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00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:30Just yesterday. Three years of cover. After that, he could love whoever he wanted. Yesterday, he'd said yes.
00:37Don't worry. I promised to give you the white dragon fragment.
00:41Tonight, at the last second, he smiled and placed the shard in the girl's hand beside me.
00:46Mia, the human scholarship student he'd been sponsoring. Her hands were shaking as she took it.
00:52He leaned close to my ear. I looked at him. He was already turning away, already placing Mia's hand on
00:59his arm.
01:01Let her have this one, Elena. She's never known happiness. Not once.
01:09What about me?
01:11Don't worry. As long as I'm here, no one will dare arrange your marriage.
01:18Mia is elegant. She is noble. She is worthy of this honour.
01:24Noble. The word landed like a slap. Whispers rippled through the crowd. I stood there emptied zan-handed. Lord Earl's
01:32half-zan blood bastard. Passed over for a human girl with no clan. No blood. Nothing.
01:38These idiots. I told them to save you at least one shard.
01:46I looked at the man I'd grown up with. Do you know what tonight means?
01:50The white dragon shard wasn't decoration. It was a marriage declaration between clans.
01:56A thousand-year-old ryle.
01:59Without it, I had nothing. No shelter. No choice. No way out of the match. Lady Earl had already arranged
02:07for me in the Eastern Territory.
02:09Lorenzo was my only option. No other man here would choose a half-zan blood bastard.
02:15And he'd just chosen someone else.
02:18Eighteen years.
02:19He didn't answer. Behind him, Mia was smiling.
02:25The white shard still perfect in her hands.
02:36Guilt flickered across Lorenzo's face. He sent Mia away.
02:40You're used to these events, Elena. But she isn't.
02:44This is her only moment to shine.
02:47Just do me this one favor.
02:49He leaned down.
02:51His expression almost boyish.
02:53You can have your way any other day.
02:55Why does it have to be tonight?
02:58I said nothing. He cleared his throat.
03:01Today's her graduation.
03:03After tonight, I can't sponsor her anymore.
03:06I promised her one unforgettable memory.
03:08Unforgettable for me, too.
03:10But it was already too late.
03:12Lorenzo, do you understand what the gathering means?
03:14Mia came back before I could finish.
03:17Elena.
03:18Her voice was soft. Careful.
03:20Did I ruin everything? Please don't blame Lorenzo.
03:24I was the one who begged him to-
03:26Lorenzo saw her shrinking back.
03:28His expression darkened.
03:30Toward me.
03:31Enough, Elena.
03:33It's just a shard.
03:35I'll get you another one.
03:37He dug into his jacket pocket, pulled out a small red shard, pushed it into my hand.
03:43Red suits you better anyway.
03:45A white shard isn't worth making a scene over.
03:48This isn't like you.
03:51The moment the red shard touched my palm, it cracked.
03:56The stone had split clean in two.
03:58Right down the middle.
04:00Just my hand.
04:02I closed my fingers around the broken pieces.
04:05The red shard meant someone you didn't claim.
04:08I knew the shard would shatter if one's pure blood refused to admit it.
04:12But I was nothing more than a half-breed.
04:15I didn't know what that meant yet.
04:18Laughter rippled through the room.
04:20A half-blood bootlicker, thinking she could marry the Rossi heir.
04:25Didn't you hear him say noble?
04:27In his heart, even a human ranks higher than her.
04:32Lorenzo silenced the woman with one look.
04:34But the words had already landed.
04:38Elena, I'm sorry.
04:39You've always had everything.
04:41I just wanted one night to feel special.
04:44Everything.
04:45I stared at her.
04:47I'm a bastard.
04:48Mia, half-blood.
04:50Do you have any idea how the Maradi clan treats me?
04:53The plate slipped from her hands.
04:55Landed on her shoe.
04:57Her eyes filled with tears.
04:59It's already done.
05:00Let her enjoy tonight.
05:04Come on.
05:05Let's get you cleaned up.
05:09You can head home if you want.
05:10I didn't have one.
05:12The moment Lorenzo left my side,
05:14someone moved in.
05:15Antonio Ricci.
05:16A reckless heir from a rival clan.
05:19He stepped close and breathed in slowly.
05:22You smell good, Elena Moratti.
05:25Without Lorenzo beside me,
05:27I didn't even get basic respect.
05:29Lorenzo told me to bring you a shard.
05:32I didn't bother.
05:33I told you before,
05:35stop chasing him and try me instead.
05:38You never listened.
05:40How does it feel now?
05:43Humiliating, isn't it?
05:44I turned.
05:46Stared at this man who barely reached my shoulder.
05:49Lorenzo had handed him that task,
05:51knowing full well Antonio had been harassing me for months.
05:55My fists tightened.
05:57Another betrayal.
05:58All I'd asked for was three years.
06:00Three years to build enough power to get out from under the Maridi clan's grip.
06:05But Lady Earl wanted me gone.
06:07She wouldn't give me room to breathe.
06:10Elena.
06:13Without that pretty face,
06:14you'd be nothing.
06:15Just a half-blood I could do whatever I wanted with.
06:18You think the Rossi clan will protect you forever?
06:21His grip tightened.
06:23Lorenzo was back.
06:24He knocked the hand away.
06:26Didn't I warn you?
06:27Don't touch what's mine.
06:29Yours!
06:29You just picked the human girl.
06:30What do you need Elena for?
06:31That's none of your business.
06:34Antonio spat and walked away.
06:37Lorenzo spun me around to face him.
06:39He touched you and you didn't fight back.
06:42Wasn't this your idea?
06:43Listen,
06:44I can protect you at events like this,
06:47but that doesn't mean I have to stand next to you every second, does it?
06:50But you knew what the gathering meant-
06:52Mia appeared again.
06:54Lorenzo,
06:55could I get some champagne?
06:57One's cold and stubborn.
06:59The other's bright and warm.
07:01Lorenzo's choice was easy.
07:03Of course.
07:05Tonight,
07:05you're the star.
07:06Whatever you want.
07:08He glanced back at me.
07:10We'll talk tomorrow.
07:11I'll come by your place.
07:12Tomorrow.
07:13I smiled coldly.
07:15Tomorrow,
07:16you'll have to come to the Eastern Territory to find me.
07:21Lorenzo left to greet the other clan heirs.
07:24Mia walked back to me,
07:25holding a glass of wine.
07:27The timid scholarship girl was gone.
07:29In her place stood someone who tasted power.
07:33You have everything,
07:34Elena.
07:35Why do you need to take this one moment from me?
07:37I should never have helped Lorenzo choose her for that scholarship.
07:41You grew up in luxury.
07:43I only wanted one night under Lorenzo's protection.
07:47Luxury?
07:48You think I'm better off than you?
07:50My mother was a human.
07:52She died when I was small.
07:54Lord Earl brought me back to the estate when I was little.
07:57Lady Earl looked at me like she wanted me dead.
08:00My father had women everywhere.
08:02One more bastard daughter didn't matter to him.
08:05Let alone a half-blood daughter.
08:08And pure blood was a sin in itself.
08:11I learned to read people early.
08:13Without this face,
08:14I wouldn't have survived.
08:16I was trapped between two sides.
08:18There were other things too.
08:20Things I'd never been able to explain.
08:23My body had always felt faintly wrong.
08:25Like something inside me was pressed flat.
08:28Held down.
08:30Some mornings I woke up with heat in my hands
08:32that faded before I was fully conscious.
08:35Some nights my blood felt like it was moving too fast.
08:38I'd asked Lady Earl about it once when I was small.
08:41She'd given me a small white pill
08:43and told me it was vitamins.
08:45I'd taken them every day since without thinking.
08:48I went to Uncle Luca and begged him to train me.
08:51To back me up,
08:53Uncle Luca never smiled.
08:55I had to lock my knees to keep from shaking
08:58as I stood in front of him.
08:59Your father has 23 children.
09:02Why would I invest in a half-blood who won't last?
09:06Because I have nothing to lose.
09:09I'll do what they won't.
09:11But the timing wasn't right.
09:13Uncle Luca turned me away too, they said.
09:16Dante Vitell was ruthless.
09:18That anyone who crossed him got crushed without mercy.
09:22The Meridi clan wanted his protection.
09:24But they wouldn't sacrifice a legitimate daughter for it.
09:28So they chose me.
09:31Uncle Luca already knew how the gathering had ended.
09:34He sent one message.
09:36Figure it out yourself.
09:37I was shaking.
09:39Cold all the way through.
09:40I wrapped my arms around myself.
09:42Mia touched my frozen hand like she owned it.
09:45Elena,
09:46do you think Lorenz even understands what the gathering means?
09:52I wasn't the type to dwell on emotions.
09:54I needed to find a way to stay.
09:56I found Lorenzo and asked him directly.
10:00Do you know what tonight actually means?
10:02Sure.
10:03It's a matchmaking event.
10:06But it's just formality.
10:09Half these arrangements fall apart anyway.
10:11He knew it.
10:12Don't worry.
10:13I'll talk to the Morettos.
10:15No one's forcing you into marriage.
10:18Then can you get the shard back from Mia?
10:20I'll return it tomorrow.
10:22Lorenzo looked uncomfortable.
10:23That's not good.
10:25It's already hers.
10:26How about I send another one instead?
10:28Don't fight with Mia over this.
10:29That white shard had a rare gold vein running through it.
10:32It couldn't be replicated.
10:34Everything I've held back all night came out at once.
10:38Please, Lorenzo.
10:40You know I was never going to cling to you.
10:42I have someone I care about.
10:46After three years,
10:48you'd be free.
10:51So why did you humiliate me like that?
10:53He stepped forward.
10:55Backed me against the wall.
10:58Someone you care about.
11:00You told me Saffron.
11:05Again with this!
11:08Elena, no one else is going to take you.
11:10You're a Marathi half-blood.
11:13Everyone in Palamo knows you're mine.
11:17My shadow.
11:20My little father.
11:22The worries cut deep.
11:23Being called a shadow.
11:25A father.
11:26It was the price of surviving inside the Marathi clan.
11:30Pairing it from his mouth made me sick.
11:32I stepped back and jumped into him.
11:34Elena, please don't fight with Lorenzo.
11:38Enough, Elena.
11:39It's one night.
11:40Stop making a scene.
11:41Tomorrow Mia goes back to her life.
11:58I walked out of the hall and got into Uncle Luca's car.
12:02He sat in the shadows, dressed in black, expressionless.
12:05Accept your loss.
12:07Tomorrow you leave for the Eastern Territory.
12:10After that, you're on your own.
12:13I'll come back.
12:16We'll see.
12:17His mouth curved slightly.
12:19Back at the estate, Lady Earl glanced at Uncle Luca.
12:22Then at me.
12:24We've raised you for 18 years.
12:26Time to repay that.
12:28You've been chosen.
12:30Tomorrow, you leave.
12:31Nothing in this house was mine.
12:34Not even the plane ticket.
12:35I paid for it myself.
12:37Uncle Luca said nothing and walked to his room.
12:40I went to my small bedroom and started packing.
12:43My half-sister Bianca leaned in the doorway, inspecting her nails.
12:48If I were you, I wouldn't have gone to the gathering at all.
12:55Mom told me to keep an eye on you.
12:57Don't take anything valuable.
12:59Not even tonight's gown.
13:02Oh, and Mom said Dante Vitale is already in love with someone else.
13:06Good luck.
13:07I took off the gown in front of her.
13:09Removed every piece of jewelry.
13:12Set it all on the tray.
13:13Then I walked to the bathroom in my slip.
13:16Bianca left.
13:18On my phone, Mia had already posted.
13:21A photo, glowing.
13:23Lorenzo's arm around her.
13:24He was still wearing the cufflinks I'd given him.
13:27I left everything Lorenzo had ever given me behind.
13:30Before dawn, I was up.
13:33No goodbyes.
13:35I grabbed my backpack and headed to the airport.
13:38Security.
13:39Boarding.
13:40Everything smooth.
13:41As the plan began to taxi.
13:42I switched my phone off completely.
13:45Cut every tie to Palermo.
13:47Then the announcement came.
13:50Apologies, passengers.
13:51The Rossi clan has sealed the airways above Palermo.
13:55All flights are returning to the terminal.
14:03I stared out the window as the runway slowed.
14:06It took me a moment to understand what was happening.
14:09The plane stopped.
14:10My phone reconnected.
14:12Messages poured in.
14:14Then a refund notification.
14:15We apologize for the inconvenience.
14:18To compensate, the Rossi clan will reimburse your ticket at ten times the original price.
14:23The complaints died instantly.
14:24Who do you think they're looking for?
14:25A few girls behind me started whistling.
14:27This is so dramatic.
14:28Like something out of a film.
14:30I scrolled through my phone.
14:31Exhausted.
14:32Lorenzo had gone to the Marretti estate early that morning looking for me.
14:36When he found I wasn't there, he stormed into my bedroom.
14:39He saw the gown, the jewelry, everything I'd left behind.
14:43But my backpack was gone.
14:45He panicked.
14:46He demanded answers from the Marretti.
14:48That is when he found out I'd already left for the Eastern Territory.
14:52Lorenzo lost it.
14:53Nearly tore the estate apart.
14:55Then he started calling.
14:56But by then, I was already on the plane.
14:59When he realized I hadn't taken a single thing he'd ever given me.
15:02He snapped.
15:03That is when he sealed the sky.
15:05I grabbed my backpack and stepped off the plane.
15:08Inside the terminal, I stopped.
15:10Go back or keep moving.
15:12It was early.
15:13I was starving.
15:14I found a small coffee and ordered pasta.
15:16Uncle Luca's message came through.
15:18Do you want to come back?
15:19Lorenzo still wants you.
15:21The Marretti clan ran on schemes.
15:23Lorenzo might spoil me.
15:25But he'd never lose face for me.
15:26Going back meant more humiliation.
15:29Moving forward.
15:30Maybe something different.
15:34I ate slowly.
15:36Outside the cafty window.
15:37Dragon guards in black flooded the terminal.
15:40Dozens of them.
15:41Stopping every woman who looked anything like me.
15:44Then Lorenzo came through the doors.
15:46Soaked in sweat.
15:47Phone pressed to his ear.
15:49He walked straight past my table.
15:51He looked wrecked.
15:53Frantic.
15:54Calling my number over and over.
15:56My phone buzzed in my pocket.
15:58I watched him.
16:00When no one answered.
16:01He almost smashed the phone against the pillar.
16:04Where is she?
16:05I'd never seen Lorenzo like this.
16:06Keep searching.
16:07Completely unraveled.
16:08Every terminal.
16:09No flight leaves for the Eastern Territory today.
16:11I don't care what it costs.
16:12I checked my phone.
16:13There was a flight to the Central Territories in 20 minutes.
16:16I scrolled through the news while I waited.
16:18Pelermos gossip feeds were already running with it.
16:21Two women at the table behind me were deep into it.
16:24God, that's so romantic.
16:25If someone grounded the entire sky for me, I'd say yes on the spot.
16:31Her friend was more cynical.
16:33You don't get it.
16:34Last night at the gathering, Lorenzo gave the white shard to some human scholarship girl.
16:38I'm guessing he got played.
16:40Wait.
16:41He didn't pick a clan daughter?
16:43He picked a human?
16:44Then why is he losing his mind today?
16:46I kept my eyes on my coffee.
16:48My guess?
16:50Lorenzo had no idea what the shard ceremony actually meant.
16:54How would you know?
16:56Because I was at the gathering last night.
16:59I went still.
17:00I glanced back.
17:01Didn't recognize her.
17:03Lucky.
17:04So, what does the clan girl look like?
17:07Beautiful.
17:08Genuinely stunning.
17:10Then why would Lorenzo give the shard to an outsider?
17:12Who cares?
17:13The girl's voice sharpened.
17:15The other one's just a half-blood anyway.
17:16Not like the rest of us.
17:18I coughed.
17:19Both women turned.
17:20The moment they saw my face, one of them went completely silent.
17:24Pointed.
17:24Couldn't speak.
17:25The other one stared at me.
17:28What?
17:29Do you know her?
17:30She's gorgeous.
17:32Wait, are you?
17:33She looked toward the guards, still sweeping the terminal.
17:36Eyes wide.
17:39I pressed one finger to my lips.
17:42Both women covered their mouths with both hands.
17:44I picked up my bag and walked away.
17:46Behind me, I heard one of them hiss.
17:49You didn't tell me she looked like that.
17:50You have zero chance now.
17:52Zero.
17:53I reached the gate for the Central Territories.
17:55Another refund notification hit my phone.
17:58The Rossi clan had purchased out every route leaving Palermo.
18:02Not just the Eastern Territory flights everything.
18:04I stood there.
18:05Phone in hand.
18:06Nowhere to go.
18:08Then it rang an Eastern Territory number.
18:14Hello?
18:16Dante Vitale.
18:17I'm sorry, I...
18:19My people are already at the airport.
18:21They'll bring you to me.
18:21My arranged husband.
18:23His voice was cool.
18:24Unhurried.
18:25The kind of voice you wanted to keep listening to.
18:27Before I could explain that the entire sky was sealed,
18:30I saw it through the terminal window.
18:32A private aircraft on the tarmac.
18:34Several dragon guards in black stepped off and stood at attention.
18:38I said...
18:38Understood.
18:39I hung up and walked toward the jet.
18:43It had started to drizzle.
18:45The moment I stepped outside,
18:47an umbrella appeared over my head.
18:49A man holding it kept his eyes down.
18:52Respectful.
18:54Mrs. Vitale.
18:55We're here to bring you home.
18:57That is when Lorenzo spotted me.
18:59Grabbed my wrist.
19:00Elena.
19:02Come with me.
19:03Bitehale's dragon guards closed in immediately.
19:06Lorenzo's men did the same.
19:07The two groups faced each other.
19:09Nobody moved.
19:10People inside the terminal pressed against the glass.
19:13Phones out.
19:14The man leading Dante's guards was older.
19:16Immaculate suit.
19:17The kind of calm that came from having seen everything twice.
19:20He smiled politely.
19:22His eyes didn't.
19:24Mr. Rossi.
19:26I'm here to escort Mrs. Vitale home.
19:29Please, step aside.
19:30Lorenzo's gaze went cold.
19:34She hasn't left Polono yet.
19:37I'd like to see who has the nerve to take what's mine.
19:40I was tired.
19:41Deeply tired.
19:42I'd tried to tell him.
19:44More than once.
19:45But his attention was always somewhere else.
19:47Always on Mia.
19:50I kept my voice steady.
19:51Lorenzo, you've protected me for years.
19:54I'm grateful.
19:56But this is where it ends.
19:59I don't blame anyone.
20:03Don't blame anyone.
20:06Then come back with me.
20:08I'll marry you.
20:10I'll tell the Morettis myself.
20:12The rain came harder.
20:13Lorenzo's hair was soaked.
20:15His eyes were red.
20:16For just a moment, something flickered at the edge of his irises.
20:20A deep amber.
20:21Gone before I could be sure I'd seen it.
20:23Dragon blood under pressure.
20:25Even the composed ones cracked eventually.
20:27The vital butler stepped between us.
20:29Unmoved.
20:30Apologies, Mr. Rossi.
20:32The agreement with the Moretti clan has been finalized.
20:35Mrs. Vital leaves with us today.
20:38Lorenzo.
20:39I told you.
20:41I only ever wanted three years.
20:44I have someone I genuinely care about.
20:46I was never planning to marry you.
20:47This again.
20:48Elena, you've been locked inside the Moretti clan your whole life.
20:51When exactly did you meet someone to love?
20:54I know calling you my shadow upset you.
20:57Stop being stubborn and come back.
21:00We'll talk there.
21:01Okay?
21:02His tone had shifted.
21:03Almost pleading.
21:04I was grateful.
21:06Truly.
21:06He'd kept me safe for years.
21:08But when Lorenzo let go of my hand and gave the shard to Mia.
21:12Or path split for good.
21:16Lorenzo.
21:17I said quietly.
21:18Mia is your chosen.
21:20All of Pilemer witnessed it.
21:24Go be happy with her.
21:26He laughed.
21:28Short and bitter.
21:30Marry a human girl?
21:31Are you serious?
21:33I'd marry you before I'd ever marry her.
21:36My expression went flat.
21:38Lorenzo had always wanted me around.
21:40He'd never once respected me.
21:41I didn't hesitate this time.
21:43I turned and walked toward the jet with the butler.
21:46Lorenzo stood frozen behind me.
21:47Fists clenched.
21:48Something radiating off him that I didn't look back to read.
21:52Elena.
21:54You leave Palamo and no one protects you anymore.
21:57Think carefully.
21:59Once you're gone, don't come back regretting it.
22:03I didn't answer.
22:04I stepped onto the plane.
22:06The butler had already prepared a change of clothes.
22:08You can freshen up there, Mrs. Vitari.
22:12Getting caught in the rain, you'll catch cold.
22:14The jet was extraordinary.
22:16The jet was extraordinary.
22:17Not a rental.
22:17This was the Vital Clan's own aircraft.
22:22The Vital Clan operated on a different level entirely.
22:25Even the Morettis didn't own anything like this.
22:28The plane didn't just have a bathroom.
22:30It had a full bedroom.
22:32The bedding was soft pink.
22:34Definitely not something Dante Vital had chosen for himself.
22:38I changed in the bathroom, then stopped.
22:42The clothes fit me perfectly.
22:44When I came out, the butler had quietly moved the Dragon Guards to the rear of the cabin.
22:49Excuse me.
22:50Does the Lord usually use this plane?
22:53He saw my confusion.
22:54This aircraft was commissioned specifically for you, Mrs. Vitari.
22:59Everything was customized to your preferences.
23:02The Lord selected the bedding personally.
23:05Softest material available.
23:07I didn't know what to say.
23:09Something this considered.
23:10Given to a stranger without a word.
23:13Wasn't he supposed to be in love with someone else?
23:15The flight to the Eastern Territory is long.
23:18You should rest.
23:19The climate there is dry.
23:20We've prepared a humidifier for you.
23:25No one had ever thought about my comfort before.
23:28I'd spent my whole life reading other people's moods.
23:31Adjusting.
23:32Disappearing into whatever shape kept me safe.
23:35This kind of attention made me restless.
23:38The butler noticed and quietly withdrew.
23:41I pulled out a pen and started sketching notes.
23:44My mind was already running through what came next.
23:47What I was walking into.
23:49What I'd need.
23:50The plane landed on a sprawling green estate.
23:52I looked closer.
23:54The vital compound.
23:56Vast.
23:57Immaculate.
23:58The main structure was built from dark stone that seemed to hold the light differently from
24:02ordinary material.
24:04Warmer.
24:05Like it had its own temperature.
24:07Even from the steps of the jet I could feel it.
24:09A subtle heat rising from the ground beneath my feet.
24:13Ancient dragon rock.
24:14I'd read about it once.
24:15I'd read about it once.
24:16Quarried only from the oldest dragon territories.
24:18It held warmth for centuries without any source.
24:22I filed the detail away without knowing why it mattered.
24:25Dante Vitale came out to meet me personally.
24:28He was smiling.
24:30He was smiling.
24:31Nothing like the ruthless lord the rumors described.
24:35He draped a coat over my shoulders before I could speak.
24:39Something moved in my chest the moment his hand touched my shoulder.
24:43A pull.
24:44Faint but distinct.
24:46Like a thread I hadn't known was there had just been tugged from the other end.
24:50I stepped back.
24:52Put some space between us.
24:54Told myself it was nerves.
24:58I said carefully.
25:13Someone I love.
25:15Three years.
25:16Yes.
25:17Three years.
25:19I'll play the role of your wife.
25:21I won't interfere with your private life.
25:24That we separate.
25:25I boutique anything from you.
25:27I'll sign what you need.
25:29His frown deepened.
25:30He looked sharply at the butler.
25:33Some silent question passing between them.
25:36Then he stepped closer.
25:38Gently pulled me in.
25:39My face went completely red.
25:42Who said anything about keeping things separate?
25:46His voice was quiet.
25:47Almost amused.
25:49You're my wife.
25:51He seemed to enjoy the fact that I was flustered.
25:55He lifted my chin.
25:57Leaned in just slightly.
25:59Everything I have is yours.
26:02We went inside.
26:03I still hadn't recovered.
26:06Wasn't this man supposed to be cold?
26:08Ruthless?
26:09The interior of the vital compound was all sharp lines and clean edges.
26:14Dark stone.
26:16Minimal furniture.
26:18But there were soft touches throughout.
26:21Warm fabrics.
26:23Carefully chosen color.
26:25Things that had clearly been added recently.
26:28Good taste.
26:30Nothing clashing.
26:32The additions made the space feel less severe.
26:35More like somewhere a person could actually breathe.
26:38I sat on the couch.
26:40I handed him a folded piece of paper.
26:44This is my plan.
26:46I'd like to borrow some money.
26:47I'll pay it back in installments.
26:49He took it.
26:50Scanned it.
26:51You need money?
26:52It was humiliating.
26:54Arriving with nothing.
26:56Lord Earl's half-blood daughter showing up with a backpack and no dowry.
27:00No offering.
27:02Nothing of value for the vitals.
27:04This had to look like an insult.
27:07I'd done my research before landing.
27:09The vital clan didn't need alliances.
27:12Didn't need anyone's backing.
27:14They stood alone at the top of the Eastern Territory.
27:16People came from across the continent just to ask them for favors.
27:19I still didn't understand why they'd agreed to this match with the Morettis.
27:24I pressed my lips together.
27:26Yes, I don't have money right now.
27:29But I have a way to pay you back.
27:31I promise.
27:32He didn't question it.
27:33His hand closed over mine instead.
27:35Warm against my cold fingers.
27:38He rubbed them slowly.
27:43My face flushed again.
27:45His mood seemed to improve.
27:48Why do you need money?
27:49I looked up.
27:51Suddenly aware.
27:52Maybe his miss is vital.
27:54I wasn't supposed to have financial control.
27:57Maybe I was expected to live on an allowance.
27:59To ask permission.
28:01I straightened.
28:02Mr. Vitale.
28:03I don't want to be trapped by the Moretti clan anymore.
28:06And I'm not going to sit here and ask for handouts.
28:07I want my own income.
28:09My own footing.
28:11And if possible, I want to take back what's mine from the Morettis.
28:14He looked surprised.
28:16Like he hadn't expected me to say it that plainly.
28:19And he reached over and ruffled my hair.
28:22Everything the Vitalists have is yours.
28:24He nodded to the butler.
28:26The butler produced a black card.
28:28This is my account.
28:30Spend whatever you need.
28:31The room Dante gave me was the finest in the entire compound.
28:36Morning light came through the windows at the perfect angle.
28:39The DD core was soft.
28:41Feminine.
28:42Like something out of a story I'd never thought would include me.
28:45That night, I lay down expecting to stare at the ceiling for hours.
28:49Instead, I was asleep within minutes.
28:52Deep.
28:52Still.
28:54Dreamless.
28:55I told myself it was exhaustion from the journey.
28:58I didn't consider the warmth rising steadily.
29:01From the ancient stone beneath the floors.
29:04Didn't consider that the vital compound had been built on the oldest dragon rock in the eastern territory.
29:09That the heat it held had a particular quality.
29:13One that ancient texts described as resonant with dormant dragon blood.
29:17I didn't know any of that then.
29:20I just slept.
29:26For the first time in years, I woke up rested.
29:29A message from Uncle Luca.
29:32Lorenzo is furious.
29:33Why didn't you go back with him?
29:35Uncle Luca was the only person in the Moretti clan who'd ever looked out for me.
29:40But his protection always came at a price.
29:43I typed back.
29:44Uncle, I am a person.
29:46Not something you can call back whenever it is convenient.
29:50His reply was immediate.
29:51Cold.
29:52Really.
29:53I thought you'd already turned yourself into a weapon.
29:57Three years passed.
29:59I borrowed 100,000 from the vitals.
30:01I did everything a lord's wife was supposed to do.
30:05Attended gallus with Dante.
30:07Smiled for the right people.
30:09Let the right people court my favor.
30:11I played the part.
30:13The beautiful, composed lady vital.
30:15Dante spoiled me without restraint.
30:18But I never lost sight of why I was there.
30:21Behind the smiles, I was working.
30:24That 100,000 became leverage.
30:26Quietly.
30:28Carefully.
30:29Somewhere in the second year, I stopped taking the white pills.
30:33It wasn't a decision exactly.
30:34I'd run out during a trip and hadn't replaced them.
30:38A week passed.
30:39Then another.
30:40I kept waiting to feel worse.
30:43Instead, I felt more.
30:45Heat in my hands when I was angry.
30:47A sharpness behind my eyes when I was focused.
30:50Small things.
30:52Easy to dismiss.
30:53I told myself it was confidence.
30:55That I was simply becoming someone harder to intimidate.
30:59I didn't connect it to the pills.
31:01I didn't connect it to anything yet.
31:06I dismantled Moriddy operations piece by piece.
31:09Pulled their best dragon cards and wing commanders into my own network.
31:14Lord Sergio finally had to look at what he'd built.
31:17His 23 children.
31:19Useless.
31:20Everyone.
31:20The second generation panic.
31:24Afraid the clan's collapse would hit their share of the territories.
31:27They started selling off assets.
31:29I bought them all.
31:30One by one.
31:32The gambling operations.
31:33The shipping routes.
31:35The legitimate fronts they'd spent years building.
31:38I took the businesses that were bleeding and made them profitable.
31:42Expanded the territories they'd abandoned.
31:45By the time Lord Sergio understood what was happening,
31:48I controlled more of the clan's income than he did.
31:50The other Moriddy heirs couldn't touch me anymore.
31:53During the negotiations for the last of the shipping routes.
31:57Something happened that I couldn't explain.
31:59The Moriddy representative had tried to walk out.
32:02I'd reached out to stop them.
32:04And the glass of water on the table between us had cracked.
32:08Clean through.
32:09No one had touched it.
32:10The representative had gone pale.
32:13He signed everything.
32:14I stood in the corridor afterward.
32:16And looked at my hand.
32:19It felt warm.
32:20The same warmth I'd been ignoring for months.
32:23I thought about the pills.
32:25I thought about the pills 18.
32:27Years of white capsules.
32:30Lady Earl had called them vitamins.
32:32She'd never explained what they were for.
32:34Never let me miss a dose.
32:36I'd stopped taking them 14 months ago.
32:39Since then, the heat in my hands.
32:42The sharpness behind my eyes.
32:44The glass that cracked without being touched.
32:46I wasn't imagining it.
32:49Something was different.
32:51Something was changing.
32:53I didn't know what.
32:55It was past ten when I got home that night.
32:58Dante was in the living room.
33:00Sitting in the room.
33:01Waiting.
33:02My chest tightened.
33:05I walked up behind him.
33:06And wrapped my arms around his shoulders.
33:11I held on for a moment.
33:13Then I let go and stepped back.
33:16Composed again.
33:19Why so late?
33:21Are you tired?
33:22I had soup made.
33:24The words I'd been preparing stuck in my throat.
33:27He took my hand and led me to the table.
33:30Watched me eat.
33:34When are you going to let yourself lean on me?
33:37You don't have to run yourself into the ground like this.
33:40The warmth of it hit me somewhere I wasn't ready for.
33:43I looked at him in the low light.
33:45Felt something pull tight in my chest.
33:49The three years are up.
33:50It's time for me to go back.
33:51To finish what I started with the Morettis.
33:54Dante had always known I hadn't let go of my plans.
33:57He didn't look surprised.
33:58You don't like the Morettis.
34:01From what I know, only Luca was ever decent to you.
34:04And Lorendo, he came to the Eastern Territory several times looking for you.
34:09You never saw him.
34:10I hadn't known he'd been aware of that.
34:12It's up.
34:14It's time for me to see you.
34:16You don't have to go back.
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