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00:00Daughter of the Lord, bloodline awakened, heir to the throne, glory to the soul and clan, a gift from Hekney
00:07well-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.
01:17Come 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?
01:35I hear you, Lord Cassian.
01:37But 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.
01:51Her 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.
02:23Set me free.
02:25We will live simply.
02:26In 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.
02:34I will attend Rowan Greth's feast tomorrow.
02:38Whatever is inside that castle, I will find it.
02:42You have my word.
02:45I 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 Salone's body was never found.
03:03I suspect she is not dead.
03:25You're a fast learner, my lady.
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.
04:54And you are not my lord.
04:56The 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.
05:17If Theron attends, the other houses will follow.
05:19It 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, you will prepare and serve the entire feast, beginning to end.
05:36Tomorrow is my 18th birthday.
05:38You promised me a day's rest.
05:40I changed my mind.
05:50Does Zada know the cloth I wove her to you?
05:57Do not ever mention again.
06:02I...
06:03Forgive me, my lord.
06:04It...
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, and I do not care.
06:20I will not accept it.
06:22What do you plan to do with her?
06:25Once she turns 18 tomorrow, her soul power will awaken.
06:28She will feel the fated between us the moment it does.
06:31I will sever it publicly, in front of the entire feast.
06:34Severing a threat decreed by the Morayas is not a simple act, my lord.
06:38Clothra herself spun it at her birth.
06:39I do not care.
06:40You are dismissed.
06:48Damn it, Zahra.
06:54Sorin, I need you to source a worthy gift for Lord Rowan Greth before tomorrow's feast.
06:58A gift?
06:59For Rowan Greth?
07:00Why would you...
07:01We keep our friends close, and our enemies closer.
07:04Yes, my lord.
07:05Daughters of allied houses, each one a strong political match.
07:09If you arrive at the feast with one of them on your arm, it sends a message.
07:13House Blackhead is building alliances, not just the enemy.
07:17I will not be bringing a companion.
07:18My lord, if House Greth discovers you are still unwavered at your age, they will question
07:22your stand, and they will use it against you at the feast.
07:24Let 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 House Greth 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.
08:44You 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 thread 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.
08:59In this castle.
09:01Who?
09:02Roan Greth, lord of this house.
09:05Clothra wove you for him in the 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.
10:01So what?
10:02You are a servant.
10:04A casteless orphan.
10:05You have no house.
10:06No 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.
11:01What he did this morning.
11:04I just need to get through this feast.
11:08There 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.
12:05Hector's bloodline in Inside House Greth.
12:11Lord 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, how she came from, how long she has been here, everything.
12:56And the carers were paying her the kind of attention they paid to...
12:59I know, Sauron.
13:00Find out who she is tonight, before 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, wine.
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.
13:36Show 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.
14:03Please.
14:04It'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?
14:25I hear House Blackwell has no shortage of fine houses seeking alliance.
14:29There is someone.
14:31Is that so?
14:35Well, we have some of the finest bloodlines in the realm here tonight.
14:39Lady Meryn of House Vale.
14:41Strong covenant line.
14:42Excellent standing.
14:44Lady Meryn, Lord Blackwet of House Blackwet.
14:47She has good bloodline.
14:49And, well, if Lady Meryn is not to your pace,
14:53take 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 castless 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 times.
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.
15:40That 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.
16:34I am not going.
16:36Why not?
16:36Does he not interest you?
16:38I do not know him.
16:39And Clothie does not weave second threads.
16:41You said so yourself.
16:42Clotha 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.
17:03Go and see for yourself.
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?
17:54What 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...
18:41She 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.
19:10Thank you for what you did back there.
19:12You do not have to.
19:13I am leaving this house tonight.
19:15Release me.
19:16You are aware I am Lord of Shouse Blackwell, the more powerful house in Orvran.
19:21I 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.
20:12The 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?
20:58What?
20:59You are being paranoid.
21:01Paranoid.
21:01I am paranoid.
21:03I knew it.
21:04I have always known it.
21:06It was always about her.
21:08Always Zara.
21:09Did you ever even care about me?
21:12What am I to you?
21:13What 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?
21:51You cannot go with Theron Blackneck.
21:53You do not even know him.
21:55Clotha decreed him for me.
21:56I am your decree.
21:59Zara.
22:00Do not leave.
22:01I know things between us have been...
22:03Things between us?
22:04There were no things between us, Rowan.
22:06For fifteen 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.
22:40I have always...
22:42Loved you.
22:43What?
22:45I said I love you.
22:46Do you hear me?
22:47You cannot treat someone like nothing for fifty 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, we can send for.
23:48Is 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.
24:07What were you saying?
24:08I have never even seen anything beyond the castle walls.
24:13Call me Theron.
24:18Take the long road through Veld.
24:19We are not going home yet.
24:33Zara.
24:33This house, it 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.
24:47They 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.
25:16She is a guest of House Blacknick.
25:19She leaves when she chooses.
25:21Open the gate, Zorin.
25:22Last time I ask.
25:24No.
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.
26:20What are you doing?
26:21What are you doing?
26:30Stand down.
26:34This isn't over, Blackweck.
26:36Send a raven next time.
26:38Like a lord.
26:41Rowan.
26:49I know about the attack on House Saluni.
26:51I know you sealed a three-year-old child and kept her hidden for fifty years.
26:54And I know Clotha with thread for her.
26:55And you threw it away.
26:57Atrotus is watching you.
26:58You defied the Moraes.
26:59Buried Hecathar's bloodline.
27:01And destroyed an entire house.
27:02The gods don't forget that.
27:03And neither do I.
27:04You read my ring without permission.
27:06That is a violation of the accord between houses.
27:15Do not go out there, Zara.
27:18Rowan's RS gift is not controlled when he is this angry.
27:22He would not mean to, but he could drain you through the seal fractures.
27:26The cracks make you vulnerable.
27:28I am not afraid of him.
27:30I know.
27:31But the seal is not fully broken yet.
27:34Until it is.
27:36Stay inside this house.
27:38The Nyxbourne will not let him pass the gate.
27:41What happened at the gate?
27:42He backed down.
27:43For now.
27:44But he will move against you.
27:46Soon.
27:47Rowan does not accept losses.
27:49What does he want from me?
27:50He defied the decree himself.
27:52He sent me away.
27:53What is there left to take?
27:54He does not want you.
27:55He wants to make certain no one else has you.
27:57There is a difference.
27:57Your name is not just Zara.
27:59Your full name is Zara Solene.
28:01Daughter of Lord Cassiel Solene and Lady Neva Solene of House Solene.
28:06That is not possible.
28:08My parents died when I...
28:10They did not die.
28:13House Greth attacked House Solene 15 years ago.
28:16Your parents survived.
28:17You were taken in the chaos.
28:19Either by Greth soldiers or hidden here afterward.
28:22Your parents have been searching for you ever since.
28:24My parents are alive?
28:26Yes.
28:26I met with them two days ago.
28:28Your father sat across a desk from me and told me 15 years of searching.
28:33Your mother has not stopped looking since the night you disappeared.
28:36Absolutely.
28:37Hector's Covenant.
28:38Yes.
28:39Your bloodline carries Hector's gift.
28:42Soulsight.
28:42The ability to see the complete truth of any person.
28:44Rarest gift in Arvran.
28:45It is why the Covenant seal was placed on you as a child.
28:48To keep Hector's gift buried.
28:49To keep you buried.
28:52Why are you doing this?
28:54I gave your father, Lord Cassian, my word.
28:56That is not what I mean.
28:57You came to that feast looking for something.
28:59You saw me and you spent the rest of the night trying to find out who I was, why.
29:01The Shadehound tracks in my study led to House Greth territory.
29:04The Keris retreating when I arrived.
29:06The 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.
29:13That does not happen.
29:15Not to me.
29:16Lyra said Clothda weaves more than one kind of thread.
29:18Yes.
29:19She does.
29:22She does.
29:40Lord Cassian.
29:42I said I would find her.
29:49You have her eyes.
29:52Your mother's eyes, exactly.
30:00I did not know you were alive.
30:02They told me.
30:03I thought...
30:03I know.
30:04I know what they told you.
30:05I prayed.
30:06For years I prayed.
30:08I did not know who I was praying to.
30:10I called her Hector if I just prayed that someone was listening.
30:13Hector was listening.
30:14She always was.
30:16I never stopped looking for you.
30:18Not one day.
30:20Not one hour.
30:27You were three years old.
30:29The night they came.
30:31House Greth attacked at the third bell of night.
30:33No warning.
30:34No declaration.
30:35Just Greth's soldiers at our walls.
30:37They knew exactly what they wanted.
30:39Hector's covenant had just passed to you at birth.
30:42House Solane with a newborn heir carrying the full force of soul sight that terrified them.
30:46You would have been the most powerful voice 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.
30:56And they kept you where they could watch you and where the seal would never break.
30:59Surrounded by Rowan Zara's gift.
31:02Pressing the seal down every day simply by existing near you.
31:05I am Clothi's decree.
31:07Rowan was woven for me at birth.
31:10He knew if the thread appeared he could not hide who I was any longer.
31:13Which is why he defied it immediately.
31:16Better to pay the cost of defying the Moirai than to let 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.
31:35Once Hectecta's gift is free in her.
31:38See through every lie in this realm.
31:40She will see what we did to her family.
31:43She will be able to prove it at council.
31:45Then we stop it before it breaks.
31:47The seal is too far gone.
31:48Rowan's suppression cannot close those fractures.
31:50Hector is driving them open from the divine side.
31:52There is only one thing that stops Hecta's gift once it starts.
31:55Voidban.
31:56Voidban severs the covenant permanently.
31:59Hecta's gift gone from her bloodline entirely.
32:01Gone.
32:02I know someone who can get it.
32:07Get it.
32:14How does it work?
32:16One touch to bare skin.
32:17The poison enters through contact.
32:19It reaches the covenant connection in the blood within one hour.
32:23After that, the gift is gone.
32:25The bloodline's covenant with Hecta dissolves permanently, as if the original bargain was
32:29never made.
32:30If I use it on her, what happens?
32:32She lives.
32:33She simply becomes ordinary.
32:48Good morning.
32:50Good morning.
32:51This was always your room.
32:52We never changed it.
33:01Tell me what Lyra says your gift does, in full.
33:05Soulcite.
33:06Hecta's gift.
33:07I can see the complete truth of any person.
33:09What they intend, what they hide, what they have done.
33:11No lie survives it.
33:13In its full form, Lyra says I can read an entire room simultaneously.
33:17Can you use it now?
33:18Not yet.
33:18The seal is still there, most of it.
33:20Lyra says when it fully breaks, the gift will arrive all at once.
33:24She 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.
33:31Does that concern you?
33:33No.
33:35Zara.
33:36The warmth between you.
33:37That is real.
33:38Clothy wove it differently this time.
33:40It will not collapse if defied.
33:42It only grows.
33:43Not yet.
33:44What?
33:44Nothing.
33:45Lyra talks a great deal.
33:49Rowan demands we surrender Zara to House Graith custody within three days.
33:55Or he declares inter-house conflict.
34:01He cannot declare conflict against both our houses.
34:04House Selene and House Blackworld together outrank him at every council.
34:07He does not need to win the conflict.
34:10He only needs to create enough chaos that the other houses look away while he moves against Zara directly.
34:17He is not going to wait for the council.
34:20He is going to move before the seal breaks.
34:22Lord Cassian, can you call the council?
34:26Formally.
34:27Openly.
34:28Before Rowan moves first.
34:33I can.
34:34But 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.
34:42Not until the seal is fully gone.
34:5715 years ago, House Graith attacked House Solani without declaration, without cause, and without consequence.
35:03My door three years old was taken that same night.
35:05A covenant seal placed on a child of Hecate's bloodline to suppress her divine gift.
35:09She was kept as a servant in House Graith for 15 years.
35:13I am asking this council to answer for what was done.
35:16House Graith denies every accusation.
35:18The girl in question was an orphan found wandering near our territory.
35:21We took her in out of charity.
35:23The covenant seal was placed for her own protection.
35:26Her gift was unstable.
35:28Lord Cassian has no proof of anything he has claimed.
35:31Furthermore, this girl has no documented bloodline.
35:34No House Solian birth record survives the attack on their estate.
35:38Lord Cassian is asking the council to accept the word of a castless servant over the standing of House Graith.
35:44I have proof.
35:47When Ronan showed up to my house, I used my gift and read his ring.
35:50What I found wasn't pretty.
35:5115 years of deliberate moves against House Solane.
35:54The attack, taking the child, locking Hectima's gift inside her with that seal.
35:58All of it.
35:59That ring has witnessed everything.
36:01He 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.
36:09Everything he claims to have read is indimissible.
36:11Zara Solande is a missing heir.
36:13Her father sits at this table.
36:24Zara, left side.
36:26Now!
36:33Zara, fight it.
36:35Do not let it reach the Covenant.
36:36Do not.
36:48What did you give her?
36:50Nothing that was not necessary.
36:56Zara?
36:58Zara!
36:59Zara!
37:00Hectiet is here!
37:01She is fighting it!
37:03Hold on!
37:28This is what you were born for, Zara Solanea.
37:31Now, let them see you.
37:36Welcome home.
38:02Let's go!
38:26My name is Zara Soleen.
38:29My house made a covenant with Hector at our founding.
38:32Her gift allows me to see the complete truth of any person in this room.
38:35Nothing hidden survives it.
38:37You accepted payment from House Grief six years ago
38:40in exchange for blocking House Zara Soleen'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
39:05who just had a vow pressed to her wrist.
39:07Sit down Rowan.
39:11Sit down.
39:19Rowan.
39:20You 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!
39:35I'm done!
39:36I'm done!
39:36I'm done!
39:38I'm done!
39:40I'm done!
39:40I'm done!
39:50I'm done!
40:07It is over, Rowan.
40:14you went to a crossroads at night you took something from hades domain don't you pressed
40:20it against my wrist in front of this entire council and watched me go down you tried to
40:27kill a divine gift in neutral land in front of eight houses sit in the room every lord hearing
40:33it clearly i protected my house what she would have done with that gift i can see every lie you've
40:40ever told don't try another one i move that house crane be held responsible for the attempted use
40:44of hades sourced poison on a divine air in neutral ground is ultra crane to be stripped of her house
40:49title and remanded to council custody pending full judgment you cannot i am the daughter of house
40:54crane my father your father is not in this room rowan rowan tell them tell them i did it for
41:00us
41:01for the house you told me to get it you said get it you're not gonna say anything
41:09are you i did everything for you every single thing the room the vial
41:1915 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 i loved you that was real even if nothing else was
41:44i want you to know something before you go
41:47you spent 15 years trying to stop this moment and here we are anyway what do you want zara an
41:54apology i want nothing from you that is what i came to tell you after everything you did i feel
42:00nothing when i look at you
42:05the council exiled him he 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
42:57house barnat has house solina's gratitude for what you did and i mean that without reservation
43:03i did not come today for gratitude
43:04no
43:06i did not think so
43:07what are your intentions toward my daughter lord blackwell
43:09honorable 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 15 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 the decision is hers entirely
43:25i am asking your permission to be considered
43:27not your permission to decide for her
43:29she already knows you came
43:31she saw it in your face the moment you arrived
43:33you i am aware of that
43:34good
43:34then there is no point pretending this conversation is a secret
43:46i spoke with your father
43:47i 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
44:01when you read me what did you see
44:02everything 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
44:13that is
44:14rarer than you know
44:16do you see that
44:20i see it
44:22i told you
44:23a decree of purpose
44:24it only grows
44:26so
44:27what do we do with it
44:29i have a few ideas
44:30you 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
44:37what am i supposed to do with it
44:39i know
44:42you are not afraid of that
44:44i had nothing to hide
44:54lyra is going to be insufferable about this
44:56i heard that
44:57come on
44:58your father is going to send someone to find us soon
45:01let him
45:02you
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