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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 grand chains, pinned to a basement bed.
00:09The room was pitch black.
00:11I hadn't eaten or drunk anything in days.
00:13All I wanted was to die.
00:15A tall man came from the bedside.
00:18He 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.
00:30As you're so desperate for this, I'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.
00:55Why 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 madman.
01:06He stared at me with unbridled hatred.
01:09Humiliation?
01:10What 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.
01:20After 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.
01:39I 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.
02:00It 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.
03:02I 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 Principess' 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.
03:51Principess Akara.
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 Akara, 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.
04:46Give 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.
05:37Slow and careful.
05:38Rubbing 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.
06:48I 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.
07:03Then 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.
07:27Paired with soft tissue massage, an 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.
07:44Is 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,
08:13I 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,
08:24growing into a ruthless and terrifying underboss.
08:27But the first time I ever saw him, he was strikingly handsome,
08:31cold pride written between his brows.
08:33Mastered the family's strategy.
08:35Been a poor genius with a mind that came once in a century.
08:38Yet 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?
09:59With 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, what are you doing?
10:18Miss Kara,
10:20tonight,
10:21I want you.
10:22Stay away.
10:24I 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,
10:42staring 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,
10:50he 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, distant 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.
11:33And I?
11:34I was forever the vicious, calculating Principessa.
11:38Nothing 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.
12:59Everyone inside this estate had their own agenda.
13:01But what I wanted,
13:03simply,
13:03was for him to live well.
13:05To love whoever he wanted,
13:07freely.
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.
13:23After 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
13:53deliberately 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.
14:05Every 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's whip
14:19cracked across the faces
14:21of those underlings.
14:22The girl wore red.
14:24Fierce, elegant,
14:25no makeup,
14:26and 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
14:39what 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
14:49Elias looked at her
14:50with something soft in his eyes.
14:51Though Elias wasn't as cold toward me
14:53as he'd been last life.
14:55But the moment Lila appeared,
14:57she pulled him out of
14:57whatever darkness he'd been in.
14:59This time,
15:00Elias was no longer broken.
15:01I have no wish
15:03to disturb his peace again.
15:04I turned around
15:05and quietly walked away.
15:08Elias became Lila's
15:09personal advisor.
15:10They say Lila had brought
15:11premium champagne
15:12to Don Valentino's study
15:14every day
15:15until he agreed.
15:16Not long after,
15:17I heard from the maids
15:18that Elias' old leg injury leg
15:20had flared up again.
15:21Lila stayed at his bedside
15:23day and night.
15:24She refused to leave
15:25until Don Valentino
15:26ordered her back
15:27to her chambers.
15:28I frowned.
15:29Is his leg injury
15:30acting 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
15:37in his private suite.
15:38I pushed the window open.
15:39The bitter medicinal smell thinned.
15:43Miss Cara,
15:44why are you here?
15:46Looking at his face was white.
15:47I felt something heavy
15:48in my chest.
15:50I came to check on you.
15:51I stepped closer to his bed,
15:53slowly pulling back
15:54the dressing on his leg.
15:56The old scar was swollen.
15:58The wound split
15:58and infected.
15:59His physician
16:00had administered
16:01strong treatment
16:02without cleaning
16:02or disinfecting it.
16:04Why have you come?
16:05I told you.
16:07I'm going to heal your leg.
16:09He merely watched me
16:10contemplatively.
16:11I exhaled silently.
16:12I fix what I break.
16:14That's my code.
16:15I used a cloth
16:16treated with penicillin
16:17to clean the wound carefully.
16:19I heard you've been
16:19Leela through the estate
16:20every day.
16:21Your leg flared up
16:22because you've been
16:22overworking it.
16:24Lena grew up outside.
16:25She's new here.
16:27Naturally,
16:27she's curious.
16:28I smiled.
16:29Something bitter
16:30moved through me.
16:31How could I forget?
16:32He would throw his own life
16:33away for her.
16:34A broken leg
16:35was nothing.
16:36I wrapped the wound again
16:37and told him quietly,
16:39Your leg needs rest.
16:41Stop walking around
16:42with Leela.
16:43I packed my medical bag
16:44and turned to go.
16:45Behind 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
16:55against the snow
16:56and came to Elias'
16:58private suite at night
16:58to change his bandages.
17:00Tonight,
17:01I heard laughter
17:02from outside his door
17:03before I even reached it.
17:05One lamp burned warm inside.
17:07Two silhouettes
17:09moved on the window glass.
17:11Leela,
17:12it's late.
17:13Go get some rest.
17:14The girl turns away
17:15with a bright,
17:16playful look.
17:16I blew out my oil lamp.
17:18I hid in the shadow
17:19of the corridor
17:20and watched Lila walk away
17:22until she disappeared.
17:23Then I stepped inside.
17:25Elias sat at his desk.
17:27He looked at me and said,
17:29Warm your hands.
17:29I recognized it,
17:31a gift Don Valentino
17:32had given Lila.
17:33This time,
17:34I didn't tell Elias
17:35to 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
17:50for my past mistakes.
17:51I'd planned to aid you
17:52within 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
18:10and said it plainly.
18:11Yes.
18:12I'm fairly jealous of her.
18:14He smiled faintly.
18:16Miss Kara,
18:16you have everything.
18:18What could you possibly
18:19envy in her?
18:20What am I envying, really?
18:22I was the Principesa
18:23who had everything,
18:24and I envied Lila,
18:26who had grown up
18:26with Unworldly.
18:28Her eyes still held
18:29a 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
18:37of political maneuvering,
18:39had long since
18:39bleached it out of me.
18:41As if only the girls
18:42who shone like that
18:43were the ones
18:43people actually loved.
18:45Miss Kara,
18:46you've become
18:47unpredictable 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
18:53of my head,
18:54and then he kissed me.
18:55My 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,
19:09using himself as bait.
19:11I was an idiot.
19:13I knew everything he did
19:14was for Lila,
19:15and his tenderness
19:16was 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,
19:30a long time passed
19:31without 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.
19:39Don Valentino
19:40had adopted Elias' proposal
19:42to reduce the family's
19:43street taxes.
19:44I busied myself
19:45with the medical supplies
19:46in my hands,
19:47genuinely relieved
19:48and happy for him.
19:50Everyone on the estate
19:51noticed Ms. Cara
19:52had changed.
19:52She devoted herself
19:54to medicine.
19:55She had even apprenticed
19:56herself to the chief
19:57family doctor.
19:58Rumors spread
19:59Ms. Cara was jealous
20:00of Lila,
20:01afraid she'd compete
20:02for position.
20:03Even Don Valentino
20:04tested me.
20:05Would you like to
20:05take over the family?
20:07I offered him
20:07a bottle of the painkillers
20:09and antibiotic ointments
20:10I'd mixed myself.
20:11I declared my purpose
20:13clearly.
20:13I wanted to be a healer.
20:15Don Valentino
20:16looked at me
20:17with warmth
20:17and said I had
20:18inherited Alena'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?
20:34I sniffed the air.
20:36The faint smell
20:37of scorched medicinal herbs
20:38drifted from the stove.
20:40I got up quickly,
20:41laughing at myself
20:42as I rushed
20:43to turn off the flame.
20:43Sure enough,
20:45handsome men
20:46have always distracted
20:47one from duty.
20:49This summer,
20:50a succession of violent storms
20:51caused flooding
20:52across multiple regions.
20:54The waters drowned
20:55entire neighborhoods.
20:56The harvest
20:57was destroyed.
20:58Donna Valentino
20:59led the estate
20:59in donating jewelry
21:00to the relief fund.
21:01An 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
21:07followed her example.
21:09Right before I asked
21:10Don Valentino
21:11to let me join
21:11the 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
21:20arrangement.
21:21Don Valentino frowned.
21:23We'll discuss this later.
21:25He turned that same
21:26displeased look on me.
21:28And you're here
21:28for Walker too?
21:29I'm here for the medical crisis
21:31among the victims.
21:32Don seemed genuinely interested.
21:34And how would you solve it?
21:35Manhattan's victims
21:36can be relocated
21:37to better resourced areas
21:38near the estate.
21:39Temporary field clinics
21:40shall be set up
21:41at major intersections
21:42staffed by our
21:43family clinic physicians.
21:44And when the time is right,
21:46we strike.
21:48Excellent.
21:49Both excellent.
21:50Elias just proposed
21:52moving the displaced
21:53to food.
21:53And now you come with
21:55moving the displaced
21:56to medicine.
21:57Miss Cara requests
21:58permission to 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?
22:05I'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,
22:18Lila stopped me.
22:19Did you come to interrupt
22:19my requesting on purpose?
22:21I met her eyes directly.
22:22The victims are starving
22:23and dying in the streets.
22:25Children are infected.
22:27And you think your personal
22:28feelings take priority
22:29right now?
22:30Lila faltered.
22:32I didn't.
22:33In Last Life,
22:34Lila had grown up
22:35outside the estate.
22:35She understood
22:36what real suffering
22:37looked like.
22:38After 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 to take
22:50Elias from you.
22:52He is yours.
22:54Lila pressed her lips together,
22:55a trace of guilt
22:56behind her eyes.
22:57I 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 they must fulfill.
23:07Lila nodded in agreement.
23:09You're smarter than me.
23:11You know that.
23:12I turned and found Elias
23:13standing at the far end
23:14of the corridor,
23:15gazing at me.
23:16He walked closer
23:17and a smile
23:18and a smile moved
23:18through 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.
23:30Elias,
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.
23:42He'd lingered here
23:43just to wait for Lila.
23:45Miss Kara, I...
23:45Congratulations.
23:46I interrupted him at once.
23:48You've gotten what you desired.
23:52Outside the walls,
23:54a three-year-old girl
23:54in her mother's arms
23:55lay covered
23:56in infected sores.
23:58I found again
23:58the reason
23:59I first became a doctor.
24:01Young lady,
24:02you 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.
24:10Do you know
24:11who this young lady is?
24:13This is Miss Kara Valentina.
24:16I heard gasps
24:17all around.
24:18That's the one
24:18who chained her own advisor
24:19in chains.
24:20The one they call
24:21the vicious prince obsessor.
24:24A little girl staggered back
24:26and rushed into
24:27her mother's arms
24:28in a panic.
24:29Is that the dreadful Miss Kara?
24:31I laughed bitterly.
24:32Was 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
24:50to me with a knife.
24:57The grove was dark
24:59and thick
24:59and still.
25:00Suddenly,
25:01a maid lunged
25:02at me with a knife.
25:03The blade sliced
25:04open my right shoulder.
25:05Blood spilled instantly.
25:14She saw the first strike
25:16hadn't hit anything vital
25:17and then raised
25:18the knife
25:18for 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.
25:25I looked up at the man
25:27standing behind her
25:27and laughed.
25:29Elias,
25:29it really is you.
25:31What are you doing here?
25:32Elias said nothing,
25:34just pulled me into him
25:35and began checking my wound.
25:36I went blush
25:37and tried to block his hands.
25:39Elias,
25:39you're not a doctor,
25:40you can't treat this.
25:41He 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
25:47brushed my neck,
25:49light and ticklish.
25:50Elias,
25:51why did you save me?
25:53If I died,
25:54wouldn't it be happier
25:54for you and Lila?
25:55Even though I had no intention
25:57of taking power for myself,
25:58but my death would remove
26:00the last obstacle
26:01from Lila's path to Donna.
26:02Elias' mouth curved faintly.
26:04I did once hate you
26:05and even want you dead,
26:07but now,
26:08he stared at me.
26:09I don't want Miss Care
26:10to die anymore.
26:11He gathered me up
26:12into his arms and leave.
26:15Elias sat on the edge of my bed
26:16and bent over me
26:17to clean the wound.
26:18It burned.
26:19I kept my jaw locked
26:20and said nothing.
26:22I belongs to myself,
26:24not to Lila.
26:26That day,
26:27I wasn't there to wait for her.
26:28He's explaining himself to me.
26:30Why?
26:31In Last Life,
26:32Elias had loved Lila
26:33with a madness.
26:34Cold and harsh toward her
26:36on the surface,
26:37he was soft-hearted
26:38at every turn.
26:39He pushed Lila away,
26:41yet secretly orchestrated
26:42everything for her
26:43from the shadows.
26:44I didn't want to repeat
26:45Last Life
26:46and stand in their way again
26:47and even end up
26:48dying a humiliating death,
26:50despised,
26:51cursed by the world.
26:53Elias,
26:55let's not see each other
26:56anymore after this.
26:57His gaze grew heated,
26:59aching to uncover the truth.
27:00Miss Cara rose
27:01before dawn daily,
27:03spending hours
27:03preparing medical formulations
27:05and give me targeted
27:06physical rehabilitation.
27:07Even braved harsh storms
27:09to tend to my wound dressings
27:10in my quarters.
27:11I was supposed to keep
27:12hating Miss Cara,
27:13yet I kept finding
27:14my way back to this grove.
27:17But now Miss Cara says
27:18let's not see each other?
27:20The Prince of Beau's tricks
27:22are getting more sophisticated.
27:24Elias leaned down
27:25and kissed me,
27:26sinking into something
27:27quiet and warm.
27:28All I could hear
27:29was the sound
27:29of two heartbeats.
27:30For one moment,
27:31I lost everything
27:32I'd been holding onto.
27:34Is he testing me again?
27:35Or,
27:36I didn't dare hope.
27:38I has always believed
27:39in returning what was given.
27:41Miss Cara chained me
27:42and made me yours.
27:44So I'll chain Miss Cara
27:45right back.
27:46You won't be free of me
27:47in this life.
27:47After that,
27:48I couldn't hear the rest
27:49of what he said.
27:50I was too exhausted
27:51and fell asleep in his arms.
27:53If this is a dream,
27:54I wish to linger
27:55a while longer.
27:56News of the assassination
27:57attempt spread
27:58through the entire estate.
27:59It was rumored
28:00Lila Valentino
28:01had sent the assassin
28:02determined to see
28:03Miss Cara dead.
28:05When Lila stormed
28:06into my bedroom,
28:07I was in the middle
28:08of changing my bandage.
28:10She looked at my
28:11blood-soaked shoulder
28:12and 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
28:25for shadows and schemes.
28:26You always hated
28:27that kind of maneuvering.
28:29The Lila I remembered,
28:30she wanted power.
28:31She went for it openly.
28:32She declared her love
28:34for Elias with her chin-up.
28:34I love you, Elias!
28:35She wasn't afraid
28:36of anyone's opinion.
28:38Even later,
28:38when she and Elias ended,
28:40it was clean.
28:41Final.
28:42No manipulation.
28:43After I had reminded her
28:45of her responsibilities
28:46outside the Dons,
28:47she had taken the family's
28:48aid supplies personally
28:49and led a team
28:51to the worst-hit district
28:52coastal town.
28:53How do you know
28:54it wasn't me?
28:55I want to compete
28:57with you for power.
28:59Elias already looked into it.
29:02The maid had lost
29:03her child in the floods.
29:05She snapped.
29:06It had nothing
29:07to do with you.
29:08Okay, good.
29:10But I'm not giving up, Elias.
29:12He says he sees me
29:13as a sister
29:14and he has no feelings
29:15for me.
29:15But I've admired him
29:17since before I came here.
29:19We are living
29:20when I was still
29:21living 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
29:33working together,
29:34the disaster
29:35finally passed.
29:37Elias came looking
29:37for me several times.
29:39That night's kiss
29:40had unsettled me.
29:41I could only long
29:43to flee.
29:44Don Valentino
29:45summoned me
29:45and Lila
29:46urgently to the family hall.
29:47He looked at me.
29:49Then at Lila.
29:50His expression was heavy
29:51with something
29:52he didn't want to say.
29:53The Russian mafia family
29:54has proposed an alliance.
29:56A permanent peace.
29:57In exchange,
29:58one of the Valentino
29:59guarders must agree
30:00to an alliance marriage
30:01with their fourth son.
30:04I looked at Lila.
30:06She had gone white,
30:07biting down on her lip.
30:09I'll go.
30:10Lila stared at me.
30:13I knew this was hard
30:14for Don Valentino.
30:15If he could,
30:16he wouldn't send
30:17either of us.
30:18But he was Don first
30:19and father second.
30:21The family had just
30:22come through a disaster.
30:23The victims were still
30:24grieving their death.
30:25How could they withstand
30:26a war on top of it?
30:27The only candidates
30:28for alliance marriage
30:29were Lila and me.
30:30But Lila was the future Don.
30:32The one who could build
30:33an era of peace.
30:34So from the start,
30:35there had only ever been
30:36one candidate.
30:37Outside the hall,
30:38Lila grabbed my hand
30:39and called me sister.
30:40And telling me
30:41there had to be another way
30:42that she would give me
30:44Elias back.
30:45Lila,
30:46I just don't want the people
30:48calling me the infamous
30:49Prince of Bata.
30:50My life and fate
30:51are mine to rule.
30:52This was the best ending.
30:55I don't know when Elias
30:56came into my bedroom.
30:57When his breath hit my ear,
30:59I smelled alcohol on him.
31:00A second later,
31:01I tasted it,
31:02and his mouth over mine,
31:04fierce and hungry.
31:05I fought back.
31:07My nails dragged a line
31:08across his cheek.
31:09Elias' eyes went still
31:10and deep
31:11and sneer.
31:12Since when has
31:13Miss Cara become
31:13so selfless?
31:15The most self-serving
31:16Prince of Plessa
31:17in New York
31:17become volunteers
31:19for Elias' marriage.
31:20Is this what you want?
31:22My heart shook,
31:23but I kept my voice
31:24flat and cold.
31:25Elias,
31:27you're drunk.
31:28He laughed
31:28and then rolled off me,
31:29murmured.
31:32Yes, I'm drunk.
31:33My fingertip,
31:34coated in ointment,
31:35just barely touched
31:36his wound,
31:36and he caught my hand
31:38but said nothing more.
31:39We both knew.
31:40Family interests
31:41had always come
31:42before everything else.
31:43He was still
31:44devastatingly beautiful
31:45even with scare,
31:46yet the dark shadow
31:47lingering in his brows
31:48refused to lift.
31:50To prove their sincerity,
31:52the Russian Mafia family
31:53sent their fourth son,
31:54Mikhail,
31:55to escort the bride.
31:57The people said
31:58Miss Cara was a hero
31:59because she had volunteered
32:00for an alliance marriage
32:01to buy peace
32:02and safety for everyone.
32:03On the day Mikhail
32:04entered Manhattan,
32:05the crowds cheered.
32:06Mikhail stood in the family hall
32:07and presented
32:08the Russian Mafia family's gift,
32:09a one-of-a-kind
32:10diamond butterfly tiara.
32:12It was meant
32:12for his future bride,
32:13he said.
32:14And then he was seated
32:14across the high table
32:15from me.
32:16I found his eyes
32:17were deep and shadowed,
32:18like a cold,
32:19fathomless abyss.
32:21Beside me,
32:22Mikhail was filling
32:23his own glass
32:23again and again.
32:25This family gala
32:26was supposed to be
32:27a welcome celebration,
32:28but there was no joy
32:29on anyone's face.
32:31When the gala ended,
32:32I stood and bowed
32:33to Mikhail,
32:34preparing to leave.
32:35He called after me.
32:36Miss Cara,
32:37do you know a place
32:38called St. Clair Abbey?
32:39I frowned,
32:40puzzled.
32:41He was from
32:42the Russian Mafia family.
32:43Why would he bring up
32:44an old Catholic Abbey
32:45in our territory?
32:46I only heard
32:47that the cherry blossoms
32:48there are very beautiful.
32:50Very beautiful.
32:51I suspected Mikhail
32:52had a girl
32:53somewhere in his heart.
32:55I had never thought
32:56him bold enough
32:57to take a novice sister's
32:58hand and kneel down
32:59before me.
33:00The girl wore
33:01a gray habit
33:02and looked like
33:02a delicate porcelain figurine
33:04with brave
33:05and bright eyes.
33:06This proud fourth son
33:08of the Russian Mafia
33:09confessed that back
33:10in his homeland territory,
33:11he had once intended
33:12to marry her.
33:13Yet he had suspected
33:15her of being
33:15a Valentino spy.
33:17He'd wounded her deeply.
33:18Crushed and heartbroken,
33:20she fled his territory
33:21and made her way here.
33:23He begged me to help him.
33:24He said without her,
33:25he was just a shell.
33:27Living or dead,
33:28no difference.
33:29Mikhail had cold eyes,
33:31but when he looked
33:32at the girl he loved,
33:33his gaze was warm,
33:35burning,
33:35so full of feeling
33:36it was nearly overflowing.
33:38I helped him to his feet
33:39and looked at him steadily.
33:43Mikhail,
33:44for the alliance
33:45between our families,
33:47you have to marry
33:48Miss Kara Valentino.
33:50Miss Kara rode
33:51in the Russian Mafia family's
33:53formal escort vehicle.
33:54Mikhail rode out front himself,
33:56leading the way.
33:57The escort team
33:58carried lanterns.
34:00Donna Valentino rode
34:01in an armored car
34:02alongside Lila,
34:03who wore the diamond
34:03butterfly tiara on her head
34:05and a thin red veil
34:06over her face.
34:07Elegant.
34:08Dignified.
34:08Miss Kara Valentino,
34:10for the peace of two families
34:11across generations,
34:12had gone to join
34:13the Russian Mafia family.
34:14Harbortown was a tiny
34:16coastal hamlet,
34:17home to a female physician
34:19who operated
34:20a private clinic.
34:21People claimed
34:22she could cure
34:23any illness,
34:24no matter how grave.
34:26I was preparing
34:27medical supplies.
34:29Mrs. Rosa came
34:30to my small yard
34:31carrying a plate
34:32of oven-baked salmon
34:33she'd made herself.
34:34Kara, look at you.
34:36A woman running
34:37a clinic alone
34:37is 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
34:47Mrs. Rosa's chronic knee pain,
34:49she had been coming by
34:51every few days with food
34:52and screaming about
34:53setting me up with someone.
34:55Kara, this one
34:56I'm setting you up with
34:57is different from the others.
34:59He's so handsome.
35:00It's like one of those
35:02old paintings came to life.
35:04And he teaches school
35:06in the village.
35:07If Mrs. Rosa wasn't
35:08already married with kids,
35:10she'd be fighting you
35:11for him, I swear.
35:13If he was that handsome,
35:15every girl in town
35:16would be fighting over him.
35:17I have no need
35:18to queue up alongside them.
35:20No, no, Kara,
35:21this time it's truly different.
35:23Mr. Walker, he...
35:24The rest of it
35:25I didn't hear.
35:28The one I hold dear
35:29lives far away,
35:30bearing the vision
35:31to mend and rule the world.
35:33I finished the salmon
35:35and then lay back lazily
35:36in my casual lounge chair
35:38in the yard
35:38for an afternoon nap.
35:41At some point,
35:42the clear sky
35:43quietly turned
35:44to soft rain.
35:48When I woke,
35:49there was an umbrella
35:50over my head.
35:53I found the fine rain
35:55landed on the shoulders
35:56of the man holding it.
36:00He wore black.
36:01His face was at peace,
36:03his eyes
36:04devastatingly beautiful.
36:06Elias Walker
36:07smiled down at me
36:08and bent close.
36:09He gathered me,
36:10completely at a loss,
36:11into his arms.
36:13Miss Kara,
36:13I have come to cage you.
36:15My lips trembled.
36:16Cage me?
36:17In what kind of prison?
36:20I'm nothing but
36:21a poor school teacher now.
36:26But this clinkly dick
36:27of yours looks like
36:28a very fine cell to me.
36:31Elias,
36:33there is no Miss Kara
36:34here anymore.
36:35Miss Kara went to join
36:37the Russian Mafia family.
36:38He sat down,
36:39lifted me onto his lap.
36:41His voice carried
36:42something sad,
36:43but the warmth
36:44was still there.
36:45I don't care
36:46who Miss Kara is.
36:47The one I want to cage
36:48is you,
36:49whoever you are.
36:51No matter a Valentino,
36:52Principeza,
36:53or a Harbortown doctor,
36:54from the beginning,
36:55I only wanted to spend
36:56my life with you,
36:57no one else.
36:58In the dark,
36:59he held me close
37:00and told me everything
37:01that had happened
37:02in the city after I left.
37:03He said Don Valentino
37:04was planning to step back early
37:05and let Lila take over.
37:07Lila and Rico fought
37:08and bickered all day,
37:10but the moment Rico
37:10got close to another girl,
37:12Lila turned green.
37:14He had thought
37:15I had genuinely gone
37:16to join the Russian Mafia family,
37:18and he had been drinking
37:19himself to sleep
37:20every night.
37:23Lila pressed his lips
37:24to my forehead,
37:25gently.
37:26Why didn't you tell me?
37:28That was the one
37:28who went in the car
37:29that day,
37:29wasn't you?
37:30A wolf was never meant
37:32for a cage,
37:33and you had ambitions
37:35that reached far
37:36beyond a small yard.
37:38Ambitions don't require
37:39a city.
37:40They can be built anywhere.
37:42We lay together
37:43in the dark,
37:44talking about nothing
37:45and everything.
37:47His arm around me
37:48slowly tightened,
37:49and then his kiss fell.
37:50Elias kissed me
37:51like someone drowning
37:52slowly and choosing to.
37:54His hands fumbled
37:55with the ties
37:56of my nightgown.
37:57Kara,
37:57can I just tear it?
37:59His eyes were dark
38:00and deep,
38:01and they pulled me in.
38:02My hand cradled
38:03the small of my back,
38:04and he folded me
38:05into him
38:06like I was something
38:07he had been waiting
38:08to hold.
38:09The candle threw
38:10unsteady light
38:11across the room.
38:12One long,
38:14warm,
38:14beautiful night.
38:15They say Harbor Town
38:17has a love story.
38:19On a misty morning,
38:21halfway up,
38:22she came across
38:23a strikingly handsome
38:24school teacher.
38:24He had hurt his leg,
38:27and she brought him
38:27home to treat it.
38:32He ended up staying
38:33for over two weeks.
38:35After two weeks,
38:37he showed up
38:37at her clinic door
38:38with everything he owned
38:40and asked her to marry him.
38:42On a morning,
38:42Kara was crouched
38:43in the backyard
38:44of the clinic,
38:45carefully turning over
38:46the fresh, wild peppermint.
38:48You'll catch a cold.
38:49He settled a thin jacket
38:50over her shoulders,
38:51his fingertips brushing
38:52her cool skin.
38:53In the wicker basket
38:54nearby sat a few
38:56warm, fresh rolls
38:57he'd bought from
38:57the morning market
38:58in town.
38:59The small town school
39:00is on break today.
39:01I'll go with you
39:02to the hill trail
39:03to gather wild peppermint.
39:04Our storage is getting low.
39:07You remember the herb supply
39:09better than I do.
39:09She stood and brushed
39:11the grass from her skirt,
39:12took a warm roll,
39:13and bit in.
39:15Mrs. Leo came by yesterday.
39:17She said Leo
39:17is studying harder.
39:18Can already recite
39:20an entire reader
39:20from memory?
39:21He's naturally sharp.
39:23He just hadn't had
39:24anyone to guide him.
39:26Yesterday I had them
39:27practice spelling
39:27the word home.
39:28Leo asked me,
39:30is home just a place
39:32where the people
39:32you love are?
39:35I told him yes.
39:37Kara felt something
39:38warm move through her,
39:39and we have the most
39:40complete home there is.
39:46They packed the herb
39:47basket and tools
39:48and started up
39:49toward the hill trail.
39:50Elias walked
39:51on the outer side,
39:52occasionally reaching out
39:53to push back branches
39:54or thorns,
39:55giving Kara
39:56the clear ground.
39:57Do you remember
39:58the first time
39:58you brought me up here
39:59to gather medical supplies?
40:00You had barely been able
40:01to walk for any stretch
40:02of time yet,
40:03but you insisted
40:04on carrying the basket
40:05for me.
40:06You slipped on a rock
40:07and fell flat,
40:08and the whole time you fell
40:10you were shielding the herbs
40:11inside the basket.
40:12I just,
40:13I wanted to be useful.
40:14I felt like I was always
40:15falling short.
40:16Back in the city,
40:17I was trapped inside
40:18four walls.
40:18I thought life was nothing
40:19but hatred and darkness.
40:21Then I met you,
40:23and I learned that a life
40:24could be this quiet,
40:25that you could stand
40:26at someone's side
40:27and watch the sea
40:28and the hills go by,
40:29and that was
40:30the greatest fortune
40:31a person could have.
40:32By then,
40:33they had reached
40:34the wild peppermint patch
40:35on the hill trail.
40:36Kara crouched
40:37and began carefully
40:38digging up the roots
40:39with a small hand shovel.
40:40Elias sorted
40:41and bundled the ones
40:42she unearthed.
40:43Then,
40:43her foot slipped.
40:44She went backward.
40:46Elias' hand shot out
40:47and caught her,
40:48and they both landed
40:49in the grass together.
40:50Are you hurt?
40:51He immediately checked
40:51her 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,
41:02he wouldn't let go
41:03of her hand,
41:03not for a single step,
41:05steady and deliberate
41:06the whole way down.
41:07Sunlight fell
41:08on their clasped hands,
41:09warm, quiet.
41:11By the time they came down
41:12from the hill trail,
41:13it was past noon.
41:14On the way back,
41:15they passed the stream.
41:17Kara spotted
41:18a lively bunch of mint
41:19growing on the bank
41:20and pulled Elias
41:21over to pick some.
41:24Mosquitoes are bad
41:25in summer.
41:26If we dry the mint
41:27and make it into herbal
41:28sashes for the village
41:29children,
41:29it should help.
41:31Elias nodded,
41:32picking alongside her.
41:33Their fingers grazed
41:34now and then.
41:35Each time,
41:36both of them smiled
41:37without meaning to.
41:39These small,
41:40quiet moments,
41:41nothing like the city's
41:42noise and spectacle,
41:44felt more steadying
41:45than any kind of wealth.
41:46Back at the clinic,
41:48Kara sorted the herbs
41:49to dry,
41:49while Elias went to the kitchen
41:51to boil water.
41:52Not long after,
41:53a knock came at the gate.
41:57Dr. Kara's expression
42:02shifted to focus.
42:04Sit down first,
42:05Mr. Tony.
42:06Elias,
42:07without being asked,
42:08brought a cup
42:09of warm water,
42:10then retrieved
42:11the pre-blended
42:11soothing tonic
42:12from the cabinet.
42:15Your pulse is weak.
42:17You have chest congestion
42:18and a bad cold.
42:19I'll write you
42:19a new formula.
42:20Two doses
42:21of liquid medicine a day,
42:22taken alongside
42:23a soothing tonic.
42:24You should feel better
42:25within a few days.
42:26Tony,
42:26try not to go down
42:27to the harbor
42:27so early in the morning.
42:28To see if you feel
42:29crouped up,
42:30come sit in the
42:30small town schoolyard,
42:31get some sun,
42:32listen to the children recite.
42:33You two are good people.
42:35Without you,
42:35these old bones
42:36wouldn't have...
42:38From here,
42:38we stay.
42:40Spring,
42:41we gather medical supplies
42:42on the hill trail.
42:44Summer,
42:45we follow the tides.
42:46Autumn,
42:47we sun-dry the catch.
42:49Winter,
42:50we watch the snow.
42:51The children in the school
42:53grow up one by one.
42:54The clinic never runs out
42:56of medicine.
42:57And we,
42:58year after year after year,
43:01never apart.
43:01Kara leaned back into him,
43:03listening to his heartbeat,
43:05slow and steady
43:06beneath her ear.
43:09Yes,
43:10year after year,
43:11never apart.
43:13Evening fell on Harbor Town.
43:15Small lights bloomed
43:16in the windows of the houses
43:17one by one.
43:18The clinic's candle
43:20still burned bright.
43:21Kara sat at the desk
43:22writing prescriptions.
43:24Elias sat beside her,
43:25dipping his pen,
43:27pausing now and then
43:28to refill her cup
43:28with warm water.
43:30The wind from the sea
43:31drifted in through the window,
43:32carrying the sound of waves.
43:34Moonlight came in
43:35through the lattice
43:36and fell across both of them,
43:38stretching their shadows long.
43:40Kara looked up
43:40and met Elias' gentle eyes.
43:42All that wandering,
43:44all of it had only been
43:45the groundwork
43:46for this quiet life.
43:47In this small town
43:48far 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.
43:58This was what they had found
43:59after everything,
44:00warm and lasting.
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