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Curro y Manuel vs Leocadia: Lorenzo cae… ¿y Jana está viva?
En La Promesa, la “confesión” de Curro pone a Lorenzo contra las cuerdas justo cuando Manuel descubre un hilo secreto: el emblema de un halcón que lleva a la Casa Cifuentes… y a Leocadia como maestra del plan. Mientras Pía y Ángela sabotean al tirano Cristóbal, Catalina, Jacobo y Martina rescatan a Adriano de una cabaña donde el Barón jugaba a dos bandas. La trampa estalla en el salón: Leocadia Cifuentes se destapa, Lorenzo intenta huir ...
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Curro y Manuel vs Leocadia: Lorenzo cae… ¿y Jana está viva?
En La Promesa, la “confesión” de Curro pone a Lorenzo contra las cuerdas justo cuando Manuel descubre un hilo secreto: el emblema de un halcón que lleva a la Casa Cifuentes… y a Leocadia como maestra del plan. Mientras Pía y Ángela sabotean al tirano Cristóbal, Catalina, Jacobo y Martina rescatan a Adriano de una cabaña donde el Barón jugaba a dos bandas. La trampa estalla en el salón: Leocadia Cifuentes se destapa, Lorenzo intenta huir ...
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00:00Curro and Manuel vs L'Occadia. Lorenzo falls and Yana is alive.
00:10In the promise, Curro's confession puts Lorenzo against the ropes just when Manuel discovers a
00:16secret thread, the emblem of a falcon that leads to the Cifuentes house and L'Occadia as the
00:21mastermind of the plan. While Pia and Angelus sabotage the tyrant Cristobal, Catalina,
00:29Jacobo and Martina rescue Adriano from a cabin where the man was playing on both sides.
00:36The trap explodes in the living room. L'Occadia and Fuentes are uncovered.
00:40Lorenzo tries to escape and Angela kills him with a frying pan.
00:46Arrests, betrayals and the impossible twist. Lorenzo reveals that Yana did not die,
00:51she was hidden in a convent in Chantabria.
00:54Reunion or new ambush? Don't miss this episode. The air in Lorenzo's office smelled of Victoria
01:02Rancia and Cognac Caro. Curro felt like every molecule of oxygen was turning into poison in
01:10his lungs. The words, his forced confession, hung in the air like a shroud. He had surrendered his
01:20last defense, his last shield, and now he felt naked, exposed to the predator smirking from the
01:25other side of the polished mahogany. Lorenzo de la Mata, captain of Lujan, swirled the amber
01:34liquid in his glass, the clink of ice against glass, a macabre beep for Curro's surrender.
01:41So that was it. Lorenzo muttered. His voice a caress of silk on a blade.
01:49A resentful lackey, a heated argument in the hanger, and an unfortunate shove.
01:54An almost believable story, nephew. Almost. Curro did not look up from the intricate design of the
02:02Persian rug. He felt the weight of Lorenzo's gaze, a physical pressure that threatened to crush him.
02:13He had told the truth, or at least the truth he knew, the one that had tormented him for weeks.
02:17The argument with that lackey, his cryptic words accusing him of Yana's death, the struggle.
02:28But when verbalized in front of Lorenzo, the story felt hollow, incomplete,
02:33as if he were describing the shadow of a monster without ever having seen the creature itself.
02:37I gave you what you wanted, Curro whispered, his voice cracking. Now leave me alone.
02:46Lorenzo let out a short, dry laugh, devoid of murder.
02:52Oh, my dear Curro, this has only just begun. You have confirmed that you were there.
02:57You have confirmed your involvement.
03:01You have put the noose around your own neck.
03:03I will only have to decide when to pull it.
03:08He leaned forward, his face transformed into a mask of cold malevolence.
03:15And believe me, I will enjoy every second of choosing the right moment.
03:19Now get out of my sight.
03:23You disgust me.
03:25Curro stood up, his legs shaking like a newborn's.
03:28As he left the office, he felt not relief, but the icy embrace of condemnation.
03:35He had shown his cards as he had feared, and Lorenzo now held the entire deck.
03:43As he walked through the silent corridors of promise, the echo of his own footsteps seemed to mock him,
03:48each hammer blow hammering the axe of his future.
03:50But deep in his despair, a small ember of doubt refused to be extinguished.
04:00The lackey's last words, you killed her.
04:04You and those of your ilk, why include him or Curro in such an ominous plural?
04:09What was it that he was not seeing?
04:11The confession had not been the end of the road,
04:13but rather the confirmation that the path was much darker and more tortuous than he had ever imagined.
04:18Meanwhile, in another wing of the palace, the concern was a physical discomfort.
04:26Catalina, with her usual pragmatism shattered by anxiety, paced back and forth in the blue room.
04:35Martina, sitting on a plush sofa, twisted a lace handkerchief in her hands,
04:39her eyes fixed on the large grandfather clock that marked the passage of time with maddening solemnity.
04:44Jacobo, standing by the window, watched the driveway with an intensity that betrayed his own unease,
04:53although he tried hard to maintain a facade of calm.
04:55They should have been back hours ago, Catalina said, stopping short.
05:03A tour of the land doesn't take an entire afternoon and part of the night.
05:06Something has happened.
05:09I know it, perhaps the man from Baydar Race is simply thorough in his inspections,
05:12Martina offered, though her voice lacked conviction.
05:16Or perhaps they stopped to eat, to discuss business.
05:26Discussing business in the middle of the countryside until nightfall,
05:28Jakobo replied without taking his eyes off the gathering darkness.
05:33No, Catalina is right, this is not normal.
05:37The Baydar Race man was a man of strict routines and impeccable manners,
05:40almost predatory in their perfection.
05:45Tardiness did not fit his profile, it was an anomaly.
05:49And in the world of the aristocracy, anomalies rarely boded well.
05:52Adriano is intelligent, Jakobo continued, more to convince himself than others.
06:02He knows how to handle men like the man, he will be fine.
06:06But the words rang hollow in the fear-laden room.
06:12The man's visit was not social, it was an assessment,
06:15an inspection of the land that Adriano,
06:17with his idealism and deep agricultural knowledge,
06:20hoped to use to demonstrate the intrinsic value of the lands of promise,
06:24a value that went beyond simple sale.
06:28But the man was not a man to be impressed by the beauty of a harvest
06:31or the dedication of day laborers.
06:36He saw the land as an asset, a number on a ledger.
06:42And Adriano, with his passionate defense,
06:45could have become an obstacle,
06:46an obstacle that in certain circles was eliminated
06:48without too much consideration.
06:53Night fell over the promise and with it a cloak of uncertainty
06:56that felt as heavy and suffocating as the winter fog.
07:01The tension was not exclusive to the salons of the lords.
07:05In the kitchens and the service corridors,
07:07the atmosphere was equally electric.
07:08The tyranny of Cristobal,
07:13the new butler imposed by Leo Cádia,
07:15had fractured the camaraderie that had once been the pillar of their existence.
07:21It had divided them,
07:22pitting them against each other with suspicions and petty denunciations.
07:28Pia, with the wisdom granted to her by years and scars,
07:31had proposed a common front,
07:33a silent but united resistance.
07:34We cannot allow him to poison us,
07:39she had said in a clandestine meeting near the boilers.
07:42Her voice a firm whisper.
07:46If we stick together,
07:48if we share information and protect each other,
07:50his power will fade.
07:54He is a man who feeds on fear and mistrust.
07:57Let us let him starve.
07:58Most nodded,
08:01their faces illuminated by the dancing fire of the cauldron,
08:05reflecting a mixture of fear and determination.
08:09But Petra, as always,
08:11was the source of discord.
08:13Her eyes darted around,
08:14absorbing every word,
08:16every gesture,
08:17not to join the cause,
08:18but to catalog it and sell it to the highest bidder.
08:23Her loyalty lay not with her comrades,
08:25but with power.
08:26And at that moment,
08:28power held the faces of Cristobal,
08:30by extension of the mysterious and manipulative Leocadia.
08:37Later,
08:37in the solitude of the ironing room,
08:39Angela shuddered when she heard Captain Lorenzo's firm footsteps upstairs.
08:46The fear she felt for him was something visceral,
08:49a primal reaction that chilled her blood.
08:51She had seen the darkness in his eyes,
08:55the cruelty in his gestures.
08:58She knew,
08:59with a certainty that defied all logic,
09:01that this man was capable of anything.
09:05The rumor of his possible involvement in Yana's death did not surprise her at all.
09:11What terrified her was his ability to navigate the waters,
09:14murky undercurrents of influence and power,
09:17their ability to evade consequences.
09:18A man without scruples was dangerous.
09:23A man without scruples and protected by his rank was a walking catastrophe.
09:30We have to go.
09:32Ricardo whispered to her husband that night in the dim light of their humble room.
09:35This place is no longer safe for anyone.
09:41Her fear was not just for herself,
09:43but for all those she loved,
09:45for decency itself that seemed to be slowly bleeding away within the walls of promise.
09:51In the gentleman's wing,
09:53Manuel felt trapped in a web woven with threads of silk and steel.
09:58The weaver was on time.
09:59Her insistence on selling the airplane company was increasingly disconcerting.
10:06At first it had seemed like a simple, aggressive business strategy.
10:10Now it felt like an obsession.
10:12Think about it,
10:15Manuel,
10:16her melodious,
10:17persuasive voice told him during their umpteenth conversation on the subject.
10:23You would free up immense capital.
10:25You could invest in something more stable,
10:27more down-to-earth.
10:29Aviation is the future,
10:31yes,
10:31but it's a volatile future.
10:34Secure your family's present.
10:35No one else in my circle advises me to sell,
10:37Manuel replied,
10:38watching her intently.
10:38He studied the way her icy blue eyes never wavered.
10:51The way her hands,
10:52always impeccably manicured,
10:54gestured to emphasize points that sounded logical on the surface
10:57but left a bitter aftertaste of incongruity.
11:03My father,
11:04my uncles,
11:05they all see the company as the Lujan legacy,
11:07a commitment to progress.
11:11Their romantics,
11:12Anora dismissed with a charming smile that didn't quite reach her eyes.
11:18I'm a businesswoman,
11:20I see numbers,
11:21not dreams,
11:22and the numbers tell me the market is going to turn.
11:26Selling now is selling at the top,
11:28but there was something else.
11:30An urgency in her tone,
11:32a tension in the line of her jaw whenever he balked.
11:34It was as if selling wasn't just an opportunity for her,
11:40it was a necessity.
11:44Why?
11:45What did she really gain from him parting with the family business?
11:49The commission would be substantial,
11:52no doubt,
11:52but her fervor seemed to go beyond mere financial gain.
11:55It felt personal,
11:59and that night,
12:00as she sorted through some documents on her desk,
12:02a wild but insistent idea began to take shape in her mind.
12:05And if Anora was not who she said she was,
12:11and if his interest in the company was a cover for something else entirely,
12:15she connected it without proof,
12:16only by pure intuition,
12:18to the other great threat looming over her family,
12:20Leo Katia.
12:24Two powerful and enigmatic women appearing in their lives almost simultaneously.
12:28It could not be a coincidence.
12:33Leo Katia,
12:33for her part,
12:34moved her pieces with the precision of a chess master.
12:39Her encounter with Cristobal was brief and direct in the discretion of the library late at night.
12:47Petra is useful,
12:48but she is a blunt instrument,
12:50he told her.
12:51His voice was barely a whisper.
12:52She will bring you gossip and rumors,
12:57but the real threat in the service is Pia Adara.
13:02Do not underestimate that woman.
13:04Cristobal,
13:05standing tall and arrogant,
13:07frowned.
13:08The governess is a simple servant with heirs of grandeur.
13:13Leo Katia gave him a look that could have frozen hell.
13:17That simple servant has the unconditional loyalty of the service and more importantly,
13:21the affection and respect of the Marquises.
13:26You cannot break her with cheap threats as you do the others.
13:29She is intelligent,
13:31observant,
13:31and silent.
13:33She is the kind of enemy you do not see coming until it is too late.
13:37Be careful,
13:38Cristobal.
13:40One false move with her and all her work will come crashing down.
13:45Leo Katia's words were a warning,
13:47but also a revelation of the extent of her plan.
13:51This was not just about controlling the service,
13:54it was about destabilizing the promise at its foundation.
13:58And Cristobal was unexpectedly one of the pillars that held the structure together.
14:04The night wore on and each inhabitant of the palace fought their own silent battle.
14:08Vera,
14:12her heart sinking,
14:13tried once more to reason with Federico.
14:16Her decision to denounce her own father,
14:19a man involved in shady and dangerous business dealings,
14:22had made her an outcast in his eyes.
14:26Federico,
14:27you have to understand me.
14:29She begged him quietly in a corner of the garden under the pale moonlight.
14:32That man,
14:37his actions were destroying lives,
14:38entire families,
14:40I could not stand idly by.
14:44What I did was for justice.
14:46Federico looked at her with a coldness that pierced her.
14:50He was my father,
14:51he said each word a piece of ice.
14:54You turned your back on your own blood.
14:56You speak of justice,
15:00but I see only betrayal.
15:02Don't expect me to understand.
15:04I never will.
15:08He turned and left her alone,
15:10Vera's words dissolving into the night air,
15:12as useless as the tears that now stream down her cheeks.
15:16The climax of the night,
15:18however,
15:18was unfolding silently in Kuro's mind.
15:23Back in his room,
15:24the initial humiliation before Lorenzo began to transform into something sharper,
15:29a cold,
15:30calculating fury.
15:33He sat on the edge of his bed,
15:35going over the scene of his confession over and over again.
15:40Lorenzo hadn't believed him.
15:42He had dismissed his story as barely believable.
15:45Why?
15:45Because Lorenzo knew better.
15:48He knew that the story of the footman was just one piece of the puzzle.
15:52And then,
15:53a fleeting memory.
15:55An image he had suppressed,
15:56came back to him like a lightning bolt.
16:00The night of Yolanda's death,
16:02the chaos,
16:03the confusion,
16:04he remembered seeing Lorenzo near the hangar,
16:06not before,
16:07but after.
16:10He had assumed he was there like everyone else,
16:12drawn by the commotion.
16:13But now,
16:17in retrospect,
16:17his presence felt strange.
16:21He was too calm,
16:22too observant.
16:24There was none of the surprise or horror in him that the rest of the family had had.
16:29There was the cold assessment of a strategist on a battlefield.
16:32The fear had not disappeared,
16:37but now it was accompanied by purpose.
16:41If Lorenzo knew more,
16:42then there had to be proof.
16:43A man so arrogant and self-assured would make mistakes.
16:50He would leave a trail.
16:51Aikoro,
16:54the humiliated nephew,
16:56the young man who had just signed his own sentence,
16:58swore to himself that he would find that trail,
17:01if it were the last thing he did.
17:02His confession had not been an ending,
17:07it had been a declaration of war.
17:10The next morning's sun rose over the valley of the Pedroches,
17:13but it brought not the warmth of hope,
17:15but the harsh light that exposes uncomfortable truths.
17:21The absence of Adriano and the man from Valladares was no longer a concern,
17:25it was an alarm that resonated throughout the promise.
17:27A day laborer,
17:32sent at dawn to retrace the path they should have taken,
17:34returned with a pale face and dire news.
17:40He had found the man's carriage abandoned on a side road near an old oak grove.
17:45One of the horses lay dead,
17:47shot in the head.
17:53Of the other horse,
17:54the coachman,
17:55Adriano,
17:56and the man himself,
17:57there was no trace,
17:58only signs of a violent struggle,
18:00disturbed earth,
18:01broken branches,
18:02and a dark stain in the grass that no one dared to name,
18:05but that everyone knew was blood.
18:09The news fell like a bombshell at the Lugin's breakfast.
18:13Catalina jumped to her feet,
18:15her face a mask of terror.
18:19We have to go find them,
18:21organize a search party right now.
18:23Calm down,
18:24daughter,
18:24the marquis said,
18:25although his own voice was shaking.
18:29The civil guard has already been notified.
18:31Going in blindly would only make things worse,
18:34but Catalina wasn't listening.
18:37Pragmatism had given way to visceral panic.
18:40Adriano wasn't just a business partner,
18:42he was a friend,
18:43a kindred spirit who understood her love for the land.
18:46The idea that he was injured or worse somewhere in her own fields was unbearable.
18:56I can't just sit here and wait,
18:58she exclaimed,
18:59and ran out of the dining room with Jacobo and Martina hot on her heels.
19:03The disappearance of a nobleman like the man of Valladares was a scandal of major proportions,
19:10but for Manuel the news had an even more sinister resonance.
19:16The abandoned carriage,
19:17the violence,
19:18and the coincidence that it had occurred just as the man was assessing the lands that Adriano refused to let sell.
19:24No,
19:27this was not a random kidnapping by bandits.
19:29This was a message,
19:30a calculated and brutal move.
19:34His suspicions immediately turned to Anora.
19:37He sought her out and found her in the library,
19:40calmly reading a newspaper as if nothing had happened.
19:45Her calm was so unnatural that it was incriminating.
19:49Have you heard the news?
19:50Manuel asked her,
19:51his voice tense.
19:54Anora looked up,
19:57her blue eyes showing perfectly rehearsed surprise.
20:02Yes,
20:03it's terrible.
20:04Poor man,
20:04I hope they find him safe and sound.
20:07And Adriano pressed Manuel.
20:11He's also disappeared.
20:13Of course,
20:14Mr. Arcos.
20:15A tragedy,
20:16she added,
20:17returning to her newspaper.
20:20His indifference was the last straw.
20:23Anora,
20:23why are you so insistent that I sell my company?
20:26And why now,
20:27just when the Viadares man is pressing to buy the promised lands,
20:31lands that my cousin refuses to sell?
20:36Anora put the newspaper aside,
20:38her expression hardening.
20:40Manuel,
20:41I think the tension is getting to you.
20:42One thing has nothing to do with the other.
20:46My advice is purely financial.
20:50Is it true,
20:51or is selling my company part of a larger plan?
20:54A plan that includes removing anyone who opposes the man's interests.
20:58Manuel moved closer,
21:01his voice dropping to an accusatory whisper.
21:03Tell me the truth.
21:05What is your relationship with the Viadares man?
21:07For the first time,
21:11Manuel saw a crack in Anora's facade,
21:13a waver in her eyes,
21:14a tiny tremor in her lower lip.
21:16It was barely an instant,
21:21but it was enough.
21:22I don't know what you're talking about,
21:24she said,
21:25standing up.
21:25And I won't tolerate these insinuations,
21:29but Manuel already had his answer.
21:32The connection existed.
21:36He didn't know what it was,
21:37but Anora's denial,
21:38too quick,
21:39too vehement,
21:40was confirmation in itself.
21:46She had stumbled upon the truth
21:48and now understood that the battle for her company
21:50and the battle for the promised lands
21:51were one and the same
21:52and that Adriano was the first casualty of that war.
21:55Downstairs,
21:58in the world of service,
21:59Pia and Angela's strategy was set in motion.
22:04Knowing that Petra was a sieve of information,
22:06they decided to use her to their advantage.
22:09In a carefully orchestrated conversation
22:11in the laundry room,
22:13where they knew that Petra would be listening
22:14from the hallway,
22:15Pia confessed to Angela a fictitious plan.
22:20Cristobal thinks he has everything under control,
22:23Pia said in an audible whisper,
22:24but he doesn't know that Don Alonso,
22:26the marquee,
22:27has asked me to discreetly keep an eye
22:29on the inventory in the warehouse.
22:32Suspects that someone is stealing expensive wine
22:34to sell abroad.
22:36It was a complete lie,
22:38but a plausible lie.
22:39Petra,
22:43predictably,
22:44took the bait,
22:45running straight to Cristobal
22:46with the inside information,
22:47feeling immensely important.
22:52The housekeeper is spying on the seller
22:54on the orders of the marquee,
22:55less so,
22:56setting you up.
23:00Cristobal,
23:01arrogant and sure of his own cunning,
23:03he decided to get ahead of it.
23:04That same afternoon,
23:07he conducted a surprise inventory of the seller,
23:09dragging several waiters along as witnesses,
23:11with the intention of demonstrating
23:13his absolute control
23:14and perhaps accusing someone else
23:16of the supposed disappearances
23:17in order to curry favor with the marquee.
23:19The result was humiliating.
23:23The inventory matched the records perfectly.
23:28Not a single bottle was missing.
23:30When the marquee,
23:31drawn by the commotion,
23:33went down to the seller
23:34and asked what was happening,
23:35Cristobal's explanation
23:36of preventing a theft
23:37sounded paranoid and ridiculous.
23:42Sir Christopher,
23:43said the marquee with cutting coldness,
23:46I appreciate your zeal,
23:47but I would prefer that you not waste
23:49my staff's time on witch hunts.
23:53There is a nobleman missing
23:54and the house is on edge.
23:56Attend to your real duties.
23:58Quote.
24:01Cristobal turned red with anger
24:02and embarrassment,
24:03while Pia,
24:04who was watching from a distance,
24:06exchanged a look of discreet triumph
24:07with Angela.
24:11They had won the first skirmish,
24:13they had shown Cristobal
24:14that they were not helpless pawns
24:15and,
24:16more importantly,
24:17they had planted in his mind
24:18the seed of doubt
24:19about the reliability
24:20of his informant, Petra.
24:26In the meantime,
24:27Kuro,
24:28driven by his new determination,
24:30began his own
24:30clandestine investigation.
24:33He knew that searching Lorenzo's office
24:35was too risky,
24:37but he remembered something.
24:41Lorenzo was a man of habits.
24:43Every night before retiring,
24:45he would spend exactly 15 minutes
24:47in the fumoire,
24:48with nothing but a cigar
24:49and a glass of armagnac.
24:52It was his little ritual,
24:5415 minutes.
24:55It was a window of opportunity,
24:57dangerous and narrow,
24:59but it was everything he had.
25:02That night,
25:03his heart pounding in his chest,
25:05he waited for Lorenzo
25:06to head to the fumoire.
25:07Then,
25:11with the agility granted by adrenaline,
25:13he slipped into his uncle's room.
25:17The room was spotless,
25:18tidied up with military precision.
25:21There was nothing out of place.
25:24He searched frantically,
25:26his hands shaking as he opened drawers
25:28and checked the pockets of the jackets
25:29hanging in the closet.
25:33Nothing,
25:34time was running out.
25:35He was about to give up
25:36when his gaze fell
25:37on the wicker wastebasket
25:38next to the desk.
25:42It contained only a few cigar ashes
25:44and a crumpled envelope.
25:46Kuro picked it up.
25:47It was empty,
25:48but on the flap,
25:49barely visible,
25:50was a wax seal
25:51with an emblem
25:52he did not recognize.
25:53A falcon on a gauntlet.
25:57It was not the emblem of the Luha
25:59or any of the noble families he knew.
26:01A noise in the hallway startled him.
26:03It was Lorenzo's footsteps.
26:08Returning earlier than expected,
26:10Kuro put the envelope in his pocket
26:11and hid behind the heavy velvet curtains
26:13just a second before the door opened.
26:18He held his breath,
26:20praying that the darkness would hide him.
26:24Lorenzo entered humming an opera tune
26:25and went straight to a small wooden chest
26:27that Kuro hadn't noticed,
26:29hidden behind some books on the shelf.
26:30He opened it with a tiny key
26:36he carried on his keychain,
26:37took out a wad of bills
26:38and closed it again.
26:42Then, as if sensing a presence,
26:45he stopped and scanned the room.
26:47Kuro felt his heart stop.
26:51The second stretched into an eternity.
26:53Finally, Lorenzo seemed to dismiss the feeling,
26:58shrugged his shoulders
26:59and left the room heading for his bedroom.
27:04Kuro waited several more minutes
27:06before daring to come out of his hiding place,
27:08drenched in cold sweat.
27:09He hadn't found irrefutable proof,
27:13but he had two new things.
27:16Knowledge of a secret chest
27:17and an envelope with a mysterious emblem.
27:21It wasn't a lot,
27:22but it was a thread
27:23and he was determined to pull on it
27:24until he unraveled the entire skein.
27:26Far away,
27:30in the darkness of the forest,
27:32Catalina,
27:32Jacobo and Martina
27:34had found the trail.
27:38Disregarding the marquee orders,
27:39they had set out on horseback,
27:41accompanied by two trusted rangers.
27:45It was Catalina,
27:47whose eyes knew every tree
27:48and every stone in that land,
27:50who found the second clue.
27:52A cufflink from Adriana's shirt,
27:54half buried in the mud near a stream.
27:56The trail led them
27:59to an old and dilapidated hunting cabin
28:01that hadn't been used for decades.
28:05They have to be here,
28:06Jacobo whispered as he dismounted.
28:09It was the only place
28:10they could hide someone for miles around.
28:13They approached stealthily.
28:16A dim light filtered
28:17through one of the grimy windows.
28:21Inside they heard voices.
28:23One was that of the man from Valladares,
28:25complaining in his haughty,
28:26nasal tone.
28:29The other was Adriana's,
28:31firm and defiant.
28:32You won't get anywhere with this,
28:34Valladares.
28:35Catalina will never give in to blackmail.
28:39Oh, believe me,
28:40she will,
28:41replied the voice of a third man.
28:43A voice they didn't recognize,
28:45harsh and cruel.
28:46When he receives a finger
28:49from his beloved agronomist in a box,
28:51he will sign anything.
28:54The man here only wanted to scare you,
28:56but I have more persuasive methods.
29:00Catalina stifled a scream.
29:03Jacobo grabbed her,
29:04signaling for her to be silent.
29:05There were at least two kidnappers with them,
29:10in addition to the man himself,
29:12who seemed to be more of an accomplice
29:14than a prisoner.
29:17They were outnumbered
29:19and probably outgunned.
29:21A frontal assault would be suicide.
29:23They needed a plan.
29:27The midday sun the next day
29:28found the promise
29:29in a state of controlled chaos.
29:33The civil guard came
29:34and went asking useless questions.
29:37The Marquises were locked in the office
29:39making calls to Madrid.
29:43And in the midst of it all,
29:45the threads of the various conspiracies
29:47began to strain
29:47to the point of breaking.
29:51Manuel,
29:52convinced of Anora's involvement,
29:54decided to set a trap for her.
29:56He approached her
29:57with a defeated expression.
30:00You're right, Anora.
30:02I've been thinking about
30:03the disappearance
30:03of the man and Adriano.
30:07It's a sign.
30:08This world is too dangerous,
30:10too unpredictable.
30:12I'll sell the company.
30:14The relief on Anora's face
30:15was so palpable,
30:17so genuine,
30:18that it confirmed
30:18all of Manuel's suspicions.
30:22It's the wisest decision,
30:23Manuel.
30:24I'll take care of everything.
30:26I'll draw up
30:26the preliminary contracts immediately.
30:30Perfect, Manuel said.
30:32But there's one condition.
30:34I want to meet with the buyers
30:35in person
30:36and I want to do it tomorrow.
30:38If we're going to do this,
30:40let's do it quickly.
30:41Anora,
30:41I hesitate.
30:44That's too hasty.
30:46Normally these things take weeks.
30:49Take it or leave it on time.
30:52Tomorrow or there's no deal.
30:55Manuel was betting
30:55that her urgency
30:56outweighed her prudence.
31:00And he was right.
31:01Okay,
31:02she conceded on time,
31:03although a shadow of unease
31:05crossed her face.
31:06I'll set up the meeting.
31:10Manuel knew that
31:11whoever showed up
31:12to that meeting
31:13would give him
31:13the next piece of the puzzle.
31:17They weren't buying a company,
31:19they were executing
31:20the next step
31:20in a plan
31:21to dismantle his family.
31:25Meanwhile,
31:26Kuro was desperately
31:27searching for the origin
31:28of the mysterious
31:29falcon emblem.
31:30He discreetly asked
31:34some of the oldest servants,
31:35but no one recognized him.
31:39His last hope
31:40was the library.
31:41He spent hours
31:42poring over old books
31:43of heraldry,
31:44the smell of dust
31:45and old paper
31:46filling his lungs.
31:50Finally,
31:50when he was about
31:51to give up,
31:52he found it
31:52in a nearly torn tome
31:54on minor and extinct
31:55noble families.
31:57There was the falcon
31:58on the gauntlet.
32:00It was the crest
32:04of the house
32:04of Cifuentes,
32:05a family that,
32:06according to the book,
32:07had lost all its lands
32:08entitled two generations ago
32:10in a bitter
32:10and bloody feud.
32:14With the Lujan family,
32:16Kuro's world
32:16tilted on its axis.
32:19Revenge wasn't about
32:20money or power
32:21in the traditional sense.
32:27It was a family vendetta
32:28that had been brewing
32:29for decades,
32:30and Lorenzo
32:31was somehow involved.
32:34But who was the heir
32:35to the Tifuentes?
32:37Who was pulling the strings?
32:42Suddenly,
32:42a mental image
32:43hit him like a punch.
32:46Leo Katia,
32:47her aristocratic bearing,
32:48her poorly concealed bitterness
32:50toward the Lujans,
32:51her sudden arrival.
32:52It could be Leo Katia
32:55and Fuentes.
32:56The idea was so monstrous
32:58and at the same time
32:59so perfectly fitting
33:00that it took his breath away.
33:06And if Leo Katia
33:07was a Cifuentes,
33:08that meant
33:08Yana's death
33:09had not been an accident.
33:10It had been murder.
33:15The first act
33:16of a meticulously planned revenge.
33:20He ran to find Manuel,
33:22finding him just as he was
33:23leaving his meeting
33:24with a Nora.
33:27Breathless,
33:28he told him everything.
33:29The chest,
33:30the envelope,
33:31the falcon emblem,
33:32the Cifuentes house,
33:33and his terrible suspicion
33:34about Leo Katia.
33:38Manuel listened to him,
33:40his face paling
33:40with each word.
33:42Kuro's theory,
33:43as far-fetched as it seemed,
33:45connected all the loose ends.
33:48Leo Katia's hostility,
33:49Anora's obsession,
33:51Adriana's disappearance,
33:52even Lorenzo's pressure.
33:56It was all part
33:57of the same web.
33:59Kuro,
34:00this is bigger
34:00than we imagined,
34:02Manuel said.
34:02His mind working
34:03at full speed.
34:09The meeting I've arranged
34:10with Anora's buyers
34:11is not a business meeting.
34:12It's a trap
34:13and we're going to be prepared.
34:17Night fell again.
34:18At the hunting cabin,
34:19Jacobo and the rangers
34:20executed their plan.
34:24They created a distraction
34:26by setting fire
34:26to a pile of dry brush
34:28at a safe distance
34:29from the cabin.
34:32When one of the kidnappers
34:33went out to investigate,
34:35they subdued him silently.
34:37The second,
34:38seeing that his partner
34:39hadn't returned,
34:40also went out
34:40and suffered the same fate.
34:44With the kidnappers
34:45neutralized,
34:46they burst into the cabin.
34:48The Valladares man
34:49screamed in surprise,
34:50while Adriano,
34:52tied to a chair
34:52but unharmed,
34:53looked at them
34:54with immense relief.
34:57I knew you would come,
34:58he exclaimed.
35:00Martina ran to untie him
35:02while Catalina
35:02faced the man,
35:03her rage
35:04overcoming any fear.
35:07How could you?
35:08We trusted you.
35:09Quote.
35:10The man stammered,
35:11trembling.
35:12I had no choice.
35:15They forced me.
35:16They owe me.
35:17Save your excuses
35:19for the civil guard.
35:20Jacobo snapped,
35:22eyeing the man
35:22with contempt.
35:25They had rescued Adriano,
35:27but the man's confession
35:28confirmed that he was
35:29just a pawn.
35:32There was someone
35:33much more powerful
35:33behind it all.
35:35The morning of the meeting
35:36was fraught
35:37with almost unbearable tension.
35:38Manuel and Kuro
35:42had spent the night
35:43awake plotting
35:44their strategy.
35:46They had warned
35:47the Marquis,
35:48who,
35:48although skeptical
35:49at first,
35:50trusted the word
35:50of his son and nephew.
35:55The civil guard
35:56was alerted,
35:57but they were asked
35:58to remain hidden
35:58at a distance,
35:59waiting for a signal.
36:03Anora arrived
36:04at the agreed-upon hall
36:05beaming with Triumph.
36:06They're on their way,
36:07he announced.
36:08They'll be here
36:09any minute.
36:11Manuel nodded,
36:12his face a mask of calm.
36:15Kuro stood by the window.
36:16He felt like his heart
36:17was going to jump
36:18out of his mouth.
36:20They waited in silence.
36:23Finally,
36:23a carriage pulled up
36:24to the main entrance.
36:26Out of it stepped
36:27not a group of businessmen,
36:28but a single figure.
36:31A woman,
36:32Leocadia,
36:33entered the room
36:34with the confidence
36:34of a queen
36:35claiming her throne.
36:39Behind her
36:40entered Lorenzo.
36:41Anora paled
36:42at the sight
36:42of them together.
36:44It seemed
36:44that not even
36:45she was aware
36:45of the whole truth.
36:48Manuel Kuro,
36:49what a pleasant surprise
36:50to see you together,
36:51Leocadia said,
36:52her voice dripping
36:53with venom.
36:54I suppose we can
36:56dispense with formalities.
37:00My real name
37:01is Leocadia Cifuentes
37:02and I have come
37:03to claim what is mine,
37:04this house,
37:05this land,
37:06all built on the ruins
37:07of my family.
37:08Quote,
37:09Lorenzo smiled,
37:12a crooked
37:13and cruel smile.
37:14I underestimated you,
37:15I must admit.
37:17You,
37:17Manuel said,
37:18looking at Lorenzo
37:19in disbelief
37:19and disgusting.
37:23You betrayed
37:24your own family.
37:26Blood doesn't pay
37:27gambling debts,
37:28cousin,
37:28Lorenzo replied
37:29with disdain.
37:30The Cifuentes,
37:34or rather Leocadia,
37:35were much more generous.
37:37The confrontation
37:38was a whirlwind
37:39of hatred
37:40and revelations.
37:42Anora,
37:43realizing she had been used,
37:45tried to protest.
37:46I didn't know
37:47anything about this.
37:50I just wanted
37:51to close a deal.
37:52Shut up,
37:53stupid girl,
37:54Leocadia snapped.
37:56You also have
37:56Cifuentes blood,
37:58even if it's
37:58on the bastard side.
38:01Did you fulfill
38:02your purpose?
38:03That's when
38:04Kuro stepped forward.
38:05Let's talk about Yana,
38:07he said,
38:08his voice shaking
38:09but firm.
38:11You killed her.
38:12It was your first
38:13strike against us,
38:14wasn't it?
38:15Leocadia let out
38:16a chilling laugh.
38:19The maid,
38:20yes.
38:21A small sacrifice
38:22to destabilize
38:23Manuel and so chaos.
38:27And it was so easy
38:28to blame a poor lackey.
38:29And then you,
38:30Kuro.
38:31Lorenzo took care
38:32of the details.
38:35The confession
38:36resonated in the
38:36silence of the room.
38:38Manuel felt a wave
38:39of fury so intense
38:40that for a moment
38:41he saw everything red.
38:44But before he could move,
38:46the door was thrown open.
38:49The marquee entered
38:50flanked by two civil guards.
38:52Quote,
38:52It's over,
38:54Leocadia,
38:55Don Alonso said,
38:56his voice booming
38:57with an authority
38:58he rarely used.
39:01His reign of terror
39:02was over.
39:04Lorenzo,
39:05seeing the game
39:05was lost,
39:06tried one last
39:07desperate move.
39:09He pulled a small
39:10pistol from his jacket
39:11and grabbed Kuro,
39:12using him as a shield.
39:14Quote,
39:14Nobody move,
39:16I'm leaving here
39:17and the boy
39:17is coming with me.
39:19Everything happened
39:20in an instant.
39:23While everyone's attention
39:24was focused on Lorenzo
39:25and Kuro,
39:26a figure moved
39:27with surprising speed
39:28from the service door
39:29that had opened
39:29without anyone noticing.
39:30It was Angela.
39:35In her hand
39:36she held a heavy
39:37cast iron frying pan.
39:39With a scream
39:40that was a mixture
39:40of fear
39:41and penned up rage,
39:42she smashed it
39:43with all her might
39:44into the back
39:44of Lorenzo's head.
39:48The captain collapsed
39:49like a sack
39:50of potatoes,
39:51unconscious,
39:52letting go of Kuro.
39:54The room was
39:55in stunned silence
39:56for a second
39:57before the guards
39:57pounced on Leocadia
39:59and Lorenzo's
39:59lifeless body.
40:00Angela,
40:04trembling,
40:05dropped the frying pan
40:06which clattered
40:07on the marble floor.
40:09Pia ran to her side,
40:10hugging her.
40:12The nightmare was over.
40:14Leocadia,
40:15Lorenzo,
40:15and Enora
40:16were arrested.
40:17The Valladares man,
40:19thanks to Adriana's testimony,
40:21would also face justice.
40:24The promise,
40:25although wounded
40:26and betrayed,
40:27had survived.
40:28The unity of the service,
40:29the cunning of Pia
40:30and Angela,
40:31the bravery
40:32of Catalina
40:32and Jacobo,
40:34and the determination
40:34of Manuel and Kuro
40:35had prevailed
40:36over the darkness.
40:40That night,
40:41the promise breathed
40:41a different air,
40:42an air of relief,
40:43of exhaustion,
40:44but also of hope.
40:48The wounds
40:48would take time
40:49to heal.
40:52Lorenzo's betrayal
40:53had left a deep
40:53scar on the family,
40:55but they were together.
40:55Manuel found Kuro
40:59on the balcony,
41:00looking at the stars.
41:01The young man
41:02no longer seemed
41:02like the frightened boy
41:03he had been before.
41:06There was a new maturity
41:07in his gaze,
41:08forged in the fire
41:09of adversity.
41:11We did it,
41:12Kuro,
41:12Manuel said,
41:13putting a hand
41:14on his shoulder.
41:17We did justice
41:18to Yana.
41:19Kuro nodded,
41:20but a shadow
41:21of sadness
41:21remained in his eyes.
41:26Yes,
41:26but I wish,
41:27I wish it could
41:28have been different,
41:29that she was still here.
41:32Manuel was silent
41:33for a moment.
41:35Leocadia's confession
41:36had been clear,
41:37but in the subsequent
41:38interrogations,
41:39before being transferred,
41:41Lorenzo,
41:41in a final act
41:42of spite
41:43or perhaps
41:43a strange redemption,
41:44had asked to speak
41:45with Manuel.
41:46Aeolas.
41:48There's something
41:48you need to know,
41:49Manuel said to Kuro.
41:52His voice
41:52was barely a whisper.
41:54What I'm about
41:54to tell you
41:55seems impossible,
41:56but Lorenzo swore it,
41:57and for some reason
41:58I believe him.
42:01Kuro turned expectantly.
42:04Leocadia ordered
42:05Lorenzo to kill Yana.
42:07Manuel continued.
42:09But Lorenzo
42:09saw an opportunity.
42:12He knew Leocadia
42:14wanted Yana
42:14out of the way forever,
42:16so instead of killing her
42:17he helped her disappear.
42:20Kuro's eyes widened.
42:22What?
42:23She hired that lackey
42:25to create the story
42:26of the accident.
42:28The body they found
42:29wasn't hers.
42:31Lorenzo got her
42:32out of the promise
42:32that night,
42:33alive.
42:35He sent her away
42:36to a convent
42:36in the north
42:37under another name
42:38with the promise
42:38that he would protect her
42:39as long as
42:40Leocadia was a threat.
42:41Yana's murder
42:46was a farce,
42:47a cruel magic trick,
42:49but a trick
42:49that saved his life.
42:53Kuro was speechless.
42:55Hope,
42:56an emotion
42:56he thought he had lost forever,
42:58bloomed in his chest
42:59with overwhelming force.
43:03It was a shock,
43:04the most incredible
43:05revelation of all,
43:06one that rewrote
43:07their entire tragedy.
43:08Where?
43:11Kuro asked,
43:12his voice shaking
43:13with emotion.
43:14Where is she?
43:15Manuel pulled a piece
43:16of paper from his pocket.
43:19It was a note
43:20that Lorenzo
43:20had handed him.
43:22On it was just
43:22a name and an address.
43:26The convent
43:27of Santa Clara del Mar
43:28in a small town
43:29on the coast
43:29of Chantabria.
43:30She's alive,
43:33Kuro,
43:34Manuel said,
43:35and this time
43:35a genuine smile
43:36lit his face.
43:40She's no longer alive
43:41and we can bring her
43:42back home.
43:43On the balcony
43:44of promise,
43:45beneath a starry sky
43:46that suddenly seemed
43:47full of promise,
43:48the two young men
43:49gazed out
43:50into the horizon.
43:53The darkest chapter
43:54of their lives
43:55had ended,
43:56not with a full stop,
43:57but with the beginning
43:58of a new journey.
44:00A journey to reunite,
44:04to heal,
44:04and to rebuild.
44:06The house
44:06had been saved,
44:07the villains unmasked,
44:09and in the heart
44:09of the tragedy
44:10had blossomed
44:11the most unexpected
44:12and joyful of miracles.
44:16The echo of secrets
44:17faded and in its place
44:19the music of the future
44:20began to sound.
44:21No.
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