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00:02You need to get to Max now. Esmeralda has a bomb.
00:06Quinn, Emmett, and Felipe stiffened, alert. Emmett's eyes widened. Did she say, a bomb?
00:12Quinn didn't wait another second.
00:15Debs, I'll stop her.
00:17She snapped the eclipse fabric at Felipe's hands and exploded into motion, sprinting down the corridor toward the study like
00:23a bullet.
00:24Emmett and Felipe exchanged a quick look.
00:27I ought to say you're holding up our end of the arrangement. Come on.
00:32They then tore after her.
00:35How did that bloody witch get her hands on a bomb anyway?
00:39Moments earlier, when Esmeralda led Max into the study for their private talk, she quietly locked the door behind them.
00:45Max lowered his gaze and put on the convincing act of a man who had just been busted cheating on
00:50his fiancée.
00:51His shoulders tensed and his voice was low with shame.
00:54But beneath the act, everything was unfolding exactly as planned.
01:00Esmeralda had seen him and his assistant making out because that's exactly what they wanted her to see.
01:05It was their last big push to rattle her cage.
01:09Es, I don't know what got into me.
01:12The kiss meant nothing. You have to believe me.
01:15But Esmeralda just raised the pendant hanging from her neck.
01:18The moment it chimed, Max immediately went still.
01:23The life drained from his expression, leaving his eyes distant and vacant.
01:28Do you remember our link, Maxwell?
01:31She asked softly.
01:33She then raised her index finger.
01:35To bond to warrior souls as one, we seal our hearts with the mark of fate.
01:42Hearing her chant, Max slowly lifted his own finger as if compelled, and she pressed hers against it.
01:48Good. Now tell me, what happened with your mother?
01:52Why didn't you carry out the plan to shoot her like we discussed?
01:56Don't you want to protect our baby?
01:59She said, reinforcing the fake narrative she previously planted.
02:04Baby? He asked, confused.
02:07Esmeralda's patience thinned.
02:10Do you remember the plan we agreed upon?
02:12You were going to shoot your mother to show your family they cannot take our baby away.
02:18Max frowned, confusion evident in his vacant stare.
02:22He slowly shook his head.
02:24Esmeralda began pacing the room, agitation building with every step.
02:29Why the hell are you forgetting my orders?
02:32The memories I told you to hold on to?
02:35This is the second time.
02:36She ran a frustrated hand through her hair.
02:39I don't understand what is going wrong.
02:42Her mind raced, searching for an explanation.
02:45Oh, it must be that Parker Hayes.
02:48That's all that has changed.
02:49You only just met that bitch.
02:52Don't tell me you're so gaga for that woman that it's rewired your brain.
02:56She stopped and turned sharply toward him.
02:59Maxwell, are you having an affair with her?
03:03Under hypnosis, Max answered simply,
03:06No.
03:08Esmeralda narrowed her eyes, unconvinced.
03:10Was tonight the first time you and Parker kissed?
03:13No.
03:14Then, you are having an affair with her.
03:18What is going on?
03:20First you forget my orders.
03:21Now you're lying under trance.
03:24That shouldn't be possible.
03:26Max kept calm.
03:28I didn't lie.
03:29She and I are not having an affair.
03:31His expression softened, even within the trance.
03:35It's much more than that.
03:37Our fates and our souls are bonded.
03:41Esmeralda's fury ignited instantly and she snapped.
03:44What are you talking about?
03:46Perhaps you did hit your head too hard during the wedding attack.
03:50You are mixing everything up.
03:51She flicked the pendant again and ordered sharply.
03:56Listen, our fates and souls are bonded, Maxwell.
04:01Well, you and me.
04:04Well, don't you remember?
04:06Nineteen years ago when we were six, late one night we cut our fingers and did the blood
04:11bond together.
04:12Max listened, Max listened, then vacantly nodded.
04:16She exhaled.
04:17We're going to try this again.
04:20She flicked the pendant once more.
04:23Listen closely to the sound of my voice and set it to memory.
04:27Do you still have your gun?
04:30Yes.
04:31Yes.
04:32He reached into his jacket and showed it to her.
04:34Her voice became soft and persuasive as she implanted new orders in his mind.
04:38Good, because I'm pregnant with our child, Max.
04:46And your mother found out.
04:49She wants to send me and the baby far, far away from you forever.
04:54Just like they hid you from your father for all of those years.
04:59Do you want our baby to know that pain?
05:02Max's vacant eyes welled with tears.
05:04No, I want to know, my son.
05:09Esmeralda continued her orders.
05:12Then, as soon as I open that door, you're going to find your mother and shoot her in the
05:20heart.
05:21Dead.
05:22And then, you're going to find that slut, Parker Hayes, and shoot her in the head.
05:29Do you think you can remember that this time?
05:32Max gave a vacant nod.
05:34Good.
05:36Satisfied, Esmeralda walked to the desk and bent down to the trash pail beside it.
05:41She reached inside and pulled out a brick-shaped device wrapped in black electrical tape with
05:46loose wires protruding from its sides.
05:48She then reached back into the pail and took out a roll of masking tape from the same bin and
05:53began
05:53fastening the device securely against her thigh, concealing it beneath the folds of her dress.
05:58The dazed Max watched her.
06:01What is that?
06:03Something secret that I asked a friend to leave in here for me?
06:06It will be a gift for your siblings, the twins.
06:10She smiled.
06:13Guns and wedding dresses may not be the most comfortable, but I find they are certainly convenient for
06:18hiding.
06:20Explosive things.
06:22Then, she flicked the pendant once more, sealing the hypnosis, and extended her arm toward him.
06:30Come along, Maxwell.
06:32It's time to light up the party.
06:35But, suddenly, a body came crashing in through the window.
06:39Glass burst across the floor as Sunny rolled through the frame and landed inside the room.
06:45Esmeralda spun around in shock and cursed.
06:48You...
06:49What the hell are you doing?
06:51Sunny brushed the glass off her dress with a cheeky smile.
06:55Oh, you know, I was just outside the estate, enjoying a good climb up a really tall tree,
07:01when I heard the sounds of an evil bitch trying to manipulate the prince.
07:06Esmeralda's expression twisted with fury.
07:09Maxwell, shoot her now.
07:11In the head.
07:12Just like I told you.
07:14Max slowly raised the gun toward Sunny, but the moment he looked at her, something flickered
07:19in his mind.
07:20A bright white light flashed before his eyes, and he heard voices from the past.
07:25To bond two warrior souls as one.
07:29We seal our hearts with the mark of fate.
07:33Max stopped and started to lower the gun, when Esmeralda lost her patience and yanked it
07:39from his hand.
07:39Oh, useless.
07:42I'll just do it myself.
07:43She raised the gun right at Sunny, and fired.
07:48But it just clicked.
07:50There was no bullets inside.
07:52A deadly grin curled up Sunny's face.
07:56Ah, whoops.
07:57Did Maxie forget to mention that we emptied that after he failed to follow your orders
08:02to shoot his mom?
08:03The first time?
08:05Esmeralda's face darkened.
08:07Who are you?
08:09Sunny casually shrugged.
08:11Eh, just a gal who also knows the convenience of hiding weapons under ball gowns.
08:16In one smooth motion, she pulled a dart gun from beneath her dress and aimed it directly
08:21at Esmeralda.
08:23Feeling a sense of deja vu yet?
08:25Third time's the charm.
08:27This time I'll even do you the courtesy of dart gunning you face to face.
08:31The dart struck Esmeralda squarely in the chest.
08:35As the toxin began flooding her system, she felt she was going to fall.
08:39She desperately flicked her pendant and tried to force one last command through clenched
08:43teeth.
08:44Oh, Maxwell, go.
08:48But, she lost the ability to speak when Sunny karate chopped her clean across the float,
08:53cutting the command off mid-word.
08:55Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough.
08:58As Esmeralda coughed uncontrollably in pain from the hit, Sunny ripped off her necklace.
09:04Oh, you don't get to finish that sentence.
09:07Max isn't your puppet anymore.
09:10The poison was already taking hold, Esmeralda's legs buckled, and she sank toward the floor.
09:16But as her consciousness faded, she let out a weak, eerie laugh and whispered,
09:21Mm-hmm.
09:23Mm-hmm.
09:24Mm-hmm.
09:24You are going to die anyway.
09:28Then, her eyes rolled back, and she collapsed.
09:32Sunny immediately rushed to Max.
09:34Max, are you okay?
09:36He blinked hard as the fog in his mind cleared and slowly nodded.
09:41Yeah.
09:42Yeah.
09:43I'm okay.
09:44She can't control you anymore.
09:47Max let out a relieved breath.
09:49Nice hit to the throat, by the way.
09:52Thanks for being my hero.
09:54He leaned in and softly kissed her lips.
09:57Over their comms, Carmen's voice cut in.
10:00Just a friendly reminder that we can still see you.
10:04Say hi to Buzzkill.
10:06Sunny looked up to see their fly-sized drone descend from the ceiling and tapped her earpiece.
10:12Please tell me you were able to record all that.
10:14Did you get her?
10:16Oh, we got her.
10:17Thanks for jumping in, Sunny.
10:19Quinn and Emmett got a bit tied up.
10:21No problem, Aunt Carmen.
10:23At that moment, a rapid, mechanical ticking sound interrupted the quiet.
10:28Sunny and Max turned toward the distinct ticking sound and immediately realized it was coming
10:33from Esmeralda's body.
10:35Sunny lifted the edge of her dress and exposed the brick-shaped device taped to her thigh.
10:40On it, a mechanical timer on the bomb was counting down.
10:44Ah, that can't be good.
10:47Max swore under his breath and rapidly tapped his comm.
10:51Esmeralda armed the bomb before she went down.
10:54We've got three minutes before it blows.
10:56Have a job byARDS.
11:03Paris.
11:03Steve Hudson.
11:12,
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