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Follow a powerful story where relationships are tested, hidden truths are revealed, and lives change forever. From romantic moments to shocking surprises, this drama keeps you engaged from beginning to end.
Featuring stories about CEO, billionaire lifestyles, family connections, and life-changing decisions, this movie delivers strong emotions and unforgettable scenes.
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00:00The S-Rank white leopard companion I had didn't like me.
00:03He only wagged his tail for my adopted sister.
00:06So the night I bought home a Black Panther warslave instead,
00:09I was drunk, sitting outside the bar and smoking to sober up.
00:15A street vendor crept over, timidly, lowering his voice.
00:20Miss, you look totally stressed out. Need to let it all out?
00:24I've got a stress relief warbeast. Panther type. Good for unwinding.
00:32What?
00:33The dealer glanced around nervously, then waved toward the shadows.
00:38A Black Panther beastman stepped into the light.
00:41Tall, broad-shouldered, lean at the waist.
00:44He stepped forward and his shadow fell across my face.
00:48The vendor yanked the rough suppression collar and dragged him to one knee.
00:52He unclipped a rusted inhibitor muzzle,
00:54then grabbed the panther's hair and pulled his head back,
00:58exposing his face.
01:00Blonde skin, smooth beneath the bruises.
01:02A sharp,
01:04straight nose,
01:05thin lips pressed tight.
01:07Black beast marks curled along his throat.
01:10Half hidden beneath the collar.
01:12The vendor slapped his face hard.
01:15Look at that face, miss.
01:17Wouldn't it feel good to smack something that pretty?
01:20I swallowed.
01:23He was exactly my type, and my doctor had said my stress hormones were out of control.
01:28I genuinely needed an outlet, but I already had a white leopard at home.
01:33Ash would mind.
01:35The vendor kicked the panther.
01:37Get up.
01:38Show her your build.
01:39The panther stood slowly, chains coiled around him.
01:42He could only use one hand to peel off his shirt.
01:45Clean, solid muscle.
01:47I saw the bruises layered over bruises.
01:50High stamina.
01:51Heals fast.
01:522,000 for two hours of release.
01:54You can do whatever you want.
01:56Just don't slit his throat and drain his blood, and he'll recover.
02:00I stared at him.
02:01People's tastes had gotten that dark.
02:04Slit his throat?
02:05Forget it.
02:06My white leopard at home wouldn't let me touch him anyway.
02:09But this one was cheap.
02:11Obedient sounded fine.
02:12I stood up.
02:13A little unsteady from the alcohol.
02:15How much to buy him outright?
02:17Not cheap.
02:18He's our best.
02:19He attended many big wars.
02:21Name your price.
02:23I'll give you a discount.
02:25Just $58,800.
02:26I paused.
02:28My parents spent millions on Ash.
02:30My premium S.
02:32Class white leopard gift.
02:33This one was practically free by comparison.
02:36Seeing I didn't bid, the vendor stepped forward.
02:39Too much?
02:43Fine.
02:44Round it down.
02:4650 grand.
02:48I bought him for 5,000 in the end.
02:50I wasn't ready to go home yet.
02:52So I took him to a hotel.
02:56The vendor gave me a long list of warnings on the way out.
02:59Don't remove the inhibitor muzzle until he's fully tamed.
03:03Keep the chains on.
03:04Both of them.
03:08Eli stood still in the entryway.
03:10Eyes down.
03:11Waiting for whatever came next.
03:15Go shower.
03:16I came out of the shower wrapped in a robe.
03:19Still not daring to take off his restraints yet.
03:22He looked at me for a few seconds.
03:24Then turned and walked into the bathroom.
03:27Water started running.
03:29After a few minutes, I knocked.
03:31I left my phone in there.
03:33He hadn't locked the door.
03:34So I pushed it open.
03:37The lie froze his back to me.
03:39His tall, imposing figure was completely bare.
03:42Water streamed down his shoulders along the rusted chains.
03:46Washing away rust and dried blood.
03:49His tail hung low.
03:50Trembling slightly.
03:51My brain went offline.
03:56I crossed the room and hugged him from behind.
03:59Pressed my lips to the bruising on his spine.
04:02What are you doing?
04:04Take it easy.
04:05His hands clenched at his sides.
04:09It's not.
04:10What is that?
04:16That's not how stress relief works.
04:18I've never done this before.
04:20Bear with me.
04:21I pushed him onto the bed.
04:26I kissed every bruise.
04:28One by one.
04:30He lay still and let me.
04:32His body tensed the whole time.
04:37Are you sure?
04:40I'm just a low-class panther.
04:53My answer was to stop waiting.
04:55He let out a muffled sound and closed his eyes.
04:59Long lashes trembling.
05:02Ash was my parents' apology.
05:04Premium.
05:05S-class companion in white liquor.
05:08The compensation for the 18 years they lost me.
05:10I was five when I disappeared.
05:13Twenty-three when they finally fell out.
05:15When I came home,
05:16I found out my parents had already adopted a little girl.
05:20Emma.
05:20She'd been with them since she was a baby.
05:22She was 17 now.
05:24When I appeared, Emma fell apart.
05:26She screamed and sobbed.
05:27Get out!
05:28I'm their real daughter!
05:30Why are you here taking my parents?
05:32This is my home!
05:34Get out!
05:35Don't cry.
05:36You'll always be our daughter.
05:38Zoe coming back doesn't change how much we love you.
05:41Emma's been spoiled.
05:42You're six years older.
05:44Just try to be patient with her.
05:45I should have been devastated.
05:46But I was 23.
05:48I survived those lonely years craving my parents.
05:50I worked every job I could find.
05:53Dishwasher.
05:54Night shift cashier.
05:56Warehouse packer.
05:57I learned to smile at customers who touched my waist.
06:00Learned to sleep with my bag after a landlord threw me out.
06:03Because I was two days late on rent.
06:06Now, I had stopped craving love first.
06:08I needed money.
06:09Money meant a locked door.
06:10A warm room.
06:11A place no one could kick me out of.
06:13I knew this time I should learn how to survive here.
06:15I let my eyes well up.
06:16Looked down.
06:19I understand, dad.
06:21Playing vulnerable work.
06:23The monthly allowance.
06:24They wired me.
06:25Mom.
06:26Kept going up.
06:29Morning.
06:30I had my cheek pressed against Ellie's arm.
06:32My best friend Lily texted me.
06:34Where are you?
06:34Did you do your usual disappearing act and go home alone again?
06:37No.
06:37I bought a new stress relief war beast last night.
06:40Being busy.
06:40Zoe, what is wrong with you?
06:42I know you are upset that your white leopard at home ignores you.
06:45But you can't just go buy a punching bag.
06:47You couldn't bring yourself to hit the expensive ones,
06:49so you went out and bought a cheap one to beat up?
06:51I would report you if you weren't my best friend.
06:53I am appalled.
06:56I stared at my screen.
06:57I didn't hit him.
06:58Why would I hit a beast man?
07:00Lily went quiet for a moment.
07:02And how did you unwind?
07:03The way you are thinking.
07:04On bed.
07:05We both stopped typing.
07:07Then she sent me a long message explaining everything.
07:10Stress relief war beasts were illegal.
07:12Traffickers stole young beastmen or bought low.
07:15Class 1's cheap.
07:16Then they tortured and filtered them.
07:18Keeping only those with strong bodies and fast healing.
07:20Some became living buffers for paying clients to break.
07:23Others ended up in underground war beast going against death matches.
07:27Even after rescue, these war beasts were considered feral and untamed.
07:30Official shelters offered them for free adoption.
07:32The ones no one took euthanized.
07:38I know where he lives.
07:39If you regret it.
07:40I startled.
07:41Quickly darkened my screen and turned over.
07:47He runs with a crew.
07:49They probably won't give you the money back.
07:51But if I catch him alone, I might be able to.
07:55I don't regret it.
07:56As long as you behave, only listen to me.
08:00Nobody else.
08:01Okay.
08:02There were a few faint scars along the fur of his ears.
08:05I couldn't help it.
08:06I reached out to touch them.
08:07His ears snapped back instantly.
08:09He flinched away.
08:10This one wouldn't let me touch his ears either.
08:13Sorry, force of habit.
08:17You can touch them now.
08:20If you still want to.
08:22I didn't hesitate.
08:23I swung up and sat across his waist.
08:25Braced my hands on his chest.
08:27And squeezed his ears between my fingers.
08:29Ellie's breathing deepened.
08:31He tipped his head back.
08:33Eyes half-lidded.
08:34Watching me.
08:36Can we do it again?
08:40We didn't go straight home.
08:41I took Ellie to a Warbeast clinic first.
08:43The doctor said his healing ability was excellent.
08:46The bruising wasn't a concern.
08:47But severe malnutrition.
08:49He needed long-term supplementation.
08:51The total for all the supplements cost more than I'd paid for him.
08:54I don't need it.
08:56I can eat anything.
08:58Don't spend the money.
08:59I won't die.
09:00This amount was what Ash burned through on snacks every month.
09:04It's fine.
09:06Do you like these?
09:07Slim metal collar.
09:09Custom black inhibitor muzzle to match.
09:10I hadn't wanted him to keep wearing restraints.
09:13But the doctor was firm.
09:15Don't let a feral panther's looks fool you.
09:17He could take out your throat in one bite.
09:19So I'd picked the most comfortable version I could find.
09:22When the doctor removed the old inhibitor muzzle, he held it up to the light.
09:25Warbeast arena or stress relief?
09:27Before this, I mean.
09:29Both.
09:31Figured.
09:31The doctor turned it over.
09:32Look at these bite marks.
09:33He did this to himself when the pain got too bad.
09:36Those are from last night.
09:38I went very still.
09:39In the arena?
09:41No.
09:42He looked at my back.
09:43From when I was being used.
09:45We got home past midnight.
09:46Mom and dad were already asleep.
09:48Ash was probably in Emma's room.
09:50As usual.
09:51Come in.
09:51I kicked off my heels and turned to look at Eli.
09:54He hadn't moved.
09:55He was staring at something on the floor.
09:58I bent down and picked it up.
10:00This is Ash's.
10:03On my first birthday in this house, mom and dad had given me Ash.
10:08Zoe's too quiet.
10:10We thought having a companion might open her up.
10:13Back then, Ash hadn't shifted yet.
10:16Just a small white leopard cub.
10:19Why does she get one and I don't?
10:22You said you wouldn't pick favorites.
10:26He's mine!
10:28She snatched the cub and ran out.
10:30Didn't come back.
10:32My birthday dinner was ruined.
10:34My birthday present was gone.
10:37Mom and dad were a mess for days.
10:40I cried too.
10:43I'm so sorry.
10:44I made her leave.
10:45It's my fault.
10:46One girl and one scruffy leopard cub appeared at the front door.
10:50Mom, dad, I'm so hungry.
10:53I was wrong.
10:54I'm never running again.
10:56Mom and dad rushed out and all three of them sobbed together on the doorstep.
11:01When they finally looked up, mom's face went guilty the instant she saw me standing there.
11:07Mom, you hit me?
11:10Do you know what the last 12 days were like?
11:14I just got back and you're hitting me?
11:16If you ever make Zoe feel unwelcome in this house again, don't call me mom.
11:22After that, Emma stopped coming after me openly.
11:25She gave Ash back a few weeks later.
11:28Not long after that, he shifted.
11:35He tilted his head at me and said his first shifted words.
11:38Emma?
11:40I'm Emma!
11:43You remember me!
11:44You remember me!
11:46Of course.
11:48He caught her easily.
11:49A low purr rolled from his chest.
11:51I remember everything about Emma.
11:54Mom and dad sighed and put an arm around me.
11:57It took weeks of trying before Ash reluctantly accepted that I was his owner.
12:01But he refused to purr for me.
12:03Refused to let me touch his ears.
12:06Never waited by the door for me.
12:08He only reacted to Emma's footsteps.
12:11He only waited for her.
12:13I watched them every time.
12:15I told myself I didn't really care.
12:17Because Ash's monthly expenses came out of the account in my name.
12:21And mom and dad's quiet guilt kept filling that same account.
12:24But lately, I'd been breaking out.
12:27Stress hormones, the doctor said.
12:29Ash wouldn't touch me.
12:31A lie had shown up at exactly the right moment.
12:34I had no reason to say no.
12:39Sleep with me tonight?
12:40I'll take you shopping for clothes tomorrow.
12:44Will he mind?
12:46Well, I asked.
12:47Who?
12:48He glanced over at me.
12:50Ash.
12:51Panthers are territorial.
12:54He doesn't like sleeping with me.
12:56It's fine.
12:59Ellie thought of something.
13:00His grip on my hand got a little tighter.
13:02Do you need it again tonight?
13:05Need what?
13:07His ears went pink.
13:10Stress relief.
13:12I do.
13:13But my legs are killing me.
13:16I have good stamina.
13:18You can just lie there.
13:22That's very considerate movie.
13:27It's nothing.
13:32Zoe.
13:33In the morning, I stepped out of my room at the exact same time as Ash.
13:38Why were you talking in your sleep last night?
13:40All those little sounds.
13:42It was loud.
13:43I wasn't annoyed.
13:46Sorry.
13:47I'll keep it down.
13:48His tone softened a little.
13:50Awkward.
13:52Were you having a nightmare?
13:53I thought I heard you crying.
13:55I was having the time of my life.
14:04If you ever have a nightmare, you can...
14:06Ash!
14:07I can't find my slippers.
14:11Don't walk around bared foot.
14:14He stepped right past me and went into Emma's room.
14:17Came back out carrying me.
14:19How did your slippers end up in the living room if you were in your room?
14:22Because you carried me to bed last night and forgot to bring them.
14:25He sat her on his knee, found the bunny slippers, and put them on her feet.
14:29Perfect companion beast.
14:31Just not mine.
14:32Zoe.
14:33My laundry's in the hamper.
14:36Take it to the dry cleaner.
14:38He stepped close, pressed his nose to my neck.
14:41What's that smell?
14:42What?
14:42Then inhaled.
14:43The deeper he breathed, the harder his hand gripped my waist.
14:46Zoe, why do you carry another beast's imprint?
14:51I said nothing.
14:52I looked past his shoulder.
14:55Eli had just opened the door and walked to me.
14:58He was half a head taller than Ash.
15:00His shoulders almost filled the door for him.
15:02His eyes landed on Ash.
15:04That's my imprint.
15:05Eli said.
15:08Ash spun around.
15:10His body snapped into a defensive stance instantly.
15:13A low growl rose in his throat.
15:15Eli didn't move, stood, and held his gaze.
15:19Zoe.
15:20Who is that?
15:22His name is Eli.
15:23He's my new beast.
15:26What?
15:28You got another panther?
15:32What about me?
15:34Oh, wow!
15:35Mom, Dad, come look!
15:36Zoe got a new beast!
15:38Mom and Dad came out.
15:40I stepped forward and introduced him.
15:42This is Eli.
15:44Our newest family member.
15:46Sir.
15:47Ma'am.
15:48He's even more handsome than Ash!
15:52Competition grade, I assume.
15:55Zoe gets so much allowance.
15:57S-class?
15:58He's wearing an inhibitor muzzle.
16:00His fur is splitting.
16:02His shirt is falling apart.
16:04He's shedding everywhere.
16:05He's feral bottom class.
16:07The kind shelters can't even even, can't even give away.
16:11Zoe, you only brought him home to mess with me, didn't you?
16:16If he goes feral and hurts you, don't come crying to me.
16:19Mom and Dad exchanged a glance.
16:22Zoe, we're not against you keeping him.
16:24We just want you safe.
16:25We can't lose you again.
16:27I won't hurt her.
16:29If it makes you feel better, I'll keep the restraints on.
16:33I can sleep in a crate at night.
16:36A crate?
16:38Only arena war beasts sleep in crates.
16:42That's lower than a stress relief slave.
16:45I've already decided he's staying.
16:48Ash's expenses come from Mom and Dad.
16:51Eli's are on me.
16:55Zoe!
16:59Relax, given how Zoe grew up, it makes sense she has a thing for low-class war beasts.
17:04It's basically her aesthetic.
17:06Mom, Dad, since Zoe has a new beast, can I have Ash?
17:10He likes me more anyway.
17:11I'm just taking what's left over.
17:14That word, left over, drained the color from Ash's face.
17:18He turned and glared at me, eyes wet.
17:22No, I said immediately.
17:24Ash was a gift from Mom and Dad.
17:26He's mine.
17:28I decide what happens to him.
17:31My certainty knocked something loose in him.
17:33For the first time, Ash purred for me.
17:37Just barely.
17:38Small, uncontrolled flicks.
17:41His face looked like he hated it.
17:43He caught himself.
17:44Went stiff.
17:47Even if you say that, I'm not forgiving you.
17:50I had no intention of giving him away.
17:52Not because I was attached.
17:55First, the budget they gave me for his upkeep was generous.
17:58I pocketed a healthy margin every month.
18:01Second, Ash was worth a lot.
18:04If I ever decided I was done, I could sell him for seven figures.
18:08Why would I hand that to Emma for free?
18:11Mom and Dad agreed.
18:12She's right.
18:13He was given to Zoe.
18:15If you want him, talk to your sister.
18:21Emma wasn't stupid enough to actually come negotiate with me.
18:25Ash was still angry.
18:27At dinner.
18:28He used to sit beside me, even if he acted like he hated it.
18:33This time, he sat directly beside Emma.
18:37Like she couldn't feed herself.
18:39He picked up food for her bite by bite.
18:42I carefully removed Ellie's inhibitor muzzle.
18:45His sharp, cold face was finally fully exposed.
18:48Not just Emma.
18:50Even Mom and Dad stared for a second too long.
18:53Thank you.
18:54Eli said.
18:55He hesitated for a moment.
18:58Then copied Ash and placed food into my bowl.
19:01Ash let out a cold laugh.
19:02Copycat.
19:06Zoe doesn't eat broccoli.
19:08I raised an eyebrow.
19:10When he used to sit beside me, he never once served me food.
19:14But somehow, he had remembered what I didn't like.
19:18I'll remember next time.
19:27His fingers tightened around the fork.
19:30Then snap.
19:31The fork broke clean in half.
19:33The entire table went silent.
19:35Eli's strength really was terrifying.
19:38That was why every time he touched me, he was always careful.
19:41So careful it almost hurt to watch.
19:45So far.
19:46The only marks he'd left on me were a few fingerprints at my waist.
19:50From the first night.
19:51When he'd held me still and stopped me from sinking down too fast.
19:55Use these.
19:56I handed him a new fork.
19:58Dad looked at me.
19:59Let Eli stay in the room on the top floor.
20:02Our house had three floors.
20:04The room Dad meant was basically a storage room.
20:07A narrow bed.
20:08Bare walls.
20:09And most importantly, an iron door that locked from the outside.
20:13Ash looked pleased immediately.
20:15Good.
20:16That's where a beast like him belongs.
20:19In a cage.
20:22Not yet.
20:23He's sleeping with me for now.
20:25Mom and Dad both friends.
20:27The doctor said my stress hormones are unstable.
20:31So for now, I need him.
20:33Dad coughed awkwardly.
20:37Then, couldn't you use Ash instead?
20:39He's better trained.
20:41Safer.
20:43He refused.
20:45Who said I refused?
20:46You never even came to me.
20:48How would you know I wouldn't?
20:50To her true if you're blaspheming.
20:56Really?
20:58But last time, didn't you promise Emma you would wait until she turned 18?
21:06A few months earlier, Mom and Dad had planned a family camping trip to get us all bonding.
21:12Seven days.
21:13On the night we set up tents, everyone drank a little too much.
21:17Emma called me sis every five minutes.
21:20I called her sis back.
21:22Mom and Dad were so happy.
21:24When I came back from a cigarette break, I saw Emma in my tent.
21:28The campfire had gone out.
21:31One small lantern flickered inside.
21:33Ash was lying on my sleeping bag.
21:35Emma was slowly crawling on top of him, leaning toward his mouth.
21:40Their shadows overlapped against the canvas.
21:43I watched Ash reach up and tuck her hair behind her ear.
21:46And kissed her back.
21:51Ash.
21:52Promise me you won't touch her.
21:55Ash hesitated.
21:57But...
21:58Wait until I'm 18.
22:00It's only a few months.
22:02In this world, a companion beast who slept with a human under 18 faced immediate disposal.
22:08Regardless of consent.
22:10You know I have standards.
22:12I don't like her touching you.
22:15Can't we just keep this clean between us?
22:17Ash said yes.
22:19Yes.
22:21The video ended.
22:22Mom looked the worst.
22:24Emma, is this how I raised you?
22:27Using yourself to manipulate a panther just to spite your sister?
22:31Ash had gone the color of chalk.
22:34Zoe, I was drunk that night.
22:36I thought it was you coming in.
22:38Nobody asked you.
22:39I paid for you.
22:40You're here to serve my daughter.
22:41Not audition replacements.
22:43I'm calling your cellar today.
22:45Emma's tears came fast.
22:47Mom, why aren't you yelling at her?
22:48Can't you see how calculating she is?
22:51She recorded it.
22:53I made one stupid mistake and she plays it like this.
22:55Ever since she came back, you love me less.
22:58Are you really going to let her run my life?
23:01Emma, you did this.
23:03If you hadn't, there'd be nothing to record.
23:05Both of you, this month's allowances go to Zoe.
23:07And you're both grounded for three days.
23:11A large sum landed in my account that afternoon.
23:14Mom and dad's invisible scale tipped a little more in my direction.
23:18I'd been fighting for things my whole life.
23:20This was no different.
23:25Three days without Emma or Ash hovering around.
23:28I took Ellie shopping.
23:30Everywhere.
23:31He was a specimen.
23:32Built like every suit had been cut for him specifically.
23:36Everything looked good on him.
23:38So I wanted to buy him everything.
23:41But the best part was watching him in a dress suit.
23:47I went slightly feral and bought 12 custom tailored ones.
23:53Then I was too tired to walk.
23:56Eli carried everything with one arm and me with the other.
23:59I had my arm hooked around his neck.
24:02Tracing the line of his nose with one finger.
24:04Eli, you look like this.
24:08Didn't they try to make you sell yourself?
24:10They tried.
24:13He set me on the bed and dropped to one knee.
24:16Took off my heels.
24:18Swapped them out for slippers.
24:20He'd watched Ash do it for Emma a hundred times.
24:23He hadn't fully adjusted to human scale gentleness yet.
24:26He kept catching himself.
24:29Recalibrating his grip.
24:30But he'd memorized every step.
24:34And?
24:35He went a little pink.
24:38I didn't.
24:38I hurt the client and ran.
24:43I didn't.
24:44I hurt the client and ran.
24:45They caught me.
24:46I stopped eating to fight back.
24:48They got scared I'd die and cost them money.
24:51So they threw me in the Warbeast arena.
24:53I hadn't eaten in three days.
24:55I don't know how I did it.
24:56I bit through the other panther's throat.
25:00After that, I stayed in the arena.
25:02They kept my food limited so I'd be too weak to resist.
25:05The last fight, I got badly injured.
25:07They figured I was done so they put me on stress relief work.
25:10I survived that too.
25:13This week, they were debating, sending me back to the arena.
25:16Then you bought me.
25:18Well, I was still kneeling.
25:19Wearing the new suit I'd just bought him.
25:22Both hands wrapped lightly around mine.
25:24I'm not hiding anything from you.
25:26I'm a low-class Black Panther war slave.
25:29Violent.
25:30Arena-bred.
25:31Unfit for a proper bond.
25:33I've hurt humans.
25:35I've hurt my own kind.
25:36I grew up without learning to be around people.
25:39I don't know how to take care of someone.
25:40I barely know how to use a fork.
25:43I don't know how hard to hold you without hurting you.
25:47Last night when you cried, I panicked.
25:52I remembered.
25:53The second time was so much better than the first.
25:56I'd lost control and made a sound I hadn't expected.
25:59I'm sorry, did I hurt you?
26:00I misjudged.
26:01It's my fault.
26:02You can punish me, hit me, starve me, whatever you want.
26:07Just don't cry, please.
26:09I remembered the apology going on for a while.
26:12But I'd passed out mid-sentence.
26:14No wonder the atmosphere that morning had been so heavy.
26:17He'd been stewing in it all night.
26:20I leaned in and kissed his cheek.
26:23You didn't hurt me.
26:25I cried because it was good.
26:28He pressed his nose against my neck.
26:30His black ears, edged with faint silver, brushed my face.
26:35I grabbed them.
26:36Ellie's breathing hitched.
26:37He reached up, fingers calloused, deliberate, and slowly traced the side of my neck.
26:43The same spot Ash had pressed his nose against that morning.
26:46Methodical.
26:47Inch by inch.
26:50Are you trying to cover his imprint?
26:52He realized what he was doing.
26:54Pulled his hand back.
26:55It's fine.
26:55I don't mind.
26:58I just don't understand.
27:01You went three days without food to avoid being sold.
27:04But you never fought back against me.
27:06Not once.
27:08You gave up?
27:11Maybe because you were young and beautiful.
27:14That's an airtight reason.
27:15His eyes didn't quite meet mine.
27:17They landed on my mouth.
27:18Maybe because you said you had no experience.
27:22Also because that was the first time I'd ever been kissed.
27:25He looked up properly now.
27:26I just want you to know I am violent and feral.
27:29But I will never hurt you.
27:31Never.
27:32Not ever.
27:33I believe you.
27:35As a reward, I pushed him back onto the bed.
27:39Let me kiss you again.
27:45Eli and I fell into a rhythm.
27:47I finally understood why people spent fortunes on war beasts.
27:51With Ash, everything had been a production.
27:53Premium companion beasts had standards.
27:56I'd had to train with him daily.
27:58Manage his nutrition.
27:59Force.
28:00Feed him supplements.
28:01And run a full grooming routine just to keep him in condition.
28:05So he could use that condition to take care of Emma.
28:08Ali was different.
28:10I followed the doctor's supplement plan.
28:12And he just glowed.
28:14I felt a little guilty about the contrast.
28:16So I sat him down and did a proper grooming session on him.
28:21Ash walked in while I had both hands buried in Eli's foam covered ears.
28:26Zoe!
28:26That's my special foam soap!
28:29I bought this one for Eli.
28:31Out of your room already?
28:32Yes.
28:32You must be so pleased with yourself.
28:34Not really.
28:35You got off easy.
28:36But I'll try harder next time.
28:38Zoe.
28:39Send him out.
28:40Ash was still glaring at a lie.
28:41I can explain the video.
28:43But I am not sharing this house with a bottom class panther.
28:47You're not sharing anything.
28:49You sleep in Emma's room.
28:51You always have.
28:53Panther Beastman had sharp senses.
28:55Ash had been the only one in the house who knew about my smoking habit.
28:58He'd always complained my room smelled.
29:00And used it as an excuse to sleep in Emma's room instead.
29:05It's fine, Ash.
29:06You always said she smelled anyway.
29:08Come stay with me.
29:09Sliding her fingers through his.
29:11He hesitated exactly one second.
29:13Then laced his fingers through hers.
29:16Zoe.
29:17You're going to regret this.
29:19I smiled.
29:20Take good care of him, won't you, Emma?
29:23The house settled into a strange cold war.
29:26Ash and Emma spent a while putting on a show in front of me.
29:29They were all warmth and sweetness.
29:31Trying to get a reaction out of me.
29:33I had none.
29:34As long as they weren't doing it in my face, I could handle it.
29:37He watched every move Ash made with Emma.
29:39The grip.
29:40The order of things.
29:41And translated it all into how he took care of me.
29:44Elie spent a lot of time watching them.
29:46Emma kept flushing every time she caught him looking.
29:49Then pretending she hadn't noticed.
29:50He was studying.
29:51Ash, meanwhile, looked like a ghost.
29:54He kept catching himself staring at me with something half-formed in his expression.
29:58I knew why.
29:58A few days earlier.
30:00Emma!
30:01You haven't groomed me in forever!
30:03You have hands.
30:05Do it yourself.
30:05Emma said flatly.
30:06Am I your pet or are you mine?
30:09My products are running out too.
30:11Then ask Zoe.
30:12It's her account, not mine.
30:14Emma, why are you like this?
30:15You used to actually like spending time with me.
30:18If you hadn't kissed me that night, Zoe wouldn't have...
30:21Zoe always groomed you every day.
30:24She never complained about how much work it was.
30:26Blame me?
30:27You didn't exactly stop me!
30:29And now you think she's better?
30:31Then go to her!
30:32Go on!
30:33See if she even wants you!
30:34Did Emma love Ash?
30:35Emma just loved being the center.
30:37Ash fawning over her fit that.
30:39Me existing complicated it.
30:41After that fight, Ash deteriorated fast.
30:44He kept starting sentences near me and never finishing them.
30:47Too proud to ask.
30:49I ignored it.
30:50Until one night, I was out on the second floor balcony in my slip dress,
30:54smoking a post-session cigarette.
30:56Ash came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me without a word.
31:01Warm tears dropped onto my neck, one at a time.
31:05You're not complaining about the smell?
31:09He said.
31:10I'm sorry.
31:11He pressed his face into my neck.
31:13Can you forgive me?
31:14I smiled, said nothing.
31:19I was drunk that night.
31:22I swear I thought it was you.
31:26I wanted it to be you.
31:29I believe you, I said.
31:32If you'd known it was Emma, you wouldn't have stopped her either.
31:39That's not true.
31:41Before I shifted, Emma and I were on the streets together.
31:47A group of guys tried to grab me.
31:49She ran at them, screaming and crying.
31:52Until they gave up and fled.
31:54You're my owner.
31:55But she saved my life.
31:57I couldn't refuse her.
31:59In the tent that night, I was half as asleep.
32:02When I opened my eyes and saw her, I felt sick.
32:05I realized I'd wanted it to be you.
32:07I'd wanted you all along.
32:09But she saved my life.
32:11How could I turn her down?
32:14Then keep being grateful to her.
32:16I was never in the way.
32:18Zoe.
32:20Please don't.
32:21I sighed.
32:23Turned to face him.
32:25Ash.
32:26Do you know why I smoke?
32:29Because I grew up with a crew of street girls.
32:32When I got caught stealing, they took the hits with me.
32:36When a man tried to assault me, they scratched his face apart.
32:39When I had a fever and passed out, they pooled whatever they had and dragged me to a back alley
32:48clinic.
32:51So, I had more people doing things for me than you ever did.
32:55And I never crawled into anyone's bed over it.
32:58Never said yes just because someone asked.
33:02Ash, you're wired to follow whoever pays you the most attention.
33:05Someone gives you a little warmth and off you go.
33:08They say premium companion beasts have the highest human-like cognitionness.
33:12I believe it.
33:13You've even evolved past a companion beast's most basic trait.
33:18Loyalty.
33:19I don't know.
33:20His eyes were red.
33:22I'm sorry, Zoe.
33:25You never talked about before.
33:28I didn't know what you went through.
33:30If I'd known,
33:33I wouldn't have complained about the smoking.
33:37I wouldn't have helped her make things harder for you.
33:39His tear.
33:40Wet face pressed into my collar.
33:42I only ever heard Emma's side.
33:44She made it sound like you were the one taking things from her.
33:50Like Ash and everything that came with him should have been hers.
33:54And past his shoulder, two figures in the dark.
33:58The closer one, tall and still was Eli.
34:01The farther one was Mom.
34:03I met her eyes.
34:04My cigarette hand barely paused.
34:06I didn't hide it.
34:08Fine.
34:09She saw.
34:10When I came home,
34:11I'd glossed over the first years.
34:13They'd worked so hard on Emma.
34:16Piano.
34:16Ballet.
34:18Flower arranging.
34:20Everything polished.
34:22Me.
34:24Good at stealing.
34:25Lock picking with a hairpin.
34:27Chain smoking before I was old enough to buy them.
34:30I hadn't thought parents who'd replaced me in a year would love me very much.
34:33And Emma would run a reason to attack me.
34:35So I'd shown them the clean resume.
34:38Like interviewing.
34:39For the role of daughter.
34:45Go to sleep.
34:47Mom said.
34:47Then she went back to her room.
34:49The hall was dark again except for Eli's outline.
34:52He stood watching Ash press his face into my shoulder and make small unhappy sounds.
34:57Eli said quietly.
34:59It's cold out here.
35:00Ash noticed him for the first time.
35:02He stepped in front of me.
35:04Sent the low warning growl at Eli again.
35:07Ellie didn't react.
35:08He stepped closer.
35:09Ash shifted back without meaning to.
35:12Ellie draped a jacket over my shoulders.
35:14Looked at Ash.
35:15You can keep going.
35:16I'm just here for the coat.
35:18Ash didn't take him up on it.
35:20Stay with me tonight.
35:22He said instead to me.
35:24I know what to do.
35:25I was trained.
35:26I'd be better than him.
35:27Is that right?
35:28His tail went into overdrive.
35:30I mean it.
35:31Please.
35:32Let me fix this.
35:34Eli's expression didn't change.
35:36But his hand at his side closed into a fist.
35:39I don't think so.
35:40You kissed Emma.
35:41The thought of it ruins it for me.
35:43Good night, Ash.
35:48Eli followed me back to the bedroom.
35:51I shrugged off the jacket and looked at him.
35:53Jealous?
35:54No.
35:57You're exceptional.
35:59You'll have a boyfriend someday.
36:02A husband.
36:04I know my place.
36:07Should I run a bath?
36:09Why?
36:10You have Ash's tears and saliva on you.
36:13And his imprint.
36:15I went to the bathroom.
36:17Eli followed and washed every inch of skin with focused, careful attention.
36:23Hey.
36:24He was kneeling on the wet bathroom tile looking up at me.
36:27I reached down and touched his ears.
36:29What is it?
36:31I can't get it clean.
36:34I can't get it clean.
36:36Can I take this off?
36:38Licking might work better.
36:40I thought for a moment.
36:41Then unclipped it.
36:48He kissed upward.
36:50Inch.
36:50All the way to my chin.
36:52That spot doesn't have his his imprint on it.
36:58May I?
37:00Yes.
37:01His kiss was careful.
37:03Unpracticed.
37:04I cracked one eye open to look at him.
37:07Steam and fog all around him.
37:09Eyes shut tight.
37:11Long lashes trembling.
37:13I thought this might have been our first real kiss.
37:23I stopped making Eli wear the inhibitor muzzle.
37:26Mom and dad kept reminding me to be careful.
37:29But they didn't push.
37:30I worked at the family company.
37:33Most days I didn't come home for lunch.
37:35One afternoon I did.
37:38Just wanted to nap.
37:40Voices drifted up from the living room.
37:42Eli and Ash.
37:44I leaned on the second.
37:45Floor railing and watched.
37:47Eli was sitting on the couch.
37:49Watching television.
37:51Ash planted himself in front of him.
37:53Tail bristling.
37:54You think Zoe actually likes you?
37:56She's using you to get at me.
37:57Once she's over it, she'll throw you out like trash.
38:00So what?
38:01Zoe said you're dirty.
38:02At least I'm clean.
38:03Anyone who tries to touch me,
38:04I bite their throat out.
38:06Unlike you.
38:07Half pushing someone away
38:08and then giving in anyway.
38:09Interesting.
38:10In front of me,
38:12Eli was steady and careful
38:13and almost meek.
38:15This was the first time I'd seen his edges.
38:22Clean?
38:23You've killed war beasts in an arena?
38:25Do you even know how many?
38:26I know.
38:29Useful information.
38:30He stood up slowly.
38:33Honestly, you bother me.
38:35Me?
38:36You're the outsider here.
38:38Zoe paid millions for me.
38:40I was here first.
38:43Millions?
38:44You don't look worth that.
38:47Do you know which part of the throat to bite?
38:51So the other person and flash will camp Pingu Puchat make a sound?
38:56How to make a panther disappear quietly.
38:58I'm probably the only kind who knows that.
39:00Ash backed up.
39:03What are you doing?
39:07What would I do?
39:11I'm just a low-class panther.
39:14Then he lunged.
39:16Ash panicked and shifted into full leopard form and instinct.
39:20The white leopard tackled Eli, teeth sinking into his forearm.
39:25Eli crashed into the coffee table.
39:28Porcelain cracked.
39:29When mom came running at the noise, she found Eli on the ground.
39:33Arm bleeding badly.
39:35Sitting up pale and pressing the wound.
39:41I'm sorry, ma'am.
39:43I've been too close to Zoe lately.
39:46Ash was unhappy.
39:49I should have been more careful.
39:50I came downstairs.
39:52Eli, what happened?
39:53It's nothing.
39:54Nothing like what I dealt with in the arena.
39:57I was biting down hard on a laugh.
39:59Yesterday, he'd sworn up and down he had no jealousy whatsoever.
40:02And he'd already planned this.
40:04It's not true!
40:04He went at me first!
40:06He's setting me up!
40:08Setting you up?
40:10If he wanted to hurt you, you'd still be on the floor.
40:13Zoe, I'm serious!
40:15Mom was already on her phone.
40:18I'm calling the seller.
40:21This panther is going back.
40:24No need.
40:25Wrapping Eli's arm.
40:26The return window closed a while ago.
40:29I'll sell him to a friend who's been looking for a premium panther.
40:34Mom paused.
40:35That works.
40:36He's yours to decide.
40:42Zoe, you'd sell me for him?
40:44You said you liked me!
40:46I know you did!
40:46You used to grab my tail in your sleep so you wouldn't have nightmares!
40:50You wrote in your journal that you were lonely here.
40:52That at least you had me even if I didn't like you.
40:54You'd sneak pets when I was asleep.
40:57You asked me once, when you were drunk, why I never liked you.
41:00Why even I was always on Emma's side.
41:03Zoe, you can't feel nothing for me.
41:05He was right.
41:06I wasn't as detached as I like to think.
41:09Even at 23, arriving at a stranger's house had still scared me.
41:14Watching my parents tilt toward Emma had still stung.
41:17thinking about Emma living the life that should have been mine, that had still burned.
41:23When I found out my birthday gift was going to be a panther, I had been genuinely excited.
41:28I had put hope in Ash.
41:31He'd ground it down slowly, over months.
41:35I imagined too much.
41:37I met his eyes.
41:40To me, you're just a disloyal companion beast.
41:46Not worth mourning.
41:51I moved fast.
41:52Ash was gone the next day.
41:54I handed him to a contact who dealt in resale.
41:57I didn't ask where he ended up.
42:00Maybe he'd be used for breeding.
42:02Maybe he'd find a kinder owner.
42:05Either way, he had served his purpose in my life.
42:08Financial conversion complete.
42:11Eli, meanwhile, was draped across my bed looking tragically injured.
42:15He'd been worse than this the first night I met him,
42:19and still propped himself up with one arm to do things.
42:22But now...
42:24Thank you.
42:25He said weakly.
42:27He's really gone?
42:29Yes.
42:30Eli stared into his bowl.
42:33That's a shame.
42:34I really did want to get along with him.
42:36Want me to bring him back?
42:38You two can be best friends.
42:40Eli's finger twitched.
42:41The buyer already has him.
42:43They probably won't return him.
42:44I could offer them a little extra.
42:47Eli put tremendous effort into not snapping the porcelain bowl in his hand.
42:55That'd be ideal.
42:57I'll go now then.
43:01But...
43:02What?
43:03If he bites me again, what do I do?
43:07I said nothing.
43:08Just watched him.
43:09His expression went from nervous to tense to lost.
43:13You already knew?
43:15I don't know what you're talking about.
43:19Can you tell me which part of the throat stops someone from making a sound?
43:25I'm sorry.
43:26I...
43:26I...
43:26He kept coming at me.
43:28Please don't send me away.
43:29I was bluffing.
43:30I would never actually hurt him.
43:32I'll be good.
43:34It's fine.
43:35Honestly, I kinda like you with an edge.
43:40In a way, Emma and Ash were the same type.
43:43Both spoiled by affection.
43:46Both certain they were the main character.
43:49Eli and I were the same type.
43:51If I'd been in his position, I'd have done the same thing.
43:57Getting rid of Ash bought me two months of peace.
44:00Emma stopped crying in hallways.
44:03Stopped leaving Ash's old leash where I could see it.
44:06Stopped making wounded little comments over breakfast.
44:09She was waiting.
44:10People like Emma didn't give up.
44:13They just changed costumes.
44:15Then her 18th birthday arrived.
44:17Mom and Dad gave her an apartment.
44:20Downtown.
44:20Good location.
44:22Good building.
44:23Expensive enough to make my smile freeze.
44:26I held it in place anyway.
44:28Inside, I was on fire.
44:31I wished I could physically lift the building and scream.
44:34It is mine.
44:36A colleague at work had once said,
44:38It all comes to you eventually anyway.
44:40Why do you fight so hard over small things?
44:44That was exactly why.
44:46I didn't trust eventually.
44:49What was in my hand was mine.
44:56Emma swept over with Mom and Dad on her arm,
44:58bright-eyed and glowing.
45:00Zoe?
45:01Did you get me a birthday present?
45:03I set down my champagne.
45:06My parents are already yours.
45:09What more do you want?
45:11The room went quiet.
45:12Emma blinked.
45:13Everything you eat, wear, and use,
45:15did any of it belong to you first?
45:18And you're asking me for a gift?
45:22Do you want my blood too?
45:24Would that satisfy you?
45:26Emma's face twisted.
45:27Mom, Dad, do you see this?
45:28Today is my birthday and she's attacking me.
45:30I always said she was faking it.
45:31You never believed me.
45:33Dad's hand landed gently on my shoulder.
45:35Not hers.
45:36Mine.
45:37We know.
45:41Emma froze.
45:42Mom looked tired in a way I hadn't seen before.
45:45Zoe is right.
45:47Emma's mouth opened.
45:49Nothing came out.
45:50Dad looked at me.
45:52Your mother and I have been afraid to ask about your past.
45:55We didn't want to reopen wounds.
45:57But we should have.
46:02You didn't feel safe enough to be yourself here.
46:04That's on us.
46:05I hated how badly I still wanted to hear it.
46:11Emma did not scream at first.
46:13That was how I knew it was bad.
46:15She just stood there.
46:17Still.
46:18Pretty.
46:19Ruined.
46:20Then she laughed.
46:21So that's it?
46:22You found your real daughter.
46:24And now I become Charity?
46:26Mom flinched.
46:27Dad's jaw tightened.
46:28We gave you a home.
46:30Education.
46:31Love.
46:32Security.
46:33We are not abandoning you.
46:34You gave her everything!
46:36No.
46:38You borrowed everything.
46:40Emma turned to me slowly.
46:42There it was.
46:43The real thing under the tears.
46:45Hatred.
46:46Not grief.
46:47Hatred.
46:50You think you won because you bought a filthy panther and sold the pretty one?
46:56Eli had been standing near the wall, silent the whole time.
46:59Don't look at me like that.
47:01Everyone knows what you are.
47:03A stress relief slave.
47:06An arena beast.
47:08A thing people throw money at when they want something to hurt.
47:11Mom's face changed.
47:15Emma.
47:16But Emma wasn't looking at her.
47:20She was looking at me.
47:26You act so proud, Zoe.
47:28But you picked him because he reminds you of yourself.
47:32Cheap.
47:33Dirty.
47:34Raised wrong.
47:35The glass in Ellie's hand cracked.
47:37Eli.
47:38Sorry.
47:39The obedience in his voice made Emma's smile, Charity.
47:42He listens well.
47:44I walked across the room.
47:46Everyone watched me.
47:48Emma lifted her chin like she expected to slap.
47:51I didn't give her one.
47:53I leaned close and said softly,
47:56Careful.
47:58Low-class war beasts bite.
48:00Her face paled.
48:03Enough.
48:03Emma, the apartment remains yours.
48:05We will support you through school.
48:07But tomorrow, 20% of the company's shares transfer to Zoe.
48:10Emma stopped breathing.
48:12The rest will be placed in an irrefurbable will.
48:15Everything else goes to you.
48:19Emma's face collapsed.
48:21This time when she screamed, no one moved to comfort her.
48:27Emma left for university across the country.
48:30The house breathed for the first time.
48:33Breakfast became quiet.
48:35Mom started asking me what I like to eat.
48:38Dad started bringing company documents home and explaining things without making it sound like a favor.
48:44It was strange.
48:45Almost peaceful.
48:47I didn't adapt to it.
48:49Peace was usually the moment before someone falling through a window.
48:53Then, I saw the apartment listing online.
48:56Emma had put it up for sale at a huge loss.
48:58I stared at the screen.
49:00That was not my business.
49:02I closed the tab.
49:03Three days later, Eli found me in the garage.
49:07He was holding my coat.
49:08You forgot this.
49:09I was going to the office.
49:11I know.
49:13He didn't move.
49:14I looked at him.
49:16What?
49:16His ears were flat.
49:18There's a beast imprint by the east gate.
49:22Ash?
49:23No.
49:24Gaze flicked toward the driveway.
49:26Not only Ash.
49:28A black sous vide rolled through the gate.
49:31Emma stepped out first.
49:32Hair perfect.
49:34Eyes red.
49:35Smile too bright.
49:37Then Ash climbed out behind her.
49:39Thinner than before.
49:40Collar different.
49:42Expression worse.
49:46He looked at me first.
49:48His tail moved once.
49:50Then stopped.
49:51Emma saw it.
49:53Surprise!
49:54I bought him back.
49:56I looked at Ash.
49:59With the apartment money?
50:00Emma's eyes flashed.
50:05Yeah, I can afford it.
50:07He's mine now.
50:08Ash's face went pale.
50:10No.
50:11I didn't know she was selling the apartment.
50:13I told her not to.
50:15Shut up.
50:16Eli stepped slightly in front of me.
50:18Quiet.
50:19No.
50:20Calm.
50:20Too calm.
50:21I didn't know she was selling the apartment.
50:22Ash stared at me.
50:22I told her not to.
50:23For one second, neither of them looked human.
50:27You sold him like trash.
50:30So I picked him up.
50:33Funny, isn't it?
50:36I looked at Ash's new collar.
50:38No.
50:40It's predictable.
50:42It's predictable.
50:42It's predictable.
50:42It's predictable.
50:42It's predictable.
50:42It's predictable.
50:43It's predictable.
50:44It's predictable.
50:44It's predictable.
50:44Sous-titrage FR ?
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