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Catalina desaparecida y la carta que lo cambia todo
La inesperada noticia del compromiso entre Ángela y el capitán de la Mata, anunciada por Leocadia, sacude a todos en La Promesa. Pero la verdadera conmoción llega cuando Catalina desaparece misteriosamente, dejando a sus hijos abandonados bajo un cobertizo. Aunque los pequeños aparecen sanos y salvos, la ausencia de su madre enciende todas las alarmas. La tensión se dispara aún más cuando Adriano recibe una carta de Catalina, donde ella misma e ...
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Catalina desaparecida y la carta que lo cambia todo
La inesperada noticia del compromiso entre Ángela y el capitán de la Mata, anunciada por Leocadia, sacude a todos en La Promesa. Pero la verdadera conmoción llega cuando Catalina desaparece misteriosamente, dejando a sus hijos abandonados bajo un cobertizo. Aunque los pequeños aparecen sanos y salvos, la ausencia de su madre enciende todas las alarmas. La tensión se dispara aún más cuando Adriano recibe una carta de Catalina, donde ella misma e ...
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00:00Catalina Kidnapped
00:06The Cruel Plan of the Valladares Man
00:09Catalina's life becomes hell when she is torn from the arms of her children and forced to get into a car that takes her away from the promise.
00:19The Valladares Man, allied in the shadows with Cristobal and Turb, unfolds a sinister plan to destroy the Lujans.
00:25While Adriano, desperate, walks through the palace like a broken man, Manuel tries to remain calm and decipher who is behind the disappearance.
00:39But the tragedy does not end there. In parallel, Leo Katia announces an unexpected engagement that ignites Kuro's fury.
00:47Pia discovers a crucial clue that could save Catalina and Honora's dark secret threatens to break Tonio's heart.
00:56Every corner of the palace is a battlefield where betrayal, love and revenge intersect.
01:04Will Adriano manage to rescue his wife and children?
01:07Who will emerge victorious in this silent war that threatens to consume everything?
01:11An episode full of suspense, unexpected twists, and heartbreaking emotions that no follower of the promise can afford to miss.
01:24Catalina's world had been reduced to the rancid smell of the upholstery of an unfamiliar car and the incessant rattling of the wheels on a dirt road.
01:31The landscape, a blur of greens and ochres, passed by at breakneck speed, indifferent to the cataclysm that had been unleashed in her soul.
01:41Every kilometer that took her away from the promise was a stab in her heart, a new layer of ice over the open and bleeding wound that was the absence of her children.
01:54Her little ones, their lives, held as collateral by a monster with the face of a man.
01:59Vyadari's voice resonated in her mind, a cruel and perverse echo.
02:05If you come back, I will hurt you.
02:09It was not an empty threat.
02:11She had seen it in his eyes, in the cold and calculating determination with which he had orchestrated her kidnapping.
02:16He had forced her into the carriage, alone, broken, stripped of the only thing that gave her existence meaning.
02:26The tears had dried up in her throat, turned into a lump of pure agony.
02:32Now all that remained was an icy emptiness and an incandescent rage that struggled not to consume her.
02:39Where were they taking her, what was her destination?
02:42Uncertainty was a form of torture as refined as separation itself.
02:46She forced herself to breathe, to think.
02:51She couldn't afford to fall apart.
02:53For them.
02:55She had to be strong for them.
02:57She began to plot every detail of the path.
03:00A crooked oak tree shaped like a claw, a stretch of crumbling stone fence, the slight shift in the sun's tilt.
03:09Clues.
03:11Breadcrumbs in a dark forest that would somehow help her find her way home.
03:16Meanwhile, in the promise, the silence was more deafening than any scream.
03:23The absence of Catalina and the children had spread like an oil slick, contaminating every corner of the palace.
03:29Adriano, whose normally serene face was now a mask of panic and despair, paced the corridors like a caged animal.
03:39In a matter of minutes, he had gone from worry to the certainty that something terrible had happened.
03:49The children's room, empty and neat, was a silent cry.
03:55A note would find no message, only the echo of the laughter that should be there.
03:59His heart hammered against his ribs, a war drum announcing a battle he did not know how to fight.
04:09He went out into the garden, shouting the names of his wife, his children, until his voice broke.
04:14The alarmed staff gathered around him, their faces reflecting their own terror.
04:21The Viadares man watched the scene from a distance, hidden behind the library curtains, a glass of cognac in his hand.
04:34A satisfied smile curved his lips.
04:37The chaos was music to his ears.
04:39The first movement of his symphony of destruction had been executed to perfection.
04:43He set down his glass and walked, with a calm and deliberate step, toward a clandestine meeting.
04:53Not far from there, in a secluded and discreet estate, the real mastermind behind the operation awaited him.
05:01The man entered a sumptuously decorated office, where the smoke of a cigar hung in the air.
05:09The figure seated behind the mahogany desk turned slowly.
05:13It was none other than Cristobal Y. Terb, the man who had ordered Pia's exile, whose authority in the region was growing like a menacing shadow.
05:23His eyes, cold and devoid of emotion, settled on Viadares.
05:28Is it done? Cristobal asked, his voice, a serious and dangerous murmur.
05:35Completely, the man replied, bowing his head with false deference.
05:38The marquise's daughter is on her way to her new lodgings and the children are in my custody.
05:48Adriano Lujan is about to lose his mind.
05:51Excellent, Cristobal said, taking a drag on his cigar.
05:54Adriano is the key. Breaking him is breaking the spirit of that family.
06:01With Catalina out of the way, he's vulnerable.
06:06And when a man is desperate, he makes mistakes.
06:09Mistakes that I will be here to exploit.
06:11His plan was much bigger than simple revenge or kidnapping.
06:17He sought total control, the ruin of the Lujans, and Catalina was just the first pawn he sacrificed on his chessboard.
06:26Back at the palace, Adriana's desperation found an unexpected catalyst in Manuel.
06:31The Lujan heir, though deeply worried about his sister, maintained a clarity of mind forged in the peril of his days as an aviator.
06:43He approached his brother-in-law, placing a firm hand on his shoulder.
06:47Adriano, panic won't help us.
06:51We have to think about who would want to do this to Catalina.
06:54Who benefits from her disappearance?
06:56Adriano, staring into space, shook his head.
07:01I don't know, Manuel.
07:03I don't know.
07:04She, she was worried about the man.
07:08She felt like he was watching her, that his kindness was a sham.
07:12The man from Valladares, Manuel repeated, his features hardening.
07:18The piece fit.
07:19He was here, has anyone seen him leave?
07:22The questions began to fly.
07:26The servants, interrogated by a frantic Romulo and a pale Maro, confirmed that the man had been prowling near Catalina's quarters that very morning.
07:38The suspicion solidified into an icy certainty, but they had no proof, only instinct and growing terror.
07:43Adriano, driven by a new and furious determination, declared that he would go to the man's estate to demand answers.
07:56Manuel Moscato stopped him.
07:58We cannot go in blindly.
08:01Adriano is a powerful man.
08:02If he is behind this, he will deny everything and put us in an even worse position.
08:10We need to act intelligently, investigate, find evidence, a crack in his alibi.
08:17While the storm raged in the heart of the Lujan family, other intrigues, more subtle but equally poisonous, continued their course.
08:24In the kitchen, Simona and Teresa tried to instill some courage in Nora.
08:31Tonio is a good man.
08:34Anora adores you.
08:37You can't keep postponing the wedding forever, Simona said with her usual warm.
08:44Anora forced a smile that didn't reach her eyes.
08:47I know, Simona.
08:49It's just that marriage is such a big step.
08:51I want everything to be perfect.
08:55But her excuses were sounding increasingly hollow, and not only to them.
09:01Later, Manuel, taking advantage of a moment alone with Simona while he was looking for something to eat to keep his strength up, confided in her about his doubts.
09:11I don't trust her, Simona, he said quietly, making sure no one else would overhear.
09:16There's something about her story that doesn't add up.
09:21All these evasions about her family, her past, it's like she's acting out a role.
09:28And I'm afraid Tonio is going to get hurt.
09:31The concern of Manuel, someone Simona deeply respected, planted a seed of unease in her heart.
09:37She knew Anora, or thought she did, but the young Marquise's words rang with an uncomfortable truth.
09:47She remembered small contradictions in her stories, moments of strange reserve.
09:53Nora's smile suddenly seemed like a mask to him.
09:56Driven by that same mistrust, Manuel decided he couldn't stand idly by.
10:05While Adriana was consumed by his pain and rage, he could do something.
10:10Using his contacts in Madrid, he sent a discreet telegram to an old friend, a journalist with a talent for unearthing information people preferred to keep hidden.
10:18He gave him Anora's full name and the few details she had shared about her supposed hometown.
10:29Investigate everything you can, she wrote.
10:31There is something murky about its origin and I need to know what it is.
10:36In another part of the palace, Vera stood with her brother Federico in a secluded corner of the garden.
10:41The hope she had harbored at their last meeting had faded.
10:49Federico's face was somber.
10:52Things at home are worse than she imagined, Vera admitted, her voice barely above a whisper.
10:59Father, you are untreatable.
11:01Returning now would only make things worse for you.
11:04This is not the right time.
11:05And when will it be, Federico?
11:10She replied, frustration tinging her voice.
11:13I feel like I am trapped in limbo.
11:16Here in the promise, my conflict with Lopez remains unresolved.
11:20He barely looks at me.
11:23And I cannot return to my own home.
11:25Be patient, he begged her.
11:27Just a little longer.
11:30But patience was a luxury Vera felt wearing thin.
11:33Sadness was a heavy pall that hung over the entire palace and nowhere was it more palpable than at Pia's farewell.
11:42Despite despite Manuel's efforts, Cristobal's order was irrevocable.
11:47With a broken heart, the housekeeper gathered her few belongings.
11:53Her farewell was a scene of suppressed pain and silent tears.
11:57She hugged Romulo, Yana, and Simona.
11:59But her most heartbreaking moment was with Kuro.
12:04She handed him Diguaito, who slept peacefully, oblivious to the drama.
12:11Take care of him, Kuro, please, promise me that you will take care of him as if you were your own.
12:16I promise you, Pia.
12:18Kuro said with a broken voice, cradling the baby.
12:20He will be safe and you will return.
12:25We will fight for you to return.
12:27But the words of comfort rang hollow in the face of the finality of her departure.
12:34As the carriage took her toward Aaron Jay's, toward an uncertain future,
12:38Pia looked out the window at the lands of promise receding,
12:40feeling that a part of her life was being left behind forever.
12:43Malice, however, did not rest.
12:50Leo Katia, with her sharp with a keen eye for duplicity,
12:53she had confronted Lorenzo about his sudden intentions to marry Angela.
12:59She wasn't buying his tale of belated love.
13:02In a moment of hubris, Lorenzo had confirmed her worst suspicions.
13:05Kuro has challenged me, she confessed with an icy smile.
13:11Do you think you can get in the way of my business?
13:15I'll show you who has the power.
13:19Marrying his mother, having her under my control,
13:22watching him suffer every day knowing that the woman who gave him life is tied to me.
13:27That will be my revenge.
13:28A slow and delicious revenge.
13:30Leo Katia felt a chill.
13:32She understood the ambition and the cruelty,
13:34but the depth of Lorenzo's sadism disturbed her.
13:39However, instead of opposing her, she saw an opportunity.
13:43If she positioned herself on the winning side,
13:45her own position would be strengthened.
13:49And so, that same evening, during dinner,
13:52amidst the palpable tension over Catalina's disappearance,
13:55Leo Katia stood up,
13:56cleared her throat to attract attention,
13:58and dropped the bombshell.
13:59I have the immense pleasure of announcing the upcoming marriage between Don Lorenzo,
14:06Count de la Mata,
14:07and Doña Angela,
14:08he declared with a triumphant smile.
14:13The silence that followed was so absolute that you could have heard a pin drop.
14:17Then chaos broke out.
14:19Curro jumped up,
14:23his chair tipping over with a crash.
14:25His face was a mixture of disbelief and fury.
14:30Alonso, the Marquis,
14:32stared at his brother-in-law as if he had grown a second head.
14:35Angela, sitting next to Lorenzo,
14:40was pale as a ghost,
14:41unable to look up from her plate.
14:46The shock was total,
14:47a new crack in the already weakened foundations of the family.
14:53And while passions were running high,
14:55another figure slipped into madness.
14:59Petra,
14:59her behavior had become increasingly erratic.
15:02Samuel,
15:05genuinely concerned,
15:06tried to talk to her,
15:07but her answers were curt,
15:09sometimes incoherent.
15:13She was thinner,
15:14with deep circles under her eyes
15:16and a constant irritability
15:17that exploded at the slightest provocation.
15:21Her last encounter with Pia
15:23had begun just before she left.
15:26It had been particularly unpleasant,
15:28full of a venom that seemed to emanate
15:29from deep within her.
15:32Samuel began to suspect
15:35that it wasn't just a bad temper or stress.
15:40Petra was sick,
15:41visibly sick,
15:42and her mind seemed to be cracking.
15:46The car finally stopped.
15:48Hours had passed.
15:50The sun was low on the horizon,
15:52dyeing the sky orange and purple.
15:53The door opened and one of the man's men,
15:59a burly guy with a sour face,
16:01gestured abruptly for her to get out.
16:06They were in front of an old hunting lodge,
16:08a stone and wood building
16:09that looked abandoned for decades.
16:15Weeds grew unchecked
16:16and the air smelled of damp and rot.
16:18They pushed her inside.
16:22The interior was dark and dusty.
16:24There was only a small room with a cot,
16:26a rickety table,
16:28and a chair.
16:31A thickly barred window
16:32was her only connection
16:33to the outside world.
16:34The man will come to see you tomorrow,
16:38the man said
16:38before slamming the door shut
16:40and locking it.
16:43Catalina was left alone in the darkness.
16:45Terror threatened to overwhelm her,
16:47but she suppressed it
16:48with a strength
16:48she didn't know she possessed.
16:52She went to the window.
16:54Through the bars
16:55she could see a dense forest
16:56and in the distance
16:57the outline of a hill
16:58that looked vaguely familiar.
17:03She concentrated,
17:04trying to remember
17:05the maps she had studied
17:06with her father,
17:07the riding routes
17:08she had taken as a child.
17:12If she could find her way,
17:14however remote the possibility,
17:15she would have a chance.
17:19She clung to that thought
17:20like a lifeline.
17:22She would not be
17:22a passive victim.
17:25She would fight
17:26for her children.
17:27In the promise,
17:28the night was one
17:29long vigil of anguish.
17:33Adriano did not sleep.
17:35He spent the hours
17:36in his office
17:36with a map of the region
17:37spread out on his desk,
17:39marking all the known properties
17:40of the Viadares man
17:41and his partners.
17:45Manuel stayed with him,
17:47offering silent,
17:48practical support.
17:49They drew up a plan.
17:50At dawn,
17:53they would organize
17:53search parties.
17:55They would not notify
17:56the civil guard yet.
17:59Manuel feared that
17:59this could endanger
18:00Catalina and the children
18:01if the kidnappers
18:02felt cornered.
18:06The first light of day
18:07found them exhausted
18:08but determined.
18:11Manuel would be in charge
18:12of coordinating
18:12the day laborers
18:13to comb the surrounding lands
18:15in search of the promise,
18:16while Adriano,
18:17accompanied by a
18:18somber-faced grimace,
18:19would go and confront
18:20the man directly,
18:21not to accuse him,
18:22but to observe him,
18:23to look for any sign
18:24of nervousness,
18:25any slip-up.
18:29Meanwhile,
18:30in the kitchen,
18:31the news of Lorenzo
18:32and Angela's engagement
18:33continued to wreak havoc.
18:37Kuro had spent
18:38the night awake,
18:39his mind a whirlwind
18:40of rage and helplessness.
18:41He could not understand
18:45how his mother
18:45had accepted.
18:47She was being coerced.
18:49He confronted her
18:49in the hallway,
18:50his voice a desperate whisper.
18:54Mother,
18:55why,
18:55why him,
18:56do you know what it is?
18:57Do you know what he's done?
18:59Angela didn't dare
18:59look him in the eye.
19:03Lorenzo offers me security,
19:05Kuro.
19:06A future,
19:07she stammered,
19:07repeating the words
19:08Lorenzo himself
19:09had burned into her.
19:11It's what's best
19:13for everyone.
19:14It's not what's best
19:15for anyone.
19:16It's a trap,
19:17he exclaimed.
19:20But his pleas
19:21hit a wall of fear.
19:23Angela slipped away,
19:24leaving him alone
19:25with his frustration.
19:28In Madrid,
19:29Manuel's journalist friend
19:30got to work.
19:32Honora's name
19:33didn't appear
19:33in any records
19:34in her supposed town.
19:38There was no family
19:39with her last name.
19:40She was a ghost.
19:42Intrigue.
19:43The journalist
19:44broadened his search,
19:45cross-referencing data,
19:47pulling at threads
19:47until he found something,
19:49an old article
19:49from a local newspaper
19:51in another province.
19:54It was about
19:55a family of con artists,
19:56the Alarcons,
19:57who had been driven
19:58out of town
19:58after deceiving
19:59several wealthy families.
20:01The article included
20:05a description
20:05of the couple's
20:06teenage daughter,
20:07a clever young woman
20:08with a special talent
20:09for acting.
20:09The girl's name
20:14was Sofia Larkon.
20:15The physical description
20:17matched Honora perfectly.
20:19The journalist
20:20sent an urgent telegram
20:22to Manuel.
20:23Honora doesn't exist.
20:24Her real name
20:25is Sofia Larkon.
20:28Dangerous family
20:29of con artists.
20:30I'll send you
20:31the details by mail.
20:32Manuel received
20:33the telegram
20:34in the middle
20:34of the morning.
20:37He read it once,
20:38twice,
20:38three times.
20:40The air froze
20:40in his lungs.
20:42It wasn't a suspicion.
20:45It was a fact.
20:46The woman who was
20:47about to marry
20:48his friend Tonyo
20:49was an imposter,
20:50a criminal.
20:53The danger he had sensed
20:54was real
20:55and much more serious
20:56than he had imagined.
20:59Now he had to decide
21:00how and when
21:01to use that information.
21:03Confronting her
21:03directly could cause
21:04her to flee.
21:07He had to protect Tonyo.
21:09The search for Catalina
21:10was intensifying.
21:12Adriano arrived
21:13at Valladares' estate
21:14where the man
21:15greeted him
21:15with an expression
21:16of deep and false concern.
21:20My dear Adriano,
21:21what a tragedy.
21:22I just found out.
21:24Unthinkable.
21:25Catalina,
21:26the children,
21:26if there's anything,
21:27anything I can do,
21:28you just have to ask.
21:32Adriano watched him.
21:33Searching for a crack
21:34in the mask.
21:35I appreciate your support, man.
21:39We're just trying
21:40to reconstruct
21:40her last movements.
21:42Did you see her yesterday?
21:43I saw her this morning
21:44walking in the garden.
21:47Valladares lied
21:47with chilling ease.
21:48She seemed distracted,
21:53worried,
21:54but I wouldn't have thought
21:55much of it
21:55if I had known.
21:59There had been no slip up.
22:00The man was a consummate actor.
22:03Adriano left there
22:04empty-handed,
22:05but with the conviction
22:06of his guilt burning
22:07in his gut.
22:10In the hunting lodge,
22:11Catalina hadn't wasted
22:12any time.
22:14She had examined
22:15every inch of her prison.
22:16The door was impregnable,
22:20the bars solid,
22:21but she noticed something.
22:23The mortar holding
22:24the stones of the wall
22:24around the window together
22:25seemed old and brittle
22:27in one spot.
22:30Using the metal handle
22:31of a bucket
22:32that had been left for her,
22:33she began to scrape it away
22:34slowly and silently.
22:35It was exhausting
22:39and minute work,
22:40but it was a sign of hope.
22:42As she worked,
22:43she hummed the lullabies
22:44she sang to her children,
22:46a mantra to keep despair at bay.
22:50Pia's journey to Aranjas
22:51took an unexpected turn.
22:53The carriage suffered
22:54a broken axle
22:55in a small village.
22:58While the coachman
22:59sought out a blacksmith,
23:00Pia waited at the local inn.
23:01There,
23:04two men sat at a nearby table
23:06talking quietly
23:07but loudly enough for her,
23:08with her ears sharpened
23:09by years of service,
23:11to catch snatches
23:11of their conversation.
23:16They spoke of their boss,
23:18Don Cristobal,
23:19and an important package
23:20that had been delivered
23:21to the Solana's
23:22old hunting lodge.
23:25They mentioned the man
23:26from Valladares
23:27as the jailer.
23:28Pia's heart stopped.
23:32Catalina,
23:33it could be,
23:34the Solana hunting lodge.
23:35He knew that place.
23:37It was on lands
23:38that bordered the Luja
23:39to the north,
23:40an abandoned place
23:40that was difficult to access.
23:45The information
23:46was a burning ember
23:47in his hands.
23:48He had to do something.
23:50Ignoring orders,
23:51when the carriage
23:52was repaired,
23:52he told the coachman
23:53that he felt unwell
23:54and that he needed
23:55to return to the promise
23:56immediately.
23:57It was an act
24:01of insubordination
24:01that could cost him
24:02everything,
24:03but Catalina's life
24:04was at stake.
24:07In the meantime,
24:08Petra's condition
24:09worsened drastically.
24:11There was an episode
24:12of Delirium
24:12in which she accused
24:13Simona of trying
24:14to poison her
24:15by throwing a plate
24:16of soup against the wall.
24:19Samuel,
24:20upon witnessing the scene,
24:22finally made a decision.
24:23With Mauro's help,
24:25he discreetly searched
24:26Petra's room.
24:30Hidden in the back
24:31of a drawer
24:31in her dresser,
24:32he found a small,
24:33un-labeled dark glass bottle
24:35containing a colorless liquid.
24:39He didn't know
24:40what it was,
24:40but his instincts
24:41were screaming
24:42that this was the cause
24:43of Petra's illness.
24:46He remembered
24:47seeing one of Lorenzo's
24:48trusted men
24:49lurking around that area
24:50of the hallway
24:50several times.
24:54A new and terrible
24:55suspicion began
24:56to form in his mind.
24:58What if Petra
24:58wasn't a villain
24:59in this story,
25:00but a victim?
25:02A piece that someone
25:03was manipulating
25:04and discarding?
25:06The day progressed
25:07fraught with tension.
25:09Manuel,
25:09with the telegram
25:10about a Nora in his pocket,
25:12decided he couldn't
25:12wait any longer.
25:13The wedding was scheduled
25:17for the following week.
25:19He approached
25:19Tonio in the hangar.
25:20Tonio,
25:21we have to talk.
25:24It's about Nora,
25:25he told him everything,
25:26showed him the telegram.
25:28Tonio's reaction
25:29was one of shock,
25:30denial,
25:31and finally a deep
25:32and bitter sadness.
25:35The man,
25:36simple and good-hearted,
25:37couldn't process
25:38the magnitude
25:38of the deception.
25:39It can't be,
25:41Mr. Manuel.
25:44You're wrong.
25:45She loves me.
25:46I'm sorry,
25:47Tonio.
25:48I really am,
25:49but you have to face her.
25:52You have to know
25:53the truth
25:53from her own lips,
25:54Manuel insisted softly.
25:57That night
25:57the confrontation
25:58took place.
26:01In the privacy
26:02of the kitchen,
26:03after everyone
26:04had left,
26:05Tonio,
26:05with Manuel
26:06waiting at a safe distance,
26:07asked Honora
26:08about Sophia Larkon.
26:12The color drained
26:13from Honora's face.
26:15Her mask shattered.
26:17For the first time,
26:18Manuel saw
26:19the real woman
26:19behind the character,
26:21scared,
26:21cornered,
26:22and desperate.
26:25She burst into tears
26:26and between sobs
26:27confessed everything,
26:29her real name,
26:29her family,
26:30the life of deception
26:31she had tried to escape.
26:35When I got here
26:36I just wanted a chance,
26:37she whimpered,
26:38a chance to be
26:39someone different.
26:43And then I met you,
26:44Tonio,
26:45and for the first time
26:46in my life
26:46I felt something real.
26:48I love you.
26:50Everything I feel
26:51for you is true.
26:52I was afraid to tell you,
26:54afraid you would despise me.
26:57Tonio listened to her,
26:59his heart a battleground
27:00between betrayal
27:01and the love
27:01he still felt for her.
27:02He didn't make a decision,
27:07he just stood there
27:07staring at the woman
27:08she loved
27:09and didn't really know at all.
27:14At the same time,
27:15Catherine's tenacity
27:16paid off.
27:18With raw hands,
27:19she managed to dislodge
27:20one of the stones
27:21from the wall
27:21next to the window.
27:25The hole was small,
27:26barely enough
27:27to fit her arm through,
27:28but it was something.
27:29She tore a piece
27:32of fabric from her dress
27:33and using a small piece
27:34of coal she found
27:35in the unlit fireplace,
27:36she wrote a single word,
27:38help.
27:41He tied the cloth
27:42to a small stone
27:43and with all his might
27:44he threw it
27:44through the bars,
27:45as far as he could,
27:46towards the path
27:47he had seen
27:47one of the guards take.
27:52It was a million
27:53in a million chance,
27:54but it was the only one
27:55he had.
27:57Night fell again.
27:59Pia's carriage
28:01reached the promise
28:02at full speed.
28:03She raced towards
28:04the palace,
28:05ignoring the astonished
28:06looks of the servants,
28:07and demanded to see
28:08Manuel and Adriano.
28:10She burst into the office
28:11where both men
28:12were still studying
28:13the maps.
28:15Breathless,
28:16she told them
28:16what she had heard
28:17at the end.
28:20Cristobal,
28:21the Solana hunting lodge.
28:23The man.
28:24The words tumbled
28:25out of her mouth.
28:26For Adriano and Manuel
28:29it was as if
28:30a ray of light
28:31had cut through
28:31the darkness.
28:33Everything fit.
28:36Cristobal's cruelty,
28:37the man's involvement,
28:38the remote location.
28:40Romulo,
28:41prepare the men.
28:43The most loyal
28:44and weapons,
28:45Manuel ordered,
28:46his voice full of
28:47cold,
28:47deadly authority.
28:48Let's bring my sister
28:52and nephews home.
28:54The rescue operation
28:55got underway
28:56under cover of darkness.
29:00A small group of men
29:02led by Adriano,
29:03Manuel,
29:04and Romulo
29:04rode silently north.
29:08They were not soldiers,
29:10but the determination
29:10on their faces
29:11made them a formidable force.
29:15As they approached
29:16the hunting lodge,
29:17they saw the glow
29:18of a campfire.
29:20There were two guards.
29:22The plan was simple,
29:23stealth and surprise.
29:25Romulo and the other men
29:26would take care of the guards
29:27while Adriano and Manuel
29:29went after Catalina.
29:32Fate sometimes
29:33has a sense of timing.
29:37Just as they were
29:38preparing to attack,
29:39one of the day laborers
29:40combing a more remote
29:41area of the forest,
29:42acting on Manuel's orders
29:43to expand the search,
29:45found the small piece
29:46of cloth tied to a rock
29:47that Catalina had thrown.
29:51He recognized the fabric
29:52as one of the ladies' dresses,
29:54and although he did not
29:55understand the situation,
29:56he knew he had to take it
29:57to his employers.
30:00The find was not necessary
30:02for the rescue,
30:03but it would become
30:03crucial evidence later on.
30:05The assault was swift
30:08and brutal.
30:09The guards,
30:10taken by surprise,
30:11were subdued
30:12before they could
30:12raise the alarm.
30:16Manuel forced the lock
30:17on the main door
30:18while Adriano ran
30:19toward the only closed
30:20door in the hallway,
30:21the one he knew
30:22must be Catalina's.
30:24Quote,
30:24Catalina,
30:26she shouted,
30:27pounding on the wood.
30:28Are you there?
30:29A muffled soyozo
30:30answered her
30:31from the other side.
30:33It was her,
30:34she was alive.
30:37With an adrenaline-charged
30:39kick,
30:39Adriano blew open
30:40the door
30:41and there she was,
30:42standing in the middle
30:43of the dusty room,
30:44pale and thin,
30:45but with an indomitable
30:46fire in her eyes.
30:47They threw themselves
30:51into each other's arms,
30:52an embrace that
30:53contained all the fear,
30:54anguish and love
30:55in the world.
30:59The children,
31:00she whispered
31:01against his chest.
31:02Adriano,
31:03Valladares has the children.
31:05We know it,
31:07Manuel said
31:07as he entered the room.
31:09And now we're
31:10going for them.
31:12They left Catalina's
31:14safe with Romulo
31:14and half the men
31:15and rode like demons
31:16towards the man's
31:17estate.
31:20The arrival of a group
31:21of armed men
31:22in the middle
31:22of the night
31:23spread panic.
31:26The man,
31:27awakened abruptly,
31:28tried to deny everything,
31:30but the murderous look
31:31in Adriano's eyes
31:32told him the game
31:32was over.
31:35Where are they?
31:36Adriano roared,
31:37grabbing him
31:38by the collar
31:38of his silk nightgown.
31:41Stunned,
31:41the man confessed.
31:44The children
31:45were in a room
31:46in the east wing,
31:46cared for by two
31:47of his trusted maids.
31:51They burst into the room,
31:53finding the little ones
31:54asleep in their cribs,
31:55safe and sound.
31:59The relief
32:00was so immense
32:00that Adriano's
32:01knees buckled.
32:03He picked his children
32:03up in his arms,
32:05weeping shamelessly.
32:07The Valladares man
32:08was tied up
32:09and placed under guard.
32:10He knew that his only chance
32:12was to betray Cristobal
32:13and he was more than willing
32:14to do so
32:15to save his own skin.
32:19The return to the promise
32:20was triumphant.
32:22The sight of Catalina
32:23and Adriano,
32:24entering the palace
32:25with their children
32:25in their arms
32:26safe and sound,
32:27unleashed a wave
32:28of joy and tears.
32:32The nightmares
32:33were over.
32:34The following morning,
32:36with the family
32:36reunited
32:37and security restored,
32:38the other crises
32:39reached their climax
32:40and resolution.
32:43Curro,
32:44emboldened by Catalina's
32:45return and the family unit
32:47confronted Lorenzo
32:48one last time,
32:49but this time
32:49he was not alone.
32:50Alonso,
32:54the Marquis,
32:55stood by him.
32:56This engagement
32:57is a farce,
32:58Lorenzo,
32:59and we will not allow it,
33:00Alonso declared
33:01with an authority
33:02he had not shown
33:02in a long time.
33:06You are finished
33:07in this house.
33:09Leo Katia,
33:10seeing what the wind
33:10was blowing,
33:11changed sides
33:12spectacularly,
33:13claiming that Lorenzo
33:14had coerced Angela
33:15and that she had only
33:16played along
33:17to protect her.
33:20Lorenzo,
33:21unmasked and humiliated,
33:23was thrown out
33:23of the promise.
33:24His plan for revenge
33:25had gone up in smoke.
33:28Angela,
33:29finally free
33:30from his influence,
33:31hugged her son,
33:32tearfully begging
33:33for forgiveness.
33:36In the kitchen,
33:37Tonio gave his verdict
33:38to Onora,
33:39or rather,
33:39to Sofia.
33:41You lied to me,
33:42he said,
33:43his voice heavy
33:44with pain
33:44but also with
33:45unexpected compassion.
33:48But I've also
33:49seen your fear
33:50and I know
33:50that what you feel
33:51for me is real.
33:53I don't know
33:53if I can forget
33:54the deception
33:54but I'm willing
33:55to get to know Sofia
33:56to start from scratch
34:00without lies
34:01if that's what you want.
34:02Quote,
34:03Sofia nodded
34:04through tears
34:05of gratitude.
34:08It wasn't
34:09the fairy tale
34:09ending she had imagined
34:10but it was
34:11something much better,
34:12a chance to achieve
34:13true love
34:14based on honesty.
34:14Samuel,
34:19for his part,
34:20took the vial
34:20he had found
34:21to an apothecary
34:22who confirmed
34:23his suspicions.
34:26It contained
34:27small doses
34:28of laudanum
34:28and other herbs
34:29that,
34:30administered over time,
34:31could induce paranoia,
34:32irritability
34:33and delusions.
34:36It was a slow poison.
34:37With this evidence
34:40and the testimony
34:40of Lorenzo's man's
34:41suspicious behavior,
34:43it became clear
34:43that Petra was not crazy
34:45but a victim.
34:47Poisoned to neutralize her,
34:49perhaps because she knew
34:49too much about Lorenzo's
34:51or Cruz's business.
34:54The family arranged
34:55for her to receive
34:56adequate medical care
34:57and to look towards
34:58she shifted
34:58from anger
34:59to compassion.
35:02The happy ending
35:03had arrived
35:03but it was not
35:04a definitive ending.
35:05Catalina and Adriano
35:08were together,
35:09their love strengthened
35:09by the ordeal.
35:13Pia was welcomed
35:14back as a heroine
35:15and reunited
35:15with her beloved
35:16Diguaito.
35:18The promise
35:19had withstood
35:20the onslaught
35:20but now everyone
35:21knew the name
35:22of her true enemy,
35:23Cristobal Witerb.
35:27The Valladares man
35:28would sing before
35:29the judge
35:29and his testimony,
35:30along with Pia's
35:31information
35:32and other evidence
35:32they would now
35:33actively seek,
35:34would be the beginning
35:35of a new war.
35:38That night,
35:39the Lujan family,
35:40along with Adriano,
35:41gathered in the living room.
35:43There was a sense
35:44of peace that had come
35:45from having overcome
35:46a great ordeal.
35:49They looked at
35:50Catalina's children
35:51playing on the carpet,
35:52the sound of their laughter
35:53the clearest symbol
35:54of their victory.
35:58The battle had been won,
36:00but the war
36:00against the shadows
36:01that haunted their family
36:02had only just begun.
36:03and this,
36:07and this,
36:08and this,
36:19you,
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