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Cry Me A River
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00:06my parents forced me into an arranged merit is leon sure i will marry you tomorrow
00:13i've waited seven years it's been an hour leon where are you
00:23you finally arrived
00:29leon why is she here violet i'll marry rosen today
00:41what you promised me we're getting married today and elope rosalyn is pregnant her baby needs a
00:48father on paper if we didn't get married today i i'll be forced to marry a stranger i'm so sorry
00:53violet leon is just trying to help i was so desperate hey after i divorce her in a month
00:59i'll marry you later leon you're my last hope please
01:13you've already waited for seven years it's just another month besides i'm your only choice
01:18be a good girl wait for me in the hotel
01:32who who are you i'm gabriel are you violet
01:40your family just signed a marriage deal with me
01:46i'm your future husband
01:55i'll make you the happiest woman on earth
02:05three years if it weren't for my husband's foundation ceremony i thought i would never
02:11come back here we should be here together but he has an urgent meeting so he sent a driver to
02:16pick
02:16me up instead
02:20leon look isn't that your pathetic ex violet yo violet over here
02:28leon told you she'd crawl back eventually wow vanished for three years without a word
02:34now that leon's loaded she must sob and regret every single day
02:39loaded leon works for mr ashford now a total billionaire
02:43not that a girl like you would even know that wow girl if you want to seduce leon at least
02:47wear a
02:48proper outfit look at those rags can't even afford a zara dress now absolutely after i became pregnant
02:54my husband got custom clothes tailored specifically for my comfort it's fine violet it's good to have
02:59you away from now on you can take roseanne's kid to girder grain me violet don't blame leon after
03:04all you disappeared for three years who knows what you were doing out there don't worry i'll pay you
03:08be my son's nanny at least it's better than going hungry listen carefully i am
03:17listen carefully i'm don't be picky violet you're broke take the job i'll even let you stay in the
03:22nanny's quarters at my estate god leon is so good to you he's already set up a job and a
03:27place for you
03:28don't worry violet being a nanny won't be unfair to you unfair nothing is unfair she disappeared over
03:34something trivial and now crawls back because she's broke she deserves to suffer a bit trivial
03:38does he still think that marrying another woman is trivial until now the leon i loved died a long
03:44time ago you guys are here to pick me up right look closely we are here for mrs ashford do
03:51you even
03:52know who that is she's gabriel ashford's wife the true queen of the ashford empire the man spoils
03:56her rotten anything she wants she gets i can't believe his reputation has grown into this to win
04:03mrs ashford's heart rumor says gabriel bought the eternal heart bracelet for 20 million dollars just to see
04:10her smile wait is that it get your hands off me a fake of course who bought this for you
04:19some bottom
04:20level ruser don't touch me what the hell are you doing oh i have to admit this is way more
04:27elegant
04:27than the replica i bought i guess foreign knockoffs are just built different but unlike you though i'd
04:32never be caught dead wearing a fake in public wait don't tell me you're actually the legendary mrs ashford
04:37if she's mrs ashford that's the queen give it back now gabriel gave that to me
04:53leon is being a saint he even offered you a place to stay this is how you repay him
04:57we spent months begging for the honor to pick up mrs ashfin are you trying to destroy leon's career
05:02even if you hate leon you shouldn't use such disgusting tactics to get back at him
05:07there it is classic rosalie special twisted facts and fake tears just like the past in her world
05:14i'm always the villain and all she has to do is cry to make leon believe it leon what how
05:22dare you do
05:22that to rosalyn rosin told me everything you had her beaten just because you're jealous that she was
05:26talking to me i told you she is my friend it was my fault violet i shouldn't be near to
05:30him leon you
05:30actually believed her i would never
05:36same script different year one tear from rosalyn and leon loses his brain cells
05:42rosalyn is right are you trying to ruin my career you the gabriel ashford's wife you're a hallucination
05:48violet leon's company was just bought out by mr ashfield every single one of us eats thanks for mr
05:54ashfield's crumbs we're here to impress mrs ashfield looks like you failed look i'm a big deal now i
06:00don't hold grudges against people like you take it get a makeover buy some clothes that don't scream
06:06homeless ever since mr ashford bought my company a million dollars is basically pocket change to me
06:11consider it a parting gift and if the nanny thing is too much work for you
06:15give me a few days i'll find you a real job maybe cleaning my office
06:23i'm leaving now and i promise you'll regret this hey what the did you say
06:34mrs aspen arrived 30 minutes ago why didn't you pick her up
06:41after gabriel showed up my life had already changed i never imagined i'd still be ghosted by these
06:47people you're here told you i'm never letting you wait alone again
06:57i am so sorry sir the flight must have been early we missed her please tell mr ashford it won't
07:02happen
07:02again damn it mrs ashford is already at the ceremony my boss sounded like he wanted to skin me alive
07:09that bitch violet she threw us off if i meet her again i'll let her pay let's move mr ashford
07:13doesn't
07:14allow anyone to be late did you notice the entire bar is serving non-alcoholic tonight i heard mr ashford
07:22ordered it because his wife is pregnant he doesn't want her to feel left out can you imagine a man
07:27being
07:27that obsessed how did a cockroach like you sneak into a place like this you don't belong here violet
07:34excuse me oh i see the play you followed me at the airport and now you're stalking me here look
07:40if you're that desperate to get back into my bed at least try to look like you're worth my time
07:45this
07:46baggy look it's a tragedy
07:51i'm talking to you are you walking away from me
07:54the ceremony is starting i'm going to my seat your seat where in the kitchen
08:03you're insane totally you think you can get on the throne with a fake bracelet give it up
08:08are you really that thirsty for leon's attention that you'd crash a billionaire ceremony
08:12i'm done talking to both of you you're exhausting
08:16how dare you still wear that fake is that the eternal heart the one mr asheville spent a fortune on
08:22for his wife tonight is the wife's big debut and this girl shows up in a knockoff
08:28you heard them take that garbage off and get the hell out before security drags you out by your hair
08:32are you sure you want me to leave rosaline can your career handle the consequences cut the act give me
08:39the bracelet
08:51this is what happens to girls who wear fakes to a real party
08:59my bracelet look at this junk it broke like plastic and you're crying over it security throw her out
09:06in the street get your hands off me i am violet ashford
09:19you
09:20bitch still stuck in your little fantasy you really think if you say his name enough times you'll
09:25magically become his wife
09:33violet seriously are you done with this little tantrum yet you followed me everywhere saw me hit the
09:38jackpot now you're desperate i get it you just wanted to make me jealous right
09:45look i'm a generous guy if you beg me if you really show me you're sorry i might just find
09:50a
09:50place for you in my life leon is so kind he still wants to give you that nanny offer a
09:54nanny with
09:55extra benefits you should be grateful bitch most girls would kill for this say yes now and i won't
09:59tell mr ashford that you've been using his name to scam people believe me if gabriel ashford finds out
10:04you've been impersonating his wife he won't just fire you he'll erase you it's time the ceremony
10:11starts now mr ashfield is coming
10:20for 10 years i was with shelby you're used to guns and blood amber's different she's fragile
10:27your life is nothing just make sure she lives
10:32he'd saved my life once i owed him everything so i couldn't say no but when our rivals finally
10:39cornered us a decade of instincts took over i threw myself in front of him taking a bullet meant for
10:44his
10:45heart the sound of the gunshot sent amber scrambling she panicked slipped and plunged off a cliff
10:51but her fate was unknown for that shelby hated my guts so the next time i was kidnapped by an
10:58enemy gang
10:59he didn't come but just sent a message k the biggest regret of my life was saving you you owe
11:04amber a
11:05life pay it with yours my heart shattered the enemy finished me off dumping my body in the wild
11:13then i blinked and i was back back on the exact day he asked me to protect that girl
11:21this time i firmly refused no i can't protect her my family's waiting for me back home i'm getting married
11:27i paid my debt to him in my last life this time i was choosing to marry someone else atoning
11:33for
11:33his last life's regrets for the first time a flicker of something crossed shelby's cold face
11:38he scoffed okay after all this time with me your reputation and innocence are shot
11:44who the hell would marry you when i go legit and marry amber you can still stay with me
11:49but don't push it this little tantrum isn't cute he was so sure i was bluffing but he'd forgotten
11:54i never lie my parents had found a man years ago overseas okay i know you don't like me but
12:02you
12:02can't embarrass me in front of all of shelby's men i heard you've had to take care of a lot
12:07of girls
12:07before for shelby so you know how to take care of me right shelby had a lot of women and
12:14i cleaned up
12:14his messes shelby you're right i'm not young i can't keep playing this nameless part with you we're done
12:19seeing the tension one of them tried to break the ice with a laugh okay you're kidding with us right
12:25shelby can't live without you we've been a big family no need to blow things up yeah k it's been
12:31ten years we've all prepared for your wedding gift just stay before he finished shelby snatched
12:36an ashtray and hurled it at the guy's head the silence returned no one dared breathe a word for me
12:43who the hell said i can't live without k are you raised by her we don't depend on any one
12:49person
12:50from now on amber takes case place as my second in command disagree talk to my gun
12:56a bitter laugh escaped my lips in ten years shelby had never not once defended me like that his
13:03response to me was always the same you've taken worse hits getting insulted isn't gonna kill you
13:07remembering that i gave a humorless laugh and left but he chased me digging into my wrist okay
13:14you walk out that door now you're never coming back i just stared at him saying nothing my silence
13:20fueled his rage and he finally exploded fine k you won so get the hell out as far as you
13:27can don't you
13:28dare get in my damn way like you did last life i froze so he had a second life too
13:33i couldn't believe it
13:34even with a second chance he hated me even worse i just stood there silently watching as we hugged
13:41amber and walked out of my sight the second he was gone his guys rushed over to comfort me
13:46k he's just messing around you two have been in love for years he's not gonna marry her yeah k
13:51you
13:51gotta talk with him he listens to you the most we don't trust a young girl it's a joke i
13:57walked over to
13:58the window and lit a cigarette the smoke curled around my fingers and the wind tore it all to pieces
14:05i've aging handled the handover here's the key to the confidential cabinet give get to shelby when
14:10you see him okay wait when will you come back i stopped for a second but i didn't turn around
14:17never
14:20i went back home and packed my things while shelby wasn't there i barely had anything left in the 10
14:26years the old polaroid that i bought with him the bracelet he bought me with his first big payout
14:31the busted harmonica he could never learn to play right when he first told me he loved me i tossed
14:37them all into a wooden box and burned them to ashes i was just walking out with my small suitcase
14:42shelby
14:43came to me in a rage his hand clamped around my throat okay did i not warn you to stay
14:49away from amber
14:51her so my warning meant nothing to you where do you get the nerve to poison her if anything happens
14:57to her i will kill you again no i didn't this is your last chance k get to the hospital
15:07and beg for
15:08amber's forgiveness or i won't let you die but will make you wish you were dead he wrenched my arm
15:14and
15:14shoved me into his car speeding all the way to the hospital in the icu i saw amber lying in
15:21a bed
15:21her face pale and lifeless the moment she saw me she was in panic okay i'm sorry please don't force
15:29me to drink that poison again i'll be good i'll stay away from shelby i promise shelby saved my life
15:36even if you want me dead please let me see him one last time i was just stunned silent by
15:42the outrageous
15:42lie amber it's okay i'm here no one can hurt you the next time anyone tries to hurt you i
15:51will punish
15:51them with no mercy say sorry i told you i didn't poison her why won't you ever believe me okay
16:02amber almost
16:04died because of you now you pay for it then he front of you again i promise i'll disappear
16:11i'll get out of your way for good shelby's face darkened after i finished
16:16i looked up at him stop playing the victim i haven't forgotten how you got amber killed in
16:21our last life i already lost her once i'm not losing her again you said sorry now get the hell
16:25out
16:27hate welled up in my eyes i used the wall to pull myself up and pulled the door open with
16:32the last bit
16:32of strength right before i was in a coma i completely vanished from his sight while i was unconscious
16:38i remembered the first time i met shelby in my last life back then i was running from the marriage
16:43my
16:43family arranged in the mountains shelby 18 was like a god and saved me he wore a black t-shirt
16:50faded
16:50nearly white from too many washes there was always half a cigarette between his fingers like it had grown
16:56there i'm nothing no money you're so delicate you won't have a good future with me none of that mattered
17:03to me i'm already in my future he paused for a beat but finally pulled me in and hugged me
17:10tight
17:11that year i lived in shelby's poor basement apartment rain hit the city and water dripped
17:17through the ceiling years i saw blood on his hands and him crying in the middle of the night
17:22little by little i became part of him one day amber appeared because then the bouncers grabbed me
17:28they were huge they threw me out like i was trash look at you you're nothing but a waitress you'll
17:36die
17:37in that uniform i'll call my father and by tomorrow every billboard in this city will be broadcasting my
17:42boyfriend's pathetic little show not just because he stuffed money into a stripper's collar but because it
17:47was my money i'm daisy mojave five minutes ago i threw out the trash his name is jagger he's probably
17:54still cocky enough to think he's messing with some helpless waitress i can't go to prison daisy i won't
18:00survive in there you're my only hope please i thought i was saving his life turns out i was just
18:05paying for
18:06him to treat me like a joke watch this next time i'll ask for five thousand she's poor as hell
18:11but she'll
18:12find a way she's obsessed with me even that silk shirt on his back was paid for by my tips
18:20yes what the hell is wrong with you are you crazy that's my money give it back oh i get
18:26it
18:26how much for a night daisy or do you only take tips in the alley there pick it up it's
18:31more than
18:32you'll make in a week cleaning toilets go back to the basement clean yourself up and have dinner ready
18:37i might be late but when i get home you're going to apologize for this embarrassing scene i should
18:42have broken a bottle and carved my name into his lying face but i didn't get the chance because then
18:46the bouncers grabbed me they were huge they threw me out like i was trash look at you you're nothing
18:53but a waitress you'll die in that uniform he was right i should look at myself i haven't talked to
18:59my
18:59father in years not since i severed ties with him but now i'm making the call i'm calling daddy and
19:05tomorrow i'll make sure every single billboard in las vegas is plastered with jagger on his knees
19:09clutching my legs and begging for my money and my dad he owns this town one phone call and he'll
19:14bury
19:15that bar and half of vegas with it the phone is ringing it's 3 a.m i know i'm staring
19:20at the screen
19:21heart racing i told my father i'll never call his number because of my mom last autumn my mother was
19:28in a horrific car accident i rushed to the hospital i called him i mean my father once and once
19:32again my
19:33mom was dying in the er and him he was too busy with his dark business she was already gone
19:38when
19:38he finally arrived mom is dead and where were you all right busy with your damn business keep your
19:44money missing matt i'd rather starve than be your daughter his back was broken he looked so small
19:51i'd never seen my dad like that he lost the love of his life but me i lost my entire
19:55world i will never
19:57ever forgive you i left with nothing just my anger then a homeless guy cornered me he was high dirty
20:02and wouldn't let me go i thought this is it i'm gonna die here you okay don't worry you're safe
20:08with
20:08me thank you thank you so much come with me i'll get you a hotel you can't stay on the
20:14streets alone
20:14i i don't have any money forget about money i've got you he looked like an angel but now i
20:20know he was
20:21just a devil playing a game i became his girlfriend he told me he was an entrepreneur a big dreamer
20:26i
20:26was desperate for work so he found me that waitress job at his friend's place in that shitty shop i
20:32worked like a dog getting yelled at getting touched by creeps pulling double shifts i wanted to prove i
20:36could survive without my dad's blood money and i won i had a basement i fixed my own lights and
20:41pipes i
20:42slept on a mattress on the floor every day i bought flowers for my mom i was proud then jagger
20:47started his
20:48game daisy it's over my business they took everything and the hospital just called my mom
20:55she is dying in the er take it go save your mom just go looking back now i understand the
21:00look on
21:01his face back then he saw a fool half a month later he told me his mother had recovered i
21:06was so happy
21:07it felt like my own victory so i worked myself to the bone i had saved every nickel to finally
21:12get out
21:12of that damp dark basement i had the flyer for i am the luna chosen by the moon goddess for
21:17my
21:17alpha but damien is desperately in love with my sister sophia he resented me for five years
21:24when i went into labor he wasn't there i lost too much blood the last thing i heard before the
21:30darkness took me was damien's voice low and harsh like the words cost him something if i could do this
21:35over i would wish you were never my luna when i opened my eyes again i was back back to
21:43the moment
21:43the moon goddess marked me as his damien's hand was around my throat same fury same cold gold eyes
21:49why would the moon goddess choose you as my luna i looked up at him calm don't worry i'll break
21:55the
21:55bond myself damien went still for a moment then he laughed short and contemptuous don't play games with
22:02me the moon goddess only pairs a wolf once break the bond and that's it no second mate ever unless
22:11crawl you're planning to crawl to that freak from the snowfield pack the snowfield pack they were
22:15new but no one called them small anymore in the span of a few years they had risen from nothing
22:19expanding fast and ruthlessly across the northern tundra until every established pack had been forced
22:23to take notice but their alpha was a man named ethan and the story that followed his name was one
22:26wolves told in lowered voices on the day he came of age the moon goddess had given him nothing no
22:30bond
22:30no luna no mate and now his pack had arrived at our territory without warning passed over bearing
22:34gifts no one could ignore and a single request they wanted a mate for their alpha the problem was
22:38simple the snowfield territory was exactly what its name promised ite no wolf raised in the warmth of
22:42the forest wanted to go there i looked at damien's face like i was something he knows that easy contempt
22:46the pain of it moved through me sharp and familiar stealing the air from my lungs i let myself feel
22:50it
22:50then i let it go just wait i'll make sure you end up with sophia
23:03i went deep into the forest past the place where the trees stopped letting in light the witch found
23:07me before i found her she listened to what i wanted when i was done she looked at me the
23:10way
23:10you look at something wounded i can break the bond between you and damien but the pain will be
23:14unlike anything you've felt before bad enough to make you wish you hadn't survived it i laughed
23:18a small tired sound nothing could hurt more than staying please the witch was quiet for a long
23:24moment help me then she reached into the folds of her cloak and produced a ring plain dark old
23:29looking one drop of blood from each wolf you love most yours and his when the ring has both
23:35the bond will break the wolf i loved most was damien the wolf damien loved most was sophia
23:40if i hurt sophia to get her blood damien might actually kill me i rode back to the pack anyway
23:45i found damien and held the ring out before he could speak all you have to do is give me
23:49a drop
23:49of your blood and sophia's then the bond he knocked it out of my hand i watched it arc through
23:54the air
23:54and disappear into the lake the water closed over it without a sound are you ever gonna stop his voice
23:59was sharp enough to cut heart's blood seriously iris why not just ask us both to die and be done
24:03with
24:03it something inside my chest looked very cold my hands dropped to my sides i couldn't feel them
24:07anymore because the ring needs blood from whoever each of us loves most i love you you love sophia
24:12you absurd excuse damien didn't believe a word i didn't try to make him believe me anymore
24:19i turned and jumped into the lake
24:24the water was a wall of cold i forced my eyes open beneath it searching the black stone lake bed
24:29until
24:29my fingers finally hit something small and hard the ring before i could surface on my own hands caught
24:34me furious strong chest was heaving he looked at me like i was something unrecognizable what is wrong
24:38with you have you truly lost your mind there it was again he always did this this exact thing
24:43that confused me his actions looked like he cared like i was still something worth saving and every
24:47time at the wandering stopped the moment sophia existed i opened my hand the ring lay in my palm
24:52still cold from the lake i started crying i couldn't tell if it was pain or relief maybe both damien
24:56stared at me like i was a question he couldn't answer then he turned and walked away that left me
25:00with
25:00one choice i went to find sophia soph and i had never made sense together not in this life not
25:03in the last
25:04one when we walked in me sharper room together every eye found her first nobody ever had to think
25:07about it but when i came to her room she didn't look up i can make you damien's luna but
25:11i need
25:11something from you first that got her attention barely what your blood she went still then she
25:18laughed well just asked not warmly i'm not trying to hurt you damien i have a bond if i break
25:22it he's
25:23free you'd be free to be with him properly no bond between us in the way she finally looked at
25:27me her
25:27eyes were sharp why would you do that everyone in this pack knows you've been in love with damien since
25:30we
25:30were children so why would you just give him up give him to me i didn't have a good answer
25:38then sophia only lifted one hand fine i'll call the healer don't try anything stupid the healer came
25:47the needle was ready then the door exploded off its hinges damien it took him half a second to
25:53understand what he thought he was seeing sophia the healer the needle hovering near her heart
25:58the look on his face was one i had never seen before like something inside him had cracked open
26:08sophia are you all right did she hurt you
26:13you shouldn't have come how could i not do you truly believe her you could have died sophia do you
26:20understand that if it means being with you then it was worth trying she smiled when she said it
26:24soft and tired and so certain one tear slipped down her cheek only one but it was enough i had
26:30never seen him love someone not like that not with his whole body his whole chest as if nothing else
26:35in
26:36the room existed and i was still standing in the corner i didn't move i didn't speak for a long
26:40moment i didn't even breathe properly the room seemed to shrink around me then damien looked at me he
26:46crossed the room and shoved me hard my back hit the pillar i went down pain bursting between my ribs
26:51he
26:51crouched grabbing the front of my dress come at me if you need someone to punish don't touch sophia
26:57i knew that voice i knew those words he used to say them to others to anyone who hurt me
27:02anyone who
27:03got too close he used to step in front of me and said the exact same thing and now i
27:07was the someone else
27:12i blinked back the tears pried his fingers off my shirt one by one
27:15how do you believe me just once the witch told me how to do this it has to be sophia's
27:21blood because
27:21the ring needs blood from whoever each of us loves most that's the rule not mine how am i supposed
27:27to
27:27believe anything you say his eyes were hard the bond is between us so why does sophia have anything to
27:32do
27:33with it stop i'm done listening i exhaled pressed my fist against my side there was nothing left to
27:38say that he would hear i looked up sophia was watching me from across the room and she was
27:43smiling not warmly the kind of smile that means i win she'd done it on purpose called him here
27:48knowing exactly what would happen and i had trusted her i wouldn't make that mistake again i moved
27:53i was across the room before anyone could react knife out blade at sophia's throat damien froze
28:01iris iris she is your sister put it down no sophia's eyes was on me sharp furious something
28:10underneath that might have you hate me that much i didn't answer your your blood give me your blood
28:17and i'll let her go he looked at me for one long moment fine the pack healer drew the heart's
28:22blood
28:22dark red moved slowly through the hollow tube i turned away i couldn't watch it once the bond broke he
28:28would have everything he wanted and we would have nothing left between us at all
28:35now let her go
28:38i looked away picked up the needle from the table and pressed it to sophia's chest
28:45iris i'm your sister damien help me damien's control snapped stop you touch her again and i will never
28:52do you hear me never be with you not in this life blood fell onto the ring i let sophia
29:00go added
29:00damien's blood and stepped back he was already at her side arms around her not looking at me
29:06sophia are you all right let me see she cried quietly against his chest why would you do this to
29:13me
29:14damien turned his claws came out he drove his claws into my chest the pain was huge and bright and
29:23complete erasing everything else for one clean second blood spilled out far more than sophia had
29:29lost he didn't look at me you deserve that heal sophia first every wound every mark i don't want a
29:36scar left
29:37on her i walked out of the room and that was as far as i got the pain came without
29:43warning not from
29:44the wound in my chest but from somewhere deeper somewhere the witch had warned me about every
29:48nerve in my body lit up at once i felt something black rose in my throat and i couldn't stop
29:51it
29:51black blood the bond was breaking the ground the ground vanished before i understood what was happening
29:58i was in the lake the cold swallowed me whole i tried to scream but no sound came out the
30:05water
30:05stole it before it left my throat i felt my body flowing i felt the edges of everything go soft
30:12and dark then something caught my wrist hard steady like he had no intention of letting go
30:20he pulled me up from the bottom of the lake as if i weighed nothing i had never seen him
30:24before
30:24he was taller than damien broader too the kind of body built by surviving cruel places before i could
30:29understand any of it he had me in his arms both hands pressed over my wound how did you let
30:32yourself
30:33get like this and he was not calm if i hadn't come you would have died down there do you
30:37understand
30:39but you came thank you
30:44ethan my name is ethan
31:02ethan stayed i don't know if i asked him to or if he simply decided either way he was there
31:08when i woke
31:08and the day after and the day after that until the wound closed and the bond sickness passed and
31:13i could breathe without it hurting on the morning i finally felt like myself again damien came he
31:19brought a thermos of soup my favorite the kind i only ever wanted when i was sick he sat beside
31:23the
31:23bed and picked up the spoon the way he used to back when things between us were different
31:27i didn't open my mouth the bond is broken i was wrong about you
31:34sophia hasn't gotten out of bed since that day she's still shaken now that you're better go apologize to her
31:42and if i don't then you're not welcome in this pack anymore the snowfield alpha is looking for a luna
31:49if you won't apologize go be his you've both been left behind by the moon goddess
31:55you'd make a perfect pair something shifted in my chest not breaking something quieter than that
31:59the last small thing i'd been holding in the i had known of course that ben read of somebody
32:02that was chosen it didn't all right i'll go well done if to do is the dues for the rest
32:06of all
32:06as that was leaving wanted against me like this you see it meant going north meant becoming ethan's luna
32:13in my first life my fiancee derek despised me for not being pure enough for the mixed colors in my
32:17flame the day i gave birth he couldn't even wait for me to get off the birthing bed before he
32:21burned
32:21me and my still crying baby to ash with a blast of black fire as i died i cursed him
32:27in every life
32:28may you die a miserable death then i was reborn from the ashes in my second life when i opened
32:33my eyes
32:34again i was back to the day before my engagement my fiancee derek cole was standing in my family's main
32:38tent
32:38announcing in front of everyone that he was going to marry my sister mia he had been reborn too in
32:43our
32:43last life he was a rising star among the pure blood dragons he married me because my family
32:47and bloodline were just barely worthy of him but later i gave birth to a child with markled scales
32:50and a dull weak flame a half-breed he thought i had ruined him he thought i had deceived him
32:54so he
32:54killed us now he had come back to do it over convinced that if he chose my pure blood sister
33:00he
33:00would get the perfect heir he wanted what he didn't know was that the child mia carried was a half
33:06-breed too
33:06no no that's not right let him find out for himself when i woke up my chest still hurt the
33:12feeling of
33:12fire burning straight through my ribs felt carved into my soul it took me a full ten seconds to
33:17realize i was still alive still whole still had a heartbeat the animal hide stretched over the
33:22tent roof was the one mother had brought back from the southern tribe last year a totem pole stood in
33:25the center of the tent carved all over with the marks of our ancestors the basket of nearly withered
33:29healing herbs in the corner was still right where it had been everything was exactly as i remembered
33:33then i saw derrick his gaze swept over the main tent over my parents over the shamans and chiefs
33:38present then it landed on me that look was not the tenderness he had worn before our wedding in my
33:43last life it was disgust contempt he came back too uncle auntie i know this is wrong but i can't
33:50form
33:50a bond with olivia the main tent fell silent for one second then whispers broke out like a swarm of
33:56insects startled into flight my father marcus was one of the leaders of the dragon council say that
34:04again me and i are together now she's carrying my cub derrick you and olivia have been promised to
34:13each other since childhood your blood compatibility is 92 percent we tested it three times you can't just
34:19break it off because you feel like it our parents arranged that engagement i didn't choose it he turned
34:24towards me no he walked towards me in our last life you humiliated me this time i won't make the
34:36same
34:36mistake olivia i don't want to hurt you i just can't marry someone who is he paused the entire main
34:42tent waited for him to say the word i just can't take that risk he didn't say it but everyone
34:49understood
34:51bloodline blood purity those three words drifted through the family hall like ghosts no one dared
34:55say them out loud but everyone didn't knew exactly what they meant everyone in the family knew my
34:58flame was the wrong color and the pattern of my scales was wrong since childhood the elders had
35:02judged my bloodline as tainted when i first awakened at seven my flame was gold but streaked with red
35:05threads that was not the color of a pure blood dragon to my face the elders called it potential a
35:10possible mutation a special gift but in private the word they used was half-breed they just didn't
35:14dare say to her fix i agree what did you say i said i agree article 17 of the dragon
35:21code the party
35:22whose engagement is broken has the right to choose a spouse independently within 30 days i want to
35:26invoke do you understand what article 17 means it means you give up all family protection over your
35:32marriage it means the spouse you choose will not be screened will not be verified and there will be no
35:36bottom line i understand i choose him no one had ever paid attention to him his eyes were a dark
35:45gold that belonged to no pure blood dragon a color mainstream society saw as the mark of a half-breed
35:56you're choosing a what a half-breed just like me is that the word you want to say derrick say
36:01it he
36:02didn't dare he didn't dare say that word in front of a room full of elders because the moment he
36:06did he would be admitting that the real reason he had broken off the engagement was not love
36:11it was blood discrimination in modern dragon society it was an open secret but no one dared
36:16say it in a formal setting everyone wore masks everyone spoke politely everyone stabbed each other
36:21in the back no one was stupid enough to draw their blade on the battlefield what are you still standing
36:28there for come here what's your name luke luke and i formed a bond the process was simple go to
36:42the elders hall register and have both parties sign the contract no ceremony no blessing not even
36:46friends needed to be present the fire basin at the registration office burned bright and the animal
36:49hide scroll of the dragon code hung on the wall yellowed with age its edges curling when i signed mia
36:54stood in the doorway what do you think that half breed of yours can give birth to a lizard or
36:58a
36:58whole nest of snakes my guess yours will be much more interesting than mine she didn't know what i
37:03knew but she sensed it after i signed i set down the pen and walked past her without stopping at
37:09the
37:09far end of the corridor derrick stood to the side staring hard at me what do you know i know
37:15you chose
37:16the wrong person but don't worry derrick your good days are far from over it was only one phrase but
37:21it
37:21carried so much last killing intanked fear and something i didn't recognize maybe despair you
37:27killed me in our last life in this one i'm still alive i saw a flicker of fear in his
37:32eyes not fear
37:33of me not fear of power it was fear of the fact that the woman knew everything the fear that
37:36comes
37:36right before a secret is exposed when i walked out of the elders hall luke was leaning against a stone
37:40pillar in the corridor rolling an old silver coin was badly worn the image on its face almost impossible
37:44to see all signed all signed what were you saying to them out there nothing just saying hello
37:56your claws are shaking no they're not olivia i said they're not he simply took off his outer robe
38:01carrying in the warmth of his fire and a scent i couldn't quite name the robe was cold metallic
38:05scent of pure blood dragons but something wilder something deeper like forest after rain or charred
38:09wood that night we went back to luke's tent together he was warming beast milk by the fire pit he
38:13said the
38:13midwife told him and needed to be nourished his tent was small walls lied him i was nearly bored but
38:17everything was clean wooden bowls and anapal spoons were neatly stacked on the stone shelf and there wasn't a speck
38:20of
38:20rust on his blade why were you willing to marry me you want the truth because you chose you stood
38:27in
38:27the middle of the main tent with everyone watching and you chose me just for that just for that
38:40not many dragons would choose one of their own in that moment most would choose themselves that was
38:46choosing myself too i chose you because i needed to get away from derek i know but you could have
38:53grabbed any dragon at the door to sign with you then gone your separate ways you didn't how do you
38:58know i
38:58won't because you're still sitting here drinking my beast milk i said nothing he was right i hadn't left
39:10the days passed quietly like that i found out i was pregnant two months later in my last life in
39:18my
39:18last life at this very moment i thought i was carrying derek's cub i had gone to tell him full
39:23of joy
39:27i hope you don't embarrass me again his expression looked like he had already decided to throw it away
39:32before he even skinned it then i gave birth to a daughter with martled scales and a flame so weak
39:39it
39:39was almost invisible this isn't mine
39:50she is yours my seed could never turn out like that
39:56he didn't even wait for me to explain
40:09olivia you've been in the private tent for 20 minutes
40:13luke's expression changed first confusion then alertness then something i didn't recognize
40:19what's wrong
40:22i handed him the pregnancy stone
40:32ours who else's would it be
40:38not derrick's not derrick's 100 yours
40:53are you happy i don't know but i'm thinking about something
41:00what your last life
41:03why did derrick kill you i froze i hadn't told him i had never told anyone about my last life
41:08about that cub about that fire about the instant so sudden i didn't even have time to scream
41:13the cub mottled scales unstable flame he thought it wasn't his
41:19it wasn't his
41:20it was but that cub really didn't look pure blood
41:25olivia have you ever considered something
41:27what a cub born from two mixed bloods may not be a mixed blood
41:30what does that mean he didn't answer he only placed his claws over my lower abdomen within the
41:36black tongues of flame was a strand of gold i had never seen before
41:39that gold was not the cold gold of the pure blood dragons it was warmer more like sunrise
41:44your cub it isn't the same as the cub from your last life
41:47what are you talking about i'm saying you were robbed
41:53robbed by who
41:56mia's due date was three weeks before mine
41:59the news spread through the entire dragon council
42:03derrick cole was holding a bloodline witnessing ceremony for his first child
42:06and he had invited every elder and noble
42:10to put it plainly he was showing off showing off that he had chosen the right woman that his
42:14air would be pure blood that abandoning me had been such a brilliant decision he wanted everyone
42:19to see that derrick cole had not been dragged down by that half breed that derrick cole's bloodline
42:22would continue that derrick cole was the winner
42:25on the day of the ceremony luke and i stood at the very back of the hall
42:30no one noticed us no one wanted to notice us
42:35i knew what he was thinking he was thinking this was only the first step there was a longer road
42:39ahead one child wasn't enough he wanted an entire tribe my parents sat in the front row their seats
42:46had been assigned no one cared whether they wanted to be there to miss an occasion like this would be
42:51to openly oppose the cole family and my father's place on the council still needed marcus cole's vote
42:56what do you think it'll be do you want the truth or the polite version the truth
43:01a turkey or a lizard or something worse
43:10the glory of pure blood dragons the future of the cole family the support of the clan every sentence was
43:18formulatical every gesture had been precisely calculated then the delivery room door opened
43:26marcus's smile froze on his face the whole room went silent every eye fixed on the white cloth
43:33waiting for the midwife to uncover it
43:42how dare you i gave up everything for you i went against my mother's dying wish for you
43:49and you broke my heart gabrielle i'm sorry but leia is pregnant i have to be there for her
43:58you promised me we would be together how could you do this to me i'm truly sorry get out go
44:18maria i've made up my mind i'm gonna marry joshua powell gabrielle i'm relieved to hear that
44:24it was your mom's last wish and the powell family promised her to take care of you
44:33so
44:51hey there pretty lady need some company leave me alone come on we're just trying to have some fun
45:02hey don't be so difficult sweetheart hey don't be so difficult sweetheart hey
45:06she said
45:09leave her alone
45:12she said
45:15leave her alone
45:18whatever man it's not worth it
45:25um thank you for saving me um thank you for saving me that was very nice
45:35how are you gonna
45:37okay
45:38oh um
45:40um
45:41uh
45:44i guess
45:47uh
45:53i didn't say that i thought
45:56okay
46:02um
46:12Who was that guy? He saved me. He was a good kisser.
46:20My necklace. It's gone. It's the only thing my mother left me. Could it be that guy? I need to
46:28find him.
46:38And you must be Miss Gabrielle.
46:42Yes, I am. Well, since you've arrived, I'll honor my word. I'll transfer ten million to your father.
46:50My father asked for ten million?
46:52Come on. Stop acting. Your father demanded ten million. Even if it is selling his own daughter, this isn't the
47:00way to do it.
47:01You can't even step foot in this house without Grandma's blessing.
47:05Miss Gabrielle, let me take you to your room.
47:21Who are you? And what are you doing in my bed?
47:26Um, sir, this is Gabrielle. Madame arranged for her to stay in your room.
47:30Well, get out. Now!
47:33Seriously? Don't you have some distance?
47:35Miss Gabrielle, please. Let me take you to another room.
47:38And take all your stuff with you, because I don't want any of your junk in you.
47:41Junk? You're assaulting me now. In my head, it's your junk.
47:44Oh, dignity? The girl that sells herself wants to talk about dignity.
47:46How about you keep a low profile while you're in this house, or you'll be back on the streets?
47:59Weird. This woman is stuck in my head, but I wish I could remember her face.
48:07Where are you going?
48:08I'm going to work.
48:09Your father's coming back today. He wants to talk to you about your marriage to Gabrielle.
48:14She? Do you really think that she's qualified to be my wife? Seriously?
48:18That's what your grandmother wants. She and your father are waiting for you both at the hospital.
48:23Look, I will give you a billion dollars to just stay out of the Powell family.
48:26What?
48:27Oh, a materialistic girl like you? Probably never seen that much cash in your life.
48:32No, you misunderstood. That ten million wasn't for me.
48:35So not even a billion dollars is enough for you? Your greed's going to come at a price.
48:46Yes.
48:52Are you...
48:53Are you Miss Gabrielle?
48:56You look just like your mother.
48:59Thank you, ma'am. Come here, sweetheart.
49:05You seem nervous. Are you willingly marrying Joshua?
49:15Yeah, yes, ma'am. I am.
49:17We must get this sorted out right away, the marriage certificate.
49:21Yes, mother. I'll take care of it.
49:29Tonight, you move into Joshua's room.
49:32Remember, your only mission is to bear an heir for the Powell family.
49:36But no excuses. This is your duty now.
49:52Oh, you're back.
49:55You'd just do anything for money, wouldn't you? Fine. I'll give you what you want.
49:59No, what are you doing? Let go!
50:08Sign it.
50:11Once your grandmother stabilizes, you will no longer be a part of the Powell family.
50:15During this marriage, you won't engage in any activities that harm the Powell family.
50:20After the divorce, you'll receive a settlement.
50:25Anything wrong? Or do you disagree?
50:29No, I agree.
50:31Just one more thing.
50:36If you dare make demands.
50:38I just want us to keep distance from each other. That's all.
50:46That's all.
50:47That's it?
50:55See?
50:57I'm not lying.
51:01What about my request?
51:02Oh, I wouldn't touch a materialistic woman like you.
51:16Gabrielle, I heard you got married.
51:18Why do you care?
51:20I heard Joshua has a bad temper and isn't very charming.
51:24I'm sorry. I didn't know Mom pushed you into this. If I had known, I wouldn't have let this happen.
51:29Save with Gwendolyn.
51:31I told you I want nothing to do with you or the family.
51:34I'm just concerned about you.
51:37First they sell me to the Powell family. Now they're scheming something else.
51:52Ms. Gabrielle, Mrs. Powell has requested that you attend the charity banquet to date in her place.
51:58Please, select a gun for the event.
52:05I...
52:05Ms. You must go.
52:08Mrs. Powell's decisions aren't up for debate.
52:17Oh, God. Is there anyone who can save me?
52:25Well, I just want to say I'm incredibly thankful to all of you for being here tonight, so...
52:29Just cheers to everyone here. It's gonna be great.
52:33She wouldn't miss that. Cheers.
52:36Wow.
52:38Wow, what a stunning woman.
52:42Never seen such beauty before.
52:46Excuse me, miss.
52:48Would you honor me with a dance?
52:50He seems like a big shot.
52:52Will I get in trouble if I say no?
52:56I...
52:56No, she can't. She's with me.
53:00Look.
53:02Now, we haven't even been divorced yet.
53:05So don't be in a rush with your foot with other men.
53:07I wasn't!
53:16Hey, hey.
53:18Are you alright?
53:19Yeah, I'm fine.
53:20Thanks.
53:21He was way too rough with you.
53:25I gotta go.
53:32So...
53:33Did you find out about that woman from the other night?
53:35We checked the hotel records, but a power outage wiped all the information from that night.
53:42Hi. Sorry to interrupt, but I couldn't help but notice that necklace.
53:45That necklace is actually mine.
53:47Can I have it back?
53:49That necklace is actually mine.
53:50I'm pretty sure.
53:50I got it back.
53:50It's fine.
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