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00:00She gave me her face. I gave her revenge.
00:03After my assassination failed, I ducked into a ruined chapel.
00:07I never expected to find a violated noble girl dying inside.
00:11Our eyes met. We both froze. We had the exact same face.
00:15She said she was the Earl's daughter.
00:17Her stepmother tricked her out of the manor, lying her father was gravely ill at the northern border.
00:22Instead, she was taken here where the stepmother had paid rogues to rape her, then poison her.
00:28She reached out her hand.
00:30Don't look at me that way. I don't know how to save people.
00:33I'm an assassin, knowing only how to kill.
00:36Besides, I'm being hunted myself.
00:38I'm not asking you to save me. I'm about to die.
00:42I'll give you my identity to help you hide from your pursuers.
00:47Just avenge me, please.
00:52I needed a new identity. The Count's daughter was safe enough.
00:58Fine. I promise.
01:00She died with resentment and pleading in her eyes.
01:03I looked down at her limp hand.
01:06Considerate payment for your face.
01:08Footsteps outside the chapel.
01:10Two rogues.
01:16Damn, that noble bitch was really something.
01:19Shame about the poison. Could have gone another few rounds.
01:22Their filthy words died the moment they found me and saw my face.
01:27Twins?
01:29Twins? No.
01:31T-W-I-N-S.
01:32Tonight writing it.
01:35Never spares.
01:36New one for us.
01:39Lucky, lucky day.
01:40Me first.
01:42I call dibs.
01:45First to die.
01:46Fine by me.
01:49First time I've ever killed slow.
01:52Hell!
01:55Hell's been waiting.
01:57Crack.
01:58Two rogues on the ground.
02:00Eyes bulging.
02:01Bodies flopping like dying fish.
02:03Broken throats.
02:04No air in.
02:05They'll feel every second of it before they go.
02:07Filthy villains don't die easy.
02:09I searched their pockets.
02:11Found a letter with wax seal.
02:12It was the Earl's wolf crest.
02:14The girl is ready.
02:15Northern chapel.
02:16Bring the witnesses.
02:18Payment upon completion.
02:19Signed, Magda Rosberg.
02:22Sloppy.
02:22Criminals don't leave evidence this obvious.
02:24Either my new stepmother is an idiot,
02:26or someone wants her to look like one.
02:28Either way.
02:29She lured Cecilia here.
02:31She doesn't get to walk away.
02:33I buried Cecilia in the yard.
02:35A stone from the altar to mark the grave.
02:38Then I dragged the rogues' bodies in front of it,
02:40and set them on fire.
02:42I used my kit to become her.
02:44Needles.
02:45Powder.
02:47A fake mole by the eyebrow.
02:49An hour later,
02:50I looked into a puddle and saw Cecilia Rosenstag staring back.
02:54If it's just the snake pair,
02:56stepmother and stepsister, simple.
02:58I'll wear your face,
02:59smash their scheme,
03:00then smash them.
03:02If there's a vulture above those snakes,
03:05I'll use the snakes as bait.
03:07Then I'll kill them all.
03:08Hoofbeats.
03:09Horse lanterns.
03:10A crowd coming to catch a whore.
03:11Good.
03:12They're here.
03:13Watch closely.
03:14Your name is going to become their tombstone.
03:17Cecilia.
03:18You have an assassin's avenging word.
03:25A woman in a dark green cloak,
03:28scanning the ground like a crow,
03:30looking for Carrient.
03:31What are you doing here?
03:33I smiled.
03:34Targets unclear.
03:36Assassin waits for the right moment.
03:38Sis.
03:39Why don't you answer, mother?
03:41Is it true you ran off with someone?
03:44Good.
03:45They're showing themselves.
03:47Didn't mother tell me father was gravely ill?
03:50Asked me to come quickly.
03:51I never...
03:52So someone used mother's name to lure me here.
03:56And mother just happened to show up with so many people?
03:59I received a tip.
04:01That Rosenstein's daughter was misbehaving.
04:04Running off with a man.
04:06Misbehaving?
04:07So mother's saying Cecilia did this to herself.
04:10Sis, why are you speaking so strangely?
04:14Were you hurt?
04:16Tell us, we'll help you.
04:17I wasn't hurt.
04:19But someone's trying to hurt me right now.
04:21I tell you.
04:22Will you help me?
04:23Sister.
04:24I understand.
04:27Your late mother's family fell.
04:29You are desperate to keep your engagement with Edmund.
04:31But you can't lie because of that.
04:33If bad thing happens, shouldn't the ones who hurt you face justice?
04:36You want justice for your sister?
04:37Of course I...
04:38That's the interest for your sister, Cecilia.
04:40Edmund's eyes went cold.
04:42He set Lisa down and turned to me.
04:44You've lost your mind.
04:46Get on your knees and apologize.
04:47Or our engagement is off.
04:50Off?
04:52You must have been dreaming of it for years.
04:56But you never dared.
04:57You grasped the engagement for your fiancé's mother.
05:00And let the words drip slowly.
05:02Now her house has fallen so you want to dump it?
05:04You are insane.
05:06Today you need be taught a lesson.
05:08He stepped closer, voice dropping.
05:10I knew the two rogues and their testimony.
05:13What they did to you.
05:14Kneel down if you don't want your slut axe spreading across the kingdom.
05:17Vulture, verified.
05:19Then go ahead.
05:20Your fiancé, violated by rogues.
05:25But people will wonder, how did the fiancé get the evidence so fast?
05:31Were you there?
05:32Or were the rogues yours to begin with?
05:35Cecilia, how dare you?
05:37Sister, please just apologize.
05:38I have witnesses.
05:40The two rogues are concrete evidence.
05:42It's too late for your apologies.
05:44I smiled.
05:45Witnesses?
05:46Already turned to ashes.
05:48Then you do it.
05:49Tell the whole werewolf kingdom instead of yapping like a dog here.
05:54Edmund was so angry that his eyes showed vertical pupils, almost shifting into wolf form.
05:59A wolf controls his shift.
06:02What can't control itself is a dog in heat.
06:06I turned away.
06:07Don't worry.
06:08Wolf or dog.
06:10Cecilia is marrying you.
06:12Let the game begin.
06:13For scum like this, an assassin never mind killing slow.
06:18Edmund rode off, humiliated, furious.
06:21Good.
06:22We're returning home right now before you ruin what's left of our Rosenstein family.
06:26Sister, you shouldn't be so stubborn after you humiliated our family.
06:30I looked at them.
06:31Lena's practiced tears.
06:33Maga's clenched jaw.
06:34How many times had Cecilia stood in their fake-coded trap?
06:37You want to talk about family name with Cecilia?
06:40How dare you!
06:43Disgrace and humiliation?
06:44Ask yourselves who arranged this play.
06:46Magda stumbled back, hand on her cheek.
06:48For a moment, I saw fear in her eyes.
06:50Then rage replaced it.
06:51You've forgotten how to behave.
06:53Wait until we're home.
06:54Madam Greta will grind you back into shape.
06:57The name fell like a stone.
06:59Servants paled.
07:00The guards looked away.
07:01All because of the name Madam Greta.
07:03Sister, just apologize.
07:06You remember Madam Greta's methods, don't you?
07:08I didn't have Cecilia's memory.
07:10But I saw Cecilia's hands when she reached for me.
07:12The old scars all over her body.
07:14And I could guess by the snake pair's heasing.
07:16Madam Greta, I look forward to meeting her.
07:19I smiled.
07:19The way an assassin smiles when she has her new target.
07:22Three days later, I arrived at Rosenstein Manor, capital city.
07:25Madam Greta waited at the hole.
07:27Old, dried up, hawk nose.
07:29Eyes that measure you like prey.
07:31She pulled out a teacup, dropped it, cracked.
07:33Shards scattered across the floor.
07:34Kneel.
07:35One hour.
07:36We'll start easy.
07:37She thought I was breaking.
07:38What if I refuse?
07:39You've become rebellious.
07:40The countess warned me.
07:42So I invited your late mother to teach you.
07:44From her pocket, she produced an urn.
07:46You behave.
07:47This stays safe.
07:48You don't?
07:48She smiled.
07:49Your late mother, pig feed.
07:50I knelt, not really, crouched, ready.
07:53She didn't notice the difference.
07:55Magna smiled, satisfied.
07:57She pulled Lena toward the door.
07:59Madam Greta, help her revisit her old lessons tonight.
08:02Midnight, my door opened.
08:04Greta stood in the doorway, needle kit in one hand, pair of pliers in the other.
08:08Get up.
08:09Tonight's lesson, just like before.
08:12She walked closer, laid out her tools on the floor.
08:15Silver needles, bone hooks, a metal rod with a branding end.
08:18She looked at me.
08:19Are you afraid?
08:20I am terrified.
08:23You.
08:24You.
08:25Terrified my skills had gone rusty.
08:29I smiled.
08:31Still as good as ever.
08:32The days after Greta disappeared were quiet.
08:36Magna sent replacements.
08:37A stern woman with a cane.
08:41I threw her out through the door.
08:42A fat man who liked to scream, over the balcony, then into the pond.
08:48After the third, they stopped coming.
08:51News spread.
08:52Miss Cecilia went crazy.
08:54Good.
08:55Let them talk.
08:57Fear is quieter than respect.
08:59Leaving me space alone for Cecilia's diary.
09:03The leather was worn.
09:04The pages thin from rereading.
09:06Magna took mother's jewelry today.
09:09Lena got a new dress.
09:10Mine has holes.
09:12Greta is horrible.
09:14Page after page.
09:15Pain after pain.
09:17And yet...
09:19Three more years.
09:20Then I marry Edmund.
09:23Then I leave this house forever.
09:25This engagement is the only thing mother left for me.
09:28Though Edmund may not love me.
09:29At least he's better than whatever monster Magna would pick for me.
09:33I closed the diary.
09:35She thought marrying Edmund would be her escape.
09:38She didn't know Edmund was the one tightening the snare.
09:41Edmund's messenger arrived at noon.
09:43Lord Edmund requests the honor of Lady Cecilia's presence at House Reign for the wedding ceremony.
09:48By tradition, Lady Lena shall accompany her.
09:50The servants exchanged glances behind his back.
09:53Whispers.
09:53A company.
09:54They're intending Lena to replace her.
09:56And the ceremony ends.
09:57The Duke's heir never wanted Cecilia.
09:59By the time the ceremony ends, Lena will fake the bride and be the real Duchess.
10:03I listened.
10:04Then I smile.
10:05Fake?
10:06They didn't know.
10:07Cecilia is fake.
10:08But fake Cecilia's revenge?
10:10That's real.
10:11The wedding day approaching, the manor buzzed with preparation.
10:13But not for me.
10:15Not for Cecilia.
10:16Silks and jewels for Lena.
10:18Fittings.
10:18Rehearsals.
10:19Servants tripping over themselves to please.
10:21Cecilia's room?
10:22Silent.
10:23No visitors.
10:24No dresses.
10:25No one cared.
10:26Lena arrived at my door three days before the departure.
10:29Velvet.
10:30Gold stitching.
10:31A necklace Cecilia's late mother wore in the portrait.
10:34Sister.
10:36What's not yours will not be yours.
10:38Oh really?
10:39You know, even if you marry Edmund, you'll be nothing but a vase on the table.
10:45Maybe.
10:45But someone won't even make it to the table.
10:47Her face twisted.
10:50We'll see.
10:51We'll see.
10:52The departure day.
10:53The house rain sent carriages for the brides.
10:56Guards.
10:57Banners with the rain wolf.
10:59Edmund sat on his horse at the front.
11:01He didn't look at me.
11:02Didn't even glance.
11:03His eyes found Lena.
11:05Lingered.
11:06I climbed into my carriage.
11:08Alone.
11:09Good.
11:10Easier to watch.
11:12The carriage stopped.
11:14I stepped down.
11:16Edmund was already there.
11:18At the gate.
11:19His hand out.
11:21Not to me.
11:23To Lena.
11:24She took it.
11:25Her eyes found me.
11:27Triumphant.
11:28See?
11:29I stood alone.
11:30No hand.
11:31No welcome.
11:32Just stares from the servants.
11:35Cecilia.
11:36This was your hope.
11:38This was the driftwood you clung to.
11:40But driftwood doesn't save.
11:41It just delays the drowning.
11:44Only a blade in your own hand changes the tide.
11:47I reached into my sleeve.
11:48Cold metal.
11:49Familiar weight.
11:50My dagger.
11:51I got a little bit excited.
11:52I walked through the rain's gate.
11:54Alone and forgotten.
11:55The worst welcome for a bride is.
11:57After all, the perfect time for an assassin.
12:01Cecilia.
12:02Watch.
12:03Where you didn't make it for your hope.
12:04I've faked it here for your vengeance.
12:06Edmund took Lena to her room.
12:08Mine stayed empty.
12:09So came the chance to map the running of the estate.
12:12I found the steward's office in the evening.
12:14Voices inside.
12:15The two rogues we arranged are missing.
12:17Useless McGraw.
12:18After all the help I gave her, she still failed to shake Cecilia off.
12:21The rogues.
12:22The false letter.
12:23The evidence pointing to Magda.
12:24I arranged all of these.
12:26But that Cecilia escaped.
12:27There it was.
12:28The vulture above the snakes.
12:30Cecilia's death wasn't just Magda's trap.
12:33It was his scheme.
12:34I walked back to my room.
12:35The castle slept.
12:36But I couldn't.
12:37Cecilia thought Edmund was her escape.
12:39He was her executioner.
12:40Now that an assassin in hiding doesn't start waves in her own shelter,
12:44Edmund is temporary luck.
12:45But Magda not.
12:46Midnight.
12:47I sneaked back Rosenkeep Manor.
12:49I stood over Magda's bed.
12:50Her eyes opened.
12:52She screamed.
12:53My hand covered her mouth.
12:57Shh.
12:57Her eyes widened.
12:59Recognition.
13:00Terror.
13:00You're not...
13:01I'm not Cecilia.
13:02I am the one Cecilia sent.
13:04My fingers found the back of her neck.
13:06One press.
13:07Crack.
13:07Not death.
13:08Worse.
13:08Her body went limp.
13:09Her eyes stayed open.
13:11Aware.
13:11Trapped.
13:12I leaned close.
13:13You'll never walk again.
13:15Never speak again.
13:16Just lie here.
13:17Think about what you did.
13:18I pulled back for Cecilia.
13:20News arrived at noon the next day.
13:22Countess Magda collapsed.
13:23Paranalysis.
13:24The physicians don't know why.
13:25Lena burst into my room that afternoon.
13:28Red-eyed.
13:28Wild.
13:29She swept my teak off the table.
13:31My mother can't move.
13:33Can't speak.
13:35She's a...
13:36A vegetable.
13:38I looked at the shattered cup.
13:39That was my favorite tea set.
13:41You monster!
13:42Mother's dying and you're enjoying tea?
13:44I smiled.
13:45Would you prefer a celebration?
13:46Her face twisted with rage.
13:48She spun toward the door.
13:50Someone!
13:51Anyone!
13:52Servants rushed in.
13:53One gold coin for each slap at her face!
13:56The servants stepped forward.
13:57They had no idea who they were dealing with.
14:00One gold coin for each slap!
14:02I smiled.
14:02Let them come.
14:04The servants exchanged glances.
14:06A big man stepped forward first.
14:08Thick arms.
14:09Thick skull.
14:09That's it!
14:10Slap her!
14:11He raised his hand.
14:13I moved faster.
14:14Gold hairpin.
14:15Through his palm.
14:16Ah!
14:18Ah!
14:20His scream echoed through rain keep.
14:23I positioned the bloodstained hairpin against Lena's face.
14:26Lena screamed.
14:27No one else stepped forward.
14:28Edmund arrived within minutes.
14:30What happened?
14:30She...
14:30She attacked for no reason!
14:32Edmund looked at me.
14:34Cecilia.
14:34House arrest.
14:35I walked to my room.
14:38She's jealous!
14:39Tried to ruin Lena's face.
14:41Mad with envy.
14:42Amid the rumors came one more interesting.
14:44News from the north.
14:45Earl Eric Rosenstile dead.
14:47Stroke.
14:47At the scene, a kept maid was at his bed.
14:50I read the message.
14:51I had no grief in Cecilia's boots.
14:53For a father who turned away when the stepmother did whatever she wanted.
14:56The father alive didn't do any help for Cecilia.
14:58But at least his death did.
15:00The shameful news killed Magda.
15:02Rage did the rest.
15:03Even an assassin takes second place to killing news like that.
15:06Now I am to take the first place.
15:08Assassination target.
15:09Edmund.
15:10You wait.
15:11Lena came to my room the next morning.
15:13Black mourning gown.
15:14White lace.
15:15Red eyes.
15:16You think you've won?
15:17Father is dead?
15:18And my mother is dead?
15:20And you just sit there?
15:21I poured another cup of tea.
15:23Wait until I'm pregnant.
15:24Edmund will make me his mate.
15:26I'll replace you.
15:27Completely.
15:28I looked at her.
15:29Good luck with that.
15:29But you'd better watch your Edmund closely.
15:31She didn't understand.
15:33But she would understand soon.
15:35That evening, I sneaked into Edmund's scuddy.
15:37I pulled the small vial from my sleeve.
15:39A few drops.
15:40Colorless.
15:40Tasteless.
15:41Not poison.
15:41Worse.
15:42Slow.
15:42Invisible.
15:43Irreversible.
15:43That night, Linder went to the Lily Tavern looking for Edmund.
15:47She found him in a private room with three men entangled.
15:50Her scream shattered the night.
15:53The Lily Tavern.
15:55Lena's scream still echoed in my memory.
15:57I didn't need to stay there.
15:59The rumors told the rest.
16:00She burst into the private chamber.
16:02The Duke's heir.
16:04On his knees.
16:05Three men.
16:06Maybe four.
16:07By noon, all of Capital Town knew.
16:09The Duke's heir reduced to a tavern joke.
16:12Edmund returned to Rainkeep at dawn.
16:15Red-eyed.
16:17Humiliated.
16:19Furious.
16:20Lena followed.
16:22Crying.
16:23Begging.
16:24He turned on her.
16:26Crack.
16:27His hand crossed her face.
16:29This is your fault.
16:31You shouldn't have come.
16:33She fell.
16:35Didn't get up.
16:36He dragged her to the woodshed himself.
16:39Locked the door.
16:40Don't let her out.
16:42Edmund locked himself in his study.
16:44Drank.
16:46Broke things.
16:47Stayed in the woodshed.
16:48No food.
16:49No water.
16:50Just the dark and her thoughts.
16:52I paid her the last visit.
16:54You are here to mock me?
16:56No way.
16:57I am not like Cecilia.
16:59I am not weak.
17:01Her thoughts were disorganized.
17:03Unable to recognize Cecilia's face.
17:05Your father died during messing with a maid.
17:07Your mother died of her father's shameful death.
17:10And dreaming man messing not even a maimed.
17:13Who is more pitiful?
17:14You or Cecilia?
17:16Next day, a servant snarked on my door.
17:18My lady.
17:20Lady Lena.
17:21She hung herself with a rope.
17:22I looked out the window.
17:24The sun was rising.
17:26Red.
17:26Like blood.
17:27The snakes died.
17:29Not enough.
17:31Edmund was still alive.
17:33The vulture above the snakes.
17:35The one who set the trap.
17:37An assassin never forgets who really deserves to die.
17:40Lena's body was buried before noon.
17:42No ceremony.
17:44No tears.
17:44Just a hole in the yard and a stone marker.
17:46Edmund didn't attend.
17:48He was in his studio.
17:50She ruined me.
17:52That stupid bitch.
17:55Ruined my fame.
17:57After that, Edmund refused to leave his chambers.
18:01Refused to see anyone.
18:03Except the men I sent.
18:04Strong men.
18:05And strong wine.
18:07Every night.
18:07They stayed longer each time.
18:09I took over the estate.
18:12The steward reported to me now.
18:14The servants answered to me.
18:17Lady Cecilia had never been so useful.
18:21I signed the papers.
18:22Paid the bills.
18:23Managed the guards.
18:24No one questioned me.
18:26They were too busy whispering about Edmund.
18:28He never leaves his room.
18:30Those men come every night.
18:32Have you heard the noises?
18:33I sipped my tea.
18:35Good.
18:35Let them talk.
18:36Every whisper was another nail in his coffin.
18:39A month passed.
18:41Edmund was a ghost now.
18:43Pale.
18:44Thin.
18:45Hollow-eyed.
18:45He didn't attend meetings.
18:47Didn't see visitors.
18:48Didn't even look out the window.
18:49Just drank.
18:50And messing with the men.
18:51Always the men.
18:52I visited him once.
18:54The room stank of wine and worse.
18:57He lay on the floor.
18:58Shirtless.
18:59Surrounded by empty bottles.
19:01His eyes found me.
19:02Didn't recognize me.
19:04More wine.
19:05I smiled.
19:07Of course, my lord.
19:09I closed the door behind me.
19:11Let him rot.
19:12Then the gates opened.
19:14Horses.
19:15Guards.
19:17Banners with the rain wolf.
19:19Duke Marcus Reign.
19:20He had returned from Greyfist.
19:22I watched from my window as he dismounted.
19:24His face was stone.
19:26His eyes cold.
19:27He had heard the rumors of his son.
19:29He had come to see for himself.
19:31Marcus went straight to Edmund's chambers.
19:33I followed.
19:34At a distance.
19:35The door opened.
19:36Silence.
19:37And he turned to me.
19:37Cecilia Rosensfield.
19:40What have you done to my son?
19:42His voice echoed through the hall.
19:43I stepped forward.
19:44I've done nothing, my lord.
19:46Edmund did this himself.
19:47Marcus turned.
19:48Looking for lies.
19:49He wouldn't find any.
19:51Because I hadn't lied.
19:52I just helped him along.
19:53Wine.
19:54Men.
19:55Isolation.
19:56All his choice.
19:57I just made sure the bottles were full and the company willing.
20:00An assassin doesn't always need a blade.
20:02Sometimes a bottle is enough.
20:04Marcus pushed past me.
20:06Stormed toward the Great Hall.
20:07I will find out who did this.
20:09I watched him go.
20:11Good luck.
20:11An assassin's work is invisible.
20:13Especially when the victim kills himself.
20:16Marcus Reign spent three days in the keep.
20:18Three days of questioning.
20:19Threats.
20:20Demands.
20:21Who supplied the wine?
20:22Who brought those men?
20:23Who knew?
20:24The servants trembled.
20:25The stewards.
20:26No one pointed at me.
20:27Why would they?
20:28I did it.
20:29But all at Edmund's demands.
20:31Marcus searched for a conspiracy.
20:34He found nothing.
20:35On the fourth day, Edmund died.
20:37In his bed.
20:38Surrounded by empty bottles.
20:39As well as shirtless men.
20:42The physician said his heart gave out from excessive indulgence.
20:45Marcus stood over the body.
20:47His face was stone.
20:48But his hands trembled.
20:49He just stood there.
20:50Silent.
20:51Then he turned to the guards.
20:52Kill them.
20:52All of them.
20:53Every man who touched my son.
20:55Then Marcus announced it to the capital.
20:57My son.
20:59Sudden malality.
21:01A fever took him.
21:02No one believed it.
21:03No one said otherwise.
21:04Marcus came to my room that evening.
21:06His eyes were red.
21:07His voice was horsey.
21:10You are his widow.
21:12This house needs an heir.
21:15I have chosen a boy.
21:17I have chosen a boy.
21:18Colin.
21:19Five years old.
21:21Distant kin.
21:22He will be your son.
21:23As you wish, my lord.
21:24Colin arrived the next day.
21:26A small boy.
21:27Brown hair.
21:29Big eyes.
21:29He clung to his nurse's hand.
21:32Scared of the castle.
21:33Scared of me.
21:34I crouched down.
21:35Hello, Colin.
21:36He stared.
21:37I won't bite.
21:41He didn't smile.
21:43But he stopped shaking.
21:45Marcus left for Greyfist at dawn.
21:47His horse galloped through the gates.
21:49He didn't look back.
21:50The keep was mine now.
21:51No Edmund.
21:51No Lena.
21:52No Magda.
21:53Just me.
21:53And a five-year-old boy who needed a mother.
21:55I walked to my room.
21:56Sat on the bed.
21:57For the first time in months.
21:59I breathed.
22:00Then I heard it.
22:00Footsteps outside my door.
22:02Not servants.
22:03Not guards.
22:04Professionals.
22:05My hand reached for my dagger.
22:06They are coming for me.
22:07For Elena.
22:08Five crown agents.
22:09They came through my door at midnight.
22:11They didn't come out.
22:12First one.
22:13Dagger under the ribs.
22:14He dropped without a sound.
22:16Second one.
22:17Silver needle through the eye.
22:19He choked on his own blood.
22:22Third one.
22:22I used his own sword.
22:24Across his throat.
22:25Fourth one.
22:27Crack neck twisted.
22:28The fifth one tried to run.
22:29I intentionally let him slip by at his last moments.
22:32With the evidence letter I faked.
22:34When his body was found.
22:35The letter I planted would say Edmund Rayan was a traitor.
22:38And the agents died finding out the truth.
22:40Three days later.
22:41The duke's heir.
22:42A traitor.
22:44Crown agents killed in his own keep.
22:46The king himself has seen the evidence.
22:48The capital buzzed with rumors.
22:49I sipped my tea.
22:51Good.
22:52Dead men tell no tales.
22:53But their bodies tell whatever stories I want.
22:56I thought it was over.
22:57I was wrong.
22:57Three days later.
22:58I heard a servant's whisper in the kitchen.
23:00Someone's been asking about Lady Cecilia.
23:02I put down my cup.
23:03Three days of traces.
23:05The trail led to an old manor on the edge of the capital.
23:08Cecilia's late mother's best friend.
23:10Midnight.
23:11I slipped through her window.
23:12Lady Allara's house.
23:13My hand covered her mouth.
23:15Her eyes snapped open.
23:17She recognized my face.
23:18Terror in her eyes.
23:19She knew who I was.
23:20Or thought she did.
23:21Cecilia.
23:22The girl who came back from the trap they once set.
23:24Tell me who else was involved in Magda's plan at the chapel.
23:27Her eyes darted.
23:28Looking for escape.
23:29There was none.
23:30She talked.
23:31Seven names.
23:32Seven people who knew.
23:33Who helped.
23:33Who watched Cecilia die.
23:35Seven more names.
23:36The list grows.
23:37She thought I'd leave.
23:38I did.
23:39Only after my kill.
23:40One crack.
23:41Neck twisted.
23:42Lady Allara joined her friends in the dark.
23:45Three months.
23:45Seven deaths.
23:46No connections.
23:47The first.
23:48A noble woman at her own banquet.
23:50She raised her glass.
23:51I was behind her.
23:52One push.
23:53The railing gave way.
23:54No one looked up.
23:55The second.
23:56A knight on patrol.
23:58A silver needle from the trees.
24:03His horse came back alone.
24:05The third.
24:06A merchant who liked to drink on cliffs.
24:09A little something in his wine.
24:10The waves took him.
24:12The fourth.
24:13Carried up.
24:14The fifth.
24:15A fireplace explosion.
24:16The sixth.
24:17A horse that reared.
24:19The seventh.
24:19A bath that was too hot.
24:22I returned to Rainkeep three months later.
24:28Colin ran to me.
24:29Mother!
24:31Mother!
24:32Someone came from the palace!
24:34I looked at the black carriage at my gate.
24:36Royal crest.
24:37Gold trim.
24:39The queen's handbader stepped out.
24:42Her majesty wishes to speak with you.
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