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Scent of Salvation
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00:13All of you, out.
00:17Ten grand an hour?
00:19Just to smell our necks.
00:20Seriously, easiest money ever.
00:22Did you see his eyes?
00:23Blood red?
00:24That's not normal.
00:31Still nothing.
00:32Master, we've tested 300,000 people.
00:35Not one triggered a response to the curse.
00:49I've tripled the dose.
00:50It should hold for now.
00:52It won't.
00:52We tripled the dose last week and I still haven't slept in 17 straight days.
00:56The doctor's confirmed it, Master Asher.
00:58One month.
00:58If we don't find her, it hits your heart.
01:04My son, you have one month.
01:06The Nightthorn curse claims you on your 30th birthday.
01:10I have nothing left to give you.
01:11So this is it?
01:12You came to watch me die?
01:13I came to tell you how to end it.
01:15There's a passage in the Codex you've never seen.
01:21Proximity alone won't work.
01:22To truly suppress the curse, she must complete the Thorn Vow.
01:27A full and willing union of flesh and blood with an heir.
01:31You're only telling me this now.
01:33Because I only just confirm that you're out of time.
01:35And she has to do it willingly.
01:38That's the second condition.
01:40Willingly.
01:45Run the ad.
01:4610,000 an hour for a sleep assistant.
01:49Make it irresistible.
01:50Let her come to me.
02:07Grandma still needs $4,300 for surgery.
02:10Tuition is due next week.
02:12One hour here equals 60 at the cafe.
02:25That scent.
02:26Could it be her?
02:27The ambrosia carrier?
02:30You.
02:31I'm Chloe.
02:32I'm here about the sleep assistant job.
02:36Alert all three heirs.
02:38We found her.
02:39The ambrosia bearer.
02:40We actually found her.
02:41Um.
02:42Where do I go for the interview?
02:46Mr. Blackford.
02:48The contract says sleep assistants only.
02:51Nothing else.
02:57Quiet.
02:59Don't move.
03:01You're sent.
03:02I've been looking for this.
03:07Mr. Blackfield.
03:08Your hand.
03:10It's too warm.
03:14And she has to do it willingly.
03:15That's the second condition.
03:20Finally.
03:21Sleep.
03:27So this.
03:28Is the 10 grand an hour job.
03:40So.
03:41So.
03:42So.
03:50Morning, kitty.
03:51Sleep well last night?
03:53W-who are you?
04:04Ezra, Asha's brother
04:07And from now on
04:08Your scent is my problem
04:11Asha's paying you to fix his insomnia
04:14But my heart's racing at 160
04:16How are you going to fix me?
04:22Let go, that's not in the contract
04:26Contracts can be revised
04:40Ezra
04:41Get your hands off her
04:47Come on, Asha, don't be selfish
04:49Her scent affects my curtmarks too
04:51Unless you'd rather watch me die
04:54He's mine
04:55I found her first
04:56Our bloodline's curse doesn't care who came first
04:59And neither do I
05:03Sweet girl
05:05I've been nothing but trouble for you
05:11Grandma, you're all I have
05:13I'm going to get the money
05:15I promise
05:26So you're the sleep assistant
05:30Hi, I'm Chloe
05:33Asha and I have had a marriage agreement for eight years
05:36The Blackthrown family requires a woman of noble blood
05:39Not a girl like you
05:41You must not leave
05:42However, my purpose in coming today is to make you understand
05:47The Blackclycidi name her in emanating blasts from you
05:51I claimed it all eight years ago
05:54Whether Asha lives or dies, that was never my concern
05:57Don't you care if he dies?
06:00Care?
06:01Asha lives, I get my title
06:02He dies, I get his estate
06:04Either way, I win
06:06One hundred thousand
06:08Leave
06:08Mr. Blacktheld hired me
06:10Unless he fires me, I'm not leaving
06:12So you're choosing the hard way
06:19Let me go!
06:22Ascent?
06:22That's all you are
06:24A trick of biology
06:25Girls like you don't belong there
06:33Walk away on your own
06:34Or I'll make sure neither of you are a problem
06:41No!
07:03The contract is void
07:05Tell your family
07:06Blackthones don't take a wife who uses hired hands on women
07:10Asha, I was only
07:12Get out
07:22Do those marks hurt?
07:25No
07:32My grandma
07:33Fluid in her lungs
07:34We're still $4,000 piece and $300 short for the surgery
07:41Call medical
07:41Get a bed ready at Blacktron Private Hospital
07:43Bring her in this afternoon
07:46I didn't ask you to
07:47Then work it off
07:53Where are we going?
07:56Because...
08:00From now on, every label answers to you
08:13From now on, every label answers to you
08:16Can you keep a secret?
08:24Will you hold your head?
08:29Among flames
08:31Honey, you're a shipwrecked
08:37With your heart
09:00Who are you?
09:06I'm Chloe, the sleep assistant.
09:08We can let go now.
09:1420 years.
09:16We looked for 20 years.
09:20Mr. Blackthorne just bought those.
09:25They don't fit.
09:26Asher can buy you a new pair, so can I.
09:28Now be quiet, I'm taking you back.
09:40So this is what ambrosia smells like.
09:42Why is this dress so tight?
09:49Don't move.
09:51You'll catch the zipper.
09:54As in, you...
09:56A back this beautiful deserves to be seen.
10:05My curse marks only fade when I touch you, Chloe.
10:09So from now on, I'm the only one who gets to take this off.
10:16What are you doing here?
10:18Going over her security route.
10:19She works for me.
10:21And I'm the one protecting her.
10:29You three, stop!
10:31If all three of you keep this up, I quit.
10:37You drove her away by fighting over her?
10:39Mother, this isn't...
10:42Listen carefully.
10:44She has to do it willingly.
10:47No force.
10:49No fighting over her.
10:51And stop pushing her away.
10:53Asher, you're less than a month from 30.
10:57Ezra, your curse marks spread another inch today.
11:02Kieran, you had three flare-outs last week.
11:04If she leaves tomorrow morning, you may not even be able to stand by tomorrow afternoon.
11:10Will she come back?
11:20So you're the little nobody my sister threw out of black?
11:23My name is Victoria, Vanessa's sister.
11:27Eight years.
11:29One woman was meant to be Mrs. Blackthome.
11:31And then there's you.
11:33Just a distraction they couldn't resist because of a scent.
11:37I didn't do anything!
11:39They're dying.
11:41The curse hits the heart at 30.
11:44Your scent buys them time.
11:46Your medicine.
11:47You mean...
11:48You mean...
11:55Chloe's in danger.
12:05Chloe...
12:07Get the helicopter.
12:09Now!
12:26Asher turns 30 this month.
12:27No cure.
12:28He dies.
12:29You think that's love?
12:31You're just a lifeline.
12:33Use you up.
12:34Throw you out.
12:45Marcus paid your grandmom's bills with Blackstone money.
12:48Your tuition, too.
12:49You think that was kindness?
12:51You can't save them.
12:52And you don't get to.
12:53So disappear.
12:54And let my sister become Mrs. Blackthome.
13:01You...
13:01Show her some places aren't meant for girls like her.
13:09Ah!
13:12This is what drove three men crazy?
13:22I heard Asher likes smelling your hair.
13:24Let's see what he smells now.
13:38Still keeping the apron?
13:40Planning to marry Rich with that?
13:47Let's see how untouchable you are after tonight.
13:50Boys, he's all yours.
14:03No!
14:04No!
14:04Let go of me!
14:05Get away!
14:07No!
14:07Let go of me!
14:27All of you, out!
14:42Are you hurt?
14:50You three...
14:51How much time do you have left?
14:54Enough.
14:56You're almost 30.
15:00If I leave, it gets worse for you, doesn't it?
15:06I'll go back.
15:08But I have a condition.
15:09What condition?
15:10No more lies.
15:11Not about anything.
15:24I'm running from him.
15:29Your contract's up, Chloe.
15:31Are you firing me?
15:33Don't mind Asher.
15:34He's just bad at asking nicely.
15:36We want you to sign a new contract.
15:38What new contract?
15:41What new contract?
15:41What new contract?
16:01One that never ends.
16:03You're staying with us forever.
16:05You're going to be ours.
16:07All three of us.
16:08Are you insane?
16:10You're brothers.
16:11I can only choose one.
16:14You don't get to choose.
16:32That mark.
16:34It's in the family codex.
16:36The crown mark.
16:39That mark.
16:40Only the Blackthrone Queen has it.
16:47What are you?
16:48All of you.
16:50What is this?
17:05Marcus.
17:07Get mother.
17:09Now.
17:10Now.
17:18Six hundred years.
17:20And it's finally appeared.
17:23What does that mean?
17:24Two kinds of ambrosia bearers.
17:27One suppresses it.
17:29The other bears the Thorn Crown.
17:31The promised Queen.
17:34Only she can end it.
17:36How?
17:37On the Blood Moon, she completes the Thorn Vow with all three.
17:40Her light ends the curse.
17:43But.
17:45But.
17:45The ritual takes her life.
17:47The last Queen hundred years ago didn't survive.
17:52Then we don't do it.
17:53If we don't, all of us die before thirty.
17:55If we do it, she dies.
17:56If we don't, we die.
17:57What kind of sick curse is this?
17:58Wait, that's it?
17:59That's my only choice?
18:00Watch you all die?
18:01Take your place?
18:06Give her some space.
18:08She can't leave.
18:09If she's away from us more than 72 hours, the curse will...
18:12I know.
18:13I already blocked the garage exit.
18:16She's not going anywhere.
18:18Volume seven.
18:19Three pages we still can't make sense of.
18:22If there's another way, it's in there.
18:33I won't let you die.
18:36You're dying too.
18:37What makes you think you can promise that?
18:39Volume seven.
18:40I'll do whatever it takes to get through those last three pages.
18:44There has to be another way.
18:47Until then, you're not going anywhere.
18:51Asshul, are you scared?
18:57Not of dying.
18:59Of losing you.
19:29Young misters, the latest report is in.
19:32The curse spread 40% faster in eight hours.
19:34The crown mark triggered a backlash.
19:38So the curse knows the cure's here.
19:40And it's speeding up, pushing us toward the ritual?
19:42Yes.
19:43At this rate, if the ritual isn't performed, the marks will reach your hearts within 30 days.
19:52Yesterday, they were still on my wrist.
19:54Overnight, they reached my elbow.
19:56Pretty fast.
20:0230 days?
20:03You've only got 30 days left?
20:05Chloe, sit down.
20:06Then do the ritual!
20:07No.
20:08You're all going to die, and you're still saying no?
20:14Three pages in volume seven are still being decoded.
20:16Oxford's best are on it.
20:18We'll have answers in 72 hours.
20:20Until then, no decisions.
20:2372 hours.
20:25Wait.
20:26Asha cancelled the marriage deal for some poor college girl.
20:31I know.
20:33Ambrosia.
20:34My family has searched for her for 300 years.
20:37Is your family cursed too?
20:41Same curse.
20:42Same bloodline.
20:44We split 600 years ago.
20:46They bear black thorn marks.
20:47We bear frost.
20:49Same cure.
20:51Ambrosia.
20:52So you need her too?
20:53More than that.
20:55The curse only breaks with both families' heirs.
20:57They only have half the codex.
21:00I leave for New York the day after tomorrow.
21:02You get me close to her, I get Ashen back for you.
21:05She's just some nobody.
21:07If you want her, why not just take her?
21:10If she's forced, it won't work.
21:12It has to be her choice.
21:13So she has to leave Black Throne on her own.
21:16You drive them apart.
21:18I'll be there to catch her.
21:28You look like you need something sweet.
21:36I didn't order this.
21:38It's on me.
21:39I'm Sebastian.
21:40Just got in from London.
21:42Mind if I sit?
21:43I'm a fragrance chemist at Oxford.
21:47Your scent's unusual.
21:49Vanilla and peach.
21:51But the base has this warmth I can't quite place.
21:56You can smell that?
21:57Relax.
21:58I've studied natural human scent for 15 years.
22:01It's extremely rare.
22:02Only three documented cases.
22:04A scientist studying scent?
22:06A scientist who's very curious about your scent.
22:09Maybe we could be friends.
22:23Who is this guy?
22:25Facial recognition, got nothing.
22:27His identity's been scrubbed.
22:28Bring in team four.
22:30Starting tonight, her detail goes from four guards to twelve.
22:33Master, isn't that a bit...
22:37A man with a scrubbed identity just happens to sit across from her.
22:41You buy that?
22:46Asher, someone's getting close to her.
22:48I can't control it right now.
23:14I can't control it right now.
23:25your marks run deeper than theirs
23:27why join special forces at 17
23:29every op the curse spread faster
23:31they came back with medals i came back
23:33with more marks this one was afghanistan
23:35they got the bullet out not the curse
23:37does it hurt
23:39not now never feared dying
23:41nearly died twice out there but no
23:44i'm afraid afraid of what
23:45that you'll do the ritual to save us
23:47chloe if it comes to that
23:49choose yourself it marks them what you die
23:51for me
23:55this time it felt different
23:59three seconds completely gone
24:01your power is getting stronger
24:03master chiron
24:05the team cracked the first page of volume 7
24:09only the destined queen can end it
24:11draw all three heirs curse then burn it
24:13with the crown
24:14the price is
24:18keep going
24:19queen's entire life force but
24:21if all three heirs give 10 years with
24:24120 seconds before her life force fades
24:26she can be revived same only
24:2810 years each
24:29for one life
24:31worth it
24:32you don't get a say in this we've already
24:34decided
24:35wait ashla you're 30 10 years off that
24:37you'd only make it better than dead now
24:39still two pages left the oxford team
24:41needs at least two more weeks
24:42pay more 10 times more i want it done in a week
24:45yes your grace
24:46120 seconds what if one of you hesitates
24:53we won't
24:56they're decoding volume 7 once the ritual's done i'm finished if asher dies i lose everything
25:03i won't be replaced
25:05then we move before the ritual
25:08frost thorn extract
25:09if this touches an ambrosia carrier's skin it seals her scent for 48 hours
25:1348 hours and after that
25:15while it's sealed their curse marks flare unquatched
25:18in 48 hours they'll reach the heart
25:20then they have two choices
25:22do the ritual and let her die
25:23or hand her over
25:24i can buy time
25:26either way she's mine
25:28what about me
25:29once asher loses the cure
25:31he'll be weak
25:32a weak man always needs someone beside him
25:35that's your chance
25:37my couture shows at the met in two weeks
25:40this year's theme is
25:42curse and redemption
25:43is it about your curse
25:45no
25:45it's about you
25:46all 36 looks were inspired by you
25:51you're my ultimate muse
25:52and i want you to walk the final look yourself
25:55me
25:56i can barely walk in these things
25:59in my designs you don't need to walk
26:02you just stand there and take everyone's breath away
26:09put it on
26:11this is a little too
26:16ezra
26:17ezra i'll do it myself
26:22chloe
26:24when you wear this dress
26:25my curse marks feigned three times faster
26:28you're my finest creation
26:32she can model in your show
26:33but i'll be at every fitting from now on
26:36asher you know nothing about fashion
26:38i know her body better than anyone
26:40what stays covered what doesn't
26:42that's my call
26:48why are you suddenly going through your mum's things
26:51i need to know if she was
26:54like me
27:10what is it sweetheart
27:11edward blackthrown
27:13he's asher's father
27:18my mother's name was elaine
27:19she was the last ambrosia carrier
27:21it's all in this diary
27:26i've waited 21 years for this day
27:28edward imprisoned her for three years
27:30used her like a drug
27:31she escaped pregnant
27:32he hunted her down
27:33she died when i was six
27:34your family killed my mom
27:35and now you want to use me the same way
27:37edward used your mother like a tool
27:39not a person
27:40that was his greatest sin
27:41he paid for it with his life
27:43and your sons
27:44how are they any different
27:45they locked me in that estate
27:46and won't let me leave
27:47edward didn't care if she lived or died
27:49my sons would sooner die
27:51than let you do that ritual
27:52same thing
28:04how long were you standing out there
28:05all of it
28:08you knew what your father did didn't you
28:12i was eight
28:13he locked her underground
28:15she was screaming
28:15he called it treatment
28:17later i found out
28:19she was your mother
28:20you knew you've always known
28:22chloe i knew her
28:22i didn't know you were her daughter
28:23the codex only described ambrosia
28:25no names no photos
28:26but you used the same methods he did
28:28big money
28:29a locked estate
28:30no way out
28:31my father never took a hit for her
28:32never dressed her in couture
28:33never stood before her
28:34and admitted he was afraid
28:35i'm risking everything to find another way
28:36hate my father all you want
28:37but don't put his sins on me
28:39i need time
28:49you look like you're having a rough day
28:51i just found out my employer's family may have killed my mom
28:54what do you think
28:56want to talk about it
28:57sometimes it's easier with a stranger
28:58it's a family
28:59very wealthy
29:00i work for them
29:00they need me
29:01for something
29:02i don't fully understand
29:03but they also keep me close
29:04don't really let me leave
29:05but sometimes i just don't know
29:06stuck with a family that needs you to survive
29:08you just don't know if it's love
29:09or if you're just the cure
29:12you're right
29:12i don't know
29:13chloe if someone loved you
29:15they'd give you a choice
29:15they wouldn't keep trapping you
29:19here's my private number
29:22if you ever need someone outside all this
29:24call me
29:30that's him
29:31same guy from the school
29:33run a full id check
29:34i want everything on him
29:35copy
29:42we ran the global databases three times
29:44this man does not exist
29:45the card he gave chloe
29:47says sebastian reed
29:48oxford university
29:49contacted oxford
29:50no such person in that department
29:52no identity
29:53no record
29:54runs into chloe twice
29:56that's not coincidence
29:58he's moving on her
29:59do we take him
30:00no
30:00that kind of clean white
30:01needs serious backing
30:03we watch him first
30:04find out who's working for
30:06your grace
30:07one more possibility
30:08an old record
30:09thirty years ago
30:10a branch was cast out of the family
30:12the thornhields
30:13thornhield
30:14my grandfather erased them from the family
30:15why
30:16the file is sealed at the highest level
30:18i don't have access
30:19only the head of the family can open it
30:20open it
30:22thornhields split from us
30:23six hundred years ago
30:24same blood
30:25same curse
30:27they bear froststone
30:28and grandfather cast them out
30:30so this sebastian
30:31he's one of the thornhields
30:32and he's after chloe
30:33from now on
30:34chloe's security is at the highest level
30:36twelve guards
30:37three shifts
30:38around the clock
30:39kieran
30:39you lead it yourself
30:41and that man
30:42find him
30:43but don't touch him yet
30:44i want to know exactly
30:45what thornhield has left
30:46then we wipe them out
30:47in one move
30:48how sure are you going to tell her
30:50he's shaken off
30:51by what she learned about our father
30:53tell her and other families
30:54after her and you'll break
30:55stop them first
30:57the more secrets you keep
30:59the deeper the rift gets
31:22final look
31:23only i get to dress you for this one
31:24this is even more
31:26revealing than before
31:28more beautiful
31:29because i added one last detail
31:32ezra
31:37i've designed a thousand dresses
31:39this is the only one i made
31:41with my hands shaking
31:43when you step out
31:44the world wants your name
31:46but only we know you
31:47and what you truly are
31:50five minutes of preparation
31:51for the show
32:02enjoy your last night
32:03in the spotlight
32:04you little nobody
32:05enjoy your last night
33:02i'm so sorry
33:05i'm fine
33:07really
33:23her scent is gone
33:24all units lock down the venue
33:26find the woman in the black suit
33:28move
33:28someone tampered with her
33:30get her out of here
33:32now
33:37your scent's been sealed
33:39don't talk
33:40hold on
33:41hold on
33:41hold on
33:44hold on
33:45hold on
33:45hold on
33:45hold on
33:47hold on
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