

00:43:22No one in the room

00:43:22could speak.

00:43:24Callum's breathing

00:43:24was loud,

00:43:25raggled,

00:43:26and stunned.

00:43:27He had spent

00:43:27his whole life

00:43:28under the shadow

00:43:29of what she had done

00:43:30to his family.

00:43:31He had never expected

00:43:32to see her bow.

00:43:33I crouched

00:43:34and touched her scales.

00:43:35They were cold,

00:43:36smooth,

00:43:37and faintly luminous.

00:43:39Althea,

00:43:40I need to ask you something.

00:43:41The silver arrow,

00:43:43the one taken from

00:43:43the Whitmore family

00:43:44a hundred years ago

00:43:45and brought into this estate.

00:43:46Where is it?

00:43:47Her whole body convulsed.

00:43:48She reared halfway up,

00:43:50her great tail

00:43:50striking the stone floor.

00:43:52as she pointed deeper

00:43:53into the estate.

00:43:55Somewhere farther in,

00:43:56one more step,

00:43:58one answer,

00:43:59that was all

00:44:00it would have taken.

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00:44:09because we're divorced.

00:44:13What do you mean,

00:44:14divorce?

00:44:15The moment the woman

00:44:15overhears her husband

00:44:16telling them

00:44:17they are already divorced,

00:44:18she rushes over

00:44:19in disbelief

00:44:19to confront him.

00:44:20Just three days earlier,

00:44:21she was so distracted

00:44:22by a call

00:44:22with her first love

00:44:23that she signed

00:44:24the divorce papers

00:44:24without reading them.

00:44:25The man knew

00:44:26that his wife

00:44:26had been treating him

00:44:27as nothing more

00:44:28than a stand-in

00:44:28for her ex

00:44:29throughout the past

00:44:30five years.

00:44:31When she learned

00:44:31that her ex

00:44:32had returned to the country,

00:44:33she even moved him

00:44:34into their home

00:44:34and forced her husband

00:44:35to wait on them both.

00:44:36When the man was injured

00:44:37while trying to protect her,

00:44:38she ignored him

00:44:39to care for her ex

00:44:40who was feigning sickness.

00:44:42Unable to endure

00:44:42the situation any longer,

00:44:43he decided to leave.

00:44:45Welcome back, Hugo.

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00:45:25Five minutes!

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00:45:39I'm impressed

00:45:40with what I've seen.

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00:45:50You are the best

00:45:51of the best.

00:45:54Thank you, Sean.

00:45:56Sub leaves in one week.

00:45:58I want to see you lovely.

00:45:59I want to see you lovely.

00:46:09Four hundred and seventy-three missed calls.

00:46:11Hugo, where have you been?

00:46:13I've been worried sick.

00:46:14Please, just come home.

00:46:16Sheila does care not.

00:46:20Hugo, where are you?

00:46:21Hugo.

00:46:33Where have you been?

00:46:35You have absolutely no idea

00:46:37what I've been through.

00:46:38Sorry, there's no service

00:46:39on the submarine.

00:46:40I had to fire

00:46:41at least a dozen chefs

00:46:42because nobody understands

00:46:43my dietary restrictions

00:46:44like you do.

00:46:45So that's the way it is.

00:46:47You didn't miss me,

00:46:48you missed my smoothies.

00:46:50Hugo.

00:46:53I think it's time

00:46:55that you quit your job.

00:46:57You don't have to be

00:46:58a janitor anymore.

00:47:00You think I'm a janitor?

00:47:01Or whatever your title is.

00:47:03Just stay home.

00:47:04Take care of me.

00:47:06I'll increase your loans

00:47:07by eight percent.

00:47:08I promise you,

00:47:08you'll be so much happier.

00:47:10Your entitlement

00:47:11has made you blind, Sheila.

00:47:13No matter what you say,

00:47:14I will never give up

00:47:16on my dream again.

00:47:18Sheila,

00:47:20we're divorced.

00:47:22Why do you keep saying

00:47:23that silly little thing?

00:47:25Because we are.

00:47:26You signed the papers,

00:47:27it's official.

00:47:28I know.

00:47:29You're upset about Bryce.

00:47:30But he's gone now.

00:47:31No more bath time.

00:47:32So please,

00:47:33just forget this divorce fantasy

00:47:34and move back in with me.

00:47:36Oh, that reminds me.

00:47:38I got you something.

00:47:42Want to know what it is?

00:47:45Your very own

00:47:46have a helicopter!

00:47:47Ah!

00:47:51A helicopter?

00:47:53What good is a helicopter

00:47:55under the sea?

00:47:57Ah!

00:47:59Oh, man!

00:48:00Well, well, well,

00:48:01look who's come crawling back.

00:48:03Good to see you, Hugo.

00:48:05Looks like this place

00:48:06is going to get more crowded, huh?

00:48:08Oh, really?

00:48:09Why is that?

00:48:10Well, I've grown tired

00:48:11of the rich here.

00:48:11I thought I'd move back in.

00:48:12Oh, well,

00:48:14Hugo was just about

00:48:15to move back in.

00:48:16Oh, great!

00:48:17Well, plenty of room

00:48:18on the couch.

00:48:19Right, Hugo?

00:48:20Sheila,

00:48:20I saw the helicopter.

00:48:22Finally,

00:48:23you bought one for Bryce.

00:48:24What?

00:48:25You bought me a helicopter?

00:48:26What was one of those?

00:48:27Mom,

00:48:28why do you assume

00:48:29the helicopter is for Bryce?

00:48:31Well, it obviously

00:48:32isn't for Hugo.

00:48:33You don't even buy him

00:48:34a card on his birthday.

00:48:37Why is Hugo

00:48:37holding the keys?

00:48:40Those are worth

00:48:41more than your life.

00:48:42You can keep your gifts, Sheila.

00:48:44The sea is my home now.

00:48:46Hot diggity dog.

00:48:49It's fitting

00:48:50that you got me

00:48:50a helicopter, Sheila.

00:48:51Is that because

00:48:51of my special talents?

00:48:55Oh, this is so exciting, Bryce.

00:48:57Where are you going

00:48:58to take Sheila first?

00:48:58Oh, good question.

00:48:59I'm thinking Park City,

00:49:01maybe Catalina,

00:49:02maybe Barcelona.

00:49:03now?

00:49:06Yeah, um,

00:49:08please stop.

00:49:09Hugo is right here.

00:49:10Good point.

00:49:11Hugo,

00:49:12why don't you grab us

00:49:13a couple glasses of champagne?

00:49:14Actually, what do we need?

00:49:15Four?

00:49:15Celebrate.

00:49:16I want to christen my new chopper,

00:49:17Sir Reginald Jr.

00:49:19She met

00:49:20Sir Reginald Sr.

00:49:21last night.

00:49:23Well,

00:49:24on your way.

00:49:25Look at him.

00:49:27Just staring at us

00:49:28like an idiot.

00:49:29Can't even pour a glass

00:49:30of champagne

00:49:31for his queen.

00:49:36Laugh it up

00:49:36while you can.

00:49:37In one week,

00:49:38I'll be a deep sea explorer

00:49:39and out of your life forever.

00:49:49For five whole years,

00:49:52Sheila,

00:49:52you were my world.

00:49:54I would have done

00:49:55anything for you.

00:49:56But today,

00:49:57you'll get what

00:49:58you really want from me.

00:50:01A divorce.

00:50:13Happy anniversary.

00:50:18Now,

00:50:18you can be with

00:50:19your one true love.

00:50:26Yeah.

00:50:27Come for me, baby.

00:50:28Come for me, baby.

00:50:34Oh, my God.

00:50:36Yeah, yeah.

00:50:38Oh, Bryce!

00:50:40Oh!

00:50:42Oh!

00:50:43Oh!

00:50:45Oh!

00:50:45When we first met,

00:50:47I nursed you back to health.

00:50:49I cooked.

00:50:50I cleaned.

00:50:52I fumigated our home

00:50:53so you'd be safe

00:50:54from mold spores.

00:50:55No matter how perfect

00:50:57I made your life,

00:50:58it was never enough.

00:51:01It's clear now.

00:51:03Your perfect life

00:51:04doesn't include my love.

00:51:07One final night,

00:51:09and then I'll give you

00:51:10the sweetest gift of all.

00:51:12Freedom.

00:51:17Midnight,

00:51:18and you're still not home.

00:51:20Normally,

00:51:20I'd be worried sick,

00:51:22but I'm done

00:51:22waiting around for you.

00:51:25Yeah.

00:51:26I just got home.

00:51:27Sheila.

00:51:28Here.

00:51:29For me?

00:51:30Sheila,

00:51:30this is beautiful.

00:51:31Thank you for the shell,

00:51:33Bryce.

00:51:33It's Bryce again.

00:51:38Excuse me.

00:51:41Shooko,

00:51:42you clumsy fuck.

00:51:43Look what you just did.

00:51:45You were out with Bryce

00:51:46on our anniversary.

00:51:47My God,

00:51:48stop with this jealousy shit.

00:51:50I just went to the beach.

00:51:51Sheila,

00:51:52you have a deadly coral allergy.

00:51:53You can't just go.

00:51:54I know,

00:51:55I know,

00:51:55okay?

00:51:56It was just a moonlight skinny dip.

00:51:58Skinny dipping.

00:51:59You went to skinny dipping

00:52:00with Bryce tonight.

00:52:01We didn't want to get

00:52:02our clothes wet,

00:52:03okay?

00:52:04I could barely see a thing.

00:52:06I was like,

00:52:06I made you a cake.

00:52:10Oh my God,

00:52:11can I not get

00:52:11one fucking moment of peace?

00:52:13You were so goddamn annoying.

00:52:15And you know what?

00:52:15I'd fund your entire life.

00:52:17And if you didn't have me,

00:52:18you'd be a new buddy.

00:52:21No cake for nobodies.

00:52:23Thanks.

00:52:29I would be somebody

00:52:30if not for you.

00:52:32The ocean was to be my home.

00:52:34I was set to be

00:52:35the top deep sea explorer

00:52:36for sea lab.

00:52:40Set a course for the trench.

00:52:42Full speed ahead.

00:52:44Oh.

00:52:46You are in high marks

00:52:47and bravery.

00:52:48But sometimes

00:52:49dreams must

00:52:50take a backseat

00:52:51to duty.

00:52:54To duty.

00:52:56You'll marry

00:52:57my sick and feeble daughter?

00:53:00Perry.

00:53:01You rescued me

00:53:01from that orphanage

00:53:02when I was a kid.

00:53:03She was my first friend.

00:53:06No question.

00:53:09You're a good man, Hugo.

00:53:11But now it's all over

00:53:12and we can both be happy.

00:53:16Sheila,

00:53:16we need to talk.

00:53:18Can't.

00:53:18Late to you, Bryce.

00:53:23Sheila,

00:53:24you will have

00:53:25your whole life

00:53:26to be with Bryce.

00:53:28Come on, Hugo.

00:53:29Enough with this

00:53:30poor pitiful me shit.

00:53:32And

00:53:32where is my smoothie?

00:53:35We need to discuss this,

00:53:36Sheila.

00:53:37Hugo,

00:53:37you have one job

00:53:39and that's just to make

00:53:39my smoothie in the morning

00:53:40so I can be strong.

00:53:41Can you do nothing right?

00:53:43I...

00:53:45I...

00:53:46I...

00:53:46What?

00:53:47Like, hello?

00:53:48Can you fucking speak?

00:53:49Jesus.

00:53:49What are you moving about anyway?

00:53:51I promised your father

00:53:52I'd marry you.

00:53:54But it all ends today.

00:53:57Yeah.

00:53:59Hi, Ray.

00:54:05Here.

00:54:06I'll be right there.

00:54:07You know what?

00:54:08You just signed?

00:54:09I'm not signed.

00:54:10Don't sign.

00:54:10Who gives a shit, Hugo?

00:54:12Only if you can control

00:54:12your attitude.

00:54:14Sorry I'm late, Bryce.

00:54:15My so-called husband

00:54:16wouldn't make me a damn smoothie.

00:54:17If you need extra nutrition,

00:54:19I have something

00:54:19I can give you.

00:54:21Oh.

00:54:21So you're gonna give me

00:54:22what I need?

00:54:23Oh, yeah.

00:54:24It'll fill you up.

00:54:26Hear that?

00:54:27Bryce is gonna give me

00:54:28anything I want.

00:54:29Why can't you just be

00:54:29a little more like him?

00:54:31Is he now?

00:54:32Clearly that is just

00:54:33beyond you.

00:54:34You know,

00:54:35when my parents got divorced,

00:54:36Bryce spent years

00:54:37researching an entire

00:54:38shark species

00:54:38and he named it after me.

00:54:40Why can't you just do

00:54:41something like that?

00:54:42You think Bryce

00:54:44did that?

00:54:46I spent three years

00:54:48looking for that shark.

00:54:58This is the world's

00:54:59biggest shark.

00:55:03I'm gonna name it

00:55:04after my girl back home.

00:55:06Shalannis Amoris.

00:55:22Hugo Presley speaking.

00:55:24Hugo,

00:55:25James Doolittle,

00:55:26president of

00:55:27Sea Labs Enterprises.

00:55:28And we need

00:55:28the best.

00:55:30What is it?

00:55:31It's our most ambitious

00:55:31mission ever.

00:55:32Deep Sea,

00:55:33one year,

00:55:35zero contact.

00:55:36Are you in?

00:55:37I thought you'd never ask.

00:55:39So,

00:55:40you're in?

00:55:41Oh yeah.

00:55:42Outstanding.

00:55:43Your training starts

00:55:44in two days.

00:55:45But I've been out

00:55:45of the water

00:55:46for five years.

00:55:47How did you

00:55:47hear of me?

00:55:48Your father-in-law,

00:55:49Perry McGuire.

00:55:50Let us know

00:55:50you might be interested.

00:55:52Perry.

00:55:55Hugo,

00:55:56come on in.

00:55:57Have a seat.

00:55:58I hear congratulations

00:55:59in order.

00:56:01Perry,

00:56:01I can't thank you

00:56:02enough.

00:56:02Recommending you

00:56:03was the easy part.

00:56:04You're the right

00:56:05man for the job,

00:56:05Hugo.

00:56:06So what about

00:56:07Sheila?

00:56:09Hugo,

00:56:10remember when

00:56:11Bryce left

00:56:12my daughter?

00:56:14I just bought

00:56:15a castle out there.

00:56:16You see,

00:56:16give it a sniff,

00:56:17give it a little smell.

00:56:18The best of the best

00:56:19for you.

00:56:21Take that.

00:56:22Sheila,

00:56:23I really,

00:56:23I can't,

00:56:24I got a lot

00:56:24on my plate,

00:56:25so.

00:56:25Come on,

00:56:26ladies.

00:56:33My daughter's

00:56:34life could have

00:56:34ended that day.

00:56:38You marry my

00:56:38daughter,

00:56:39I'll pay you

00:56:40handsomely.

00:56:41I'm not in it

00:56:42for the money,

00:56:43Perry.

00:56:44I needed her

00:56:45and now she needs

00:56:46me.

00:56:52You agreeing

00:56:52to marry Sheila

00:56:53saved my

00:56:53daughter's life.

00:56:56Hugo,

00:56:56it's been

00:56:58five years

00:56:58since you

00:56:58made that

00:56:59selfless decision

00:56:59to marry

00:57:00my decrepit

00:57:01daughter.

00:57:02I think it's

00:57:02time for you

00:57:03to forge

00:57:03your new

00:57:04path,

00:57:04son.

00:57:05Are you

00:57:05sure that

00:57:06she will

00:57:06be okay?

00:57:08Listen,

00:57:09Sheila's

00:57:10mother cheated

00:57:10on me more

00:57:11than I can

00:57:11count.

00:57:12I just

00:57:12waited too

00:57:13long to

00:57:13divorce her.

00:57:14That was

00:57:15my mistake.

00:57:16I don't

00:57:16want you

00:57:17to repeat

00:57:17my mistake,

00:57:18Hugo.

00:57:19Your debt's

00:57:19been paid.

00:57:20And like

00:57:21mother,

00:57:21like daughter,

00:57:21Sheila's

00:57:22going to

00:57:22regret letting

00:57:22you go

00:57:23till the

00:57:23day she

00:57:23dies.

00:57:24I promise

00:57:25you that.

00:57:27You're a

00:57:27good man,

00:57:28Hugo.

00:57:29I'm proud

00:57:30of you.

00:57:33Thanks,

00:57:33Barry.

00:57:35What the fuck?

00:57:37Hugo,

00:57:38you worthless

00:57:39ass.

00:57:39I've been

00:57:40waiting at the

00:57:40door for five

00:57:41minutes.

00:57:42Is this you,

00:57:43Harriet?

00:57:44Don't talk

00:57:45back, you

00:57:46dickless

00:57:46troll.

00:57:47Without my

00:57:48money, you'd be

00:57:48living under a

00:57:49bridge, which

00:57:49is where you

00:57:50belong.

00:57:52Well, I was

00:57:52just living.

00:57:57What's this

00:57:58suitcase for?

00:57:59Tell me my

00:58:00daughter finally

00:58:01kicked your

00:58:02worthless butt

00:58:03to the curb.

00:58:04No, Harriet.

00:58:05Actually, I am

00:58:05wanted elsewhere.

00:58:08Where do you

00:58:09think you're

00:58:09going?

00:58:11You don't get

00:58:12to just milk

00:58:12my daughter for

00:58:13her money and

00:58:14not work for

00:58:15it.

00:58:15Oh, fuck.

00:58:20Shine my

00:58:20shoes, boy.

00:58:22Wait till you

00:58:23see what I

00:58:23have planned

00:58:24after for

00:58:24us.

00:58:27Why don't

00:58:28you do

00:58:28mine next,

00:58:29okay?

00:58:31Oh, um,

00:58:32don't tip him.

00:58:33That's my

00:58:33husband.

00:58:35Oh, my

00:58:36God, Hugo.

00:58:37I didn't even

00:58:37know.

00:58:37I thought you

00:58:38were the maid.

00:58:39Bryce.

00:58:42I'm so happy

00:58:43to hear you're

00:58:44moving in.

00:58:45Wait, what?

00:58:46Bryce is

00:58:47moving in?

00:58:48Yeah.

00:58:49Oh, quit

00:58:49sulking about it.

00:58:50It has nothing

00:58:50to do with you.

00:58:51It's my

00:58:52house, so

00:58:52I get to

00:58:53decide.

00:58:54Finally.

00:58:54Now Bryce

00:58:55and Sheila

00:58:55can be

00:58:56together.

00:58:57Oh.

00:58:58Well, I

00:58:58don't want to

00:58:59be a

00:58:59homewrecker.

00:59:00Wreck what?

00:59:01You're rich,

00:59:02successful,

00:59:02handsome.

00:59:03Unlike her

00:59:04dog of a

00:59:05husband, Hugo.

00:59:06Oh, Harriet,

00:59:07surely you're not

00:59:07calling Hugo a

00:59:08dog.

00:59:09Sheila's

00:59:09little bitch.

00:59:12Mom, Bryce.

00:59:14Oh, don't get

00:59:15upset.

00:59:15They're just

00:59:15teasing.

00:59:17Not upset.

00:59:18Not at all.

00:59:20Excuse me.

00:59:21Fleet, where

00:59:22are you going?

00:59:23Does it matter?

00:59:25Hugo, if you feel

00:59:26uncomfortable with me

00:59:27staying here, I can

00:59:27get a hotel.

00:59:28No, you're staying

00:59:29here because I could

00:59:31use the company.

00:59:32Sure.

00:59:34I can rent out one of

00:59:35those nice presidential

00:59:36suites we can try on

00:59:37the headboard.

00:59:39Hugo is the only one

00:59:40who should be going to

00:59:41a hotel.

00:59:42As you wish.

00:59:43Wait, Hugo, there's

00:59:46enough room in the

00:59:47house for both you

00:59:47and Bryce.

00:59:49Ah!

00:59:50Oh!

00:59:51Bryce!

00:59:52Bryce, are you

00:59:53okay?

00:59:54I'll be fine.

00:59:55It's just that first

00:59:57class really doesn't

00:59:57number on my back.

00:59:58Yeah, I understand.

01:00:00We'll handle that

01:00:00immediately.

01:00:02You know, go upstairs

01:00:03and run him an

01:00:04eff-suesal bath.

01:00:04Oh, thank you.

01:00:05Quickly.

01:00:07Well?

01:00:08Chop, chop.

01:00:09Bryce can run

01:00:10in his own bath.

01:00:11Why are you being

01:00:12so rude?

01:00:13Bryce is our guest

01:00:14and he's in pain

01:00:14for God's sake.

01:00:16It's not my problem.

01:00:18What is going

01:00:18into you?

01:00:20Sheila, it's okay.

01:00:21If I had to run

01:00:22my wife's eggs

01:00:22a bath, I'd be

01:00:23crying too.

01:00:24You was this

01:00:25piece of shit.

01:00:26You are not

01:00:26half the man, Bryce's.

01:00:28Oh, Harriet,

01:00:29don't worry about it.

01:00:30Sheila knows how

01:00:31to fix my back

01:00:31right now.

01:00:33You know what

01:00:33would really fix

01:00:34my back?

01:00:36Taking my two

01:00:37ladies to a

01:00:38reservation at

01:00:39La Ritzia.

01:00:42How did you get

01:00:43a table?

01:00:44I pulled a few

01:00:45strings.

01:00:47Hugo can come

01:00:48too.

01:00:48Yeah, we can

01:00:49get him a spot

01:00:50at the bar.

01:00:53Wonderful.

01:00:54Thank you so much, Bryce.

01:00:57Give me your

01:00:58what, bitch?

01:01:01Sheila, what?

01:01:02Oh, shit.

01:01:04Oh, shit.

01:01:06Oh, shit.

01:01:07Oh, shit.

01:01:15Bryce, call the police.

01:01:17That's a pretty

01:01:18brave thing you did

01:01:19there, Hugo.

01:01:21It's too bad I can't

01:01:22let you be the hero.

01:01:25Oh, does that hurt?

01:01:26Does that hurt?

01:01:28You're almost as tight

01:01:29as your wife.

01:01:33Oh, shit.

01:01:33Go, son of a bitch

01:01:34got me!

01:01:35Bryce, oh my god.

01:01:36Oh my god.

01:01:37Oh my god.

01:01:37It's Bryce, are you okay?

01:01:37What happened?

01:01:38I tried to find out the

01:01:39mugger, but he cut me.

01:01:40I should have just ran away

01:01:41like Hugo.

01:01:42Fine.

01:01:44Coward!

01:01:44You abandoned Bryce

01:01:45and almost got him killed?

01:01:46Fuck, I've been stabbed.

01:01:48Hugo, do you mind?

01:01:50Bryce got hurt trying to

01:01:51protect us.

01:01:52Jesus Christ!

01:01:53Hugo, you can walk

01:01:54to the hospital.

01:01:55Bryce, look at all this

01:01:56blood.

01:01:57God.

01:01:58If I die, I'm just happy

01:02:00I could have saved you.

01:02:01Shut up.

01:02:02No, no, no, no, no, no, no,

01:02:03let me die.

01:02:04Hugo, call the ambulance

01:02:05right now.

01:02:06Bryce, go, go, go, go.

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01:02:12Hugo.

01:02:13No, no, no, no, no, no,

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01:02:15No, no, no, no, no, no.

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