Married My Ex's Dad, Now I'm Mafia Queen (ENGL SUBT)

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Married My Ex's Dad Now I'm Mafia Queen

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00:00:00My name is Isabella Carlson.

00:00:03My father sent me to buy peace in Chicago.

00:00:06And today I'm dating a man I don't love.

00:00:11The son of the mafia, Alex Marino.

00:00:17I walk down the aisle alone.

00:00:19There is no woman at the altar.

00:00:21My only friend Faye Nichols, pale as paper,

00:00:24grabs my arm.

00:00:25Izzy, you need to know, Alex ran off.

00:00:27An hour ago I boarded the train to California

00:00:29with that singer from the Green Mill.

00:00:31He runs away, humiliating me in front of the entire mob.

00:00:35Sofia Marino, the matriarch of the Marino family, stands up.

00:00:39Isabella, this is not the place.

00:00:40Alex?

00:00:41Alex runs off with a whore.

00:00:42He breaks the pact.

00:00:44He insults your name and mine.

00:00:46We will retrieve him.

00:00:48He will do his duty.

00:00:49I don't want him.

00:00:50I will not take a coward into my bed.

00:00:53The pact requires a union between Carlson and Marino.

00:00:57Don't think you can walk away from this.

00:01:03I'm not walking away.

00:01:04The contract states a Carlson daughter must marry Marino son.

00:01:08It does not specify which one.

00:01:09Since your heir is unfit, I demand a replacement.

00:01:12For your family's honor, I will choose the one myself.

00:01:15All unmarried men of the Marino bloodland, stand up.

00:01:19Two stiff boys stand up.

00:01:20One is Mateo, Alex's best friend.

00:01:23If I marry him, I sleep next to a man who will hate me.

00:01:25The other is Luca, slim and trembling.

00:01:28He won't even meet my eyes.

00:01:29A coward.

00:01:30A brute or a coward.

00:01:32Those are my choices.

00:01:34If I pick either, I am dead.

00:01:37But I am done being a victim.

00:01:39No.

00:01:40I reject these two.

00:01:42Isabella, do not test my patience.

00:01:44You are in no position to be picky.

00:01:48I am the bride.

00:01:49And I am choosing the only man in this room who can restore the honor your family lost today.

00:01:55I lift my hand.

00:01:57My finger passes over everyone and points at the man sitting alone in the front row.

00:02:02He is Alex's father.

00:02:04The Don of the Marino family.

00:02:06The most powerful man in all of Chicago.

00:02:08Damien Moreno turns his head, his eyes locking onto mine like obsidian.

00:02:14I choose him.

00:02:15I choose the Don.

00:02:19The cathedral falls dead silence.

00:02:22My hands tremble, but I pretend not to be nervous.

00:02:25You cannot be serious.

00:02:27Isabella, he is the Don.

00:02:29He is not an option.

00:02:31Why?

00:02:31You said any unmarried Moreno man.

00:02:33Is the Don married now?

00:02:35No, but...

00:02:36Then he is an option.

00:02:36I will not marry a boy who trembles at my glance, nor a man who will beat me.

00:02:40I need a husband who can uphold the weight of this alliance.

00:02:45I need the head of the family.

00:02:47I heard Damien's heart is dead.

00:02:48After his first wife died, he never touched another woman.

00:02:51No mistresses.

00:02:52No women at all.

00:02:53This will be a cold transaction.

00:02:55I will be safe.

00:02:56He won't touch me.

00:02:57More importantly, if I marry Damien, I become the matriarch.

00:03:01When Alex crawls back to Chicago, he will find a stepmother who outranks him.

00:03:05Isabella, be careful what you wish for.

00:03:08I am not wishing.

00:03:10I am demanding what is owed.

00:03:13Sophia stiffens, or is the word of the Moreno family, broken twice in one day.

00:03:19She looks at me, then turns to her son.

00:03:21Damien!

00:03:22Damien stands up.

00:03:24He is taller than Alex, broader in the shoulders.

00:03:28He stops in front of me.

00:03:31Up close, he is dangerous.

00:03:33You invoke the pact.

00:03:35Gone.

00:03:37Do you understand what you are asking?

00:03:41You are asking to belong to me.

00:03:45I am asking for a husband who keeps his word.

00:03:48A muscle in his jaw twitches.

00:03:50Our family keeps its word.

00:03:53Are you certain, Isabella?

00:03:55I am.

00:03:56Then let us not keep God waiting.

00:03:59He extends his arm and leads me toward the altar.

00:04:03I have won.

00:04:04I have saved myself and gotten my revenge.

00:04:08But what I don't know is, I have jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.

00:04:14After the wedding, Damien takes me to the Moreno estate and enters his private quarters.

00:04:21This is where you will sleep.

00:04:23And you?

00:04:25Damien doesn't look at me.

00:04:26He goes to the wardrobe.

00:04:28Takes out a thick file and a black handgun.

00:04:32I'll be in the study.

00:04:34Panic pierces through me.

00:04:36He is leaving.

00:04:39Once he walks out that door, tomorrow the whole household will know the Don doesn't touch his bride.

00:04:44I will become a joke with no standing at all.

00:04:47No!

00:04:50Excuse me?

00:04:53Is it a Moreno family tradition to run after making a vow?

00:05:00First the son, now the father?

00:05:05Watch your tongue, Isabella.

00:05:06You are pushing boundaries.

00:05:08You chose a king, not a lover.

00:05:11Did you expect me to hold you?

00:05:14To comfort you?

00:05:16I expect respect.

00:05:18I don't want your affection, Damien.

00:05:20I don't want your body.

00:05:22I chose you because you are cold.

00:05:25Because you are a machine.

00:05:28I didn't want a husband who would love me.

00:05:31I wanted one who wouldn't destroy me with feelings.

00:05:35You think my indifference makes you safe?

00:05:37It makes us functional.

00:05:39I will be the wife you need.

00:05:41I will bear your name.

00:05:42But for that to work, you cannot leave this room tonight.

00:05:47Sleep on the floor for all I care, but you stay!

00:05:50Damien stares at me.

00:05:51The mockery fades from his face, replaced by a sharp, calculating assessment.

00:05:55The floor is beneath me.

00:05:57He moves to the velvet chaise lounge at the foot of the bed, shrugs off his jacket, loosens his tie,

00:06:03and sits down.

00:06:03Go to bed, Isabella, before I change my mind.

00:06:07I climb into the massive, empty bed.

00:06:10The sheets are cold, and the space beside me is a void.

00:06:14But across the room, the dark outlie of the dawn remains.

00:06:18I have won the first round.

00:06:21But as I lie in the dark, listening to the steady breathing of the monster I married,

00:06:26I wonder, have I simply locked myself in the cage with the beast?

00:06:35I wake from a restless sleep.

00:06:37Damien stands at the foot of the bed, fully dressed, watching me.

00:06:43You manipulated the situation last night with a skill I didn't expect.

00:06:48From a girl barely out of the schoolroom.

00:06:50I did what was necessary.

00:06:54Why me?

00:06:56You could have run.

00:06:57You could have been paid for a payout.

00:06:59Instead, you walked into the lion's den and locked the door behind you.

00:07:03Why?

00:07:04This is the test.

00:07:05If I lie, he will see through it.

00:07:07Because marrying anyone else makes me a tragedy.

00:07:10The poor girl left at the altar.

00:07:12By the dawn's son.

00:07:14A victim.

00:07:15A punchline.

00:07:17But!

00:07:18Marrying the dawn makes me a queen.

00:07:21It was the only choice that guaranteed my survival.

00:07:24In this world, power is the only shield that matters.

00:07:29Ambitious.

00:07:30But ambition without purpose is just vanity.

00:07:33I have a purpose.

00:07:35And it makes me his mother.

00:07:37Alex?

00:07:38Alex Moreto stripped me of my honor in front of all of Chicago.

00:07:43As his new mother, I will teach him the respect he failed to show.

00:07:48It's a matter of family honor.

00:07:50A debt to be paid.

00:07:52I have just asked the most powerful man in the city for permission to go to war with his own

00:07:56are.

00:07:57Do you think you can handle him?

00:07:59I think he's a boy playing at being a man.

00:08:01He needs to learn that actions have consequences!

00:08:05He is a disgrace to the Moreno name.

00:08:07He lacks discipline.

00:08:09He lacks spine.

00:08:10In the next moment, Damien leans down, bracing his hands on the mattress, trapping me.

00:08:16He is your problem now, Isabella.

00:08:18As his mother, teach him his place.

00:08:21Break him if you have to.

00:08:23I don't care.

00:08:27I don't care.

00:08:59After the door closes, the young maid, Clara, hiss in anger.

00:09:03They are laughing at you.

00:09:05That coffee has been sitting there for an hour.

00:09:07And I saw the robe in the linen closet this morning.

00:09:10They hid it.

00:09:11I know, Clara.

00:09:12Then why didn't you say anything?

00:09:15You are Dawn's wife.

00:09:16If I scream over a robe, I become the hysterical girl they want me to be.

00:09:21We wait.

00:09:22Wait for them to make a mistake that cannot be hidden.

00:09:28Only actions can be punished.

00:09:30The morning sun struggles to pierce the heavy velvet drapes.

00:09:34Damien left the estate before dawn.

00:09:37This is my chance to establish my authority in this house.

00:09:42Take them down.

00:09:44Are you sure, ma'am?

00:09:46The dawn prefers the dark.

00:09:47No one has touched this room since he took the title.

00:09:50I am not nobody.

00:09:52I am his wife.

00:09:54Strip the bed as well.

00:09:56The grey linens are dreary.

00:09:58Use the white Egyptian cotton.

00:09:59The drapes fall.

00:10:01Sunlight floods in.

00:10:02The room instantly feels larger.

00:10:04But the light also illuminates he sneers on the faces of the two older maids by the wardrobe.

00:10:09They think the noise of the renovation masks their whispers.

00:10:12Look at her.

00:10:13Acting like a real queen.

00:10:15She forgets she was the collateral the heir threw away.

00:10:17Let her play.

00:10:19The dawn hasn't let a woman choose so much as a spoon in this house for fifteen years.

00:10:23He'll throw her and her silk curtains out onto the street before nightfall.

00:10:27I turn.

00:10:29The sound of my heels on the hardwood floor cuts through their snickers.

00:10:35Repeat that!

00:10:37The fake smile on the maid's face vanishes.

00:10:40Ma'am, I was just saying the silk is very... delicate.

00:10:44No.

00:10:46You were predicting my eviction.

00:10:48You called me collateral.

00:10:50We meant no disrespect, Mrs. Moreno.

00:10:52Just idle talk.

00:10:54Idle talk is for the market.

00:10:56In this house, words have consequences.

00:10:58Please, ma'am, we didn't mean...

00:11:00You meant every word.

00:11:05And now...

00:11:07We're waiting for him.

00:11:10Since you are so certain of his reaction,

00:11:13you should have no fear in repeating your predictions to his face.

00:11:18I point to the center of the room where the sunlight pools.

00:11:22Kneel.

00:11:23They sink to the floor, trembling.

00:11:26You said the dawn would throw me and my silk curtains out onto the street before nightfall.

00:11:32Is that right?

00:11:34Ma'am, please.

00:11:36Is that right?

00:11:38Yes.

00:11:39Good.

00:11:40Clara, you are loyal.

00:11:43Loyalty should be rewarded with authority.

00:11:46Slap them.

00:11:47Ten times each.

00:11:48Let them feel the consequence of disrespecting the Moreno name.

00:11:54Clara takes steps forward.

00:11:56The first slap is light.

00:11:58Harder.

00:12:00The second slap is brutal.

00:12:03Then the third.

00:12:04The fourth.

00:12:07Suddenly, the heavy doors swing open.

00:12:10Damien stands in the doorway.

00:12:13Dawn!

00:12:14Dawn, save us!

00:12:15She's mad!

00:12:17She's hurting us!

00:12:18We were just doing our jobs, sir!

00:12:21Please!

00:12:24Damien says nothing.

00:12:26His face was dark.

00:12:27He walks toward me step by step.

00:12:30Damien steps past me and stops in front of the kneeling women.

00:12:35She gave you an order for ten slaps.

00:12:38How many has it been?

00:12:40Here, sir.

00:12:41Then give them ten more.

00:12:47The maids' wails are cut short as Damien raises a hand.

00:12:52And when you are finished, take them to the cat house laundry on the south side.

00:12:57They will work there until they forget their own names.

00:13:05Damien's trusted man, Enzo, moves in to drag the sobbing women away.

00:13:10Damien walks toward me.

00:13:12I think you would mind this, at least until you knew the full story.

00:13:17No, I don't need to know.

00:13:20I gave you authority over my son's re-education, Isabella.

00:13:25Do you think I would grant you power over my own blood, but not over a maid?

00:13:31Damien looks at the spot where the maids melt, then lifts his gaze.

00:13:36This ugliness, it is not something a wife should have to deal with, on her second day.

00:13:43My heart skips a beat.

00:13:45Is he apologizing?

00:13:48I understand the terms of our arrangement, Damien.

00:13:51Damien, I don't mind.

00:13:52You don't mind?

00:13:54Your protection and your name are enough.

00:13:57You have nothing to apologize for.

00:14:00Damien stares at me.

00:14:02Then he takes a step closer.

00:14:03Then another.

00:14:08Your understanding is appreciated, Isabella.

00:14:12He reaches out, his called knuckles grazing my jaw.

00:14:16You focus on running my house, little queen.

00:14:19Leave the ugliness to me.

00:14:21He walks out of the room.

00:14:25I have done it.

00:14:27I have secured my position.

00:14:29We have a deal.

00:14:30A partnership void of desire.

00:14:33It is exactly what I wanted.

00:14:36But why does the place I touched still burn?

00:14:39Since that day, no one in this estate has dared to provoke me.

00:14:43The title of Mrs. Marino seems secure.

00:14:46Then Clara comes running to me in a panic.

00:14:49Madam, he's back.

00:14:51I don't need to ask who.

00:14:53Alex Marino.

00:14:55The boy who left me at the altar.

00:14:57He has no idea that the woman he abandoned is no longer his fiancée,

00:15:02but his stepmother.

00:15:06Enzo brought them ten minutes ago.

00:15:08They are in the Dawn study.

00:15:11I stand up.

00:15:12A cold smile touches my lips.

00:15:15I step inside the studio.

00:15:18In the center of the Persia rug kneel two figures.

00:15:21Alex and the girl.

00:15:24Bound back to back.

00:15:26Alex's gaze locking onto mine with venomous disdain.

00:15:32Isabella, I should have known you'd be lurking around.

00:15:36Did you come to beg?

00:15:38Or did my father drag you here to watch?

00:15:42I don't know what lies you've told yourself, but this, us, it's never happening.

00:15:47I love Casey.

00:15:50You need to accept that.

00:15:52I'll have my father grant you an annulment.

00:15:55An annulment?

00:15:57That would be difficult, Alex.

00:16:04Considering I haven't married you.

00:16:09What are you talking about?

00:16:10The pact!

00:16:14The pact required a union between a Carlson and a Moreno.

00:16:19It did not specify which Moreno.

00:16:22I gesture to Enzo standing by the door.

00:16:28He immediately bows his head to me.

00:16:31Madam.

00:16:32Alex's eyes dart between me and the soldier.

00:16:35The color drains from his face, leaving him ashen.

00:16:40No.

00:16:42No.

00:16:43No, you didn't.

00:16:48I found a man who doesn't run.

00:16:52Alex, is that any way to speak to your mother?

00:16:59You...

00:16:59Did you marry him?

00:17:02Did you marry Damien?

00:17:04I tell Alex a fact, but he doesn't seem willing to believe it.

00:17:09You're insane.

00:17:11You think my father, the Don, would touch the woman I cast aside?

00:17:16Watch your tongue, or I will have it cut out.

00:17:20You fucking bitch!

00:17:22You couldn't have me, so you went for my father?

00:17:25You'd rather be my mother than admit you were thrown away like trash?

00:17:29I stand tall, letting his rage wash over me.

00:17:32It doesn't sting.

00:17:33You think this is a game?

00:17:34You think marrying my father makes you anything other than a whore climbing the ladder?

00:17:38You are nothing, Isabella.

00:17:40Nothing!

00:17:41Nothing!

00:17:41Enzo...

00:17:43In the Moreno family, what is the punishment for disrespecting the Don's wife?

00:17:47Loss of a finger for a first offense, madam.

00:17:49I turn back to Alex slowly, a cold smile on my lips.

00:17:53You see, son?

00:17:55Family rules.

00:17:56You wouldn't dare.

00:17:58I am the heir.

00:18:00I am the future of this family.

00:18:02You touch me, and the Capos will revolt.

00:18:04You think being the heir makes you untouchable?

00:18:07You forget, Alex.

00:18:09You are adopted.

00:18:11Loyalty is everything.

00:18:13And you chose to betray it for this.

00:18:16My gaze flicks to Casey.

00:18:18The girl is trembling so violently.

00:18:23Please.

00:18:24We just want to leave.

00:18:26We won't bother you.

00:18:27Please, let us go.

00:18:29Silence.

00:18:30Don't talk to her like that!

00:18:31She's worth ten of you, you venomous bitch!

00:18:35My father will never let you hurt me.

00:18:37He needs me.

00:18:39Does he?

00:18:40The voice doesn't come from me.

00:18:42Damien steps out of the shadows behind the desk.

00:18:44I straighten immediately, walk to Damien's side, placing a hand on his arm.

00:18:49Damien, your son.

00:18:51He refuses to show his mother the proper respect.

00:18:54He calls me names.

00:18:55He questions your judgment.

00:18:57Father, she...

00:18:58She trapped you.

00:18:59She's manipulating you.

00:19:01I came back for...

00:19:02You were dragged back.

00:19:03Like a dog that runs off its leash.

00:19:05I love her.

00:19:06You have to understand.

00:19:08You can't let this woman...

00:19:09This woman is my wife.

00:19:11And you are a disgrace to the Moreno name.

00:19:14Damien looks at me.

00:19:15There is no softness in his eyes.

00:19:18But there is approval.

00:19:19He lacks discipline.

00:19:21He has forgotten the weight of the name he carries.

00:19:24Isabella.

00:19:25As his mother.

00:19:26Teach him his place.

00:19:28Alex's face twists.

00:19:29His fear morphing into a desperate, reckless fury.

00:19:32How can you stand there and let her speak to me like that?

00:19:34Father!

00:19:34She is nothing but my discarded trash.

00:19:37And you...

00:19:37You picked her up and put a crown on her head?

00:19:39Where is the dignity?

00:19:41Because she understands honor, Alex.

00:19:42And you, quite clearly, do not.

00:19:44You have broken the pact and insulted the family name.

00:19:47In this family, we bleed for such errors.

00:19:50Isabella, do whatever you want with him.

00:19:52A shiver of dark triumph races down my spine.

00:19:55The dawn has just handed the whip to me.

00:19:59Don't worry, darling.

00:20:00I'm going to be a very hands-on parent.

00:20:04Enzo.

00:20:0420 lashes.

00:20:06Father, no.

00:20:07Stop this woman.

00:20:08I'm your son.

00:20:09You are a disappointment.

00:20:11Consider this mercy.

00:20:12Enzo drags Alex toward the door.

00:20:14He twists his head back to look at Damien.

00:20:16There is a deep hatred in his eyes.

00:20:18I turn to the girl huddled on the floor.

00:20:20Casey.

00:20:21She looks small and pathetic.

00:20:23Please.

00:20:23I didn't know.

00:20:25I just love him.

00:20:26We just want to be together.

00:20:28Do you think this is a fairy tale?

00:20:29You think if you cry enough, you'll become a princess?

00:20:32I cast a questioning look at Damien.

00:20:34Damien.

00:20:35What should be done with this...

00:20:37Thing?

00:20:38She is yours to judge, Mia Regina.

00:20:40I crouch down, forcing Casey to look at me in the eyes.

00:20:44YO...

00:20:44I could be a good wife.

00:20:47Or...

00:20:47Or even just...

00:20:48I don't mind not being the wife.

00:20:50I can be his...

00:20:52His...

00:20:52His Guma?

00:20:54You won't be his wife.

00:20:56You won't even be his whore.

00:20:58An outsider who brings shame to the Moreno name

00:21:01has no place in this world.

00:21:03Her face crumbles.

00:21:04We have a cath house on the south side.

00:21:06They are always in need of girls for the laundry.

00:21:09It's honest work.

00:21:11You will work there until you pay back

00:21:13every cent of the damage you've caused to my family's honor.

00:21:16No!

00:21:17You can't do that!

00:21:18I'm a singer!

00:21:20My hands!

00:21:21Your hands...

00:21:22They are now property of the Moreno family.

00:21:27Get her out of my sight.

00:21:28The soldier gags Casey with his hand

00:21:30and drags her limp body toward the exit.

00:21:32I stand,

00:21:33smoothing the silk of my dress.

00:21:36Damien pushes off the desk

00:21:37and walks towards me.

00:21:41Ruthless.

00:21:42I learn from the best.

00:21:44The heavy oak doors are inches from clicking shut

00:21:47when a scream tears through the wood.

00:21:49You!

00:21:50Let this venomous bitch poison you against your own blood!

00:21:54She's twisting your mind, father!

00:21:57Bring him back.

00:21:58The doors swing open immediately.

00:22:00Enzo and the other soldier drag a thrashing Alex

00:22:03and a sobbing Casey back onto the Persian rug.

00:22:06A venomous bitch.

00:22:08You stand in my house

00:22:10having disgraced my name

00:22:13and you dare to slander my wife?

00:22:15It's the truth!

00:22:17If she were truly a venomous bitch

00:22:19a cheap singer like this

00:22:21would never have made it past the gates.

00:22:24She would be buried in the Pine Barrens.

00:22:28And you would be mourning a ghost.

00:22:31You still don't understand, do you, Alex?

00:22:35Do you think you can play house with this girl?

00:22:38You think if you beg enough

00:22:39Does she become a Moreno?

00:22:41I crouch down again

00:22:43bringing my face level with his.

00:22:46Let me teach you a lesson from the old world.

00:22:49A girl you propose to

00:22:51with her family's blessing

00:22:52with a ring on her finger

00:22:55and a contract on the table

00:22:57that woman becomes your wife.

00:23:00She carries your honor.

00:23:02But

00:23:03a girl who runs away with you

00:23:05in the middle of the night?

00:23:06A girl who helps you

00:23:08Humiliate your family?

00:23:10She is a Guma.

00:23:12A mistress.

00:23:13It is the rule, son.

00:23:16She is

00:23:17not a mistress.

00:23:19She is the only woman I want.

00:23:23It doesn't matter what you want.

00:23:25When your punishment is over

00:23:27I will find you a proper wife.

00:23:29And this

00:23:31girl

00:23:33can remain in the shadows

00:23:34where she belongs.

00:23:36No!

00:23:38I won't do it!

00:23:42I won't marry anyone else!

00:23:45Alex crawls on his knees to Damien.

00:23:47I swear it on my life, father.

00:23:49I will take no wife.

00:23:50I will never sign a marriage contract.

00:23:52Let me keep her.

00:23:53Not as a wife.

00:23:54Fine.

00:23:55As a Guma.

00:23:56But I will have no other.

00:23:57No

00:23:57political matches.

00:23:59Just her.

00:23:59The room goes silent

00:24:01because it is a vow of self-destruction.

00:24:03An heir who refuses to marry for alliance

00:24:05is useless to the family.

00:24:06Would you forsake your duty for her?

00:24:10Yes.

00:24:13Very well.

00:24:15If that is your choice.

00:24:17One month in the cellar.

00:24:19Recite the vendetta.

00:24:20If you survive

00:24:21she can move into the guest cottage.

00:24:30As your Guma.

00:24:32Alex slumps in relief

00:24:34sobbing thank you.

00:24:37Casey weeps into his shoulder.

00:24:40They don't see it

00:24:42But I do.

00:24:43Damien hasn't agreed

00:24:44because he has moved.

00:24:46He has agreed

00:24:46because Alex has just proven

00:24:48He is unfit to lead.

00:24:54Get them out of here.

00:24:55And Enzo

00:24:57prepare the crypt.

00:25:00The family needs to witness this.

00:25:04The doors close

00:25:05on Alex's

00:25:06weeping gratitude.

00:25:08Damien looks at me.

00:25:11I only hope

00:25:12He won't regret

00:25:13this one day.

00:25:15He made his choice.

00:25:18Now

00:25:18We must make ours.

00:25:20Damien nods.

00:25:21From this moment on

00:25:22Alex is no longer

00:25:23a child of this family.

00:25:24He is a traitor.

00:25:25The Moreno family crypt

00:25:27is a place where

00:25:28sunlight never touches.

00:25:30Dozens of thick

00:25:31white candles flicker

00:25:32in the wall niches.

00:25:33In the center of the room

00:25:35kneeling before

00:25:36the obsidian sarcophagus

00:25:37of the first dawn

00:25:38is Alex.

00:25:39He looks small.

00:25:41I stand to Damien's right.

00:25:43My hands clasped

00:25:44demurely in front of me.

00:25:46This is brutal

00:25:47bloody theater

00:25:49And I have the best seat

00:25:51in the house.

00:25:59Father please.

00:26:06A Moreno man answers

00:26:08for his actions.

00:26:17Surely there is

00:26:18another way.

00:26:19He is just a boy

00:26:20in love.

00:26:21To humiliate the air

00:26:23like this

00:26:23Is it necessary?

00:26:25The woman speaking

00:26:26is Francesca

00:26:27Alex's aunt.

00:26:28The man beside her

00:26:29is her husband

00:26:30Antonio

00:26:31a capo in the family.

00:26:33They have been

00:26:33eyeing Damien's position.

00:26:35The honor of this family

00:26:36is not a small matter

00:26:37Francesca.

00:26:39Gift

00:26:40Francesca speaks

00:26:41from a place of care.

00:26:42But consider the optics.

00:26:44A public punishment

00:26:45of the air this severe.

00:26:46Our rivals in Chicago

00:26:47and New York

00:26:48may see it as a sign

00:26:49of instability.

00:26:51Perhaps a private

00:26:52reprimand would suffice.

00:26:53A family that cannot

00:26:54discipline its own blood

00:26:55is the true sign

00:26:57of weakness.

00:26:58Disorder breeds

00:26:59disrespect

00:27:00and disrespect breeds

00:27:01rebellion.

00:27:03He will learn.

00:27:04Under Damien's authority

00:27:05both of them

00:27:06shut their mouths.

00:27:11Alex Moreno

00:27:12for the crime

00:27:13of breaking the pact

00:27:14for bringing shame

00:27:15upon our name

00:27:16and for the disrespect

00:27:17shown to my wife

00:27:18your queen

00:27:19You are sentenced.

00:27:2425 strashes

00:27:26administered

00:27:26by the enforcer.

00:27:28Following this

00:27:29You will be confined

00:27:31to the old wine cellar

00:27:32for one month.

00:27:33You will see no sunlight.

00:27:35You will speak

00:27:36to no one.

00:27:38You will recite

00:27:39the history

00:27:40of every vendetta

00:27:41Our family has executed

00:27:42for 300 years.

00:27:44until you understand

00:27:46the weight

00:27:47of the blood

00:27:47You took such a careless risk.

00:27:5125?

00:27:53Father, please.

00:27:57Silence.

00:28:02The enforcer

00:28:04steps forward

00:28:05the leather

00:28:05of the rip creaking.

00:28:08Alex crumbles.

00:28:09He thought

00:28:10his father's love

00:28:11would save him.

00:28:14But in this room

00:28:16There is no love.

00:28:18There is only

00:28:20the law.

00:28:25Watch

00:28:25And remember.

00:28:27I don't look away.

00:28:28I watch

00:28:29as the enforcer

00:28:30raises his arm.

00:28:35The first crack

00:28:36of the whip

00:28:37sounds like

00:28:38a gunshot

00:28:38in the confined

00:28:39space of the crypt.

00:28:40Alex screams.

00:28:44The whip screams faster

00:28:46and everyone

00:28:47cover their eyes

00:28:48but I don't

00:28:49Clench.

00:28:50By the 10th lash

00:28:52Alex screams

00:28:53turn into

00:28:54wet,

00:28:54ragged sobs.

00:28:55By the 20th

00:28:56He is silent.

00:29:0025 finished.

00:29:02Take him

00:29:03to the wine cellar.

00:29:04He stays there

00:29:04for a month.

00:29:05Bread and water.

00:29:14Before the soldiers

00:29:16can even move

00:29:17someone speaks up.

00:29:20Don Damien

00:29:21The boy is in bad shape.

00:29:24The cellar is damp.

00:29:26Infection will set in quickly.

00:29:33Perhaps we should move him

00:29:34to his quarters.

00:29:35The family doctor

00:29:36can attend to him

00:29:37better there.

00:29:39The prisoner

00:29:40of this family

00:29:41stays in the family's prison.

00:29:45He lost the privilege

00:29:46of his own room

00:29:47the moment he chose

00:29:48Dishonored.

00:29:50If he dies

00:29:51he dies

00:29:51learning a lesson.

00:29:53Antonio retreats

00:29:54into the shadows.

00:29:55Francesca presses

00:29:55a handkerchief

00:29:56to her lips

00:29:57as if stifling a sob.

00:29:58But as the soldiers

00:29:59drag Alex past her

00:30:00Her hand lowers slightly.

00:30:02For a split second

00:30:03I see it

00:30:03a twitch of a smile

00:30:04She can't quite suppress.

00:30:05With Alex broken

00:30:06the line of succession

00:30:07is open.

00:30:08Her son Mateo

00:30:09is now the strongest candidate.

00:30:10She isn't mourning

00:30:11the tragedy

00:30:12She is celebrating

00:30:13the opportunity.

00:30:14Leave us.

00:30:14The room empties quickly.

00:30:16The heavy iron doors

00:30:17roam shut.

00:30:18Damien turns to me.

00:30:19Was it too much for you?

00:30:22No.

00:30:27Will you go to him?

00:30:30He...

00:30:31He looked like

00:30:32He might not wake up.

00:30:33He's in the hands

00:30:34of the family doctor now.

00:30:36My presence won't heal him.

00:30:38Aren't you afraid

00:30:39that he might not

00:30:41Survive the night?

00:30:42You seem more concerned

00:30:43than his own father.

00:30:45Be careful

00:30:46with your concern

00:30:47my queen.

00:30:47I know you hate him.

00:30:51I saw your face

00:30:52when the whip struck.

00:30:55You enjoyed it.

00:30:57My breath hits.

00:30:59In fact

00:31:00He knows everything.

00:31:01I am thinking.

00:31:03Do not go near

00:31:04that cellar.

00:31:05And do not think

00:31:07for a second

00:31:07that I will look

00:31:08the other way

00:31:09if you decide

00:31:10to finish

00:31:11what I started.

00:31:12Eat.

00:31:12My mother is waiting.

00:31:14A fire crackles

00:31:15in the hearth.

00:31:16Sophia sits

00:31:17in a velvet armchair

00:31:18near the fire.

00:31:20Not like a grandmother

00:31:21waiting for news

00:31:22but like a judge

00:31:23waiting to deliver

00:31:24a verdict.

00:31:26Is it done?

00:31:28It is.

00:31:29He is in the cellar.

00:31:3225 lashes, Damien.

00:31:34The servants

00:31:35are already whispering.

00:31:38You nearly fled

00:31:40The boy alive.

00:31:41Was it necessary

00:31:43to break him

00:31:43so thoroughly?

00:31:45He is still

00:31:46your heir.

00:31:49A broken heir

00:31:50is better

00:31:50than a disloyal one.

00:31:53He needed to learn

00:31:54that disrespecting

00:31:55my wife

00:31:56carries a price

00:31:57higher than

00:31:57He can ever pay.

00:32:02He needed

00:32:03to feel

00:32:03a fear

00:32:04of her

00:32:05that would

00:32:06last a lifetime.

00:32:08My heart

00:32:09skips a beat.

00:32:10I thought

00:32:10the punishment

00:32:11was about

00:32:11enforcing his authority

00:32:13But he is building

00:32:14a fortress

00:32:16around me.

00:32:17You are more

00:32:18like your father

00:32:19than you admit.

00:32:20Sophia turns

00:32:21to me

00:32:22and takes

00:32:22a slow sip

00:32:23of her coffee.

00:32:24You think

00:32:24your marriage

00:32:25to my son

00:32:26It was an accident.

00:32:26a result

00:32:28of Alex's

00:32:28foolishness

00:32:29and a hasty

00:32:30clean up.

00:32:31But you are wrong.

00:32:32This union

00:32:33It was

00:32:35the original plan.

00:32:37I don't understand.

00:32:39Twelve years ago

00:32:40your father

00:32:40Don Luciano

00:32:42went to see

00:32:43Don Carlson.

00:32:44He wanted

00:32:45to unite

00:32:45our families.

00:32:47He didn't ask

00:32:49for a match

00:32:49for Alex.

00:32:51He asked

00:32:52for a match

00:32:52for you

00:32:53Damien.

00:32:54I look at Damien

00:32:55genuine surprise

00:32:56cracks his stoic mask.

00:32:58He doesn't know

00:32:59either.

00:33:00Why didn't

00:33:01Does it happen?

00:33:02Because your

00:33:03grandfather

00:33:03was a cautious

00:33:04Isabella.

00:33:06He refused.

00:33:07He said

00:33:08the age gap

00:33:08was too significant.

00:33:10But that

00:33:11was polite

00:33:12lie.

00:33:14the truth

00:33:16He was terrified.

00:33:17of you

00:33:18Damien.

00:33:18He feared

00:33:19that if he gave

00:33:20his granddaughter

00:33:21to you

00:33:21the Moreno

00:33:22family would

00:33:23swallow

00:33:23the Carlson

00:33:24legacy

00:33:24whole.

00:33:26He wanted

00:33:27a weaker

00:33:27man for you

00:33:28Isabella.

00:33:30Someone he

00:33:30could control.

00:33:32That is why

00:33:32he agreed

00:33:33to betroth

00:33:33you to Alex

00:33:34instead.

00:33:35Silence

00:33:36descendants

00:33:36on the room.

00:33:37I stare

00:33:38at my husband

00:33:39the man

00:33:40I was forced

00:33:41to marry.

00:33:41the monster

00:33:42I once

00:33:43feared.

00:33:44A Specter

00:33:45my grandfather

00:33:45tried to keep

00:33:46at bay.

00:33:47It seems

00:33:48that what

00:33:48belongs to me

00:33:49finds its way

00:33:50back eventually.

00:33:51The air

00:33:52between us

00:33:52has changed.

00:33:53We are no

00:33:54longer just

00:33:55allies bound

00:33:55by a contract.

00:33:57We are a

00:33:58correction of

00:33:58history

00:33:59and inevitability.

00:34:02Isabella

00:34:03Sophia stands

00:34:05and removes

00:34:05the ring

00:34:06from her right

00:34:06hand.

00:34:07A massive

00:34:07blood-red ruby

00:34:08surrounded by

00:34:09diamonds.

00:34:09The Moreno

00:34:10matriarch's ring.

00:34:11She walks

00:34:12to my side.

00:34:14Give me

00:34:14your hand,

00:34:15child.

00:34:17I glance

00:34:18at Damien.

00:34:19He is staring

00:34:20at me.

00:34:21You are

00:34:21Mrs. Moreno

00:34:22now.

00:34:23Wear it.

00:34:24I extend

00:34:25my hand.

00:34:27Sophia slides

00:34:28the ring

00:34:28onto my finger.

00:34:30Cold.

00:34:31Heavy.

00:34:33Terrifyingly

00:34:33heavy.

00:34:34May you have

00:34:34the strength

00:34:35to bear its weight.

00:34:36Before I can

00:34:37even recover

00:34:37from the cold

00:34:38weight of the

00:34:38ring,

00:34:39Sophia turns

00:34:40the conversation.

00:34:42Now that we

00:34:43have established

00:34:43the past,

00:34:44we must secure

00:34:45the future.

00:34:46We need to

00:34:47discuss Alex

00:34:49and the question

00:34:49of the bloodline.

00:34:50Sophia is not

00:34:51one to dwell

00:34:52on sentimentality.

00:34:53Her gaze is

00:34:54fixed firmly

00:34:55on the future

00:34:56of her house.

00:34:58Alex has

00:34:58disgraced us,

00:34:59but we cannot

00:35:00change his blood.

00:35:02He is still

00:35:02the heir.

00:35:04Once his

00:35:05confinement is over,

00:35:06we must secure

00:35:06a new match.

00:35:08Immediately.

00:35:09We need a girl

00:35:11from the old world,

00:35:12someone raised

00:35:13in traditions,

00:35:14someone who

00:35:14understands that

00:35:15a wife's duty

00:35:16is to bear sons

00:35:18and look the

00:35:19otherwise.

00:35:20I sit perfectly

00:35:22still.

00:35:23Minutes ago,

00:35:24I learned I was

00:35:25meant for the

00:35:26dawn.

00:35:28Now I am

00:35:29listening to them

00:35:30plot to sell

00:35:31another girl.

00:35:32And the girl

00:35:33Did he run off with her?

00:35:34The Putana?

00:35:36Let him keep

00:35:37her as a

00:35:37Gooma if he

00:35:38must.

00:35:39I look at

00:35:40Damien.

00:35:40I expect him

00:35:41to agree.

00:35:42It is the

00:35:43logical move.

00:35:44Marriage is a

00:35:45business transaction

00:35:46and Alex is a

00:35:47failing asset that

00:35:48needs to be

00:35:49propped up by a

00:35:50strong alliance.

00:35:52No.

00:35:54Excuse me?

00:35:56There will be

00:35:57no marriage.

00:35:59I will not bind

00:36:00another innocent

00:36:01family to Alex's

00:36:02mess.

00:36:02I will not

00:36:03sacrifice another

00:36:04good girl to

00:36:05his foolishness.

00:36:07Just to have him

00:36:08humiliate her as

00:36:09He did Isabella.

00:36:10You speak of

00:36:11Mercy?

00:36:13Since when does

00:36:14the dawn of the

00:36:15Murano family

00:36:19care about the

00:36:20feelings of

00:36:21Teenage girls?

00:36:23He claims he

00:36:24loves this

00:36:25case.

00:36:26He claims he

00:36:27cannot live

00:36:28without her.

00:36:29Very well.

00:36:30I grant him

00:36:31his wish.

00:36:32He can have

00:36:33her.

00:36:34He can be

00:36:34faithful to

00:36:35her.

00:36:37He will not

00:36:38Marry anyone

00:36:38else.

00:36:39This is about

00:36:40power, Damien.

00:36:41Without a wife,

00:36:42without heirs,

00:36:43Alex is weak.

00:36:46Let them.

00:36:48You are

00:36:49Letting Alex

00:36:50win?

00:36:53You are

00:36:53rewarding his

00:36:54Rebellion?

00:36:56He made his

00:36:57choice.

00:36:58Let him live

00:36:58with it.

00:36:59Sophia slams

00:37:00her cane against

00:37:01the floor, but

00:37:02She falls silent.

00:37:03She recognizes the

00:37:04tone of the

00:37:05dawn's command.

00:37:06It is final.

00:37:07He isn't showing

00:37:07Alex Mercy.

00:37:08He is seeing his

00:37:10future.

00:37:10I return to my

00:37:11quarters and sit

00:37:12at the vanity.

00:37:13I know I have a

00:37:14long way to go in

00:37:15This house.

00:37:16Every step must be

00:37:17cautious.

00:37:19A senior maid

00:37:20named Gina is

00:37:21smoothing the

00:37:21sheets.

00:37:22She has served

00:37:23Francesca for

00:37:2420 years.

00:37:26Gina.

00:37:29Yes, Donna

00:37:30Isabella?

00:37:31I hand her a

00:37:31sealed envelope

00:37:32to the florist.

00:37:34A mundane task,

00:37:36but a test.

00:37:38At once, Donna.

00:37:40As the door

00:37:41closes,

00:37:43Clara practically

00:37:44vibrates with

00:37:45strain.

00:37:46Why her?

00:37:47She was

00:37:48Francesca's eyes

00:37:49and ears.

00:37:50You cannot trust

00:37:51her.

00:37:52I could have

00:37:52done it.

00:37:54Come here,

00:37:55Clara.

00:37:57A queen who

00:37:58only trusts one

00:37:59pair of eyes

00:38:00is a blind

00:38:00queen.

00:38:03If I only

00:38:04use you,

00:38:06the others

00:38:07will never

00:38:07fear me

00:38:08and they

00:38:09will never

00:38:09Serve me.

00:38:10I just,

00:38:10I don't want

00:38:11you to be

00:38:11vulnerable.

00:38:14Not after

00:38:15today.

00:38:15I am not

00:38:16vulnerable

00:38:16because I

00:38:17have you.

00:38:18I need to

00:38:19know if Gina

00:38:19will bite the

00:38:20hand that

00:38:20feeds her

00:38:21or if she

00:38:22is smart

00:38:22enough to

00:38:23recognize the

00:38:24shifting power.

00:38:24It's not

00:38:26just the

00:38:26maids I

00:38:27worry

00:38:27about.

00:38:28Alex,

00:38:29when he

00:38:30gets out,

00:38:32he will

00:38:32be like a

00:38:33wounded animal.

00:38:34He hates

00:38:35you.

00:38:37He will

00:38:37seek revenge

00:38:38for what the

00:38:39dawn did to

00:38:39him.

00:38:40Let him

00:38:40try.

00:38:42According to

00:38:43our laws,

00:38:44I am his

00:38:45mother now.

00:38:46If he

00:38:47disrespects me,

00:38:48He disrespects

00:38:49the dawn.

00:38:50And it is a

00:38:51mother's duty

00:38:52to oversee

00:38:53her son's

00:38:54re-education.

00:38:55Hours later,

00:38:56the estate

00:38:57is silent.

00:38:58I dismiss

00:38:59Clara and

00:39:00climb into

00:39:01the vast

00:39:01empty bed,

00:39:03expecting

00:39:03another night

00:39:04alone.

00:39:04A sudden

00:39:05shift in

00:39:06the mattress

00:39:06jolts me

00:39:07awake.

00:39:08Damien is

00:39:09there.

00:39:09He lies on

00:39:10the other

00:39:10side of the

00:39:11bed, his

00:39:12obsidian eyes

00:39:12tracing the

00:39:13line of my

00:39:13shoulder where

00:39:14the strap of

00:39:14my silk

00:39:15nightcog in

00:39:15has slipped

00:39:16down.

00:39:16When our

00:39:17eyes meet,

00:39:17He doesn't

00:39:18look away.

00:39:18We have an

00:39:19arrangement,

00:39:19Damien.

00:39:22But staring

00:39:23is not

00:39:23part of

00:39:23Item.

00:39:26If you

00:39:27want to

00:39:27Look, just

00:39:28look.

00:39:29I am your

00:39:30wife.

00:39:31I am willing

00:39:32to do my

00:39:32duty.

00:39:33I think

00:39:34offering myself

00:39:34is a safe

00:39:35bet.

00:39:35I am wrong.

00:39:36He moves

00:39:37suddenly.

00:39:38He leans

00:39:38over me,

00:39:39bracing his

00:39:39weight on

00:39:40one arm,

00:39:40caging me

00:39:41against the

00:39:41mattress.

00:39:42His lips

00:39:42brush my

00:39:43ear, sending

00:39:44a shiver down

00:39:44my spine.

00:39:45Are you

00:39:45saying you

00:39:46wish to

00:39:46perform your

00:39:47duties as

00:39:47my wife,

00:39:48Isabella?

00:39:48I only meant

00:39:50for the

00:39:50family.

00:39:53to secure

00:39:53the legacy.

00:39:56Sleep,

00:39:56Isabella,

00:39:57before you

00:39:58offer things

00:39:59you cannot

00:39:59afford to

00:39:59give.

00:40:00He turns

00:40:01his back

00:40:02to me.

00:40:03I lie

00:40:04in the

00:40:04dark,

00:40:05my face

00:40:06burning.

00:40:07Hours

00:40:07later,

00:40:08I can't

00:40:08sleep.

00:40:10I turn

00:40:11toward him,

00:40:12my gaze

00:40:12falling on

00:40:13the jagged

00:40:14scar running

00:40:14from his

00:40:15elbow to

00:40:15his wrist.

00:40:16As if

00:40:17driven by

00:40:18some unseen

00:40:18force,

00:40:19I hold

00:40:20my breath,

00:40:21slowly reach

00:40:22out.

00:40:22My fingers

00:40:23trace the

00:40:24ridge of

00:40:24the scar.

00:40:25In a

00:40:26flash,

00:40:26his hand

00:40:27shoots out

00:40:27and clamps

00:40:28around my

00:40:29wrist.

00:40:30I thought

00:40:31you were

00:40:31asleep.

00:40:33I never

00:40:34sleep when

00:40:34There is a

00:40:35threat in

00:40:35my bed,

00:40:36or a

00:40:37temptation.

00:40:40The next

00:40:41morning,

00:40:41the

00:40:42humiliation

00:40:42hasn't

00:40:43faded.

00:40:43I walk

00:40:44into the

00:40:44breakfast

00:40:45room,

00:40:45expecting

00:40:46to eat

00:40:46alone as

00:40:46usual.

00:40:47But as

00:40:48the doors

00:40:48open,

00:40:49I freeze.

00:40:50Damien sits

00:40:51at the

00:40:51head of

00:40:51the long

00:40:52table,

00:40:53extends

00:40:53his hand

00:40:53towards

00:40:54me.

00:40:55I take

00:40:56the seat

00:40:56across from

00:40:57him,

00:40:58determined

00:40:59to salvage

00:40:59whatever

00:40:59dignity

00:41:00remains.

00:41:02Did you

00:41:03enjoy the

00:41:03view last

00:41:04night,

00:41:04Don Moreno?

00:41:05You tell

00:41:06me,

00:41:06Mia Regina.

00:41:07who was

00:41:08the

00:41:08one

00:41:08who

00:41:08couldn't

00:41:09keep

00:41:09her

00:41:09hands

00:41:09to

00:41:09herself.

00:41:10How

00:41:10did it

00:41:11feel?

00:41:14It was

00:41:16educational.

00:41:17I was

00:41:18merely

00:41:19inspecting

00:41:19the

00:41:19merchandise,

00:41:20ensuring

00:41:20the

00:41:21family's

00:41:21assets

00:41:21are

00:41:22intact.

00:41:23I am

00:41:23always

00:41:24happy

00:41:24to

00:41:24provide

00:41:25my

00:41:25wife

00:41:25with

00:41:26an

00:41:26education.

00:41:26Though

00:41:27Yo

00:41:27suggest

00:41:27next

00:41:28time,

00:41:28you

00:41:28ask

00:41:29before

00:41:29you

00:41:29touch.

00:41:30Yo

00:41:30might

00:41:30not

00:41:31be

00:41:31SW

00:41:31restrained.

00:41:32He

00:41:33finishes

00:41:33his

00:41:33coffee,

00:41:34dabs

00:41:34his

00:41:35mouth.

00:41:35He

00:41:35leaves

00:41:36me

00:41:36alone

00:41:36with

00:41:36my

00:41:36burning

00:41:37cheeks

00:41:37cold

00:41:38cup

00:41:38of

00:41:38coffee.

00:41:39Thirty

00:41:40minutes

00:41:40later,

00:41:40Yo

00:41:41pace

00:41:41the

00:41:41length

00:41:41of

00:41:42my

00:41:42quarters,

00:41:42the

00:41:43anger

00:41:43from

00:41:43breakfast

00:41:44churning

00:41:44inside

00:41:45me

00:41:45like

00:41:45vile.

00:41:46Yo

00:41:47need

00:41:47to

00:41:47target.

00:41:48Yo

00:41:49need

00:41:49to

00:41:49feel

00:41:49powerful

00:41:49again.

00:41:51My

00:41:51lady,

00:41:52the

00:41:52doctor

00:41:53has

00:41:53just

00:41:53left

00:41:53the

00:41:53old

00:41:53wine

00:41:54cellar.

00:41:55It's

00:41:55Alex.

00:41:56The

00:41:57whipping

00:41:57took

00:41:57to

00:41:57toll.

00:41:58He's

00:41:59burning

00:41:59up

00:41:59with

00:41:59fever.

00:42:00The

00:42:01guards

00:42:01say

00:42:01he

00:42:01hasn't

00:42:01moved

00:42:02from

00:42:02the

00:42:02cot

00:42:02since

00:42:02yesterday.

00:42:03TO

00:42:07SW

00:42:09my

00:42:09step

00:42:09are

00:42:10es

00:42:10ill.

00:42:11Ace

00:42:11his

00:42:12mother,

00:42:13how

00:42:13dog

00:42:13Yo

00:42:13rest

00:42:14until

00:42:15I've

00:42:15seen

00:42:15to

00:42:15his

00:42:16comfort?

00:42:16Walking

00:42:17down

00:42:17into

00:42:17the

00:42:17old

00:42:18wine

00:42:18cellar

00:42:18feels

00:42:19like

00:42:19stepping

00:42:19into

00:42:19to

00:42:20serious.

00:42:20In

00:42:21the

00:42:21furthest

00:42:21alcove,

00:42:22Alex

00:42:22lies

00:42:23on

00:42:23to

00:42:23narrow

00:42:23cot

00:42:24stripped

00:42:24to

00:42:25the

00:42:25waist,

00:42:25his

00:42:26back

00:42:26to

00:42:26round

00:42:26map

00:42:27of

00:42:27angry

00:42:27welts.

00:42:28He

00:42:28es

00:42:29shivering.

00:42:29He

00:42:30looks

00:42:30nothing

00:42:30like

00:42:30the

00:42:31arrogant

00:42:31air.

00:42:32You

00:42:34eat

00:42:34to

00:42:34gloat?

00:42:39You

00:42:39look

00:42:39terrible,

00:42:40Alex.

00:42:40Does

00:42:40Item

00:42:40Hurt?

00:42:42Get

00:42:42out,

00:42:42you

00:42:42witch.

00:42:44Es

00:42:44that

00:42:44how

00:42:44you

00:42:45speak

00:42:45to

00:42:45your

00:42:45mother?

00:42:48We

00:42:48are

00:42:48to

00:42:48perfect

00:42:49tragedy,

00:42:49you

00:42:49and

00:42:50YO.

00:42:50You

00:42:51made

00:42:51me

00:42:51to

00:42:51queen

00:42:52and

00:42:52Yo

00:42:52made

00:42:52you

00:42:52to

00:42:53prisoner.

00:42:54Item

00:42:55seems

00:42:55fair,

00:42:56don't

00:42:56you

00:42:56think?

00:42:58You

00:42:58think

00:42:59you've

00:42:59won?

00:43:02You're

00:43:02nothing.

00:43:05Just a

00:43:06piece

00:43:06of

00:43:06meat,

00:43:07my

00:43:07father.

00:43:07thought

00:43:08to

00:43:08warm

00:43:08his

00:43:09bed.

00:43:09And

00:43:10yet,

00:43:10I am

00:43:11the one

00:43:11standing.

00:43:12And

00:43:13you

00:43:13are

00:43:13the

00:43:13one

00:43:13rot

00:43:14in

00:43:14your

00:43:14head.

00:43:15You

00:43:16venomous

00:43:17Bitch!

00:43:20You're

00:43:21nothing but

00:43:21a rat

00:43:22from a

00:43:22dying

00:43:23family.

00:43:24You

00:43:25should

00:43:25have

00:43:25died

00:43:25with

00:43:25your

00:43:26mother.

00:43:27He

00:43:27struck

00:43:27my

00:43:28heart.

00:43:30At

00:43:30least

00:43:30you

00:43:30knew

00:43:31how

00:43:31to

00:43:31rot

00:43:31quietly.

00:43:32The

00:43:32wound

00:43:32of

00:43:33my

00:43:33mother's

00:43:33death

00:43:33has

00:43:34never

00:43:35fully

00:43:35healed.

00:43:36When

00:43:36Yo

00:43:36A.M

00:43:36at a

00:43:36los,

00:43:37Damien

00:43:38appears

00:43:38and stands

00:43:39behind me.

00:43:39His eyes

00:43:40are voids,

00:43:41divide of

00:43:42mercy,

00:43:42fixed entirely

00:43:43on his

00:43:44are.

00:43:45You dare?

00:43:46Father,

00:43:47She provoked me.

00:43:48She came here to-

00:43:49Silence.

00:43:50You insult my wife.

00:43:51You insult the dead.

00:43:53Is this the honor of a

00:43:54Morano?

00:43:55Damien grabs my arm

00:43:56and drags me out.

00:44:00the iron door clang

00:44:02shut behind us.

00:44:04In the corridor,

00:44:05He stops and turns to me,

00:44:07his dark eyes scrutinizing.

00:44:09Did his words hurt you?

00:44:11He is just a child

00:44:13lashing out.

00:44:14Do not lie to me,

00:44:15Isabella.

00:44:16You went there to twist

00:44:17the knife.

00:44:19Did you enjoy it?

00:44:21He deserved it.

00:44:22Perhaps.

00:44:23Play your games,

00:44:24Mia Regina.

00:44:26But know that

00:44:28a cornered wolf

00:44:29will still bite

00:44:31And I won't always be there

00:44:32to pull you from

00:44:33the fire you start.

00:44:34The warning in Damien's eyes

00:44:35is a dark, turbulent sea

00:44:37But I don't look away.

00:44:39I need to know

00:44:39where the line is drawn,

00:44:41the line of his loyalty

00:44:42in this twisted family.

00:44:44Perhaps I was too harsh.

00:44:45He is your blood, Damien.

00:44:47To see him in such a state,

00:44:49Maybe we should-

00:44:49He is a disgrace

00:44:50to the Morano name.

00:44:51My concern is that

00:44:52He is unworthy of yours.

00:44:55If he is unwilling to learn,

00:44:57then as his father,

00:44:58Perhaps you should-

00:44:58He has proven he is

00:44:59beyond education.

00:45:00He is your problem now.

00:45:01Isabella.

00:45:02As I said,

00:45:05He walks ahead

00:45:06with long strides

00:45:07And I follow.

00:45:09A small, victorious smile

00:45:11touches my lips.

00:45:14Afternoon sunlight filters

00:45:15through the cream curtains.

00:45:16I sit at my vanity,

00:45:18Clara brushing my hair.

00:45:20The rhythmic strokes

00:45:21are soothing

00:45:21But my mind keeps racing.

00:45:23Clara,

00:45:25Tell me about Alex

00:45:25before all this.

00:45:28What do you wish to know?

00:45:30Mia Regina?

00:45:31I want to know

00:45:32what others see.

00:45:33The Capo's wives?

00:45:35Francesca?

00:45:36What do they think

00:45:37of the heir?

00:45:40They...

00:45:41adore him, ma'am.

00:45:42In public,

00:45:44Master Alex is different.

00:45:45Charming,

00:45:46respectful.

00:45:47He kisses the hands

00:45:48of the elders

00:45:48and speaks of honor

00:45:50as if it were his religion.

00:45:51A saint in the parlor,

00:45:53a devil in the dark.

00:45:54Precisely.

00:45:55He has a way

00:45:56of making him

00:45:57special.

00:45:58That is why no one

00:45:59believes the rumors

00:46:00about his cruelty

00:46:01until they experience

00:46:02themselves.

00:46:03A facade.

00:46:04Alex isn't just a brute.

00:46:06He is a politician.

00:46:07That makes him dangerous.

00:46:09It means my war with him

00:46:10won't just be physical.

00:46:11It will be a battle

00:46:12for the narrative.

00:46:14A knock at the door

00:46:15interrupts my thoughts.

00:46:17An older maid

00:46:18named Emma

00:46:19enters with a tea tray.

00:46:20She sets it down

00:46:21with stiff efficiency,

00:46:23casting a disapproving

00:46:24A glance at Clara.

00:46:25You are digging

00:46:26your own grave, girl.

00:46:35Forging over her like that.

00:46:37Do you think

00:46:37Will she last?

00:46:38She is an outsider.

00:46:40Open your eyes, Emma.

00:46:41Did you not see

00:46:42Who held the whip?

00:46:44The Don fled

00:46:45his own son for her.

00:46:46Her word

00:46:47is the Don's will.

00:46:49She is just a new toy.

00:46:51Look at her hand.

00:46:52She wears

00:46:53Donna Sophia's ruby.

00:46:55Do you know

00:46:55What does that mean?

00:46:56I turn slowly,

00:46:58lifting the teacup

00:46:59to my lips.

00:47:00Emma stares

00:47:01at the blood-red stone

00:47:02on my finger,

00:47:03the color draining

00:47:05from her face.

00:47:07The household ledger

00:47:08will be hers

00:47:09before the month is out.

00:47:10Francesca is the past.

00:47:11She is the future.

00:47:17Is the tea

00:47:18to your liking,

00:47:19Donna Isabella?

00:47:20It is perfect, Emma.

00:47:22See that it stays

00:47:23that way.

00:47:26She nods frantically

00:47:27and backs out

00:47:28of the room.

00:47:29The lines are being drawn,

00:47:31not just in the dungeon,

00:47:32but in the heart

00:47:33of the estate.

00:47:34And I intend

00:47:35to hold the pen.

00:47:36Hours pass.

00:47:38The ledger lies

00:47:39open before me.

00:47:42Thousands of dollars

00:47:44are being siphoned off

00:47:45monthly under

00:47:45security enhancements

00:47:47and external logistics.

00:47:49The payments go to

00:47:50Shell Companies

00:47:51owned by

00:47:52Antonio Moreno's

00:47:53associates.

00:47:56This isn't just

00:47:57petty thief

00:47:58by a greedy housewife.

00:47:59This is embellishment

00:48:01on a massive scale.

00:48:03They are building

00:48:03a war chest

00:48:04right under

00:48:05Damien's nose.

00:48:06If I expose this,

00:48:08I won't just

00:48:09embarrassed Francesca.

00:48:11I would be declaring

00:48:12war on a powerful

00:48:13faction within the family.

00:48:15But they think

00:48:15I am just a naive girl.

00:48:17What they don't know

00:48:18es,

00:48:18by handing me

00:48:19the house,

00:48:20They have handed me

00:48:21the weapon

00:48:22to destroy them.

00:48:23I arrive at

00:48:24the Rose Garden

00:48:24on the south side

00:48:25of the estate

00:48:26and encounter

00:48:27Francesca,

00:48:28who is admiring

00:48:29the flowers.

00:48:32The white roses

00:48:33are particularly

00:48:34lovely this year,

00:48:35Don't you think?

00:48:36They are.

00:48:38Though I've always

00:48:39preferred the red.

00:48:44They hide the blood

00:48:45better.

00:48:46Francesca's smile

00:48:47doesn't waver.

00:48:48She steps closer.

00:48:49I heard you requested

00:48:51the household ledgers.

00:48:52All of them.

00:48:53The accounts

00:48:54are terribly complex.

00:48:56Antoni always says

00:48:57It takes a real head

00:48:58for numbers,

00:48:59not just a pretty face,

00:49:00to make them balance.

00:49:01Damien said

00:49:02the household

00:49:03answers to me now.

00:49:06That includes

00:49:06its accounts.

00:49:12Or does the word

00:49:13of the Don

00:49:14mean less

00:49:14in this wing

00:49:15of the estate?

00:49:16Francesca stiffens,

00:49:18invoking Damien's

00:49:19authority

00:49:19as a shield

00:49:20She can't pierce.

00:49:21On the contrary,

00:49:22I find the ledgers

00:49:23fascinating.

00:49:24It's amazing

00:49:25what one can learn

00:49:26about a family's

00:49:27priorities

00:49:28by following the money.

00:49:30Her eyes drop

00:49:31to my hand,

00:49:32to Sophia's

00:49:32blood-red ruby ring.

00:49:34A flicker

00:49:34of genuine alarm

00:49:35flashes in her eyes.

00:49:39Well,

00:49:39I'm glad you found

00:49:40It's so engaging.

00:49:45If you have

00:49:45Any questions?

00:49:46Face,

00:49:47You know my door.

00:49:47is always open.

00:49:48I'm sure it is,

00:49:50But I find the numbers

00:49:51speak for themselves

00:49:51Quite clearly.

00:49:52She turns

00:49:54and walks away.

00:49:55Her posture is rigid,

00:49:56She came to test

00:49:57the new queen.

00:49:59Hoping to find

00:50:00cracks in the porcelain,

00:50:02instead,

00:50:03She cut herself

00:50:04on the shards.

00:50:06Back in my room,

00:50:07the doors click shut,

00:50:09shutting out

00:50:10the prying eyes

00:50:10of the Moreno estate.

00:50:13Clara is pacing

00:50:14through the window.

00:50:16When she sees me,

00:50:18She rushes forward.

00:50:19Madam,

00:50:20a woman who claims

00:50:21to be your friend

00:50:23has come to see you.

00:50:28At the private suite

00:50:29at the Drake Hotel,

00:50:31my only friend,

00:50:32Faye Nichols,

00:50:33sits across from me.

00:50:36Her eyes were red and swollen.

00:50:38I can't believe

00:50:39He did this to you.

00:50:42Alex,

00:50:42that bastard,

00:50:44leaving you

00:50:45at the altar like that.

00:50:46It's done, Faye.

00:50:50There is no use

00:50:51crying over spilled champagne.

00:50:53How can you be so calm?

00:50:55You're married to him,

00:50:57to Damien Moreno.

00:51:01My uncle Luca says

00:51:02He was mangled

00:51:03in the clan wars years ago.

00:51:05That he's broken,

00:51:07cruel.

00:51:08He is not a monster, Faye.

00:51:10And he certainly

00:51:11isn't mangled.

00:51:13You don't have to lie to me.

00:51:16I know you're just

00:51:17trying to be brave.

00:51:18A strange defensive anger

00:51:20flares in my chest.

00:51:21I pull my hand back.

00:51:23I am not lying.

00:51:24And I am not terrified.

00:51:27Then why?

00:51:28You could have run!

00:51:29You could have come to me!

00:51:32Why shack self into a nightmare

00:51:34just because Alex

00:51:35humiliated you?

00:51:36Because, Faye.

00:51:38The best revenge

00:51:39against a prince

00:51:40isn't to run away.

00:51:42It's to become his mother.

00:51:44Faye recoils.

00:51:46She looks at me.

00:51:47Not with pity now,

00:51:49but with fear.

00:51:50Become his...

00:51:51mother?

00:51:52Isabella,

00:51:53Do you hear yourself?

00:51:55You sound like

00:51:56one of them.

00:51:58Like a Moreno.

00:52:00I sound like someone

00:52:02who intends

00:52:02To survive, Faye.

00:52:04Alex is a prince

00:52:05in this city.

00:52:07He has soldiers,

00:52:08money,

00:52:09and his father's

00:52:10blind tolerance.

00:52:15If I had married

00:52:17a cousin

00:52:17or a soldier,

00:52:18I would have been

00:52:19nothing more than

00:52:19Alex

00:52:20could swat away.

00:52:21But as the Don's wife,

00:52:23I am untouchable.

00:52:25It's not worth it!

00:52:27Not if it means

00:52:27Living with a monster!

00:52:29My Uncle Luca

00:52:29told me that

00:52:30Damien Moreto

00:52:31hasn't been with

00:52:32a woman in years.

00:52:33Not since the war

00:52:34that killed his first wife.

00:52:36They say he was damaged.

00:52:38That he's incapable of...

00:52:39He is not a monster, Faye.

00:52:42But he is certainly

00:52:43not a saint.

00:52:47Does he...

00:52:48Does he hurt you?

00:52:52No.

00:52:53Aside from being a lechard,

00:52:56He's...

00:52:57Tolerable.

00:52:58To a milkman?

00:53:00But Uncle Luca said,

00:53:01your Uncle Luca

00:53:02sees the Don

00:53:03in the boardroom,

00:53:04not the bedroom.

00:53:05If he is so

00:53:06uninterested in women,

00:53:07Why is the Moreno estate?

00:53:08filled with maids

00:53:09who look like

00:53:09Did they walk off a runway?

00:53:11A man who isn't

00:53:12interested wouldn't

00:53:13surround himself

00:53:13with temptation.

00:53:15I lower my voice,

00:53:16leaning closer,

00:53:18and he watches me.

00:53:20At night.

00:53:21I suspect the rumors

00:53:23about his injury

00:53:23are partially true.

00:53:25He surrounds himself

00:53:26with beauty

00:53:27He can't touch.

00:53:28so he satisfies

00:53:29himself by looking.

00:53:30He's a voyeur,

00:53:32a frustrated,

00:53:33lecherous old man

00:53:34trapped in a broken body.

00:53:37Oh God,

00:53:38That's repulsive.

00:53:40It is what it is.

00:53:42Better a watcher

00:53:43than a hitter.

00:53:45I walk toward the door,

00:53:47checking my reflection

00:53:48in the mirror.

00:53:49The woman staring back

00:53:51is beautiful,

00:53:52composed,

00:53:53and utterly hollow.

00:53:55I have convinced Faye,

00:53:56and perhaps I have even

00:53:57I convinced myself.

00:53:58What I don't know

00:54:00is that the walls

00:54:00of the Drake Hotel

00:54:01are thin,

00:54:03and judgment

00:54:04has a way of echoing back

00:54:06when you least expect it.

00:54:15I open the door

00:54:16and look up.

00:54:17Damien is standing

00:54:18in the doorway

00:54:19of the room next door.

00:54:21Behind him

00:54:22is a man

00:54:22carrying an old

00:54:23reel-to-reel recorder.

00:54:25His name is Luca,

00:54:26whom Faye had just mentioned.

00:54:28He is also

00:54:28Damien's consultant.

00:54:32Oh God, Isabella,

00:54:34It's him.

00:54:36Faye hides behind me.

00:54:38Clutching my arm,

00:54:39She is terrified.

00:54:41Luca looks annoyed

00:54:42and murmurs something

00:54:43I almost catch.

00:54:45Mixed up.

00:54:47Sorry, Dawn.

00:54:49So this isn't aimed at me.

00:54:51The surveillance

00:54:52was meant for someone else,

00:54:53but their equipment

00:54:54picked up the wrong room.

00:54:55They accidentally overheard

00:54:57me insulting their Dawn.

00:54:59Damien doesn't look at me.

00:55:01He just stands there,

00:55:03face like stone.

00:55:04Not saying a word.

00:55:06My own words

00:55:07crawl back up my throat

00:55:08like snakes.

00:55:10A letcher,

00:55:11a frustrated,

00:55:12broken old man.

00:55:13A voyeur.

00:55:14He heard everything.

00:55:16Damien's eyes

00:55:17are locked on me,

00:55:19waiting for a reckoning.

00:55:21Luca steps forward

00:55:23and clamps his hand

00:55:24around Faye's arm.

00:55:27Faye,

00:55:28We have a family matter.

00:55:29to discuss,

00:55:30now.

00:55:34Uncle Luca,

00:55:35YO...

00:55:35Not a word.

00:55:37He drags Faye away.

00:55:40I am alone

00:55:41in the hallway

00:55:41with Damien.

00:55:42Shall we?

00:55:43It isn't a question.

00:55:44It is a command.

00:55:46I nod.

00:55:47My legs feel like lead,

00:55:48falling into step

00:55:49beside him.

00:55:50He doesn't touch me.

00:55:51He doesn't offer his arm.

00:55:53He just walks,

00:55:54And I follow.

00:55:55The door clicks shut,

00:55:56sealing us inside

00:55:57the leather-clothed interior.

00:55:58The silence becomes heavy,

00:56:00suffocating.

00:56:01The driver pulls away,

00:56:03the partition glass

00:56:04already raised.

00:56:06SW,

00:56:07a letcher.

00:56:08Is that what I am

00:56:09For you now, Regina?

00:56:11My head snaps up.

00:56:14He isn't looking at me.

00:56:16He is staring out the window

00:56:18at the passing city.

00:56:21The humiliation

00:56:22hits like a physical blow.

00:56:24My cheeks are burning.

00:56:26He heard everything.

00:56:28The speculation

00:56:29about his impotence.

00:56:31The pity.

00:56:33The mockery.

00:56:37Were you eavesdropping?

00:56:41Eavesdropping implies

00:56:42I have to make an effort

00:56:43to hear you.

00:56:45Your friend has a rather loud voice

00:56:47when she's agitated.

00:56:48The walls of the drake

00:56:49are not as thick

00:56:50as you seem to think.

00:56:52My stomach plummets.

00:56:53I have been so careless.

00:56:56Explain yourself, Isabella.

00:56:58And choose your next words

00:57:00very carefully.

00:57:03I am protecting our agreement.

00:57:05Faye,

00:57:06She is worried.

00:57:07She thinks men like you

00:57:08are monsters.

00:57:09She was terrified

00:57:10for my safety.

00:57:11I need to convince her

00:57:12that our marriage

00:57:13is purely transactional.

00:57:15that there is no danger

00:57:17that there is no danger

00:57:17of intimacy.

00:57:20So you paint me

00:57:21as a broken king

00:57:22to your friends

00:57:23to make yourself

00:57:25feel safe.

00:57:28Isabella,

00:57:30Do not mistake your fear

00:57:32for strategy.

00:57:34The car stops

00:57:34at the estate.

00:57:35I hide in my room

00:57:37and collapse

00:57:37onto the vanity stool,

00:57:39kicking off my heels.

00:57:41Clara begins

00:57:42unpinning my hair,

00:57:43her hands shaking slightly.

00:57:48Madam,

00:57:49recent rumors

00:57:50in the manor

00:57:51suggest that

00:57:51The Godfather

00:57:52suffers from sexual

00:57:53dysfunction.

00:57:55Is it true?

00:58:00I don't know

00:58:01where Clara

00:58:01heard about this,

00:58:02but whether it's true

00:58:03or not,

00:58:04I must cover

00:58:05Damien's shame.

00:58:06I don't know, Clara.

00:58:09I'm not gossiping.

00:58:11Alex Marino.

00:58:13He is the heir.

00:58:14Everyone knows

00:58:15He hates you.

00:58:16If something happens

00:58:18to the dawn

00:58:18and you have

00:58:19They are not of your own,

00:58:21Alex will not

00:58:22Let you live.

00:58:24Clara is reckless,

00:58:25But she is

00:58:26isn't wrong.

00:58:27As long as Alex Marino

00:58:29is the undisputed heir,

00:58:30My life hangs by a thread.

00:58:32I need insurance.

00:58:35There are ways

00:58:36in Sicily.

00:58:38There are orphanages

00:58:40funded by the family.

00:58:42A boy,

00:58:43a smart boy

00:58:44with the right look.

00:58:45If you were to bring one here,

00:58:48raise him,

00:58:50make the dawn love him,

00:58:53stop.

00:58:54Do you have any idea

00:58:56What are you suggesting?

00:58:57Treason.

00:58:58If Damien heard you

00:59:00plotting to replace

00:59:00his bloodline,

00:59:01He would have us

00:59:02both skinned alive.

00:59:06I only want you to be safe.

00:59:08Without an heir,

00:59:09You are vulnerable.

00:59:12The knock on my bedroom door

00:59:13sounds like a gavel,

00:59:15striking a judge's bench.

00:59:18My conversation with Clara

00:59:19about the secret heir

00:59:21vanishes instantly.

00:59:23It was Damien

00:59:24who sent someone

00:59:24to call me.

00:59:25Damien sits behind the desk.

00:59:27The room smells

00:59:28of aged tobacco,

00:59:30expensive leather,

00:59:31and gun oil.

00:59:32Close the door.

00:59:34I obey.

00:59:35I walk forward

00:59:36and stand before the desk,

00:59:38waiting for him

00:59:38to bring up the rumors

00:59:39about his veracity.

00:59:41He stops writing,

00:59:42reaches under his desk,

00:59:43and places a dark,

00:59:45rusted iron box

00:59:46onto the surface.

00:59:47Open it.

00:59:50I lift the lid.

00:59:52Inside are stacks

00:59:53of baroner bonds,

00:59:54thick wads of cash,

00:59:55and a heavy ring

00:59:56of antique keys.

00:59:57But at the bottom,

00:59:58There are also

00:59:59leather-bound books.

01:00:00The keys to the family vault,

01:00:03the deeds to the warehouses

01:00:04on the docks,

01:00:05the operational accounts

01:00:07for the legitimate polders.

01:00:09Why are you showing me this?

01:00:12Because you are my wife,

01:00:14and because you seem to think

01:00:15your position here

01:00:17is precarious.

01:00:18He stands

01:00:19and walks around the desk,

01:00:21leaning against the edge

01:00:22So he is just inches away from me.

01:00:25The air becomes suffocating.

01:00:34This is power, Isabella.

01:00:37Real power.

01:00:38Damien covers my hand with his.

01:00:41A queen should not have

01:00:43to worry about money,

01:00:44nor should she have

01:00:45to beg for authority.

01:00:47You proved you could

01:00:48handle the house.

01:00:49Now, you handle the empire.

01:00:51Don't disappoint me.

01:00:56I pull the heavy box

01:00:58against my chest

01:00:59and turn to leave.

01:01:05Back in the room,

01:01:06I set the box on the table

01:01:08and lift the lid.

01:01:10Clara gasps,

01:01:12staring at the stacks of cash,

01:01:13the bearer bonds,

01:01:15and the leather-bound ledgers.

01:01:18Mother of God.

01:01:20The don?

01:01:21Did he give you this?

01:01:23It is a sign

01:01:24of great trust.

01:01:26He treats you

01:01:26as a true equal.

01:01:27A true queen.

01:01:29It's a transaction,

01:01:31Clara.

01:01:32He cannot give me affection,

01:01:34cannot give me

01:01:34a real marriage.

01:01:36So he gives me this

01:01:38instead.

01:01:39Compensation.

01:01:43Whatever the reason,

01:01:44You are safe now.

01:01:45You have the means

01:01:46to live like royalty.

01:01:47We must order new dresses.

01:01:49Silks, velvets,

01:01:50things that fit properly.

01:01:51Not like these rags.

01:01:52The dowry Beatrice

01:01:53sent over was an insult.

01:01:55Cheap fabrics,

01:01:56cuts that were out of fashion

01:01:57five years ago.

01:01:57I freeze.

01:02:00The mention of my stepmother

01:02:01usually causes nausea.

01:02:03But this time

01:02:04It brings something else.

01:02:06I suddenly remember

01:02:07Mr. Henderson,

01:02:08my mother's old lawyer.

01:02:10On my 18th birthday,

01:02:12He slipped me

01:02:13a notarized copy

01:02:14of my mother's

01:02:14original trust,

01:02:15the one Beatrice claimed

01:02:17had been lost

01:02:18in the market crash.

01:02:19Clara,

01:02:20forget the dresses.

01:02:21I don't need a seamstress.

01:02:22I need a telephone.

01:02:23My lady?

01:02:24I walk to the window,

01:02:26looking out over

01:02:27the Moreno estate.

01:02:29Somewhere in the city,

01:02:31Beatrice and my father

01:02:32are likely celebrating

01:02:33the sale of their

01:02:34unwanted daughter.

01:02:36I need to contact

01:02:37Mr. Henderson

01:02:38and then prepare my things

01:02:40for tomorrow morning.

01:02:41Are we going shopping?

01:02:43I reach into the iron box

01:02:45and pulls out

01:02:45a thick stack of cash.

01:02:47It feels like ammunition.

01:02:50No.

01:02:51We are going home.

01:02:53I have a debt to collect.

01:02:56Beatrice stole my mother's

01:02:58jewelry,

01:02:59money,

01:02:59and legacy.

01:03:01She thought she was safe

01:03:02because I was powerless.

01:03:04But I am no longer

01:03:05Isabella Carlson.

01:03:07I am Isabella Moreno.

01:03:09Morning light filters

01:03:11through the curtains.

01:03:12I sit at the desk.

01:03:13To my left,

01:03:14the wedding gift list

01:03:15Beatrice sent.

01:03:16To my right,

01:03:17the notifies copy

01:03:18of my mother's trust.

01:03:20The three speakeasies

01:03:22on State Street?

01:03:23Gone.

01:03:24Replaced with a 20% stake

01:03:26in a textile mill

01:03:27that has been shuttered

01:03:28since 28.

01:03:30And the jewelry?

01:03:33Not a single piece listed.

01:03:35According to Beatrice,

01:03:37the Swiss safety deposit box

01:03:39was empty.

01:03:41She erased my mother's existence

01:03:43to fund her own lifestyle.

01:03:46The Duesenberg idols

01:03:47in front of the Carlson brownstone.

01:03:50The soldiers open my door.

01:03:53I step onto the pavement.

01:03:57The house looks smaller

01:03:58than I remember.

01:04:00In the drawing room,

01:04:02my father, Joseph,

01:04:03stands by the fireplace,

01:04:04a glass of scotch

01:04:05already in his hand

01:04:06despite the early hour.

01:04:08Beatrice sits on the sofa,

01:04:10flanked by my stepsister, Amelia.

01:04:19Isabella,

01:04:20We didn't expect you.

01:04:21Is everything alright?

01:04:24Something happened

01:04:25at the Moreno estate?

01:04:27Everything is perfect, Beatrice.

01:04:29I simply came

01:04:30to correct an error.

01:04:32An error?

01:04:32What error?

01:04:34What error?

01:04:34You should show more respect.

01:04:37girl.

01:04:38You are still a Carlson.

01:04:40Me?

01:04:41I am a Moreno now, father.

01:04:44I came because I reviewed

01:04:45the wedding gift documents

01:04:47you sent over,

01:04:48and I found them lacking.

01:04:50Lacking?

01:04:51Times are hard, Isabella.

01:04:53The market clash

01:04:54took a toll on everyone.

01:04:56You should be grateful

01:04:57for what we could

01:04:58scrape together.

01:05:01Grateful for a few thousand dollars

01:05:03and a plot of mud

01:05:04in a swamp?

01:05:05It was all there was!

01:05:08Your mother's investments

01:05:09failed years ago.

01:05:11We supported you

01:05:13out of our own pockets.

01:05:14My husband provides

01:05:15for me, Beatrice,

01:05:17which is more than I can say

01:05:19for my father.

01:05:20I reach into my handbag

01:05:22and pull out the notarized

01:05:23copy of the trust.

01:05:24I let it drop

01:05:25onto the coffee table.

01:05:27It splays open

01:05:28to reveal the list of assets

01:05:29Beatrice thought

01:05:30She had buried forever.

01:05:32You seem to be forgetful, Beatrice.

01:05:34So I brought a reminder.

01:05:36I suggest you start reading.

01:05:38Beatrice stares at the document

01:05:40as if it were a venomous snake

01:05:42coiled on the rug.

01:05:43She doesn't reach for it.

01:05:45When she looks up,

01:05:47The mask is back.

01:05:48Horty.

01:05:49Dismissive.

01:05:50Utterly fake.

01:05:51Where did you get this

01:05:53piece of fiction, Isabella?

01:05:55Did your new husband

01:05:57teach you

01:05:58to forge documents

01:05:59To extort your own family?

01:06:01Is that how the Muranos

01:06:03Do business?

01:06:04It is a notarized copy

01:06:06of the original trust

01:06:07my mother signed

01:06:08three days before she died.

01:06:11Every asset listed there

01:06:13was meant for me.

01:06:15For my wedding.

01:06:19Lies!

01:06:21Lies!

01:06:21Mother would never

01:06:23steal from you.

01:06:24You're just jealous

01:06:25because you were

01:06:26sold off to a monster.

01:06:29You promised

01:06:30to keep it safe.

01:06:32Instead,

01:06:33You liquidated the shares

01:06:35in the speakeasies

01:06:36on State Street.

01:06:38You empty

01:06:39the safety deposit box

01:06:40in Zurich.

01:06:42Joseph,

01:06:42Are you going to let her

01:06:43speak to me this way?

01:06:45That is enough, Isabella.

01:06:47Beatrice raised you

01:06:48as her own.

01:06:49She took you in

01:06:50when your mother passed away.

01:06:52Is this how you

01:06:53Repay her?

01:06:54With slander

01:06:55in my living room?

01:06:57She raised me

01:06:58on scraps

01:06:58while she wore

01:06:59my mother's jewels.

01:07:01And you,

01:07:02father,

01:07:02watched it happen.

01:07:06Don't pretend

01:07:07This is about

01:07:07family honor.

01:07:09It's about greed.

01:07:12At my urgen,

01:07:14Joseph raises his hand.

01:07:16The Moreno soldiers

01:07:17by the door shift

01:07:18and he freezes,

01:07:19lowering his fist slowly.

01:07:21You are insolent!

01:07:22You think because

01:07:23You married a Moreno

01:07:24You can come here

01:07:25and dictate terms?

01:07:26You are still

01:07:27a Carlson by blood.

01:07:29I am a Moreno

01:07:30by law

01:07:31and by loyalty.

01:07:32And the Morenos

01:07:33do not tolerate

01:07:34thiefed.

01:07:36Joseph snatches

01:07:37the document

01:07:37from the table

01:07:38and scans the pages

01:07:39frantically.

01:07:40Suddenly,

01:07:41a triumphant sneer

01:07:42twists his lips.

01:07:43You are not as clever

01:07:44as you think, girl.

01:07:45Look at this paper.

01:07:46It's crisp.

01:07:47The ink is fresh.

01:07:48It smells like the printer.

01:07:49This isn't a 17-year-old trust.

01:07:51It's a forgery.

01:07:52A fake one drawn up yesterday

01:07:53to humiliate us.

01:07:54I knew it.

01:07:55A forgery.

01:07:57Did Damien put you up to this?

01:07:59Did he tell you

01:08:00to fabricate a list

01:08:01of fantasies

01:08:02to squeeze money

01:08:03out of us?

01:08:03Get out of my house, Isabella!

01:08:05Take your lies

01:08:06And your goons with you!

01:08:10You want to talk

01:08:11About proof, father?

01:08:12Be careful

01:08:13what you ask for.

01:08:14Amelia takes steps forward,

01:08:16her face flushed

01:08:17with rage,

01:08:18clutching Beatrice's hand.

01:08:20Isabella,

01:08:21mother has done

01:08:21Nothing but pray for you

01:08:23since you left.

01:08:25And now you come back,

01:08:27waving fake papers,

01:08:29to extort

01:08:29the woman

01:08:30Who fed you?

01:08:32You want to destroy us

01:08:33Because you're miserable!

01:08:35A lie is still a lie, Amelia.

01:08:39No matter how beautifully

01:08:41You dress it in tears.

01:08:43As she moves,

01:08:44the light catches

01:08:45the pendant at her throat.

01:08:48A predatory smile

01:08:50curves my lips.

01:08:52That is a stunning piece

01:08:54You're wearing, Amelia.

01:08:56Mother gave it to me

01:08:58for my 18th birthday.

01:09:00It's a symbol

01:09:02of our family's taste.

01:09:04Something you

01:09:05wouldn't understand.

01:09:07Oh, I understand

01:09:08It works perfectly.

01:09:10A rose gold chain

01:09:12set with a rare

01:09:13Sicilian pink diamond.

01:09:17Custom cut

01:09:18in 1910,

01:09:20Beatrice freezes.

01:09:22Her nails dig

01:09:23into Amelia's sleeve.

01:09:26Item number 17

01:09:28on my mother's

01:09:29trust fund list.

01:09:30The very list

01:09:31My father just claimed

01:09:32was a forgery.

01:09:33Mother?

01:09:34What is she talking about?

01:09:37Coincidence?

01:09:38There are thousands

01:09:39of pink diamonds

01:09:40in the world.

01:09:41You think you own

01:09:42the color pink now?

01:09:43That list is still

01:09:44a fake

01:09:45written yesterday

01:09:46by your husband's lackeys.

01:09:50Is it?

01:09:52Father,

01:09:53my mother's trust

01:09:54was established

01:09:54under Sicilian law.

01:09:56When my grandfather

01:09:57married his daughter

01:09:58to you,

01:09:59He did not trust you.

01:10:01This is a copy.

01:10:04The original

01:10:05notarized document

01:10:06is kept by

01:10:07my mother's

01:10:08family advisor

01:10:09in Palermo.

01:10:11You expect me

01:10:13to believe a document

01:10:14held by some

01:10:14old Sicilian gangster

01:10:16across the ocean?

01:10:18They'd say anything

01:10:19for a price.

01:10:20That proves nothing

01:10:22in this country.

01:10:24I thought you might

01:10:25say that.

01:10:27You might not

01:10:28respect Sicilian law,

01:10:30father.

01:10:31But do you respect

01:10:33your own father?

01:10:40Leave the dead

01:10:42out of this.

01:10:45I can't.

01:10:47Because

01:10:47he signed

01:10:49this,

01:10:49a letter

01:10:50from your father,

01:10:51the late

01:10:51Don Carlson,

01:10:52to my grandfather.

01:10:54In it,

01:10:55He confirms

01:10:55he personally

01:10:56verified the

01:10:57wedding gift

01:10:57inventory

01:10:58to ensure

01:10:59the union

01:10:59was equitable.

01:11:02At the bottom

01:11:03of the page,

01:11:04the wax seal

01:11:04of the Carlson

01:11:05family crest

01:11:06is clear.

01:11:07Beside it,

01:11:07the signature

01:11:08and the witness,

01:11:10his closest ally

01:11:11at the time,

01:11:12Don Costello.

01:11:13Joseph's face

01:11:14goes gray.

01:11:15The name Costello

01:11:16is the law in this city.

01:11:17To call a document

01:11:18He witnessed a fake

01:11:19is a death sentence,

01:11:20an insult to the

01:11:21history of the

01:11:22outfit itself.

01:11:23The ink isn't

01:11:24fresh,

01:11:24father,

01:11:25But what a shame.

01:11:26It certainly is.

01:11:27Let me see that.

01:11:28If these documents

01:11:29are indeed authentic,

01:11:30Isabella,

01:11:31then as the head

01:11:32of this house,

01:11:33It is my duty

01:11:33to verify them,

01:11:34hand them over.

01:11:35I will ensure

01:11:36Justice is done.

01:11:38Hand them to you

01:11:39so you can destroy

01:11:40them?

01:11:41I think not.

01:11:42Isabella,

01:11:43You have so much

01:11:45Now, Isabella.

01:11:46You married a king.

01:11:47Why do you begrudge

01:11:48your sister

01:11:49a simple necklace?

01:11:50You are insolent.

01:11:52You come into my house,

01:11:54disrespect your mother,

01:11:56stepmother,

01:11:58and wave papers around

01:11:59like a petulant child.

01:12:01We are family,

01:12:02Isabella.

01:12:03These matters

01:12:04are handled internally,

01:12:06not with threats.

01:12:07Internal matters

01:12:08require trust,

01:12:09father.

01:12:09You have none of mine.

01:12:11You have three days.

01:12:12Three days?

01:12:13Three days

01:12:14to return everything.

01:12:16The diamonds,

01:12:18the bonds,

01:12:18the property deeds,

01:12:19every last item

01:12:20on my mother's list.

01:12:22If not,

01:12:23my husband,

01:12:24Don Marino,

01:12:25will come to collect

01:12:26it himself.

01:12:28And I assure you,

01:12:29He will take more

01:12:31than what is owed.

01:12:35You wouldn't.

01:12:36You would bring

01:12:37an outsider down

01:12:38on your own blood?

01:12:40You bring shame

01:12:41To the Carlson name!

01:12:43Honor is earned,

01:12:44father.

01:12:45A capo who robs

01:12:46his own blood

01:12:47has no honor

01:12:48to demand.

01:12:49You speak of shame?

01:12:51Look in the mirror.

01:12:52It was necessary.

01:12:54The business is bleeding.

01:12:55I needed liquidity

01:12:56to keep heads.

01:12:57You are a mafia queen

01:12:59Now, Isabella.

01:13:00You have millions

01:13:01at your disposal.

01:13:02Consider your mother's property

01:13:03a contribution,

01:13:04a tax for the family

01:13:05that raised you.

01:13:06Let it go.

01:13:07The audacity

01:13:08steals my breath.

01:13:09He wants me

01:13:10to subsidize

01:13:11his incompetence

01:13:12with my mother's legacy.

01:13:16A truly moving

01:13:17performance, father.

01:13:19But a woman's

01:13:20wedding gift,

01:13:21her mother's legacy

01:13:22is her own.

01:13:23It is not

01:13:24the family slush fund.

01:13:25You are not a Don

01:13:27protecting his family.

01:13:29You are a thief

01:13:31who robbed

01:13:31his own daughter.

01:13:34Isabella!

01:13:36Three days, Joseph.

01:13:38Tick-tock.

01:13:41I turn and walk

01:13:43out of the drawing room,

01:13:44the heavy oak doors

01:13:45closing behind me.

01:13:46I leave them

01:13:47in their crumbling castle

01:13:48with nothing

01:13:49but their fear

01:13:50and the ticking clock

01:13:52to keep them company.

01:13:54The drive back

01:13:55to the estate

01:13:56is arduous.

01:13:57I use Damien's name

01:13:58as a weapon,

01:13:59a shield,

01:13:59a sword.

01:14:00But I also issued

01:14:01a threat on behalf

01:14:02of the most dangerous man

01:14:03without his permission.

01:14:04I need to tell him.

01:14:05I need to control

01:14:06the narrative

01:14:07before Joseph

01:14:07tries to spin a lie.

01:14:08I told them

01:14:09They had three days.

01:14:10I told them

01:14:11that if they didn't

01:14:11return every cent

01:14:12You would come for them.

01:14:13I used your name, Damien,

01:14:16without your permission.

01:14:18And did they understand?

01:14:20They will.

01:14:22But it isn't

01:14:23just the money.

01:14:25Beatrice

01:14:26gave my mother's

01:14:27jewelry to her daughter.

01:14:30Amelia was wearing it

01:14:32like a toy.

01:14:33Theft is business.

01:14:36But wearing

01:14:37a dead woman's jewels

01:14:38in front of her daughter?

01:14:41That

01:14:42is an insult.

01:14:45The phone on the desk

01:14:46buzzes.

01:14:50Damien presses the speaker.

01:14:53My father's voice

01:14:55comes through,

01:14:55breathless.

01:14:57Don Marino,

01:14:58Thank God.

01:14:58I need to speak

01:14:59with you immediately.

01:15:00It's about

01:15:01Isabella's visit.

01:15:03I am not interested

01:15:04in your family drama,

01:15:05Carlson.

01:15:06Three days,

01:15:07everything,

01:15:08plus 20%

01:15:09inconvenience tax.

01:15:1120 per,

01:15:11but

01:15:13or I will

01:15:14burn your house

01:15:15to the ground

01:15:16with you in it.

01:15:17Do not test me.

01:15:20Damien ends the call.

01:15:21He stands

01:15:22and walks around

01:15:23the desk,

01:15:23closing the distance

01:15:25until he towers

01:15:26over me.

01:15:27He reaches out,

01:15:29his large hand

01:15:30cupping my jaw.

01:15:33His thumb

01:15:34brushes against

01:15:35my cheekbone.

01:15:38You did well today,

01:15:40Mia Regina.

01:15:41But from now on,

01:15:43You don't have to

01:15:44Fight your battles alone.

01:15:46Their disrespect to you

01:15:48is a declaration

01:15:49of war against me.

01:15:50I lean into his touch,

01:15:52stepping closer

01:15:53until my forehead

01:15:54rests against

01:15:55the solid wall

01:15:55of his chest.

01:15:56His arms come around me,

01:15:58pulling me into

01:15:59the heat of his body,

01:16:00an impenetrable shield

01:16:01against the world.

01:16:02Thank you for defending me.

01:16:04I want to bridge the gap.

01:16:07I think about the rumors,

01:16:09the woman who left him

01:16:10after he was wounded.

01:16:13The woman who left you

01:16:15after you were wounded.

01:16:17She was a fool.

01:16:19She didn't deserve a man

01:16:20who would protect

01:16:21his family

01:16:22at any cost.

01:16:24The air in the room

01:16:25turns frigid.

01:16:27Damien turns away from me.

01:16:29His eyes,

01:16:30not grateful,

01:16:31but mocking.

01:16:32Who told you

01:16:33Did she leave me?

01:16:35You listen to

01:16:36too many whispers,

01:16:37Mia Regina.

01:16:39Let's talk about

01:16:40another story.

01:16:41The one where

01:16:42your husband

01:16:42is a crippled lechard

01:16:43who can only

01:16:45look.

01:16:47YO...

01:16:48Did you believe it?

01:16:50Is that why

01:16:51you walked down

01:16:51the aisle

01:16:52Without tears?

01:16:55Because you thought

01:16:56you were marrying

01:16:56Gildan?

01:17:00Yes.

01:17:01Go on.

01:17:03I thought it meant

01:17:04I would be safe.

01:17:05I thought if you

01:17:06couldn't touch me,

01:17:07then I wouldn't have

01:17:08to be a wife

01:17:09in the way I feared.

01:17:11Anyway,

01:17:11I just wanted a shield.

01:17:13Damien doesn't get angry.

01:17:14He laughs.

01:17:16A dark,

01:17:17rough,

01:17:17terrifying sound.

01:17:20A shield.

01:17:22You are colder

01:17:23than you look,

01:17:24Isabella.

01:17:25Good.

01:17:26You will need

01:17:27that ice.

01:17:28Three days later,

01:17:29There is a truck

01:17:30from the Carlson estate.

01:17:32Rosemary,

01:17:33one of Damien's

01:17:34most trusted lieutenants,

01:17:36steps inside,

01:17:37holding a thick

01:17:38leather satchel.

01:17:40He upwards

01:17:41the satchel

01:17:42onto the table.

01:17:44Swiss bank key,

01:17:46property deeds,

01:17:47cash,

01:17:48bonds,

01:17:50And the tax?

01:17:52Paid in full,

01:17:53plus an extra envelope,

01:17:54with a letter of apology

01:17:55from Joseph Carlson.

01:17:57Burn the letter.

01:17:58Take the assets

01:17:59to the family vault.

01:18:00Have the consigliere

01:18:01verify the deeds

01:18:02by morning.

01:18:03Morning light

01:18:03filters through

01:18:04the curtains.

01:18:05I sit at my vanity,

01:18:07waiting.

01:18:09Clara slips

01:18:10into the room.

01:18:12She closes the door

01:18:14and approaches me.

01:18:16It happened

01:18:17Exactly as you said.

01:18:19Donna Isabella,

01:18:20my cousin

01:18:21who works

01:18:21in the Carlson's,

01:18:22said the screaming

01:18:23started before dawn.

01:18:24Tell me.

01:18:25Your father

01:18:26cornered Mrs. Carlson

01:18:27in the library.

01:18:28He demanded

01:18:29her personal accounts.

01:18:31She refused

01:18:32at first,

01:18:33screaming that it

01:18:33was for her children.

01:18:35Mr. Carlson

01:18:36told her that

01:18:36a wife's duty

01:18:37is to cover

01:18:38her husband's debts.

01:18:39He said if she

01:18:40didn't sign,

01:18:41She could pack

01:18:41her bags

01:18:42and leave

01:18:43without a penny

01:18:43and without

01:18:44her children.

01:18:45She signed.

01:18:46She was weeping

01:18:48on the floor

01:18:48when the courier

01:18:50left with the check.

01:18:51But Mr. Carlson

01:18:52just stepped over her

01:18:53to pour himself

01:18:53a drink.

01:18:54Afternoon.

01:18:55The iron box

01:18:57Damien gave me

01:18:58sits on the desk

01:19:00next to the

01:19:01recovered ledgers

01:19:02of my mother's

01:19:03estate.

01:19:05Damien enters.

01:19:09You summoned me,

01:19:10Mia Regina?

01:19:11I didn't summon you.

01:19:13I asked for a moment

01:19:15of your time.

01:19:16I have my mother's

01:19:18inheritance now.

01:19:19It is more than enough.

01:19:22I do not need

01:19:23Your charity, Damien.

01:19:24I want to return this.

01:19:26Charity?

01:19:28Do you think this is charity?

01:19:31It is a loan

01:19:32I no longer require it.

01:19:36I can stand

01:19:37on my own two feet.

01:19:38You are a Moreno.

01:19:40You do not stand alone.

01:19:41My money is your money.

01:19:43My power is your power.

01:19:45This is not a gift.

01:19:46It is your arsenal.

01:19:48Learn to use it.

01:19:50If I keep this

01:19:51and the inheritance,

01:19:52It's too much.

01:19:56won't this affect

01:19:57your operations?

01:19:59Damien Rounds

01:20:00the desk in two strides.

01:20:02His hand cups

01:20:02my jaw,

01:20:03his thumb brushing

01:20:04over my lower lip.

01:20:05Already trying to

01:20:06Control your Don's

01:20:07finances,

01:20:08Mia Regina?

01:20:11You're a fast learner.

01:20:13Keep it.

01:20:14Buy whatever you want.

01:20:16Burn it for warmth

01:20:17if you have to.

01:20:19But never insult me

01:20:21by returning

01:20:21what is yours.

01:20:22He leans down,

01:20:24Pressing a brief

01:20:24searing kiss

01:20:25to the corner of my mouth,

01:20:27then pulls away.

01:20:27I look at the box,

01:20:29a fortune that could

01:20:30buy half of Chicago.

01:20:32Then, in my reflection,

01:20:33the girl who arrived here

01:20:35with nothing is gone.

01:20:38I stand before

01:20:39the full-length mirror,

01:20:40barely recognizing

01:20:41the woman staring back.

01:20:42The drab gray woolens

01:20:43Beatrice forced upon me

01:20:45are gone.

01:20:45In their place

01:20:46is a storm

01:20:47of begonia red silk.

01:20:49The door opens.

01:20:53Damien stands in the doorway.

01:20:55His gaze sweeps

01:20:57from the hem of my dress

01:20:58up to my face.

01:20:59I spent two million dollars

01:21:01this morning

01:21:01on the dress,

01:21:03the jewelry,

01:21:04the shoes.

01:21:05It is an obscene amount

01:21:06of money.

01:21:07Good.

01:21:08Good?

01:21:09It's a fortune, Damien.

01:21:10A queen's appearance

01:21:12is an extension

01:21:12of the Don's power,

01:21:14Isabella.

01:21:14When they look at you,

01:21:16They should see

01:21:17my wealth,

01:21:18my influence.

01:21:20Spend whatever

01:21:20is necessary.

01:21:22Bankrupt the city

01:21:23if you have to.

01:21:25I take Damien's hand

01:21:26and walk to the restaurant.

01:21:31Bellissima!

01:21:32Come here, child.

01:21:34Let me look at you.

01:21:35Thank you, Nana.

01:21:38You have the fire

01:21:40of a true Sicilian matriarch.

01:21:44Your mother would be proud.

01:21:50She pulls a heavy gold bracelet

01:21:52from her shoal pocket.

01:21:55The Moreno family crest.

01:21:57A lion devouring a serpent.

01:22:00This was given to me

01:22:01by my mother-in-law

01:22:02when I buried

01:22:04my first enemy.

01:22:06Now,

01:22:07It is yours.

01:22:08Wear it, Isabella.

01:22:10Let them know

01:22:11that the elder

01:22:12stands with the queen.

01:22:14Francesca sits

01:22:15in the corner,

01:22:16her face ashen.

01:22:18The girl who was sold

01:22:20by her father for peace

01:22:21is dead.

01:22:23The woman who lives

01:22:24is the queen

01:22:25of the Moreno.

01:22:27Alex is still

01:22:28rotting in the wine cellar.

01:22:30Francesca's ledges

01:22:31are still in my drawer.

01:22:32And the secret

01:22:33of Damien's first wife,

01:22:35perhaps darker

01:22:35than I imagined.

01:22:37The war is not over.

01:22:38But at least today,

01:22:40I wear the crown.

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