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00:00Daughter of the Lord, bloodline awakened, heir to the throne, glory to the soulless lamb, a gift from Hekmy well
00:08-deserved.
00:11Give me a red wine.
00:20The wine you asked for.
00:27You walk in here while he is clearly occupied?
00:31Are you blind or just stupid?
00:39Then Lord Rowan can pour his own wine.
00:42What did you just...
00:43Did you call him by his name?
00:45You address him as my lord, you disrespectful little twat!
00:53That is enough, Isolette.
00:56Know your place, Zahra.
00:58You have no house, no bloodline, nowhere you're in this realm that would take you in.
01:03I will leave then.
01:04I will go rogue before I die.
01:07You have no soul power yet.
01:10Until you do, you belong to this house.
01:13You belong to me.
01:18Come to my study once you have cleaned this up.
01:29Fifteen years with not a single confirmed trace of my daughter.
01:33What more do you need, Lord Blackwell?
01:36I hear you, Lord Cassian.
01:38But murder and abduction require proof.
01:41The other houses will not move against Greth without it.
01:44House Greth attacked House Solani fifteen years ago.
01:47My daughter vanished the same night.
01:49I know what happened to her.
01:52Her body was never found, Lord Blackwell.
01:54In fifteen years, no body.
01:57What does that tell you?
01:59Or do you just not want to hear it?
02:03You are the only one with the power and the standing to help us.
02:07You have to help me avenge my daughter.
02:15Clotha, Laxius, Hekma, if any of you are listening, please, tomorrow, give me my soul power when I turn eighteen.
02:24Set me free.
02:25We will live simply.
02:27In the woods if we have to.
02:28We will hunt for what we need.
02:30We will need nothing from anyone in this house ever again.
02:35I will attend Rowan Greth's feast tomorrow.
02:38Whatever is inside that castle, I will find it.
02:42You have my word.
02:46I will pull everything we have on the Gretheth attack on House Selenen.
02:50Every record.
02:53Every body.
02:55Body that was not found.
02:57Do it.
03:00Zara Saloni's body was never found.
03:03I suspect she is not dead.
03:25You're a fast learner, my lady.
03:33Zara Saloni's body was never found.
03:34I suspect she is not dead.
03:48Rowan, you asked to see me.
03:50What is she doing here?
03:52Was she watching us?
03:54You will address me as my lord.
04:03If you walk in here without knocking again, I will make sure you cannot walk at all.
04:10Isolid, leave us.
04:13Excuse me?
04:14I said, leave us.
04:25How long have you lived here at House Greth?
04:28Almost 15 years.
04:30Have we ever let you go hungry?
04:33Cold?
04:35Without shelter?
04:37No.
04:38What are you trying to say?
04:43Are you jealous?
04:44Is that what this is?
04:47You wish you were the one I was fucking?
04:49You disgust me.
04:50What?
04:51I am not jealous.
04:53I am disgusted.
04:55And you are not my lord.
04:57The only L word that fits you is low life.
05:01My lord.
05:02Lord Theron Blackwell of House Blackwell has confirmed his attendance at tomorrow's feast.
05:10Theron Blackwell is coming here?
05:12I only sent that invitation out of courtesy.
05:14Why now?
05:14What does he want?
05:15My lord.
05:16I believe it signals respect.
05:18If Theron attends, the other houses will follow.
05:20It confirms our standing.
05:21You think so?
05:22He must know House Greth is the second house in the realm.
05:24He is acknowledging the threat.
05:29Since you find this so amusing,
05:31you will prepare and serve the entire feast,
05:34beginning to end.
05:36Tomorrow is my 18th birthday.
05:38You promised me a day's rest.
05:40I changed my mind.
05:51Does Zada know
05:52the cloth I wove her to you?
05:57Do not ever mention again.
06:02I...
06:03Forgive me, my lord.
06:05It only seemed as though you two were...
06:10We are nothing.
06:12She is a servant.
06:14An orphan.
06:15I do not know why the Moray goddesses chose her for me,
06:18and I do not care.
06:20I will not accept it.
06:23What do you plan to do with her?
06:25Once she turns 18 tomorrow,
06:27her soul power will awaken.
06:28She will feel the fated between us the moment it does.
06:31I will sever it publicly,
06:33in front of the entire feast.
06:34Severing a threat decreed by the Morayas
06:36is not a simple act, my lord.
06:38Clothra herself spun it under the...
06:39I do not care.
06:40You are dismissed.
06:48Dammit, Zara.
07:16I will not be bringing a companion.
07:18My lord,
07:19if Housegreath discovers you are still unwavered at your age,
07:22they will question your standard.
07:23They will use it against you at the feast.
07:25Let them.
07:25I am Theron Blackwaite.
07:30Let's hope she is there.
07:32Whoever she is.
07:40My lord.
07:41Those burns.
07:42Are those...
07:43Jade Hog.
07:44Yes.
07:45Inside the estate?
07:46How did it get past the...
07:47It was tracking something.
07:49A soul whose suppression is breaking.
07:52Something it could smell from a long distance.
07:59The trail leads toward Housegreath territory.
08:02Lord Cassian's daughter.
08:04Have the carriage ready at dawn.
08:06Sauron.
08:07Tell no one about the burns.
08:24Happy birthday to me.
08:26Happy birthday, Zara.
08:29Who is there?
08:31It is me, Lara.
08:33I am your divine gift, Zara.
08:35Hecate's gift.
08:36The one they sealed away when you were a child.
08:39I have been here the entire time.
08:41They simply would not let me speak.
08:43Hecate's gift.
08:45You are Hecate's gift.
08:46It is very good to finally meet you.
08:48And there is something I need to tell you.
08:50About the one the Moiri decried for us.
08:52The one Clothra wove into your threadhead at birth.
08:54Clothra wove a thread for me?
08:55Yes.
08:56The one she decreed for us.
08:57He is here.
08:58He has always been here.
09:00In this castle.
09:02Who?
09:02Roan Greth.
09:03Lord of this house.
09:05Clothra wove you for him at birth.
09:07He has known since before you did.
09:31He is coming.
09:32I can feel him approaching.
09:34Zara, when you see the thread, do not let it show on your face.
09:53So, Hector finally broke the seal.
09:56You knew.
09:58This whole time you knew what Clothra decreed and you said nothing.
10:02So what?
10:02You are a servant.
10:04A casteless orphan.
10:05You have no house.
10:07No bloodline.
10:07Nothing.
10:09What Clothra decreed does not change what you are.
10:12I defy the decree, Zara.
10:26If you beg, perhaps I will reconsider.
10:31I accept your defiance, Rowan.
10:35What?
10:39The thread is gone.
10:41So are we.
10:42Clothra does not weave a second thread for the same person.
10:45You will live and die casteless.
10:47So be it.
10:48Pack what you have tonight.
10:50After today, I do not want to see you in this castle again.
10:52I have been waiting years for you to say that, Rowan.
10:59You are allowed to feel it, Zara, what he did this morning.
11:04I just need to get through this feast.
11:09There is someone coming tonight.
11:10I can feel a presence in the road.
11:13Something old.
11:14Something that knows Hector's gift from a distance.
11:16Everything can wait until after the feast.
11:25The carers were in this tree line last night.
11:28How close?
11:29Close enough to leave tribute at the window.
11:32Someone inside that castle has been paying them to stay back.
11:35Paying the carers to stay back from whom?
11:45Hector's bloodline in Inside House Greth.
12:12Lord Blackwit, what a pleasure.
12:14I hope the road treated you well.
12:15Our castle sits deep in the forest.
12:17Not the easiest journey.
12:18Lord Rowan built House Greth Castle from the foundations up.
12:22It is everything a great house should be.
12:24Hmm.
12:25A gift from House Blackwit, Lord Greth.
12:28In honor of tomorrow's betrothal.
12:31Lord Blackwit, this is far too generous.
12:34We could not possibly...
12:36Pocket change, shall we?
12:41What do you think you are doing?
12:43Do not embarrass me.
12:47I saw a servant girl at the rest-use pile.
12:51Find out who she is.
12:53How she came from.
12:54How long she has been here.
12:56Everything.
12:57And the carers were paying her the kind of attention they paid...
12:59I know, Sorin.
13:00Find out who she is.
13:01Tonight.
13:02Before the feast ends.
13:10Lord Blackwit, I have always admired what House Blackwit has built in the Northern Territory.
13:15The estate, the trade routes.
13:17I feel we share very similar tastes in what a great house should be.
13:20Isoleth.
13:21Zara.
13:22Wine.
13:24We have an important guest.
13:26Lord Blackwell of House Blackwell.
13:29Show some respect.
13:31What are you waiting for?
13:33We have an important guest.
13:34This is Lord Theron Blackwell of House Blackwell.
13:37Show some respect.
13:39I need to step out a moment, my lord.
13:47Excuse me.
13:48Where are you going with that?
13:51I am trying to wash.
13:53Wash?
13:54You call that washing?
13:56Can you just leave me alone?
13:58Please.
13:59I am not even supposed to be talking to you.
14:01I just want to know your name.
14:04Please.
14:05It's my 18th birthday today.
14:06Just do not make this worse.
14:12It is her birthday.
14:14Lord Blackliffe is going to want to know that.
14:17I noticed you came alone, Lord Blackwell.
14:20No companion for the feast.
14:22Is there no one who has caught your interest?
14:24I hear House Blackwell has no shortage of fine houses seeking alliance.
14:29There is someone.
14:31Is that so?
14:34Well, we have some of the finest bloodlines in the realm here tonight.
14:39Lady Maron of House Vale.
14:41Strong covenant line.
14:43Excellent standing.
14:44Lady Maron.
14:45Lord Blackwet of House Blackwet.
14:47She has good bloodline.
14:49And, well...
14:51If Lady Maron is not to your pace, take your pick of any house here tonight.
14:55This is the finest gathering in the realm this season.
14:58There is someone, actually.
15:00Oh?
15:01Who is the lucky lady?
15:02That servant girl.
15:04From earlier.
15:05The one who poured the wine.
15:09You cannot be serious, Lord Blackwell.
15:12She is a costless servant with no house name.
15:16Whatever interest you have.
15:19Surely one of the noble daughters here tonight would serve you far better.
15:22I am not interested in the noble daughters.
15:25She does not even bathe properly.
15:27She has no access to moods a lot of...
15:29Is that something she chooses?
15:31Or something she is not permitted?
15:36Send her to my guest room.
15:38I would like to speak with her.
15:41That is not going to...
15:44Of course.
15:46We will send her up.
16:01Well, it seems you have admirers.
16:04Lord Blackwell has requested your company in his guest room this evening.
16:10For some reason, Lord Blackwell wants you for the evening.
16:13No idea why.
16:16What are you talking about?
16:20Please do not wear that.
16:23Consider it a parting gift.
16:25I heard Rowan sent you away.
16:28Finally.
16:30Lord Blackmet's guest room.
16:32To the right at the end of the upper corridor.
16:33Do not disappoint him.
16:35I am not going.
16:36Why not?
16:37Does he not interest you?
16:38I do not know him.
16:39And Clothie does not weave second threads.
16:41You said so yourself.
16:42Clothie does not weave the same thread twice.
16:44But she weaves more than one kind.
16:47Go and see for yourself.
16:49And Zara.
16:51Please.
16:52Change your dress.
17:22Watch your dress.
17:28Theola, Lord Blackwet.
17:31What did you just call me?
17:34Rowan!
17:35Isileth sent me to the wrong room.
17:37She did this deliberately.
17:49Zara!
17:52What in the name of the gods?
17:55What do you think you are doing with my betrothed?
17:57You castless little witch!
18:03She came to seduce my betrothed.
18:05In his own room.
18:07Look at what she is wearing.
18:09You put me in this dress.
18:11You sent me to this room.
18:12You told me it was Lord Blackwell's...
18:15You lying.
18:16Do not touch her.
18:22If you lay another hand on her, I will make certain you regret it for the rest of your days.
18:37Blackwell, this is my castle.
18:39My house!
18:40You do not...
18:42She is with me now.
18:43Come.
18:53How is your face?
18:55It is fine.
18:56I am used to it.
18:58Why do you let them do that?
19:00In case you have not noticed, I am not exactly in a position of power here.
19:05So, this is the castless servant of House Greth, with an attitude.
19:11Thank you for what you did back there.
19:12You do not have to.
19:14I am leaving this house tonight.
19:15Release me.
19:16You are aware I am Lord of Shouse Blackwell, the more powerful house in Orvran.
19:22I am.
19:23Which is exactly why you would not want someone like me.
19:27No house, no bloodline.
19:29What is your name?
19:31Zara.
19:32Just Zara.
19:34I do not remember my house name.
19:36My parents died when I was small.
19:38House Greth took me in.
19:40You are with me now, Zara.
19:41You do not have to go anywhere tonight.
19:44Or at all.
19:56Happy birthday.
20:00This is my castle.
20:02My territory.
20:04Step aside.
20:05Lord Blackwell has requested privacy.
20:07I cannot allow entry.
20:08You cannot allow.
20:09I am Lord of this house.
20:10I could have you removed from this castle entirely.
20:13The accord between houses expires soon, my lord.
20:16You would not want to offend Lord Blackwell over a servant.
20:19There is no way a lord like Theron Blackwell accepts someone like her.
20:23She has nothing.
20:25She is nothing.
20:26Zara is not nothing, my lord.
20:28She is Lord Blackwell's guest.
20:35Why do you care so much about her?
20:37She is irrelevant.
20:38She is nothing.
20:39I do not want to talk about it.
20:41I imagine she is doing everything she can to please Lord Blackwell right now.
20:45That shameless, castless wench.
20:47I said I do not want to talk about it.
20:53Zara.
20:55Did you just call me Zara?
20:59What?
20:59You are being paranoid.
21:01Paranoid.
21:02I am paranoid.
21:03I knew it.
21:04I have always known it.
21:06It was always about her.
21:08Always Zara.
21:10Did you ever even care about me?
21:12What am I to you?
21:14What have I ever been?
21:15You are right.
21:16He cannot have her.
21:18What?
21:19Are you serious right now?
21:21I am talking to you!
21:23Rowan!
21:24Do not you dare leave me here!
21:32Lord Rowan insists on seeing Zara.
21:34He says it is urgent.
21:37You do not have to go.
21:41I should.
21:42I want to end this properly.
21:50What do you want, Rowan?
21:52You cannot go with Theron Blackneck.
21:53You do not even know him.
21:55Clotha decreed him for me.
21:57I am your decree.
21:59Zara, do not leave.
22:02I know things between us have been...
22:03Things between us?
22:04There were no things between us, Rowan.
22:06For 15 years you treated me like a servant.
22:09You watched Isolde abuse me and you said nothing.
22:11You kept Hekti's seal on me so I would never know who I was.
22:14And then you broke Clotha's thread.
22:16You rejected me, Rowan.
22:17Your words to the gods.
22:19I will marry Isolde.
22:20The betrothal is too far along to break.
22:23But I can move you somewhere safe.
22:25A house of your own.
22:26You would want for nothing.
22:27You do not have to go to Blackwick.
22:28You do not have to...
22:29What are you trying to say to me right now?
22:30Are you telling me you want me to be your kept secret?
22:33The other woman while you marry Isolde?
22:35I came to say goodbye, Rowan.
22:37That is all this is.
22:40Zara, I have always loved you.
22:43What?
22:45I said I love you.
22:46Do you hear me?
22:47You cannot treat someone like nothing for 50 years and then tell them you love you.
22:51That is not love.
22:52Let me go!
22:53I told you I am willing to work something out.
22:55What more could you possibly want from me?
22:57This is how you show love?
22:58I do not want it.
22:59Let me go!
22:59Stop pretending.
23:01You think I do not know?
23:02You disobeyed me.
23:03Gave me that attitude every day to get my attention.
23:06You have it.
23:07Just stay and we can...
23:08I never wanted your attention.
23:09I never wanted any of this.
23:10Let me go!
23:14We are leaving.
23:15Now.
23:17What about my things?
23:19I have everything you will ever need.
23:40You will have your own rooms at House Blackneck.
23:43Tomorrow I can arrange for whatever you need.
23:46Clothing, anything you want.
23:48We can send for.
23:49Is that a village?
23:50The market town of Veld.
23:52Three leagues from Greth territory.
23:55A market town.
23:59We will sort out the council inquiry tomorrow.
24:02Lord Cassian will want to move quickly once.
24:06Forgive me.
24:08What were you saying?
24:08I have never even seen anything beyond the castle walls.
24:14Call me Theron.
24:18Take the long road through Veld.
24:20We are not going home yet.
24:33Zara.
24:34Zara.
24:34This house.
24:35It knows us.
24:36Hectala and Niamh have walked the same road since before mortals had names for either of them.
24:41This is a safe place.
24:43The shadows.
24:45They are moving.
24:48They are the nextborn.
24:49They guard this house.
24:50They will not harm you.
24:52They are alive?
24:53They are older than alive.
24:55They have been here since Nyx first made her covenant with my bloodline.
25:03They have never done that before.
25:04They recognize Hecate's gift.
25:07They are saying hello.
25:14I want the girl.
25:16Send her out.
25:17She is a guest of House Blacknickth.
25:19She leaves when she chooses.
25:21Open the gate, Zorin.
25:22Last time I ask.
25:24No.
25:26No.
25:27No.
25:28No.
25:29No.
25:29No.
25:30No.
25:30No.
25:30No.
25:31No.
25:31No.
25:31No.
25:31No.
25:31No.
25:32No.
25:32No.
25:32No.
25:32No.
25:34No.
25:34No.
25:35No.
25:37No.
25:37You brought hollow men to my house.
25:39You broke my gate.
25:41Think very carefully about what you do next.
25:44The girl is a servant of my house.
25:46She is not yours to keep.
25:48Give me the girl and I walk away.
25:50She is not a servant of your house.
25:52She never was.
25:54And I think you have always known that.
26:05She is not a servant of my house.
26:08She is away.
26:29Stand down.
26:34This isn't over, Blackwick. Send a raven next time, like a lord.
26:41Rowan.
26:49I know about the attack on House Saluni. I know you sealed a three-year-old child and kept her
26:53hidden for 50 years, and I know Clotha with thread for her, and you threw it away.
26:57Atrotus is watching you. You defied the Moraes, buried Hecathur's bloodline, and destroyed an
27:01entire house. The gods don't forget that, and neither do I. You read my ring without
27:06permission. That is a violation of the accord between houses.
27:16Do not go out there, Zara. Rowan's RS gift is not controlled when he is this angry. He would not
27:23mean to, but he could drain you through the seal fractures. The cracks make you vulnerable.
27:29I am not afraid of him.
27:30I know, but the seal is not fully broken yet. Until it is, stay inside this house. The
27:38Nyxbourne will not let him pass the gate.
27:41What happened at the gate?
27:42He backed down, for now, but he will move against you, soon. Rowan does not accept losses.
27:48What does he want from me? He defied the decree himself. He sent me away. What is there left
27:53to take?
27:54He does not want you. He wants to make certain no one else has you. There is a difference.
27:58Your name is not just Zara. Your full name is Zara Selene. Daughter of Lord Cassiel
28:03Solene and Lady Neva Solene of House Solene.
28:06That is not possible. My parents died when I...
28:10They did not die.
28:13House Greth attacked House Solene 15 years ago. Your parents survived. You were taken in the
28:18chaos. Either by Greth soldiers, or hidden here afterward. Your parents have been searching
28:23for you ever since.
28:24My parents are alive?
28:26Yes. I met with them two days ago. Your father sat across a desk from me, and told me 15
28:31years
28:32of searching. Your mother has not stopped looking since the night you disappeared.
28:36Aos Solene. Hector's Covenant.
28:39Yes. Your bloodline carries Hector's gift. Soul Sight. The ability to see the complete truth
28:44of any person, rarest gift in Arvarin. It is why the Covenant Seal was placed on you
28:47as a child. To keep Hector's gift buried. To keep you buried.
28:53Why are you doing this?
28:54I gave your father, Lord Cassian, my word.
28:56That is not what I mean. You came to that feast looking for something. You saw me, and
28:59you spent the rest of the night trying to find out who I was, why.
29:02The Shadehound tracks in my study led to House Greth territory. The Keris retreating when
29:05I arrived. The pieces were already there.
29:07That is still not what I mean.
29:10My gift responded to you at the gate before I knew who you were. That does not happen.
29:15Not to me.
29:16Lyra said Clothed are weaves more than one kind of thread.
29:18Yes. She does.
29:40Lord Cassian. I said I would find her.
29:49You have her eyes. Your mother's eyes, exactly.
30:00I did not know you were alive. They told me. I thought...
30:03I know. I know what they told you.
30:05I prayed. For years I prayed. I did not know who I was praying to. I called her Hectith.
30:12I just prayed that someone was listening.
30:13Hector was listening. She always was.
30:16I never stopped looking for you. Not one day. Not one hour.
30:27You were three years old. The night they came.
30:31House Greth attacked at the third bell of night. No warning. No declaration. Just Greth's
30:36soldiers at our walls. They knew exactly what they wanted.
30:40Hectata's covenant had just passed to you at birth. House Solane with a newborn heir carrying
30:44the full force of soul sight that terrified them. You would have been the most powerful
30:48voice at any council table in Auron.
30:51So they took me instead of killing me.
30:53They put the covenant seal on you that same night. And they kept you where they could watch
30:58you and where the seal would never break. Surrounded by Rowan Zara's gift. Pressing the
31:02seal down every day simply by existing near you.
31:05I am Clotha's decree. Rowan was woven for me at birth. He knew if the thread appeared
31:11he could not hide who I was any longer.
31:13Which is why he defied it immediately. Better to pay the cost of defying the Moirai than to
31:19let you know who you were.
31:21He was afraid of me.
31:26His entire house has been afraid of you since the night you were born.
31:33The seal will fully break within days. Once Hectata's gift is free in her. See through
31:39every lie in this realm. She will see what we did to her family. She will be able to prove
31:44it at council.
31:45Then we stop it before it breaks.
31:47The seal is too far gone. Rowan's suppression cannot close those fractures. Hector is driving
31:51them open from the divine side. There is only one thing that stops Hecta's gift once it starts.
31:55Voidban.
31:56Voidban severs the covenant permanently. Hecta's gift gone from her bloodline entirely. Gone.
32:02I know someone who can get it.
32:08Get it.
32:14How does it work?
32:16One touch to bare skin. The poison enters through contact. It reaches the covenant connection
32:21in the blood within one hour. After that, the gift is gone. The bloodline's covenant with
32:26Hecta dissolves permanently, as if the original bargain was never made. If I use it on her,
32:31what happens?
32:32She lives. She simply becomes ordinary.
32:49Good morning.
32:50Good morning.
32:51This was always your room. We never changed it.
33:01Tell me what Lyra says your gift does, in full.
33:04Soul sight. Hecta's gift. I can see the complete truth of any person. What they intend, what they
33:10hide, what they have done. No lie survives it. In its full form, Lyra says I can read an entire
33:15room simultaneously.
33:17Can you use it now?
33:18Not yet. The seal is still there. Most of it. Lyra says when it fully breaks, the gift will arrive
33:23all at once. She says it will be overwhelming. At first...
33:27When it does, you will be able to see the truth of everyone around you. Including me.
33:32Does that concern you?
33:33No.
33:35Zara. The warmth between you. That is real. Clothy wove it differently this time. It will
33:40not collapse if defied. It only grows.
33:43Not yet. What? Nothing. Lyra talks a great deal.
33:49Rowan demands we surrender Zara to House Graith, custody within three days. Or he declares
33:56inter-house conflict.
34:01He cannot declare conflict against both our houses. House Selene and House Blackwell together
34:06outrank him at every council. He does not need to win the conflict. He only needs to create
34:11enough chaos that the other houses look away while he moves against Zara directly.
34:17He is not going to wait for the council. He is going to move before the seal breaks.
34:22Lord Cassian, can you call the council? Formally. Openly. Before Rowan moves first.
34:33I can. But if Rowan has something that can stop the seal breaking before the council convenes.
34:39Do not let anyone you do not trust come near your wrist. Not until the seal is fully gone.
34:57Do not let anyone you do not trust me.
34:5815 years ago, House Graith attacked House Selene without declaration, without cause,
35:02and without consequence. My door three years old was taken that same night. A covenant seal placed
35:07on a child of Hecate's bloodline to suppress her divine gift. She was kept as a servant in House Graith
35:12for 15 years. I am asking this council to answer for what was done. House Graith denies every
35:17accusation. The girl in question was an orphan found wandering near our territory. We took her
35:22in out of charity. The covenant seal was placed for her own protection. Her gift was unstable.
35:28Lord Cassian has no proof of anything he has claimed. Furthermore, this girl has no documented bloodline.
35:34No House Solene birth record survives the attack on their estate. Lord Cassian is asking the council to
35:40accept the word of a castless servant over the standing of House Graith. I have proof.
35:47When Ronan showed up to my house, I used my gift and read his ring. What I found wasn't pretty.
35:5215 years of deliberate moves against House Solene. The attack, taking the child, locking Hectima's gift
35:57inside her with that seal. All of it. That ring has witnessed everything. He read my ring without permission.
36:03Article 7 of the Accord permits a reading of House Insignia when a missing heir is involved.
36:07That itself is a violation of the Accord. Everything he claims to have read is
36:10inadmissible. Zahra Solene is a missing heir. Her father sits at this table.
36:24Zahra, left side. Now!
36:33Zahra, fight it. Do not let it reach the Covenant. Do not.
36:48What did you give her?
36:50Nothing that was not necessary.
36:56Zahra? Zahra! Zahra!
37:00Zahra, Hectiet is here. She is fighting it. Hold on.
37:28This is what you were born for, Zahra Solenia.
37:32Now let them see you.
37:36Welcome home.
37:40I don't know.
38:31I don't know.
38:37You accepted payment from House Grief six years ago in exchange for blocking House Selene's petition to this council.
38:44You told your household it was a trade agreement.
38:47I am not here to expose every secret in this room.
38:49I am here to confirm one thing.
38:52Everything Lord Blackwell told this council is true.
38:54I can see it in every person who was present at House Grief during the years they kept me.
38:58Every action.
38:59Every decision.
39:01Every order given.
39:03This council will not accept the testimony of a girl who just had a vow pressed to her wrist.
39:07She is clearly...
39:08Sit down, Rowan.
39:19Rowan, you lost.
39:21Accept the judgment of the council for the mistakes you have made.
39:29You're done, Rowan.
39:31Look around you.
39:32I'm not done until I say I'm done!
39:34miniscule!
39:34No!
39:40No.
39:43No.
39:52No.
40:07It is over, Rowan.
40:14You went to a crossroads at night.
40:17You took something from Hades Domain.
40:19Don't.
40:20You pressed it against my wrist in front of this.
40:23Entire council and watched me go down.
40:26You tried to kill a divine gift.
40:29In neutral land.
40:30In front of eight houses sit in the room.
40:33Every lord hearing it clearly.
40:34I protected my house.
40:37What she would have done with that gift, I can see every lie you've ever told.
40:41Don't try another one.
40:42I move that House Crane be held responsible for the attempted use of Hades-sourced poison on a divine heir
40:46in neutral ground.
40:48Isalte Crane to be stripped of her house title and remanded to council custody pending full judgment.
40:52You cannot.
40:53I am the daughter of House Crane.
40:55My father will-
40:56Your father is not in this room.
40:57Rowan.
40:58Rowan, tell them.
40:59Tell them I did it for us.
41:01For the house.
41:02You told me to get it.
41:03You said, get it!
41:06You're not going to say anything, are you?
41:11I did everything for you.
41:13Every single thing.
41:15The room.
41:17The vial.
41:20Fifteen years of watching you look at her instead of me and I said nothing.
41:23I did everything you needed and you won't even-
41:26I loved you.
41:28That was real.
41:29Even if nothing else was.
41:44I want you to know something before you go.
41:47You spent fifteen years trying to stop this moment.
41:51And here we are anyway.
41:53What do you want, Zara?
41:54An apology?
41:55I want nothing from you.
41:56That is what I came to tell you.
41:58After everything you did, I feel nothing when I look at you.
42:05The council exiled him.
42:07He lost any powers he had.
42:17I do not know how to do this.
42:27Every single day.
42:29I said your name every single day so I would not forget the sound of it.
42:34So it would still be ready when you came back.
42:40Welcome home, Zara.
42:53You found her.
42:55You brought her home.
42:58House Barnett has House Solina's gratitude for what you did and I mean that without reservation.
43:03I did not come today for gratitude.
43:05No.
43:06I did not think so.
43:07What are your intentions toward my daughter, Lord Blackwell?
43:10Honorable ones, I want the right to court her.
43:11Properly, openly, with your knowledge and consent.
43:13Nothing hidden, nothing rushed.
43:14She has been kept hidden and castless for fifteen years.
43:16She has just received her full divine gift and learned who she is.
43:19She is not a prize to be collected, Lord Blackwell, by anyone.
43:21Including the man who helped find her.
43:23I know that.
43:24The decision is hers entirely.
43:25I am asking your permission to be considered, not your permission to decide for her.
43:29She already knows you came.
43:31She saw it in your face the moment you arrived.
43:33I am aware of that.
43:34Good.
43:34Then there is no point pretending this conversation is a secret.
43:46I spoke with your father.
43:48I know.
43:48I saw it in your face before you said a word.
43:50Is that going to be a permanent condition?
43:52Reading everything before anyone speaks?
43:54Yes.
43:56Good.
43:59In the Accord Hall, when you read me, what did you see?
44:03Everything you have done.
44:04Everything you intend.
44:06Everything you have been afraid to say out loud since the gate at House Greth.
44:10And?
44:10And nothing hidden.
44:12You are exactly what you appear to be.
44:14That is, rarer than you know.
44:16Do you see that?
44:20I see it.
44:22I told you.
44:23A decree of purpose.
44:25It only grows.
44:27So, what do we do with it?
44:29I have a few ideas.
44:31You are not as serious as you pretend to be.
44:33And you are not as unbothered as you pretend to be.
44:36I read you, you know.
44:38What am I supposed to do with it?
44:39I know.
44:42You were not afraid of that.
44:45I had nothing to hide.
44:54Lyra is going to be insufferable about this.
44:56I heard that.
44:58Come on.
44:59Your father is going to send someone to find us soon.
45:01Let him.
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