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Leocadia contra Lorenzo: el precio por Ángela
En La Promesa, la desaparición de Ángela da un giro brutal: Lorenzo confiesa y pone a Leocadia entre la espada y la pared. Si quiere recuperar a su hija con vida, tendrá que pagar un precio altísimo. Mientras tanto, Alonso se enfrenta a un nuevo fracaso en sus intentos de pactar con el barón de Valladares, lo que hunde aún más a los Luján. En otro frente, la reconciliación entre Toño y Simona no convence a Enora, que acusa a su pareja de falta de si ...
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Leocadia contra Lorenzo: el precio por Ángela
En La Promesa, la desaparición de Ángela da un giro brutal: Lorenzo confiesa y pone a Leocadia entre la espada y la pared. Si quiere recuperar a su hija con vida, tendrá que pagar un precio altísimo. Mientras tanto, Alonso se enfrenta a un nuevo fracaso en sus intentos de pactar con el barón de Valladares, lo que hunde aún más a los Luján. En otro frente, la reconciliación entre Toño y Simona no convence a Enora, que acusa a su pareja de falta de si ...
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00:00Leo Katia versus Lorenzo. The price for Angela. In the promise, Angela's disappearance takes a
00:11brutal turn. Lorenzo confesses and puts Leo Katia between a rock and a hard place.
00:19If she wants to get her daughter back alive, she will have to pay a very high price.
00:24Meanwhile, Alonso faces a new failure in his attempts to make a pact with the man from
00:28Valladares, which sinks the Lujans even further. On another front, the reconciliation between
00:36Tonio and Simona does not convince Anora, who accuses her partner of being dishonest.
00:45Kuro, desperate, begs Cristobal to organize the search for Angela,
00:48but receives a blunt refusal and decides to act on his own.
00:52And when all seems lost, Maria Fernandez remembers the cave where she was kidnapped and proposes an
01:01idea as risky as it is dangerous. To look for Angela there.
01:09Wednesday, September 3rd. An episode where lies are paid for in blood and every decision can cost a life.
01:14The air in the promise had become thick, almost unbreathable.
01:22Every corridor, every room, every corner of the service area seemed to have absorbed the
01:27collective anguish that hung like an invisible miasma.
01:30Silence was no longer a bomb, but a stifled cry. Angela did not appear. Each passing hour was a
01:40hammer blow to the anvil of Leocadia's soul, forging a fear that was ever sharper and colder.
01:49The young maid, with her easy laugh and charming clumsiness, had vanished like the smoke from an
01:54extinguished candle, leaving behind only the cold trace of her absence.
02:01Leocadia did not eat, did not sleep.
02:04Her body moved by pure inertia, a puppet whose strings were hope and despair in a constant pulse.
02:14Her eyes, once lively and full of a spark of maternal mischief,
02:17were now two dark, feverish wells that searched every face,
02:21searching for an answer that no one had.
02:24She had walked the grounds of the estate until the soles of her shoes wore out and her feet bled.
02:34She had asked every farm laborer, every guard,
02:37every living soul for miles around.
02:43The answer was always the same.
02:46A shrug, a look of pity,
02:47a, sorry, Leocadia,
02:50we haven't seen you.
02:54The civil guard had combed the surrounding area,
02:57their green uniforms a somber stain against the golden beauty of the Lujan fields.
03:01Their questions were methodical,
03:06their searches exhaustive,
03:08but their results were nil.
03:12Angela had vanished from the face of the earth.
03:15For Leocadia,
03:16the world had stopped the moment she realized that her daughter would not be back for dinner.
03:20Everything else was a blur,
03:26background noise to the deafening pounding of her own terrified heart.
03:34And then,
03:35just when hope was beginning to fray to the thinnest of threads,
03:38the summons arrived.
03:39It was not an official note or an urgent message.
03:46It was a simple message delivered by a footman with his eyes downcast,
03:50almost fearful.
03:54The captain of the bush wanted to see her in his office.
03:58Leocadia's heart immediately skipped a beat so violently
04:00that she had to lean against the wall of the service corridor.
04:03Lorenzo,
04:07what could Lorenzo possibly want from her at a time like this?
04:11Her relationship with the captain had always been distant,
04:14professional,
04:15tinged with the deference that a maid should show a gentleman.
04:22But beneath that surface she had always sensed an undercurrent,
04:25an intensity in his gaze that unsettled her.
04:27Now that unease was turning into an icy panic.
04:35She felt,
04:35with the bestial certainty of a mother,
04:37that this man was the key to everything.
04:42On trembling legs,
04:44she smoothed her apron with clumsy hands and climbed the grand staircase,
04:47each step a step toward an unknown gallows.
04:54The gentleman's wing was silent,
04:55an oppressive calm that contrasted brutally with the chaos inside.
05:02The door to Lorenzo's office stood ajar,
05:05an ominous invitation.
05:07She took a breath that didn't quite reach her lungs
05:09and knocked softly with her knuckles.
05:15Come in,
05:16Lorenzo's voice rang out,
05:17raw and sharp,
05:18with a steely edge.
05:20Leocadia entered.
05:21The office smelled of leather,
05:25expensive tobacco,
05:27and power.
05:28Lorenzo stood by the window,
05:30his back to her,
05:31gazing out at the gardens that stretched out in the afternoon sun.
05:38He didn't turn around immediately.
05:40The silence stretched,
05:42taut as a violin string about to snap.
05:43Leocadia could hear the ticking of the large grandfather clock,
05:50every second a dull thump against her temples.
05:56Poor Leocadia,
05:58Lorenzo said finally.
05:59His voice was a murmur laden with false compassion that made her skin crawl.
06:03He turned slowly,
06:08and the expression on his face was not one of pity,
06:10but of predatory satisfaction.
06:15What terrible ordeal are you going through?
06:18The uncertainty must be unbearable torture.
06:24Captain,
06:25Leocadia stammered,
06:26her hands wringing on her apron.
06:30I appreciate your concern.
06:33If you called me to offer me comfort,
06:35I appreciate it,
06:36but right now.
06:38Quote.
06:41Oh, no, Leocadia,
06:43he interrupted her,
06:44taking a step toward her.
06:46His dark eyes searched her,
06:48baring her soul.
06:51I did not call to offer you comfort.
06:54Comfort is useless.
06:56I prefer solutions.
07:00Leocadia looked at him,
07:02confused.
07:02A shiver ran down her spine.
07:05Solutions.
07:06What do you mean,
07:07sir?
07:07Do you know anything?
07:09Have you heard any news about Angela?
07:13Lorenzo smiled.
07:14It was a slow,
07:16cruel smile that did not reach his eyes.
07:19He went to his mahogany desk,
07:21poured himself a glass of brandy
07:22and held it up to the light,
07:24staring at the amber liquid
07:25as if it contained all the secrets of the universe.
07:27I know many things,
07:31Leocadia.
07:32I know,
07:34for for example,
07:35that her daughter is an impulsive,
07:37curious young woman.
07:38Sometimes curiosity leads people to places they shouldn't be,
07:45to overhear conversations they shouldn't hear.
07:47She set her glass down on the table without drinking
07:53and leaned against the edge,
07:55crossing her arms.
07:59Her posture was relaxed,
08:01but her gaze was that of a panther about to pounce.
08:03And I know that you,
08:06her mother,
08:06would do anything for her.
08:10Absolutely anything.
08:12I'm wrong.
08:13The air escaped from Leocadia's lungs.
08:19The implication was so monstrous,
08:21so clear,
08:22that it left her speechless.
08:24The color drained from her face,
08:26leaving it like a wax mask.
08:27You,
08:32the broken voice whispered.
08:34You have her.
08:35Do you know where she is?
08:37Knowing where she is is one way of putting it,
08:39Lorenzo replied,
08:41savoring every word,
08:42every ounce of the terror he was instilling in her.
08:47Let's just say I have considerable influence
08:49over her current whereabouts
08:50and her future well-being.
08:51The confession,
08:58though veiled,
08:58hit her with the force of a punch.
09:01Leocadia staggered,
09:03her knees giving way
09:04and she had to grab the back of a chair
09:05to keep from falling.
09:11The tears she had been holding at bay
09:13with superhuman determination
09:14sprang to her eyes hot and bitter.
09:16Why,
09:21she whimpered,
09:22why would I hurt my child?
09:23She's just a kid,
09:24she's done no wrong to anyone.
09:28I beg you,
09:29captain,
09:30for the love of God,
09:31give her back to me.
09:33I'll do anything,
09:34anything.
09:37Lorenzo stepped closer to her,
09:39his shadow falling over her.
09:41He leaned down,
09:42his face inches from hers,
09:43and his voice dropped to a venomous hiss.
09:46Ah,
09:50Leocadia,
09:51that's the key word,
09:52anything.
09:53I'm glad,
09:54hear it,
09:54because what I'm going to ask of you
09:55is no small thing.
09:59Look,
10:00you and I have a problem.
10:04Your daughter,
10:05in her infinite stupidity,
10:07overheard something
10:07that could ruin my plans for good.
10:12And I can't allow that to happen,
10:13but killing her would be a waste
10:15and, frankly,
10:16too noisy.
10:22He raised a hand
10:23and with repulsive delicacy
10:24brushed a lock of hair
10:25from Leocadia's sweaty face.
10:27She recoiled as if his touch burned her.
10:34So I offer you a deal,
10:36he continued,
10:37ignoring her revulsion.
10:41An exchange,
10:43your daughter's life and freedom
10:44for something I need.
10:46A small service.
10:50An act of loyalty to me.
10:52What do you want?
10:53Leocadia asked,
10:56her voice barely a thread.
10:59Money,
11:00I don't have much,
11:01but I can.
11:02Quote,
11:02Lorenzo La La Laff,
11:04a dry,
11:04mirthless sound.
11:09Money,
11:10please,
11:11Leocadia,
11:11don't insult me.
11:13I have more money
11:14than you could count
11:14in 10 lifetimes.
11:15No,
11:19what I want from you
11:20is much more valuable.
11:21I want your soul.
11:22I want your unwavering obedience.
11:28There are certain matters
11:29within this palace,
11:31certain people,
11:32specifically Mr. Kuro,
11:33who have become a nuisance.
11:37You are close to him.
11:39You enjoy his trust.
11:40You will be my eyes and ears,
11:45and when the time comes,
11:46you will be my executing hand.
11:51Leocadia's blood ran cold
11:53in her veins.
11:54Sheer,
11:55utter horror paralyzed her.
11:58He wasn't asking for money,
12:00he was asking her to betray,
12:02to spy,
12:02to become a weapon
12:03against a young man
12:04she cared about,
12:05a young man
12:06who had suffered enough already.
12:07No,
12:11she murmured,
12:12I can't do that to Kuro.
12:13He is,
12:14he is not,
12:15his daughter,
12:16Lorenzo snapped,
12:17his mask of calm falling
12:18to reveal the fury
12:19that burned beneath.
12:23He grabbed her by the arms,
12:25his fingers sinking
12:26into her flesh.
12:27Your daughter is in a cold,
12:29dark place,
12:29Leocadia,
12:30alone and afraid.
12:32Every minute you hesitate,
12:33your suffering grows longer.
12:34Perhaps she is hungry,
12:38perhaps she is thirsty,
12:40perhaps,
12:40perhaps she does not
12:41have much time left.
12:44He released her with a shove
12:46that sent her stumbling.
12:47The choice is yours,
12:49loyalty to a boy
12:50you barely know
12:50or the life of the child
12:51you brought into this world.
12:56Think carefully,
12:57but do not take too long.
12:59Patience is not one of my virtues.
13:01He turned back to his desk,
13:03bidding her farewell.
13:04He had backed her into a corner,
13:10strip her of all defenses,
13:11and now he left her writhing in agony
13:13from which there was no escape.
13:18Leocadia stood there trembling,
13:21broken,
13:21the echo of that cruel choice
13:23echoing in her head.
13:27She had to pay a price
13:28to get her daughter back.
13:30A price that was not measured in coins,
13:32but in pieces of her own consciousness.
13:37The captain not only had Angela,
13:39now she had her too.
13:42While Leocadia faced the abyss
13:44in Lorenzo's office,
13:45another kind of battle
13:46was being fought miles away.
13:48Alonso,
13:53Marquis of Lujan,
13:54felt the weight of the world
13:55on his shoulders
13:56as his carriage
13:56rocked down the dusty road
13:58leading to the palace
13:59of the man of Valladares.
14:04The mission was,
14:05as he himself had admitted to cruise,
14:07practically impossible.
14:10Convincing Ezekiel de Valladares
14:11of anything that did not spring
14:13from his own twisted convenience
14:14was like trying to stop the wind
14:16with your bare hands.
14:20The man was a man
14:21from another era,
14:22a dinosaur of the aristocracy
14:24who clung to his privileges
14:25with the tenacity
14:26of a bloodhound.
14:31His grudges were legendary,
14:33his memory for insults prodigious,
14:35and his heart,
14:36if he had one,
14:37was like stone.
14:37The conflict that pitted them
14:42against each other
14:43was a tangle of old debts,
14:45broken promises,
14:46and a pride so immense
14:47that it overshadowed
14:48any semblance of reason.
14:52But Alonso had no other choice.
14:55The promises' financial situation
14:56was precarious,
14:58and the man's influence
14:58in certain circles
14:59was the only lever
15:00that could get them
15:01out of this predicament.
15:02He had to try,
15:07if only so he could
15:07look himself in the mirror
15:08without feeling
15:09that he had failed his family
15:10through lack of courage.
15:15The Viadares Palace
15:16rose before him,
15:18a gray, austere stone mass
15:19that looked like a mausoleum.
15:24In contrast to the warm
15:26bustle of the promise,
15:27a sepulchral silence
15:28reigned here,
15:29broken only by the crowing
15:30of crows
15:31in the ancient trees.
15:35The butler who received him
15:37was a reflection of his master,
15:38tall, gaunt,
15:40with an expression
15:40of perpetual disdain.
15:45The Lord Marquis of Lujan,
15:47the butler announced
15:48in a monotone voice
15:49as he opened the doors
15:50to the great hall.
15:54The man was sitting
15:56in a wingback chair
15:56that looked like a throne,
15:58a glass of sherry
15:59in one hand
15:59and a look of boredom
16:00on his wrinkled face.
16:05He didn't get up,
16:06Alonso.
16:07What an unexpected
16:08and surely unwelcome visit.
16:11I suppose you're not here
16:12to have tea
16:12and chat about the weather,
16:14he said,
16:14his voice like the crunch
16:15of gravel under a boot.
16:17I suppose you're not here
16:20to have tea
16:20and chat about the weather.
16:21Alonso maintained
16:22his composure,
16:23forcing a courtesy
16:24he didn't feel.
16:28Ezekiel,
16:29thank you for seeing me.
16:31And no,
16:32I'm not here
16:32for trivial reasons.
16:33I've come to speak
16:37as one man of honor
16:37to another.
16:39The man let out
16:40a dry chuckle.
16:43Honor,
16:43a word used
16:44far too lightly
16:45these days.
16:48What do you want,
16:49Alonso?
16:50Get to the point,
16:51my time is valuable.
16:52Alonso took a deep breath.
16:54I've come to ask you
16:55to reconsider your position.
16:56The arrangement
16:59we've proposed
16:59is fair to both parties.
17:01It would help
17:02to improve our finances
17:03and strengthen the bonds
17:04between our houses,
17:06as it should always have been.
17:10Fair enough,
17:11the man repeated,
17:12arching a bushy,
17:13graying eyebrow.
17:16You come to me
17:17with your hat in your hand
17:18after having scorned me
17:19for years,
17:20after your family
17:21has tarnished my name
17:22with their intrigues
17:22and scandals.
17:23The only bond
17:26I care to strengthen
17:27is the one
17:27that keeps my money
17:28well tied up
17:29in my pocket,
17:30out of reach
17:30of spendthrifts
17:31like you.
17:35The blood rose
17:36to Alonso's face,
17:37but he held it in.
17:39Anger would do him
17:39no good.
17:44Ezekiel,
17:44the mistakes of the past
17:45cannot continue
17:46to poison our future.
17:48I'm talking
17:48about pragmatism.
17:52What I'm offering you
17:53is not charity,
17:54it's an investment,
17:55an investment in stability.
17:57You know,
17:58as well as I do,
17:59that if a house
17:59like mine falls,
18:01the tremor could affect
18:01many others,
18:02including yours.
18:06Veiled threats.
18:08How unoriginal,
18:09Alonso.
18:10The man scoffed,
18:11taking a sip
18:11of his sherry.
18:16My house is built
18:17on rock,
18:17not on the sand
18:18of mismanagement
18:19and unfortunate marriages.
18:20Your downfall,
18:25if it comes,
18:26will be a pitiful spectacle
18:27that I will watch
18:28with great interest,
18:29but it will not drag me
18:30down with you.
18:34There was a tense silence.
18:36Alonso felt frustration
18:37like a lump
18:38in his throat.
18:39The man was a wall
18:43of granite.
18:44There were no cracks,
18:46no empathy,
18:46only an ancient,
18:47petrified contempt.
18:52Is there nothing
18:53I can say
18:54to change your mind?
18:56Alonso asked,
18:57his voice tinged
18:58with a desperation
18:58he had trouble hiding.
18:59The man stared at him,
19:05his small eyes gleaming
19:06with malice.
19:09Nothing you can say,
19:11but perhaps something
19:12you could do,
19:12though I doubt
19:13your pride would allow it.
19:18He set down his cup
19:19and leaned forward.
19:21Kneel,
19:21Alonso.
19:22Kneel and beg my forgiveness.
19:27Not for your finances,
19:28but for the arrogance
19:29of your lineage.
19:31Humble yourself before me.
19:32Perhaps,
19:33just perhaps,
19:34if your humiliation
19:35is convincing enough,
19:36I will consider listening
19:37to your pathetic proposal again.
19:42Alonso froze.
19:44The demand was so excessive,
19:45so insulting,
19:47that for a moment
19:47he thought he had misheard.
19:52But the crooked smile
19:53on the man's face
19:54confirmed that he was serious.
19:56He wanted to see him broken,
19:58not just financially,
20:00but morally.
20:03He wanted to trample
20:04the Lujan name.
20:06Pride and need
20:07waged a fierce war
20:08inside Alonso.
20:13Images of his family,
20:14of the promise,
20:15of everything he loved
20:16flashed through his mind.
20:20Could he swallow
20:21this humiliation for them?
20:23He looked at the man
20:24before him,
20:25an old man consumed
20:25by resentment,
20:27and knew that even
20:27that sacrifice
20:28would not guarantee anything.
20:32It would only feed
20:33the man's monstrous ego.
20:35With a rigidity
20:36that denoted iron control.
20:38Alonso straightened.
20:39I'm afraid,
20:43Ezekiel,
20:44that you have
20:44confused desperation
20:46with a lack of dignity.
20:50Alonso does not
20:51kneel before anyone.
20:53Have a good afternoon.
20:54He turned and
20:55walked out of the room
20:56without waiting
20:56for a response,
20:58the echo of the man's
20:58dry laughter
20:59following him
21:00through the silent hallways.
21:01The mission
21:05had not only
21:05been impossible,
21:07it had been a trap
21:07for his soul.
21:09He returned
21:10to the promise
21:10empty-handed
21:11and his heart
21:12heavier than ever.
21:17In the service area,
21:18the tensions
21:18were no less palpable,
21:20although their roots
21:21were more intimate
21:21and personal.
21:26The relationship
21:27between Tonio
21:28and Enora,
21:29which had blossomed
21:30like an unexpected
21:30flower in the arid
21:31soil of their lives,
21:33was now faltering
21:34under the weight
21:34of mistrust.
21:38The source
21:39of the conflict
21:40was ironically
21:40an act of apparent
21:41kindness.
21:43Tonio's reconciliation
21:44with his mother,
21:45Simona.
21:50Enora watched him
21:51from the other side
21:51of the kitchen
21:52as he peeled potatoes
21:53with almost feverish
21:54concentration.
21:58His face,
22:00normally open
22:00and expressive,
22:01was an impenetrable
22:02mask.
22:04They had been
22:04like this for days,
22:06moving around
22:06each other
22:06in a silence
22:07heavy within spoken
22:08words.
22:12Finally,
22:13she couldn't
22:13take it anymore.
22:15We can talk,
22:16Enora said,
22:17her voice sharper
22:17than she intended.
22:22Tonio looked up,
22:23the knife stopping
22:24halfway.
22:24Sure,
22:25about what?
22:25About us,
22:30about you,
22:31about your mother,
22:32she snapped,
22:33crossing her arms
22:34at the sight
22:34of that farce
22:35you put on
22:35the other day.
22:39Tonio dropped
22:40the knife and potato
22:41on the table
22:42with a thud.
22:43Farce,
22:44what do you mean?
22:45I made peace
22:46with my mother.
22:46I thought it
22:50would make you
22:50happy.
22:51I did it for you.
22:52And that's
22:53precisely the problem,
22:54Tonio,
22:55she exclaimed,
22:56her voice vibrating
22:57with frustration.
23:00You did it for me.
23:02You didn't do it
23:03because you felt it,
23:04you didn't do it
23:05because you truly
23:06forgave her for all
23:07the harm she'd done
23:07to you.
23:08You did it to
23:12please me,
23:13as if I were
23:14a spoiled child
23:14who had to be
23:15pleased.
23:20But I just
23:20wanted us to be
23:21okay,
23:22he defended
23:22himself,
23:23confused.
23:26You told me
23:27it was important
23:28to you that
23:28my mother and
23:29I got along,
23:29that you couldn't
23:30be with me
23:31if I held
23:31so much resentment.
23:34I wanted you
23:35to resolve
23:36your resentment,
23:37not sweep
23:37it under the rug.
23:39She reproached
23:39him on the hour,
23:40moving closer to him.
23:44Her eyes shone
23:45with a mixture
23:46of anger and pain.
23:47I saw your face
23:48when you hugged her.
23:51I saw your eyes,
23:52there was no
23:53forgiveness in them,
23:54Tonio.
23:54There was resignation.
23:56There was an effort.
23:59It was an act.
24:01And you know
24:01what's worse,
24:02she knows it too.
24:03Simona is not stupid.
24:07She knows that
24:08your reconciliation
24:08is hollow,
24:10that it's not genuine.
24:11Tonio ran a hand
24:12through his hair,
24:13exasperated.
24:17And what did you
24:18want me to do
24:18on the hour?
24:19What did you expect?
24:21To forget years
24:22of abandonment
24:22and pain overnight?
24:24I did what I could.
24:27I took a step.
24:28That's not what counts.
24:30Not if the step
24:31is a false one,
24:32she insisted.
24:36What matters
24:37is the truth
24:37and you're not
24:38being honest
24:38with yourself,
24:39her or me.
24:45You're building
24:45our relationship
24:46on a lie,
24:47on an empty gesture.
24:49I don't want that,
24:50Tonio.
24:54I can't love
24:55a man who can't
24:55face his own demons,
24:57who would rather
24:57pretend that
24:58everything is okay
24:59than do the hard work
25:00of truly healing.
25:01The accusation
25:05hit him hard.
25:06That's not fair.
25:08Anora,
25:08you don't know
25:09what it's like for me.
25:13You don't know
25:13what it's like
25:14to look her
25:14in the eyes
25:15and show me.
25:16She interrupted him,
25:18her voice breaking.
25:21Let me in.
25:23Share your pain
25:23with me
25:24instead of hiding
25:24it behind a fake smile.
25:27I fell in love
25:28with you,
25:29Tonio,
25:29with all your wounds
25:30and scars.
25:31I don't need
25:35a fairy tale prince,
25:36I need a real man.
25:38And a real man
25:39doesn't lie
25:40to keep the peace.
25:43They stared
25:44at each other
25:44in the silence
25:45of the kitchen,
25:46the abyss
25:46of their incomprehension
25:47opening between them.
25:52For Tonio,
25:53her gesture
25:54had been the ultimate
25:55sacrifice for love.
25:56For Anora,
25:57it had been
25:58the ultimate betrayal
25:59of the authenticity
26:00she valued so much.
26:05The lack of authenticity
26:06in her reconciliation
26:07with Simona
26:08had put the authenticity
26:09of her own love at risk,
26:11and neither of them
26:11knew how to bridge the gap.
26:17Desperation had many faces
26:18in the promise,
26:19but none as sharp
26:20and feverish
26:21as Kuro's.
26:26The young man
26:26felt Angela's
26:27disappearance
26:28as a personal affront,
26:29a failure
26:30that burned
26:30in his gut.
26:35He was convinced,
26:36with a certainty
26:37that bordered on obsession,
26:38that he could find her.
26:39He knew the terrain
26:43better than anyone.
26:44Every hidden path,
26:46every stream,
26:47every cave.
26:50He had spent
26:51his childhood
26:52exploring those places
26:53and felt that the land
26:54itself would speak
26:55to him if he let it.
27:00But to do so,
27:01he needed the authority
27:02to organize a search,
27:03to direct the men,
27:04to act quickly
27:05and effectively.
27:06And that authority
27:11was systematically
27:12denied to him
27:13by one man,
27:14Cristobal,
27:15the butler.
27:18She found him
27:19in the great hall,
27:20supervising the cleaning
27:21of the silver
27:22with exasperating
27:23meticulousness.
27:28Kuro approached him,
27:30unable to contain
27:31the urgency
27:31that consumed him
27:32any longer.
27:33Quote,
27:34Mr. Cristobal,
27:37I must insist,
27:38Kuro began,
27:39his voice tense.
27:41Every hour we lose
27:42is one less chance
27:43of finding Angela alive.
27:47Allow me to organize
27:49a search party.
27:50I know these woods
27:51like the back of my hand.
27:55I know where to look,
27:56where no one else
27:57has thought to.
28:00Cristobal didn't even
28:01look up from the
28:02candelabra he was polishing.
28:04Mr. Kuro,
28:07we've been over this.
28:08The Guardia Civil
28:09is in charge
28:10of the investigation.
28:13They're professionals.
28:15We don't need
28:15some enthusiastic
28:16amateur running around
28:17and getting in the way
28:18of their work,
28:19erasing possible traces.
28:23I'm not an amateur,
28:24Kuro protested,
28:25raising his voice.
28:28I grew up here.
28:29The Guardia Civil
28:30are outsiders,
28:31they don't know
28:32the terrain.
28:36I could find her,
28:37I'm sure of it.
28:39Your safety is irrelevant,
28:40Cristobal replied,
28:41his tone icy.
28:46My duty is to maintain
28:47order in this house,
28:48and order dictates
28:49that the gentlemen
28:50do not play explorers
28:51while the servants work.
28:56Their place is here,
28:58in the palace.
28:58Yana,
29:00who was passing by
29:01with a bucket
29:01and a rag,
29:02stopped when she
29:03heard the conversation.
29:06She saw the frustration
29:07on Kuro's face
29:08and decided to intervene.
29:10Excuse me,
29:11Mr. Cristobal,
29:12she said in a soft
29:13but firm voice.
29:18Mr. Kuro is right.
29:19No one knows
29:20this land better.
29:21If there is anyone
29:23who can have a hunch,
29:24a sure instinct,
29:25it is him.
29:29You should listen to him.
29:31Cristobal gave him
29:32a withering look.
29:33And now the maids
29:34are also meddling
29:35in the management
29:36of the estate.
29:37Get back to your work,
29:39Yana,
29:39if you don't want me
29:40to find you
29:40a less pleasant one.
29:45A little later
29:45it was Lopez
29:46who approached
29:47from the kitchen,
29:48drying his hands
29:48on his apron.
29:49Mr. Butler,
29:54what Kuro says
29:55is not nonsense.
29:56If he would
29:57give us permission,
29:58several of us
29:59would gladly
29:59go with him.
30:03We are more
30:04hands to search.
30:06Cristobal's refusal
30:06was even more
30:07emphatic.
30:08Enough.
30:11The decision
30:12has been made,
30:13no one is going
30:14anywhere.
30:15The search is a matter
30:16for the competent
30:16authorities.
30:19And you,
30:21Kuro,
30:22I absolutely
30:23forbid you
30:23to leave
30:24the palace grounds.
30:28That's been
30:29made clear.
30:30The word
30:30forbid resounded
30:31in the lobby
30:31like a slap
30:32in the face.
30:36Kuro glared
30:37at the butler,
30:38impotent fury
30:39burning in his eyes.
30:41He felt caged,
30:42tied hand and foot
30:43while his life
30:44hung in the balance.
30:45He nodded
30:49stiffly,
30:50not out of
30:51compliance,
30:51but to end
30:52the humiliating
30:52conversation.
30:57But as he
30:57walked away,
30:58his fists
30:59clenched until
31:00his knuckles
31:00turned white,
31:01he made up
31:01his mind.
31:06Cristobal
31:06could give him
31:07orders,
31:07but he could
31:08not control
31:08his conscience.
31:10If he had
31:10to act on
31:11his own,
31:11he would.
31:12He would
31:15wait until
31:16nightfall,
31:16until the
31:17guards relaxed.
31:18He would
31:19take a horse,
31:20a lantern,
31:21and a map
31:21he had drawn
31:21from memory.
31:25He was not
31:26about to
31:27stand idly
31:27by.
31:28If the world
31:29wouldn't save
31:30Angela,
31:30he would
31:30try alone.
31:35Defying
31:35Cristobal's
31:36authority was
31:37a risk,
31:37but it was
31:38a risk he
31:38was more
31:39than willing
31:39to take.
31:42inaction
31:44was,
31:45to him,
31:45the one
31:46unforgivable
31:46sin.
31:48Amidst the
31:48general uncertainty,
31:50fear,
31:50and intrigue,
31:51a painful
31:52memory blossomed
31:52in Maria
31:53Fernandez's
31:53mind,
31:54transforming
31:55into an
31:55idea that
31:56was as
31:56risky as
31:56it was
31:57brilliant.
32:01As she
32:01scrubbed
32:02the floor
32:02of the
32:02gallery,
32:03the smell
32:03of dampness
32:04and stone
32:04brought back
32:05to her
32:05with terrifying
32:06vividness,
32:07her own
32:07ordeal.
32:07She
32:12remembered
32:13the
32:13darkness,
32:13the
32:14cold,
32:14the
32:14paralyzing
32:15fear of
32:15being
32:16trapped,
32:16kidnapped,
32:17waiting for
32:18a rescue
32:18that seemed
32:18like it
32:19would never
32:19come.
32:24She
32:24remembered
32:25the cave,
32:25stopped
32:26short,
32:26the brush
32:27falling from
32:27her hands
32:28with a
32:28thud.
32:32The cave,
32:33that natural
32:34hiding place,
32:35isolated and
32:36difficult to
32:36access,
32:37where she
32:37herself had
32:38been a
32:38prisoner.
32:42It was the
32:43perfect place
32:44to hide
32:44someone,
32:45close enough
32:45to the
32:46promise for
32:46a kidnapper
32:47familiar with
32:47the area,
32:48but far
32:49enough away
32:49and hidden
32:50that no
32:50search party
32:51would stumble
32:51upon him.
32:57Her heart
32:58began to
32:59pound.
33:00The idea
33:00was crazy
33:01to return
33:02to that
33:02place.
33:02The
33:06mere
33:06thought
33:06sent
33:07shivers
33:07down
33:07her
33:07spine.
33:08It
33:09meant
33:09facing
33:09her
33:09own
33:10trauma
33:10all
33:10over
33:10again,
33:11the
33:11ghosts
33:11of
33:11her
33:12abduction.
33:16But
33:16the image
33:17of Angela's
33:17frightened
33:17face
33:18overlapped
33:18her own
33:19memories.
33:22She
33:23knew the
33:23terror she
33:24must be
33:24feeling.
33:25She
33:26knew what
33:26it was
33:26like to
33:26count the
33:27seconds in
33:27utter
33:27solitude
33:28and
33:28hopelessness.
33:33And that
33:33knowledge,
33:34that empathy
33:35born of
33:35shared
33:35suffering,
33:36became an
33:37unstoppable
33:37driving force.
33:43She left
33:44the bucket
33:44and brush
33:44where they
33:45were and
33:45ran in
33:45search of
33:46Yana and
33:46Salvador,
33:47her two
33:47pillars,
33:48the only
33:48people she
33:49trusted blindly.
33:53She found
33:54them in
33:54the laundry
33:54room,
33:55their somber
33:56faces reflecting
33:57the atmosphere
33:57of the
33:58palace.
33:58I have
34:02an idea,
34:03Maria said
34:03without
34:03preamble,
34:04her breathing
34:05ragged.
34:06I know
34:07where
34:07Angela
34:07could be.
34:10Yana and
34:11Salvador
34:12looked at
34:12her with
34:12equal parts
34:13skepticism
34:14and concern.
34:15What are
34:15you saying,
34:16Maria?
34:17How would
34:17you know?
34:19Salvador
34:19asked,
34:20approaching
34:20her and
34:21putting a
34:21hand on
34:21her shoulder.
34:25The
34:26cave,
34:27Maria said,
34:27her voice
34:28a whisper
34:28laden
34:29with
34:29meaning.
34:30The
34:30same cave
34:31where
34:31they
34:31kept
34:31me.
34:32Quote,
34:35Yana's
34:35face
34:35transformed.
34:37Disbelief
34:37gave way
34:38to intense
34:38concentration.
34:41She
34:42remembered
34:42the story
34:43of her
34:43friend's
34:43kidnapping
34:44perfectly.
34:44The
34:46logic of
34:47Maria's
34:47idea
34:47was
34:47impeccable
34:48and
34:48terrifying.
34:51No one
34:52would think
34:52of looking
34:53there.
34:55Maria
34:55continued,
34:56her eyes
34:57darting
34:57from
34:57Lana
34:57to
34:58Salvador,
34:58seeking
34:59his
34:59support.
35:01The
35:02civil
35:02guard
35:02doesn't
35:02know
35:03about
35:03her
35:03existence.
35:04It's
35:04a
35:04remote
35:05place.
35:05If
35:05someone
35:06from
35:06around
35:06here
35:06has
35:07kidnapped
35:07her,
35:08this
35:09is the
35:10first
35:10place I
35:10would
35:10take
35:11her.
35:13But
35:13Maria
35:14began
35:14to
35:14say
35:14Salvador
35:15cautiously,
35:16go back
35:16there.
35:20For
35:21you,
35:21are
35:22you
35:22sure
35:22you
35:22can
35:22do
35:22it?
35:23Her
35:23concern
35:24was
35:24palpable.
35:25She
35:25didn't
35:25want
35:26him
35:26to
35:26relive
35:26that
35:26horror.
35:30It's
35:31not about
35:31whether I
35:32can or
35:32can't,
35:33Salvador,
35:33she replied
35:34with a
35:34steely
35:34determination
35:35that
35:35surprised
35:36them
35:36both.
35:39It's
35:40about
35:40whether
35:40I
35:40have
35:41to
35:41and
35:42if
35:42she's
35:42there
35:43alone,
35:43hurt,
35:44waiting,
35:44I
35:45can't
35:45stay
35:45here
35:45scrubbing
35:46floors
35:46while
35:46she
35:46goes
35:46through
35:47what
35:47I
35:47went
35:47through.
35:50I
35:51can't.
35:52She
35:53saw
35:53the
35:53doubt
35:53on
35:54their
35:54faces,
35:54the
35:54fear
35:55for
35:55her,
35:55but
35:56she
35:56also
35:56saw
35:56the
35:56spark
35:57of
35:57hope
35:57that
35:57her
35:57words
35:58had
35:58ignited.
36:01It
36:02was
36:02a
36:02possibility,
36:03a
36:03remote
36:04and
36:04dangerous
36:04possibility,
36:05but
36:05it
36:05was
36:06more
36:06than
36:06they
36:06had
36:06ever
36:06had.
36:10I
36:11will
36:11go
36:11tonight,
36:11Maria
36:12declared.
36:13We
36:13can't
36:13tell
36:13anyone.
36:14If
36:15we
36:15are
36:15wrong,
36:16we
36:16will
36:16look
36:16crazy.
36:19And
36:20if
36:20we
36:20are
36:20right,
36:21there
36:21is
36:21no
36:21telling
36:21who
36:22we
36:22might
36:22find
36:22there.
36:23It
36:23has
36:23to
36:23be
36:24a
36:24secret.
36:28Yana
36:28nodded
36:28slowly,
36:29her mind
36:30already
36:30working,
36:31planning.
36:31You
36:32will
36:32not
36:32go
36:32alone,
36:33we
36:33will
36:33go
36:33with
36:33you.
36:34No
36:37way,
36:37Salvador
36:38intervened
36:38protectively.
36:39It
36:40is
36:40too
36:40dangerous.
36:41I
36:41will
36:41go
36:41or
36:42the
36:42three
36:42of
36:42us
36:42will
36:42go.
36:45But
36:46you
36:46are
36:46not
36:46going
36:46in
36:47there
36:47alone,
36:47Maria.
36:48Maria
36:49felt
36:49immense relief
36:50flood
36:50through her
36:51at the
36:51feeling
36:51of his
36:51unconditional
36:52support.
36:56The
36:56idea
36:56was
36:57risky,
36:57almost
36:58suicidal,
36:59it
36:59involved
36:59defying
36:59the
37:00darkness,
37:00her
37:01own
37:01fears,
37:01and a
37:02potentially
37:02dangerous
37:03kidnapper.
37:04But
37:07in
37:07the
37:07gloom
37:08of
37:08promise,
37:08where
37:09every
37:09hope
37:09seemed
37:09to be
37:10extinguished,
37:11the
37:11dangerous
37:11memory
37:12of
37:12Maria
37:12Fernandez
37:13had
37:13just
37:13ignited
37:14a
37:14small,
37:14defiant
37:15flame.
37:18A
37:19flame
37:19that
37:19would
37:19guide
37:20them
37:20to
37:20the
37:20mouth
37:20of
37:20a
37:21cave,
37:21to
37:21the
37:21heart
37:22of
37:22danger,
37:22and
37:22perhaps,
37:23just
37:23perhaps,
37:24to
37:24the
37:24salvation
37:25of
37:25Angela.
37:29The
37:30plan
37:30was
37:30drawn
37:30up.
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37:19
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