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00:00I was once New York's most arrogant, the beloved third daughter of the Mafia Dawn.
00:05Now my wrists and ankles were locked in iron chains, pinned to a basement bed.
00:09The room was pitch black. I hadn't eaten or drunk anything in days. All I wanted was to die.
00:15A tall man came from the bedside. He poured a scorching aphrodisiac into my throat,
00:21and then forcibly pressed his body tightly against me.
00:27Had you not interfered, she'd still be mine. You're so desperate for this.
00:32I'll give you exactly what you want.
00:34After a brutal night of forced intimacy, my tears were streaming down my face.
00:38He let out a low, mocking laugh.
00:40Principessa Kara, look how far you've fallen.
00:43When I disregarded him, he had a swarm of beggars brought in.
00:47Do whatever they pleased with Miss Kara.
00:49My breath thin and fragile, I held his gaze in stubborn defiance.
00:53Kill me if you must. Why bother with cruel humiliation?
00:57The man in front of me was Elias Walker, the underboss who had put the new Dawn in power.
01:02He was also the man I had once chained to my side by the Madderman.
01:06He stared at me with unbridled hatred.
01:08Humiliation? What you once did to me, Miss Kara, was far worse.
01:14I perished in agony and shame.
01:16Blood from my broken body soaked the cold stone floor.
01:19After my death, he ordered my body dumped in a mass grave.
01:23When I opened my eyes again, I found Elias Walker fully stripped, locked inside an iron cage, and hung from
01:30above.
01:30To inflame his senses, the head maid poured a honeyed aphrodisiac all over his bare body.
01:36He let out a few soft, ragged gasps.
01:38I remember I had chained him to the bed with iron shackles, dosed him with heavy drugs, and violated him
01:44utterly, only to keep the proud Elias Walker by my side.
01:49After I spent the night tangled with him, he still tried to run away.
01:54At dawn the next day, I ordered my men to break his legs.
01:59It wasn't until his childhood sweetheart, Lila, finally returned that he was pulled out of the gutter.
02:05She took him to Don Valentino's estate and dragged him from the brink of ruin.
02:10Later, Elias stood by Lila's side and helped her seize power to reign as the underworld's sovereign queen.
02:16It wasn't until the dying breath that I understood.
02:19To him, my love was nothing but a burden and a chain.
02:23What new trick has Miss Kara come up with to torment me today?
02:26Familiar voice made my heart stumble.
02:28I came to my senses and looked again at this devastatingly handsome man.
02:32And then I realized I'd been reborn.
02:35The damage was already done.
02:37I couldn't change what he thought of me.
02:39This time, I would let go of my paranoia and obsession, and choose to let them be together.
02:44Guards! Release him! Now!
02:48I arranged for Elias Walker to recover in my private suite.
02:52Word spread instantly.
02:54Miss Kara had grown bored with him.
02:56The pretty Mr. Walker had fallen out of favor.
02:59I heard it and felt uneasy.
03:01I went to check on him.
03:03The winter air was cutting, but the private suite Elias occupied had no heater running at all.
03:10Elias sat at the mahogany table and was quietly immersed in a heavy old book.
03:14When he looked up, a strand of hair fell across his striking face.
03:18My heart slammed.
03:20Why has Miss Kara come here?
03:22I walked toward him.
03:23And then I reached out and touched the back of his hand.
03:26Exactly as I expected.
03:28Cold as ice.
03:30Why don't you have the heat on?
03:31Without the Principessa's favor, I am merely a discarded pawn in every soul's sight.
03:41I could not tell if it was just my mind playing tricks.
03:44Brutality lingered in Elias' smile, sending a cold shiver through me.
03:49That chilling gaze reminded me of his past self.
03:52Principessa Kara.
03:52Bloodthirsty.
03:53Look how far you've fallen.
03:54He crossed mountains of corpses, paving a bloody way for Lila to reign as the Donna.
04:01Your injury cannot be exposed to cold.
04:03The Rilishno whithed to the meath.
04:07Elias, and who touches you answers to me.
04:10Tell me what you want.
04:12Every wish you make, I make it real.
04:15No one lays a hand on you unless I say so.
04:18Elias stared at me for a long moment.
04:21Miss Kara, I only need heat, pen, and paper.
04:25Only these?
04:27Those maids who mistreated you, what do you want done with them?
04:29Let them go without meat and heat for the next half a month.
04:32I smiled.
04:33This was the Elias I'd always known.
04:36In the last life, everyone called Elias a devil.
04:39But I understood he only lived by one rule.
04:43Good for good, evil for evil.
04:45Give back exactly what was given.
04:48Every cruel thing Elias ever did was to seize power for Lila.
04:53Not once did he act for himself.
04:55He drank the poison wine, in one long swallow.
04:59Even his final moments were filled with loving regret.
05:03Silly man.
05:05In his mind, I had always been the cruel Principessa who ruined his life.
05:11Only Lila had ever been his salvation.
05:14Once they settled him into a chair, I knelt down and gently stroked his leg.
05:19Elias watched me coldly.
05:20The moment I drew back his pants, his eyes blazed with revulsion.
05:25He let out a cold laugh.
05:26Look at me now.
05:28And you still want me, Principessa?
05:30I didn't humiliate him the way I used to.
05:33Instead, I applied the ointment to the scarred skin on his leg, slow and careful, rubbing gently.
05:39He wore a faint look of shock.
05:41What is the meaning of this, princess?
05:43I stand up, pointing straight at his leg.
05:45Your leg injury can be cured.
05:48Use topical healing ointment daily.
05:50Get targeted therapy and therapeutic massage, plus medicinal baths.
05:54Make a full recovery in three months.
05:56A flash of joy flickered in his eyes, only to dim instantly.
06:00Whether my leg heals or not, I am already a ruined man.
06:04What difference does it make?
06:05I lowered my head and kept my voice soft.
06:08You have extraordinary talent.
06:10You will be a pillar of this family one day.
06:13Don't sell yourself short.
06:15Elias scoffed, shooting me a sidelong glance.
06:18To him, it was utterly absurd that I, who had heard him, was now offering him comfort.
06:23I offered no rebuttal, only holding his gaze as I spoke softly.
06:28Lie down on the bed.
06:29Elias curled his lips into a mocking smile.
06:32Expression cold, he wheeled to the bed, braced himself, and inched onto the mattress.
06:37Slow, stiff, agonizing.
06:40He lay motionless, frigid, and drained.
06:42Do as you please, princess.
06:45Just be quick.
06:46I am worn out.
06:47I caught my breath, then settled on the edge of the bed.
06:51Elias truly bore a face devastating enough to entrance all.
06:55Even reduced to such a wretched state, he still exuded an otherworldly cold pride.
07:00I slowly ran my fingers over his skin, then my hands moved to unfasten his trousers next.
07:06Elias shut his eyes.
07:07It will sting.
07:09Hold on.
07:11Right after, I pressed a fine medical needle into the key trigger points on his leg.
07:15Elias' eyes snapped open.
07:17His face broke, just for a second.
07:19He stared at my hands.
07:21What are you doing?
07:21Clearly, I'm giving you localized needling therapy.
07:25I'll release your damaged phagia with targeted pressure, paired with soft tissue massage.
07:29An hour of treatment each day will be enough.
07:31I said softly, this injury is my fault.
07:34From today on, I'll tend to your rehab and massage your muscles daily, until you fully recover.
07:40Elias clenched his fist, his body turning taut and stiff.
07:43Is this some new ploy of yours?
07:46He seized my arm abruptly, holding me trapped beneath his piercing gaze.
07:50In his past life, I broke his legs, but he'd never been this shaken.
07:54Elias Walker had never feared torture, yet he feared kindness.
07:58Gentleness clouds the mind, and slow tenderness kills.
08:01I gave him no explanation, merely focusing on his leg injury.
08:05I was Don Vito Sovino's daughter, raised in blood, betrayal, and cruelty.
08:09Yet I learned to become a doctor, so no matter who abandons me, I can save myself.
08:14In his past life, illness and broken legs destroyed Elias' spirit.
08:19He pushed Lila away, and she chose another man.
08:22Crushed by despair, he fell into darkness, growing into a ruthless and terrifying underboss.
08:27But the first time I ever saw him, he was strikingly handsome, cold pride written between
08:32his brows.
08:33Mastered the family's strategy.
08:35Been a poor genius with a mind that came once in a century.
08:39Yet later, I watched him caress his incurable legs beneath the dusk.
08:43Elias smiled, soundlessly.
08:46After that, he became the cleaner, men called a monster.
08:49He knew deep down that he was no longer worthy of the girl he loved.
08:53So he drank the poison wine, in one long swallow.
08:57Now he sat across from me on the bed, our eyes locked.
09:00His gaze was dark and endless.
09:03Thank God.
09:03I'd returned when his legs could still be healed.
09:06I tossed his coat to him, my tone cold and detached.
09:10I have no interest in you anymore.
09:12Leave my estate once your leg has healed.
09:16The moon was cold.
09:17The wind cut through the night.
09:19Why could he still not stand and walk?
09:21I lay in bed, turning the problem over and over.
09:25Was my technique insufficient?
09:27Or was there something wrong deeper in his heart?
09:30Then I heard someone quietly push open the door to my suite.
09:34Footsteps, slow.
09:35I kept my eyes shut and pretended to sleep.
09:38But I could feel a presence standing at my bedside.
09:41And a faint medicinal scent reached me.
09:43This was Elias.
09:45Why would he intrude in my chambers deep into the night?
09:48His leg injury had long healed.
09:50So why faint a limp?
09:52Elias sat on the edge of my bed.
09:53His gaze lingering on me for ages.
09:56My heart seized.
09:57Should I pretend to wake?
09:58With one faint, effortless tug, Elias undid the ribbon of my undergarment.
10:05His body pressed against my bare flesh.
10:08His warmth sinking deep within me, igniting all my senses.
10:12Amid the darkness, I finally dared to open my eyes.
10:15Elias, what are you doing?
10:18Miss Kara, tonight, I want you.
10:22Stay away.
10:24I have no desire for this.
10:30But he seized my hand in a firm grip, leaning in to kiss me.
10:34I instinctively tried to pull away, only for him to pin me firmly in place.
10:39Don't move.
10:40I frowned, staring at him in confusion.
10:43This wasn't the Elias Walker I knew.
10:46He was supposed to refuse my touch.
10:48Every time after indulging, he would bathe and burn incense, erasing every trace of my scent.
10:54To him, the love we shared was nothing but shame.
10:57He breathed gently against my ear, his kiss leaving me utterly breathless and consumed.
11:04But just as I was on the verge of sinking into his temptation, my peripheral gaze caught his cold, distant
11:11eyes.
11:12He'd use his body to lure me tonight just to test me.
11:16Because in this world of dirty deals and naked power, he refused to believe I acted without ulterior motive.
11:23I felt a dull ache.
11:25In his eyes, perhaps only soft and innocent Lila, sheltered from this dark world, could make him drop his guard.
11:32And I?
11:33I was forever the vicious, calculating Principessa.
11:37Nothing more.
11:39I rolled over, swiftly pulling a pistol from under the covers.
11:43And then, I seized his neck.
11:45Who granted you the audacity to step into my bed?
11:51Yet he showed not the slightest fear that I might pull the trigger.
11:55You healed my leg.
11:57To repay your kindness, Miss Kara.
11:59I offered myself to you tonight.
12:03Get out.
12:04I've told you, I'm not interested in you.
12:06He stared at me doubtfully.
12:08But you looked utterly ingrawned by my kiss just now, Miss Kara.
12:11Could I have misread you?
12:13I pressed the muzzle of my gun harder against his heart.
12:16One more word, and I'll kill you.
12:20A beguiling smile tugged at his lips.
12:22You'd never hurt me, right?
12:23My expression faltered faintly, but I did not fire.
12:28What is it you truly want, Miss Kara?
12:30His eyes stirred a ripple through my chest that wouldn't stop.
12:33But I knew.
12:35His gentleness is feigned.
12:37I don't want anything.
12:38Your leg is healed.
12:40Leave tomorrow.
12:41Elias' brows drew together.
12:43He stared at me, as if trying to see through me.
12:46My answer clearly wasn't the one he'd been looking for.
12:49He couldn't understand why I hurt him, and now heal him again.
12:55Power.
12:56Money.
12:57Control.
12:59Everyone inside this estate had their own agenda.
13:01But what I wanted, simply, was for him to live well.
13:05To love whoever he wanted, freely.
13:08Elias.
13:10If you ever need help, you can still come to me.
13:15It seems Miss Kara has truly grown tired of me.
13:18Then I will go out.
13:19He acted indifferent, but his steps stumbled.
13:22After Elias left, the warmth of where he'd been still lingered in the sheets.
13:27I've grown greedy for this fleeting warmth, yet it is all but a fleeting spring dream.
13:32I reminded myself, stay away from Elias Walker.
13:36The next morning, Elias had already left my wing.
13:39Good.
13:40He and I had never been walking the same road.
13:45Not long after Elias left, Lila appeared.
13:48The first time I saw Lila, she was standing up for Elias.
13:51Spotting me coming, the butlers at the estate deliberately mocked Elias in front of my face.
13:56They called him a pretty pet who'd earned his keep on his back.
13:59They think he used his looks and his body to please his mistress.
14:02And even they said the butlers were worth more than him.
14:06Every word is filthy.
14:07They didn't understand Elias Walker was a wolf who had only been temporarily caged.
14:12Once freed, his teeth would rip their throats out.
14:15I clenched my fist.
14:17I moved toward them.
14:18But someone else was whip cracking across the faces of those underlings.
14:22The girl wore red.
14:23Fierce, elegant, no makeup, and still stunning.
14:27Lila's voice was commanding.
14:29Underlings!
14:30A pack of social climbers!
14:31How could you humiliate Mr. Walker?
14:34Her gaze shifted to me.
14:35Those at the top have power.
14:37But power used to take what isn't yours?
14:40What kind of love is that?
14:42She meant me.
14:43Obviously.
14:44It comes as no surprise she was going to be a Don.
14:47Even the perpetually detached Elias looked at her with something soft in his eyes.
14:51Though Elias wasn't as cold toward me as he'd been last life.
14:55But the moment Lila appeared, she pulled him out of whatever darkness he'd been in.
14:59This time, Elias was no longer broken.
15:01I have no wish to disturb his peace again.
15:04I turned around and quietly walked away.
15:08Elias became Lila's personal advisor.
15:10They say Lila had brought premium champagne to Don Valentino's study every day until he agreed.
15:16Not long after, I heard from the maids that Elias' old leg injury leg had flared up again.
15:21Lila stayed at his bedside day and night.
15:23She refused to leave until Don Valentino ordered her back to her chambers.
15:28I frowned.
15:29Is his leg injury acting up again?
15:31That night, I wrapped myself in a coat, took an oil lamp, and walked through the snow.
15:35Elias lay motionless in his private suite.
15:38I pushed the window open.
15:39The bitter medicinal smell thinned.
15:43Miss Cara, why are you here?
15:46Looking at his face was white.
15:47I felt something heavy in my chest.
15:50I came to check on you.
15:51I stepped closer to his bed, slowly pulling back the dressing on his leg.
15:56The old scar was swollen.
15:57The wound split and infected.
15:59His physician had administered strong treatment without cleaning or disinfecting it.
16:04Why have you come?
16:05I told you.
16:07I'm going to heal your leg.
16:08He merely watched me contemplatively.
16:11I exhaled silently.
16:12I fix what I break.
16:14That's my code.
16:14I used a cloth treated with penicillin to clean the wound carefully.
16:19I heard you've been Leela through the estate every day.
16:21Your leg flared up because you've been overworking it.
16:24Lena grew up outside.
16:25She's new here.
16:27Naturally, she's curious.
16:28I smiled.
16:29Something bitter moved through me.
16:31How could I forget?
16:32He would throw his own life away for her.
16:34A broken leg was nothing.
16:36I wrapped the wound again and told him quietly.
16:39Your leg needs rest.
16:41Stop walking around with Leela.
16:43I packed my medical bag and turned to go.
16:46Behind me, I heard him ask,
16:47Will Miss Kara come back?
16:49Three days.
16:51I'll come change the deading.
16:53Every three days, I wrapped myself against the snow
16:56and came to Elias' private suite at night to change his bandages.
17:00Tonight, I heard laughter from outside his door before I even reached it.
17:05One lamp burned warm inside.
17:07Two silhouettes moved on the window glass.
17:11Lila, it's late.
17:13Go get some rest.
17:14The girl turns away with a bright, playful look.
17:16I blew out my oil lamp.
17:18I hid in the shadow of the corridor and watched Lila walk away until she disappeared.
17:23Then I stepped inside.
17:25Elias sat at his desk.
17:27He looked at me and said,
17:28Warm your hands.
17:29I recognized it.
17:31A gift Don Valentino had given Lila.
17:33This time, I didn't tell Elias to get on the bed.
17:36I crouched at his feet, right there at the desk, and changed his dressing.
17:43Elias, after this, I won't be coming anymore.
17:46He said nothing, which made me feel awkward.
17:49I've made amends for my past mistakes.
17:51I'd planned to aid you within the family, yet Lila supports you.
17:54You have a clear path ahead, and I am unnecessary.
17:59Elias bent slightly toward me.
18:01Are you jealous of Lila?
18:04Elias bent slightly toward me.
18:07Are you jealous of Lila?
18:09I laughed quietly and said it plainly.
18:11Yes.
18:12I'm fairly jealous of her.
18:14He smiled faintly.
18:16Miss Cara, you have everything.
18:18What could you possibly envy in her?
18:20What am I envying, really?
18:22I was the Princey Bessa who had everything.
18:24And I envied Lila, who had grown up with unworldly.
18:27Her eyes still held a brightness that was alive and fearless.
18:31I admire she loved openly, hated openly, was vivid and beautiful.
18:36But I, growing up in a world of political maneuvering, had long since bleached it out of me.
18:41As if only the girls who shone like that were the ones people actually loved.
18:45Miss Cara, you've become unpredictable to me.
18:48Was the arrogance and the cruelty as your mask?
18:51He suddenly raised his hand and pressed it to the back of my head, and then he kissed him.
18:55My waist pressed gently into the crook of his arm, and I closed my eyes.
19:00After the kiss, I breathed against him, slightly undone, but I saw it.
19:04Elias' lips pressed tight, watching my reaction.
19:08Testing me.
19:08Again, using himself as bait.
19:11I was an idiot.
19:13I knew everything he did was for Lila, and his tenderness was a probe.
19:17And still, the warmth of him scattered my sense.
19:19Elias, I said his name softly.
19:21Never love with all your heart.
19:23Seven parts is enough.
19:26Don't be so silly.
19:27Not anymore.
19:29After that night, a long time passed without me seeing Elias.
19:33But I had Elias had stepped down as Lila's personal advisor.
19:37Elias had been promoted to consigliere.
19:39Don Valentino had adopted Elias' proposal to reduce the family's street taxes.
19:44I busied myself with the medical supplies in my hands, genuinely relieved and happy for him.
19:50Everyone on the estate noticed Miss Cara had changed.
19:52She devoted herself to medicine.
19:54She had even apprenticed herself to the chief family doctor.
19:58Rumors spread Miss Cara was jealous of Lila, afraid she'd compete for position.
20:03Even Don Valentino tested me.
20:05Would you like to take over the family?
20:07I offered him a bottle of the painkillers and antibiotic ointments I'd mixed myself.
20:11I declared my purpose clearly.
20:13I wanted to be a healer.
20:15Don Valentino looked at me with warmth and said I had inherited Elena's wish,
20:19and that his daughter had finally grown up.
20:22As for the rumors inside the estate,
20:24I didn't care.
20:25I was only mildly curious.
20:27What would Elias think?
20:29If I became a threat to Lila's path to power,
20:31would he destroy me, the way he had last night?
20:34I sniffed the air.
20:36The faint smell of scorched medicinal herbs drifted from the stove.
20:40I got up quickly, laughing at myself as I rushed to turn off the flame.
20:44Sure enough, handsome men have always distracted one entity.
20:49This summer, a succession of violent storms caused flooding across multiple regions.
20:54The waters drowned entire neighborhoods.
20:56The harvest was destroyed.
20:58Donna Valentino led the estate in donating jewelry to the relief fund.
21:01An aid station was set up at the perimeter of the estate.
21:04Donna herself handed out supplies.
21:06The noble women of the alliance followed her example.
21:09Right before I asked Don Valentino to let me join the doctors outside,
21:12Lila walked into here.
21:14Don Valentino, I am formally requesting that you grant me and Elias an alliance marriage arrangement.
21:21Don Valentino frowned.
21:23We'll discuss this later.
21:25He turned that same displeased look on me.
21:27And you're here for Walker too?
21:29I'm here for the medical crisis among the victims.
21:32Don seemed genuinely interested.
21:34And how would you solve it?
21:35Manhattan's victims can be relocated to better-resourced areas near the estate.
21:39Temporary field clinics shall be set up at major intersections,
21:42staffed by our family clinic physicians.
21:44And when the time is right, we strike.
21:48Excellent.
21:49Both excellent.
21:50Elias just proposed moving the displace to food,
21:54and now you come with moving the displace to medicine.
21:57Miss Cara requests permission to accompany the family clinic team outside the estate to treat the victims.
22:01You're my Prince of Pesca.
22:03You want to get close to those refugees?
22:05I'm also a doctor.
22:07A doctor heals everyone.
22:09Rich or poor.
22:10Mob or civilian.
22:11Don Valentino smiled.
22:13You truly have grown up.
22:16Outside in the corridor, Lila stopped me.
22:19Did you come to interrupt my requesting on purpose?
22:21I met her eyes directly.
22:22The victims are starving and dying in the streets.
22:25Children are infected.
22:27And you think your personal feelings take priority right now?
22:30Lila faltered.
22:32I didn't.
22:33In Last Life, Lila had grown up outside the estate.
22:36She understood what real suffering looked like.
22:38After she took power, she pushed new order reform and built an era of peace.
22:43It's not the girl distracted by romance while people died.
22:46I kept my face hard.
22:49I'm not trying to take Elias from you.
22:52He is yours.
22:53Lila pressed her lips together, a trace of guilt behind her eyes.
22:57I couldn't take him even if I tried.
22:59What you said was right.
23:02Those in power have authority.
23:04But they also have obligations they must fulfill.
23:07Lila nodded in agreement.
23:09You're smarter than me.
23:11You know that.
23:11I turned and found Elias standing at the far end of the corridor, gazing at me.
23:16He walked closer and a smile moved through it.
23:19Miss Kara.
23:21It's been a while.
23:23I find you more and more interesting.
23:25I couldn't stop a small tremor.
23:30Elias.
23:32What a coincidence.
23:34Not a coincidence.
23:36I specifically...
23:37Mr. Walker!
23:38Were you waiting for me?
23:40Lila came jogging over.
23:41I see.
23:42He'd lingered here just to wait for Lila.
23:44Miss Kara, I...
23:45Congratulations.
23:46I interrupted him at once.
23:48You've gotten what you desired.
23:52Outside the walls, a three-year-old girl in her mother's arms lay covered in infected sores.
23:58I found again the reason I first became a doctor.
24:01Young lady, you have such a good heart.
24:04You'll go to paradise when you die for saving so many people.
24:07The family doctor beside me laughed.
24:10Do you know who this young lady is?
24:13This is Miss Kara Valentina.
24:16I heard gasps all around.
24:18That's the one who chained her own advisor in chains?
24:20The one they call the vicious prince obsessor?
24:24A little girl staggered back and rushed into her mother's arms in a panic.
24:29Is that the dreadful Miss Kara?
24:31I laughed bitterly.
24:32Was my reputation really that bad?
24:35Late that night, I slipped into the dark oak grove behind the private suite.
24:39But I thought I saw Elias' figure far away.
24:42He wanted nothing more than to stay as far from me as possible.
24:46Why would he ever come back to this grove?
24:49Suddenly, a woman rushed to me with a knife.
24:57The grove was dark and thick and still.
25:00Suddenly, a maid lunged at me with a knife.
25:03The blade sliced open my right shoulder.
25:05Blood spilled instantly.
25:08Miss Kara!
25:09Do you know?
25:11My child died in the floods!
25:13Why didn't you save him?
25:15She saw the first strike hadn't hit anything vital and then raised the knife for a second blow.
25:20Cudderingly, Blade drove through her throat from behind.
25:23She collapsed and blood poured from her mouth.
25:25I looked up at the man standing behind her and laughed.
25:29Elias!
25:29It really is you!
25:31What are you doing here?
25:32Elias said nothing, just pulled me into him and began checking my wound.
25:36I went blush and tried to block his hands.
25:39Elias, you're not a doctor.
25:40You can't treat this.
25:41He pushed my hands away, pulled out a handkerchief, and pressed it against my wound to stop the bleeding.
25:47His warm breath brushed my neck, light and ticklish.
25:51Elias, why did you save me?
25:52If I died, wouldn't it be happier for you and Leela?
25:56Even though I had no intention of taking power for myself.
25:58But my death would remove the last obstacle from Lila's path to Donna.
26:02Elias' mouth curved faintly.
26:04I did once hate you and even want you dead.
26:07But now...
26:08He stared at me.
26:09I don't want Miss Kara to die anymore.
26:11He gathered me up into his arms and leave.
26:15Elias sat on the edge of my bed and bent over me to clean the wound.
26:18It burned.
26:19I kept my jaw locked and said nothing.
26:21I belongs to myself, not to Leela.
26:26That day, I wasn't there to wait for her.
26:28He's explaining himself to me.
26:30Why?
26:31In Last Life, Elias had loved Lila with a madness.
26:34Cold and harsh toward her on the surface, he was soft-hearted at every turn.
26:39He pushed Lila away, yet secretly orchestrated everything for her from the shadows.
26:44I didn't want to repeat Last Life and stand in their way again, and even end up dying a humiliating
26:49death, despised, cursed by the world.
26:54Elias, let's not see each other anymore after this.
26:57His gaze grew heated, aching to uncover the truth.
27:01Miss Kara rose before dawn daily, spending hours preparing medical formulations and give me targeted physical rehabilitation.
27:07Even braved harsh storms to tend to my wound dressings in my quarters.
27:10I was supposed to keep hating Miss Kara, yet I kept finding my way back to this grove.
27:17But now Miss Kara says let's not see each other?
27:20The Principo's tricks are getting more sophisticated.
27:24Elias leaned down and kissed me, sinking into something quiet and warm.
27:28All I could hear was the sound of two heartbeats.
27:30For one moment, I lost everything I'd been holding onto.
27:34Is he testing me again?
27:35Or, I didn't dare hope.
27:38I has always believed in returning what was given.
27:41Miss Kara chained me and made me yours.
27:43So I'll chain Miss Kara right back.
27:46You won't be free of me in this life.
27:47After that, I couldn't hear the rest of what he said.
27:50I was too exhausted and fell asleep in his arms.
27:53If this is a dream, I wish to linger a while longer.
27:56News of the assassination attempt spread through the entire estate.
27:59It was rumored Lila Valentino had sent the assassin, determined to see Miss Kara dead.
28:05When Lila stormed into my bedroom, I was in the middle of changing my bandage.
28:10She looked at my blood-soaked shoulder and clothes.
28:13It wasn't me.
28:15I swear it wasn't me.
28:18I know it wasn't you.
28:24You were never the type for shadows and schemes.
28:26You always hated that kind of maneuvering.
28:29The Lila I remembered, she wanted power.
28:31She went for it openly.
28:32She declared her love for Elias with her chin up.
28:34I love you, Elias!
28:35She wasn't afraid of anyone's opinion.
28:37Even later, when she and Elias ended, it was clean.
28:41Final.
28:42No manipulation.
28:43After I had reminded her of her responsibilities outside the Dons, she had taken the family's
28:48aid supplies personally and led a team to the worst-hit district coastal town.
28:53How do you know it wasn't me?
28:55I want to compete with you for power.
28:59Elias already looked into it.
29:02The maid had lost her child in the floods.
29:05She snapped.
29:06It had nothing to do with you.
29:08Okay, good.
29:10But I'm not giving up, Elias.
29:12He says he sees me as a sister and he has no feelings for me.
29:15But I've admired him since before I came here.
29:19We are living when I was still living outside.
29:22But I won't give him up.
29:23We compete.
29:24Fair and equal.
29:27She was alive.
29:29Luminous.
29:30Utterly beautiful.
29:31Truly beautiful.
29:32With everyone working together, the disaster finally passed.
29:36Elias came looking for me several times.
29:39That night's kiss had unsettled me.
29:41I could only long to flee.
29:44Don Valentino summoned me and Lila urgently to the family hall.
29:48He looked at me.
29:48Then at Lila.
29:50His expression was heavy with something he didn't want to say.
29:53The Russian mafia family has proposed an alliance.
29:55A permanent peace.
29:57In exchange, one of the Valentino garters must agree to an alliance marriage with their fourth son.
30:04I looked at Lila.
30:06She had gone white, biting down on her lip.
30:09I'll go.
30:10Lila stared at me.
30:13I knew this was hard for Don Valentino.
30:15If he could, he wouldn't send either of us.
30:18But he was Don first and father second.
30:21The family had just come through a disaster.
30:23The victims were still grieving their death.
30:25How could they withstand a war on top of it?
30:27The only candidates for alliance marriage were Lila and me.
30:30But Lila was the future Don.
30:32The one who could build an era of peace.
30:33So from the start, there had only ever been one candidate.
30:37Outside the hall, Lila grabbed my hand and called me sister.
30:40And telling me there had to be another way.
30:43That she would give me Elias back.
30:45Lila.
30:46I just don't want the people calling me the infamous Prince of Bata.
30:50My life and fate are mine to rule.
30:52This was the best ending.
30:55I don't know when Elias came into my bedroom.
30:57When his breath hit my ear, I smelled alcohol on him.
31:00A second later, I tasted it.
31:02And his mouth over mine, fierce and hungry.
31:05I fought back.
31:07My nails dragged a line across his cheek.
31:09Elias' eyes went still and deep and sneer.
31:12Since when has Miss Kara become so selfless?
31:15The most self-serving Prince of Bata in New York.
31:18Become volunteers for alliance marriage.
31:20Is this what you want?
31:22My heart shook.
31:23But I kept my voice flat and cold.
31:25Elias.
31:27You're drunk.
31:28He laughed and then rolled off me, murmured.
31:32Yes, I'm drunk.
31:33My fingertip, coated in ointment, just barely touched his wound.
31:37And he caught my hand but said nothing more.
31:39We both knew.
31:40Family interests had always come before everything else.
31:43He was still devastatingly beautiful even with scare.
31:46Yet the dark shadow lingering in his brows refused to lift.
31:50To prove their sincerity, the Russian mafia family sent their fourth son, Mikhail, to escort the bride.
31:57The people said Miss Kara was a hero.
31:59Because she had volunteered for an alliance marriage to buy peace and safety for everyone.
32:03On the day Mikhail entered Manhattan, the crowds cheered.
32:06Mikhail stood in the family hall and presented the Russian mafia family's gift.
32:09A one-of-a-kind diamond butterfly tiara.
32:12It was meant for his future bride, he said.
32:13And then he was seated across the high table from me.
32:16I found his eyes were deep and shadowed.
32:18Like a cold, fathomless abyss.
32:21Beside me, Mikhail was filling his own glass again and again.
32:25This family gala was supposed to be a welcome celebration.
32:28But there was no joy on anyone's face.
32:31When the gala ended, I stood and bowed to Mikhail, preparing to leave.
32:35He called after me.
32:36Miss Kara, do you know a place called St. Clair Abbey?
32:39I frowned, puzzled.
32:41He was from the Russian mafia family.
32:43Why would he bring up an old Catholic abbey in our territory?
32:46I only heard that the cherry blossoms there are very beautiful.
32:50Very beautiful.
32:51I suspected Mikhail had a girl somewhere in his heart.
32:55I had never thought him bold enough to take a novice sister's hand and kneel down before me.
33:00The girl wore a gray habit and looked like a delicate porcelain figurine with brave and bright eyes.
33:06This proud fourth son of the Russian mafia confessed that back in his homeland territory, he had once intended to
33:13marry her.
33:13Yet he had suspected her of being a Valentino spy.
33:17He'd wounded her deeply.
33:18Crushed and heartbroken, she fled his territory and made her way here.
33:23He begged me to help him.
33:24He said without her, he was just a shell.
33:27Living or dead, no difference.
33:29Mikhail had cold eyes.
33:31But when he looked at the girl he loved, his gaze was warm, burning, so full of feeling it was
33:37nearly overflowing.
33:38I helped him to his feet and looked at him steadily.
33:43Mikhail, for the alliance between our families, you have to marry Miss Kara Valentino.
33:50Miss Kara rode in the Russian mafia family's formal escort vehicle.
33:54Mikhail rode out front himself, leading the way.
33:57The escort team carried lanterns.
33:59Donna Valentino rode in an armored car alongside Lila, who wore the diamond butterfly tiara on her head and a
34:05thin red veil over her face.
34:07Elegant. Dignified.
34:08Miss Kara Valentino, for the peace of two families across generations, had gone to join the Russian mafia family.
34:14Harbortown was a tiny coastal hamlet, home to a female physician who operated a private clinic.
34:21People claimed she could cure any illness, no matter how grave.
34:26I was preparing medical supplies.
34:29Mrs. Rosa came to my small yard carrying a plate of oven-baked salmon she'd made herself.
34:34Kara, look at you.
34:36A woman running a clinic alone is too much work.
34:39You need a man around.
34:41I smiled and said nothing.
34:43You need a man around.
34:46Ever since I treated Mrs. Rosa's chronic knee pain, she had been coming by every few days with food and
34:53screaming about setting me up with someone.
34:55Kara, this one I'm setting you up with is different from the others.
34:59He's so handsome.
35:01It's like one of those old paintings came to life.
35:04And he teaches school in the village.
35:07If Mrs. Rosa wasn't already married with kids, she'd be fighting you for him, I swear.
35:13If he was that handsome, every girl in town would be fighting over him.
35:17I have no need to queue up alongside them.
35:20No, no, Kara, this time it's truly different.
35:23Mr. Walker, he...
35:24The rest of it I didn't hear.
35:28The one I hold dear lives far away, bearing the vision to mend and rule the world.
35:33I finished the salmon and then lay back lazily in my casual lounge chair in the yard for an afternoon
35:39nap.
35:41At some point, the clear sky quietly turned to soft rain.
35:48When I woke, there was an umbrella over my head.
35:53I found the fine rain landed on the shoulders of the man holding it.
36:00He wore black.
36:01His face was at peace.
36:03His eyes, devastatingly beautiful.
36:06Elias Walker smiled down at me and bent close.
36:09He gathered me, completely at a loss, into his arms.
36:13Miss Kara, I have come to cage you.
36:15My lips trembled.
36:16Cage me?
36:17In what kind of prison?
36:20I'm nothing but a poor school teacher now.
36:26But this clinkly dick of yours looks like a very fine cell to me.
36:32Elias, there is no Miss Kara here anymore.
36:35Miss Kara went to join the Russian Mafia family.
36:38He sat down, lifted me onto his lap.
36:40His voice carried something sad, but the warmth was still there.
36:45I doesn't care who Miss Kara is.
36:47The one I want to cage is you, whoever you are.
36:51No matter a Valentino, Principeza, or a Harbortown doctor.
36:54From the beginning, I only wanted to spend my life with you.
36:57No one else.
36:58In the dark, he held me close and told me everything that had happened in the city after I left.
37:03He said Don Valentino was planning to step back early and let Lila take over.
37:07Lila and Rico fought and bickered all day.
37:10But the moment Rico got close to another girl, Lila turned green.
37:14He had thought I had genuinely gone to join the Russian Mafia family.
37:18And he had been drinking himself to sleep every night.
37:22Elias pressed his lips to my forehead.
37:25Gently.
37:26Why didn't you tell me?
37:28That was the one who went in the car that day, wasn't you?
37:31A wolf was never meant for a cage.
37:33And you had ambitions that reached far beyond a small yard.
37:38Ambitions don't require a city.
37:40They can be built anywhere.
37:42We lay together in the dark, talking about nothing and everything.
37:46His arm around me slowly tightened, and then his kiss fell.
37:50Elias kissed me like someone drowning slowly and choosing to.
37:54His hands fumbled with the ties of my nightgown.
37:57Kara, can I just tear it?
37:59His eyes were dark and deep, and they pulled me in.
38:02My hand cradled the small of my back, and he folded me into him like I was something he had
38:07been waiting to hold.
38:08The candle threw unsteady light across the room.
38:12One long, warm, beautiful night.
38:15They say Harbortown has a love story.
38:19On a misty morning, halfway up, she came across a strikingly handsome schoolteacher.
38:25He had hurt his leg, and she brought him home to treat it.
38:32He ended up staying for over two weeks.
38:35After two weeks, he showed up at her clinic door with everything he owned, and asked her to marry him.
38:42On a morning, Kara was crouched in the backyard of the clinic, carefully turning over the fresh, wild peppermint.
38:48You'll catch a cold.
38:49He settled a thin jacket over her shoulders, his fingertips brushing her cool skin.
38:53In the wicker basket nearby sat a few warm, fresh rolls he'd bought from the morning market in town.
38:59The small-town school is on break today.
39:01I'll go with you to the hill trail to gather wild peppermint.
39:04Our storage is getting low.
39:07You remember the herb supply better than I do.
39:09She stood and brushed the grass from her skirt, took a warm roll, and bit in.
39:15Mrs. Leo came by yesterday.
39:16She said Leo is studying harder.
39:18Can already recite an entire reader from memory?
39:21He's naturally sharp.
39:23He just hadn't had anyone to guide him.
39:25Yesterday, I had them practice spelling the word home.
39:28Leo asked me,
39:30Is home just a place where the people you love are?
39:35I told him yes.
39:37Kara felt something warm move through her.
39:39Then we have the most complete home there is.
39:46They packed the herb basket and tools, and started up toward the hill trail.
39:50Elias walked on the outer side, occasionally reaching out to push back branches or thorns.
39:55Giving Kara the clear ground.
39:57Do you remember the first time you brought me up here to gather medical supplies?
40:00You had barely been able to walk for any stretch of time yet.
40:03But you insisted on carrying the basket for me.
40:06You slipped on a rock and fell flat.
40:08And the whole time you fell, you were shielding the herbs inside the basket.
40:12I just...
40:12I wanted to be useful.
40:14I felt like I was always falling short.
40:16Back in the city, I was trapped inside four walls.
40:18I thought life was nothing but hatred and darkness.
40:21Then I met you.
40:22And I learned that a life could be this quiet.
40:25That you could stand at someone's side and watch the sea and the hills go by.
40:29And that was the greatest fortune a person could have.
40:32By then, they had reached the wild peppermint patch on the hill trail.
40:36Kara crouched and began carefully digging up the roots with a small hand shovel.
40:40Elias sorted and bundled the ones she unearthed.
40:43Then, her foot slipped.
40:44She went backward.
40:46Elias' hand shot out and caught her.
40:48And they both landed in the grass together.
40:50Are you hurt?
40:50He immediately checked her ankle.
40:53I'm fine.
40:54I just startled you a little.
40:56See?
40:57Everything's fine.
40:59Elias exhaled.
41:00He helped her up.
41:01But after that, he wouldn't let go of her hand.
41:03Not for a single step.
41:05Steady and deliberate the whole way down.
41:07Sunlight fell on their clasped hands.
41:09Warm.
41:10Quiet.
41:10By the time they came down from the hill trail, it was past noon.
41:14On the way back, they passed the stream.
41:17Kara spotted a lively bunch of mint growing on the bank and pulled Elias over to pick some.
41:24Mosquitoes are bad in summer.
41:26If we dry the mint and make it into herbal sashes for the village children, it should help.
41:31Elias nodded, picking alongside her.
41:33Their fingers grazed now and then.
41:35Each time, both of them smiled without meaning to.
41:39These small, quiet moments, nothing like the city's noise and spectacle, felt more steadying
41:45than any kind of wealth.
41:46Back at the clinic, Kara sorted the herbs to dry while Elias went to the kitchen to boil
41:51water.
41:52Not long after, a knock came at the gate.
41:57Dr. Kara, my chest is tight again.
41:59Coughed half the night.
42:01Kara's expression shifted to focus.
42:04Sit down first, Mr. Tony.
42:06Elias, without being asked, brought a cup of warm water, then retrieved the pre-blended
42:11soothing tonic from the cabinet.
42:15Your pulse is weak.
42:17You have chest congestion and a bad cold.
42:19I'll write you a new formula.
42:20Two doses of liquid medicine a day, taken alongside a soothing tonic.
42:24You should feel better within a few days.
42:26Tony, try not to go down to the harbor so early in the morning.
42:28To see if you feel crouped up, come sit in the small town schoolyard, get some sun, listen
42:32to the children recite.
42:33You two are good people.
42:35Without you, these old bones wouldn't have...
42:38From here, we stay.
42:40The spring, we gather medical supplies on the hill trail.
42:44Summer, we follow the tides.
42:46Autumn, we sun-dry the catch.
42:50Winter, we watch the snow.
42:51The children in the school grow up one by one.
42:54The clinic never runs out of medicine.
42:57And we, year after year after year, never apart.
43:02Kara leaned back into him, listening to his heartbeat, slow and steady beneath her ear.
43:09Yes, year after year, never apart.
43:13Evening fell on Harbor Town.
43:15Small lights bloomed in the windows of the houses one by one.
43:19The clinic's candles still burned bright.
43:21Kara sat at the desk writing prescriptions.
43:24Elias sat beside her, dipping his pen, pausing now and then to refill her cup with warm water.
43:30The wind from the sea drifted in through the window, carrying the sound of waves.
43:35Moonlight came in through the lattice and fell across both of them, stretching their shadows long.
43:40Kara looked up and met Elias' gentle eyes.
43:42All that wandering.
43:44All of it had only been the groundwork for this quiet life.
43:47In this small town far from the world's noise.
43:50No estate politics.
43:52No family scheming.
43:53No chaos of power.
43:55Just each other.
43:56Here with each other.
43:57This was what they had found after everything.
44:00Warm and lasting.
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