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00:04Every night the candles went out. That was my cue. I slipped into my lady's bed. I took her place
00:09beside her husband. For three years, I had been her shadow in the dark. Now, I was done. He laughed
00:15at me. I was only his wife's handmaid, and taking me as his mistress as a slap in her face.
00:21I closed my eyes. The despair tasted like ash. The whole realm knew of the Lord's undying devotion to his
00:27lady. The next morning, I knelt before the old mistress. Let me marry your dying eldest son. Be his deathbed
00:34bride.
00:34You will be a widow locked in the convent forever, are you certain, child?
00:38I've made up my mind now. I swear it. No regrets. The Lord and my lady burst into the room.
00:44Lord Arthur visited my lady's chambers again. As always, the candle went out. Then, I pushed the door open.
00:51What took you so long, my love? Your skin is freezing.
00:54The night was brittle. Before dawn broke, I crept out of the bed. I sank to my knees, repeating every
01:02word of Arthur's.
01:02My love, your skin is freezing. She thought of the lingering intimacy between Arthur and me last night. Her face
01:10darkened with pure spite.
01:11She left the room without the word, leaving me kneeling there alone. Lady Beatrice returned to Arthur's bed. He teased
01:17her.
01:18Sneaking out to me to love her?
01:20She let out a soft chuckle. Her fingers traced playful circles on his chest. She caught sight of me and
01:25shot me a sharp look, signaling me to leave. I back to bed.
01:31Lady Beatrice was breathtakingly beautiful. But she was born frail and sickly. No noble house wanted her.
01:37Then came the summer banquet. Arthur saw her. He fell hard. He demanded her as his wife. I was her
01:43loyal maid. I wept tears of joy for her.
01:45Then came the wedding night. Beatrice fainted before he even touched all.
01:49Arthur was a warlord. A brute on the battlefield. And in bed. Three days with no bedding. Beatrice became a
01:55joke.
01:55The maid snickered. They said she couldn't warm her husband's bed. They swore the lord would take a mistress soon.
02:01Beatrice panicked. She hatched a desperate plan. A cruel exchange. And I was the perfect match. Same height. Same voice.
02:07Fill the lights. Send in the maid. Be my hand, Aiden. In the dark. Arthur could not see the face
02:16beneath him.
02:17She promised me three years. I had no choice. It took an hour before they finally emerged.
02:22I swallowed my pride. Washed my face. And went in to serve them breakfast.
02:26Your little mute is quite pretty. What a waste.
02:33Arthur is boasting to Beatrice about last night.
02:36Look at this. Is this your handiwork from last night?
02:40Last night was hell. I sank my teeth into his arm just to make him stop.
02:44I was sorry. He was a warlord. A little bite meant nothing to him. He thought it was just rough
02:48play.
02:49Beatrice was sweet. She raged at me because I crushed him. I left my mark on her husband.
02:54You stupid wench! You dare bite the lord? Are you trying to humiliate me?
02:59She didn't let me explain. She ordered the guards to bind my wrists.
03:02They dragged me down to the root cellar. No food. No water.
03:06Arthur rode out to patrol the borders. He would be gone for five days.
03:09I was locked in the dark for every single one of them. These days are unbearable.
03:14By the fifth day, I was starving. Half dead. My little sister, Lily.
03:18She bribed the guards. She knew nothing about the exchange made in darkness.
03:22Why is my lady so angry? I couldn't tell her. I signed with my hands.
03:26When does the lord return? Tonight.
03:27I let out a shaky breath. I was saved.
03:29The guard said he rides in tonight. He's heading straight to my lady's chambers.
03:33I let out a shaky breath. I was saved.
03:36Beatrice would need me.
03:37It's the tower just held his son.
03:39Lord Julian.
03:42The physicians say he won't make it through the week.
03:46My heart tightens up in the air. Do I ever get out?
03:51I lost my temper, Audra.
03:53I meant to let you out hours ago, but the estate was in a frenzy.
03:56Forgive me. It does not matter. My three years were almost over.
04:00If you walk out that door, I will put Lily in that bed.
04:05I will put your sisters.
04:06Same size. Same voice.
04:08She will do nicely.
04:10My blood flowed. My teeth chattered uncontrollably.
04:13And don't think you can run to him.
04:15To him, you are just a warm body in the dark.
04:18I could snap my fingers and have you killed, and he wouldn't even blink.
04:24When Arthur kicked the doors open, I was still kneeling on the stone floor.
04:28Arthur didn't even look at me.
04:29Did you settle my brother's matter?
04:31Arthur wasn't supposed to inherit.
04:33His older brother, Lord Julian, was the true heir.
04:35But Julian was born with a rotting heart.
04:37Arthur was made acting lord in his place.
04:40I cannot let him die unwed.
04:42I shall find him a deathbed bride.
04:45Lily whispered to me through the fence earlier.
04:47The dowager refuses to let him die unmarried.
04:50She wants a deathbed bride for him.
04:52A deathbed bride.
04:54The moment Julian died, his bride would be locked in the convent for the rest of her life.
04:58I asked every girl in the estate.
04:59No young woman will throw her life away.
05:01Pretty peasant threaten her family.
05:02Force her into the dress.
05:03The dowager wouldn't like such brute force.
05:05Gold buys the willing.
05:06A knife to the throat buys the rest.
05:07Just get it done.
05:08My mother hates you.
05:09Deliver her this bride and you'll finally win.
05:10Yes, my lord.
05:12A deathbed bride.
05:13A dying man.
05:14Better than marrying a brute.
05:15At least, this was my choice.
05:19Every time Arthur returned from patrol, he came back starving.
05:22But tonight, I didn't just lie there.
05:24I had never been the one to initiate.
05:25But tonight, I needed him to lose control.
05:27When the first light of dawn cracked the sky, I was exhausted.
05:30I tried to push him away with numb hands.
05:32He caught my wrist and yanked me back.
05:34Where do you think you're going?
05:35I froze.
05:36I am a hunter, little bird.
05:38I know your sense.
05:39I've known about your little switch tree for a long, long time.
05:42Then when will you claim me?
05:44When will you acknowledge me?
05:45You are my wife's property.
05:47Only she can raise your standing age.
05:49I push him away.
05:49What is your name anyway?
05:51Maybe I'll make you a personal maid.
05:52Thank you for your generosities, my lord.
05:55But I doubt I'll live to see it.
05:56I turned and walked away.
05:57Arthur grabbed me tight.
05:58A personal maid isn't enough?
06:00He looked displeased.
06:01You want to be a titled mistress?
06:02Know your place, girl.
06:03He and Beatrice were playing the perfect power couple.
06:06I was just a dirty secret.
06:07You are just a warm body in the dark.
06:11She's marrying you off to the stable boy?
06:14He beats his dogs to death.
06:15How could she be so cruel?
06:17I didn't cry.
06:17I made my choice.
06:18Don't cry.
06:19I have a way.
06:20So, which brave girl?
06:22Let me marry your dying eldest son.
06:24Be his deathbed bride.
06:26You will be a widow locked in the convent forever.
06:28Are you certain, child?
06:30I swear it.
06:31No regrets.
06:33Go fetch the clan priest.
06:35She is lowborn, but her spirit is strong enough to shield him.
06:39The dowager smiled.
06:40Ask for anything, child.
06:42Gold land jewels.
06:44Name your class.
06:45So, which brave girl?
06:48Arthur's voice boomed with casual amusement.
06:50I bow and greet Arthur.
06:51My lord.
06:52You are not a mute?
06:53I have always had a voice.
06:54My lady simply could not bear to hear it.
06:57Beatrice shocked.
06:57I have a younger sister, Lily.
06:59I want her transferred to your personal service.
07:02I want her safe.
07:04Done.
07:08Julian was stillborn.
07:09A rogue alchemist used dark magic to bring him back,
07:12but the price, he will never see his 30th birthday.
07:14Julian locked himself in a wooden cabin by the Black Lake.
07:16His only companion was that same rogue alchemist.
07:19He's inside.
07:20He just fell asleep.
07:21He looked nothing like Arthur.
07:22Arthur was a rugged warlord.
07:23Julian, like a fallen angel carved from ice.
07:26Julian has always been reluctant to take medicine,
07:28so his health has not improved.
07:32I spent the whole afternoon learning to brew physics.
07:34At sunset, he finally woke up.
07:37You're the girl who's waiting for me to die?
07:39Yes.
07:41Get up.
07:42Drink your medicine, my lord?
07:43No.
07:43He glared at me like he wanted to kill me,
07:45but he drank it.
07:46That was the first battle I won.
07:49The alchemist was astonished to find Julian feeling far better the next day.
07:52He actually drank it.
07:54He was shocked.
07:54How did you do it?
07:55I smiled.
07:56I've got my own way.
07:57I took the medicine over to Julian,
07:59but he still refused to take it.
08:00Medicine is useless.
08:01You need to keep taking your medicine regularly for it to help.
08:03I threatened him.
08:04If you won't take your medicine, I'll make you drink it.
08:17If you like taking your medicine this way,
08:20I'll feed you like this every time.
08:22Then he drank the medicine all in one gulp.
08:24That's my boy.
08:25Julian fell asleep.
08:27He looked so handsome while he slept.
08:28I silently swore to myself,
08:29I will keep you alive until 30.
08:30That was the promise I made to myself.
08:35Lord Julian is truly healing.
08:37Julian's recovered really well.
08:38Mom's absolutely delighted.
08:40Thanks so much for looking after Julia.
08:41It's only what I should do as Julian's wife.
08:44Oh, I'm sure she does.
08:45She was very good at handling Arthur's late night needs too.
08:48Is that how you speak to your future sister-in-law?
08:50Hold your tongue.
08:51That night, Lily rushed anxiously into my room.
08:53Big trouble brewing.
08:54What?
08:55Beatrix found a new stand-in.
08:57A girl bought from the slums.
08:58But something wrong.
08:59He lit the lamps.
09:01He blazed with fury.
09:02Beat the girl bloody.
09:03And then?
09:04He moved out that very night.
09:06They sleep in separate wings now.
09:08He never cared who the substitute was.
09:09So why did he snap when he realized it wasn't me?
09:11I didn't care.
09:14Julian loves being out in the breeze.
09:16So I'll go inside and fetch him.
09:17As I was heading back inside,
09:19Arthur appeared out of nowhere.
09:20It was you, wasn't it?
09:22I don't need to hear your voice.
09:24I just need you in my bed one night,
09:26and I'll know for sure.
09:28You're insane!
09:30I was about to go find Julian.
09:33What took you so long?
09:35I've gone to fetch you some clothes.
09:37Where's clothes?
09:38I forgot to take them.
09:39I'll go right away.
09:41Hurry your steps next time.
09:43One would think you'd fallen into the lake.
09:45Yes, my lord.
09:46Julian's grown different towards me.
09:48He slowly started to accept me.
09:50At night, I lie beside him and swear
09:51I'll protect him for all my days.
09:56Julian loves reading.
09:58He says it calms his mind and brings him peace,
10:00while I stay by his side and make his medicine.
10:02I brought him his medicine.
10:04Oh, I'm sure she does.
10:05She was very good at handling Arthur's late night needs too.
10:08Why did you agree to marry a dying man?
10:11He asked.
10:12I didn't want to marry a brute.
10:13Right.
10:13I should have guessed.
10:15Julian suddenly minded.
10:17I had no idea why.
10:18That day, the alchemist suddenly asked me to go to his room.
10:21What wilt thou with me?
10:23These next few weeks I shall go forth to gather herbs.
10:26If I wilt ill befall Julian,
10:28break thou this necklace asunder
10:30and I shall hasten back straight away.
10:32I will.
10:33That night, Julian seemed in much better spirits.
10:36I covered him with a blanket.
10:37My lord, take heed you catch no cold.
10:40You know I won't live past 30.
10:41I promised your mother I'd look after you.
10:43You always tell the truth.
10:45He looked very sad.
10:49This day, as I readied to undress Julian for his bath,
10:51I can do it myself.
10:52He caught hold of my hand all at once.
10:54Don't you have any shame?
10:55A normal, innocent girl would be blushing right now.
10:57But I was long past that.
10:58That night, the alchemist prayed for Julian
11:00and bade me wish for him.
11:02Make a wish.
11:04Wish for a long life.
11:05I only want him to be happy.
11:06I stroked Julian's face.
11:08Define happy.
11:09Today, Julian rose early
11:10and asked me to accompany him
11:11to greet the neighboring kingdom's visitors.
11:13Today is a special day.
11:14What?
11:15We're off to the palace today.
11:16We've got important visitors from the neighboring realm.
11:21Vivian came from a neighboring realm to wed Julian.
11:23Vivian has come expressly to seek an audience with you.
11:26Julian was utterly stunned.
11:27I am here to beg leave to wed Julian.
11:29I have waited for him these many years.
11:31She was fair and noble,
11:32well matched to him in every way.
11:33I knew it was time for me to leave.
11:35I asked to dissolve the vow.
11:36Lord Julian must be free to wed the princess.
11:39Are you sure?
11:40The dowager was astonished.
11:41Then what reward do you want?
11:42She asked.
11:44My freedom.
11:45My gaze was firm.
11:46Release me from my servitude.
11:47That night, Lily came to me in a hurry.
11:50Take me with you.
11:51No.
11:52You are safe here.
11:53What will I do without you?
11:55Serve the dowager well.
11:56It's the only way to stay safe.
11:58I finally left, free of all cares.
12:00Only Julian lingered in my heart.
12:02Yet things were far from simple.
12:04We meet again.
12:08The nobles never let their prey go in peace.
12:11I let you warm his bed,
12:12and this is how you repay me?
12:14Day one, they beat me until every breath hurt.
12:17Two massive handmaids stepped forward.
12:19They swept me across the face again and again.
12:23You ungrateful rat.
12:25You swore you'd be loyal.
12:28Loyal?
12:28I just wanted to survive.
12:30I was a maid, but I was still human.
12:32There was no reasoning with a monster.
12:34So I kept my mouth shut.
12:35Day two, she used a needle to prick my fingers.
12:38Day three, she had someone with me with a leather whip.
12:41I let them beat me.
12:43I hoped she would tire out and let me go.
12:45But I vastly overestimated her mercy.
12:47I ached all over from the beating.
12:48Just when I was at my lowest and most desperate.
12:51The kindness I'd shown once saved my life.
12:53That girl I'd helped before snuck around to see me in secret.
12:56Audra, are you alright?
12:57Is there anything I can do for you?
12:59Is Julian alright?
13:02Please go and find Julian for me.
13:04Still alive?
13:05God truly wants you to suffer.
13:07She thought I was broken.
13:08I will never let you out.
13:10I was silently praying for her to burn in hell.
13:13Okay for now.
13:14Finally.
13:16It was over.
13:18Heavy iron boots thundered against the stone stairs.
13:21I couldn't open my eyes.
13:23I had no strength left.
13:24But I could feel him.
13:26Julian came for me.
13:27Release me!
13:28Release me!
13:30I was finally safe.
13:31Audra.
13:32How are you feeling?
13:35He tended to my bath with his own hands.
13:37Gentle and careful.
13:39With every fresh scar he uncovered upon my skin.
13:42His eyes grew dim and reddened.
13:43Grief creeping into his gaze bed by bed.
13:46I drifted aimlessly between wakefulness and faint unconsciousness, my mind shrouded in
13:50hazy fog.
13:51Amid all the numbness and frailty, the only clear and constant feeling was his palm, holding
13:55mine firmly, never once letting go.
13:58He stayed three days.
14:00I made him sleep.
14:01Julian?
14:02He's destroying himself.
14:03But he doesn't love me.
14:05Will he live past 30?
14:06He'll reach 30, I promise.
14:08And after?
14:09Cursed to die young.
14:10If death hadn't marked him.
14:12My chest tightened.
14:13You'd never have met.
14:14I stared fiercely into his eyes.
14:16What's wrong?
14:17I'm going to kiss you now.
14:19Do you permit it?
14:21You weren't this polite the first time.
14:24Every hope I ever had was destroyed years ago.
14:26But I never could have imagined this.
14:28I love you too.
14:29I never thought, in this short, cursed life of mine, I'd still find someone to love.
14:35All my hope was shattered years ago.
14:37My heart was breaking, but my soul had never been so full.
14:44Have you heard what became of Beatrix?
14:47She poisoned Arthur's pregnant mistress, two lives lost in an instant.
14:52She reaped what she sowed.
14:54She reaped what she sowed.
14:56I cannot cast her out.
14:58Her father's army is too powerful.
14:59But I will never touch her again.
15:00That is her punishment.
15:02Punishment?
15:02Barring her from your bed?
15:04What of the poisoned mother?
15:05The dead babe?
15:05Is there no justice at all?
15:07She was just a tavern girl.
15:08I never loved her.
15:09If I want bastards, I can fire a hundred more whenever I please.
15:12But was Arthur truly innocent?
15:14How did you seduce Heunus, my brother?
15:17None of your business.
15:19Have you slept with him?
15:21None of your business!
15:23Does he know what we did in the dark?
15:25He ripped away my last shred of dignity.
15:27I completely lost my temper.
15:29You dare strike a lord?
15:32Aren't you afraid I'll tell him everything?
15:36Aren't you afraid he won't love you anymore?
15:41Do you see?
15:43What sort of low creature she is?
15:45Is this why you lured me here?
15:47A wantle maid who beds whoever she pleases deserves the lash.
15:50But, I still have lingering thoughts of her.
15:54Give her back to me.
15:55Let her polish my boots.
15:57I surrender to my fate.
15:58Audra, what are you still standing there for?
16:01Do you truly want to polish his boots?
16:04I blinked, completely stunned.
16:07No, no.
16:08I scrambled over to his side.
16:10Your wife did not know how to respect her future sister-in-law.
16:13So I had her dealt with.
16:15My lady!
16:15Is she dead?
16:16She's hanging from the beam!
16:18It was only at this moment that Arthur realized the so-called lordship had been given to him by Julian.
16:22Yet the real power still remained in Julian's hands.
16:25He had lost.
16:25What are you doing?
16:26We should sleep in separate beds from now on.
16:28If I weren't ill, I would tie you to that bed.
16:30You come and go as you please, turning my life upside down?
16:32Am I just someone you keep around for pleasure?
16:34No.
16:34I just didn't want to upset you.
16:36I seduced you only to survive.
16:37I don't deserve to stay by your side.
16:39I threw myself onto him.
16:41I kissed him with everything I had.
16:43But if I died without knowing what that monster did to you, without avenging you, do you have any idea
16:49how much pain that would cause me?
16:51You are not broken.
16:56Relax.
16:57I'm not here to take him from you.
16:59He only wants you.
17:00I'm just a stubborn, spoiled child.
17:02I apologize.
17:03Shall we make up?
17:05Of course.
17:06But why have you come here?
17:07To say thank you.
17:09The Chancellor has been my father's greatest enemy for years.
17:12Julian just handed us his head on a silver dester.
17:15The Chancellor sold military secrets.
17:18The old lord nearly died in the mud.
17:20Julian directly handed me all the criminal evidence he had collected over the years.
17:23So that night you ran crying out of his room?
17:26I wasn't crying.
17:27I was excited.
17:28He gave me evidence to destroy my family's enemies.
17:31I'm going to be the first female regent.
17:33I'd never waste tears over a man.
17:35But Julian hadn't even been born then.
17:37How could he have obtained the evidence?
17:40His personal physician.
17:43Didn't you know?
17:45Alchemist Vance is a man from the Highlands.
17:50Tell me the truth.
17:51He does not have a heart defect.
17:52He was murdered.
17:54Thirty years ago, the old lord used blood magic to escape the mountains.
17:58Sacrificing his unborn son in the forbidden life for a life plat.
18:01I used forbidden magic to buy him a full thirty years of life.
18:04I held my chest, my eyes burning with tears.
18:07If Arthur hadn't pushed him into that freezing lake...
18:11Arthur was thrown into the cellar.
18:13Why?
18:14Why do you get to have everything?
18:17I won't stand for this!
18:20I used to love the spring.
18:22Now, I prayed it would never come.
18:23Because Julian was born in the spring.
18:25How are you feeling today?
18:27As his 30th birthday approached, his body was failing.
18:30Stop crying and hiding, Audra.
18:32I was floating near the ceiling.
18:34I tried to hug you.
18:36But my hands went right through you.
18:38His soul was detaching.
18:39Are you gonna cry like this when I am in the ground?
18:42He had reached the limit.
18:44All I could do was see him through to the end.
18:46His time is up.
18:48Prepare the midnight vow.
18:50Please!
18:51We have to run!
18:52They are gonna bind your soul to a dead man!
18:54They say women in corpse marriages are cursed forever!
18:57I know you are staying to protect me, but I don't care.
18:59I will go back to scrubbing floors.
19:00Just tell them no!
19:01I used to do everything just to survive.
19:03But not anymore.
19:04I loved him.
19:05This was my only chance to be his wife.
19:08I sat by his bed.
19:09I waited for him to wake up.
19:11I waited and waited until I finally passed out.
19:18I heard sequels.
19:19I smelled salt water.
19:21When I woke up.
19:24I bolted upright.
19:25I was on a boat.
19:27Audra!
19:28You're awake!
19:29Julian's will saved us!
19:31He refused the midnight vow.
19:32He ordered the dowager to rip up our servant contracts and let us go!
19:37He bought us a massive estate!
19:40Down south!
19:40We are free!
19:42We are going to be rich!
19:43I don't know how to describe how I'm feeling right now.
19:45I tore through the stack of deeds, ledgers, and account papers.
19:49Finally, I found a small folded note.
19:51Written in his sharp, elegant handwriting.
19:53I pressed the note to my chest and wept silently.
19:56Are you okay?
19:57Aren't you happy?
19:59I am, of course I am.
20:01I held the note and gazed at the sea.
20:02The sun was rising over the water.
20:04I suddenly remembered a night from a long time ago.
20:07You have a long life ahead of you.
20:09Loving me for a few years is enough.
20:12When I'm gone, don't look back.
20:14Keep moving.
20:14How can you say something so cold?
20:17Julian said my name meant clearing the storm.
20:19A storm passes.
20:20The sky goes on.
20:21He wanted me happy.
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