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The Rise of the Scarface Luna HD MBR
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00:00:06Mating with me was your ladder to power, wasn't it, Roderick?
00:00:10Oh, spare me, Lyric. I can barely stand the sight of you. How could I possibly bring you to Alpha
00:00:15meetings?
00:00:18My name is Lyric Harper. Roderick Fletcher's discarded mate, branded the ugly wolf of the pack.
00:00:24Today, I finally found the courage to confront him.
00:00:27But I didn't give this scar to myself. You promised you'd take me to the best doctors.
00:00:32Even your own family doesn't care enough to help you. Why would I? Stop dreaming, Lyric, and get out of
00:00:36my pack.
00:00:36You ugly creep! Get out of our pack!
00:00:39You don't deserve the title of Luna!
00:00:41My own mate, in front of everyone, ended it completely.
00:00:49I went to the Faceless Bar, the only place no one could see me cry.
00:01:00A stranger sat down beside me.
00:01:04A refill for the princess, please.
00:01:08He wore an elegant mask. I couldn't see his face, but everything about him screamed one word.
00:01:14Power.
00:01:15He called me princess.
00:01:17Why don't we make a deal, princess?
00:01:20Have fun tonight, and go our separate ways by morning.
00:01:24A one-night offer.
00:01:25He couldn't see my face.
00:01:28He didn't know how ugly I was.
00:01:33But, but you don't even know me.
00:01:41I don't need to. It's simply for fun.
00:01:48Although I should warn you, it'll be a long night.
00:01:59He couldn't climax, and I had never been touched.
00:02:07Can we keep our masks on?
00:02:10Of course.
00:02:11Your wish is my command, princess.
00:02:19It was the best night of my life.
00:02:22He made love to me in the gentlest way.
00:02:26And then, the impossible happened.
00:02:29That, that was strange.
00:02:31He climaxed it inside me.
00:02:34Who are you?
00:02:37He took off his mask.
00:02:39He was the most stunning man I had ever seen.
00:02:42You were a virgin.
00:02:44You should have told me at the bar.
00:02:47He said he wanted one more day.
00:02:49Just one more day with me.
00:02:52But by morning, he was gone.
00:03:02Five years passed.
00:03:04I buried the memory of that night.
00:03:06But fate wasn't done with me yet.
00:03:08I need you, Laric.
00:03:10Our pack owes a debt to Darkspire.
00:03:12They're calling it in.
00:03:14What does that have to do with me?
00:03:16They need a Luna.
00:03:17A woman from our family.
00:03:19For one year.
00:03:20Darkspire.
00:03:21Jairus Dreadmore.
00:03:22They said he was more terrifying than death itself.
00:03:25You want to sacrifice me to a monster?
00:03:27It's our only way out.
00:03:29And your scar is gone.
00:03:32It's like fate itself approved.
00:03:34So here I stand with Isolde, his mother, in the Darkspire's meeting room, waiting to meet the monster.
00:03:40Jairus will be joining us shortly.
00:03:43I waited an hour.
00:03:44Then another.
00:03:47And then, the doors finally opened.
00:03:50The man who walked in was the man who held me in that bar five years ago.
00:03:54I'm so in love with you.
00:03:57Jairus Dreadmore.
00:03:58The man who abandoned me.
00:04:00The man who was about to become my mate.
00:04:03Jairus Dreadmore walked right past me.
00:04:05Didn't even spare me a glance.
00:04:09Jairus!
00:04:10We've been waiting for over an hour!
00:04:13I have no interest in bonding with someone I feel nothing for.
00:04:21He left.
00:04:23Just like five years ago.
00:04:26I went to the restroom.
00:04:28When I came back, I got lost in the corridor.
00:04:31Then, a tiny hand grabbed mine.
00:04:35Miss, can you help my brother?
00:04:40Your brother?
00:04:41What's wrong?
00:04:43He's really sick.
00:04:45I don't know any other adults.
00:04:50Please.
00:04:52She led me to a room.
00:04:55The boy on the bed was convulsing, burning up like fire.
00:05:00My goodness!
00:05:01Get me warm water and towels, quickly!
00:05:04My hands moved as if guided.
00:05:09Minutes later, he was calm.
00:05:12You saved him!
00:05:14Even faster than mommy!
00:05:17And then mommy appeared.
00:05:21Who are you?
00:05:23Why are you touching my son?
00:05:25Get out!
00:05:26Mark to Monroe.
00:05:28The mother of his children.
00:05:30The woman who looked at me like I was garbage.
00:05:39Is this a joke?
00:05:40You just touched him?
00:05:43It's true, mommy!
00:05:44Mommy, she touched Zylon and he stopped shaking, even faster than you!
00:05:49It was just a coincidence.
00:05:51Don't either of you let this woman touch my children again.
00:05:54Her glare told me I wasn't a savior.
00:05:56I was a threat.
00:05:57But Yisold clearly had other plans.
00:06:01Her ability is exactly what we need.
00:06:05Then, the contract.
00:06:07The deal stands.
00:06:08She heals Zylon and your debt is clear.
00:06:11One year only.
00:06:13One year.
00:06:14The shelf life of a tool.
00:06:21Remember, you're here as a tool, not his lover.
00:06:27I thought Roderick would vanish from my life.
00:06:30I was wrong.
00:06:32Lyric, we need to talk.
00:06:34There's nothing to talk about.
00:06:37Take me to the temple and sever the bond.
00:06:41No.
00:06:43I think we should start over.
00:06:46He was actually smiling, as if those words were some kind of sweet confession.
00:06:51What did you say?
00:06:53I was wrong, okay?
00:06:54I was an asshole.
00:06:56But you're beautiful now, Lyric.
00:06:59I can give you everything you deserve now.
00:07:02You disgust me.
00:07:03It's over, Roderick.
00:07:05We haven't cut the ribbon at the temple yet.
00:07:08As long as that ribbon remains,
00:07:13you're still legally my mate.
00:07:15If Jairus Dreadmoe finds out his bride is still mated to another man,
00:07:20do you think he'd still want you?
00:07:24You're threatening me.
00:07:26It's love, darling.
00:07:27I'll give you time.
00:07:33I was out of time.
00:07:35Jairus' patience was wearing thin.
00:07:38Alpha Jairus is waiting for you.
00:07:42He led me to an office.
00:07:44Jairus was seated behind a desk,
00:07:46a gun resting in his hand.
00:07:49Your father tells me you've been having second thoughts about our arrangement.
00:07:54No, it's just...
00:07:55There's a complication.
00:07:58What kind of complication?
00:08:00I opened my mouth, but nothing came out.
00:08:03How could I say it?
00:08:04That I was still bound to another man?
00:08:07You don't want to marry me?
00:08:10It's not what you think.
00:08:12His finger slid onto the trigger.
00:08:15Not pointed at me.
00:08:17At my father's car outside the window.
00:08:20Your father's debt is triple what he owns.
00:08:22If you want to back out,
00:08:24I can reclaim everything right now.
00:08:30He fired.
00:08:31The sound of shattering glass pierced through my skull like a blade.
00:08:36Stop!
00:08:38Enough!
00:08:39I'll sign.
00:08:40I'll go with you.
00:08:42That's better.
00:08:44Remember,
00:08:44you don't have a choice, Lyric Harper.
00:08:47After being sold off by my own father,
00:08:49the only warmth I felt came from Jace.
00:08:52He was furious.
00:08:52He stormed to the outskirts of Darkspire
00:08:55and demanded to see me.
00:08:58Lyric!
00:08:59Are you okay?
00:09:00Did they hurt you?
00:09:01Who are you?
00:09:03Outsiders aren't allowed here.
00:09:05I'm her best friend!
00:09:07You kidnappers have no right to stop me.
00:09:09Watch your tongue.
00:09:10This is Darkspire.
00:09:12I'm speaking the truth.
00:09:14She never wanted to marry that monster.
00:09:16Before Jace could finish,
00:09:18Kale's fist was already in his face.
00:09:20Stop!
00:09:22Jace!
00:09:22When they were finally pulled apart,
00:09:25Jace's lip was split.
00:09:27Kale's brow was bleeding.
00:09:30What's going on here?
00:09:32Jairus arrived.
00:09:34His gaze lingered on Jace for a full five seconds.
00:09:37Get him out.
00:09:38Now.
00:09:39Next time I see him here,
00:09:41he won't leave alive.
00:09:48The Alpha King's funeral was held at the Silver Citadel.
00:09:52It was my first public appearance as Jairus' Luna.
00:09:56No one cared about the dead king.
00:09:58All the whispers were about who would become the next Alpha King.
00:10:02Stay by my side.
00:10:04Don't speak to anyone.
00:10:06I understand.
00:10:07But someone sought me out on his own.
00:10:10You must be Lyric.
00:10:12Jairus' new Luna.
00:10:14Absolutely stunning.
00:10:16And you are?
00:10:17Zerac Callahan.
00:10:20Jairus' old friend.
00:10:22We used to be quite close.
00:10:24He smiled warmly,
00:10:25but my instinct screamed,
00:10:27this man was dangerous.
00:10:28You know,
00:10:29Jairus and I have a tradition.
00:10:32We make bets.
00:10:34What kind of bet?
00:10:36This time,
00:10:37the wager
00:10:38is you.
00:10:41I froze.
00:10:42He looked at me like I was a dessert about to be served.
00:10:45Seven days.
00:10:46Within seven days,
00:10:48I'll have you walking into my room willingly.
00:10:50Jairus didn't refuse.
00:10:51He didn't even get angry.
00:10:52He just gave a slight nod.
00:10:54Jairus Dreadmore waged my loyalty.
00:10:59But Roderick didn't disappear.
00:11:01He was there in the funeral crowd,
00:11:03a festering thorn.
00:11:05We're not finished, Lilac.
00:11:07Don't touch me.
00:11:08We're done.
00:11:10Roderick,
00:11:11are you harassing my Luna?
00:11:13Your Luna.
00:11:15She still carries a mate bond with me.
00:11:17You're just picking up my leftovers.
00:11:19Jairus' eyes shifted.
00:11:21Not anger.
00:11:21Something much colder.
00:11:23Leave now.
00:11:24Or your pack will be short one alpha.
00:11:28I couldn't wait any longer.
00:11:30Roderick,
00:11:31this tumor had to be removed.
00:11:33Otherwise,
00:11:34I'd never stand by Jairus' side
00:11:35with a clear conscience.
00:11:36I told Jairus everything.
00:11:38His reaction was calmer than I expected.
00:11:41Kale,
00:11:41Narion.
00:11:42Get the car.
00:11:43We're going to Roderick's territory.
00:11:45What are you going to do?
00:11:50End this.
00:11:52He stormed into Roderick's estate.
00:11:54Jairus,
00:11:55Jairus,
00:11:56you can't just barge in here.
00:11:59Temple,
00:12:01now,
00:12:01you're coming with me.
00:12:03You think you can force me?
00:12:05I'm an alpha.
00:12:07You're an alpha?
00:12:09Then you should know,
00:12:10in my world,
00:12:11you're less than a servant.
00:12:14Jairus' claws pierced Roderick's shoulder.
00:12:16Blood dripped down his arm.
00:12:23Cut the robin,
00:12:24or I'll rip out your heart
00:12:25and cut it myself.
00:12:27Your choice.
00:12:28Stop.
00:12:29Stop.
00:12:30I'll cut it.
00:12:31I'll cut it.
00:12:49The scissors snipped.
00:12:51Something that had been locked inside me for years
00:12:54finally broke.
00:12:56I felt as light as a feather.
00:12:59Marta lured me to the garden
00:13:00under the guise of discussing the children.
00:13:03I know we got off on the wrong foot.
00:13:04But your help with Silen,
00:13:06I'm truly grateful.
00:13:08I just did what I could.
00:13:09Have some of this.
00:13:10My own blend.
00:13:12It's good for your health.
00:13:16I drank.
00:13:17It tasted strange.
00:13:19Then,
00:13:20the world began to melt.
00:13:27I saw Jairus
00:13:29walking into the garden.
00:13:30His silver eyes gazed at me tenderly.
00:13:36I reached out his hand.
00:13:38Come with me, Lyric.
00:13:45I followed him into a room.
00:13:51I kissed him.
00:13:55When I woke,
00:13:56I was alone on the garden table.
00:13:59Marta was gone.
00:14:00So was the Jerrys.
00:14:05I thought it was just a strange dream.
00:14:07I had no idea that KISS had been recorded
00:14:10and sent to the real Jairus.
00:14:16That night,
00:14:18Jairus returned to the estate.
00:14:20His eyes weren't their usual cold steel.
00:14:24They were burning crimson.
00:14:27Who did you see today?
00:14:29I went to the garden.
00:14:30Had tea with Marta.
00:14:32Then I came back.
00:14:33That's it?
00:14:35No one else?
00:14:36No.
00:14:38What's going on?
00:14:39Liar.
00:14:41He threw his phone at me.
00:14:43On the screen,
00:14:44I was in Zarin's arms,
00:14:46kissing him.
00:14:47It's not what it looks like!
00:14:48Marta drugged my tea!
00:14:50I thought it was you!
00:14:52Enough.
00:14:54You disgust me.
00:14:55I thought you were different.
00:14:58But you're even cheaper.
00:15:01Please, just listen!
00:15:03I don't want to hear your excuses.
00:15:06Know your place.
00:15:07You're a tool.
00:15:08Don't ever think you're a real loon.
00:15:10He laughed.
00:15:11Every word of my defense
00:15:12bounced off him like stones on rock.
00:15:14He didn't believe a single syllable.
00:15:16On our mating ceremony day,
00:15:18I stood alone in the temple hall
00:15:20in the gown he sent.
00:15:22One hour.
00:15:22Two.
00:15:23Guests began to whisper,
00:15:25then rise and leave.
00:15:26This is a disgrace to Darkspire.
00:15:34Just wait a little longer.
00:15:35He'll come.
00:15:38Three hours later,
00:15:39the doors finally opened.
00:15:41He walked in,
00:15:43no trace of apology on his face.
00:15:46Jairus Dreadmoor,
00:15:47do you accept
00:15:48Lyric Harper
00:15:49as your mate?
00:15:50I do.
00:15:52Lyric Harper,
00:15:53do you accept
00:15:54Jairus Dreadmoor
00:15:55as your mate?
00:15:57I...
00:15:58I do.
00:15:59After the ceremony,
00:16:00he leaned in
00:16:01and whispered in my ear,
00:16:03Stay away from me.
00:16:04Don't ever come near me.
00:16:13I can't believe I'm doing this,
00:16:15but I have to see him.
00:16:20Our wedding night,
00:16:21he went to Marta's room.
00:16:23The days after our mating
00:16:25were colder
00:16:26than I ever imagined.
00:16:28He never looked at me,
00:16:30never spoke to me.
00:16:33Marta, on the other hand,
00:16:34was thoroughly enjoying
00:16:35the situation.
00:16:37You delivered breakfast
00:16:38to the Alpha's room?
00:16:39Who told you to do that?
00:16:41You don't even have the right
00:16:42to go near him.
00:16:44I was just trying to do
00:16:45my duty as Luna.
00:16:48Luna, you?
00:16:49Don't make me laugh.
00:16:51You're just a tool.
00:16:52When this year ends,
00:16:53you'll be kicked out.
00:16:59I went back to my room
00:17:01and stared at myself
00:17:02in the mirror.
00:17:04Inside me,
00:17:05there was already a child.
00:17:07Jairus' child.
00:17:08But I couldn't tell him.
00:17:14Not now.
00:17:15Not when he hated me this much.
00:17:21Maddie was Jairus' sister,
00:17:23locked in an asylum for years.
00:17:25The day she escaped
00:17:27and came home,
00:17:28the air in the entire estate
00:17:29went still.
00:17:30She looked innocent and sweet,
00:17:33but something inside
00:17:34those silver eyes was broken.
00:17:36So you're my brother's new toy?
00:17:38You're pretty.
00:17:39Has he told you his secrets yet?
00:17:41What secrets?
00:17:42Like how he killed our father?
00:17:44How he imprisoned our brother?
00:17:46How he's nothing
00:17:47but a starving beast
00:17:48in human skin?
00:17:49As she spoke,
00:17:50she was playing with a dagger.
00:17:52You murderer.
00:17:55The next second,
00:17:57she lunged at Jairus,
00:17:58who had just walked in.
00:17:59The blade sank into Jairus' chest.
00:18:01Blood soaked through his shirt.
00:18:03Maddie was dragged away,
00:18:04but her manic laughter
00:18:05echoed through the hallway.
00:18:08Jairus was brought to the infirmary.
00:18:11Kale specifically ordered me
00:18:12to tend to his wound.
00:18:14It was the first time
00:18:15I was this close to him.
00:18:16His shirt was cut open,
00:18:17revealing his solid chest,
00:18:19but those savage wounds
00:18:20made my heart clench.
00:18:22The blade was poisoned.
00:18:24I need to clean it first,
00:18:26then stitch.
00:18:27Then do it.
00:18:28My hands pressed against his skin.
00:18:30You were scared earlier.
00:18:32I can feed every single breath he took.
00:18:34Not of her.
00:18:35Of me dying.
00:18:36He was right.
00:18:37The moment I saw him collapse and bleed,
00:18:39my heart nearly stopped.
00:18:41Listen.
00:18:41About what happened before.
00:18:43The video with Zurok.
00:18:44I may have overreacted.
00:18:46Maybe you should.
00:18:49Focus on healing first.
00:18:51We'll talk about the rest later.
00:18:53He closed his eyes.
00:18:54I caught the faintest curve
00:18:56at the corner of his lips.
00:18:59Jairus' wound was healing.
00:19:00Our relationship
00:19:01seemed to be thawing
00:19:02just a little.
00:19:08But Marta would never allow that.
00:19:12You think you can crawl
00:19:13into his heart
00:19:14while he's injured?
00:19:15Don't dream, Lyric.
00:19:16He's just using you for healing.
00:19:19I wasn't thinking
00:19:20anything like that.
00:19:21Let me warn you,
00:19:22he's not someone
00:19:23you can aspire to.
00:19:24You're just a transitional tool.
00:19:25When this year ends,
00:19:26you'll be discarded.
00:19:31Mattie was confined to her room,
00:19:32but every time I passed by,
00:19:35I could hear her singing.
00:19:36That song was about
00:19:38a forgotten pack.
00:19:39I didn't know that
00:19:40a greater storm
00:19:41was brewing outside
00:19:42Darkspire.
00:19:44It was on his way,
00:19:45and its target was me.
00:19:49Jairus recovered quickly.
00:19:53His attitude toward me
00:19:55began to quietly shift.
00:20:00They started inviting me
00:20:02to accompany him
00:20:03to various events.
00:20:11The twin Zylans
00:20:12and Zyla's birthday
00:20:13was approaching.
00:20:15Jairus asked me
00:20:15to help plan the party.
00:20:17Lyric,
00:20:18will you come to our party?
00:20:20Of course I will.
00:20:21What gifts do you want?
00:20:22We don't want anything.
00:20:24Just play games with us.
00:20:29On the day of the party,
00:20:30I wore my favorite dress.
00:20:32At least for one day,
00:20:33I wanted to look like a person,
00:20:35not a tool.
00:20:37But I had no idea.
00:20:39The party was about
00:20:40to swallow everything.
00:20:42The twins' birthday party
00:20:43was Darkspire's
00:20:44biggest event of the year.
00:20:46This time,
00:20:47all the nobles
00:20:47and alphas came.
00:20:50Don't you dare
00:20:51go near my children today.
00:20:53I won't allow
00:20:54a woman of ruined reputation
00:20:55to touch them.
00:20:56I won't appear
00:20:57in front of them.
00:21:01But the children
00:21:02spotted me.
00:21:04They ran over
00:21:06and Zyla grabbed my hand.
00:21:08Lyric!
00:21:09Come play with us!
00:21:11You promised.
00:21:15I couldn't refuse them.
00:21:18These children
00:21:19knew nothing
00:21:21of politics.
00:21:23They only knew
00:21:24that I loved them.
00:21:26Jairus stood in the distance,
00:21:28watching me laugh
00:21:29with the twins.
00:21:30His eyes held a softness
00:21:32I'd never seen before.
00:21:36The party music
00:21:37was still playing.
00:21:40But at my feet
00:21:41lay a corpse.
00:21:43The body
00:21:44of Executioner Lucy.
00:21:45Ten minutes ago,
00:21:46she was threatening me.
00:21:47She said my secret
00:21:49wouldn't stay hidden.
00:21:50Now she was dead.
00:21:51Killed by my own power.
00:21:56I hid her body
00:21:57in the corner
00:21:58of the powder room,
00:21:59covering her face
00:22:00with a gown.
00:22:01Lyric!
00:22:01The host is calling for you!
00:22:03You're coming on stage
00:22:04to play the game with me!
00:22:08Sure, sweetheart.
00:22:09I will be right there.
00:22:14I tucked my bloodstained hand
00:22:16into the folds of my skirt
00:22:18and walked onto the stage,
00:22:20smiling.
00:22:30Executioners in black uniform
00:22:31streamed in like sharks
00:22:33scenting blood.
00:22:34Everyone stay where you are.
00:22:36No one leaves the hall.
00:22:38A murder has been committed.
00:22:43Cole,
00:22:44leader of the Executioners.
00:22:46The victim was one of ours,
00:22:47Lucy.
00:22:49The killer is a sight.
00:22:53Siphon.
00:22:54The word exploded
00:22:55through the hall.
00:22:56Everyone's face changed.
00:22:57Siphon was a curse.
00:22:59And I was that very curse.
00:23:01Cole,
00:23:02this is private territory.
00:23:03You have no authority
00:23:04to conduct a public
00:23:05interrogation here.
00:23:06The Alpha King is dead,
00:23:07Jairus.
00:23:08The rules have changed.
00:23:10On what grounds
00:23:11are you interrogating everyone?
00:23:12This is trespassing!
00:23:14You're always on edge.
00:23:15What secrets
00:23:16are the two of you hiding?
00:23:17Jairus's fists were clenched.
00:23:19I knew he might charge
00:23:20at any moment.
00:23:22Jairus.
00:23:23Enough.
00:23:30I'll answer them myself.
00:23:32Luna Lyric.
00:23:35Did you know the victim?
00:23:38Cole stared at me.
00:23:39His eyes were like a snake's.
00:23:44She approached me
00:23:45at the start of the party.
00:23:47She said some strange things.
00:23:49What kind of things?
00:23:52She asked if I knew
00:23:53a girl with a scar
00:23:54on her face.
00:23:55I said no.
00:23:58Then,
00:23:58she left.
00:24:01That's all?
00:24:03That's all.
00:24:05You're lying,
00:24:06Luna Lyric.
00:24:07She must have
00:24:08discovered something.
00:24:10Discovered that
00:24:11you're a siphon.
00:24:13The hall erupted.
00:24:16Every gaze
00:24:18stabbed into me.
00:24:23I'm not lying.
00:24:25Then let us verify.
00:24:30Hold out your hand.
00:24:34After a siphon
00:24:35uses their power,
00:24:37a special scent
00:24:38lingers under their nails.
00:24:40Enough.
00:24:41Jairus stepped
00:24:41in front of me.
00:24:44She is my Luna.
00:24:46No one touches her
00:24:48without my permission.
00:24:49You're making an enemy
00:24:50of the executioners,
00:24:51Jairus.
00:24:57I don't care.
00:25:02Jairus pulled me
00:25:02out of the hall.
00:25:03His strides were fast,
00:25:05his grip on my hand
00:25:06almost painful.
00:25:07I need you to tell me.
00:25:09Did you kill her?
00:25:11Yes.
00:25:12But I didn't mean to.
00:25:14She threatened me.
00:25:16I looked into his eyes.
00:25:17She said if I was the siphon,
00:25:18she'd kill me herself.
00:25:20Do you have proof
00:25:21that she threatened you first?
00:25:23No.
00:25:24Just my word.
00:25:27He was silent for a long time.
00:25:30I'll handle this.
00:25:32But you can't use your ability
00:25:33on your own anymore
00:25:34under any circumstances.
00:25:38You're not turning me over to them?
00:25:42I never give up what's mine.
00:25:45Jairus's words gave me
00:25:46a sense of reassurance.
00:25:48But I knew the storm outside
00:25:49wasn't over.
00:25:53Marta wouldn't let me
00:25:54survive this crisis.
00:25:55Her next move
00:25:56was already in play.
00:25:59Jairus managed to suppress
00:26:00the executioner's investigation
00:26:01for now.
00:26:02But Marta's revenge
00:26:03came even faster.
00:26:05That day,
00:26:06I went to work
00:26:06at Central Hospital
00:26:07as usual.
00:26:07Guinevere,
00:26:08my supervisor,
00:26:09came rushing towards me.
00:26:11Lyric,
00:26:11emergency.
00:26:12Four patients went
00:26:13into critical condition
00:26:14at the same time.
00:26:15What?
00:26:15I checked them this morning.
00:26:17They were all fine.
00:26:18Theolax was found
00:26:19in their bloodstream.
00:26:20It was the injection
00:26:21you gave them this morning.
00:26:23Theolax.
00:26:24Potent enough
00:26:25to kill weakened wolves.
00:26:27I ran to the cabinet.
00:26:29The bottle I had taken
00:26:30was still there.
00:26:31But at the bottom
00:26:32of the bottle,
00:26:33there was a tiny scratch mark,
00:26:35almost invisible.
00:26:37Someone had switched
00:26:38the labels.
00:26:40Marta stood at the end
00:26:40of the corridor.
00:26:42Lyric Harper,
00:26:43you are suspended
00:26:44effective immediately.
00:26:46It wasn't me.
00:26:47Someone...
00:26:48Leave this hospital.
00:26:53I lost my job,
00:26:55my reputation.
00:26:56The only thing
00:26:57I had left was Jairus.
00:26:59But on my way home,
00:27:00an even bigger nightmare
00:27:01struck.
00:27:04My car was forced
00:27:05off the road.
00:27:06Two masked men
00:27:07dragged me out.
00:27:09I struggled,
00:27:10screamed,
00:27:11but no one heard me.
00:27:13Stop screaming, Lyric.
00:27:14No one's coming
00:27:15to save you.
00:27:17Caden Dredmore,
00:27:19Jairus' brother.
00:27:20The man who was
00:27:21supposedly imprisoned
00:27:22in the endless abyss.
00:27:24He was free.
00:27:25I need your power
00:27:26to take back
00:27:27everything that's mine.
00:27:28But first,
00:27:29let's go pick up children.
00:27:31My dear nephew and niece.
00:27:33Zylon and Zyla.
00:27:34We kidnapped them.
00:27:36Caden took me
00:27:37to an abandoned
00:27:37underground cell.
00:27:39Please,
00:27:40release the children.
00:27:41They are innocent.
00:27:43I promised him anything,
00:27:44as long as he didn't
00:27:45hurt Zylon and Zyla.
00:27:47Anything?
00:27:48How noble.
00:27:49But I don't need
00:27:50your promises,
00:27:51Lyric.
00:27:51His claws
00:27:52raped across my face.
00:27:54I need your pain.
00:27:56Not ordinary strength,
00:27:57the poisonous claws
00:27:58of a hexed wolf,
00:27:59the wounds burned
00:28:00as if seared by lava.
00:28:01You think Jairus cares
00:28:03about you?
00:28:03He's just using your power
00:28:05to consolidate his rule.
00:28:06Like all tools,
00:28:08you'll be discard
00:28:09when you're no longer useful.
00:28:10He's not what you say.
00:28:12You're carrying
00:28:13his child,
00:28:14aren't you?
00:28:15Yet he won't even
00:28:16look at you.
00:28:17That's your master.
00:28:21The door was kicked open.
00:28:23Debris flew.
00:28:24Firelight burst in.
00:28:26Jairus stood in the doorway,
00:28:28drenched in blood,
00:28:29like a god of vengeance
00:28:31crawled out of hell.
00:28:32Little brother,
00:28:34you came.
00:28:36A bit slower
00:28:37than I expected.
00:28:38Release her!
00:28:39What?
00:28:40You're starting to care
00:28:41about this woman?
00:28:43Cut off the shit!
00:28:44Return her to you?
00:28:46Of course.
00:28:47All you have to do
00:28:48is give up the throne.
00:28:50The Alpha Trials
00:28:51withdraw.
00:28:53The throne isn't mine
00:28:54to give.
00:28:55It's what you'll never have.
00:28:57But she is mine.
00:28:59And I'm taking her.
00:29:00He lunged at Caden
00:29:01like a provoked beast.
00:29:04No!
00:29:08No!
00:29:09No!
00:29:11No!
00:29:11No!
00:29:11No!
00:29:12No!
00:29:12No!
00:29:12No!
00:29:12No!
00:29:13No!
00:29:13No!
00:29:14No!
00:29:15No!
00:29:16No!
00:29:16No!
00:29:18No!
00:29:21No!
00:29:23No!
00:29:24Two hex wolves
00:29:24tore into each other
00:29:25in that cramped cell.
00:29:27No!
00:29:28No!
00:29:28Caden lost.
00:29:29He was too arrogant
00:29:30and underestimated
00:29:31Jairus' fury.
00:29:35This wasn't over.
00:29:37Caden escaped
00:29:38through the back door
00:29:39and Jairus ignored him.
00:29:43lyric
00:29:46look at me look at me his fingers were trembling he was afraid to touch my wounds
00:29:53afraid of hurting me i swear it no one will ever hurt you again
00:30:02ever
00:30:08jairus didn't take me straight back to the estate he drove to a secluded lakeside cabin
00:30:26you need to heal here no one can find us
00:30:39what about the children xylon and xyla
00:30:48they're safe kaden just used them to threaten me but it's over now
00:30:56he just sat by the bed watching me something in those silver eyes had changed
00:31:06i thought i'd lost you
00:31:13i'm here i'm still alive
00:31:21the child you're carrying my child
00:31:27why didn't you tell me
00:31:29he knew
00:31:30i lowered my eyes
00:31:32unable to look at him
00:31:34i thought
00:31:38you wouldn't want it
00:31:41i want it
00:31:42i want you i want this child
00:31:48i want you
00:31:51i was just too scared to admit it
00:31:55don't lie to me jairus
00:31:58if you say it i'll take it as the truth
00:32:03i'm not lying
00:32:07you're mine
00:32:11forever
00:32:19we spent three days at the lakeside cabin
00:32:22the most peaceful three days of my life
00:32:26jairus treated my wound
00:32:30made soup
00:32:37walked with me by the lake
00:32:41zarek asked jairus to meet him
00:32:46about the bed
00:32:48the video was marta's setup
00:32:50she drugged the wine
00:32:53lyric had no idea it was me
00:32:56she thought it was you
00:32:58what did you say
00:32:59she kept calling your name
00:33:01the entire time
00:33:04i was an asshole for recording it and sending it to you
00:33:07but she was never unfaithful
00:33:09never
00:33:14why are you telling me this now
00:33:16what you two have
00:33:17it's real
00:33:19i just don't want to be the one standing in the way anymore
00:33:29when jairus returned to the cabin
00:33:32it was already dark
00:33:34he stood at the door
00:33:36not coming in
00:33:44in the dim light
00:33:46i saw his eyes were red
00:33:47he had been crying
00:33:53i'm sorry
00:33:53i didn't believe you
00:34:01i should have trusted you
00:34:03i walked over and wrapped my arms around him
00:34:12it's in the past
00:34:13from now on
00:34:15we face everything together
00:34:17jairus's apology was like a key
00:34:20unlocking a door in my heart
00:34:21that had been sealed for too long
00:34:23but the cracks between us
00:34:25needed more than words to mend
00:34:28what are you thinking about
00:34:31i was thinking
00:34:33you once said you can't climax with any woman
00:34:37except me
00:34:41that's a fact
00:34:43i know why
00:34:46he raised an eyebrow
00:34:48i'm a siphon
00:34:49my ability isn't just healing
00:34:51it can sense and channel energy
00:34:54including yours
00:34:58your beast resists
00:35:00it refuses to let its guard down in front of anyone
00:35:03then why with you
00:35:05because my siphon ability
00:35:07can bypass it defense
00:35:08reach directly to your core
00:35:13so you're my cure
00:35:17i am
00:35:18if you're willing
00:35:19i can try to help you
00:35:21will it hurt you
00:35:22it only requires you to trust me
00:35:25i trust you
00:35:26he said it too quickly
00:35:28so quickly even he seemed surprised
00:35:31that night
00:35:31for the first time
00:35:33i touched his core
00:35:34with my siphon ability
00:35:36i closed my eyes
00:35:38letting the energy flow
00:35:40his hands gripped the bedsheets
00:35:42knuckles whiting
00:35:45it's fighting you
00:35:46i know
00:35:47don't resist
00:35:49let it feel me
00:35:52jairus forcefully pulled me into his arms
00:35:56don't ever leave me again
00:35:59i won't
00:36:00that night
00:36:01for the first time
00:36:03he truly fell asleep beside me
00:36:05jairus's apology changed everything
00:36:08but i still had one secret
00:36:10one i had to tell him myself
00:36:15jairus
00:36:18there's something i need to tell you
00:36:19what is it
00:36:23five years ago
00:36:25the girl you met at the faceless bar
00:36:27how do you know about her
00:36:29because that was me
00:36:31the scar was from a silver branding iron
00:36:37he reached out and gently stroked my hairline
00:36:39where a faint scare still remained from caden's attack
00:36:43so the woman i searched for five years
00:36:46was right beside me the whole time
00:36:48and i treated you like that
00:36:49but that night was the only time someone made me feel
00:36:53like i wasn't ugly
00:36:55i was too stupid to recognize her
00:37:04that night he didn't avoid my eyes anymore
00:37:08he looked at me as if trying to reclaim every second of the five years he had lost
00:37:15jairus
00:37:16he wanted to reveal my identity to the entire clan
00:37:19jairus convened all the alphas and the council of elders
00:37:22you asked us to gather here
00:37:24what important matter is at hand
00:37:26my luna
00:37:27lyric dreadmore
00:37:28today i'm telling you formally
00:37:29she is a siphon
00:37:31the entire hall erupted
00:37:32the elders were shocked
00:37:33some angry
00:37:34some rising to their feet
00:37:35a siphon is forbidden
00:37:37for centuries are long
00:37:38then the laws should be re-examined
00:37:40he clapped his hands
00:37:41dozens of people walked in from the side door
00:37:44my patients and their families
00:37:46some held babies
00:37:47some leaned on crutches
00:37:48they stood behind me
00:37:50like a silent wall
00:37:51she saved my grandson's life
00:37:53without her he wouldn't have lived a month
00:37:55so what if she's a siphon
00:37:57she's our savior
00:38:02jairus stood beside me
00:38:04his hand resting gently on my shoulder
00:38:06siphons aren't born a curse
00:38:07my luna has never hurt an innocent
00:38:09today i propose repealing the ban on siphons
00:38:12those who agree
00:38:13stay
00:38:14those who don't
00:38:15you may leave now
00:38:17the voting lasted the entire afternoon
00:38:20i sat in the quarter outside
00:38:21my palms drenched with sweat
00:38:25nervous?
00:38:26if they vote against it
00:38:28the executioners can legally execute me by tomorrow
00:38:33they'll agree
00:38:34jairus won't let them oppose it
00:38:39by nightfall
00:38:41the council announced the result
00:38:45from this day forward
00:38:46siphons are no longer forbidden
00:38:48lyric dreadmore
00:38:49you are free
00:38:52i held jairus
00:38:54as if holding the weight of the entire world
00:38:57tonight
00:38:58for the first time
00:39:00i allowed my energy to truly flow through jairus
00:39:05the way jairus held me had changed
00:39:09not out of protection or possession
00:39:11but dependence
00:39:13like a man who had walked the desert too long before finding water
00:39:19i feel it
00:39:20after all these years
00:39:22the first time i felt whole
00:39:27you should have told me earlier
00:39:28i didn't want you to come near me out of pity
00:39:31but now
00:39:32i want you
00:39:33just you
00:39:34he kissed me
00:39:35this time without restraint
00:39:37without regret
00:39:37only the rawest emotions and reliance
00:39:39between just the two of us
00:39:41but the world outside darkspire
00:39:43wasn't as blissful as we were
00:39:44yisold
00:39:45jairus's mother
00:39:46never approved of me
00:39:47and caden
00:39:48had escaped captivity once again
00:39:50the news came while he was in a meeting
00:40:05caden and his feeders had attacked a patrol
00:40:08five wolves were killed
00:40:10bite marks on the bodies
00:40:12blood completely drained
00:40:16this is retaliation
00:40:18because you refused him last time
00:40:20so now he's provoking you
00:40:24he wants me to come out and fight
00:40:27i won't sit back and watch
00:40:29i watched jairus put on his battle armor
00:40:36his eyes regained that cold sharpness from before
00:40:39i will come back
00:40:41for you
00:40:43he glanced back at me
00:40:45that glance seemed to say
00:40:47i will come back
00:40:48for you
00:40:55while jairus was away
00:40:56dealing with caden
00:40:57jace burst into my lounge
00:41:00his expression
00:41:02like he had just seen a ghost
00:41:06lyric
00:41:07marta is a fraud
00:41:08she's not the twins mother at all
00:41:12what are you talking about
00:41:17she never gave birth
00:41:18she was never pregnant
00:41:25six years ago
00:41:27i ran into hair in another country
00:41:28she was supposed to be eight months pregnant
00:41:33but her stomach was flat as a board
00:41:36then whose children are xylon and xyla
00:41:39i don't know
00:41:41but they're definitely not marta's
00:41:43she fabricated the entire thing to trap jairus
00:41:47my mind flashed to xylon's warm gaze
00:41:50every time he called me lyric
00:41:53that instinctive closeness
00:41:58penelope
00:42:02what
00:42:04the woman who delivered my babies
00:42:06six years ago
00:42:09i have to find her
00:42:11jace publicly accused marta before the council
00:42:15she demanded a dna test to prove her innocence
00:42:17this is slander
00:42:19i'm the luna of darkspire
00:42:21how dare you make such an accusation against me
00:42:24then take the test
00:42:25let the facts speak for themselves
00:42:30the test results came back
00:42:33dna showed the twins were indeed jairus's children
00:42:38marta's lie was confirmed
00:42:40jace was imprisoned for false accusation
00:42:44but that night marta came to me
00:42:47the triumph on her face was too naked
00:42:51you thought you could take my place
00:42:53thought jairus would love you because you healed him once
00:42:56stop dreaming lyric
00:42:57in this house you'll always be nothing but a servant
00:43:00the dna says they're jairus's children
00:43:03but that doesn't prove you're their mother
00:43:05her triumph frozen for a split second
00:43:08i have no idea what you're talking about
00:43:12now stay away from my children
00:43:21she left but i knew the answer lay with penelope
00:43:25and jace was in jail because of me
00:43:27i had to get him out
00:43:30the twins still came to play with me every day
00:43:33their mother had warned them to stay away
00:43:35but they always sneaked over
00:43:38lyric mom says you're a bad person
00:43:41but i don't think so
00:43:42why
00:43:43because when you healed me
00:43:45your hands were warm
00:43:46bad people should feel cold
00:43:49his words nearly brought me to tears
00:43:51right in front of them
00:43:54lyric daddy says you'll be with us forever
00:43:57is that true
00:44:00if i can i'll stay with you forever
00:44:03then you're our mom
00:44:04not the fake one
00:44:09when the word fake came out of xylan's mouth
00:44:11my heart nearly skipped a beat
00:44:13how could a five-year-old realize something like that
00:44:18but that same day
00:44:20cole the executioner returned to the estate
00:44:23lyric dreadmore
00:44:24we're now formally arresting you for murder
00:44:29cole stood right in front of me
00:44:31handcuffs in his grip
00:44:34his eyes were like cold iron nails
00:44:36piercing straight into me
00:44:38lyric dreadmore
00:44:39the bite marks on your wrist
00:44:41match lucy's teeth
00:44:42exactly
00:44:43i'm now formally arresting you for murder
00:44:46don't take lyric
00:44:48she's a good person
00:44:49take the children away
00:44:50this isn't something they should see
00:44:54the servants pulled xylan and xylan
00:44:56xylan away
00:44:57xylan was screaming
00:45:01xylan clung to the doorframe
00:45:03refusing to let go
00:45:04and me
00:45:05i had no strength left to fight
00:45:09i didn't kill her
00:45:10at least not intentionally
00:45:12she wanted to expose me
00:45:15so now you're confessing
00:45:16she's not confessing to anything
00:45:21jairus's voice came from behind me
00:45:25he strode forward and stood in front of me
00:45:28shielding me with his body
00:45:31cole your warrant has no power here
00:45:33you don't have sufficient evidence
00:45:36my luna is not going with you
00:45:38jairus
00:45:40you're obstructing justice
00:45:42then report me
00:45:43but until you get higher authorization
00:45:46you're not stepping through this door
00:45:47to take anyone
00:45:50cole's face twisted for a moment
00:45:54i'll be back
00:45:55just you wait
00:45:56but jairus outranked him
00:45:59all he could do was grit his teeth
00:46:00and back off
00:46:02the door slammed shut
00:46:04jairus turned around and held my shoulders
00:46:07his palms were warm
00:46:08but his eyes were heavy
00:46:09that night i knelt by the bed
00:46:11and told him everything
00:46:12i didn't kill that executioner on purpose
00:46:14she cornered me in the dressing room
00:46:16she said if i didn't confess to being a siphon
00:46:19she'd tear my heart out with her own hands
00:46:21i was too scared
00:46:22my power erupted on its own
00:46:23when i came to she was already gone
00:46:25he was silent for a long time
00:46:28so long i thought he would stand up
00:46:30and leave the room
00:46:32you could have told me earlier
00:46:34i was too scared
00:46:36back then
00:46:38you hated me
00:46:40i didn't hate you
00:46:42i just
00:46:44didn't know how to trust anyone
00:46:46he pulled me into his arms
00:46:50i'll protect you
00:46:51whatever the cost
00:46:53the final round of the alpha king trials
00:46:56the eyes of the entire wolf world
00:46:58were focused on his enemy
00:47:00jairus would face sarik
00:47:02the winner would be crowned king
00:47:04the final trial
00:47:06strength of a king
00:47:08no rules
00:47:10no time limit
00:47:11jairus walked onto the platform
00:47:22jairus
00:47:23dodged
00:47:24blocked
00:47:24then counter-attacked
00:47:25his moves had no unnecessary flourishes
00:47:28each one was fatally efficient
00:47:31zairus
00:47:32zairus
00:47:32zairus slashed his own arm
00:47:32with his claws
00:47:33blood spilling everywhere
00:47:35he wanted to provoke
00:47:36jairus's beast
00:47:37into losing control
00:47:38jairus's peoples
00:47:40flickered with red light
00:47:41the audience below
00:47:43held their breath
00:47:44jairus
00:47:45jairus
00:47:45look into my eyes
00:47:48he looked at me
00:47:50he only looked at me
00:47:53the red light extinguished
00:47:55he turned back
00:47:57seized zarek by the throat
00:47:59and slammed him down
00:48:00onto the platform
00:48:02zarek is unable to continue
00:48:04jairus dreadmore
00:48:06victory
00:48:08at the coronation ceremony
00:48:09he knelt on one knee
00:48:12not to receive the crown
00:48:14but to propose to me
00:48:17lyric harper
00:48:19this marriage began as just a contract
00:48:21i want to spend my life with you
00:48:23but now it's no longer that
00:48:25not as a contractual mate
00:48:27but as your husband
00:48:31will you marry me
00:48:32the entire hall heard it
00:48:35marta's face froze like a statue
00:48:38ysald closed her eyes
00:48:40i will
00:48:43i've been willing since the very first time i saw you
00:48:48he kissed me
00:48:49he donned the crown
00:48:51i stood beside him
00:48:53no longer as a tool
00:48:55but as his mate
00:48:56his luna
00:48:59his princess
00:49:00the days after becoming grand luna
00:49:02were busier than i ever imagined
00:49:04endless documents to review
00:49:06countless visitors to receive
00:49:08two months later
00:49:09my health deteriorated significantly
00:49:11and my pregnancy symptoms became much more severe
00:49:16he started becoming overly protective
00:49:19won't let me stand for too long
00:49:20won't let me walk too far
00:49:23even kale teased that i had become my full-time nanny
00:49:28ignore them
00:49:29you're not alone right now
00:49:30i need to keep you safe
00:49:32but safety was an illusion
00:49:34during a routine checkup
00:49:36the doctor erica
00:49:37pulled me aside privately
00:49:40your body is deteriorating
00:49:41if you keep using your ability
00:49:43not only will you lose the baby
00:49:45you'll die
00:49:47i tried to hide the dull ache in my abdomen
00:49:50used foundation to cover my pale complexion every day
00:49:54but jara still sensed
00:49:56something was off
00:49:58last night you got up in the middle of the night
00:50:00and stayed in the bathroom a long time
00:50:02were you throwing up
00:50:04just pregnancy symptoms
00:50:06the doctor says it's normal
00:50:09his eyes stared straight into mine
00:50:13lyrick
00:50:14you're hiding something
00:50:15i should tell him
00:50:17but i saw the look of hope on his face
00:50:19towards this child
00:50:20i just couldn't do it
00:50:24i'm just a little tired
00:50:25don't worry
00:50:26he stopped asking
00:50:27but that night
00:50:28for the first time
00:50:29he didn't hold me while we slept
00:50:32he faced away from me
00:50:33silent for a long time
00:50:35he was suspicious
00:50:37not that i was unfaithful
00:50:39but that i regretted being with him
00:50:41an even heavier truth was about to crash down
00:50:45penelope had been found
00:50:46penelope
00:50:48the woman who delivered my baby six years ago
00:50:52jace spent a full three months searching
00:50:54before she finally helped me find her
00:50:56she was locked in a run-down cottage
00:50:58the moment she saw me
00:51:00she burst into tears
00:51:01lyrick
00:51:02i'm sorry
00:51:03i know i don't deserve your forgiveness
00:51:06your children
00:51:07they didn't die
00:51:10they're alive
00:51:11where are they
00:51:12who did you give them to
00:51:15marta monroe
00:51:16she needed children to trap jairus
00:51:18i took her money
00:51:20and gave your twins to her
00:51:23my children
00:51:24zylon and zila
00:51:26they had been calling me lyrick all this time
00:51:29and i was their mother
00:51:31they were born healthy
00:51:34i lied and told you they died
00:51:36because i had to give marta what she wanted
00:51:39that same day
00:51:40i called the children to me
00:51:43zylon zila
00:51:44i have something to tell you
00:51:46what is it lyrick
00:51:49i'm not just lyrick
00:51:55i'm your mother
00:51:58your real mother
00:52:00when marta was being arrested
00:52:02she shouted her final curse at me and the children
00:52:05you think you've won
00:52:06i curse you lyrick dreadmoor
00:52:09your bloodline will be seen as an omen of misfortune by every pack
00:52:13i didn't believe in curses
00:52:15but jairus political enemies hurt her
00:52:17they started spreading rumors in the shadows
00:52:20wars is still
00:52:21my body had reached its limit
00:52:23at the small ceremony we held to celebrate reuniting with the children
00:52:28i collapsed in front of all the guests
00:52:31mom mom what's wrong
00:52:35lyrick
00:52:36get a doctor
00:52:37now
00:52:38i lay on the ground
00:52:40everything before me starting to blur
00:52:42hold on
00:52:43look at me
00:52:44don't close your eyes
00:52:45i wanted to tell him i was fine
00:52:48but i couldn't even move my lips
00:52:50before i completely sank into darkness
00:52:53the last thing i saw was his expression
00:52:55not anger
00:52:56but fear
00:52:57when i woke up
00:52:59i was already in the royal medical chamber
00:53:01the doctors say
00:53:03your siphon power is turning against you
00:53:05why didn't you tell me before
00:53:07i didn't want you to suffer another loss
00:53:11you've already lost so much
00:53:13you're wrong
00:53:15if you leave like this
00:53:16i'll never forgive you for the rest of my life
00:53:18his voice was trembling
00:53:25the next day he walked into the ward holding an ancient tone
00:53:31this book records one method
00:53:33the only thing that can save a siphon from backlash
00:53:36is pure blood
00:53:38an alpha with the most untainted bloodline can use his own blood as a conduit
00:53:42to cleanse the deteriorating power within a siphon
00:53:46what's the price
00:53:49doesn't matter
00:53:51jarrus
00:53:52tell me the price
00:53:56he didn't answer
00:53:57he closed the book
00:54:02but when i secretly asked the doctor
00:54:05she told me the truth
00:54:06the one who gives the pure blood
00:54:08won't live more than a year
00:54:14he wanted to trade his life for mine
00:54:21i had kale help me search through ancient texts
00:54:25we combed through every forbidden scroll
00:54:28looking for a second method beyond pure blood
00:54:31greta
00:54:32one of the inheritors of the original siphon bloodline
00:54:35she was said to be the only one
00:54:36who could wield siphon power without backlash
00:54:40where is she
00:54:43she's been missing for years
00:54:44the last recorded information
00:54:46places her in an asylum
00:54:52jarrus had already started preparing his sacrifice plan
00:54:57late at night
00:54:57i hugged him from behind
00:55:00jarrus
00:55:01if you die to save me
00:55:03i will never live on alone
00:55:05he didn't pull away
00:55:07but his entire body was trembling slightly
00:55:10you're insane
00:55:11then we're both insane
00:55:14but there's a second way
00:55:17greta is still alive
00:55:18the next morning he cancelled all core meetings
00:55:24we took an unmarked carriage toward the asylum
00:55:34the asylum was built on the edge of a cliff
00:55:36the asylum was built on the edge of a cliff
00:55:46they led us through three iron gates
00:55:48into a room without a single window
00:55:56and there i saw greta
00:55:58don't come closer
00:55:59don't touch me
00:56:01every time they touch me it hurts
00:56:03her hands had been amputated
00:56:05without hands
00:56:06she couldn't use her siphon ability
00:56:07greta
00:56:09i won't hurt you
00:56:12i'm lyric
00:56:12i'm a siphon too
00:56:15you too
00:56:17they'll cut off your hands too
00:56:19run
00:56:20run away
00:56:22her eyes suddenly focused
00:56:24the key
00:56:25is in a box
00:56:27a bloodwood box
00:56:31find it
00:56:32find it
00:56:33and you'll live
00:56:34what box
00:56:35where is it
00:56:36they sold it
00:56:37a black market collector
00:56:38go go find it
00:56:40it's what the first siphon left behind
00:56:42the only thing that can reverse the backlash
00:56:45after saying those words
00:56:47she shrank back into the corner
00:56:48the bloodwood box
00:56:51a name that had surfaced a few times in ancient texts
00:56:54its last known appearance was on a black market collector's auction list
00:56:59i wanted to go
00:57:00but jaris firmly refused me
00:57:02i had an argument with him
00:57:04i'll go
00:57:05both you and jaris are being watched right now
00:57:08it's inconvenient for you to show your faces
00:57:10i'm coming with you
00:57:14three days later they returned with a dark red box
00:57:16covered with strange wood grain patterns
00:57:19the collector didn't want to sell
00:57:22until kale pinned him against the wall
00:57:23he was rude first
00:57:25i held the box in my hands
00:57:27it was cold
00:57:28but something inside
00:57:30seemed to pulse faintly
00:57:33like a heartbeat
00:57:34that had been sealed away
00:57:35but refused to stop
00:57:37erica studied the box
00:57:39for an entire day
00:57:40when she finally looked up
00:57:41her face held a worry
00:57:43i'd never seen before
00:57:45the box holds
00:57:47soul fragments
00:57:48of the original siphon
00:57:49if you want to reverse
00:57:50the backlash within you
00:57:51you have to merge with it
00:57:53what happens after the merge
00:57:54your power will reach an unprecedented level
00:57:57the backlash will vanish
00:57:59but your memories
00:58:00your emotions
00:58:01even your personality
00:58:03they could be overridden by the original soul
00:58:06you may no longer be lyric
00:58:08you may no longer be you
00:58:10those words echoed in the room for a long time
00:58:13i touched my belly
00:58:15where a tiny life still grew
00:58:20i've decided
00:58:22i'll merge with it
00:58:23i had promised jairus
00:58:25i wouldn't leave him
00:58:27but if i didn't do this
00:58:29even that promise couldn't be kept
00:58:31lyric
00:58:32not for power
00:58:34so i can keep living
00:58:37and stay with them
00:58:38jairus found out
00:58:40he stormed into my laboratory
00:58:42like a wounded beast
00:58:46you're merging with that thing
00:58:48you could lose all your memories
00:58:50you could forget me
00:58:52you forget the children
00:58:55this is suicide
00:59:01what do you think i would do
00:59:02watch you slit your own wrists
00:59:05and trade your life for mine
00:59:07he froze
00:59:08it was the first time i saw jairus dreadmore
00:59:11pushed back by my voice
00:59:14not out of fear
00:59:15but because he cared so much
00:59:17he didn't dare say another word to hurt me
00:59:21at least let me go in with you
00:59:23you can't touch me once the ritual begins
00:59:28then i'll stand outside the boundary
00:59:30i'll call your name when it hurts
00:59:32if you can hear me
00:59:33hold on
00:59:37the ritual was performed under the full moon
00:59:40i sat at the center of the array
00:59:41the bloodwood box opened
00:59:43and crimson light burrowed into my chest
00:59:46like a living thing
00:59:47pain
00:59:48worse than anything i had ever endured
00:59:56like someone was scraping my bones
00:59:59peeling away my blood vessels
01:00:04i could hear jairus calling my name
01:00:06lyric hold on
01:00:09look at my eyes
01:00:11he couldn't enter
01:00:13but his voice was there
01:00:14outside the boundary
01:00:16over and over
01:00:17anchoring me like a lifeline
01:00:20when i was about to give up
01:00:22an arm broke through the boundary
01:00:25it was jairus
01:00:26he had charged in recklessly
01:00:28and pulled me into his arms
01:00:30if you're going to forget
01:00:32then let's both forget together
01:00:34if you're going to die
01:00:36then let's both die together
01:00:41his forehead pressed against mine
01:00:44the red light began to envelop us both
01:00:49the merge succeeded
01:00:50her consciousness it wasn't overwritten
01:00:53jairus protected her mind
01:00:56he used his sheer will to pull me back into this world
01:01:07when i woke
01:01:08he was kneeling beside me
01:01:10his face covered in tears
01:01:16after the merge
01:01:17my power stopped its backlash
01:01:21i walked through the lands of darkspire
01:01:23and the dead grass beneath my feet
01:01:25turned green again
01:01:27the darkness that had had eroded
01:01:29these lands for years
01:01:30dissolved into whisks of smoke
01:01:33under my hands
01:01:34the luna has blessed us
01:01:36the evil has been driven out
01:01:40it's really gone
01:01:42jairus stood behind me
01:01:44he just quietly paped a cloak
01:01:46over my shoulders
01:01:47tired?
01:01:49a little
01:01:51but it's worth it
01:01:53there's something i've owed you
01:01:55for a long time
01:02:00inside the purified temple
01:02:03he dressed me in wedding robes once again
01:02:07lyric dreadmore
01:02:10from this day forward
01:02:12you are no longer just my luna
01:02:15you are my only mate
01:02:17a ruler equal to the throne
01:02:19under everyone's watchful eyes
01:02:21he knelt on one knee
01:02:23and slid a new ring of sovereignty
01:02:24onto my finger
01:02:27married life wasn't all a fairy tale
01:02:29the children still argued
01:02:31xyla once broke xylon's model to pieces
01:02:34i didn't mean it
01:02:35i just wanted to see what was inside
01:02:38you say that every time
01:02:40but we had a peace we had never known before
01:02:43then roderick's remnant forces tried to kidnap xylon
01:02:47they struck when the child was alone in the garden
01:02:51but xylon didn't cry
01:02:53he bit one man's arm
01:02:55and then released his newly awakened wolf spirit
01:02:58when i arrived
01:03:00xylon stood before that man
01:03:02his tiny fists clenched white
01:03:09i siphoned the attacker's consciousness immediately
01:03:13later
01:03:13he found roderick
01:03:15no one ever learned what passed between them
01:03:20only that from that day on
01:03:22the name roderick vanished from every record
01:03:25the day our youngest daughter was born
01:03:27the sky was purple
01:03:28her eyes were heterochromatic
01:03:30one silver
01:03:30one deep violet
01:03:31the mark of siphon and alpha bloodlines fused together
01:03:34what's her name?
01:03:36lumina
01:03:37it means light
01:03:38because she's the first dawn we've seen
01:03:41after all this long darkness
01:03:44years passed
01:03:45the children chased butterflies in the courtyard
01:03:56jace and kale's wedding was held in early summer
01:04:00jace wore a light gray tail coat
01:04:03kale still had his cold expression
01:04:06but when he slid the ring onto jace's finger
01:04:09his hand trembled
01:04:14you trembled
01:04:18shut up
01:04:21you trembled for me
01:04:22i'll say it one more time
01:04:23shut up
01:04:25then he kissed him
01:04:27everyone cheered
01:04:28i leaned on jeres's shoulder
01:04:31he didn't say anything
01:04:34but he held my hand tighter than ever before
01:04:36he was the first time
01:04:36he was the first time
01:04:36he was the first time
01:04:36he was the first time
01:04:36he was the first time
01:04:36he was the first time
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