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00:00:06Long live, my king!
00:00:08Your Majesties, Count White has wiped out the remaining enemy forces and is waiting outside the palace!
00:00:19Your Majesties...
00:00:21Father...
00:00:22Guards, seize him.
00:00:25What? Your Majesty?
00:00:27Your Majesty, why?
00:00:29Count White secretly raised an army with the intent to rebel. His crime is punishable by death.
00:00:34How dare you!
00:00:35I have been wronged, Your Majesty!
00:00:37Execute him here.
00:00:41Your Majesty! My father spent years helping you take the throne! He has been loyal to you every step of
00:00:47the way! He would never betray you!
00:00:58My father won battle after battle! The people loved him! Why?!
00:01:04That is exactly why I have to kill you both.
00:01:19Achoo!
00:01:22Give her some space. Don't crowd the patient.
00:01:24How are you feeling? You choked on water earlier. Can you breathe normally?
00:01:32I really didn't mean to! Healy pushed me first! I panicked and tried to get away and she slipped into
00:01:40the pool by herself!
00:01:41This isn't the first time she's bullied you! I seriously don't know what Grandma sees in her! She's only here
00:01:45to ruin my brother's life!
00:01:46Enough! You're disturbing the patient!
00:01:50Is this not the palace? Young lady, where am I? And what is that treasure hanging from the ceiling? It
00:01:57shines brighter than the grandest diamond in the palace!
00:01:58Yes, the patient still isn't fully conscious.
00:02:02Insolence! I am the queen of a kingdom! How dare you!
00:02:13Healy, you pushed Caroline into the water. It's clear as day on the security footage. You have the nerve to
00:02:18do it, but not to admit it?
00:02:20Healy, I've told you very clearly. I'm done with these little games.
00:02:24What is security footage? And where did all of you strange people in bizarre clothes come from? What on earth
00:02:29happened? I was just in the palace!
00:02:31What are you trying to pull this time?
00:02:34Palace, huh? Too many period dramas?
00:02:37Your Majesty, it is March 13, 2024, 3.27 in the afternoon US time.
00:02:41What is 2024?
00:02:43And what is the US?
00:02:45Austin, has your wife lost her mind?
00:02:48Wife?
00:02:51Where exactly am I?
00:02:53And who are these people?
00:02:56I'm telling you.
00:03:00Austin is going to divorce you soon.
00:03:02I am the one who should be Mrs. Clark.
00:03:05Table mistress! Keep dreaming!
00:03:07Austin will never divorce me!
00:03:09Go to hell!
00:03:21So this man is my husband now?
00:03:23Healy, why did you come downstairs yourself?
00:03:31I apologize for troubling you earlier.
00:03:36Healy, I didn't mean to hurt you earlier, but you pushed me first.
00:03:40I am speaking.
00:03:41Since when does a mere mistress speak out of turn?
00:03:44Have you no sense of pariety?
00:03:52I- I- I'll leave before Healy misunderstands me again.
00:04:06What kind of game are you playing now?
00:04:08How long was I unconscious?
00:04:10Half a day or so.
00:04:12Half a day?
00:04:12I've made up my mind.
00:04:13We should get divorced.
00:04:15Take a look.
00:04:16And don't ever humiliate Miss Smith like that again.
00:04:19I can actually read these words?
00:04:22I am a queen, and I am being divorced.
00:04:25What are you smiling at?
00:04:27Nothing.
00:04:28This is a matter of great import.
00:04:29We must deliberate thoroughly, must we not?
00:04:31You-
00:04:32Good.
00:04:33Seeing the two of you so in love puts my mind at ease.
00:04:36Grandma, this is between us.
00:04:38Please stop getting involved.
00:04:39What?
00:04:39I can't get involved now?
00:04:42Of course you can.
00:04:43You're our elder.
00:04:44We should listen to you.
00:04:45You?
00:04:47Healy, your talent for pretending hasn't changed at all.
00:04:50Shut your mouth, young man.
00:04:51No one in the Clark family divorces his wife.
00:04:53You two are attending the charity auction together tomorrow.
00:04:56Fine.
00:04:56I'll walk you back to your room.
00:04:58Please, just leave this alone.
00:05:20This must be the well for washing one's face.
00:05:31Hello, Dr. Lee.
00:05:33It's about Mrs. Clark.
00:05:35You.
00:05:36What are you doing here?
00:05:38I-I-I am making a phone call.
00:05:40Hello?
00:05:41Is this some form of sorcery?
00:05:43A voice from leagues away?
00:05:45A phone call is incredible!
00:05:48New archaeological of the Queen of the FK Kingdom is perfectly reserved, but it is completely empty.
00:05:53So I traveled from a thousand years ago into the body of someone in this era, who has the same
00:05:59name and face as me?
00:06:05Tonight?
00:06:08I was rude to your Angela bitch earlier.
00:06:10That was my fault.
00:06:11Are you finished?
00:06:13I am.
00:06:17Choose one of these for tonight's auction.
00:06:21When you have time, make an appointment with a psychiatrist.
00:06:25What is a psychiatrist?
00:06:29It seems you don't know either.
00:06:37Showing this much of the arms and legs?
00:06:39Completely improper!
00:06:46This one will do.
00:06:52A man should be patient when waiting for his wife.
00:06:58Mrs. Clark.
00:07:00Austin?
00:07:01Austin, you know I don't like events like this, but my family insists that I go, so I-
00:07:05Mr. Seduces married man and gets her legs broken.
00:07:07Grandma, your phone is upside down.
00:07:11Oh, so you can see it.
00:07:12I guess you're not blind after all.
00:07:24Oh my!
00:07:25My granddaughter-in-law is absolutely beautiful!
00:07:28Healy, you really dressed up for this.
00:07:30May I come to the auction with you tonight?
00:07:32Of course.
00:07:33As long as you remember who you are at all times and don't overstep.
00:07:41Why are you upset?
00:07:43I'm saying this for your own good.
00:07:48Is something wrong?
00:07:49No, no, nothing at all.
00:07:50I have a gift for you, dear.
00:07:52Here, take it.
00:07:57Nancy, this...
00:07:59My granddaughter-in-law looks beautiful in anything.
00:08:05Austin, it's getting late.
00:08:06The audition is about to start.
00:08:08Grandma, we're running out of time.
00:08:10We really have to go.
00:08:35What is this thing?
00:08:44What an ingenious mechanism.
00:08:46I walked for so long, yet I am still trapped inside it.
00:08:55Mr. Clark, as the host of such a high-profile charity auction, what inspired this event?
00:09:02No comment.
00:09:18Good thing I studied how to handle occasions like this on the phone.
00:09:22Since when did she become so poised and graceful?
00:09:30Miss Smith, are you all right?
00:09:32Should I have someone take you home?
00:09:34I'm fine.
00:09:35I can manage.
00:09:40Let me help you up.
00:09:54Next, our first item.
00:09:56The opening bid is 10 million.
00:09:5815 million.
00:09:5920 million.
00:10:01Healy, you don't come to events like this very often, do you?
00:10:04The Clark family is hosting this charity auction.
00:10:06If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me.
00:10:09Then I appreciate it.
00:10:14Next is a ruby necklace.
00:10:15According to expert appraisal, it was worn by Ancient Lotility a thousand years ago.
00:10:20It features an extraordinarily rare ruby.
00:10:23Father.
00:10:27Healy, my dear.
00:10:28This is your coming-of-age gift.
00:10:30You're growing up now.
00:10:33Thank you, Father.
00:10:41Father, I want to marry Louis and help him become king.
00:10:45I want to be queen.
00:10:49Thank you, Father.
00:10:51I want to marry Louis and help him become king.
00:10:52I want to be queen.
00:10:52I want to marry Louis and help him become king.
00:11:02You like that necklace?
00:11:05I bid 30 million.
00:11:09Darling!
00:11:10Huh?
00:11:10What did you just call me?
00:11:12I love that necklace.
00:11:13Could you lend me the money?
00:11:14No matter how much it costs, I will pay you back someday.
00:11:17Pay me back?
00:11:18With what?
00:11:19Don't tell me you're planning to use your body.
00:11:2250 million!
00:11:25Let me be reckless just this once, darling.
00:11:28100 million!
00:11:29My husband bids.
00:11:32Very well.
00:11:34Mr. and Mrs. Clark have bid 100 million.
00:11:36Any further bids?
00:11:37100 million once.
00:11:39100 million twice.
00:11:40100 million three times sold!
00:11:43Austin?
00:11:44Miss Smith, what is so special about that necklace?
00:11:47It doesn't suit you at all.
00:11:48But I...
00:11:48I like it too.
00:11:54Truly.
00:11:54This necklace means so much to me.
00:12:00If you want to thank me, say it after you've paid back the 100 million.
00:12:04It seems I need to find a way to make money.
00:12:07Next lot up for auction.
00:12:08Our first item.
00:12:09I need to use the waste room.
00:12:1010 million.
00:12:18My precious little thing.
00:12:21A thousand years have passed.
00:12:22Is there a reason you have appeared now?
00:12:31Caroline, you don't look well.
00:12:32Are you feeling unwell?
00:12:33Healy, no one is here.
00:12:35You can stop pretending.
00:12:37Oh?
00:12:37Is that so?
00:12:38You are always pretending to be weak and pitiful.
00:12:41I thought you enjoyed acting with me.
00:12:43You actually made Austin spend 100 million on that piece of junk?
00:12:46Are you insane?
00:12:47As the young Mrs. Clark, I don't believe I need your approval to buy a little trinket.
00:12:53You...
00:12:53You shameless broke nobody!
00:12:57Oh my.
00:12:58Oh my.
00:13:02Goodness.
00:13:03It seems mistress really have no shame.
00:13:06Standing in front of the actual wife, who do you think you are?
00:13:09For Austin's sake, I won't stoop to your level.
00:13:12At most, you are nothing more than a lowly servant.
00:13:20I see.
00:13:24I have lived two lives as a queen.
00:13:26And this is the first time I have ever been struck by a lowly mistress.
00:13:47What do you think you're doing?
00:13:50I'm the Smith family's daughter.
00:13:52You wouldn't dare lay a hand on me!
00:13:55Oh?
00:14:01The Smith family's daughter?
00:14:03You're asking for it.
00:14:12Austin, help me!
00:14:18Apologies.
00:14:20Merely handling a minor nuisance.
00:14:25Okay.
00:14:27What just went past me?
00:14:29That...
00:14:29That was Mrs. Clark.
00:14:36Aren't you going to explain?
00:14:40It is exactly as you see it.
00:14:49Take her to the hospital.
00:14:55Click to watch the full episode.
00:14:58I could finally focus on the ballet premiere I had dreamed of for so long.
00:15:05I will dance for him.
00:15:07I will bury him.
00:15:09Isabella, you can barely stand.
00:15:11Just recover first.
00:15:13Please.
00:15:23Ladies and gentlemen, behold the pharaoh's favored concubine.
00:15:27Ravishing in life, untouched by time and death.
00:15:30Please keep your voices low and do not approach the glass.
00:15:38Isabella, please.
00:15:40I have a bad feeling about this.
00:15:41Can we just go?
00:15:42Are you insane?
00:15:43The entire city is lining up for this mummy.
00:15:45I'm not missing my shot.
00:15:48See those guys in the photo?
00:15:49All dead now.
00:15:50God, so the pharaoh's curse is real?
00:15:52No matter how ridiculous it sounds, some fool will buy it.
00:15:58Isabella, stop.
00:15:59It's no photo allowed.
00:16:02The whole city is obsessed with mummies.
00:16:05One photo, I'll be the talk of the town.
00:16:10Disturb the pharaoh's rest, and curse shall follow thee.
00:16:14Those words, I saw them in mum's notes once.
00:16:17How would he know that?
00:16:21Disturb the pharaoh's rest, and curse shall follow thee.
00:16:30Who's the way out of that card?
00:16:32Who's the way out of that card?
00:16:40Disturb the pharaoh's rest, and curse shall follow thee.
00:16:44Shut up, you freak!
00:16:46I'm sick of all this crazy bullshit!
00:16:47I'm taking the damn picture!
00:16:49Isabella, please.
00:16:51Just put it down.
00:16:52You don't have to tempt faith.
00:16:55Ladies and gentlemen, if we could move to the next gallery, we're closing this wing.
00:17:00There.
00:17:01What are you going to do about it now?
00:17:07Hey!
00:17:08No photos here.
00:17:10Miss, I must ask you to hand over that camera.
00:17:12What the hell is wrong with you?
00:17:14It's just one little photo.
00:17:16What's the big deal?
00:17:17Museum policy, miss.
00:17:18This is a Leica.
00:17:20The latest model.
00:17:21Isabella, please.
00:17:23Costs more than whatever you make in a year.
00:17:25Go ahead.
00:17:25Try me.
00:17:26Isabella, stop.
00:17:27Just give it to him.
00:17:29Oh, what?
00:17:30You're pissed because mum and dad got me this, and not you.
00:17:32Is that it?
00:17:33My mum told me,
00:17:34anyone who disturbs the pharaoh's rest will be cursed.
00:17:42Shut up, Solis!
00:17:44Don't you dare bring up that crazy woman again!
00:17:49And you!
00:17:50In on this together, huh?
00:17:51A filthy beggar and a pathetic bat.
00:17:53You two really are a perfect match.
00:17:55I'm warning you one last time.
00:17:57Give it to me.
00:17:58Right now!
00:17:59Don't touch me!
00:18:00I'm Isabella Vanderwoot.
00:18:01Half the textile industry belongs to my family.
00:18:04Who the hell do you think you...
00:18:06You want me to starve?
00:18:08Then stop me!
00:18:15She's been waiting thousands of years.
00:18:18Finally, she has found a new body.
00:18:26Lord Ashford, heart stopped the day they opened the tomb.
00:18:30Claimed by the plague on the return voyage.
00:18:33Governor 15.
00:18:35House fire.
00:18:36No survivors.
00:18:38Fell down the stairs.
00:18:39Neck snapped.
00:18:41It's the photo!
00:18:43Everyone who took a photo with that mummy is dead.
00:18:45The curse stays in the dark...
00:18:47Until the film finds a light.
00:18:50She's been waiting thousands of years.
00:18:52Finally, she has found a new body.
00:18:54The film!
00:18:55I have to get the film before it's developed.
00:19:16Isabella, that photo, it can't be developed!
00:19:21Dad!
00:19:22Celeste trying to destroy my camera!
00:19:24No, you don't understand.
00:19:25There's a curse!
00:19:27A what?
00:19:28Look!
00:19:29Every person who took a photo with the mummy is dead!
00:19:33Stop making up those crazy stories!
00:19:36It's the mother's blood, Lawrence.
00:19:38Always obsessing over the grave.
00:19:40It's only a matter of time before she needs permanent care.
00:19:44Back to your room, Celestia.
00:19:46This is ridiculous!
00:19:49No, can't let it.
00:19:54It's over.
00:19:55The curse stops here.
00:19:58Oh, darling.
00:19:59You really think I'd leave the most important shot of my life sitting in a box?
00:20:03The photos have already been printed out this afternoon, you little fool.
00:20:15It's the man.
00:20:16You must know something.
00:20:21Have you seen a man with a black cat?
00:20:23Ah, we got plenty, honey.
00:20:25Come here and I'll show you something better.
00:20:41Looking for me.
00:20:47Death upright.
00:20:48The curse has begun.
00:20:50That photo is an invitation.
00:20:51Her life for the mummy's vanity.
00:20:53Her body will waste away.
00:20:55Her hair will fall.
00:20:57Her skin will rot.
00:20:58And then...
00:20:59And then what?
00:21:00Every eye that sees the photo pulls the mummy closer.
00:21:04Step by step.
00:21:06Until she's hollow.
00:21:07Then the mummy moves in.
00:21:09Destroy the photo now.
00:21:11She might still have a chance.
00:21:14Who are you?
00:21:15How do you know all this?
00:21:22I have to stop Isabella before more people see that photo.
00:21:25Extra!
00:21:26Vanderbott Harris stuns New York with mummy photo!
00:21:30Manhattan's very own Cleopatra awakens!
00:21:33Extra!
00:21:33Read all about it.
00:21:35Hey!
00:21:38No.
00:21:43Told you.
00:21:45One photo and I'm the queen of Manhattan.
00:21:47Oh my darling, you are the toast of Manhattan right now.
00:21:51You published the photo in the papers?
00:21:53You have to pull it!
00:21:55Now!
00:21:56Poor thing.
00:21:58The whole city is talking about me now.
00:22:00It must be killing you.
00:22:03Go back to the laundry room.
00:22:05That's where you belong.
00:22:09Every paper.
00:22:11Her photo with the mummy.
00:22:13Everywhere.
00:22:14The curse didn't come.
00:22:15Not like I feared.
00:22:17If anything, she became New York's darling.
00:22:28Isabella, you're perfect for the lead in Cleopatra.
00:22:31No one else even comes close.
00:22:33My girl was born to be a movie star.
00:22:37Selyse said that photo would bring bad luck.
00:22:39Well, look at me now.
00:22:41New York is at my feet.
00:22:46Still clutching this rag?
00:22:48You're actually planning to wear that to the ballet premiere?
00:22:50It's the only one that still fits.
00:22:54Of course it is.
00:22:55I'm on billboards all over New York now.
00:22:57You'll never have a life like this.
00:23:06Keep going.
00:23:08I need to be perfect.
00:23:11You're barely breathing, baby.
00:23:13I don't care.
00:23:14I want every woman to hate me for how slim I am.
00:23:19No matter what I say, they just call me jealous.
00:23:22But don't they see it?
00:23:23She looks like a corpse now.
00:23:28The gypsy said it's a trade.
00:23:31Isabella is withering away.
00:23:34And the money...
00:23:39Just a dream.
00:23:41But that rotting smell...
00:23:43Why was it so real?
00:23:51What is that stench?
00:23:52I'm drowning in Chanel and I still...
00:23:54That smell?
00:23:55Maybe it's coming from her.
00:23:56That's it!
00:23:57I'm done!
00:24:05Isabella, sweetheart.
00:24:07Don't be upset.
00:24:08Look what I got you.
00:24:10The serpent queen's kiss?
00:24:12Only a real queen gets the real thing.
00:24:14Here, let me.
00:24:22Don't!
00:24:27That thing's cursed!
00:24:28It's stolen from the pharaoh's tomb!
00:24:30Take what is not yours and death will follow!
00:24:32Jesus, Zalouse!
00:24:33You again?
00:24:34No wonder it stinks around here.
00:24:35It's...
00:24:36Bitch!
00:24:37You really think posing with a mummy makes you an actress?
00:24:39That's my role.
00:24:40Your role?
00:24:41You're already washed up, you hag!
00:24:52What happened?
00:24:54The curse has begun.
00:24:58The hair.
00:24:59It wasn't ripped out.
00:25:00It was like it had already died on her head.
00:25:02It's just...
00:25:03The diet.
00:25:04I've been pushing too hard for the shoot.
00:25:07That's all this is.
00:25:08Her body will waste away.
00:25:10Her hair will fall.
00:25:11Her skin will rot.
00:25:12Step by step.
00:25:14Until she's hollow.
00:25:22Look, that's the Cleopatra.
00:25:24God, she's stunning.
00:25:25Yeah.
00:25:25But, I don't know.
00:25:27She looks like a corpse.
00:25:33Almost gone.
00:25:34It's just a bruise.
00:25:37Get off me!
00:25:38Get off me!
00:25:41Isabella?
00:25:42Mom asked me to tidy up in there.
00:25:44Get lost, Celeste!
00:25:45You just want to see me like this, don't you?
00:25:47Sweetheart, you look so pale.
00:25:49Maybe we should have someone take a look at you.
00:25:53I'm tired!
00:25:54That's it!
00:25:55I just need to sleep!
00:25:56Leave me alone!
00:25:58Leave me alone!
00:26:02What is this?
00:26:06First the weight, then the hair, now the rot, the gypsy's words.
00:26:09They're all coming true.
00:26:11Curse, it's real.
00:26:15What the hell is happening to your hair?
00:26:17That curse, it's real.
00:26:19Well, shut up!
00:26:20I said I'm just exhausted!
00:26:23Fine.
00:26:24No more shoots, no more movies.
00:26:25Is that what you want?
00:26:27Get out!
00:26:38Isabella?
00:26:40I'm sorry!
00:26:41Isabella, wake up!
00:26:47She was here.
00:26:48She dragged me into her tomb.
00:26:50She's going to replace me.
00:26:52Nobody's here.
00:26:53You were choking yourself.
00:26:54Just a nightmare.
00:26:55Baby, come stay.
00:26:57Stay with me tonight.
00:26:59Isabella never calls me baby.
00:27:00It's not her.
00:27:04This is the gypsy's cat.
00:27:09Get that damn cat out of here!
00:27:12He sent you here?
00:27:41Is he really an exorcist?
00:27:43Or something worse than the curse?
00:27:46Who's there?
00:27:57It's you.
00:27:59Not a good idea to be downtown alone at midnight?
00:28:03It's Isabella.
00:28:05Her hair, her weight.
00:28:07Everything you said.
00:28:08It's all happening.
00:28:09she took something that wasn't hers beauty fame attention the pharaoh demands balance
00:28:17take what is not yours and doom will follow my mother used to say the same thing who are you
00:28:31even the pharaoh bow to us now come on everyone
00:28:37let's show this mummy who rules the world now stop it stop it the pharaoh demands balance
00:28:46take what is not yours and doom will follow helena really next you'll tell me the dead
00:28:51can crawl out of their tombs and attack us
00:28:58your mother saved me once i offer this for her sake the pharaoh demands balance
00:29:03blood for blood vanity for mercy your sister has to return shave her head before the mummy
00:29:10and beg that's her last chance sacrifice her beauty no way
00:29:24so the one who saved your life how are you going to pay it back
00:29:29i'm talking about bastide if she hadn't showed up you'd be dead by now
00:29:44thank you pastor
00:29:50it's a full moon tonight your sister must return to the sarcolicus offer her vanity to the pharaoh
00:29:56only then might the curse be lifted
00:29:57get me out of here her her heartbeat she can't be human
00:30:04find another doctor now i don't care how much it costs
00:30:09my poor girl what is happening to her
00:30:13my face
00:30:14what is
00:30:16tabella come with me tonight is your only chance to survive
00:30:26i'm going to be a nut you two are disgusting
00:30:30my stepsister wendy liddell drugged my childhood friend
00:30:33here connor drink this it'll help you relax
00:30:43you stay here with him willow after all you've always wanted him haven't you
00:30:49what are you doing
00:30:51what are you doing
00:30:59willow it hurts
00:31:03i'm here connor
00:31:06wendy ran off and married a cruel mafia doom
00:31:09i got pregnant at that point he started to despise me during the 10 long years of marriage
00:31:15he treated me and our son coldly
00:31:18but during when i next opened my eyes i found that i had gone back in time
00:31:23willow i had traveled back to the night when wendy had drugged connor and locked me in his room
00:31:27help me willow in the previous timeline i spent the night with him
00:31:37i'm going to be a nut you are disgusting
00:31:39no
00:31:41after we stopped her from doing that
00:31:43she married a mafia don in her ass
00:31:45soon after that she passed away in an accident
00:31:48after i got pregnant connor married me out of a sense of responsibility
00:31:53i'll marry you willow it's the right thing to do
00:31:55all along his marriage is just a duty
00:31:58don't expect him less than me
00:32:01help me help me
00:32:04after all in the previous timeline he had sacrificed himself to save me
00:32:09i had to pay him back for that the antidote and cold water have helped him regain some of his
00:32:14senses
00:32:17where's wendy don't worry the driver has sent her home good about tonight don't worry i won't tell
00:32:24anyone what happened
00:32:26besides we didn't do anything right
00:32:30from the time i was a child i loved chasing after him and calling his name
00:32:35i was his biggest admirer
00:32:37but now everything has changed
00:32:49connor isn't feeling well please come take care of him
00:33:04didn't connor ask you to stay sis
00:33:08don't call me that
00:33:14i'm only calling you that because i pity you
00:33:17so what if you're the oldest daughter of the litter family
00:33:22you were practically wrapped up in a bow and presented before him tonight
00:33:27but you weren't even worth being his outlet for release
00:33:32you can't beat me i'm not interested in beating you at anything
00:33:39everything you have you got from me
00:33:55willow what have you done to your sister how dare you bully her again
00:34:02willow how long will you act so petrally all these years you've never given me a day of peace
00:34:12peace ever since she and her mother came into this house and forced my mother to her death
00:34:17this family was never destined for peace
00:34:24i'll fulfill the marriage agreement with that mafia don in her rack
00:34:30i've already written my name on the document you don't have to think up ways to get me to go
00:34:35the mafia and her rack was very powerful however he was unwilling to let his precious younger
00:34:39daughter marry its dawn whose past three wives had all died
00:34:44dad willow doesn't really want to marry him and go all the way to her rack
00:34:49i saw her drugging connor with my own eyes last night i spent the night in the same room
00:34:57how shameless can you be you signed the marriage agreement yet you're still trying to cling to connor
00:35:03he glared at me before going inside when he came back out his expression had lost the urgency of
00:35:09before he came by my side willow i know your mother and mine had made a marriage agreement between us
00:35:14but i can't marry you right now i can't let wendy go to her rack i scoffed internally he did
00:35:20not seem
00:35:20to know that i was the one going room overseas to fulfill that marriage agreement if she doesn't go then
00:35:26i
00:35:26have to i will plead the case to mr lidler the gordon family will also do its best to find
00:35:33a way out
00:35:33of this marriage agreement connor looked at the document in my hand and suddenly laughed willow
00:35:39were you trying to beg your father to make me marry you he must have made you come out here
00:35:44because
00:35:44he's so troubled right now go inside once i make sure wendy is safe i'll marry you as agreed you
00:35:51no
00:35:51longer have to worry right here after saying this connor turned to look at me tenderly and patted the
00:35:56back of my hand gently he behaved just as he had when he was a boy perhaps he may have
00:36:01liked me as we
00:36:01grew up together however we would inevitably torment each other and run into bad ends
00:36:09you don't have to worry about me i moved away from his touch connor frowned and grabbed the document
00:36:14for me to take a peek what are you talking about willow haven't i worried about you plenty growing up
00:36:18that was true our mother but it was long past time that i woke up from my daydreams
00:36:24we're all grown up now connor this time we'll all get what we want what are you talking about
00:36:30the marriage agreement is set in stone who else would you marry i looked at him silently in this
00:36:35timeline i would be the one to even though i knew that everything in the previous timeline would only
00:36:39end in pain and heartbreak the love and trust i felt for connor was not so easily vanquished
00:36:45in the end i could not stand the heat of the day and fainted willow
00:36:54willow
00:36:57before i fully lost consciousness i saw connor worriedly pull me into his embrace
00:37:04when i woke up i smelled the hospital's disinfectants connor was sleeping in a chair beside the bed
00:37:10a hand rested on the corner of my blanket as i looked at him in that state i would have
00:37:16believed
00:37:16that he really loved me too if not for his last words in the previous timeline as if he could
00:37:22sense
00:37:23that i had woken up connor quickly awakened as well what's the matter with you i was just telling you
00:37:31to
00:37:31chill out and you fainted from the heat don't you know your body's always been weak connor yeah do you
00:37:39remember the amusement park we always went to as children i looked at him and smiled take me there
00:37:47one more time please connor looked a little displeased why are you talking like that we can go as many
00:37:53times as you want after we get married in the future there's no more future for us surely it would
00:38:01be a huge surprise to him when wendy marries him let's go this evening i feel fine now all right
00:38:09just
00:38:10this once after that i still need to deal with that marriage agreement between your family and the mafia
00:38:16and harack connor did not stay long he returned to the office to handle some matters after making
00:38:22arrangements to meet at the antique me amused rentrance of the amusement park i went back to
00:38:27my apartment to pack up some things i looked around the empty room no one will miss me here
00:38:33after my mother died dad took wendy and her mother to little manor i moved out before wendy showed up
00:38:40connor would make me a carved figurine every year for my birthday these figurines came in various shapes
00:38:45one was a dog i used to own and some others were delicate bouquets of flowers there was even one
00:38:50of my mother and myself this only lasted until my 18th birthday when wendy was taken in from then on
00:38:57the figurines went to wendy the gifts i got were half-hearted things his assistant bought
00:39:04i kept the figurine of my mother and myself on my person the rest were shipped off
00:39:12mom i only have you left after it was all done i stood at the rendezvous and waited for connor
00:39:18but
00:39:18even after all the lights were turned off at the amusement park connor still did not show up there were
00:39:23also no messages or calls on my phone it started to rain but i did not have an umbrella with
00:39:29me
00:39:30i also did not have a driver to pick me up he stood me up again
00:39:39the rain soaked my clothes and drouched my hair
00:39:43i took one last look at the amusement park behind me the place where connor and i had shared so
00:39:48many
00:39:48happy memories goodbye connor i hope we never see each other again i hope you're happy in this life
00:39:58before i even turned to go something hit me hard from behind after that i was released from my
00:40:03binds and held in a warm embrace before i blacked out i saw connor's teary eyes i'm sorry willow i
00:40:10can't
00:40:11bear to hurt you but you should not have hurt wendy you must remember this lesson well why was connor
00:40:16acting like he could not bear to hurt me when he was the one who ordered my torment this was
00:40:20just
00:40:20like the contradictory relationship we had in the previous timeline connor brought me back to my
00:40:26apartment after my mother's death connor would visit me often to look after me i had even given
00:40:30him a key he got a doctor to make a house call after the doctor made sure i was okay
00:40:34connor spent
00:40:35the night at my bedside caring for me i'm sorry willow after our wedding i'll make it all up to
00:40:44you
00:40:45that was what i heard him say at dawn before he left but there will not be any weddings i
00:40:50would make
00:40:50certain of it because my legs had been bound last night i walked with a slight limp in yoteg
00:40:59the figurine of my mother was still there thankfully the door was suddenly kicked open
00:41:03wendy stormed before me
00:41:09what happened to you sis do you know why you nearly drowned last night connor didn't go to the amusement
00:41:16park with you last night did he it's such a shame that he doesn't know you'll be going overseas to
00:41:23fulfill that marriage agreement or that you wanted to say goodbye to him last night all i said to him
00:41:30was that you went home threw another tantrum and pushed me into the pool after that he arranged for
00:41:37someone to kidnap you to punish you i paid the kidnappers extra so they would keep dunking you into
00:41:45the water
00:41:47poor thing willow shut up aren't you worried that connor will find out the truth he hates liars
00:41:56and how would he know you'll be going overseas soon three wives of that mafia don died how long do
00:42:04you
00:42:05think you'll survive didn't you say that i got everything i have from you i destroy everything
00:42:12you have
00:42:17by the time connor finished his work and came to the apartment to look for me
00:42:20the place was blanketed in darkness he felt a sense of unease rise within him and he rushed to little
00:42:27at manor
00:42:30mr linden where is willow willow she should have arrived in her act by now
00:42:37why is she in her act
00:42:39oh you still don't know connor the other day willow came to talk to me she said she was willing
00:42:46to go
00:42:46overseas to fulfill the marriage agreement father i shall travel overseas to honor the betrothal
00:42:51by now ah it was the day you were outside the manor together you young people all of you are
00:42:57so
00:42:58impulsive i thought willow told you about it it's a big deal after all
00:43:03afterward he called wendy to come over connor i can tell that you like wendy i've decided to play
00:43:09matchmaker and set you two up connor had thought about this many times if not for his marriage
00:43:14agreement with willow he would want to marry wendy
00:43:18what consumed his mind was the thought that willow had actually left him
00:43:22but did he not like wendy instead the only thing he had with willow was their marriage agreement was
00:43:27it not however for some reason his heart hurt he felt like he had lost everything in the world
00:43:34it was impossible willow would never leave him so easily they had set a date to go to the amusement
00:43:41park together connor contacted his executive assistant the norbleysist on side to sister is
00:43:49your cure in grace book me a seat on the earliest flight to herat tomorrow but sir mr gordon has
00:43:55asked you to go home to discuss the matter of your engagement with wendy little i'm sure his bodyguards
00:44:00are already on the way to you connor simply hung up he frantically sped to willow's apartment
00:44:08he had spent so much time snuggled up with willow on that couch watching movies he had also cooked
00:44:15for her in that kitchen when she was sick he pushed open the door to the study in a beautiful
00:44:20jewelry
00:44:21box were the figurines he had carved for willow he had carved the dog that had been with her for
00:44:25ten
00:44:26years along with her favorite roses she had not taken any of the figurines with her
00:44:33the only piece that was missing was the figurine of her and her mother
00:44:39he still remembered when willow's mother passed away he did not sleep for three days and three
00:44:43nights to carve that figurine when he had given it to willow her ever determined pisauld broke and her
00:44:49eyes had been filled with tears had she taken it away with her did she still care for him
00:44:54his tired eyes landed on a shard of something by the couch he carefully picked it up he was sure
00:45:00that he recognized it it was a piece of the figurine of willow and her mother it was shattered
00:45:05could it be that willow did not even want that figurine
00:45:09a young boy's head poked in he looked curiously at connor are you here to look for the lady who
00:45:14lived here
00:45:19tell me kid what did those people look like that woman with the doll-like face she looked sweet and
00:45:25innocent like a portion doll have you seen her kid lots of people came here last night they were so
00:45:30scary they beat up the lady here i saw it hiding behind my front door they broke the lady's figurine
00:45:36i picked this piece up at my door connor went through the pictures in his phone and picked one out
00:45:44the boy pointed at wendy's smiling face it was her
00:45:59at the graduation banquet someone suggested playing the heartbeat resonance challenge the rules were simple
00:46:04if a boy and girl's heartbeat resonance both exceeded 130 while locking eyes they had to become
00:46:09a contract couple for two months the first pairing was me and lucian ashcroft my secret boyfriend of
00:46:14three years my heart resonance hit 150 lucian showed 70 he looked at me like a total stranger
00:46:21no way you've grown up together your whole lives lucian doesn't even react to her damn that's actually
00:46:27embarrassing have some self-respect known of them knew lucian and i had been together for three years
00:46:32tonite i had planned to finally make our relationship public instead he was doing
00:46:36everything he could to draw a line between us the second round began lucian was paired with
00:46:40seraphina veil his academic rival the two argued every time they met everyone expected another
00:46:45disaster then they looked at each other the crystal flashed seraphina's reading hit 160 lucian's hit 163
00:46:51the hall erupted no freaking way they hate each other this is fate both of them immediately demanded
00:46:58another test but the students surrounded them cheering loudly they reluctantly agreed to be
00:47:02a couple for the next two months my phone vibrated a private message from lucian elena let's break up
00:47:06for now just two months after i enter imperial college in we'll get back together i refuse to
00:47:11lose to seraphina i stared at the message after a moment i replied for the entire summer i had
00:47:16struggled over whether to tell him about my overseas application to arcadia academy now i didn't have to
00:47:20the banquet grew louder lucian and seraphina were pushed into the center of the room
00:47:25the two who fought non-stop every day were both bright red right now lucian draped an arm around
00:47:30seraphina's shoulder we've been together less than a day it's just a contract we'll break up
00:47:35in two months the cheering only got louder someone suddenly pointed at me wait what about
00:47:39elena her resonance with lucian was the highest after theirs she couldn't even look him in the eye
00:47:43all eyes turned toward me lucian glanced over she's just a friend not my type just a friend that
00:47:49one sentence erased everything we'd ever had the joke started immediately so what if they grew up
00:47:53together she's so plain how'd she ever think lucian would like her lucian's the academy's
00:47:57golden boy she never had a chance i lowered my gaze i had heard these words for years everyone
00:48:02at the mage academy knew i liked lucian i never hid my feelings but lucian always kept his distance
00:48:07from me on campus he never reacted at all when people joked about us off school grounds though
00:48:11he'd hold my hand walking me home pin me against alley walls to kiss me whenever i was upset he'd
00:48:15pull
00:48:16me tight to comfort me elena hart likes lucian ashcroft that was the oldest joke in the academy
00:48:20lucian ashcroft is elena hart's boyfriend that was a secret only i knew the banquet ended after
00:48:25midnight rain poured across the academy grounds students hurried toward the portal station i
00:48:29opened my umbrella before i could leave lucian snatched it from my hand elena seraphina and i
00:48:33don't have one we'll borrow yours before i could answer seraphina smiled thanks elena we'll return
00:48:37it tomorrow lucian was already pulling her away as they disappeared into the rain i heard them arguing
00:48:41don't flatter yourself seraphina two months then we're done good i don't even like you
00:48:47their voices faded only i noticed that the umbrella leaned almost entirely toward seraphina
00:48:51lucian's own shoulder was soaked one by one everyone left nobody asked how i would get home
00:48:55i stood alone in the rain my tears mixed with the water running down my face lucian knew i wasn't
00:48:59close with anyone in class he knew nobody would stay behind for me yet he still took my umbrella and
00:49:04left me there alone he had promised that after graduation we'd finally tell everyone the truth
00:49:08instead i got a breakup and another girl took my place my phone suddenly rang calling from overseas it was
00:49:13my
00:49:16mother
00:49:17if you still want to stay here and attend imperial collium that's okay too we trust lucian if you're
00:49:21together your father and i won't object i closed my eyes cold rain struck my face
00:49:29mom i've made my decision please process my enrollment paperwork i'm going to arcadia academy
00:49:33when i got home i was soaked from head to toe a notification chimed lucian never posted on social
00:49:38media but he just updated his profile introducing my girlfriend seraphina novel the photo showed
00:49:42lucian with an arm draped around seraphina's shoulders he was grinning she was glaring at him
00:49:46the comments exploded instantly i knew it the academy's favorite enemies to lovers couple about
00:49:51time i kept scrolling then i saw a new comment poor elena she must be crying right now why she
00:49:58never stood a chance lucian was way out of her league more comments followed some included old
00:50:02photos of me unflattering ones the same jokes the same mockery i locked my screen and dropped onto
00:50:07the couch tears blurred my vision out of your league i'd heard those words for years lucian was
00:50:11brilliant and handsome the top-ranked mage in our academy i was ordinary and forgettable the girls
00:50:15hated that i grew up beside him the boys never missed a chance to make fun of me they came
00:50:18up
00:50:19with all kinds of cruel nicknames manaless groupie at the academy lucian never got close to me but
00:50:24whenever someone picked on me he was always the first to step in the worst time he got into a
00:50:27fight
00:50:28with a group of boys because of me he nearly got suspended i cried the entire time i cleaned and
00:50:32bandaged his wounds my heart hurt too much for words not long after that we started dating in
00:50:36secret back then i truly believed i was different that i meant something to him everything changed
00:50:40when seraphina transferred here she was a gifted mage beautiful and powerful right after she arrived
00:50:45she knocked lucian off his spot as top student he could never stand to lose he began bickering with her
00:50:49competing in mage rankings and tournament points the loser had to obey whatever the winner said
00:50:55the entire academy shipped them together every time someone mentioned it lucian rolled his eyes and
00:51:00complained but i noticed things nobody else did the way his gaze followed her during presentations
00:51:04the way he secretly left healing potions for her after training the way he pushed her harder whenever
00:51:09she wanted to give up at the time i convinced myself it meant nothing then came the final rankings before
00:51:14graduation seraphina dropped several places for the first time lucian didn't celebrate finishing first
00:51:19instead he spent every spare moment helping her prepare for the final mage examination
00:51:23he cancelled our plans skipped our dates spent every afternoon in the library with her
00:51:27one day i asked if i could join them elena the things we're working on are too advanced you
00:51:33wouldn't understand the words hit harder than he realized you wouldn't understand just one sentence
00:51:38yet they drew a line between us still he smiled afterward be patient after graduation we'll tell
00:51:45everyone about us but the promise to go public made me wait willingly for such a long time i could
00:51:49ignore everything as long as he came back to me but it suddenly dawned on me today it was never
00:51:53only
00:51:53the other students who looked down on me lucian was one of them too rain tapped against the windows i
00:51:57cried myself to sleep morning came the storm was gone the doorbell rang lucian stood outside elena i had
00:52:04the comments delighted the post wasn't serious don't overthink it he reached for my hand i stepped back
00:52:08he forced a smile my mom wants you over for dinner come
00:52:14at the ashcroft estate i froze seraphina was there she handed me my umbrella lucian forgot to return it
00:52:20mrs ashcroft appeared elena you're here this kid hid his girlfriend for this long lucian shot me a
00:52:26look a warning don't say anything i nodded at dinner mrs ashcroft beamed at seraphina's grades
00:52:31you two are perfect my son should be with someone outstanding my grip on the fork tightened lucian
00:52:38changed the subject i'm going to imperial college him you seraphina obviously i'm not letting you beat me
00:52:43they looked at each other like they belonged in the same world mrs ashcroft turned to me elena
00:52:48what about you seraphina answered first imperial might be difficult for elena but she can try
00:52:53somewhere nearby before the breakup that had been my plan not anymore i haven't decided yet lucian's
00:52:58expression darkened my phone buzzed what do you mean we were supposed to go together we'll get back
00:53:02together i didn't reply after dinner mrs ashcroft handed lucian cash take your girlfriend somewhere
00:53:08nice seraphina laughed you should come too elena we're all friends superiority laced with pity the same
00:53:14lucian always gave me coming no i think i'm getting sick you two go the tension on his face
00:53:20vanished all right he left with seraphina hand in hand i watched their fingers intertwine and suddenly
00:53:25thought of that game maybe i'd already lost from the very beginning at the graduation banquet someone
00:53:29suggested playing the heartbeat resonance challenge the rules were simple if a boy and girl's heartbeat
00:53:34resonance both exceeded 130 while locking eyes they had to become a contract couple for two months
00:53:39the first pairing was me and lucian ashcroft my secret boyfriend of three years my heart
00:53:44resonance hit 150 lucian showed 70. he looked at me like a total stranger
00:53:50no way you've grown up together your whole lives lucian doesn't even react to her damn that's
00:53:55actually embarrassing have some self-respect known of them knew lucian and i had been together for
00:54:00three years tonight i had planned to finally make our relationship public instead he was doing
00:54:05everything he could to draw a line between us the second round began lucian was paired with
00:54:09seraphina veil his academic rival the two argued every time they met everyone expected another
00:54:13disaster then they looked at each other the crystal flashed seraphina's reading hit 160 lucian's hit 163
00:54:20the hall erupted no freaking way they hate each other this is fate both of them immediately demanded
00:54:26another test but the students surrounded them cheering loudly they reluctantly agreed to be a couple
00:54:31for the next two months my phone vibrated a private message from lucian elena let's break up for now
00:54:36just two months after i enter imperial college in we'll get back together i refuse to lose to seraphina
00:54:40i stared at the message after a moment i replied for the entire summer i had struggled over whether
00:54:45to tell him about my overseas application to arcadia academy now i didn't have to the banquet grew
00:54:50louder lucian and seraphina were pushed into the center of the room the two who fought non-stop
00:54:55every day were both bright red right now lucian draped an arm around seraphina's shoulder we've
00:55:01been together less than a day it's just a contract we'll break up in two months the cheering only got
00:55:05louder someone suddenly pointed at me wait what about elena her resonance with lucian was the highest
00:55:10after theirs she couldn't even look him in the eye all eyes turned toward me lucian glanced over she's
00:55:15just a friend not my type just a friend that one sentence erased everything we'd ever had the joke
00:55:20started immediately so what if they grew up together she's so plain how'd she ever think lucian would like her
00:55:25lucian's the academy's golden boy she never had a chance i lowered my gaze i had heard these words
00:55:30for years every one at the mage academy knew i liked lucian i never hid my feelings but lucian
00:55:35always kept his distance from me on campus he never reacted at all when people joked about us
00:55:39off school grounds though he'd hold my hand walking me home pin me against alley walls to kiss me whenever
00:55:43i was upset he'd pull me tight to comfort me elena hart likes lucian ashcroft that was the oldest
00:55:48joke in the academy lucian ashcroft is elena hart's boyfriend that was a secret only i knew the
00:55:52banquet ended after midnight rain poured across the academy grounds students hurried toward the
00:55:56portal station i opened my umbrella before i could leave lucian snatched it from my hand elena
00:56:01seraphina and i don't have one we'll borrow yours before i could answer seraphina smiled thanks elena
00:56:05we'll return it tomorrow lucian was already pulling her away as they disappeared into the
00:56:09rain i heard them arguing don't flatter yourself seraphina two months then we're done
00:56:14good i don't even like you their voices faded only i noticed that the umbrella leaned almost entirely
00:56:18toward seraphina lucian's own shoulder was soaked one by one everyone left nobody asked how i would
00:56:23get home i stood alone in the rain my tears mixed with the water running down my face lucian knew
00:56:28i
00:56:28wasn't close with anyone in class he knew nobody would stay behind for me yet he still took my umbrella
00:56:32and left me there alone he had promised that after graduation we'd finally tell everyone the truth
00:56:37instead i got a breakup and another girl took my place my phone suddenly rang calling from overseas it was
00:56:42my
00:56:45mother i closed my eyes cold rain struck my face mom i've made my decision please process my
00:57:00enrollment paperwork i'm going to arcadia academy when i got home i was soaked from head to toe a
00:57:04notification chimed lucian never posted on social media but he just updated his profile introducing
00:57:09my girlfriend seraphina the photo showed lucian with an arm draped around seraphina's shoulders he
00:57:13was grinning she was glaring at him the comments exploded instantly i knew it the academy's favorite
00:57:19enemies to lovers couple about time i kept scrolling then i saw a new comment poor elena she must be
00:57:24crying right now why she never stood a chance lucian was way out of her league more comments followed
00:57:30some included old photos of me unflattering ones the same jokes the same mockery i locked my screen and
00:57:35dropped onto the couch tears blurred my vision out of your league i'd heard those words for years
00:57:39lucian was brilliant and handsome the top-ranked mage in our academy i was ordinary and forgettable
00:57:43the girls hated that i grew up beside him the boys never missed a chance to make fun of me
00:57:47they came
00:57:47up with all kinds of cruel nicknames manaless groupie at the academy lucian never got close to me but
00:57:53whenever someone picked on me he was always the first to step in the worst time he got into a
00:57:56fight with
00:57:56a group of boys because of me he nearly got suspended i cried the entire time i cleaned and bandaged
00:58:01his
00:58:01wounds my heart hurt too much for words not long after that we started dating in secret back then
00:58:05i truly believed i was different that i meant something to him everything changed when seraphina
00:58:09transferred here she was a gifted mage beautiful and powerful right after she arrived she knocked
00:58:14lucian off his spot as top student he could never stand to lose he began bickering with her competing in
00:58:19mage rankings and tournament points the loser had to obey whatever the winner said the entire academy
00:58:25shipped them together every time someone mentioned it lucian rolled his eyes and complained but i noticed
00:58:30things nobody else did the way his gaze followed her during presentations the way he secretly left
00:58:34healing potions for her after training the way he pushed her harder whenever she wanted to give up
00:58:39at the time i convinced myself it meant nothing then came the final rankings before graduation
00:58:43seraphina dropped several places for the first time lucian didn't celebrate finishing first
00:58:48instead he spent every spare moment helping her prepare for the final mage examination
00:58:52he cancelled our plans skipped our dates spent every afternoon in the library with her
00:58:56one day i asked if i could join them elena the things we're working on are too advanced
00:59:01you wouldn't understand the words hit harder than he realized you wouldn't understand just one
00:59:07sentence yet they drew a line between us still he smiled afterward be patient after graduation
00:59:13we'll tell everyone about us but the promise to go public made me wait willingly for such a long
00:59:17time i could ignore everything as long as he came back to me but it suddenly dawned on me today
00:59:21it was
00:59:21never only the other students who looked down on me lucian was one of them too rain tapped
00:59:25against the windows i cried myself to sleep morning came the storm was gone the doorbell rang
00:59:30lucian stood outside elena i had the comments delighted the post wasn't serious don't overthink
00:59:35it he reached for my hand i stepped back he forced a smile my mom wants you over for dinner
00:59:39come
00:59:42at the ashcroft estate i froze seraphina was there she handed me my umbrella lucian forgot to
00:59:48return it mrs ashcroft appeared elena you're here this kid hid his girlfriend for this long
00:59:54lucian shot me a look a warning don't say anything i nodded at dinner mrs ashcroft beamed
00:59:59at seraphina's grades you two are perfect my son should be with someone outstanding
01:00:04my grip on the fork tightened lucian changed the subject i'm going to imperial college you
01:00:09seraphina obviously i'm not letting you beat me they looked at each other like they belonged in the
01:00:14same world mrs ashcroft turned to me elena what about you seraphina answered first imperial might be
01:00:20difficult for elena but she can try somewhere nearby before the breakup that had been my plan
01:00:24not anymore i haven't decided yet lucian's expression darkened my phone buzzed what do you
01:00:29mean we were supposed to go together we'll get back together i didn't reply after dinner mrs ashcroft
01:00:34handed lucian cash take your girlfriend somewhere nice seraphina laughed you should come too elena
01:00:39we're all friends superiority laced with pity the same look lucian always gave me coming no i think
01:00:46i'm getting sick you two go the tension on his face vanished all right he left with seraphina hand
01:00:51in hand i watched their fingers intertwine and suddenly thought of that game maybe i'd already
01:00:55lost from the very beginning the air in the black market arena was thick with pheromones and iron
01:01:00humans were omega assets here displayed inside glass lit cages like exotic relics lot 77 omega female
01:01:08fertility index exceptional previously unacclaimed for six months in the omega zone the cage door swings open
01:01:15i am shoved forward barefoot heavy iron shackles clamped around my wrists my expression stays calm
01:01:21unflinching the traders hated that most omegas cried when they entered the arena some begged some
01:01:27broke but i would never do that the moment i believed they owned me they would truly chain my soul
01:01:32forever she's unmarked impossible that body type survived omega zone she looks expensive and at the
01:01:40center serpent king kale virith half shadowed immobile watching his tail curled slowly around
01:01:47the throne like a living verdict a single flick of his fingers i will take her nine million eight
01:01:52hundred thousand credits auto accepted no further bids serpent king claims lot 77 at full sovereign price
01:02:00the gavel fell in the serpent world fertility is a curse most females never conceive but i gave birth to
01:02:06three serpent heirs at once cashen rowan and niko annual mate reconfirmation ceremony the hall was
01:02:12filled with nobles but tonight the king did not stand beside his official mate he holds isla saran in his
01:02:18arms another omega soft fragile familiar leora vance is no longer my mate i stood at the far end of
01:02:26the
01:02:26hall his eyes drifted over my body i should never have brought you back from that auction isla suffered
01:02:31for years because of my mistake you are nothing but a breeding vessel i felt the room waiting for me
01:02:36to
01:02:36crumble to beg to prove him right but i had learned long ago in the omega zone the people who
01:02:42enjoy
01:02:42humiliating you never stop when you give them tears are you certain i am the mother of the virith line
01:02:48the kingdom needs me need you those curves that fertility that's all you were you may stay after all
01:02:55you did produce hairs but you will no longer be my mate my brother's household still lacks a mate
01:03:02you will be transferred to darius the lost prince he's assigning his mate to the vanished war god
01:03:06darius vera king's brother the kingdom's most feared war god he vanished during the northern campaign
01:03:12but one thing remained unchanged no one had ever dared claim his title the man who had visited too often
01:03:18even when i was first bought at the auction i remember it now he was there sitting at the edge
01:03:23of the
01:03:24arena shadows not bidding just watching me he wanted me and that scared me more than kale's cruelty ever
01:03:30did my eyes met kale's without trembling if i am being transferred like property then i refuse to
01:03:36belong to anyone who discarded me at the center of the chamber floated an enormous silver scroll
01:03:40hundreds of glowing names drifted across its surface every bonded pair in the serpent kingdom
01:03:45king kale vera you are requesting a permanent mate transfer decree once removed from the blood scroll
01:03:53this bond can never be restored do you know how many clans would start a war for an omega like
01:03:57her
01:03:58she carried triplets and survived that's practically royal blood level proceed he answered coldly without
01:04:03looking at me once the elder raised his staff runes ignited beneath my feet ancient magic awakened the
01:04:10golden scroll slowly unfurled itself then my name appeared leora vance mate of kale vera the entire chamber
01:04:17trembled the silver letters of my name began to crack one by one for a second i couldn't breathe i
01:04:24collapsed to my knees as if all the strength had drained out of me a tiny cry suddenly echoed through
01:04:29the hall my children the magic wasn't finished another line slowly appeared leora vance mate of
01:04:36darius vera then something unexpected happened silver flames raced through the names what is
01:04:41happening the elder's face had gone pale impossible for the first time all night kale looked up the
01:04:48moment prince darius returns the scroll will complete the claiming ceremony kale's expression changed he had
01:04:54just given away something he would never get back the next morning the palace servants arrived not to
01:05:00help me move to remove me careful with those anything that belonged to the former mate goes isla
01:05:07wearing kale's royal robes issued an eviction order against me former mate the word spread through the
01:05:12courtyard like a disease servants avoided my eyes some looked embarrassed most looked relieved the king's
01:05:19discarded mate was no longer their concern isla pointed toward my herb garden rip it out it's ugly
01:05:28lady leora planted those for the royal earth isla's smile never moved then plant prettier ones the
01:05:33roots were torn from the earth one by one mama it's all right don't be afraid then isla picked up
01:05:41the
01:05:41toy that kale had carved years ago this junk too the toy hit the ground crack enjoy the palace
01:05:50everything worth having was never yours by sunset i stood outside the palace
01:05:55gates she has nothing where will she take the airs poor thing three children no baggage nowhere to go
01:06:05a horn echoed across the city once twice three times every head turned black armored riders entered
01:06:12the capital elite royal guards the crowd immediately stepped aside the captain dismounted walked directly
01:06:18toward me lady leora the prince's household has come to escort you home
01:06:23the estate died when the prince vanished nobody had entered darius veritha's estate for years not
01:06:29since the day he disappeared the gates stood silent covered in dust like a tomb the moment i
01:06:35stepped forward the gates swing open on their own golden light exploded through the estate gasps
01:06:40everywhere ancient serpent runes ignited fountains awakened statues opened glowing eyes
01:06:46the entire palace came alive the estate recognizes its mistress it never responded to anyone inside the
01:06:55walls were lined with maps weapons military banners portraits then my oldest son cash and stopped
01:07:01walking a painting not of darius of us me and the triplets my breath caught i had never seen it
01:07:09before
01:07:09yet somehow someone had painted every detail perfectly cash and picked up a wooden carving a tiny serpent knight
01:07:16uncle darius made this what he always brought us gifts the servants exchanged looks as if they suddenly
01:07:24understood something something i didn't i entered darius study a single sealed letter sat on the desk
01:07:30addressed to me i broke the seal leora if you are reading this then my brother has failed you i
01:07:37always
01:07:37feared he would kale mistakes possession for love and one day that mistake will cost him everything
01:07:43my breath caught i turned the page another line waited there there is something you deserve to know
01:07:49the day i saw you in the auction arena i
01:07:53my lady the children what happened it's lady isla she's gone to find them you should be grateful
01:08:02your mother was lucky anyone wanted her mama is the best in the world the boy's eyes flashed gold
01:08:08a warning instinct awakened don't talk about mom this royal heir actually showed defensive instincts so
01:08:14early that's the crown prince and bloodline the bond mark on my wrist ignited for a second what
01:08:19happened it was kale isla's face immediately lost color the air in the black market arena was thick
01:08:26with pheromones and iron humans were omega assets here displayed inside glass lit cages like exotic relics
01:08:33lot 77 omega female fertility index exceptional previously unacclaimed for six months in the omega zone
01:08:41the cage door swings open i am shoved forward barefoot heavy iron shackles clamped around my wrists
01:08:47my expression stays calm unflinching the traders hated that most omegas cried when they entered the
01:08:53arena some begged some broke but i would never do that the moment i believed they owned me they
01:08:59would truly chain my soul forever she's unmarked impossible that body type survived omega zone
01:09:06she looks expensive and at the center serpent king kale virith half shadowed immobile watching his tail
01:09:13curled slowly around the throne like a living verdict a single flick of his fingers i will take her
01:09:18nine million eight hundred thousand credits auto accepted no further bids serpent king claims lot 77 at
01:09:25full sovereign price the gavel fell in the serpent world fertility is a curse most females never conceive
01:09:33but i gave birth to three serpent heirs at once cashin rowan and nico annual mate reconfirmation ceremony
01:09:39the hall was filled with nobles but tonight the king did not stand beside his official mate he holds
01:09:45isla saran in his arms another omega soft fragile familiar leora vance is no longer my mate i stood at
01:09:53the far end of the hall his eyes drifted over my body i should never have brought you back from
01:09:57that
01:09:57auction isla suffered for years because of my mistake you are nothing but a breeding vessel i felt the room
01:10:03waiting for me to crumble to beg to prove him right but i had learned long ago in the omega
01:10:09zone
01:10:09the people who enjoy humiliating you never stop when you give them tears are you certain i am the
01:10:14mother of the virith line the kingdom needs me need you those curves that fertility that's all you were
01:10:21you may stay after all you did produce hairs but you will no longer be my mate my brother's household
01:10:28still lacks a mate you will be transferred to darius the last prince he's assigning his mate to the
01:10:33vanished walker darius vera king's brother the kingdom's most feared war god he vanished during
01:10:39the northern campaign but one thing remained unchanged no one had ever dared claim his title the man who had
01:10:44visited too often even when i was first bought at the auction i remember it now he was there sitting
01:10:51at
01:10:51the edge of the arena shadows not bidding just watching me he wanted me and that scared me more than
01:10:57kale's cruelty ever did my eyes met kale's without trembling if i am being transferred like property
01:11:03then i refuse to belong to anyone who discarded me at the center of the chamber floated an enormous
01:11:07silver scroll hundreds of glowing names drifted across its surface every bonded pair in the serpent
01:11:12kingdom king kale vera you are requesting a permanent mate transfer decree once removed from the blood
01:11:20scroll this bond can never be restored do you know how many clans would start a war for an omega
01:11:25like her
01:11:25she carried triplets and survived that's practically royal blood level proceed he answered coldly without
01:11:31looking at me once the elder raised his staff runes ignited beneath my feet ancient magic awakened
01:11:37the golden scroll slowly unfurled itself then my name appeared leora vance mate of kale vera the
01:11:44entire chamber trembled the silver letters of my name began to crack one by one for a second i couldn't
01:11:51breathe i collapsed to my knees as if all the strength had drained out of me a tiny cry suddenly
01:11:56echoed through the hall my children the magic wasn't finished another line slowly appeared leora vance
01:12:03mate of darius vera then something unexpected happened silver flames raced through the names what is
01:12:09happening the elder's face had gone pale impossible for the first time all night kale looked up the moment
01:12:16prince darius returns the scroll will complete the claiming ceremony kale's expression changed
01:12:21he had just given away something he would never get back the next morning the palace servants arrived
01:12:27not to help me move to remove me careful with those anything that belonged to the former mate goes
01:12:34isla wearing kale's royal robes issued an eviction order against me former mate the word spread
01:12:40through the courtyard like a disease servants avoided my eyes some looked embarrassed most looked
01:12:46relieved the king's discarded mate was no longer their concern isla pointed toward my herb garden rip it
01:12:52out it's ugly lady leora planted those for the royal earth isla's smile never moved then plant prettier
01:13:00ones the roots were torn from the earth one by one mama it's all right don't be afraid then isla
01:13:08picked up
01:13:09the toy that kale had carved years ago this junk too the toy hit the ground crack enjoy the palace
01:13:17everything worth having was never yours by sunset i stood outside the palace gates she has nothing where
01:13:26will she take the airs poor thing three children no baggage nowhere to go a horn echoed across the city
01:13:34once twice three times every head turned black armored riders entered the capital elite royal guards
01:13:42the crowd immediately stepped aside the captain dismounted walked directly toward me lady leora
01:13:48the prince's household has come to escort you home the estate died when the prince vanished nobody had
01:13:55entered darius veritha's estate for years not since the day he disappeared the gates stood silent
01:14:00covered in dust like a tomb the moment i stepped forward the gates swing open on their own golden
01:14:05light exploded through the estate gasps everywhere ancient serpent runes ignited fountains awakened
01:14:11statues opened glowing eyes the entire palace came alive the estate recognizes its mistress it never
01:14:20responded to anyone inside the walls were lined with maps weapons military banners portraits then my oldest
01:14:28son cashen stopped walking a painting not of darius of us me and the triplets my breath caught i had
01:14:36never seen it before yet somehow someone had painted every detail perfectly cashen picked up a wooden carving
01:14:42a tiny serpent knight uncle darius made this what he always brought us gifts the servants exchanged looks
01:14:51as if they suddenly understood something something i didn't i entered darius study a single sealed
01:14:57letter sat on the desk addressed to me i broke the seal leora if you are reading this then my
01:15:03brother
01:15:03has failed you i always feared he would kale mistakes possession for love and one day that mistake will cost
01:15:10him everything my breath caught i turned the page another line waited there there is something you deserve
01:15:16to know the day i saw you in the auction arena i my lady the children what happened it's lady
01:15:25isla she's
01:15:26gone to find them you should be grateful your mother was lucky anyone wanted her mama is the best in
01:15:33the
01:15:33world the boys eyes flashed gold a warning instinct awakened don't talk about mom this royal air actually
01:15:41showed defensive instinct so early that's the crown prince and bloodline the bond mark on my wrist
01:15:45ignited for a second what happened it was kale isla's face immediately lost color
01:15:51kale
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