00:00Tell me what I am.
00:03I should have told you earlier.
00:09Your grandfather's debt wasn't just money.
00:12It was a promise about blood.
00:18About the women of our line.
00:21You can ride with one of us.
00:24Or alone.
00:32Are you helping me?
00:35Because Kale made a choice.
00:36That I don't entirely understand yet.
01:27I'm Lina.
01:28I've been assigned to you for a long time.
01:29I've been assigned to you by the beta.
01:34I don't need you.
01:36Standing outside my door.
01:40I need breakfast.
01:43And a real tour.
01:45Of where everything actually is.
02:06Tell me who I need to know in this room.
02:10The grey-haired woman is Counselor Varsha.
02:27She doesn't like what you represent.
02:31Which is?
02:36Uncertainty.
02:37Human brides bring back old covenant magic.
02:45What's the vessel thing?
02:51What does it mean, Lina?
02:53It means you have a target on your back.
02:56Ask me later when we aren't surrounded.
03:02And the large one?
03:04Dirk.
03:05Hack enforcer.
03:12He argued against the claiming.
03:15He thinks binding the alpha to a human is a strategic weakness.
03:19Warm up!
03:20Synchronize advance!
03:22Blades high!
03:23No wasted motion!
03:24Hold formation!
03:26Precision!
03:28You look healthier than most new arrivals.
03:42The alpha uses it in the evenings.
03:46Good.
03:51I'll ask him directly for access.
04:11Who's in that room?
04:15I'm not supposed to talk about that.
04:19Is whoever's behind that door in danger?
04:24Not physically.
04:33Enter.
04:41I want access to the library.
04:47The library isn't restricted.
04:51You can use it.
04:54Whenever you like.
04:58I also want to know my day-to-day boundaries.
05:01Am I permitted?
05:04You can move freely within the compound walls.
05:08Outside,
05:09you need an escort until the pack knows you.
05:14Your presence is expected at the evening meal.
05:17And your participation is required.
05:19For the binding ceremony in a month.
05:23And if I spend that month finding a reason you can't go through with it?
05:26Then you'll have spent a month well.
05:31Who's in the locked room off the south courtyard?
05:36People who are there willingly don't cry at night.
05:42It's complicated.
05:48That's not something I'm going to discuss today.
05:58Again, tighter formations.
06:00Press the attack, no mercy.
06:03Recover and reset, move.
06:05Disciplined, but predictable.
06:09You shouldn't be here.
06:15You are human.
06:18Claimed against your will.
06:21And does not be amiss.
06:23You don't belong here.
06:27You think I'm a weakness
06:28that puts the pack at risk.
06:33And you're not wrong to be concerned.
06:36But you're treating me like a problem
06:38that's already occurred in Havilland.
06:42I haven't done anything yet.
06:55I heard you last night.
07:00I'm new here.
07:04And it seems like we might be
07:06the only two people in this compound.
07:10Without a specific reason to be loyal to it.
07:15One night.
07:20He says, in a month.
07:28What's your name?
07:49You mapped the compound this morning.
07:53Lena reported that you identified
07:56six structural vulnerabilities.
08:01I assumed Lena was instructed
08:03to report on me.
08:06And I actually noticed
08:07seven vulnerabilities.
08:09I didn't mention the cracked seal
08:11on the drainage tunnel
08:13beneath the east kitchen.
08:16I wanted to keep one for myself.
08:19I'm not going to perform ignorance
08:21to make you feel less threatened.
08:57looking for loopholes.
08:59I've found three so far. Zara. She passed me notes under the door. Are you going to tell me what
09:11she's doing here?
09:16Zara was positioned by her family to become Elfa's bride before you. When I claimed you instead, she had nowhere
09:29safe to go. Her family views her as a liability now. The lock is to keep others out. To protect
09:39her.
09:46I'd like to speak with her. Properly. Just to sit with someone who needs company. I'll tell you. Everything she
09:59says to me. You have my word, Kale.
10:04Tomorrow. For one hour.
10:13I'll tell you.
11:13All right then.
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