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00:00I was once New York's most arrogant, the beloved third daughter of the Mafia Dawn.
00:04Now my wrists and ankles were locked in grand 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.
00:46Do 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 like a madman.
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
01:29above.
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.
02:36I 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!
02:48Once they settled him into a chair, I knelt down and gently stroked his leg.
02:52Elias watched me coldly.
02:54The moment I drew back his pants, his eyes blazed with revulsion.
02:59He let out a cold laugh.
03:00Look at me now. And you still want me, Principessa?
03:04I didn't humiliate him the way I used to.
03:07Instead, I applied the ointment to the scarred skin on his leg, slow and careful, rubbing gently.
03:13He wore a faint look of shock.
03:15What is the meaning of this, Princess?
03:17I stand up, pointing straight at his leg.
03:20Your leg injury can be cured.
03:21Use topical healing ointment daily.
03:23Get targeted therapy and therapeutic massage, plus medicinal baths.
03:28Make a full recovery in three months.
03:30A flash of joy flickered in his eyes, only to dim instantly.
03:34Whether my leg heals or not, I am already a ruined man.
03:38What difference does it make?
03:39I lowered my head and kept my voice soft.
03:42You have extraordinary talent.
03:44You will be a pillar of this family one day.
03:47Don't sell yourself short.
03:49Elias scoffed, shooting me a sidelong glance.
03:52To him, it was utterly absurd that I, who had heard him, was now offering him comfort.
03:57I offered no rebuttal, only holding his gaze as I spoke softly.
04:01Lie down on the bed.
04:03Elias curled his lips into a mocking smile.
04:05Expression cold, he wheeled to the bed, braced himself, and inched onto the mattress.
04:11Slow, stiff, agonizing.
04:14He lay motionless, frigid, and drained.
04:16Do as you please, Princess.
04:18Just be quick.
04:20I am worn out.
04:21I caught my breath, then settled on the edge of the bed.
04:25Elias truly bore a face devastating enough to entrance all.
04:28Even reduced to such a wretched state, he still exuded an otherworldly cold pride.
04:34I slowly ran my fingers over his skin.
04:36Then my hands moved to unfasten his trousers next.
04:40Elias shut his eyes.
04:41It will sting.
04:43Hold on.
04:45Right after, I pressed a fine medical needle into the key trigger points on his leg.
04:49Elias' eyes snapped open.
04:51His face broke.
04:52Just for a second.
04:53He stared at my hands.
04:55What are you doing?
04:56Clearly, I'm giving you localized needling therapy.
04:59I'll release your damaged phagia with targeted pressure.
05:01Paired with soft tissue massage, an hour of treatment each day will be enough.
05:05I said softly,
05:06This injury is my fault.
05:08From today on, I'll tend to your rehab and massage your muscles daily until you fully recover.
05:14Elias clenched his fist, his body turning taut and stiff.
05:18Is this some new ploy of yours?
05:20He seized my arm abruptly, holding me trapped beneath his piercing gaze.
05:24In his past life, I broke his legs, but he'd never been this shaken.
05:28Elias Walker had never feared torture, yet he feared kindness.
05:32Gentleness clouds the mind and slow tenderness kills.
05:34I gave him no explanation, merely focusing on his leg injury.
05:38I was Don Vito Sovino's daughter, raised in blood, betrayal, and cruelty.
05:43Yet I learned to become a doctor, so no matter who abandons me, I can save myself.
05:48In his past life, illness and broken legs destroyed Elias' spirit.
05:52He pushed Lila away, and she chose another man.
05:55Crushed by despair, he fell into darkness, growing into a ruthless and terrifying underboss.
06:01But the first time I ever saw him, he was strikingly handsome.
06:04Cold pride written between his brows.
06:07Mastered the family's strategy.
06:09Been a poor genius with a mind that came once in a century.
06:12Yet later, I watched him caress his incurable legs beneath the dusk.
06:17Elias smiled, soundlessly.
06:19After that, he became the cleaner.
06:22Men called a monster.
06:23He knew deep down that he was no longer worthy of the girl he loved.
06:26So he drank the poison wine, in one long swallow.
06:30Now he sat across from me on the bed, our eyes locked.
06:34His gaze was dark and endless.
06:36Thank God.
06:37I'd returned when his legs could still be healed.
06:40I tossed his coat to him, my tone cold and detached.
06:43I have no interest in you anymore.
06:46Leave my estate once your leg has healed.
06:50I arranged for Elias Walker to recover in my private suite.
06:54Word spread instantly.
06:56Miss Kara had grown bored with him.
06:58The pretty Mr. Walker had fallen out of favor.
07:01I heard it and felt uneasy.
07:03I went to check on him.
07:05The winter air was cutting.
07:07But the private suite Elias occupied had no heater running at all.
07:11Elias sat at the mahogany table and was quietly immersed in a heavy old book.
07:16When he looked up, a strand of hair fell across his striking face.
07:20My heart slammed.
07:22Why has Miss Kara come here?
07:24I walked toward him.
07:25And then I reached out and touched the back of his hand.
07:28Exactly as I expected.
07:30Cold as ice.
07:32Why don't you have the heat on?
07:34Without the Principessa's favor,
07:36I am merely a discarded pawn
07:40in every soul's sight.
07:42I could not tell if it was just my mind playing tricks.
07:46Brutality lingered in Elias' smile,
07:48sending a cold shiver through me.
07:51That chilling gaze reminded me of his past self.
07:53Princess Akara.
07:54Bloodthirsty.
07:55Look how far you've fallen.
07:56He crossed mountains of corpses,
07:58paving a bloody way for Lila to reign as the Donna.
08:02Your injury cannot be exposed to cold.
08:05The Rilishno with to the meath.
08:08Elias stared at me for a long moment.
08:23Miss Kara.
08:24I only need heat, pen, and paper.
08:27Only these?
08:28Those maids who mistreated you,
08:30what do you want done with them?
08:31Let them go without meat and heat
08:33for the next half a month.
08:34I smiled.
08:35This was the Elias I'd always known.
08:38In the last life,
08:39everyone called Elias a devil.
08:41But I understood he only lived by one rule.
08:44Good for good.
08:46Evil for evil.
08:47Give back exactly what was given.
08:50Every cruel thing Elias ever did
08:52was to seize power for Lila.
08:55Not once did he act for himself.
08:57We drank the poison wine.
08:59In one long swallow.
09:00Even his final moments were filled with loving regret.
09:05Silly man.
09:07In his mind,
09:08I had always been the cruel Principessa
09:11who ruined his life.
09:12Only Lila had ever been his salvation.
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,
09:23turning 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.
09:35Slow.
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,
10:01Elias undid the ribbon of my undergarment.
10:05His body pressed against my bare flesh.
10:08His warmth sinking deep within me,
10:10igniting all my senses.
10:12Amid the darkness,
10:13I finally dared to open my eyes.
10:15Elias,
10:16what are you doing?
10:18Miss Kara,
10:20tonight,
10:21I want you.
10:22Stay away.
10:23I have no desire for this.
10:30But he seized my hand in a firm grip,
10:33leaning in to kiss me.
10:34I instinctively tried to pull away,
10:37only for him to pin me firmly in place.
10:39Don't move.
10:40I frowned,
10:41staring at him in confusion.
10:43This wasn't the Elias Walker I knew.
10:45He was supposed to refuse my touch.
10:48Every time after indulging,
10:49he would bathe and burn incense,
10:52erasing every trace of my scent.
10:54To him,
10:55the love we shared was nothing but shame.
10:58He breathed gently against my ear,
11:00his kiss leaving me utterly breathless and consumed.
11:04But just as I was on the verge of sinking into his temptation,
11:08my peripheral gaze caught his cold,
11:11distant eyes.
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,
11:19he refused to believe I acted without ulterior motive.
11:23I felt a dull ache.
11:24In his eyes,
11:26perhaps only soft and innocent Lila,
11:29sheltered from this dark world,
11:31could make him drop his guard.
11:32And I?
11:33I was forever the vicious, calculating Principessa.
11:37Nothing more.
11:39I rolled over,
11:40swiftly pulling a pistol from under the covers.
11:43And then,
11:44I 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,
12:05I'm not interested in you.
12:06He stared at me doubtfully.
12:08But you looked utterly ingrained 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.
12:17One more word,
12:18and I'll kill you.
12:20A beguiling smile tugged at his lips.
12:22You'd never hurt me, right?
12:23My expression faltered faintly,
12:25but 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,
12:44as 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,
12:52and now heal him again.
12:55Power.
12:56Money.
12:57Control.
12:58Everyone inside this estate had their own agenda.
13:01But what I wanted, simply,
13:04was for him to live well.
13:05To love whoever he wanted, freely.
13:08Elias.
13:10If you ever need help,
13:12you 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,
13:20but his steps stumbled.
13:22After Elias left,
13:24the warmth of where he'd been
13:25still lingered in the sheets.
13:27I've grown greedy for this fleeting warmth,
13:30yet it is all but a fleeting spring dream.
13:32I reminded myself.
13:34Stay away from Elias Walker.
13:36The next morning,
13:38Elias had already left my wing.
13:40Good.
13:40He and I had never been walking the same road.
13:45Not long after Elias left,
13:47Lila appeared.
13:48The first time I saw Lila,
13:49she was standing up for Elias.
13:51Spotting me coming,
13:52the butlers at the estate
13:54deliberately mocked Elias in front of my face.
13:56They called him a pretty pet
13:57who'd earned his keep on his back.
13:59They think he used his looks and his body
14:01to please his mistress.
14:02And even they said the butlers
14:04were worth more than him.
14:06Every word is filthy.
14:07They didn't understand Elias Walker
14:09was a wolf
14:10who had only been temporarily caged.
14:12Once freed,
14:13his teeth would rip their throats out.
14:15I clenched my fist.
14:17I moved toward them.
14:18But someone else was whip cracking
14:20across the faces of those underlings.
14:22The girl wore red.
14:23Fierce, elegant,
14:25no makeup,
14:26and still stunning.
14:27Lila's voice was commanding.
14:29Underlings!
14:29A pack of social climbers!
14:32How 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
14:45she was going to be a Don.
14:47Even the perpetually detached Elias
14:49looked at her with something soft in his eyes.
14:51Though Elias wasn't as cold toward me
14:54as he'd been last life.
14:55But the moment Lila appeared,
14:56she 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
15:12to Don Valentino's study
15:14every day until he agreed.
15:16Not long after,
15:17I heard from the maids that
15:18Elias' old leg injury leg
15:20had flared up again.
15:21Lila stayed at his bedside day and night.
15:23She refused to leave
15:25until Don Valentino
15:26ordered her back to her chambers.
15:28I frowned.
15:29Is his leg injury acting up again?
15:31That night,
15:32I wrapped myself in a coat,
15:33took an oil lamp,
15:34and walked through the snow.
15:36Elias lay motionless in his private suite.
15:38I pushed the window open.
15:40The bitter medicinal smell thinned.
15:43Miss Cara,
15:45why 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,
15:53slowly pulling back the dressing on his leg.
15:56The old scar was swollen.
15:58The wound split and infected.
16:00His physician had administered strong treatment
16:02without cleaning or disinfecting it.
16:04Why have you come?
16:06I told you.
16:07I'm going to heal your leg.
16:09He merely watched me contemplatively.
16:11I exhaled silently.
16:12I fix what I break.
16:14That's my code.
16:15I used a cloth treated with penicillin
16:17to clean the wound carefully.
16:19I heard you've been Lila
16:19through the estate every day.
16:21Your leg flared up
16:22because 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
16:37and told him quietly,
16:39Your leg needs rest.
16:41Stop walking around with Lila.
16:43I packed my medical bag
16:44and turned to go.
16:46Behind me,
16:46I heard him ask,
16:47Will Miss Cara come back?
16:49Three days.
16:51I'll come change the deading.
16:54Every three days,
16:55I wrapped myself against the snow
16:56and came to Elias' private suite at night
16:59to change his bandages.
17:01Tonight,
17:01I heard laughter from outside his door
17:03before I even reached it.
17:05One lamp burned warm inside.
17:08Two silhouettes moved on the window glass.
17:11Lila,
17:11it's late.
17:13Go get some rest.
17:14The girl turns away
17:15with a bright,
17:16playful look.
17:17I blew out my oil lamp.
17:18I hid in the shadow of the corridor
17:20and watched Lila walk away
17:22until she disappeared.
17:23Then I stepped inside.
17:26Elias sat at his desk.
17:27He looked at me and said,
17:29Warm your hands.
17:30I recognized it,
17:31a gift Don Valentino had given Lila.
17:34This time,
17:34I didn't tell Elias to get on the bed.
17:36I crouched at his feet,
17:38right there at the desk,
17:39and changed his dressing.
17:42Elias,
17:43after this,
17:44I won't be coming anymore.
17:46He said nothing,
17:47which made me feel awkward.
17:49I've made amends for my past mistakes.
17:51I'd planned to aid you within the family,
17:53yet Lila supports you.
17:55You have a clear path ahead,
17:57and 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,
18:16you 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,
18:25and I envied Lila,
18:26who had grown up with unworldly.
18:28Her eyes still held a brightness
18:29that was alive and fearless.
18:31I admire she loved openly,
18:33hated openly,
18:34was vivid and beautiful.
18:36But I,
18:37growing up in a world of political maneuvering,
18:39had long since bleached it out of me.
18:41As if only the girls who shone like that
18:43were the ones people actually loved.
18:45Miss Cara,
18:46you've become unpredictable to me.
18:48Was the arrogance
18:49and the cruelty
18:50as your mask?
18:51He suddenly raised his hand
18:52and pressed it to the back of my head,
18:54and then he kissed him.
18:56My waist pressed gently
18:57into the crook of his arm,
18:58and I closed my eyes.
19:00After the kiss,
19:01I breathed against him,
19:02slightly undone,
19:03but I saw it.
19:04Elias' lips pressed tight,
19:06watching my reaction,
19:08testing me.
19:09Again,
19:10using himself as bait.
19:12I was an idiot.
19:13I knew everything he did
19:14was for Lila,
19:15and his tenderness was a probe.
19:17And still,
19:18the warmth of him
19:18scattered my sense.
19:19Elias,
19:20I 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,
19:31a long time passed
19:32without me seeing Elias.
19:33But I had Elias
19:34had stepped down
19:35as Lila's personal advisor.
19:37Elias had been promoted
19:38to consigliere.
19:40Don Valentino
19:40had adopted Elias' proposal
19:42to reduce the family's street taxes.
19:44I busied myself
19:46with the medical supplies
19:46in my hands,
19:47genuinely relieved
19:48and happy for him.
19:50Everyone on the estate
19:51noticed Miss Cara
19:52had changed.
19:53She devoted herself
19:54to medicine.
19:55She had even apprenticed herself
19:56to the chief family doctor.
19:58Rumors spread
19:59Miss Cara was jealous of Lila,
20:01afraid she'd compete
20:02for position.
20:03Even Don Valentino
20:04tested me.
20:05Would you like to take
20:06over the family?
20:07I offered him a bottle
20:08of the painkillers
20:09and antibiotic ointments
20:10I'd mixed myself.
20:12I declared my purpose clearly,
20:14I wanted to be a healer.
20:15Don Valentino
20:17looked at me with warmth
20:18and said I had inherited
20:19Elena's wish
20:19and that his daughter
20:20had finally grown up.
20:22As for the rumors
20:23inside the estate,
20:24I didn't care.
20:25I was only mildly curious.
20:27What would Elias think?
20:29If I became a threat
20:30to Lila's path to power,
20:31would he destroy me
20:32the way he had last night?
20:35I sniffed the air.
20:36The faint smell
20:37of scorched medicinal herbs
20:39drifted from the stove.
20:40I got up quickly,
20:41laughing at myself
20:42as I rushed
20:43to turn off the flame.
20:44Sure enough,
20:45handsome men
20:46have always distracted
20:47one from duty.
20:49This summer,
20:50a succession of violent storms
20:52caused flooding
20:52across multiple regions.
20:54The waters drowned
20:55entire neighborhoods.
20:56The harvest was destroyed.
20:58Donna Valentino
20:59led the estate
21:00in donating jewelry
21:00to the relief fund.
21:02An aid station
21:02was set up
21:03at the perimeter
21:03of the estate.
21:04Donna herself
21:05handed out supplies.
21:06The noble women
21:07of the alliance
21:08followed her example.
21:09Right before I asked
21:10Don Valentino
21:11to let me join
21:12the doctors outside.
21:13Lila walked into here.
21:14Don Valentino,
21:15I am formally requesting
21:17that you grant me
21:18and Elias
21:19an alliance marriage arrangement.
21:22Don Valentino frowned.
21:24We'll discuss this later.
21:25He turned that same
21:26displeased look on me.
21:28And you're here
21:28for Walker too?
21:30I'm here for the medical crisis
21:31among the victims.
21:32Don seemed genuinely interested.
21:34And how would you solve it?
21:36Manhattan's victims
21:36can be relocated
21:37to better resourced areas
21:38near the estate.
21:40Temporary field clinics
21:41shall be set up
21:41at major intersections
21:42staffed by our
21:43family clinic physicians.
21:45And when the time is right,
21:46we strike.
21:48Excellent.
21:49Both excellent.
21:51Elias just proposed
21:52moving the displace
21:53to food
21:53and now you come with
21:55moving the displace
21:56to medicine.
21:57Miss Kara requests permission
21:58to accompany
21:59the family clinic team
22:00outside the estate
22:01to treat the victims.
22:02You're my Prince of Pessa.
22:03You want to get close
22:04to those refugees?
22:06I'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,
22:18Lila stopped me.
22:19Did you come to interrupt
22:20my requesting on purpose?
22:21I met her eyes directly.
22:23The victims are starving
22:24and dying in the streets.
22:25Children are infected.
22:27And you think your personal feelings
22:29take priority right now?
22:30Lila faltered.
22:32I didn't.
22:33In Last Life,
22:34Lila had grown up
22:35outside the estate.
22:36She understood
22:37what real suffering looked like.
22:39After she took power,
22:40she pushed new order reform
22:41and built an era of peace.
22:43It's not the girl
22:44distracted by romance
22:45while people died.
22:46I kept my face hard.
22:49I'm not trying
22:50to take Elias from you.
22:52He is yours.
22:54Lila pressed her lips together,
22:55a trace of guilt
22:56behind her eyes.
22:58I couldn't take him
22:59even if I tried.
23:00What you said was right.
23:02Those in power
23:03have authority.
23:04But they also have
23:05obligations
23:05they must fulfill.
23:08Lila nodded in agreement.
23:09You're smarter than me.
23:11You know that.
23:12I turned and found Elias
23:14standing at the far end
23:15of the corridor,
23:15gazing at me.
23:16He walked closer
23:17and a smile moved through it.
23:19Miss Kara,
23:21it's been a while.
23:23I find you more
23:24and more interesting.
23:25I couldn't stop
23:26a small tremor.
23:31Elias,
23:32what a coincidence.
23:34Not a coincidence.
23:36I specifically...
23:37Mr. Walker!
23:39Were you waiting for me?
23:40Lila came jogging over.
23:42I see.
23:43He'd lingered here
23:44just to wait for Lila.
23:45Miss Kara, I...
23:46Congratulations.
23:47I interrupted him at once.
23:48You've gotten
23:49what you desired.
23:53Outside the walls,
23:54a three-year-old girl
23:55in her mother's arms
23:56lay covered
23:56in infected sores.
23:58I found again
23:59the reason
23:59I first became a doctor.
24:02Young lady,
24:03you have such a good heart.
24:04You'll go to paradise
24:05when you die
24:06for saving so many people.
24:08The family doctor
24:09beside me laughed.
24:11Do you know
24:12who this young lady is?
24:14This is Miss Kara Valentina.
24:16I heard gasps
24:17all around.
24:18That's the one
24:19who chained her own
24:19advisor in chains?
24:21The one they call
24:22the vicious prince obsessor.
24:24A little girl
24:25staggered back
24:26and rushed
24:27into her mother's arms
24:28in a panic.
24:29Is that the dreadful Miss Kara?
24:31I laughed bitterly.
24:33Was my reputation
24:34really that bad?
24:35Late that night,
24:36I slipped into
24:37the dark oak grove
24:38behind the private suite.
24:39But I thought
24:40I saw Elias' figure
24:41far away.
24:42He wanted nothing more
24:44than to stay
24:44as far from me
24:45as possible.
24:46Why would he ever
24:47come back to this grove?
24:49Suddenly,
24:50a woman rushed
24:51to me with a knife.
24:58The grove was dark
24:59and thick
24:59and still.
25:01Suddenly,
25:01a maid lunged
25:02at me with a knife.
25:03The blade sliced
25:04open my right shoulder.
25:06Blood spilled instantly.
25:08Miss Kara!
25:09Do you know?
25:11My child died
25:12in the floods.
25:13Why didn't you save him?
25:15She saw the first strike
25:16hadn't hit anything vital
25:17and then raised the knife
25:19for a second blow.
25:20Suddenly,
25:21blade drove through
25:22her throat from behind.
25:23She collapsed
25:24and blood poured
25:25from her mouth.
25:26I looked up at the man
25:27standing behind her
25:28and laughed.
25:29Elias,
25:30it really is you.
25:31What are you doing here?
25:33Elias said nothing,
25:34just pulled me into him
25:35and began checking my wound.
25:37I went blush
25:37and tried to block his hands.
25:39Elias,
25:40you're not a doctor.
25:41You can't treat this.
25:42He pushed my hands away,
25:43pulled out a handkerchief
25:44and pressed it against my wound
25:46to stop the bleeding.
25:47His warm breath
25:48brushed my neck,
25:49light and ticklish.
25:50Elias,
25:51why did you save me?
25:53If I died,
25:54wouldn't it be happier
25:55for you and Leela?
25:56Even though I had no intention
25:57of taking power for myself,
25:59but my death would remove
26:00the last obstacle
26:01from Lila's path to Donna.
26:03Elias' mouth curved faintly.
26:05I did once hate you
26:06and even want you dead.
26:07But now...
26:08He stared at me.
26:09I don't want Miss Kara
26:10to die anymore.
26:11He gathered me up
26:13into his arms and leave.
26:14To be continued...
26:15To be continued...
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