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00:00:00a billionaire from the west coast.

00:00:01The other was Victor.

00:00:03Inside a gothic cathedral stood two men looking for wives.

00:00:06One was Jace, a billionaire from the west coast.

00:00:09The other was Victor, a small-time thug from the east coast.

00:00:12For the sake of a massive bride price,

00:00:14our powerful stepmother made us choose which one we would marry.

00:00:17In my last life, my younger sister Lily rushed to choose Jace, the billionaire,

00:00:21and she pushed Victor, that low-life thug, onto me.

00:00:26But no one expected that five years later,

00:00:29Jace would go completely bankrupt,

00:00:31and Lily would have no choice but to move with him into a leaking slum.

00:00:35As for that thug Victor,

00:00:36he carved a bloody path across the east coast

00:00:38and became a mafia godfather who struck fear into everyone who heard his name.

00:00:42I became the mafia matriarch countless people tried to curry favor with.

00:00:46Luxury cars and yachts, whenever I went out, money spent like water.

00:00:50When I saw Lily starving in the slums, picking up discarded vegetable leaves,

00:00:53I kindly handed her a check for $1 million to help improve her life.

00:00:57But she tore the check to pieces, clamped both hands around my throat,

00:01:00and dragged me towards a speeding truck.

00:01:02Give me back the life that should have been mine!

00:01:04The truck roared past and Lily and I died together.

00:01:08When I opened my eyes again,

00:01:10I had returned to five years ago,

00:01:12to the day Jace and Victor came to choose their wives.

00:01:17I like wild men.

00:01:19I'm going with you!

00:01:22As if she had already decided that in this life,

00:01:26she would become the mafia matriarch

00:01:28and crush me completely under her feet.

00:01:31I knew then that Lily had been reborn too.

00:01:33She thought she had stolen my life.

00:01:36But I only found it funny.

00:01:38Victor was no devoted underworld boss from some mafia movie.

00:01:41He was a demon who took pleasure in tormenting people.

00:01:45The only reason Victor became a mafia godfather in my last life

00:01:48was because of the leadership I gave him from behind the scenes.

00:01:51Even so, Victor still broke 199 of my bones.

00:01:55I looked at Lily's relieved expression and curved my lips.

00:01:59You think you're about to live a glorious life above everyone else?

00:02:03But you have no idea.

00:02:04This road will only drag you into hell.

00:02:07Lily thought that throwing herself into Victor's arms

00:02:10would guarantee he would take her in.

00:02:12But Victor shoved her away and fixed his gaze on me.

00:02:15Come here.

00:02:16I want you.

00:02:18My heart trembled.

00:02:19Fear flooded over me like a tide.

00:02:21Memories from my last life poured into my mind in an instant.

00:02:24Being chained in his basement and beaten.

00:02:25Being handed to other gangs as a hostage and violated.

00:02:28Having my bones shattered for human experiments.

00:02:31I froze where I stood.

00:02:32Unable to move even half a step.

00:02:34Lily panicked at the sight.

00:02:35Don't choose my sister Chloe.

00:02:37She's vain and greedy.

00:02:39Always thinking about diamonds and sports cars.

00:02:41How could she possibly endure your dangerous bloodstake life?

00:02:45She looks down on you, but I'm willing to suffer with you.

00:02:51Fine.

00:02:52Then you'll be my woman.

00:02:54As long as you behave and do what I say,

00:02:57I'll make sure you can walk all over this street.

00:03:00I believe you.

00:03:02I'll do whatever you say.

00:03:04At that moment, Jace, who stood beside us,

00:03:07held out an expensive wedding gown to me.

00:03:09Will you be my wife and leave with me?

00:03:12I'm currently facing a financial crisis.

00:03:16But I promise you, even if I lose everything,

00:03:18I'll never let you go hungry.

00:03:21Without hesitation, I placed my hand in his palm.

00:03:25I will.

00:03:26I knew very well that Jace was an exceptional man.

00:03:28In my last life, after Jace went bankrupt,

00:03:30even when he had to work three jobs a day,

00:03:33he still saved the last piece of bread for Lily.

00:03:35But Lily cursed him all day long, calling him useless.

00:03:38Since you're too blessed to appreciate him,

00:03:40then he'll be mine.

00:03:41When Lily climbed onto Victor's battered motorcycle,

00:03:43she turned back and whispered to me,

00:03:45Jace is about to go bankrupt and end up on the street.

00:03:48Victor will fight his way back into high society sooner or later.

00:03:51Chloe, in this life,

00:03:53you can wait in the gutter and look up at me.

00:03:56So she knew I had been reborn too,

00:03:58and she thought she had stolen my life.

00:04:00I watched the motorcycle roar away and sneered inwardly.

00:04:03Only I knew Victor would treat the woman beside him like a machine

00:04:06until he had squeezed out every last drop of value.

00:04:09In my last life,

00:04:10when I first followed Victor back to the East Coast,

00:04:12I had naively believed he was a good man too.

00:04:15He bought me the most expensive dresses

00:04:16and took me in and out of the top underground casinos.

00:04:19Even though back then,

00:04:20I was so afraid I could barely walk,

00:04:23he brainwashed me,

00:04:24telling me this was the unique love

00:04:26a man who lived on the edge had for me.

00:04:28Until one day,

00:04:30his gang hit a dead end.

00:04:31Without hesitation,

00:04:33he chained me up

00:04:33and handed me over to a rival gang.

00:04:36I was abused by those vile men for two full years.

00:04:41Only then did I understand

00:04:42that Victor had only ever seen me

00:04:44as a scapegoat he could discard at any time.

00:04:48Chloe, welcome home.

00:04:51Jace's gentle voice sounded beside me.

00:04:53I followed Jace into the villa.

00:04:55The moment he opened the door,

00:04:57I froze.

00:04:58It was a luxurious dressing room

00:04:59filled with limited edition gowns

00:05:01from the current season.

00:05:03Brilliant jewels flashed almost blindingly

00:05:05under the lights.

00:05:06My eyes warmed.

00:05:08Jace, thank you.

00:05:10I've never seen such a beautiful place.

00:05:12Since you've come home with me,

00:05:14you're the mistress of this house.

00:05:16Swipe the card for anything you want.

00:05:22I'll never let my woman

00:05:23suffer the slightest grievous.

00:05:26Warmth rushed through my chest.

00:05:29Even though his company

00:05:30was currently being jointly stingled by Wall Street,

00:05:33he still gave me the very best.

00:05:36I'll behave.

00:05:38Facts proved that Jace was the perfect gentleman.

00:05:41He cherished me like a priceless treasure.

00:05:43My food, clothes, and daily necessities

00:05:46were all top tier.

00:05:48But he didn't know that I was no longer

00:05:49the fallen heiress

00:05:50who only knew how to enjoy herself.

00:05:54In my last life,

00:05:55I hid behind the scenes

00:05:57and helped Victor build a massive mafia empire.

00:06:00In this life,

00:06:02I could help Jace protect everything too.

00:06:05I walked straight into his study

00:06:07and picked up the financial reports on his desk.

00:06:13Since you're protecting me,

00:06:15I'll protect your business empire for you.

00:06:18Only three days later,

00:06:19Wall Street's hunt began.

00:06:21Jace's enemies had brabbed an executive in his company.

00:06:23They planned to present a fake report

00:06:25at the board meeting and force Jace out.

00:06:26In my last life,

00:06:27Jace fell at this very step.

00:06:29Not only did he go bankrupt,

00:06:30he was also saddled with massive debt.

00:06:32But in this life,

00:06:33I was here.

00:06:34My experience laundering money for Victor

00:06:36in my past life

00:06:37made me intimately familiar

00:06:38with these kinds of business tactics.

00:06:40I hacked directly into

00:06:41that traitorous executive's email,

00:06:42obtained ironclade proof

00:06:43that they had falsified the data

00:06:44and sent it straight to the FBI.

00:06:46Not only that,

00:06:47I also used a black card

00:06:48Jace had given me

00:06:49to set a financial trap

00:06:50in the futures market.

00:06:51Jace,

00:06:52this time you won't lose.

00:06:54That night,

00:06:55a top charity gala

00:06:56was held in Manhattan.

00:06:57I held Jace's arm

00:06:58and stepped out of a Rolls Royce.

00:07:00But unexpectedly,

00:07:01I ran into Lily there.

00:07:03Victor was nothing

00:07:03but an up-and-coming street thug.

00:07:05He had no qualifications

00:07:06to attend such an event.

00:07:07Clearly, Lily had forced

00:07:08Victor to misfortune-buying invitations

00:07:09so she could show off

00:07:10her mafia wife persona.

00:07:11Lily arrogantly blocked my path.

00:07:13Chloe, what a surprise.

00:07:15Jace, that loser

00:07:16who's going bankrupt tonight,

00:07:17actually managed to borrow money

00:07:19to rent you a gown?

00:07:20You have no idea

00:07:21how amazing Victor is.

00:07:23He took over three blocks

00:07:24of territory.

00:07:25The cash he brings home

00:07:26could fill a bathtub.

00:07:28See that?

00:07:29He assigned me

00:07:29fully armed bodyguards

00:07:30to protect me

00:07:31and every day he has people

00:07:32stew the finest supplements for me.

00:07:34You'll never experience

00:07:35this kind of love

00:07:36in your life.

00:07:37I looked at her

00:07:37nouveau riche posturing

00:07:39and smeared again and again

00:07:40in my heart.

00:07:41Bodyguards?

00:07:42Supplements?

00:07:43Lily had no idea

00:07:44that Victor's frantic

00:07:45territorial expansion

00:07:46had already angered

00:07:48several old mafia families.

00:07:49He gave Lily bodyguards

00:07:51to disguise her

00:07:51as a top-priority target

00:07:53and draw assassin fire.

00:07:54He fed her expensive supplements

00:07:56so he could draw

00:07:57her healthy blood

00:07:58and trade it

00:07:58to high-level figures

00:07:59on the underground black market

00:08:01in exchange for resources

00:08:02and life extension.

00:08:03I looked at Lily with pity.

00:08:05She wasn't far from death.

00:08:07Seeing me silent,

00:08:09Lily thought she had

00:08:10hit a sore point

00:08:10and laughed even more wildly.

00:08:13I just heard several

00:08:15Wall Street big shots

00:08:15say that after tonight,

00:08:17Jace will have nothing!

00:08:18She leaned closer

00:08:19and lowered her voice.

00:08:21When that happens,

00:08:22you'll have to sell yourself

00:08:23in the slums

00:08:24to pay off his debts.

00:08:25The throne above everyone else

00:08:27is mine in the end.

00:08:33I smiled.

00:08:34Then let's wait

00:08:35and see.

00:08:37When Lily saw

00:08:38that I wasn't intimidated

00:08:39at all,

00:08:39she stomped her foot hard.

00:08:41Chloe,

00:08:42just you wait!

00:08:43Sooner or later,

00:08:44you'll be kneeling

00:08:45and begging me!

00:08:47She turned

00:08:48and walked toward Eric,

00:08:49the crown prince

00:08:50of Wall Street,

00:08:51picked up a glass

00:08:52of champagne

00:08:53and tried to build

00:08:54a connection.

00:08:55Mr. Eric,

00:08:56Victor asked me

00:08:57to send you his regards.

00:08:58From now on,

00:09:00he'll have your

00:09:00East Coast business covered.

00:09:02Eric didn't even look at her

00:09:03before knocking over

00:09:04his glass

00:09:05with the back of his hand.

00:09:09What gutter rat

00:09:10thinks she's worthy

00:09:11of cozying up to me?

00:09:13But on TV,

00:09:14you clearly said

00:09:15you respected people

00:09:16who would do

00:09:16whatever it took

00:09:17to climb up.

00:09:17That's me!

00:09:18How can you look down on me?

00:09:20Watching this,

00:09:21I couldn't help

00:09:21finding it funny.

00:09:22In my last life,

00:09:24after Victor became

00:09:24a mafia godfast,

00:09:26Eric did indeed

00:09:26fawn over me

00:09:27like a dog.

00:09:28But Lily didn't know

00:09:29that the current Victor

00:09:30was nowhere near qualified.

00:09:32Capitalists like Eric

00:09:33only respected

00:09:34absolute power.

00:09:35They would never spare

00:09:36a second glance

00:09:36for a street thug's woman.

00:09:38A cheap whore

00:09:40who eats off gangsters

00:09:41has no right

00:09:41to dirty my suit.

00:09:46Mrs. Jace,

00:09:47congratulations

00:09:48to Mr. Jace

00:09:49on his perfect

00:09:49towner attack

00:09:50in the futures market

00:09:51tonight,

00:09:52earning a net profit

00:09:53of one billion.

00:09:54Wall Street

00:09:54will be relying

00:09:55on you

00:09:56from now on.

00:09:57Lily froze

00:09:58where she stood,

00:09:59shaking her head

00:10:00in disbelief.

00:10:00What nonsense

00:10:01are you talking about?

00:10:01Jace is supposed

00:10:02to go bankrupt tonight.

00:10:03Victor is the future godfather.

00:10:04She suddenly lunged

00:10:05at Eric.

00:10:05Eric, open your eyes.

00:10:06You should be working

00:10:07with me.

00:10:07Eric shoved her

00:10:08to the floor,

00:10:08his face full of disgust.

00:10:09Who collects protection money?

00:10:10Tonight,

00:10:11some other family

00:10:11will throw him

00:10:12into the sea

00:10:12to feed the sharks.

00:10:13What mafia

00:10:14matriarch fantasy

00:10:14are you having?

00:10:15The surrounding elite

00:10:16covered their ears

00:10:17and laughed,

00:10:18their gazes as sharp

00:10:19as knives.

00:10:19So she's a lunatook

00:10:20trying to use a thug

00:10:21to climb into power.

00:10:22Hurry up

00:10:22and call security

00:10:23to throw this bitch out.

00:10:24She's dirtying our eyes.

00:10:25Humiliated to the bone,

00:10:26Lily climbed up

00:10:26from the floor

00:10:27and glared at everyone

00:10:28with hatred.

00:10:28Victor, pull out your gun!

00:10:30Show them who the king

00:10:30of the East Coast

00:10:31really is!

00:10:32The doors to the banquet hall

00:10:33were kicked open.

00:10:34Victor stormed in arrogantly

00:10:35with a dozen tattooed men

00:10:36all carrying machetes.

00:10:37Who the fuck dares

00:10:38touch my woman?

00:10:39Eric sneered.

00:10:40In an instant,

00:10:40dozens of armed

00:10:41Blackwater bodyguards

00:10:42surged out

00:10:42from every direction.

00:10:43Red laser sights

00:10:44locked onto Victor's forehead

00:10:45and chest in unisys.

00:10:46Victor's legs went weak.

00:10:47With a thud,

00:10:48he dropped to his knees.

00:10:49Mr. Eric!

00:10:50Misunderstanding!

00:10:50This crazy bitch

00:10:51lost her mind!

00:10:52It has nothing to do with me!

00:10:53Victor, what are you saying?

00:10:54Shut up!

00:10:55Who gave you the right

00:10:56to speak here?

00:10:57To distance himself from her,

00:10:58he crawled over,

00:10:59grabbed Lily by the hair,

00:11:00and slapped her

00:11:01across the face

00:11:02again and again,

00:11:03more than a dozen times.

00:11:05Blood filled the corners

00:11:06of Lily's mouth.

00:11:07Her soul seemed

00:11:08to leave her body

00:11:09as he slapped her

00:11:10over and over.

00:11:11No!

00:11:11It shouldn't be like this!

00:11:13The entire hall

00:11:14fell into dead silence.

00:11:15Jace calmly set down

00:11:16his wine glass

00:11:17and shielded me behind him.

00:11:18He leisurely wiped

00:11:19a drop of wine

00:11:20from the hem of his jacket.

00:11:21Every movement

00:11:22refined and elegant.

00:11:23He was worlds apart

00:11:24from Victor,

00:11:25who had just been

00:11:25wagging his tail

00:11:26and begging.

00:11:27If you're not gone

00:11:28in one minute,

00:11:29all of you are

00:11:30going into the sea.

00:11:32After dropping that threat,

00:11:33Eric strode away

00:11:34with his bodyguards.

00:11:35Lily seized the chance

00:11:36to break free from Victor

00:11:37and stumbled toward the door.

00:11:39You all look down

00:11:39on me today,

00:11:40but sooner or later

00:11:41you'll regret it!

00:11:42I will become

00:11:43a mafia godmother!

00:11:44Because her pride

00:11:45had been completely trampled,

00:11:47Lily never again

00:11:48had the face

00:11:49to appear in public

00:11:50after that day.

00:11:52Three months passed

00:11:53in the blink of an eye.

00:11:54In my last life,

00:11:56these three months

00:11:58were exactly

00:11:58the death trap

00:12:00when Victor's territory

00:12:01was jointly purged

00:12:03by the major mafia families.

00:12:04To borrow money

00:12:05from a Mexican drug lord

00:12:07for weapons,

00:12:07he personally pushed me

00:12:09onto an underground

00:12:10gambling table.

00:12:11Those desperados

00:12:13shoved a loaded

00:12:13Resolvor into my mouth

00:12:16and forced me

00:12:17to play Russian Silette.

00:12:20Each time the trigger

00:12:21was pulled,

00:12:22Victor showed

00:12:23no heartache at all.

00:12:25Instead,

00:12:26he held other women

00:12:28and laughed loudly

00:12:29as he placed his bets.

00:12:31The despair

00:12:31of that cold gun barrel

00:12:33pressed against my throat

00:12:34utterly shredded

00:12:36my dignity

00:12:36as a human being.

00:12:38In his eyes,

00:12:39I had never been

00:12:40a mafia matriarch.

00:12:42I was only a chip

00:12:43he could trade

00:12:44for money

00:12:44at any time.

00:12:47I didn't know

00:12:48whether Lily

00:12:49would experience

00:12:50all of that.

00:12:52But based on my observation

00:12:54of Victor in this life,

00:12:55he would only torment Lily

00:12:57even more vusciously.

00:12:59Facts proved

00:12:59my guess was right.

00:13:01The next morning,

00:13:02I had just walked out

00:13:03of an upscale clubhouse

00:13:04when a battered pickup car

00:13:06riddled with bullet holes

00:13:07came barreling towards me

00:13:09like mad.

00:13:10A bodyguard threw me

00:13:11to the ground

00:13:11and the pickup slammed

00:13:13into a stone pillar

00:13:14beside us

00:13:14with a crash.

00:13:19Lily's shrill voice

00:13:21came from inside.

00:13:22Chloe, get out here!

00:13:25My heart jolted.

00:13:26Lily had come.

00:13:34Although I had prepared myself,

00:13:36when I saw what she looked

00:13:37like now,

00:13:38I nearly vomited.

00:13:40I never imagined Victor

00:13:41would torture Lily

00:13:42into such a state.

00:13:44Lily tumbled out

00:13:45of the bullet-rivet

00:13:46old pickup.

00:13:47Her once delicate face

00:13:48was sun

00:13:48and deathly pale.

00:13:50Beneath her expensive

00:13:51silk-slip dress,

00:13:52her body was covered

00:13:53in bruises

00:13:53and needle marks.

00:13:54She crawled toward me

00:13:56and clung tightly

00:13:57to my leg.

00:13:57Chloe, let's switch back!

00:13:59Snot and tears

00:14:00mixed together

00:14:01on her face,

00:14:02making her look

00:14:02both pitiful

00:14:03and disgusting.

00:14:04That lunatic Victor

00:14:05has been losing territory

00:14:06lately

00:14:07and he's taking

00:14:08all his anger

00:14:08out on me!

00:14:09He draws my blood

00:14:11every day

00:14:11to sell it

00:14:12and he forces me

00:14:13to accompany

00:14:14those perverts

00:14:14so he can win resources!

00:14:16She suddenly lifted

00:14:17her head

00:14:18and shouted

00:14:18with righteous confidence.

00:14:20You clearly knew

00:14:21this life would be

00:14:21so miserable!

00:14:22Why didn't you warn me?

00:14:24This was supposed

00:14:25to be your suffering!

00:14:26Let's switch back now!

00:14:28You go be Victor's dog

00:14:30and I'll be your rich wife!

00:14:31Hearing such shameless words,

00:14:33I sneered

00:14:34and kicked her away.

00:14:37Switch back?

00:14:38Lily?

00:14:39Did they beat

00:14:39your brain broken?

00:14:41I looked down

00:14:42at her from above.

00:14:43Who was the one

00:14:44who rushed to climb

00:14:45onto Victor's motorcycle?

00:14:51Who was the one

00:14:52who gloated

00:14:53and mocked me?

00:14:55Saying I could only

00:14:56look up at you

00:14:57from the slums?

00:14:58She lay on the ground,

00:15:00pounding the pavement

00:15:01in a frenzy

00:15:01as she screamed.

00:15:02That's because

00:15:03you tricked me!

00:15:05You hid from me

00:15:07what would happen

00:15:07if I chose Victor!

00:15:10But don't get

00:15:11too pleased

00:15:11with yourself.

00:15:12A flash of vicious,

00:15:13sick pleasure

00:15:14crossed Lily's eyes.

00:15:15According to how

00:15:16things went

00:15:17in the last life,

00:15:18that useless Jace

00:15:19is going completely

00:15:20bankrupt today!

00:15:22When that happens,

00:15:23you won't even be able

00:15:24to afford the slums.

00:15:25You'll have to beg

00:15:26on the street!

00:15:27The words had barely

00:15:28left her mouth.

00:15:32Twelve Rolls Royce

00:15:33phantoms roared

00:15:34to a stop

00:15:34in front of us,

00:15:35sealing off

00:15:36the entire street.

00:15:38The car doors opened.

00:15:40Dressed in a custom suit,

00:15:41strode toward us

00:15:42surrounded by dozens

00:15:43of Blackwater bodyguards.

00:15:44Seeing such an astonishing

00:15:45scene's throat tightened,

00:15:47a sharp swallow

00:15:47betraying her shock.

00:15:48Impossible!

00:15:49You're supposed

00:15:50to go bankrupt today!

00:15:51How could you

00:15:51still have money?

00:15:52But she instantly reacted.

00:15:54Now was the time

00:15:55to cling to power.

00:15:56She shoved me aside

00:15:57and rushed toward two,

00:15:58deliberately exposing

00:15:59her collarbones

00:15:59and leaning close

00:16:00as she pleaded sweetly.

00:16:01Mr. Miss You,

00:16:02don't be deceived

00:16:02by my sister!

00:16:03She's a demon

00:16:04to the bone!

00:16:05Sooner or later,

00:16:06she'll destroy

00:16:06your business empire!

00:16:07Lifted her head pitifully.

00:16:08Only a clean woman

00:16:10like me is worthy

00:16:11of your wealth

00:16:11as long as you want me!

00:16:12Get away!

00:16:13Didn't even spare her

00:16:14a sidelong glance.

00:16:15He walked straight past

00:16:17her and came to me.

00:16:18He took out

00:16:18an expensive handkerchief

00:16:20and,

00:16:20with aching tenderness,

00:16:22wiped the dust

00:16:23grabbed onto

00:16:23the hem of my clothes.

00:16:25Then he turned

00:16:25and looked down at her.

00:16:27If she really is a demon,

00:16:28then I'd willingly

00:16:29offer her my soul.

00:16:31Besides,

00:16:31she's the one

00:16:32who helped me

00:16:32dominate Wall Street.

00:16:34Chloe is my only woman.

00:16:36As for you,

00:16:36you're not even worthy

00:16:37of carrying her shoes.

00:16:39Hoopshire One

00:16:39looked as if

00:16:39she had been struck

00:16:40by lightning.

00:16:41Jealousy twisted

00:16:42her features.

00:16:43She screamed

00:16:44and tried to lunge

00:16:44forward again.

00:16:45No!

00:16:46This life should be mine!

00:16:49Just then,

00:16:50an old unlicensed van

00:16:51screeched to a stop

00:16:52by the roadside.

00:16:54Two tattooed thugs

00:16:56jumped out,

00:16:57grabbed her by the hair,

00:16:58and dragged her

00:16:59viciously toward the van.

00:17:01Filthy bitch!

00:17:02How dare you run out

00:17:03and play victim!

00:17:04Boss Victor

00:17:05is waiting for you

00:17:06to come back!

00:17:06We haven't drawn

00:17:07enough blood today!

00:17:09Watching the van

00:17:10speed away,

00:17:10I frowned.

00:17:12Special supplements?

00:17:13Had Victor come up

00:17:14with some new trick again?

00:17:15The instincts

00:17:15I had developed

00:17:16in my last life

00:17:17while managing

00:17:17Victor's underground

00:17:18industries told me

00:17:19this was absolutely

00:17:20not simple.

00:17:21After returning

00:17:21to the Manishin,

00:17:22I immediately locked

00:17:23the study door

00:17:24and turned off

00:17:24the computer.

00:17:25Relying my understanding

00:17:26of Victor's

00:17:27cratic network

00:17:28from my Yen-P

00:17:28the Wuthrai,

00:17:29bypassed the firewall

00:17:30with ease,

00:17:31and hacked directly

00:17:32into the underground

00:17:33medical system

00:17:34he had recently connected.

00:17:35In an encrypted purchase list,

00:17:37I found the true ingredients

00:17:38of those special supplements.

00:17:40The moment I clicked it open,

00:17:41a chill crawled up my spine.

00:17:43They weren't supplements at all.

00:17:44They were living organ

00:17:45rejection suppressors,

00:17:47a substance explicitly

00:17:48banned on the dark web.

00:17:49So that was it.

00:17:51Victor's frantic expansion

00:17:52had angered the old mafia,

00:17:53and his cash flow

00:17:54had completely collapsed.

00:17:56To repay his debts,

00:17:57he had accepted

00:17:58a live organ order

00:17:59from a sick drug lord.

00:18:02Victor fed her that drug

00:18:03every day

00:18:04and kept her well-fed.

00:18:05Not because he cherished her,

00:18:06because he was treating her

00:18:07like a mobable organ incubator,

00:18:09ensuring that her heart

00:18:11and corneals

00:18:11would perfectly match

00:18:12the buyer's body

00:18:13when they were dug out.

00:18:15Ridiculous, Lily.

00:18:16She thought she had stolen

00:18:17my script as mafia matriarch,

00:18:19and ran around

00:18:20showing off

00:18:20that exclusive love,

00:18:22never knowing

00:18:22she was walking

00:18:23step by step

00:18:24towards the slaughterhouse.

00:18:25I scrolled

00:18:26to the last line

00:18:27of the order.

00:18:28The system showed

00:18:29that the harvest delivery date

00:18:30was three days later,

00:18:31at an East Coast elite

00:18:32charity gala.

00:18:34I curved my lips coldly.

00:18:37The show was about to begin.

00:18:38On the night of the delivery,

00:18:40the East Coast's

00:18:41most prestigious charity gala

00:18:42was held at a Manhattan hotel.

00:18:44And at that moment,

00:18:45she knew nothing

00:18:46about death's arrival.

00:18:47Because she had been taking

00:18:48that illegal rejection-suppressing

00:18:49drug for so long,

00:18:50her body was already

00:18:51on the verge of collapse.

00:18:52She could barely take two steps

00:18:54without losing her breath.

00:18:55But she still believed

00:18:56it was only weakness

00:18:57caused by Victor's abuse.

00:18:58She stole an invitation

00:18:59from Victor's drawer,

00:19:00covered her corpse-pale face

00:19:02with thick foundation,

00:19:03and snuck into the gala.

00:19:04Amid the glittering crowd,

00:19:05she immediately set her sights

00:19:07on a gray-haired

00:19:07Wall Street magnetit.

00:19:08She used the same old trick,

00:19:10forcing tears into her eyes

00:19:11as she pressed herself

00:19:11delicately against

00:19:12the magnet's arm.

00:19:13Sir, please save me.

00:19:14Victor, that thug

00:19:15keeps torturing me.

00:19:16As long as you're willing

00:19:17to pay to take me away,

00:19:18I'll do anything for you.

00:19:19She looked at the magnet

00:19:20with expectation,

00:19:22thinking that with her looks,

00:19:23finding a new patron

00:19:24would be easy.

00:19:25The magnet held his glass

00:19:26of red wine

00:19:26and looked her up and down,

00:19:28but there was no desire

00:19:29in his eyes.

00:19:30Take you away.

00:19:34Poor little thing,

00:19:35don't you know?

00:19:37Victor already pre-sold

00:19:38your heart

00:19:39and coronalized

00:19:40to me yesterday.

00:19:42I'm your buyer.

00:19:45The moment you heard that,

00:19:47the fanging expression

00:19:48on her face froze.

00:19:50All the blood in her body

00:19:51seemed to turn to ice.

00:19:53What did you say?

00:19:57What did you say?

00:19:59My heart, my corneals?

00:20:00Her mind exploded

00:20:01with a buzz.

00:20:02She finally understood

00:20:03what those expensive supplements

00:20:04really were.

00:20:05The mafia love

00:20:06she had been so proud of

00:20:07had been nothing more

00:20:08than fattening her

00:20:09like a pig for slaughter

00:20:10from beginning to end.

00:20:11No, no, no!

00:20:13She shoved the magnet away

00:20:14and fled through the banquet hall

00:20:16like a madwoman,

00:20:16not even noticing

00:20:17when one of her high heels

00:20:18fell off.

00:20:19She crashed headfirst

00:20:21into me

00:20:21as I stood arm in arm

00:20:23with the man,

00:20:23chatting and laughing

00:20:24with the mayor.

00:20:25Bang.

00:20:26When she saw it was me,

00:20:27she seemed to seize

00:20:28the last straw of hope.

00:20:30With a thud,

00:20:31she dropped to her knees

00:20:31at my feet

00:20:32and slammed her head

00:20:33against the floor

00:20:33again and again.

00:20:34Sister, I was wrong!

00:20:35I really was wrong!

00:20:37She cock-oed it

00:20:38until blood streamed

00:20:39down her forehead,

00:20:40wailing missibly.

00:20:41Victor wants to cut out

00:20:43my heart!

00:20:46I'll never fight you

00:20:48for anything again,

00:20:48please!

00:20:49I looked down at her

00:20:50from above,

00:20:51my eyes utterly unmoved.

00:20:53You chose your own road.

00:20:55I coldly pulled back

00:20:56the hem of my dress.

00:20:57If you walk into hell yourself,

00:20:59don't blame others

00:21:00for not reaching out.

00:21:01Lily collapsed

00:21:02to the floor in despair.

00:21:03Just then,

00:21:04the doors to the banquet hall

00:21:05were kicked open.

00:21:06First heard one swaggered in

00:21:08with several armed,

00:21:09tattooed men.

00:21:10In his hand was

00:21:10a huge, thick four.

00:21:12A sinister smile

00:21:13hung on his lips

00:21:14as he walked step-by-step

00:21:15towards Sir Lone

00:21:16on the floor.

00:21:18Found you, nutty.

00:21:20Seeing the man approach

00:21:21with the sedative,

00:21:22the girl scrambled

00:21:23backward in terror,

00:21:24screaming like a pig

00:21:25being slaughtered.

00:21:26No, no!

00:21:27The distinguished guests

00:21:28at the gala

00:21:28were terrified.

00:21:29The man shouted,

00:21:30Let me move!

00:21:30I'm only here

00:21:31to take my goods today!

00:21:33Anyone who dares

00:21:33call the cops,

00:21:34I'll kill their whole family!

00:21:36Standing beside one,

00:21:37I watched the farce coldly.

00:21:39Not only did I not hide,

00:21:40I took my phone

00:21:41out of my clutch.

00:21:43Save Lily?

00:21:44Impossible.

00:21:45But I would never

00:21:46pass up the chance

00:21:47to crush Victor completely.

00:21:49My slender fingers

00:21:50tapped rapidly

00:21:50across the screen,

00:21:51activating the trojan

00:21:52I had set up in advance.

00:21:53In less than three seconds,

00:21:55Victor's 13 money laundering accounts

00:21:56on the global dark internet

00:21:57were wiped clean and frozen.

00:21:59At the same time,

00:22:00he elegantly pressed

00:22:00the send button on his law,

00:22:02packaging and sending

00:22:02the complete surveillance footage

00:22:03and evidence chain

00:22:04of Victor's live organ

00:22:05transaction tonight

00:22:06to the FBI in one place.

00:22:08The next second,

00:22:08police sirens

00:22:09and red-dew flashing lights

00:22:10pierced through the banquet hall.

00:22:11Dozens of SWAT-armored vehicles

00:22:12blocked the entrance so tightly

00:22:13that not even water could pass.

00:22:14Boss!

00:22:15All our accounts have been frozen!

00:22:16The place is crawling with cops!

00:22:17One's men stared

00:22:18at their phones in terror.

00:22:19One's face went deathly plale,

00:22:20as if he had fallen

00:22:21into an ice pit.

00:22:21What?

00:22:22What's going on?

00:22:23He could no longer care

00:22:24about anything else.

00:22:24He lunged at her

00:22:25and stabbed the thick syringe

00:22:26viciously into her neck.

00:22:28Everybody stay the fuck back!

00:22:31Anyone moves

00:22:32and I'll blow

00:22:33this bitch's head off!

00:22:37The entire tube

00:22:38of illegal green liquid

00:22:39was pushed into Lily's van.

00:22:40It wasn't an ordinary sedative,

00:22:41but a high concentration,

00:22:42mania-producing drug.

00:22:43In less than two seconds,

00:22:45Lily's eyes flooded blood red

00:22:46and the veins on her neck

00:22:47bulged like earthworms.

00:22:48Her entire body

00:22:49lost all sense of pain

00:22:50and reason.

00:22:51She stared fixedly at me,

00:22:52dazzling and glamorous,

00:22:53protected in Jace's arms.

00:22:54The extreme resentment

00:22:55of being trampled underfoot

00:22:56erupted completely

00:22:57under the drug's effects.

00:22:58I was reborn too,

00:22:59so why do you get

00:23:00to live so well?

00:23:01Lily let out a beast-like howl

00:23:02that barely sounded human.

00:23:03She actually bit

00:23:04into Victor's arm

00:23:05and tore off

00:23:05a large chunk of flesh.

00:23:06Victor screamed and let go.

00:23:07Like a vengeful ghost,

00:23:09Lily grabbed a sharp

00:23:09broken wine bottle

00:23:10from the table

00:23:11and charged wildly

00:23:12at my face.

00:23:13I'll ruin you!

00:23:14Go to hell with me!

00:23:15She was extremely fat,

00:23:16but didn't even blink.

00:23:18Before she could get

00:23:18within half a meter of me,

00:23:19Jace lifted his long leg

00:23:20and delivered a ruthlessly

00:23:21clean sidekick

00:23:22straight to Lily's chest.

00:23:23Lily flew out

00:23:24like a torn sack.

00:23:25With a crash,

00:23:25she smashed heavily

00:23:26into the five-tier

00:23:27champagne tower.

00:23:28Glass shards pierced

00:23:28her entire body

00:23:29and blood gushed out.

00:23:30Lying in a pool of blood,

00:23:31she vomited blood

00:23:32while pointing at me

00:23:33and laughing madly.

00:23:34Jace!

00:23:34Don't be fooled by her!

00:23:36Lily shrieked hysterically,

00:23:37trying to use her final

00:23:38tropsod to destroy me.

00:23:40She's a reborn woman!

00:23:41In her last life,

00:23:42she was a demon

00:23:43with blood all over her hands!

00:23:45She only chose you

00:23:47because she knew

00:23:47you would become rich

00:23:48in this life!

00:23:49She doesn't love you

00:23:51at all!

00:23:55The entire room

00:23:56fell silent.

00:23:57Blood filled Lily's mouth

00:23:58as she looked at Jace

00:23:59smugly,

00:24:00thinking that exposing

00:24:01the secret of rebirth

00:24:02at me with disgust,

00:24:04she screamed.

00:24:05In her last life,

00:24:06you were picking through

00:24:07trash in the slums

00:24:08while she was all

00:24:09powerful mafia matriarch!

00:24:11You're just a tool

00:24:11she's using!

00:24:12Everyone waited

00:24:13for Jace's reaction.

00:24:14I stood where I was

00:24:15and looked at him calmly.

00:24:16Jace looked down

00:24:17at Lily on the floor,

00:24:18his lips curling

00:24:19in a cold smile.

00:24:20If that's true,

00:24:21then I really should

00:24:22thank you

00:24:22for your stupidity

00:24:23in this life.

00:24:24Jace's voice

00:24:25was low and dominating.

00:24:26Thank you for personally

00:24:27pushing such a perfect wife

00:24:29into my arms.

00:24:30Just then,

00:24:31SWAT officers

00:24:31broke through the doors.

00:24:33Don't move!

00:24:33Drop your weapons!

00:24:36The scene descended

00:24:37instantly into chaos.

00:24:39Seeing that the tide

00:24:39had turned,

00:24:40Victor grabbed a chair

00:24:41and smashed the floor

00:24:42to Sleeling window.

00:24:43In the final second

00:24:44before he leapt

00:24:45into the cold seawater,

00:24:46Victor stared hard at me.

00:24:47Shielded in Jace's arms,

00:24:48my eyes cold.

00:24:49In her last life,

00:24:50she was the all-powerful

00:24:51Mafia matriarch.

00:24:52In his mind,

00:24:53the sentence Lily

00:24:53had shouted

00:24:54flash like lightning.

00:24:55Victor's eyes

00:24:55instantly changed

00:24:56from fear to shock.

00:24:57It was her?

00:24:58Cold seawater

00:24:59choked his windpipe.

00:25:00Victor swam desperately

00:25:01through the sewer

00:25:02like a stray dog

00:25:03that had lost its home.

00:25:04But Lily's words

00:25:05from the gala

00:25:05kept replaying in his mind.

00:25:07In her last life,

00:25:07she was the all-powerful

00:25:08Mafia matriarch.

00:25:10Victor fled back

00:25:10to the moldy-smelling basement

00:25:11and looked at the territory

00:25:12he had now lost completely.

00:25:14His heart felt as if

00:25:15it had been struck

00:25:15by a heavy hammer.

00:25:16He suddenly remembered

00:25:17many details

00:25:18from his last life.

00:25:19In his last life,

00:25:20every time his gang

00:25:20hit a dead end,

00:25:21he would somehow

00:25:22receive intelligence

00:25:23to solve it the next day.

00:25:24He had thought Lily

00:25:24was born blessed

00:25:25with good fortune,

00:25:26so each time

00:25:27he had placed Lily

00:25:27high on a pedestal.

00:25:28But in this life,

00:25:30Lily, who carried

00:25:30memories too,

00:25:31was a fool

00:25:31who didn't even

00:25:32understand Mafia slang

00:25:33and only knew

00:25:34how to cry

00:25:34for designer brands.

00:25:36And just now

00:25:36at the gala,

00:25:37the way Chloe

00:25:37froze his overseas

00:25:38dark web accounts

00:25:39was exactly like

00:25:40the mysterious strategist

00:25:41behind the scenes

00:25:42from his last life.

00:25:43Victor understood

00:25:44in an instant.

00:25:46The one who helped me

00:25:47conquer everything

00:25:48in my last life,

00:25:49the one who shielded me

00:25:50from danger

00:25:50was Chloe all along!

00:25:52Victor's knees

00:25:53went weak

00:25:54and he dropped

00:25:54onto the damp floor.

00:25:57He finally realized

00:25:58that with his own hands,

00:25:59he had thrown away

00:26:00a queen who could have

00:26:01helped him dominate

00:26:02the world,

00:26:02only to pick up

00:26:04a useless blood bag

00:26:05that had drained him dry.

00:26:07Victor's bloodshot eyes

00:26:08locked onto a financial

00:26:10magazine photo

00:26:10of Jace and Chloe

00:26:11on the wall.

00:26:13He punched the frame

00:26:14to pieces.

00:26:15Chloe is mine!

00:26:17She belongs to me!

00:26:19Three days later,

00:26:20in the underground

00:26:21parking garage

00:26:22of the J group,

00:26:23I had just stepped out

00:26:24of my private elevator

00:26:25when a foul-smelling,

00:26:27unshaven man

00:26:28suddenly lunged out

00:26:29from behind

00:26:29a load-carrying pollen.

00:26:31Chloe!

00:26:32I finally found you!

00:26:34It was Victor!

00:26:35With a heavy thud,

00:26:36he dropped to his knees

00:26:37in front of me.

00:26:38Ignoring the muddy water

00:26:39on the ground,

00:26:40he sobbed and slapped

00:26:41himself across the face

00:26:42again and again.

00:26:43I was wrong, Chloe.

00:26:44I was blinded

00:26:45by that idiot Lily.

00:26:46I was blind as a dog!

00:26:47He shuffled forward

00:26:48on his knees,

00:26:49trying to hug my leg,

00:26:50crying until his face

00:26:51was covered in snot

00:26:52and tears.

00:26:53You're my woman!

00:26:54As long as you come back,

00:26:56we can join hands

00:26:57like in our last life

00:26:58and take Jace money.

00:26:59We're the destined

00:27:00king and queen

00:27:00of the underworld!

00:27:02Looking at him

00:27:02so utterly pathetic,

00:27:04I felt only nausea.

00:27:05I pressed the red

00:27:06emergency alarm

00:27:07on my car key.

00:27:09The piercing alarm

00:27:10instantly echoed

00:27:11through the garage.

00:27:13Victor panicked

00:27:13and still tried

00:27:14to forcibly drag me.

00:27:15A dark figure

00:27:16flashed past.

00:27:17Jace, like a leopard,

00:27:18kicked Victor

00:27:19three meters away.

00:27:20Jace unbuttoned

00:27:21his suit jacket

00:27:22unhastingly

00:27:22and handed it

00:27:23to the bodyguard

00:27:24behind him.

00:27:25His eyes held

00:27:25a terrifying violence.

00:27:26Victor,

00:27:27you're not only blind,

00:27:28you're hopelessly stupid.

00:27:31Jace!

00:27:32You're nothing

00:27:33but a pretty boy

00:27:34living off a woman!

00:27:35Driven into a corner,

00:27:37Victor erupted

00:27:38with a desperado's

00:27:39ferocity.

00:27:40He pulled out

00:27:40a switchblade

00:27:41and roared

00:27:42as he lunged

00:27:43at Jace,

00:27:44but he had no idea

00:27:45what kind of monster

00:27:45he was facing.

00:27:46Jace didn't even dodge.

00:27:48He shifted slightly

00:27:48to avoid the blade,

00:27:49then caught Victor's wrist

00:27:50in a backhand grip

00:27:51and snapped it hard.

00:27:52The crisp sound

00:27:53of breaking bone

00:27:54rang out.

00:27:54Victor let out

00:27:55a pig-like scream

00:27:56and the knife

00:27:56fell to the floor.

00:27:57Then Jake drove

00:27:58his knee upward,

00:27:59slamming it heavily

00:28:00into Victor's chest.

00:28:01Two ribs

00:28:02snapped instantly.

00:28:03The entire sequence

00:28:04flowed smoothly,

00:28:06carrying a brutal beauty

00:28:07of absolute domination.

00:28:09Victor collapsed

00:28:09to the floor

00:28:10like mud,

00:28:11coughing out

00:28:11mouthfuls of blood.

00:28:12Jace stepped forward

00:28:13and mercilessly

00:28:14planted his leather shoe

00:28:15on Victor's

00:28:16broken fingers,

00:28:17grinding down hard.

00:28:19You think you deserved

00:28:20her in your last life?

00:28:21Jace looked down

00:28:22at Victor

00:28:23as he corulsed

00:28:24in pain.

00:28:25You couldn't

00:28:26protect her.

00:28:27All you could do

00:28:28was rely on

00:28:29the pitiful power

00:28:30she handed you.

00:28:31And in this life,

00:28:34you don't even have

00:28:35the right to say

00:28:36her name.

00:28:38Jace gestured.

00:28:39Blackwater bodyguards

00:28:40stepped forward

00:28:41and dragged Victor

00:28:42like a dead dog,

00:28:43throwing him into

00:28:43the garbage heap

00:28:44in the back alley.

00:28:45And at that moment,

00:28:46the gears of fate

00:28:46turned.

00:28:47An ambulance

00:28:48from the hospital

00:28:49happened to stop

00:28:49at the Annie entrance.

00:28:50The one who secretly

00:28:51slipped down from it

00:28:52was Lily,

00:28:53dragging her broken body.

00:28:54To avoid the expensive

00:28:56medical bills,

00:28:57Lily had escaped

00:28:58from the public hospital.

00:28:59She limped into

00:29:00the back alley,

00:29:01about to look

00:29:02for something to eat,

00:29:03when she suddenly

00:29:04saw Victor rivaling

00:29:05in the garbage heap.

00:29:07Victor?

00:29:08The moment she

00:29:08made out that face,

00:29:09Lily showed

00:29:10not the slightest sympathy.

00:29:11Instead,

00:29:12she burst into

00:29:12wild laughter.

00:29:13You liar!

00:29:14Weren't you a mafia boss?

00:29:15Why are you lying here

00:29:16like a stray dog?

00:29:17Victor struggled

00:29:17to open his eyes,

00:29:18seeing the woman

00:29:19who had ruined him

00:29:20so badly.

00:29:20Old hatred and new rage

00:29:22erupted like a volcano.

00:29:23If not for Lily,

00:29:24how would he have

00:29:25lost Chloe?

00:29:28Ah, filthy bitch!

00:29:30This is all your fault!

00:29:32Victor lunged at her,

00:29:33clapped his hands

00:29:34around Lily's throat,

00:29:35and pressed her

00:29:35into the filthy,

00:29:36water-water-filled

00:29:37garbage heap.

00:29:38You useless thing!

00:29:39Give me back Chloe!

00:29:40Give me back

00:29:41my mafia empire!

00:29:42Lily's eyes rolled

00:29:43back from the choking

00:29:44and her hands

00:29:44clawed wildly.

00:29:45The true love

00:29:46they had once believed

00:29:46would bring mutual benefit

00:29:47now tore at each other

00:29:48like two mad dogs,

00:29:49blaming each other

00:29:50and ripping each other apart.

00:29:51In the final second

00:29:52before suffocation,

00:29:53Lily's hand found

00:29:54a sharp shard of glass.

00:29:56Go to hell!

00:29:58Using all her strength,

00:30:00she stabbed the shard

00:30:01fiercely into

00:30:02Victor's female artery.

00:30:04Blood instantly

00:30:05sprayed out like a fountain,

00:30:06splattering across

00:30:07Lily's face.

00:30:09Victor screamed.

00:30:12The two of them

00:30:13collapsed together

00:30:14into the reeking pool

00:30:15of blood and trash,

00:30:16convulsing in despair.

00:30:18A passerby discovered

00:30:19them and called the police,

00:30:20and the two were taken

00:30:21back to the public hospital.

00:30:22Due to severe blood loss,

00:30:24Victor's thigh

00:30:24was already paralyzed.

00:30:26As for Lily,

00:30:26when she woke up

00:30:27in the hospital bed,

00:30:28a doctor walked over

00:30:29to her coldly

00:30:29with her test results.

00:30:30Because you have been

00:30:31taking illegal living

00:30:32organ suppresses

00:30:33from your dark web

00:30:34for a long time,

00:30:35your kidneys and liver

00:30:36have completely failed.

00:30:37You have two months

00:30:38at most.

00:30:39There's no treatment value.

00:30:41Wait to die.

00:30:42The doctor's words

00:30:43were like a final verdict.

00:30:45Lily finally realized it.

00:30:47The rebirth script,

00:30:49she had thought herself

00:30:50so clever for stealing,

00:30:51had not helped her rise

00:30:53above everyone else.

00:30:55Instead,

00:30:55she had personally

00:30:56pushed open the gates

00:30:58to hell.

00:30:58The television

00:30:59on the hospital wall

00:31:00lit up.

00:31:01On the screen,

00:31:02the grand celebration

00:31:03of the Jace Group

00:31:03successful listing

00:31:04on Wall Street

00:31:05was being broadcast live.

00:31:07I wore a gown

00:31:08and rang the opening bell

00:31:09under the eyes

00:31:10of the world,

00:31:11dazzling like a queen.

00:31:12If I can't live,

00:31:13you won't have peace either!

00:31:16She violently ripped

00:31:17the IV needle

00:31:18from the back of her hand.

00:31:20Blood dripped

00:31:20onto the white sheets.

00:31:21She stole a nurse's uniform

00:31:23and made an insane decision.

00:31:25Lily wrapped all the wounds

00:31:26on her body in bandages,

00:31:28pulled the loose cleaner's

00:31:29robe over herself,

00:31:30and slipped in the

00:31:30outdoor celebration banquet

00:31:32for the Jace Group's

00:31:32listing in her arms.

00:31:34She carried a large barrel

00:31:35of gasoline,

00:31:36had bought on the black market.

00:31:37As long as she could burn

00:31:38me and Jace to ashes

00:31:39in front of everyone,

00:31:40she would be willing to die

00:31:42in the flames immediately.

00:31:43At the center of the reception,

00:31:45Jace and I were being

00:31:46interviewed by global media.

00:31:47I wore a custom gown

00:31:48and looked invincible

00:31:49beneath the flashes.

00:31:50Lily hid behind a pillar

00:31:52in the shadows,

00:31:53staring at that blinding glory.

00:31:55The flames of jealousy

00:31:56in her heart burned

00:31:57all the way up her throat.

00:31:58Die!

00:31:59All of you die!

00:32:00She pushed the cart

00:32:01carrying the gasoline

00:32:02using the darkness

00:32:03to inch closer

00:32:04to the ventilation system.

00:32:05As long as she pressed

00:32:06the igniter,

00:32:07this place would become

00:32:08a living hell.

00:32:09Just as her hand

00:32:10reached for the lighter,

00:32:11a pair of rough hands

00:32:12suddenly stretched out

00:32:13from the darkness,

00:32:14clamped over her mouth,

00:32:15and dragged her forcibly

00:32:16into the dim fire stair hell.

00:32:19It was Victor.

00:32:23Who told you

00:32:24to make a move?

00:32:24He still hadn't given up.

00:32:26He wanted to use Lily

00:32:27for one last struggle.

00:32:28What we need is money.

00:32:30We need the lifeline

00:32:31in Chloe's hands.

00:32:32You are not allowed to act.

00:32:34Chloe!

00:32:35Want your sister alive?

00:32:36Bring ten million in cash

00:32:37to basement level two.

00:32:38Remember,

00:32:39no bodyguards.

00:32:41He thought I would go soft.

00:32:43He thought that

00:32:43as long as I appeared,

00:32:45he could use me

00:32:45as a bargaining chain

00:32:46to turn the tables

00:32:47just like in the last life.

00:32:50Watching the video.

00:32:52Madam,

00:32:53shall I mobilize mercenaries

00:32:55and flatten the place?

00:32:56No need.

00:32:57I want them to see

00:32:58with their own eyes

00:32:59that before this position,

00:33:01they don't even qualify

00:33:02to be ants.

00:33:03Instead,

00:33:04I had Jace

00:33:04rebelize the city's

00:33:05armed forces

00:33:06and surround the entire

00:33:07building like an iron barrel.

00:33:10Basement level two.

00:33:11Victor stared at the elevator

00:33:12with high expectations.

00:33:16How is this possible?

00:33:18How dare you come

00:33:19without the money?

00:33:20I slowly stepped out

00:33:21from behind the bodyguards,

00:33:22every step calm

00:33:23and elegant.

00:33:24I didn't even glance

00:33:25at Lily,

00:33:26who was tied

00:33:26to the fire hydrant.

00:33:27Victor,

00:33:28you used me

00:33:29in my last life

00:33:30and tortured me

00:33:31in this one.

00:33:31Did you think

00:33:32you could still threaten me

00:33:33like some ridiculous clown?

00:33:35Didn't you want

00:33:36to light the fire?

00:33:37Go on.

00:33:38Don't be a coward.

00:33:40When Lily heard this,

00:33:41the last spark

00:33:42of hope in her eyes

00:33:43went out completely.

00:33:44She looked at my lofty posture

00:33:45and how I didn't even deign

00:33:47to get her a single day.

00:33:49I'm done playing!

00:33:51I'm really done playing!

00:33:53I'll make all of you

00:33:55die with me!

00:33:59Before Victor could react,

00:34:00Lily suddenly broke free

00:34:01from the cut ropes

00:34:02and, like a madwoman,

00:34:03wrapped her arms

00:34:03tightly around Victor's neck.

00:34:05Don't ruin me!

00:34:07You made me

00:34:08into this monster!

00:34:09She bit down hard

00:34:10on Victor's ear,

00:34:12bloody tears

00:34:12streaming from her eyes.

00:34:14Victor,

00:34:15didn't you want money?

00:34:17Didn't you want to be

00:34:18the emperor

00:34:19of the underworld?

00:34:21Then let's go

00:34:22be that in hell!

00:34:23You crazy bitch!

00:34:25Let go of me!

00:34:27He struggled desperately,

00:34:29but Lily no longer

00:34:30wanted to live.

00:34:30She slammed violently

00:34:31into the still-burning

00:34:32lighter in Victor's neck.

00:34:33A whole barrel of gasoline

00:34:34instantly poured over

00:34:35the moon.

00:34:36Flames shot into the air,

00:34:38lighting up the entire

00:34:38underground garage.

00:34:40Fire swallowed the two

00:34:41evil ghosts who had once

00:34:42schemed against each other

00:34:43and now died together

00:34:44like conjoined twins.

00:34:45Amid piercing screams,

00:34:46they twisted and rolled

00:34:47in the flames.

00:34:48Under Jace's protection,

00:34:49I turned and left.

00:34:51Behind me was the past

00:34:52reduced to scorched earth.

00:34:55And I strode toward the future

00:34:56that belonged to me.

00:34:59The fire was quickly extinguished.

00:35:02Victor and Lily were

00:35:03completely reduced

00:35:03to two charred corpses,

00:35:05so burned that even DNA

00:35:06was difficult to extract.

00:35:08The news spread everywhere.

00:35:09The media frantically dug

00:35:10into the so-called

00:35:11family feud

00:35:12within the conglomerate.

00:35:13I did not have

00:35:13the PR department

00:35:14covered up.

00:35:15Instead,

00:35:16I took the initiative

00:35:16to release to the media

00:35:17Victor's illegal

00:35:18live organ trading network

00:35:20and the evidence

00:35:21that he and Lily

00:35:21had planned the assassination.

00:35:23The media outlets

00:35:24that had originally

00:35:25been waiting to laugh at us

00:35:27quickly turned their guns around

00:35:29in the face of

00:35:30iron-flavved criminal evidence

00:35:31and praised us as heroes

00:35:34who had eliminated

00:35:35a cancer from society.

00:35:38The group's stock

00:35:39not only did not fall,

00:35:40it surged for three straight days

00:35:42in the market

00:35:43because of our positive image

00:35:45of punishing evil

00:35:46and protecting the innocent.

00:35:48I stood before the floor

00:35:49to cleasing windows,

00:35:50looking down

00:35:51at the ant-like crowds below.

00:35:53Just then,

00:35:54Jace walked over

00:35:55with a glass of expensive

00:35:56red wine

00:35:57and gently pulled me

00:35:58into his arms.

00:36:00Madam,

00:36:01those troublesome

00:36:02mafia families

00:36:03have all signed

00:36:03the asset transfer agreements

00:36:05according to your requirements.

00:36:07He kissed my cheek tenderly.

00:36:08After tonight,

00:36:09there will be no so-called

00:36:10underground rules

00:36:11on the East Coast.

00:36:12You are the only rule.

00:36:13I looked out

00:36:14at the glittering me

00:36:15beyond the window,

00:36:16lightly swirling

00:36:16the blood-red wine

00:36:17in my glass.

00:36:18A smile of certain

00:36:19sectority curved my lip.

00:36:21Although Victor was dead,

00:36:22the territory he left behind

00:36:24had become a piece

00:36:25of fat meat.

00:36:26The twelve remaining

00:36:27old mafia families

00:36:28on the East Coast

00:36:29were eager to move.

00:36:31In their eyes,

00:36:32Jace was nothing more

00:36:33than a legitimate businessman

00:36:34taking advantage

00:36:35of an opening.

00:36:36That night,

00:36:37a threatening letter

00:36:37containing a bullet

00:36:38was delivered

00:36:39to the group headquarters,

00:36:40demanding that Jace

00:36:41hand over 70%

00:36:42of the shipping routes,

00:36:43or he would not live

00:36:44to see tomorrow's sun.

00:36:45Looking at the bullet

00:36:46on the desk,

00:36:47killing intake surged

00:36:48in Jace's eyes,

00:36:49and he was about

00:36:50to order a direct assault.

00:36:51I pressed down

00:36:52on his hand,

00:36:52took a black encrypted

00:36:53USB drive

00:36:54from the safe,

00:36:55and tossed it lightly

00:36:56onto the desk.

00:36:57A direct attack

00:36:58would be too merciful.

00:36:59This is the underground

00:37:00intelligence network.

00:37:01I spent five years

00:37:03building in my last life.

00:37:04I looked at Jace,

00:37:05my gaze confident

00:37:06and cold.

00:37:07It contained

00:37:07every financial weakness

00:37:09of those twelve families,

00:37:10the locations

00:37:11of their illegitimate

00:37:12children overseas,

00:37:12and conclusive evidence

00:37:14of their dark web smuggling.

00:37:16One fatal strike.

00:37:18That's our style.

00:37:19Jace picked up

00:37:20the USB drive.

00:37:21The viciousness

00:37:22in his eyes

00:37:22instantly transformed

00:37:23into the utmost admiration

00:37:25and indulgent affection.

00:37:26He lowered his head

00:37:27and kissed me deeply.

00:37:28As you command,

00:37:29my queen.

00:37:30Tonight,

00:37:31I'll tear down

00:37:32their thrones

00:37:32and turn them

00:37:33into stepping stones

00:37:34for you.

00:37:34Outside the window,

00:37:35thunder rolled

00:37:36and rain lashed down.

00:37:38Alone,

00:37:38Jace pushed open

00:37:39the doors

00:37:40to the East Coast

00:37:40underground round table chamber.

00:37:42Inside the round table chamber,

00:37:44twelve mafia elders

00:37:45were smoking cigars

00:37:46and laughing arrogantly.

00:37:47Seeing that Jace

00:37:48had truly dared

00:37:49to come alone,

00:37:50several hot-tempered old men

00:37:51pulled out gold-plated pistols

00:37:52and slammed them

00:37:53heavily onto the table.

00:37:54Pretty boy,

00:37:54if you know what's good for you,

00:37:56you'll sign the asset

00:37:57transfer agreement.

00:37:58Then we might still

00:37:59leave you and that

00:37:59beautiful wife of yours

00:38:00whole corpses.

00:38:02Jace didn't even

00:38:02look at the guns.

00:38:04He leisurely pulled out

00:38:05the chair at the head

00:38:06of the table

00:38:07and sat down,

00:38:08then threw twelve

00:38:09printed sets

00:38:10of confidential financial

00:38:11datements and photos

00:38:12into their faces

00:38:13like trash.

00:38:14Look at your own cards

00:38:15before you decide

00:38:16whether to raise

00:38:17your voice at me.

00:38:18The elders picked up

00:38:19the documents

00:38:20and their faces

00:38:21turned instantly pale.

00:38:22The hands holding

00:38:23their cigars

00:38:24trembled like sieves.

00:38:26Those were their

00:38:26most lethal weak points.

00:38:28As long as Jace

00:38:29sent them with one click,

00:38:30they would immediately

00:38:31lose everything,

00:38:32perhaps even their families.

00:38:34You?

00:38:35What do you want?

00:38:37Jace smeared

00:38:38and snapped his fingers

00:38:38lightly.

00:38:39The hidden walls

00:38:40around the chamber

00:38:40instantly descended,

00:38:42revealing hundreds

00:38:42of heavily armed

00:38:43mercenaries whose

00:38:44infrared sights were

00:38:45all locked onto

00:38:45the centers of

00:38:46their foreheads.

00:38:47Jace rose and looked

00:38:48down at the once

00:38:48invincible underworld

00:38:49overlords from above.

00:38:51Sign the submission

00:38:51agreement.

00:38:52From today on,

00:38:53the rules of the

00:38:54East Coast underworld

00:38:55are decided by my wife.

00:38:57When Jace returned

00:38:58to the manor with

00:38:58the tokens of submission

00:38:59from the twelve families,

00:39:01it was already late

00:39:02at night.

00:39:03After my shower,

00:39:04I stood before the

00:39:05Florida clearing windows,

00:39:06watching the wind and

00:39:07rain finally stop outside.

00:39:09Jace embraced me from

00:39:10behind and flipped the

00:39:11black gold serpent ring,

00:39:12a symbol of the highest

00:39:13power on the dark wet,

00:39:15onto my ring finger.

00:39:16His fingers were

00:39:17faintly callid.

00:39:18When they touched my back,

00:39:20my body stiffened

00:39:20controllably because of

00:39:21the bone-deep memories

00:39:22of beatings from my

00:39:23last life.

00:39:24Jace noticed.

00:39:25He did not rush to

00:39:26take anything from me.

00:39:27Instead, he turned me

00:39:29around and looked at me

00:39:30with aching tenderness.

00:39:31He lowered his head

00:39:32and reverently kissed

00:39:33the invisible scars on my

00:39:34body, kissing away the

00:39:35last trace of guardedness

00:39:37towards intimacy in my

00:39:38heart.

00:39:39Jace, in this life,

00:39:41you're no one's

00:39:41strategist behind the

00:39:42scenes anymore,

00:39:43and you don't have to

00:39:44take a blade for anyone.

00:39:45Jace's held my face,

00:39:47his voice low and

00:39:48tempting.

00:39:49You are the only one

00:39:50in power, and I am

00:39:51your most loyal believer.

00:39:53Looking at the deep love

00:39:54burning in his eyes for me

00:39:56alone, I finally let go

00:39:57completely of the shadows

00:39:58from my past life.

00:40:00I wrapped my arms around

00:40:01his neck and kissed him

00:40:02back with equal heat.

00:40:03Moonlight streamed through

00:40:04the windows and spilled

00:40:05across the luxurious bed

00:40:06where two figures merged

00:40:07completely.

00:40:08Five years later, it was

00:40:10the very day when, in my

00:40:11last life, Jace went

00:40:12bankrupt and Lily rolled

00:40:13beneath the truck to her

00:40:13death.

00:40:13But now we were at the

00:40:14top floor of the highest

00:40:15tower on Wall Street.

00:40:16Wearing a custom gown, I

00:40:17rang the Nasdaq opening

00:40:18bell, the richest person in

00:40:19the world, and the supreme

00:40:20matriarch of the dark web.

00:40:22Thunderous applause filled

00:40:22the room and camera flashes

00:40:24blazed like daylight.

00:40:25Holding a glass of

00:40:25champagne, I walked to the

00:40:26floor to clear window and

00:40:27looked down over the city

00:40:28I had thoroughly conquered.

00:40:29At the end of my line of

00:40:30sight lay that filthy slum.

00:40:32In my last life, Lily had

00:40:33gnawed on rotten vegetable

00:40:34leaves there, then dragged

00:40:35me to my death out of

00:40:36jealousy.

00:40:36In this life, she thought

00:40:37she had stolen the Trump

00:40:38part, but she turned to

00:40:39ashes in the very first

00:40:40year.

00:40:41Jace walked to my side,

00:40:42holding our three-year-old

00:40:42heir.

00:40:43What are you thinking about?

00:40:44His eyes full of doting

00:40:45affection as he wrapped an

00:40:46arm around my waist.

00:40:48As if performing magic,

00:40:49he took a document from

00:40:50the pocket of his suit and

00:40:52handed it to me.

00:40:53Darling, you said before

00:40:54that looking at that slum

00:40:55bothered you.

00:40:56I've had people approve

00:40:56the demolition plan to buy

00:40:57it.

00:40:58I looked at the document

00:40:59and couldn't help laughing

00:41:00softly.

00:41:00The place that had buried

00:41:01our fates in my last life

00:41:02could now be erased

00:41:03completely from the map

00:41:04with nothing more than

00:41:05my signature.

00:41:06Three days later, more

00:41:07than a dozen heavy

00:41:08bulldozers drove into the

00:41:09slums.

00:41:10Amid the enormous roar,

00:41:11the dilapidated chantels,

00:41:12the place that had buried

00:41:13Lily's greed and despair,

00:41:14collapsed with a crash and

00:41:15became ruins.

00:41:16On the original site, the

00:41:17world's largest commercial

00:41:18landmark, named after

00:41:19me, would rise.

00:41:21At the groundbreaking

00:41:22ceremony, global media

00:41:24swarmed in.

00:41:26Countless microphones were

00:41:27thrust in front of me.

00:41:28This is Jace, man.

00:41:29How did you go from an

00:41:30ordinary girl to the

00:41:31overlord who dominates both

00:41:32the legitimate and

00:41:33underground worlds today?

00:41:34What was the core secret?

00:41:35Is it because you were

00:41:36lucky and chose the right

00:41:37person?

00:41:38Hearing the question, I raised

00:41:40my brows slightly.

00:41:42I turned and glanced down

00:41:42from the stage.

00:41:43Jace was holding our son.

00:41:45Watching me with a smile

00:41:46like the most loyal night,

00:41:47eyes filled the pride of

00:41:48someone thinking, my wife

00:41:49shines brightest.

00:41:50I withdrew my eyes and

00:41:51looked to the camera, the

00:41:52corner of my throat curving

00:41:54into a calm, aggressively

00:41:55confident smile.

00:41:56Fate has never been about

00:41:57what cards you manage to

00:41:58steal.

00:42:01It's about whether you have

00:42:02the brains to play them

00:42:03well.

00:42:03Unfortunately, some people

00:42:05think they've stolen the

00:42:06winning hand, but they

00:42:07don't even qualify to sit

00:42:08at the table.

00:42:09I raised the champagne in

00:42:10my hand.

00:42:11Sunlight struck the black

00:42:12gold serpent ring,

00:42:14refracting a dazzling

00:42:14gleam.

00:42:16Cheers to my empire.

00:42:19Daughter of the Lord,

00:42:21bloodline awakened, heir to

00:42:23the throne.

00:42:24Glory to the soul and

00:42:25glam.

00:42:26A gift from

00:42:27Hector.

00:42:30Give me a red wine.

00:42:39The wine you asked

00:42:40for.

00:42:47You walk in here while he

00:42:48is clearly occupied?

00:42:50Are you blind or just

00:42:52stupid?

00:42:59Then Lord Rowan can pour

00:43:00his own wine.

00:43:01What did you just...

00:43:03Did you call him by his

00:43:04name?

00:43:05You address him as my

00:43:07Lord, you disrespectful

00:43:08little twat!

00:43:12That is enough, Isolette.

00:43:16Know your place, Zara.

00:43:18You have no house,

00:43:19no bloodline,

00:43:21nowhere you're in this

00:43:22realm that would take you

00:43:22in.

00:43:23I will leave then.

00:43:24I will go rogue before I

00:43:26die.

00:43:26You have no soul power yet.

00:43:30Until you do, you belong to

00:43:32this house.

00:43:33You belong to me.

00:43:37Come to my study once you

00:43:38have cleaned this up.

00:43:4915 years with not a single

00:43:51confirmed trace of my daughter.

00:43:52What more do you need,

00:43:54Lord Blackwell?

00:43:55I hear you, Lord Cassian,

00:43:57but murder and abduction

00:43:59require proof.

00:44:01The other houses will not move

00:44:02against Greth without it.

00:44:04House Greth attacked

00:44:04House Solani 15 years ago.

00:44:07My daughter vanished

00:44:07the same night.

00:44:09I know what happened to her.

00:44:11Her body was never found,

00:44:13Lord Blackwell.

00:44:14In 15 years, no body.

00:44:16What does that tell you?

00:44:19Or do you just not

00:44:20want to hear it?

00:44:22You are the only one

00:44:24with the power

00:44:24and the standing

00:44:26to help us.

00:44:27You have to help me

00:44:27avenge my daughter.

00:44:35Clotha, Laxias, Hekma.

00:44:37If any of you are listening,

00:44:38please, tomorrow,

00:44:40give me my soul power

00:44:42when I turn 18.

00:44:43Set me free.

00:44:45We will live simply.

00:44:46In the woods if we have to.

00:44:48We will hunt for what we need.

00:44:50We will need nothing

00:44:51from anyone in this house

00:44:52ever again.

00:44:54I will attend

00:44:56Rowan Greth's feast tomorrow.

00:44:58Whatever is inside that castle,

00:45:00I will find it.

00:45:01You have my word.

00:45:05I will pull everything

00:45:07we have on the Gretheth

00:45:08attack on House Selenen.

00:45:10Every record.

00:45:13Every body.

00:45:15Body that was not found.

00:45:17Do it.

00:45:20Zara Saloni's body

00:45:21was never found.

00:45:23I suspect she is not dead.

00:45:45You're a fast learner,

00:45:47my lady.

00:45:53You're a fast learner,

00:46:08Rowan, you asked to see me.

00:46:10What is she doing here?

00:46:12Was she watching us?

00:46:14You will address me as my lord.

00:46:23If you walk in here

00:46:24without knocking again,

00:46:26I will make sure

00:46:26you cannot walk at all.

00:46:30Isolid,

00:46:31leave us.

00:46:33Excuse me?

00:46:34I said,

00:46:35leave us.

00:46:45How long have you lived here

00:46:47at House Greth?

00:46:48Almost 15 years.

00:46:51Have we ever let you go hungry?

00:46:54Cold?

00:46:56Without shelter?

00:46:57No.

00:46:58What are you trying to say?

00:47:03Are you jealous?

00:47:05Is that what this is?

00:47:07You wish you were the one

00:47:08I was fucking?

00:47:09You disgust me.

00:47:10What?

00:47:12I am not jealous.

00:47:13I am disgusted.

00:47:15And you are not my lord.

00:47:17The only L word that fits you

00:47:19is low life.

00:47:22My lord.

00:47:23Lord Theron Blackwell

00:47:24of House Blackwell

00:47:25has confirmed his attendance

00:47:26at tomorrow's feast.

00:47:31Theron Blackwell is coming here?

00:47:32I only sent that invitation

00:47:34out of courtesy.

00:47:34Why now?

00:47:35What does he want?

00:47:35My lord.

00:47:36I believe it signals respect.

00:47:38If Theron attends,

00:47:39the other houses will follow.

00:47:40It confirms our standing.

00:47:41You think so?

00:47:42He must know House Greth

00:47:43is the second house in the realm.

00:47:45He is acknowledging the threat.

00:47:49Since you find this so amusing,

00:47:52you will prepare

00:47:53and serve the entire feast,

00:47:55beginning to end.

00:47:57Tomorrow is my 18th birthday.

00:47:58You promised me a day's rest.

00:48:00I changed my mind.

00:48:11Does Zada know

00:48:12the cloth I wove her to you?

00:48:17Do not ever mention again.

00:48:23Forgive me, my lord.

00:48:26It only seemed as though

00:48:27you two were...

00:48:31We are nothing.

00:48:32She is a servant.

00:48:34An orphan.

00:48:36I do not know

00:48:37why the Moray goddesses

00:48:38chose her for me

00:48:39and I do not care.

00:48:40I will not accept it.

00:48:43What do you plan to do with her?

00:48:46Once she turns 18 tomorrow,

00:48:48her soul power will awaken.

00:48:49She will feel the fated

00:48:50between us the moment it does.

00:48:51I will sever it publicly

00:48:53in front of the entire feast.

00:48:55Severing a threat decreed

00:48:56by the Morayas

00:48:57is not a simple act, my lord.

00:48:58Clothra herself spun it with me,

00:49:00but I do not care.

00:49:01You are dismissed.

00:49:08Damn it, Zara.

00:49:14Sorin,

00:49:15I need you to source

00:49:16a worthy gift

00:49:17for Lord Rowan Greth

00:49:17before tomorrow's feast.

00:49:19A gift?

00:49:20For Rowan Greth?

00:49:21Why would you...

00:49:22We keep our friends close

00:49:23and our enemies closer.

00:49:24Yes, my lord.

00:49:25Daughters of allied houses,

00:49:27each one a strong

00:49:28political match.

00:49:30If you arrive at the feast

00:49:31with one of them on your arm,

00:49:32it sends a message.

00:49:34House Blackhead

00:49:35is building alliances,

00:49:36not just the family.

00:49:37I will not be bringing

00:49:38a companion.

00:49:39My lord,

00:49:40if House Greth discovers

00:49:41you are still unwavered

00:49:42at your age,

00:49:43they will question your standing.

00:49:44They will use it against you

00:49:45at the feast.

00:49:45Let them.

00:49:46I am Theron Blackway.

00:49:51Let's hope she is there,

00:49:53whoever she is.

00:50:01My lord.

00:50:02Those burns?

00:50:03Are those...

00:50:04Jade Hog?

00:50:04Yes.

00:50:05Inside the estate?

00:50:07How did it get past the...

00:50:08It was tracking something.

00:50:10A soul whose suppression

00:50:11is breaking.

00:50:12Something it could smell

00:50:14from a long distance.

00:50:19The trail leads toward

00:50:21House Greth territory.

00:50:23Lord Cassian's daughter.

00:50:24Have the carriage ready at dawn.

00:50:26And Sauron,

00:50:28tell no one about the burns.

00:50:45Happy birthday to me.

00:50:47Happy birthday, Zara.

00:50:50Who is there?

00:50:52It is me, Lara.

00:50:53I am your divine gift, Zara.

00:50:56Hecate's gift.

00:50:57The one they sealed away

00:50:58when you were a child.

00:51:00I have been here

00:51:00the entire time.

00:51:02They simply would not

00:51:03let me speak.

00:51:04Hecate's gift.

00:51:05You are Hecate's gift.

00:51:07It is very good

00:51:08to finally meet you.

00:51:09And there is something

00:51:10I need to tell you

00:51:10about the one

00:51:11the Moiri decried for us.

00:51:13The one Clothra

00:51:13wove into your thread

00:51:14at birth.

00:51:15Clothra wove a thread for me?

00:51:16Yes, the one she decreed for us.

00:51:18He is here.

00:51:19He has always been here.

00:51:20In this castle.

00:51:22Who?

00:51:23Rowan Greth,

00:51:24Lord of this house.

00:51:26Clothra wove you

00:51:27for him at birth.

00:51:28He has known

00:51:29since before you did.

00:51:52He is coming.

00:51:53I can feel him approaching.

00:51:55Zara,

00:51:56when you see the thread,

00:51:58do not let it show

00:51:59on your face.

00:52:13So,

00:52:14Hector finally broke

00:52:16the seal.

00:52:17You knew.

00:52:19This whole time

00:52:20you knew what

00:52:21Clothra decreed

00:52:21and you said nothing.

00:52:22So what?

00:52:23You are a servant.

00:52:25A casteless orphan.

00:52:26You have no house,

00:52:27no bloodline,

00:52:28nothing.

00:52:29What Clothra decreed

00:52:31does not change

00:52:31what you are.

00:52:33I defy the decree,

00:52:35Zara.

00:52:47If you beg,

00:52:49perhaps I will reconsider.

00:52:52I accept your defiance,

00:52:53Rowan.

00:52:56What?

00:53:00The thread is gone.

00:53:02So are we.

00:53:03Clothra does not weave

00:53:04a second thread

00:53:05for the same person.

00:53:06You will live

00:53:07and die casteless.

00:53:08So be it.

00:53:09Pack what you have tonight.

00:53:11After today,

00:53:11I do not want to see you

00:53:12in this castle again.

00:53:13I have been waiting years

00:53:14for you to say that, Rowan.

00:53:20You are allowed

00:53:21to feel it, Zara.

00:53:22What he did this morning.

00:53:25I just need to get

00:53:27through this feast.

00:53:30There is someone

00:53:31coming tonight.

00:53:32I can feel a presence

00:53:33in the road.

00:53:34Something old.

00:53:35Something that knows

00:53:36Hector's gift from a distance.

00:53:37Everything can wait

00:53:38until after the feast.

00:53:46The carers were

00:53:47in this tree line

00:53:48last night.

00:53:49How close?

00:53:50Close enough

00:53:51to leave tribute

00:53:51at the window.

00:53:53Someone inside that castle

00:53:54has been paying them

00:53:55to stay back.

00:53:56Paying the carers

00:53:57to stay back from whom?

00:54:06Hector's bloodline

00:54:08in Inside House Greth.

00:54:33Lord Blackwit,

00:54:34what a pleasure.

00:54:35I hope the road

00:54:36treated you well.

00:54:36Our castle sits deep

00:54:37in the forest.

00:54:38Not the easiest journey.

00:54:40Lord Rowan,

00:54:40built House Greth castle

00:54:42from the foundations up.

00:54:43It is everything

00:54:44a great house should be.

00:54:46Hmm.

00:54:46A gift from House Blackwit,

00:54:48Lord Greth,

00:54:49in honor of

00:54:50tomorrow's betrothal.

00:54:53Lord Blackwit,

00:54:54this is far too generous.

00:54:56We could not possibly...

00:54:57Pocket change,

00:54:58shall we?

00:55:02What do you think

00:55:03you are doing?

00:55:04Do not embarrass me.

00:55:08I saw a servant girl

00:55:10at the rest juice pile,

00:55:12Find out who she is,

00:55:14how she came from,

00:55:15how long she has been here,

00:55:17everything.

00:55:18And the carers were paying her

00:55:19the kind of attention

00:55:19they paid to...

00:55:20I know, Sorin.

00:55:21Find out who she is,

00:55:22tonight,

00:55:23before the feast ends.

00:55:31Lord Blackwit,

00:55:33Lord Blackwit,

00:55:33I have always admired

00:55:34what House Blackwit

00:55:35has built

00:55:35in the Northern Territory.

00:55:37The estate,

00:55:37the trade routes.

00:55:38I feel we share

00:55:39very similar tastes

00:55:40in what a great house

00:55:41should be.

00:55:42Isolet.

00:55:42Zara,

00:55:43wine.

00:55:46We have an important guest,

00:55:48Lord Blackwell

00:55:49of House Blackwell.

00:55:50Show some respect.

00:55:53What are you waiting for?

00:55:54We have an important guest.

00:55:55This is Lord Theron Blackwell

00:55:57of House Blackwell.

00:55:58Show some respect.

00:56:01I need to step out

00:56:02a moment,

00:56:02my lord.

00:56:08Excuse me.

00:56:10Where are you going

00:56:11with that?

00:56:12I am trying to wash.

00:56:15Wash?

00:56:15You call that washing?

00:56:17Can you just leave me alone?

00:56:19Please.

00:56:20I am not even supposed

00:56:21to be talking to you.

00:56:23I just want to know

00:56:24your name.

00:56:25Please.

00:56:26It's my 18th birthday today.

00:56:28Just do not make this worse.

00:56:33It is her birthday.

00:56:35Lord Blackliffe

00:56:36is going to want to know that.

00:56:39I noticed you came alone,

00:56:40Lord Blackwell.

00:56:41No companion for the feast.

00:56:43Is there no one

00:56:45who has caught your interest?

00:56:46I hear House Blackwell

00:56:47has no shortage

00:56:48of fine houses

00:56:49seeking alliance.

00:56:51There is someone.

00:56:52Is that so?

00:56:56Well,

00:56:57we have some of the finest

00:56:58bloodlines in the realm

00:56:59here tonight.

00:57:00Lady Maron

00:57:01of House Vale.

00:57:02Strong covenant line.

00:57:04Excellent standing.

00:57:05Lady Maron,

00:57:07Lord Blackwet

00:57:08of House Blackwet.

00:57:09She has good bloodline.

00:57:11And,

00:57:11well,

00:57:13if Lady Maron

00:57:14is not to your pace,

00:57:15take your pick

00:57:15of any house

00:57:16here tonight.

00:57:17This is the finest

00:57:18gathering in the realm

00:57:19this season.

00:57:20There is someone,

00:57:21actually.

00:57:22Oh?

00:57:22Who is the lucky lady?

00:57:24That servant girl.

00:57:25From earlier.

00:57:26The one who poured the wine.

00:57:31You cannot be serious,

00:57:32Lord Blackwell.

00:57:34She is a costless servant

00:57:36with no house name.

00:57:38Whatever interest you have,

00:57:41surely one of the noble

00:57:42daughters here tonight

00:57:43would serve you far better.

00:57:44I am not interested

00:57:45in the noble daughters.

00:57:46She does not even

00:57:47bathe properly.

00:57:49She has no access

00:57:50to moods a lot.

00:57:50Is that something

00:57:51she chooses?

00:57:52Or something

00:57:53she is not permitted?

00:57:58Send her to my guest room.

00:58:00I would like to speak with her.

00:58:02That is not going to...

00:58:06Of course.

00:58:08We will send her up.

00:58:23Well,

00:58:24it seems you have admirers.

00:58:26Lord Blackwell has requested

00:58:27your company

00:58:28in his guest room

00:58:29this evening.

00:58:32For some reason,

00:58:33Lord Blackwell wants you

00:58:34for the evening.

00:58:35No idea why.

00:58:38What are you talking about?

00:58:42Please do not wear that.

00:58:45Consider it a parting gift.

00:58:47I heard Rowan

00:58:48sent you away.

00:58:50Finally.

00:58:52Lord Blackmeth's guest room.

00:58:53To the right

00:58:54at the end of the upper corridor.

00:58:55Do not disappoint him.

00:58:57I am not going.

00:58:58Why not?

00:58:58Does he not interest you?

00:58:59I do not know him.

00:59:01And Clothie does not

00:59:02weave second threads.

00:59:03You said so yourself.

00:59:04Clothie does not weave

00:59:05the same thread twice.

00:59:06But she weaves

00:59:07more than one kind.

00:59:09Go and see for yourself.

00:59:11And Zara.

00:59:13Please.

00:59:14Change your dress.

00:59:17Please.

00:59:30Change your dress.

00:59:50Theal, Lord Blackwet.

00:59:53What did you just call me?

00:59:56Rowan.

00:59:57I?

00:59:57Rowan.

00:59:58Isileth sent me

00:59:58to the wrong room.

00:59:59She did this deliberately.

01:00:06Sorry.

01:00:11Zara!

01:00:14What in the name

01:00:15of the gods?

01:00:17What do you think

01:00:17you are doing

01:00:18with my betrothed?

01:00:19You castless

01:00:20little witch!

01:00:25She came to seduce

01:00:26my betrothed

01:00:27in his own room.

01:00:29Look at what

01:00:30she is wearing.

01:00:31You put me in this dress.

01:00:33You sent me

01:00:33to this room.

01:00:34You told me

01:00:35it was Lord Blackwell's...

01:00:37You lying.

01:00:38Do not touch her.

01:00:44If you lay another

01:00:45hand on her

01:00:45I will make certain

01:00:47you regret it

01:00:47for the rest

01:00:48of your days.

01:00:59Blackwell.

01:01:00This is my castle.

01:01:01My house!

01:01:02You do not...

01:01:04She is with me now.

01:01:05Come.

01:01:15How is your face?

01:01:17It is fine.

01:01:18I am used to it.

01:01:20Why do you

01:01:21let them do that?

01:01:22In case you have

01:01:23not noticed

01:01:23I am not exactly

01:01:25in a position

01:01:25of power here.

01:01:27So

01:01:28this is the castless

01:01:29servant of House Greth

01:01:31with an attitude.

01:01:33Thank you for

01:01:33what you did back there.

01:01:35You do not have to.

01:01:36I am leaving

01:01:36this house tonight.

01:01:37Release me.

01:01:39You are aware

01:01:40I am Lord of Shouse Blackweth

01:01:41the more powerful

01:01:42house in Auvrin.

01:01:44I am.

01:01:45Which is exactly

01:01:47why you would not

01:01:47want someone like me.

01:01:49No house

01:01:50no bloodline.

01:01:51What is your name?

01:01:53Zara.

01:01:54Just

01:01:55Zara.

01:01:56I do not remember

01:01:57my house name.

01:01:58My parents died

01:01:59when I was small.

01:02:01House Greth

01:02:01took me in.

01:02:02You are with me

01:02:03now Zara.

01:02:04You do not have

01:02:05to go anywhere

01:02:05tonight.

01:02:06Or at all.

01:02:18Happy birthday.

01:02:22This

01:02:23is my

01:02:24castle.

01:02:25My territory.

01:02:26Step aside.

01:02:27Lord Blackwell

01:02:28has requested privacy.

01:02:29I cannot allow entry.

01:02:30You cannot allow.

01:02:31I am Lord of this house.

01:02:33I could have you

01:02:34removed from this

01:02:34castle entirely.

01:02:35The accord between

01:02:36houses expires soon

01:02:37my lord.

01:02:38You would not want

01:02:39to offend Lord Blackwen

01:02:40over a servant.

01:02:41There is no way

01:02:42a lord like Theron Blackwell

01:02:44accepts someone like her.

01:02:46She has nothing.

01:02:47She is nothing.

01:02:49Zara is not nothing

01:02:50my lord.

01:02:51She is Lord Blackwell's

01:02:52guest.

01:02:58Why do you care so much

01:02:59about her?

01:03:00She is irrelevant.

01:03:01She is nothing.

01:03:02I do not want to talk

01:03:03about it.

01:03:04I imagine she is doing

01:03:05everything she can to

01:03:06please Lord Blackwell

01:03:07right now.

01:03:07That shameless

01:03:08castless wench.

01:03:09I said I do not want

01:03:10to talk about it.

01:03:16Zara.

01:03:17Did you just call

01:03:18me Zara?

01:03:21What?

01:03:22You are being

01:03:22paranoid.

01:03:23Paranoid.

01:03:24I am paranoid.

01:03:26I knew it.

01:03:27I have always known it.

01:03:29It was always about her.

01:03:31Always Zara.

01:03:32Did you ever even

01:03:34care about me?

01:03:35What am I to you?

01:03:36What have I ever been?

01:03:37You are right.

01:03:39He cannot have her.

01:03:41What?

01:03:42Are you serious

01:03:43right now?

01:03:43I am talking to you.

01:03:46Rowan.

01:03:47Do not you dare

01:03:48leave me here.

01:03:55Lord Rowan insists

01:03:56on seeing Zara.

01:03:57He says it is urgent.

01:04:00You do not have to go.

01:04:03I should.

01:04:05I want to end

01:04:06this properly.

01:04:13What do you want,

01:04:14Rowan?

01:04:14You cannot go with

01:04:15Theron Blackneck.

01:04:16You do not even know him.

01:04:17Clotha decreed him

01:04:19for me.

01:04:19I am your decree.

01:04:21Zara,

01:04:22do not leave.

01:04:24I know things

01:04:25between us have been...

01:04:26Things between us?

01:04:27There were no things

01:04:28between us, Rowan.

01:04:29For fifteen years

01:04:30you treated me

01:04:31like a servant.

01:04:31You watched

01:04:32Izzolt abuse me

01:04:33and you said nothing.

01:04:34You kept

01:04:34Hecti's seal on me

01:04:35so I would never know

01:04:36who I was.

01:04:37And then you broke

01:04:38Clotha's thread.

01:04:39You rejected me, Rowan.

01:04:40Your words to the gods.

01:04:42I will marry

01:04:42Isolette.

01:04:43The betrothal

01:04:43is too far along

01:04:44to break.

01:04:46But I can move you

01:04:46somewhere safe.

01:04:48A house of your own.

01:04:49You would want

01:04:49for nothing.

01:04:50You do not have

01:04:50to go to Blackwick.

01:04:51You do not have to...

01:04:52What are you trying

01:04:52to say to me right now?

01:04:53Are you telling me

01:04:54you want me to be

01:04:54your kept secret?

01:04:55The other woman

01:04:56while you marry

01:04:57Isild?

01:04:58I came to say

01:04:59goodbye, Rowan.

01:05:00That is all this is.

01:05:03Zara.

01:05:03I have always

01:05:05loved you.

01:05:06What?

01:05:08I said I love you.

01:05:09Do you hear me?

01:05:10You cannot treat

01:05:11someone like nothing

01:05:12for fifty years

01:05:13and then tell them

01:05:13you love you.

01:05:14That is not love.

01:05:15Let me go!

01:05:16I told you

01:05:17I am willing

01:05:17to work something out.

01:05:18What more could

01:05:19you possibly want from me?

01:05:20This is how you show love?

01:05:21I do not want it.

01:05:22Let me go!

01:05:22Stop pretending.

01:05:24You think I do not know?

01:05:25You disobeyed me,

01:05:26gave me that attitude

01:05:27every day

01:05:28to get my attention.

01:05:29You have it.

01:05:30I never wanted

01:05:31your attention.

01:05:32I never wanted

01:05:32any of this.

01:05:33Let me go!

01:05:37We are leaving.

01:05:38Now.

01:05:40What about my things?

01:05:42I have everything

01:05:43you will ever need.

01:06:03you will have your own rooms

01:06:05at House Blackneck.

01:06:06Tomorrow I can arrange

01:06:07for whatever you need.

01:06:09Clothing, anything you want,

01:06:11we can send for.

01:06:12Is that a village?

01:06:13The market town of Veld.

01:06:15Three leagues from Greth territory.

01:06:18A market town.

01:06:22We will sort out

01:06:23the council inquiry tomorrow.

01:06:25Lord Cassian

01:06:26will want to move

01:06:27quickly once.

01:06:29Forgive me.

01:06:30What were you saying?

01:06:32I have never even seen

01:06:33anything beyond

01:06:34the castle walls.

01:06:37Call me Theron.

01:06:41Take the long road

01:06:42through Veld.

01:06:43We are not going home yet.

01:06:56Zara.

01:06:57This house,

01:06:57it knows us.

01:06:59Hectala and Neve

01:07:00have walked the same road

01:07:01since before mortals

01:07:02had names for either of them.

01:07:04This is a safe place.

01:07:06The shadows,

01:07:08they are moving.

01:07:11They are the nextborn.

01:07:12They guard this house.

01:07:14They will not harm you.

01:07:15They are alive?

01:07:16They are older than alive.

01:07:18They have been here

01:07:19since Nyx first made

01:07:20her covenant

01:07:21with my bloodline.

01:07:26They have never done

01:07:27that before.

01:07:28They recognize

01:07:29Hecate's gift.

01:07:30They are saying hello.

01:07:38I want the girl.

01:07:39Send her out.

01:07:40She is a guest

01:07:41of House Blacknickth.

01:07:42She leaves

01:07:43when she chooses.

01:07:44Open the gate,

01:07:45Zorin.

01:07:46Last time I ask.

01:07:48No.

01:08:00You brought

01:08:01hollow men

01:08:01to my house.

01:08:03You broke my gate.

01:08:05Think very carefully

01:08:06about what you do next.

01:08:07The girl

01:08:08is a servant

01:08:09of my house.

01:08:09She is not yours

01:08:10to keep.

01:08:11Give me the girl

01:08:12and I walk away.

01:08:13She is not a servant

01:08:14of your house.

01:08:15She never was.

01:08:17And I think

01:08:18you have always known that.

01:08:44What are you doing?

01:08:53Stand down.

01:08:57This isn't over,

01:08:59Blackweck.

01:09:00Send a raven

01:09:01next time.

01:09:02Like a lord.

01:09:04Rowan.

01:09:12I know about the attack

01:09:13on House Saluni.

01:09:14I know you sealed

01:09:15a three-year-old child

01:09:16and kept her hidden

01:09:16for fifty years

01:09:17and I know Clotha

01:09:18with thread for her

01:09:18and you threw it away.

01:09:21Atrotus is watching you.

01:09:22You defied the Morace,

01:09:23buried Hecathar's bloodline

01:09:24and destroyed an entire house.

01:09:25The gods don't forget that

01:09:27and neither do I.

01:09:28You read my ring

01:09:29without permission.

01:09:30That is a violation

01:09:30of the accord

01:09:31between houses.

01:09:39Do not go out

01:09:41there, Zara.

01:09:42Rowan's RS gift

01:09:43is not controlled

01:09:44when he is this angry.

01:09:46He would not mean to,

01:09:47but he could drain you

01:09:48through the seal fractures.

01:09:50The cracks

01:09:50make you vulnerable.

01:09:52I am not afraid of him.

01:09:54I know,

01:09:55but the seal

01:09:56is not fully broken yet.

01:09:58Until it is,

01:09:59stay inside this house.

01:10:01The Nyxborn

01:10:02will not let him

01:10:03pass the gate.

01:10:04What happened at the gate?

01:10:06He backed down

01:10:07for now,

01:10:08but he will move

01:10:08against you

01:10:09soon.

01:10:11Rowan does not

01:10:11accept losses.

01:10:12What does he want from me?

01:10:14He defied the decree himself.

01:10:15He sent me away.

01:10:16What is there left to take?

01:10:17He does not want you.

01:10:18He wants to make certain

01:10:19no one else has you.

01:10:20There is a difference.

01:10:21Your name is not just Zara.

01:10:22Your full name

01:10:23is Zara Solene.

01:10:24Daughter

01:10:25of Lord Cassiel Solene

01:10:27and Lady Neva Solene

01:10:28of House Solene.

01:10:30That is not possible.

01:10:32My parents died when-

01:10:34They did not die.

01:10:36House Greth attacked

01:10:37House Solene

01:10:3815 years ago.

01:10:39Your parents survived.

01:10:41You were taken

01:10:41in the chaos,

01:10:42either by Greth soldiers

01:10:44or hidden here afterward.

01:10:46Your parents have been

01:10:47searching for you

01:10:47ever since.

01:10:48My parents are alive?

01:10:49Yes.

01:10:50I met with them

01:10:51two days ago.

01:10:52Your father sat across

01:10:53a desk from me

01:10:54and told me

01:10:5515 years of searching.

01:10:56Your mother has not

01:10:57stopped looking

01:10:58since the night

01:10:58you disappeared.

01:10:59Absolutely.

01:11:01Hector's covenant.

01:11:02Yes.

01:11:03Your bloodline carries

01:11:03Hector's gift.

01:11:05Soul sight.

01:11:06The ability to see

01:11:07the complete truth

01:11:07of any person.

01:11:08Rarest gift in Arvran.

01:11:09It is why the covenant seal

01:11:10was placed on you

01:11:11as a child.

01:11:11To keep Hector's gift

01:11:12buried.

01:11:13To keep you buried.

01:11:16Why are you doing this?

01:11:18I gave your father,

01:11:18Lord Cassian,

01:11:19my word.

01:11:20That is not what I mean.

01:11:21You came to that feast

01:11:22looking for something.

01:11:22You saw me

01:11:23and you spent the rest

01:11:24of the night

01:11:24trying to find out

01:11:25who I was,

01:11:25why.

01:11:25The Shadehound tracks

01:11:26in my study

01:11:27led to House Greth territory.

01:11:28The Keris retreating

01:11:29when I arrived.

01:11:30The pieces were already there.

01:11:31That is still not

01:11:31what I mean.

01:11:34My gift responded

01:11:35to you at the gate

01:11:36before I knew

01:11:36who you were.

01:11:37That does not happen.

01:11:39Not to me.

01:11:39Lyra said Clothdoor

01:11:40weaves more than

01:11:41one kind of threat.

01:11:42Yes,

01:11:43she does.

01:12:04Lord Cassian,

01:12:06I said I would

01:12:06find her.

01:12:13You have her eyes.

01:12:16Your mother's eyes,

01:12:17exactly.

01:12:24I did not know

01:12:25you were alive.

01:12:26They told me,

01:12:27I thought...

01:12:27I know.

01:12:28I know what

01:12:29they told you.

01:12:29I prayed.

01:12:30For years I prayed.

01:12:32I did not know

01:12:33who I was praying to.

01:12:34I called her Hector

01:12:35if I just prayed

01:12:36that someone was listening.

01:12:37Hector was listening.

01:12:39She always was.

01:12:40I never stopped

01:12:41looking for you.

01:12:42Not one day.

01:12:44Not one hour.

01:12:51You were three years old

01:12:54the night they came.

01:12:55House Greth attacked

01:12:56at the third bell of night.

01:12:57No warning.

01:12:58No declaration.

01:13:00Just Greth soldiers

01:13:00at our walls.

01:13:02They knew exactly

01:13:02what they wanted.

01:13:04Hector's covenant

01:13:05had just passed

01:13:05to you at birth.

01:13:06House Solane

01:13:07with a newborn heir

01:13:08carrying the full force

01:13:09of soul sight

01:13:10that terrified them.

01:13:11You would have been

01:13:11the most powerful voice

01:13:12at any council table

01:13:14in Auron.

01:13:15So they took me

01:13:16instead of killing me?

01:13:17They put the covenant seal

01:13:19on you that same night.

01:13:20And they kept you

01:13:21where they could watch you

01:13:22and where the seal

01:13:22would never break.

01:13:24Surrounded by

01:13:24Rohan Zara's gift.

01:13:26Pressing the seal

01:13:27down every day

01:13:27simply by existing

01:13:28near you.

01:13:29Then Clotho's decree.

01:13:31Rohan was woven

01:13:32for me at birth.

01:13:34He knew if the thread

01:13:35appeared he could not

01:13:35hide who I was

01:13:36any longer.

01:13:37Which is why

01:13:38he defied it immediately.

01:13:40Better to pay the cost

01:13:41of defying the Moirai

01:13:42than to let you know

01:13:43who you were.

01:13:45He was afraid of me.

01:13:50His entire house

01:13:52has been afraid of you

01:13:53since the night

01:13:53you were born.

01:13:57The seal will fully

01:13:59break within days.

01:14:00Once Hectecta's gift

01:14:01is free in her.

01:14:02See through every lie

01:14:03in this realm.

01:14:05She will see what

01:14:06we did to her family.

01:14:07She will be able

01:14:08to prove it at council.

01:14:09Then we stop it

01:14:10before it breaks.

01:14:11The seal is too far gone.

01:14:13Rowan's suppression

01:14:13cannot close those fractures.

01:14:15Hector is driving them

01:14:15open from the divine side.

01:14:17There is only one thing

01:14:17that stops Hecta's gift

01:14:18once it starts.

01:14:19Voidban.

01:14:20Voidban severs

01:14:21the Covenant permanently.

01:14:23Hecta's gift

01:14:24gone from her bloodline

01:14:25entirely.

01:14:25Gone.

01:14:26I know someone

01:14:27who can get it.

01:14:32Get it.

01:14:39How does it work?

01:14:40One touch to bare skin.

01:14:42The poison enters

01:14:42through contact.

01:14:43It reaches the Covenant

01:14:45connection in the

01:14:45blood within one hour.

01:14:47After that,

01:14:48the gift is gone.

01:14:49The bloodline's

01:14:50covenant with Hecta

01:14:51dissolves permanently

01:14:52as if the original

01:14:53bargain was never made.

01:14:54If I use it on her,

01:14:55what happens?

01:14:56She lives.

01:14:58She simply

01:14:59becomes ordinary.

01:15:13Good morning.

01:15:14Good morning.

01:15:15This was always your room.

01:15:17We never changed it.

01:15:26Tell me what Lyra says

01:15:27your gift does.

01:15:28In full.

01:15:29Soul sight.

01:15:30Hector's gift.

01:15:31I can see the complete truth of any person.

01:15:34What they intend,

01:15:35what they hide,

01:15:35what they have done.

01:15:36No lie survives it.

01:15:37In its full form,

01:15:38Lyra says I can read an entire room simultaneously.

01:15:41Can you use it now?

01:15:42Not yet.

01:15:43The seal is still there.

01:15:44Most of it.

01:15:45Lyra says when it fully breaks,

01:15:47the gift will arrive all at once.

01:15:48She says it will be overwhelming.

01:15:50At first.

01:15:51When it does,

01:15:52you will be able to see the truth of everyone around you.

01:15:55Including me.

01:15:56Does that concern you?

01:15:58No.

01:15:59Zara.

01:16:00Zara.

01:16:00The warmth between you.

01:16:02That is real.

01:16:03Clothy wove it differently this time.

01:16:05It will not collapse if defied.

01:16:06It only grows.

01:16:07Not yet.

01:16:08What?

01:16:09Nothing.

01:16:10Lyra talks a great deal.

01:16:14Rowan demands we surrender Zara

01:16:16to House Graith,

01:16:17custody within three days.

01:16:19or he declares inter-House conflict.

01:16:25He cannot declare conflict against both our Houses.

01:16:28House Selene and House Blackwell together

01:16:30outrank him at every Council.

01:16:32He does not need to win the conflict.

01:16:34He only needs to create enough chaos

01:16:36that the other Houses look away

01:16:38while he moves against Zara directly.

01:16:42He is not going to wait for the Council.

01:16:44He is going to move before the seal breaks.

01:16:46Lord Cassian,

01:16:47can you call the Council?

01:16:51Formally.

01:16:52Openly.

01:16:53Before Rowan moves first.

01:16:58I can.

01:16:59But if Rowan has something

01:17:00that can stop the seal breaking

01:17:02before the Council convenes.

01:17:04Do not let anyone you do not trust

01:17:06come near your wrist.

01:17:07Not until the seal is fully gone.

01:17:22Fifteen years ago,

01:17:23House Graith attacked House Solani

01:17:25without declaration,

01:17:26without cause,

01:17:26and without consequence.

01:17:27My door three years old

01:17:28was taken that same night.

01:17:30A covenant seal

01:17:31placed on a child of Hecate's bloodline

01:17:33to suppress her divine gift.

01:17:34She was kept as a servant

01:17:36in House Graith for fifteen years.

01:17:38I am asking this Council

01:17:39to answer for what was done.

01:17:40House Graith denies every accusation.

01:17:42The girl in question

01:17:44was an orphan

01:17:45found wandering

01:17:45near our territory.

01:17:46We took her in

01:17:47out of charity.

01:17:48The covenant seal

01:17:49was placed for her own protection.

01:17:51Her gift was unstable.

01:17:53Lord Cassian has no proof

01:17:54of anything he has claimed.

01:17:55Furthermore,

01:17:56this girl has no documented bloodline.

01:17:59No House Solian birth record

01:18:01survives the attack

01:18:02on their estate.

01:18:03Lord Cassian is asking

01:18:04the Council

01:18:05to accept the word

01:18:06of a castless servant

01:18:07over the standing

01:18:07of House Graith.

01:18:09I have proof.

01:18:12When Ronan showed up

01:18:13to my house,

01:18:13I used my gift

01:18:14and read his ring.

01:18:15What I found wasn't pretty.

01:18:16Fifteen years of deliberate moves

01:18:18against House Solane.

01:18:19The attack,

01:18:20taking the child,

01:18:21locking Hectomer's gift

01:18:22inside her with that seal.

01:18:23All of it.

01:18:24That ring has witnessed everything.

01:18:26He read my ring

01:18:27without permission.

01:18:28Article 7 of the Accord

01:18:29permits a reading

01:18:30of House Insignia

01:18:31when a missing heir is involved.

01:18:32That itself is a violation

01:18:33of the Accord.

01:18:34Everything he claims

01:18:35to have read

01:18:35is indomissible.

01:18:36Zara Solande

01:18:37is a missing heir.

01:18:37Her father sits

01:18:38at this table.

01:18:49Zara,

01:18:50left side.

01:18:51Now!

01:18:57Zara,

01:18:58fight it.

01:19:00Do not let it

01:19:00reach the Covenant.

01:19:01Do not.

01:19:12What did you give her?

01:19:15Nothing that was not necessary.

01:19:21Zara?

01:19:23Zara!

01:19:24Zara!

01:19:25Hectias is here!

01:19:26She is fighting it!

01:19:28Hold on!

01:19:29Hold on!

01:19:32Hold on!

01:19:33Hold on!

01:19:34Hold on!

01:19:36Hold on!

01:19:52This is what you were born for,

01:19:55Zara Solenea.

01:19:57Now let them see you.

01:20:01Welcome home.

01:20:02to the Covenant.

01:20:23Zara...

01:20:52My name is Zara Soleen.

01:20:55My house made a covenant with Hector at our founding.

01:20:57Her gift allows me to see the complete truth of any person in this room.

01:21:01Nothing hidden survives it.

01:21:02You accepted payment from House Grief six years ago

01:21:05in exchange for blocking House Zara Soleen's petition to this council.

01:21:09You told your household it was a trade agreement.

01:21:12I am not here to expose every secret in this room.

01:21:15I am here to confirm one thing.

01:21:17Everything Lord Blackwell told this council is true.

01:21:20I can see it in every person who was present at House Grief during the years they kept me.

01:21:23Every action, every decision, every order given.

01:21:28This council will not accept the testimony of a girl who just had a vow pressed to her wrist.

01:21:33Sit down Rowan.

01:21:36Sit down.

01:21:45Rowan, you lost.

01:21:46Accept the judgment of the council for the mistakes you have made.

01:21:55You're done, Rowan.

01:21:57Look around you.

01:21:58I'm not done until I say I'm done!

01:22:27Oh, my God.

01:22:33It is over, Rowan.

01:22:40You went to a crossroads at night.

01:22:42You took something from Hades Domain.

01:22:44Don't.

01:22:45You pressed it against my wrist in front of this entire council and watched me go down.

01:22:52You tried to kill a divine gift.

01:22:54In neutral land.

01:22:56In front of eight houses sitting in the room.

01:22:58Every lord hearing it clearly.

01:23:00I protected my house.

01:23:02What she would have done with that gift, I can see every lie you've ever told.

01:23:06Don't try another one.

01:23:07I move that House Crane be held responsible for the attempted use of Hades-sourced poison on a divine heir

01:23:12in neutral ground.

01:23:13Isulta Crane to be stripped of her house title and remanded to council custody pending full judgment.

01:23:18You cannot.

01:23:19I am the daughter of House Crane.

01:23:20My father will...

01:23:21Your father is not in this room.

01:23:23Rowan.

01:23:24Rowan, tell them.

01:23:25Tell them I did it for us.

01:23:26For the house.

01:23:27You told me to get it.

01:23:29You said, get it!

01:23:31You're not gonna say anything.

01:23:34Are you?

01:23:36I did everything for you.

01:23:39Every single thing.

01:23:40The room.

01:23:42The vial.

01:23:45Fifteen years of watching you look at her instead of me and I said nothing.

01:23:49I did everything you needed and you won't even...

01:23:52I loved you.

01:23:53That was real.

01:23:55Even if nothing else was.

01:24:10I want you to know something before you go.

01:24:13You spent fifteen years trying to stop this moment and here we are anyway.

01:24:18What do you want, Zara?

01:24:19An apology?

01:24:20I want nothing from you.

01:24:22That is what I came to tell you.

01:24:24After everything you did, I feel nothing when I look at you.

01:24:30The council exiled him.

01:24:33He lost any powers he had.

01:24:43I do not know how to do this.

01:24:53Every single day.

01:24:55I said your name every single day so I would not forget the sound of it.

01:24:59So it would still be ready when you came back.

01:25:06Welcome home, Zara.

01:25:19You found her.

01:25:21You brought her home.

01:25:23House Barnett has House Solina's gratitude for what you did and I mean that without reservation.

01:25:28I did not come today for gratitude.

01:25:31No.

01:25:32I did not think so.

01:25:33What are your intentions toward my daughter, Lord Blackwell?

01:25:35Honorable ones, I want the right to court her.

01:25:37Properly, openly, with your knowledge and consent.

01:25:39Nothing hidden, nothing rushed.

01:25:40She has been kept hidden and castless for fifteen years.

01:25:42She has just received her full divine gift and learned who she is.

01:25:44She is not a prize to be collected, Lord Blackwell, by anyone, including the man who helped find her.

01:25:49I know that.

01:25:49The decision is hers entirely.

01:25:51I am asking your permission to be considered, not your permission to decide for her.

01:25:55She already knows you came.

01:25:57She saw it in your face the moment you arrived.

01:25:59You, I am aware of that.

01:26:00Good.

01:26:00Then there is no point pretending this conversation is a secret.

01:26:12I spoke with your father.

01:26:13I know.

01:26:14I saw it in your face before you said a word.

01:26:16Is that going to be a permanent condition?

01:26:18Reading everything before anyone speaks?

01:26:20Yes.

01:26:22Good.

01:26:25In the Accord Hall, when you read me, what did you see?

01:26:29Everything you have done.

01:26:30Everything you intend.

01:26:32Everything you have been afraid to say out loud since the gate at House Greth.

01:26:36And?

01:26:36And nothing hidden.

01:26:38You are exactly what you appear to be.

01:26:39That is rarer than you know.

01:26:42Do you see that?

01:26:46I see it.

01:26:47I told you.

01:26:49A decree of purpose.

01:26:50It only grows.

01:26:52So, what do we do with it?

01:26:55I have a few ideas.

01:26:56You are not as serious as you pretend to be.

01:26:59And you are not as unbothered as you pretend to be.

01:27:02I read you, you know.

01:27:04What am I supposed to do with it?

01:27:05I know.

01:27:08You were not afraid of that.

01:27:11I had nothing to hide.

01:27:20Lyra is going to be insufferable about this.

01:27:22I heard that.

01:27:24Come on.

01:27:25Your father is going to send someone to find us soon.

01:27:27Let him.

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