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00:03It's a boy. Perfect.
00:07George now has an heir, and my position is secure.
00:13Bella, kill her and clean this mess up.
00:17Miss Eleanor, you promised freedom once the child was born.
00:21Freedom? Look at you, covered in blood, no better than a kennel bitch.
00:26Do you deserve freedom?
00:31Mother, save me!
00:35I'm not your mother. Never was.
00:39Nineteen years ago, I swapped my daughter with the Countess.
00:42My daughter became Lady Eleanor.
00:44And the Countess's daughter, YOU, became a maid.
00:49Now you even have to bear a child for my daughter.
00:52No, impossible!
00:57What's the racket?
00:58No, George! They're trying to kill me!
01:02Save me! For the child I won't fear!
01:05Annoying. Silence her forever.
01:25Am I dead? Where am I?
01:28To ensure Lady Eleanor's health, and her relationship with Vichant George remain unaffected by pregnancy,
01:35the most suitable among you will be chosen to bear their heir.
01:38This is three years ago! The day I was chosen as a surrogate maid!
01:48Too skinny. Next.
01:56My lady, Miss, Catherine is the most suitable. She's beautiful, well-mannered, and will fulfill the task perfectly.
02:05Good. Sign the contract and send her off.
02:07Countess, my real mother. I'm your true daughter, but if I speak now they'll call me mad.
02:12Wait. I'll return with proof and stand before you with dignity.
02:15Remember, Catherine, your only worth is to bear an heir for me at Hockmore. Complete the task faithfully, and I'll
02:22grant you freedom.
02:22I understand, Miss Eleanor. I'll bear the heir for you and Lord George as promised.
02:30This life, I won't be deceived again. I'll marry your father-in-law, Duke William, the most powerful man in
02:35Hockmore.
02:36Once I'm the lady, I'll throw you all into that sewer myself.
02:46Henry, settle the horses. Report to the study in an hour.
02:49Yes, Your Grace. Welcome home.
02:54Duke William. The man I'm meant to marry. With his power, I'll crush every enemy who harmed me.
03:01This is the path I must walk in my new life.
03:07This is the strongest aphrodigia. Tonight, I'll make this powerful Duke remember me.
03:18Who are you? Why are you here so late?
03:20Forgive me, Your Grace. I'm Catherine, the new maid serving Lady Eleanor. I was sent to fetch water. The castle's
03:26so vast I got lost. It wasn't intentional.
03:29Eleanor's maid? From Windsor. Do you know the penalty for trespassing here at night?
03:34I-I-I know. Withing. Or the dungeons. Please, Your Grace. It was truly an accident.
03:38An accident? Or a carefully planned move?
03:41I was lost.
03:43I was lost. And now, you've found me.
04:09I was lost. And now, you've found me.
04:12Today's the day I'm supposed to share the bed with the villain.
04:16I need Duke William to see his own son lying beside the woman he desires.
04:27Catherine!
04:42Why are you coming from that direction?
04:43Miss, I got lost. The castle's like a maze at night. I took a wrong turn.
04:49Lost? To the Duke's study door? Your hair is disheveled. Your lips are swollen. Does that look like getting lost?
04:56Who do you think you're fooling?
04:59Remember why you were sent to me.
05:04I swear I didn't mean to. The Duke found me. He was furious. Questioned me. Then let me go. I
05:09know my purpose. I'm here to help you and Lord George have a child. How could I dare to think
05:14otherwise?
05:16Your purpose. Exactly. Time to fulfill the agreement. Now let's go. To the Viscount's room. Right now.
05:28George. She's here.
05:33Ah. The little beauty.
05:37Don't waste time. Get it done today.
05:41No. Lord George.
05:43Silence! You do well to obey.
06:02Ten years. I've never felt such a stirring for any woman. But last night, why did a mere maid shake
06:08me so? I need to uncover the truth about her.
06:13Your Grace.
06:15There was a maid last night. Catherine, serving Lady Eleanor.
06:20Find her. Bring her to me at once.
06:22My Lord. That girl. She's a contractual asset delivered by Countess Margaret and Lady Eleanor. Her sole purpose is to
06:29bear an heir for Lord George.
06:30And now, she's in Lord George's chambers. Today is the day to fulfill the contract.
06:48Finally quiet. Let's continue.
06:55Let's continue.
06:57You Eleanor chose you to bear my child. I'm sure you must be some special skill. Let's see if you're
07:04worthy.
07:06Hurry up, George. I don't plan to waste the whole day here.
07:10Then get out. Stop hovering.
07:13Why? I need to watch. Make sure she fulfills her duty.
07:19Damn. My stomach's kidding me. Go to my study. Lefter will bring the medicine. Now.
07:25Now?
07:27Right now. Unless you want to be a widow.
07:35Finally quiet.
07:38Let's continue.
07:46What is this?
07:50Father? What brings you here?
07:53I just... Get out.
08:02Look at me.
08:07Did you leave this last night?
08:09I... I... I was scared after last night. I didn't know what to do. I... I thought maybe you'd remember.
08:15But then Lady Eleanor found me. Brought me here. Told me to fulfill the agreement.
08:21I refused. Begged her. But...
08:23You're never to enter this room again. Or be near George. Understood?
08:27I understand. But I'm bound by contract to Lady Eleanor.
08:31I'll handle Eleanor's contract. From now on, you answer to me.
08:34Henry!
08:39Take her to the West Wing guest suite. Prepare clothes, necessities and reliable staff.
08:43Go clean yourself up.
08:46Yes, Your Grace.
08:51My lady, the Duke sent me to look after you. Thank you for saving me.
08:56I'd have been beaten to death by the Viscount and his wife otherwise.
09:00Don't mention it, Rebecca. But I need your help with something.
09:04Anything you ask, my lady.
09:08Slip this potion into Lord George's wine. Then tell Eleanor we're meeting in the East Wing's unused blue salon. We'll
09:16make those who wronged us pay.
09:20Consider it done, my lady.
09:30Miss, I swear I saw it. Lord George went in. And not long after, Catherine slipped in too. The door's
09:35shut and there's indecent noises coming from inside.
09:37How dare they betray me, slut!
09:46Bella!
09:53I wasn't lying, Mother. The Vinnet told me you've been obsessed with you.
09:57I knew my charm hadn't faded. If I could capture the Viscount and not rely on Eleanor, I would be
10:02able to fully enjoy my wealth and honor.
10:06Wait here for him. I'll leave you two alone.
10:15You came!
10:17My beauty. I knew you couldn't resist.
10:22No more games, sweetheart. You're mine.
10:42You old hag! How did you end up in my bed?
10:46I thought I was with Catherine.
10:48You thought she was Catherine? And you, Bella?
10:54Did you think you were someone else too?
10:57Or did you just seize the chance and not even spare your daughter's husband?
11:05Trap. This is a trap. Catherine did this. It must be her.
11:12I heard the noise. What happened?
11:15Perfect timing. Did you say that the Viscount asked me to wait for him here?
11:20Bella! You dare steal my husband?
11:24No. I mean, Catherine drugged me and brought me here.
11:29Me? Impossible. I've been in my room all afternoon. The maids can vouch.
11:34Enough! You disgust me, old witch!
11:38Guards! Kill her!
11:40Eleanor, save me. If I die, you won't fare well either. I'm your mother!
11:46If I could, please calm down.
11:48Perhaps, perhaps Lady Bella was merely momentarily misguided.
11:52She's humiliated you, yes, but she's served me for years. Execution's too harsh!
11:56Maybe confined.
11:57Harsh. She deserves death. Gouge her eyes, cut out her tongue first, then the dungeon.
12:02For your sake, I'll spare the execution.
12:05Do as you say.
12:06Thomas!
12:08No!
12:11Let me go!
12:16No!
12:18It wasn't me!
12:21It's Catherine, that devil. She orchestrated Tell Nor George, Tell Lady Eleanor.
12:25You! You violent, treacherous demon.
12:30Silence!
12:30Is this how you treat your own mother?
12:33Are you my mother? You're just a pathetic, greedy old woman who forgot her place.
12:38A governess who tried to climb into Hunnagetard's bed.
12:41You know the truth about your birth. I confess, I'll tell all.
12:45You're the true daughter of the Count. Stare me!
12:48Last life, you stole my life, my name, my mother. Gave me 19 years of slavery and a death in
12:52a sewer.
12:54Now pay with your eyes and tongue.
12:56No!
13:05The dungeon business. Is it done?
13:08Yes, your grace. As Lord George ordered.
13:12I don't care about George's orders. I asked about your business. Is it finished?
13:16He knows. How much does he expect?
13:19You play the part well, like a frightened lost lamb.
13:22Lambs don't leave tokens on a duke's bed or walk from a bloody dungeon with an aura of vengeance.
13:27Your grace, I don't understand your meaning. I only-
13:30From the moment I almost saw you, I suspected.
13:32You're far more complex than you pretend.
13:35Who are you, really? What do you want?
13:43From the first time you got lost, and ended up in my bed, to now, kneeling here, you've been plotting
13:50your way closer to me, step by step.
13:53So tell me, what do you really want?
13:57I want my stolen life back, your grace. I am the countess's true born daughter.
14:04Proof?
14:04On my left shoulder blade. There's a maple leaf-shaped birthmark.
14:14What does a birthmark prove?
14:16There are records in the old medical logs of the Earl's household. Document, find the evidence, and it will prove
14:21everything.
14:23So you came to me. To use my sword for your revenge.
14:27Not just revenge. I need protection, your grace. I need a position high enough to stand against them. Just please.
14:37You're clever, Katrin. You know exactly how to manipulate a man's most primal instincts.
14:43I had no other choice.
14:46With such sexy lips, such a hot body, and so many secrets in your mind, how could I miss them
14:52so easily?
14:53Starting tomorrow, you move out of the maid's quarters. You'll take the position of my clerical assistant and reside in
14:57the chamber next to my study.
14:59You doing this?
15:00Keeping you under my watchful eye. Every move you make, every person you meet, I'll know about it. Surveillance, but
15:05also... protection.
15:09Yes, Your Grace.
15:12Katherine!
15:16Remember everything you've told me tonight. If even one word is a lie, you know the price of deceiving me.
15:23A sighs beneath the moonlight, like a pearl sinking into a deep pool.
15:30Pretty, but lacks a certain novelty.
15:40Novelty.
15:40Novelty? Speaking of which, we've recently welcomed a novel figure at Hawkmoor.
15:47Look at this, Miss Katherine.
15:49Just days ago, she was my dotic maid, specifically tasked with bearing my husband's heir.
15:54Now, she's somehow transformed into a document assistant in the Duke's study.
15:59Even more numerically, she managed to get lost and end up in your Grace's bed.
16:03Should we perhaps address her as...
16:06...Hawkmoor's whore?
16:09Miss Eleanor, by slandering me so, aren't you afraid I'll tell everyone that your mother, Bella, is the one who
16:15truly climbed into your husband's bed?
16:18Oh, you fish!
16:21I saw it with my own eyes, in the blue salon, and she was so loud when having sex with
16:25your husband.
16:27You lowly whore!
16:37Miss, though I may be of humble birth, I am also the Duke's personally appointed clerk assistant. I only wish
16:43to do my job well. Why must you treat me this way?
16:48You bitch! Don't play the innocent with me! You can fool the Duke, but not me! Watch me beat you
16:54to death!
16:55Stop!
16:55Stop!
17:05Your Grace, you've come just in time. I'm just lecturing this one who doesn't know the rules.
17:10I didn't ask you.
17:17Does it hurt?
17:20Your Grace, she started it, she provoked me first.
17:28What I saw was her not crossing any boundaries while you struck her.
17:34By Hockmoor law, anyone who strikes another without cause receives twenty lashes and is banished from the castle.
17:42Your Grace!
17:43Your Grace!
17:43I have respect for your family name and because you are my daughter-in-law, I'll spare you this time.
17:47I hope this is the last time.
17:52The injury on your face needs ice. Come with me.
18:08Her focus cannot pay you off, don't worry.
18:10Come here, Jenny.
18:11In this room comes from the choir and I can't keep up my arms feeling.
18:18slowly silently her skin to rot her hair to fall out miss it's too dangerous what if we're caught
18:27do it right away otherwise you'll be sold to the brothel at the docks tomorrow i promise
18:32the men there will make you miss every day of this
18:38get it done by tonight get out
18:43this rose soap smells wrong beneath the sweet rose scent lies a pungent metallic odor arsenic
18:50mixture eleanor your clumsy trick from a past life do you really think it'll work again this time
18:56you'll never imagine that this sneaky move of yours will backfire on you but for me it's the
19:01perfect opportunity to gain the duke's sympathy and care rebecca starting from tomorrow tell
19:06everyone that i'm sick headache fatigue loss of appetite but you're not just do as i say
19:15also there's something wrong with this soap someone mixed it with chronic poison trying to disfigure
19:20me swap it tonight with the one an eleanor usually uses in her bathroom swap it you mean use her
19:28own
19:29poison against yes the gift she gave of course should be tasted by her herself be careful don't
19:35be noticed i understand my lady leave it to me
19:52henry said you're sick
19:57just a little tired your grace nothing to worry about
20:05you look very bad how's a physician seen you no need i'm just a little cold your hands are as
20:13cold as ice
20:15could you stay with me for a while just for a little while
20:24that's it duke's affection to me is growing bit by bit the goal is getting closer
20:30this act must be played to the end
20:38why do i lose so much hair it's so itchy
20:52this smell this damn smell it was supposed to be in kathryn's room
20:56well how did it end up here
21:02kathryn you vicious bitch how dare you how dare you do this to me i swear i will make you
21:09pay a hundredfold
21:10a thousandfold price
21:16your grace take a look
21:20these rashes all over my hands and my face
21:26it's all that wicked katherine's doing she poisoned the soap trying to disfigure me to kill me
21:32is there such a thing
21:35elena within hokmore castle accusations against anything or anyone require evidence
21:41go back to your room first i will have henry investigate this thoroughly
21:44i know your grace i swear it's her you must avenge me
21:49i said i will handle it all right your grace i'm waiting for your investigation results
22:03elenor's maid jenny has confessed everything she admitted that it was mrs elenor herself who
22:10ordered her to add the poison to the soap targeting miss kathryn but somehow that poison
22:15soap ended up being used by mrs elenor herself
22:22evidence jenny handed over the remaining powder of the poison
22:27this is it we found the apothecary who sold it he confirmed that the purchaser was mrs elenor's
22:33personal maid and described her appearance and the amount of gold coins she paid which were
22:39consistent with the facts plot harm then file false accusations to cover it up pure evil and
22:46unforgivable she must be severely punished your grace
22:55mrs elenor has already been punished she harmed herself with her own poison
23:00perhaps no additional punishment is needed just restricting mrs elenor's movements is enough let us
23:06stay in her room and reflect on her misdeeds elena windsor from today is confined to her room not to
23:12leave without my express permission remove most of her servants leaving only two to serve allowances
23:17providing on only the basic living father i heard you mean to punish elena she is my wife you cannot
23:27do
23:27this to her precisely because she's your wife that i must punish her as the young mistress of hotmore
23:34castle instead of setting an example plotted to harm others it's unforgivable father she might just be
23:41confused for a moment this is an order george
23:51is this what you want what this play was performed extremely wonderful right and wrong good and evil i
24:02believe you has own judgment you still chose to help me didn't you i wonder how many secrets are still
24:10hidden in you
24:21your your grace what are you going to do
24:26why did you plead for her you know she deserved punishment you know she tried to kill you
24:32i know but why
24:38because i didn't want this to be hard for you hard for me she's your daughter-in-law george is
24:47your son
24:48if you punished her severely there would be a rift between father and son
24:55you were thinking of me can i
25:05katherine's do you know what i hate the most being played especially by woman i can't see through
25:15every step you take is perfectly timed every word you speak falls at exactly the right moment
25:24you made me investigate your past you showed me your scars you made me
25:29unable to resist protecting you what if i told you i'm not playing you
25:39what part of you is real
25:44that i didn't want this to be hard for you that part is real then prove it
25:57you still don't trust me you're too perfect katrin
26:01every appearance is flawlessly timed every word strikes a chord in my heart the perfect victim
26:06the perfect avenger the perfect temptress then why do you steal i want you but i won't let myself fall
26:15in
26:15love with you what if i told you this moment i'm giving myself to you willingly would you believe it
26:32damn katherine she's actually hooked up with duke it won't be long before she's riding on our heads
26:38my father wouldn't be serious about a servant i need to teach her a lesson to make her know her
26:43place
26:49katherine perhaps you'd favor us with a tune on the harsh chord she's been a maid all her life
26:55how would she know how to play as a maid if she fails to meet her master's demands
27:01walking to the rules she will be slapped in public and then expelled from the house
27:05she can't possibly kill you if you want to listen i'll play a piece as you wish cut the axe
27:13help is a lowborn trash like you possibly play the harpsichord
27:31she's so talented
27:37oh my goodness this skill is more exquisite than that of a court musician she's a maid what
27:46mother look at katherine as a maid she's not content with her duties but shows off at the ball
27:52she's humiliating me even the most refined skill cannot change a lowborn nature mother i'm your
28:00biological daughter you stand with the one who harmed me and speak of my nature lowborn who said
28:05she's a maid katherine is my personally appointed clerk and an honored guest of hokmore castle
28:11anyone who calls her a maid again is insulting this ducal house even if that someone is my own son
28:20and daughter
28:22just how many more surprises are hidden inside you
28:25her mother your mother is unwell it's time you escorted her back
28:38mother you don't recognize me but one day i'll make you see the truth see who is truly lowborn
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