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00:00My father came home from war with another woman.
00:02He said he was going to marry her.
00:05That night, I had her skinned and mounted like a hunting trophy.
00:09Father, now she can stay with you forever.
00:13He pissed himself in terror, but he still fathered a bastard in secret.
00:17When the boy crossed me, I had him gelded and sent to the palace.
00:21Father went mad after that.
00:23He tried to kill me, but burned to death instead.
00:26Every man in the capital feared me.
00:30Yet I married Wesley Pierce, the man every woman wanted.
00:34Later, Wesley returned from war with a pregnant woman.
00:36He claimed she was his fallen deputy's widow.
00:39At my winter gathering, she threw herself down the stairs, screaming that I had killed her baby.
00:44I smiled.
00:45Call a physician.
00:46If she hasn't miscarried, it'd see that she does.
00:49Iris Ellis' face went pale.
00:51She struggled to get up.
00:52I lifted her chin.
00:54You can move now.
00:55A second ago, you were lying there playing helpless.
00:58Call a physician.
01:00If she hasn't miscarried, make sure she does.
01:03Violet Wilson, how can you be this vicious?
01:05My husband died in battle.
01:08This child is all he left me.
01:11You're all just going to sit there while she humiliates a widow?
01:16She wanted pity.
01:17She wanted help.
01:19She got neither.
01:20Not one woman spoke.
01:22No one was stupid enough.
01:23My grandpa armed regiments before the war ever began.
01:26My grandma was the richest woman in the kingdom.
01:29My mother was a war hero.
01:31My brother was the Lord Chancellor.
01:33And me?
01:33I was the Wilson she-devil.
01:36Octavia Valorio lifted her fan.
01:38Was that a woman crying?
01:40I thought a pig got slaughtered.
01:42I smiled and let Iris go.
01:44You look fine.
01:46The physician can wait.
01:48Dance.
01:49On the ice.
01:50I looked at the frozen lake.
01:53I heard your dancing once drove men mad.
01:56When she saw what they brought her, she dropped to her knees.
01:59Those dancing shoes were filled with crushed glass.
02:01One step would hurt.
02:03Ten would cripple her.
02:05I gave her shelter in the capital.
02:07And how did she repay me?
02:08At my winter gathering.
02:10In front of all the ladies of the court.
02:12She screamed that I wanted her baby dead.
02:14That I was jealous.
02:16That I couldn't stand Wesley caring for her.
02:18So I showed her what harm looked like.
02:20And I wouldn't do it secretly.
02:22Looks like Miss Ellis needs help.
02:24Put the shoes on her.
02:26Violet!
02:27If you do this, Wesley will never forgive you!
02:29My husband died saving his life!
02:33He promised to take care of me and my baby forever!
02:36I slapped her.
02:37Hard.
02:39He promised you?
02:40So what?
02:42What does that have to do with me?
02:44I owe you nothing.
02:46I drew the sword from my waist.
02:47I pressed it to her throat.
02:50Choose.
02:51You dance.
02:52Or you die.
02:54Your blood will stain today's snow.
02:57A thin red line rose across her neck.
02:59Her hands started shaking.
03:00She reached for the shoes.
03:02She got one foot halfway in.
03:04Sweat gathered on her forehead.
03:06Her lips lost all color.
03:07I glanced at the servants.
03:09Help her.
03:10They forced both shoes onto her feet.
03:12I smiled.
03:15She asked my husband to watch her dance the other night.
03:17She said she had nothing else to offer, only a dance.
03:20I'm his wife.
03:21I want to see it too.
03:23She barely turned once.
03:24Her feet gave out.
03:26The frozen pond was slick.
03:27She couldn't even stand straight.
03:29She gasped and collapsed again.
03:31It was pathetic.
03:32She was shaking all over.
03:34No one could tell if it was pain or cold.
03:37She bit down on her lip until it nearly bled.
03:39We sat in the pavilion, by the fire, with hot tea.
03:43She really is a fool.
03:45How did she think she could provoke you and survive?
03:50She thought Wesley would protect her.
03:52Octavia looked at me.
03:53And if he does, then I'm done with him too.
03:56She laughed.
03:57That's why I like you.
03:59No hesitation.
04:00No mercy.
04:01Not even for your own man.
04:03If I don't strike first, I'm the one who gets destroyed.
04:09I was never like other kids.
04:11Even as a child, I could see my fate.
04:14The day dad brought Lysandra Mero home, fate flashed right in front of me.
04:19This was the beginning.
04:20This was when I was meant to become the villain.
04:23Edric would bring Lysandra home as his mistress.
04:26She would poison her mother, take her place, and then come for Violet.
04:30Behind closed doors, she would abuse Violet.
04:33Then bear a daughter to inherit the house, the name, and the entire Wilson fortune.
04:39In public, she would call Violet wild and ungrateful, and blame her for the nursemaid's death.
04:44She would drug her, marry her off to Julian Vane, and cut her off from everyone who loved her.
04:49Her grandmom would die of grief.
04:51Her brother would be blinded and crippled.
04:54Her grandpa would be framed for treason, exiled, and slaughtered with the rest of his family.
05:01Edric, meanwhile, would be praised as a loyal and righteous man.
05:05To avenge them, Violet would fight Lysandra and her half-sister dot.
05:09But in the end, she would fail dot.
05:12Lysandra would skin her alive, mount her like a hunting trophy dot.
05:15I was only ten.
05:17I didn't understand all of it.
05:19Not really, but I understood enough.
05:22If Lysandra married Edric, the rest of my life would be hell.
05:27So that same night, I searched her bag.
05:30I found the poison.
05:32I swallowed a little of it myself.
05:34After that, I told everyone Lysandra had laced the lemon cakes she made for me.
05:39Mom heard that.
05:40She searched Lysandra's bag herself.
05:42And found the poison.
05:44She flew into a rage.
05:46At first.
05:47For the sake of Lysandra saving dad's life, mom had been willing to let her stay.
05:52Let her live comfortably forever.
05:54But before that, she had already poisoned me.
05:57That, mom would never tolerate.
06:00Lysandra broke down sobbing.
06:01She screamed that she was innocent.
06:04She begged to see Edric.
06:05Mom refused.
06:07She had poison forced down Lysandra's throat.
06:09Ten times the dose I had taken.
06:12I watched Lysandra choke out her last breath right in front of me.
06:15Mom covered my eyes.
06:16Violet.
06:17Don't be scared.
06:19I pushed her hand away.
06:20I'm not scared.
06:21I still have a gift to take to dad.
06:24Mom taught me how to handle knives and swords.
06:26Even at ten, I already knew how to use a sword.
06:29I picked up the sword by my feet and held it to Lysandra's face.
06:33Mom, I want her skinned and mounted.
06:36I'll give it to dad.
06:37Then he'll never bring another woman home.
06:39When I said that, I was scared.
06:41I thought mom might hate me.
06:43I thought she might decide I was a wicked child.
06:46Instead, she stroked my hair.
06:50That's my girl.
06:52Once people see this, nobody will dare mess with you.
06:55But this filth isn't worth your hands.
06:58I'll have it made.
06:59You can deliver it.
07:01That night, I carried the trophy made from Lysandra into dad's room.
07:05Then I shook him awake.
07:06What are you doing?
07:08Dad, isn't it pretty?
07:10This is Lysandra.
07:12Now she can stay with you forever.
07:14He looked at it for a while.
07:15At last, he saw it clearly.
07:18That wasn't leather.
07:19That was human skin.
07:21He got so scared he tumbled straight off the bed.
07:23He hit the floor.
07:25A wet stain spread beneath him.
07:27Dad was pathetic.
07:28A grown man who pissed himself.
07:30I didn't even wet myself anymore.
07:33Lysandra!
07:34This is all my fault!
07:36I'll avenge you!
07:37You vicious little monster!
07:41You're this cruel at your age?
07:43I can't let you live!
07:48She poisoned Violet!
07:49She's only been here days.
07:51And she's already trying to kill my daughter.
07:53A woman that jealous deserved to die.
07:55Valeria, you are right.
07:57She deserved exactly what she got.
08:01My father behaved for three years.
08:03Then one day, a man hired thugs to harass me.
08:06He wanted to destroy my enemies.
08:09By then, my combat heroes were already strong.
08:12Five grown men were nothing to me.
08:14So I captured him instead.
08:15I forced the truth out of him.
08:16When I found Dorian, fate appeared again.
08:18He was Edric's son by Lysandra.
08:20Edric never loved Valeria Wilson.
08:21He married her only for her status.
08:23He meant to bring Lysandra into the household,
08:24but she died instead.
08:26Dorian was destined to become the Chancellor.
08:27He would avenge his mother and destroy the Wilson family.
08:29I stared at him.
08:31My sword was at his throat.
08:32He was so scared, he wet himself.
08:35Just like my useless father-
08:36Him?
08:37The Lord Chancellor?
08:38Raised my hand.
08:40I took his manhood.
08:44Cast him into palace service.
08:47Let's see how he rose through the ranks.
08:52My father was furious.
08:54He summoned me to the family chapel.
08:56Dad, I did nothing wrong.
08:58Why should I kneel?
08:59You ruined a man's life in broad daylight,
09:00and you still dare say you did nothing wrong?
09:03Today, I'll teach you how to behave.
09:05He raised the whip.
09:19With that, I smashed the Thornfield family portraits from the walls.
09:23He stopped holding back.
09:25Every strike was meant to kill.
09:27Then he lunged at me.
09:29The whip wrapped around my neck.
09:30If I had known, I should have killed you the day you were born.
09:35How dare you hurt Dorian?
09:38You deserve to die.
09:40I had held back because he was my father.
09:42But he wanted my life.
09:44I fought back.
09:45I knocked over the altar candles.
09:47The carpet caught fire.
09:49I struck him hard.
09:51He passed out.
09:54I walked out of the family chapel.
09:56Then I stood outside and watched coldly.
09:58The fire spread across his body.
10:01I smeared ash on my face and ran outside, shouting.
10:04Fire!
10:05There's a fire!
10:06My father is still inside!
10:07Help!
10:08Save him!
10:10Of course, he was not saved.
10:12My mother took me back to the Wilson's estate.
10:15I abandoned the Thornfield surname.
10:17From that day on, my surname was Wilson.
10:20Soon, I became notorious across the entire kingdom.
10:24They called me a living she-devil.
10:26After that, no fool dared provoke me again.
10:29As for fate, it never appeared again.
10:34Iris screamed.
10:35It snapped me back.
10:38I looked up.
10:40Wesley stood at the courtyard gate.
10:42Dark violet court robe.
10:43White fox cloak.
10:45His face was cold as ice.
10:47He stared at Iris.
10:48She was still struggling on the frozen lake.
10:51He strode over without hesitation.
10:53He pulled off his fox cloak.
10:55Wrapped it around her.
10:57Lifted her into his arms.
10:59And carried her away from the ice.
11:02Iris leaned against his chest.
11:04Then looked at me.
11:05Like she had already won.
11:08That cloak.
11:09I had made it for him.
11:10Wesley had always been weak in the cold.
11:13Every winter.
11:14He coughed for months.
11:16So I rode into the mountains overnight.
11:18Hunted down several white foxes myself.
11:21Had that cloak made just for him.
11:26On the way back.
11:28I fell off my horse.
11:29Injured my leg.
11:31I stayed in bed for over two weeks.
11:33When I gave him that cloak.
11:35I told him.
11:39This is yours.
11:41Never give it to anyone else.
11:42He had smiled back then.
11:44I can't even bear to wear it.
11:46Why would I give it away?
11:47Now that cloak felt filthy.
11:50After clearing the courtyard.
11:52Wesley carried Iris toward his room.
11:55I stepped in front of him.
11:56I pulled the sword from my waist.
11:58And pointed it at her.
12:00Put her down.
12:03Violet, put the blade away.
12:05Gideon died because of me.
12:06Iris is pregnant.
12:07And you forced her to dance on the frozen lake.
12:09And you're trying to make her missgate.
12:10Or kill her.
12:11What if I wanted both?
12:12Wesley, just put me down.
12:14Don't fight with your wife because of me.
12:16I'm nothing.
12:18If I die, maybe that's better.
12:20At least I'll be with Gideon and our baby.
12:21My foot's already ruined anyway.
12:23Wesley looked down.
12:25Her foot was covered in blood.
12:27His face darkened.
12:29Why are you doing this?
12:30I was pushed down the stairs today.
12:32Violet was the only one there.
12:33When I asked why, she made me dance in glass-lined shoes.
12:36I already paid for what I said.
12:38Please don't fight because of me.
12:39This is insane.
12:41All this over something so small?
12:43He didn't ask me one question.
12:45Not one.
12:46He just believed her.
12:48Something so small.
12:49Me being framed was something small.
12:52I was never afraid of a bad reputation.
12:54But I would never accept a lie I didn't commit.
12:57Right then, the physician came in.
12:59I pointed at Iris.
13:01See if she's misgaging.
13:02I won't!
13:02Your wife said if this baby doesn't die, she'll make sure it does.
13:05Gideon is already dead.
13:06How can I lose his child too?
13:08I'd rather die first.
13:09Then he turned and tried to carry her out.
13:11I flicked my wrist.
13:13My sword hooked the cloak.
13:15Then I slashed.
13:16Fur exploded into the air.
13:18It drifted down through the snow.
13:20Piece by piece.
13:22Wesley Pierce.
13:23Are you really choosing her over me?
13:25Violet, why are you fighting this hard with some orphan girl?
13:29Iris has nothing.
13:31Step aside.
13:31I was utterly disappointed in him.
13:33I want an annulment.
13:34Over this?
13:36Yes.
13:37If you save her today, then this marriage is over.
13:40From now on, whoever you keep in this house is none of my business.
13:45I won't part from you.
13:47Not in this lifetime.
13:49And I am still saving her.
13:50Then he grabbed my sword hand.
13:51And pulled the blade straight into his own shoulder.
13:54Blood burst through the violet court robe.
13:56I froze.
13:57I never thought Wesley's blood would stain this winter day.
14:00Take this as my apology on her behalf.
14:03Are you satisfied now?
14:04With that, he threw the sword to the ground.
14:07I stared at the blade.
14:08He had forged that sword for me himself.
14:10Back when I turned 18, everyone said girls shouldn't play with blades.
14:15Only he was different.
14:17Violet Wilson should never live like everybody else.
14:19You should be wild.
14:21Free.
14:22Do whatever you want.
14:24And now, he threw that gift for another woman.
14:26He apologized to me, his wife.
14:29For her.
14:30It was almost funny.
14:32The fox cloak was shredded.
14:33The sword was abandoned.
14:35So this marriage, whether it ends or not is no longer up to him alone.
14:41I went to the palace.
14:43I came for one reason.
14:44I wanted Cashin Valoria's help.
14:47For my marriage.
14:48Fast.
14:51Outside the council chamber.
14:52I saw Dorian Thornfield.
14:54Now, he was Cashin's servant.
14:57Cashin's favorite.
14:58For one second.
14:59I caught the hate in his eyes.
15:01He smiled.
15:03Miss Wilson.
15:03The king is still in a meeting.
15:05Please wait.
15:06You did not even announce me.
15:07And you already know he won't see me?
15:14Snow started falling again.
15:16He never even told Cashin I was here.
15:18He wanted me standing in the cold.
15:21Please wait.
15:22He went inside.
15:2330 minutes later, he came back.
15:25Same answer.
15:26Wait.
15:27Two hours passed.
15:29By the time I was finally called in.
15:31My hands were numb with cold.
15:33Cashin sat in the council chamber.
15:36Smiling faintly.
15:37Violet Wilson.
15:40You used your grandfather's name to get this meeting.
15:44So tell me.
15:45What do you want?
15:49I want you to grant a royal decree of annulment.
15:52Why?
15:54Because his heart is no longer mine.
15:56And I don't want him anymore.
15:59Cashin let out a cold laugh.
16:04You think very high of yourself.
16:07A man like Wesley having a mistress is hardly a crime.
16:11For six years he had no one but you.
16:13He's only looking after a widow.
16:16And for that, you want an annulment?
16:20I will not be the one to tear that marriage apart.
16:24This was humiliating.
16:26And then I saw it again.
16:27Those cursed lines of fate.
16:47You're right.
16:48I'll take my leave now.
16:50The moment he saw I had stopped pushing for the annulment.
16:53Cashin's face softened.
16:54He waved me away.
16:56I looked up at the broken moon overhead.
16:58What a waste.
16:59More than two hours gone for nothing.
17:02Are we going back to the Pierce house?
17:04Or the Wilson estate?
17:06Neither.
17:07Take me to Princess Octavia's palace.
17:09If Cashin Vailoria won't give me a way out.
17:12I'll find someone who will.
17:16Octavia Vailoria was surrounded by half-naked men.
17:19She fed one boy grapes and smiled when she saw me.
17:22Well, look who's here.
17:24Did you dump your husband?
17:26Want a new one?
17:27Boys, line up.
17:29Let Miss Wilson pick.
17:30She saw my face.
17:32The teasing vanished from her eyes.
17:34Out.
17:35All of you.
17:37I looked at her.
17:38Do you want the throne?
17:40She shot up.
17:42Are you insane?
17:43She pressed a hand to my forehead.
17:45I pushed it away.
17:47I'm fine.
17:48No, you're burning up.
17:50I want an annulment.
17:52Your brother refused to help me.
17:54Octavia laughed for a long time.
18:00Whoa!
18:02All this.
18:04Over that.
18:05I poured myself a drink.
18:07You know me.
18:08I held her gaze.
18:09I do not tolerate humiliation.
18:11And you?
18:12Can you really accept it?
18:14Does he deserve your loyalty?
18:16Silence.
18:17Then she said it.
18:18No.
18:19He isn't.
18:23He was sent across the sea as a royal hostage.
18:26I went with him.
18:28I kept him alive.
18:29I stopped assassins.
18:30I saved him again and again.
18:33I saved him again and again.
18:33She drank.
18:36When we escaped an attack, he threw me out of the carriage.
18:43She drank.
18:44After that, I still protected him.
18:47Forged his alliances.
18:52I was the one who put him in power.
19:04I was the one who put him in power.
19:14Then she drank again.
19:16And put him where he is today.
19:19She laughed once.
19:21And the first thing he did was marry me off for an alliance.
19:24For five years, I was trapped in that marriage.
19:28When I finally got through, I was pregnant.
19:31On the road back to the capital.
19:34And I lost the baby.
19:36Midwife!
19:37Bitterly, her eyes turned colder.
19:40The only reason I'm still alive is because he thinks I'm broken.
19:44Her eyes were red now.
19:46Not from tears.
19:47From rage.
19:49Violet.
19:50I envy you.
19:51You have a family behind you.
19:53You can do whatever you want.
19:56But I can't.
19:57If Octavia had really accepted her fate, she would have stayed quiet.
20:01She would never have built businesses in secret.
20:04She had been back only five years.
20:07And her fortune was already close to Marceline Wilson's.
20:10Her ambition had always been there.
20:12From now on, my family stands behind you.
20:15I want to see you take that road to the top.
20:20Her stare sharpened.
20:24Then why doesn't your family take it?
20:26My grandparents are old.
20:29My mother is a soldier.
20:30I leaned back.
20:32My brother is too honest.
20:34And me?
20:35I'd rather be the woman no one dares cross.
20:38A she-devil in Scarlet.
20:40You've been planning this for years.
20:42Now you have me.
20:43How do we lose?
20:46She smiled.
20:48If Cassian finds out refusing your annulment cost him everything,
20:53he'll go mad.
20:55He will.
20:56She studied me for a second.
20:57Other than the annulment,
20:59what else do you want?
21:01Your word.
21:03If you take power,
21:05my family stays safe.
21:07I want protection.
21:10I want a sworn royal guarantee if things go bad.
21:14And I want my family's trade and rights protected.
21:16I paused.
21:19And one more thing.
21:21What?
21:23And when we meet again,
21:25I won't have to bow to you.
21:27For one second,
21:28she just stared at me.
21:30Then Octavia laughed.
21:31That is the best deal anyone has ever offered me.
21:37To avoid raising suspicion,
21:39I went back to the Pierce estate.
21:42Wesley was already waiting for me in the corridor.
21:45He rushed over and pulled me into his arms.
21:47Violet, stop taking your anger out on me.
21:49Her leg was almost ruined.
21:51And even then she told me not to blame you.
21:53Do you really have to be this petty?
21:55I pressed my hand hard against his wound.
21:57He sucked in a breath and let go at once.
21:59Blood spread through his white court robe.
22:01So this is what you think of me?
22:04A woman who hurts people for no reason?
22:07I stepped closer.
22:09Let me make one thing clear.
22:11My man should stand with me,
22:14no matter what.
22:15A flicker of impatience crossed his face.
22:18She said it was a misunderstanding.
22:20I waited for you.
22:22Why are you still making this a problem?
22:25His tone hardened.
22:26You've forgotten your place.
22:29What more do you want?
22:30He stared at me.
22:32The same look.
22:34The same arrogance.
22:35Just like Cashin Veoloria.
22:37To him, basic loyalty was mercy.
22:40But this marriage?
22:41He had fought for it.
22:44He personally asked Cashin for my hand.
22:48He had stood in front of my mother and sworn at himself.
22:52One wife for life.
22:53No concubines.
22:55No second woman.
22:56I never forced you.
23:00I haven't taken another woman.
23:01I looked him straight in the eye.
23:03But your heart changed.
23:04His face turned dark.
23:07That's nonsense.
23:08No.
23:09It wasn't.
23:10I had seen the way he used to love me.
23:12Completely.
23:14Without reservation.
23:15And I knew he had changed.
23:17Maybe it started with Iris.
23:19Maybe it was because, from those lines of fate.
23:22I had seen Cashin quietly lifting him higher.
23:25Giving him more power.
23:27More trust.
23:28More ambition.
23:30Maybe Wesley had started wanting something else.
23:33Maybe he stayed loyal because of the promise he made to me.
23:35Or maybe he simply feared my family's power.
23:38I didn't know.
23:39And I did not dare gamble on it.
23:42Ever since Iris Ellis entered this house.
23:44We had already fought more than once.
23:46She had walked into Wesley's study on her own.
23:49I scolded her for it.
23:50Wesley defended her.
23:52Said it meant nothing.
23:53Said I was overreacting.
23:55Wait!
23:58Then Iris invited him to watch her dance.
24:00He did not go.
24:02But she danced anyway.
24:04That night, she had pregnancy complications.
24:07He got out of bed immediately and rushed over to her.
24:10He was not a physician.
24:11There was no reason for him to go.
24:13I was worried about his health.
24:15About him catching cold in the middle of the night.
24:18Send a physician.
24:20Have the servants report back.
24:22That should be enough.
24:23But he insisted on going himself.
24:25By the time she was stable, the sky was already turning light.
24:29I could not help complaining.
24:31If she knew she was pregnant, why was she dancing like that?
24:33Now you've lost a whole night of sleep because of her.
24:39Don't talk about her like that.
24:42She has nothing.
24:44Dance is the only thing she has.
24:46You jealous little thing.
24:48I only went because of Gideon.
24:50Until today.
24:51Until Iris framed me.
24:53And he called it a small matter.
24:57That was when I knew for sure.
24:59He had changed.
25:00I still remembered the old Wesley.
25:02Three years ago.
25:03She devil.
25:04A spoiled rich boy once insulted me behind my back.
25:07Called me a she devil.
25:09Wesley had dragged him to the ground and beaten him so badly.
25:12That bastard lost a team.
25:13Then forced him to apologize to me.
25:15Apologize.
25:16I was done arguing.
25:17If I kept going, I would say too much.
25:20And I could not risk what Octavia and I had just said in motion.
25:23I turned ice cold.
25:25That's enough.
25:26It's late.
25:27From tonight on, you sleep in the study.
25:30I don't want to see you.
25:31His face went hard.
25:34Violet Wilson, you are unbelievable.
25:37If you hadn't begged, I wouldn't have come back.
25:40Then he turned and walked out.
25:43He moved into the side chamber closest to Iris.
25:46After that, he kept her by his side.
25:48Right in front of me.
25:50One day they were viewing the winter roses.
25:52The next, walking the winter garden.
25:55And Iris.
25:56Iris was suddenly allowed to go anywhere she pleased inside the Pierce estate.
26:02I had bigger things to do.
26:04Octavia's road to power had to be cleared.
26:07Cashin was never fit to rule.
26:09When drought hit, he looked away.
26:11He claimed there was no money for relief.
26:14People starved.
26:16Corpses lined the roads.
26:18Marceline sent grain again and again.
26:20While every other merchant raised prices, she lowered hers.
26:24And what was Cashin doing?
26:26He drank, partied, and burned the crown's silver for applause.
26:29He never cared who paid the price.
26:31Not the old.
26:33Not women.
26:34Not children.
26:35If my grandfather hadn't shown up, he wouldn't have stopped these.
26:39He was angry.
26:41Humiliated.
26:42He said nothing.
26:43But he never forgot.
26:45Later, word came from a village stricken with plague.
26:48No physicians.
26:49No medicine.
26:50No mercy.
26:52That was Cashin.
26:53Cruel.
26:54Unfit.
26:55Unworthy.
26:56So I knew it first.
26:58I sent water to the drought regions.
27:00I distributed grain every day.
27:03I brought in physicians to treat the sick for free.
27:06Behind the scenes, I made sure Octavia got the credit.
27:10At the same time, I spread word of Cashin's excess across the kingdom.
27:17Soon the whole kingdom was repeating the same line.
27:21The king builds pleasure ponds.
27:23The princess brings water to the fields.
27:26In just three months, her name was everywhere.
27:29Cashin heard it.
27:30Cashin panicked.
27:32He had wanted Octavia dead for years.
27:34Now he finally had found a reason.
27:36Before she went to seek him, Octavia came to me.
27:40Violet.
27:42If I don't come back.
27:43Her voice was calm.
27:45They'll move tonight.
27:46Don't worry.
27:47Tonight, I'll lead armed men through the North Gate myself.
27:50No one will touch you.
27:52I'll make him sign the abdication decree.
27:54I'll make him give the throne to you.
27:56She smiled.
27:57Then let us win tonight.
27:59And from this day on.
28:03No one crushes us again.
28:09Eve, that night.
28:11Snow fell in thick white sheets.
28:13Beneath a storm of arrows.
28:15I stormed the North Gate.
28:17Wesley was waiting for me there.
28:19In full armor.
28:20The last time I saw him like this.
28:22He came to my house and proposed.
28:24Who knew we'd meet again like...
28:26Violet, go back.
28:28Kaysan knows everything.
28:29He'll spare you for me.
28:30I held his gaze.
28:31And my family?
28:33His expression did not change.
28:36Treason is punishable by death.
28:38You can live.
28:40If you publicly cut ties with them.
28:45Kaysan is cruel.
28:46He is not fit to be king.
28:48I will not retreat tonight.
28:52Wesley's voice hardened.
28:53But he is the recognized choice.
28:55No, I said he isn't.
28:57There's still Octavia.
28:58She is fit to rule this kingdom.
29:00She's a woman.
29:02What makes her think she can sit in that seat?
29:05Lesser?
29:06At what?
29:08Octavia was a genius at 14.
29:10My mother outmatched you in war.
29:12My grandmother outmatched most men in business.
29:15Women better than you are everywhere.
29:17They were only denied the light.
29:20You were born into power.
29:22They only lack the chance.
29:26Tonight, I'll prove the Wilsons know the sword as well as any man.
29:30Six years together.
29:31Did it really have to come to this?
29:34All because of Iris.
29:36Iris.
29:37If you want, I'll make her disappear.
29:41So even now, do you really think she is the problem between us?
29:45Then I let the truth drop.
29:47Do you know who Iris Ellis really is?
29:49She's a spy planted by the enemy.
29:51That's impossible.
29:57Bring her up, I said.
30:05They dragged Iris forward in chains.
30:07She was forced to her knees in the snow.
30:09A defense chart slipped from her robes and fell.
30:14She looked at Wesley with cold contempt.
30:18Me?
30:18Love you?
30:20You're no match for my people.
30:22I was pretending, just making trouble.
30:24Then she lifted her chin.
30:25My lord, Asina failed you.
30:28The moment she finished, she bit down on the poison in her tooth.
30:32No hesitation.
30:38I suspected Iris long ago.
30:40I caught her in Wesley's studio.
30:42I investigated her and found her true identity, Asina Vargole.
30:45At the winter gathering, I was testing her, but Wesley stopped me.
30:48So I said nothing.
30:49I let her search and kept her under watch.
30:51The moment she tried to escape, I had her seized.
30:54Prepare her properly.
30:55And bury her with honor.
30:57Everyone around me stilled.
31:01I did not look away.
31:03We stood on opposite sides.
31:05But she died for her kingdom.
31:07That deserves a grand funeral.
31:13You knew she was an enemy spy.
31:20And you kept it from me.
31:23Did you ask me even once?
31:25He froze.
31:26He remembered that day.
31:27Every word.
31:28Every moment.
31:29After a long silence.
31:30If it was all a misunderstanding, we don't have to separate.
31:34There is a reason you believed, Iris.
31:36You tolerated Kassin.
31:39That's enough.
31:40We're done.
31:41A signal fire streaked across the sky.
31:44The signal from the east gate.
31:45Wesley looked up.
31:47His face changed completely.
31:49No!
31:49It's a trap!
31:51To the east gate!
31:52Now.
31:53Of course he knew.
31:54Because we leaked it on purpose.
31:56It was bait.
31:57A decoy.
31:58My grandfather hit the east gate.
31:59My mother took the west.
32:00Then another flare exploded.
32:01The west gate had fallen too.
32:03Two gates gone.
32:04The battle was over.
32:05Wesley moved to leave.
32:06I barred him with my sword.
32:07Forget me!
32:09Go protect Kassin!
32:11Steel reigned between us.
32:13Then closed in.
32:14Steel crashed against steel.
32:16Sparks flew.
32:17He was stronger.
32:19I was faster.
32:20Violet, he said.
32:21You're breathing hard.
32:23You're a woman.
32:24You can't beat me.
32:25Shut up.
32:27Who said women are weaker than men?
32:30Tonight, I'll beat you to your knees.
32:39I scrapped the sky.
32:40Blood spilled.
32:42He flowed.
32:42I knocked his sword away and sent him to the ground.
32:44Then I pressed my sword to his throat.
32:46So.
32:46The greatest swordsman in the capital?
32:49He went pale.
32:51Silent.
32:56I sent up the north gate signal and rushed into the palace.
33:00Too late.
33:01Kassin Veiloria was already dead.
33:03Dorian Thornfield too.
33:06He died for refusing my annulment.
33:08Did he suffer?
33:10Octavia laughed.
33:12He was so angry he coughed blood.
33:15That accident years ago, he did it on purpose.
33:18He set it up because I outshined him.
33:21He deserved it.
33:23Want me to whip his corpse?
33:28For my mother's sake, no.
33:30Burn him.
33:32Leave nothing.
33:37Wesley asked to see me one last time.
33:43I refused.
33:44There was nothing left to say.
33:47It was all said last night.
33:49He was banished from the capital for life.
33:52Soon after, news came from the prison.
33:56He had hanged himself in his cell.
33:59They brought me two papers.
34:03One was the writ releasing me from the marriage.
34:06The other was a ladder.
34:07In it, he wrote about the past.
34:09At 15, he followed my mother to the battlefield and nearly died.
34:12I was the one who saved him.
34:15From then on, he swore to marry only me.
34:17In the end, he got his wish.
34:19He married me.
34:24But he never cherished me.
34:26He said he regretted betraying me.
34:29I wiped the tears from the corner of my eyes.
34:32Then I burned the ladder.
34:33Violet Wilson does not live in regret.
34:35If I can love, I can let go.
34:38He was the one who did not know how to part with dignity.
34:41And that is why he met this end.
34:48Octavia was the new queen.
34:54She ordered new canals to be built.
34:55Military pay was increased.
34:57More relief grain was distributed.
34:59Taxes were cut across the kingdom.
35:00Then came the new laws.
35:02Women could study, hold office, join the military,
35:05and seek an annulment freely.
35:06Domestic abusers would be severely punished.
35:09The moment it was introduced,
35:10a court minister started denouncing it.
35:16Or he could finish.
35:18The guards already dragged him out.
35:22Silence.
35:23Anyone else, that old court minister had been poisoned to the kingdom anyway.
35:27The feasts, that had been his idea.
35:30You cast men down from office as you please.
35:33You think you're above the law.
35:35I pulled out the royal writ of protection.
35:38My brother moved to my side.
35:40He held up the writ.
35:42The queen has sealed it herself.
35:44Whoever stands in the way is asking for trouble.
35:47No one dared speak again.
35:49And then I saw it.
35:50Fate finally appeared before me.
35:51The villainess has rewritten the ending.
35:53Violet, the Wilson family, and Octavia will be remembered.
35:56The ultimate victory belongs to her.
35:58May the Wilson family guard the realm for generations.
36:01At that moment, I knew.
36:03The doom was gone.
36:04My family was safe.
36:06And in the capital,
36:07no one would ever dare look down on me again.
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