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00:01My fianc, Daemon, gave me an exquisite pendant, a chain of dark silver set with a stone so black it
00:08gleamed.
00:09What I didn't know was that it was a soul stone. It pried my soul out of my body.
00:17Meanwhile, he stood devotedly at the side of the woman who had stolen my body.
00:22As they held each other, as he tenderly kissed the woman in his arms,
00:26Selina, I love you. Bear me five children.
00:29And all I could do, in my pale spectral form, was scream beside them.
00:34How dare you give my body to that whore!
00:37You actually used a soul stone to rip out my soul so she could wear me like a coat!
00:42If I get another chance, I swear I'll burn you both to ash!
00:47The words left her, and my body began to burn.
00:51I thought it was over, until that sickening voice whispered in my ear again.
00:56Aria, this necklace has been passed down through the Vos family for generations.
01:01Now that we're engaged,
01:06no one is more deserving of it than you.
01:09Wait.
01:10Why was Damon speaking to me again?
01:12My palm was ice cold.
01:14The exquisite necklace lay quietly in the hollow of my hand.
01:18I'd actually gone back, to the moment that bastard had given me the soul stone.
01:23In my last life, Damon's mistress, Selina, was dying.
01:28He bought a soul stone from an evil witch to save her.
01:32The moment Selina died, he forced her soul into my body.
01:36After that, Damon and Selina used my body to live as lovers.
01:41Aria.
01:42I'd zoned out.
01:44Damon called my name again.
01:49Damon, I'll wear it every single day.
01:55Aria, please take good care of it.
01:57I nodded, and made up some excuse to leave.
02:00Damon had gotten what he wanted.
02:02He didn't try to keep me even a moment longer.
02:06Back in the car, I tossed the necklace into the deepest pocket of my handbag.
02:11Then I made a phone call.
02:15Find me someone dying, ugly, body crawling with disease.
02:19So Damon and Selina wanted their happy ending.
02:22Status.
02:23Glory.
02:25Love.
02:26They weren't going to taste a single one of them.
03:01Ten days.
03:02Ten days until the moment in my last life, when my soul had been torn out.
03:06And they had finally found me a suitable candidate.
03:09And they brought the dying woman before me.
03:12Everyone in the room hesitated.
03:14Miss Ashford, we bought Bionlic out of one of those underground places.
03:16The doctors say there's nothing to be done.
03:18She's carrying all kinds of disease.
03:20They'd combed the entire city.
03:22She was the only fit.
03:23The woman's face was caked with grime.
03:25I sent everyone else out.
03:28I crouched in front of her and told her exactly what I needed to do with her body.
03:33I knew, better than anyone, what it felt like to have your soul stolen.
03:37So I wasn't going to force anyone.
03:38Not even for the kind of money that would have set her family up for generations.
03:44After you're done with this body, can you burn it to ash?
03:51That way my parents can't sell my body when I'm gone.
03:55Just like they sold me to that place underground.
03:58I want them in hell.
03:59I understood her instantly.
04:02Do you want revenge?
04:04Can I?
04:07I'm the heir to the Ashford family.
04:09Whatever you want, I'll give you.
04:11It was the last thing I could do for her.
04:14Thank you, Miss Ashford.
04:16Use my body however you need.
04:18Let those bastards die.
04:23I left the necklace beside Bianca and had her settled into comfort.
04:27This time I wanted to watch.
04:31When Selina came back in a body rotting at the seams.
04:36Would Damon still love her then?
05:04I'll see you soon.
05:49To be continued...
06:08He was cold on the outside, warmer underneath, severe with himself in a way he never was with me.
06:13But hearing those familiar words again, after everything, the tears came before anything else.
06:19Don't cry. I just don't want you getting hurt out there.
06:23With my face buried in his shirt, I didn't see what was in his eyes.
06:26The deep tenderness he was no longer fast enough to hide.
06:29By the time I pulled back to wipe my eyes, his expression had reset.
06:34I know.
06:36My parents had drifted in from the front room at some point, seeing me in tears.
06:40They assumed Kieran was the cause and were about to scold him when I threw myself into their arms.
06:45In this life, I was a daughter who had been away from her parents for too long.
06:48I had missed them so badly, I didn't tell them what had happened.
06:52I knew my father.
06:53The moment he found out, he would have dragged Damon out and shoot him dead.
06:57But I didn't want Damon to die that easily.
07:00Across the room, Kieran was watching me very quietly.
07:03The kind of look that didn't belong on a brother.
07:06The kind that belonged to a man watching the woman he loved.
07:09Then it was gone.
07:10So quickly, I thought I'd imagined it.
07:39It just started.
07:39It was already an accident, but I was a sister.
07:39But the wind was gonna lie.
07:40It'd be like, I'll beiliy Darkman as I'm saying.
07:40Like, when I thought that, it was me.
07:40So, I saw my mother well.
07:40And she thought the lady.
07:40Yes.
07:40Whatever it was.
07:42We who are i'm feeling?
07:45Of course.
07:45To be the lady.
07:45Look her.
07:53And she's wondering what I did.
07:54nochmal.
07:54My visa.
07:55I'm not sure.
07:59I'm not sure if my father wasidis Preys.
08:04A few days passed like that.
08:06The day had come.
08:07The same day my soul was stolen from me in my last life.
08:10I feigned collapse.
08:11At exactly the same time, Selina died.
08:14After a full day and night of feigned unconsciousness, I slowly came to.
08:18Damon was at my bedside, his hand already holding mine.
08:21Arya, how are you feeling?
08:23Are you feeling any better?
08:25His eyes were full of hope, threaded with nerves.
08:28My father, my mother, Kieran.
08:30All of them stood gathered around the bed.
08:32Kieran was the one closest to the door, arms crossed.
08:34The line of his jaw set hard.
08:36He hadn't taken his eyes off Damon since I'd opened mine.
08:39He hadn't taken his eyes off the hand wrapped around my fingers, either.
08:43Something kept catching me off guard.
08:45He wasn't quite the Kieran I'd carried in my head.
08:47In my last life, I must have missed something.
08:49My parents only took Damon for a man genuinely worried about his fiancΓ©e.
08:53They didn't hold his overreach against him.
08:56I stared at Damon without a word.
08:58His brow knit slightly.
08:59What is it?
09:00Why aren't you saying anything?
09:02I looked up at him.
09:04I want to eat strawberry cake.
09:06Damon's pupils contracted sharply.
09:09Don't you hate strawberries the most?
09:10The hand Damon was holding mine with began to tremble.
09:14You've remembered it wrong.
09:15Strawberry has always been my favorite.
09:17Selina is the one who hates strawberries the most.
09:20At that exact moment, a filthy, disheveled woman burst through the door.
09:24Damon, I'm back.
09:25But what is this?
09:26Why have I turned into this?
09:50Electrician?
09:54Electrician?
09:55Electrician?
09:590880.
10:00We want you to miss it?
10:00We want to beΨ³Ψͺ die.
10:00I'm going ***
10:19Jose.
10:19LateΡ
10:20.
10:50.
11:20.
11:50.
12:20.
12:50.
12:51.
12:54.
12:55.
12:55.
13:07Damon's face went white.
13:08He saw the state Selena was in.
13:10And for one unguarded moment, something soft crossed his eyes.
13:14He was already reaching for her when his bodyguard rushed up.
13:17Mr. Voss, she looks filthy. She's clearly sick. You don't want to catch anything.
13:20The man's voice carried. Every person in the room heard it.
13:23I saw a flash of disgust flicker through Damon's eyes.
13:26His outstretched hand hung in midair.
13:28Then he pulled it back, smoothly, without a word.
13:31He shifted half a step backward.
13:33Selena felt it.
13:34She started screaming.
13:36You're disgusted by me! You are, aren't you?
13:40Damon, it's me! It's Selena! You're Selena!
13:42No! I should be a daughter of the Ashford family! I'm Aria Ashford!
13:47Damon's jaw tightened.
13:49Get this Luna took out of here. Now!
13:52He snapped at the bodyguard.
13:54Selena stared at him like she couldn't process what she was seeing.
13:58But before she could say another word, the bodyguard had already dragged her away.
14:02Damon turned to me.
14:03Damon turned to me.
14:05Damon turned to me.
14:33My mother triangle guards Pakistan and It'sΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄Π½Π°.
14:37What I'm doing in hotel right now and fear.
14:37In whole living, no details have seemed to do not feel good at this.
14:53Damon turned to me to't believe a Anytime.
14:53Bye.
14:55Lay down on Steam.
14:55It came up with a tour at Arria.
14:56Why aren't you wearing the necklace I gave you?
14:59My mother is planning to visit. She'd be so pleased to see it on you.
15:05I reached under my pillow and pulled out a chain.
15:12Wait, is this...
15:13God, I grabbed the wrong one. This is the one Karen gave me.
15:17I pressed my face into a look of pure guilt. It was nearly identical to the one Damon had given
15:22me.
15:23The only difference was a slightly paler stone. Damon was staring at the necklace in my hand like he wanted
15:29to burn a hole straight through it.
15:31Damon, I forgot to mention. Kian had given me a nearly identical necklace a while back.
15:38The day you gave me yours, I ran into a homeless woman on the way home, so I gave her
15:42Kian's to sell for money.
15:43I was tired. I must have mixed them up. I'm sorry. The moment he understood, Damon's expression curdled.
15:49Aria, how could you just hand away something that valuable?
15:54I lowered my eyes and let my voice go soft.
15:57It just hit me.
15:59That woman who burst in is the one I gave it to.
16:14Damon's face twisted through several expressions at once.
16:17He worked very hard to keep them all inside.
16:20I pressed on.
16:23Should I have the bodyguard bring her back?
16:26She could return the necklace?
16:28No.
16:28He said it fast.
16:29Absolutely not.
16:31It's just a necklace.
16:33You're more upset about the necklace than about Aria.
16:35Damon, do you actually love her?
16:37Kieran had stepped in.
16:38He came around to my side of the bed and didn't sit.
16:40He stood between me and Damon, one hand braced on the headboard above my pillow.
16:45The line of him was a wall.
16:47Damon backpedaled immediately.
16:48That necklace has been in my family for generations.
16:52I was only worried...
16:53If it's a family urn loom, I'll have someone track down that woman and retrieve it.
16:56Aria is tired.
16:58You should go.
16:59Kieran cut him off cleanly and showed him the door.
17:01Whatever Damon felt about it, he had no choice but to bow and take his leave.
17:06After he was gone, Kieran didn't move for a moment.
17:09Then he turned, finally, and sat down on the edge of my bed, closer than he usually let himself sit.
17:21What exactly are you doing?
17:23He was right to ask.
17:25He had never given me any necklace.
17:27The one I'd just shown Damon was a copy.
17:30I'd had it made to match his.
17:33Then borrowed Kieran's name for it.
17:36I told him everything.
17:39I told him everything.
17:39Every piece of Damon's plan laid out start to finish.
17:43Kieran went very still.
17:45His fist closed until his knuckles cracked.
17:48Damon Voss has gone too far.
17:51Don't be afraid, Aria.
17:53I'll pull every Voss contract today.
17:57Anyone who keeps working with him is against us.
18:00I grabbed his sleeve.
18:02But isn't that too easy for him?
18:05Kieran.
18:06Let me handle this.
18:08He used dark magic on me.
18:11I want him to pay it back.
18:15Personally.
18:17In full.
18:18In full.
18:20With his own hands and his own body.
18:43We can see it back.
18:43Mariosquad
18:43sonstis Classic.
18:55No μ©anya.
18:55I can't believe it.
18:56I don't let him.
18:56As I said, Is this μοΏ½abaarden idea ?
18:57Why is your mind?
18:57Yes.
19:04As I said, I'm efficient.
19:04It'sΡΡ
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19:04I can't believe it.
19:06You could have no clue about him.
19:07.
19:37.
20:07.
20:37.
20:37.
20:40Kieran held my gaze for a long moment.
20:42Then, very slowly, he covered my hand with his.
20:47His palm was warm, steadier than I'd expected.
20:51His thumb moved across the back of my hand.
20:54Whatever you need, I'll do it.
20:57I let him pretend it hadn't happened.
21:00For now, I walked him through the entire plan,
21:03asked him to keep it from our parents for now.
21:07To avoid suspicion, Kieran even sank a hundred million into Vos.
21:12Penance for losing the necklace.
21:14That was how the world read it.
21:17Everyone said Aria, Ashford was hopelessly devoted to Damon Vos.
21:21Everyone said even the Ashford family had a soft spot for him.
21:25Damon soaked up the false craze.
21:28Meanwhile, he was quietly tearing the city apart to find that homeless woman.
21:32She was, after all.
21:34The woman he loved.
21:36Word came from the people I'd sent to keep an eye on Selena.
21:39After Selena woke up inside Bianca's body, she refused to accept it.
21:46The woman at this point.
21:46The woman at this point.
21:47The woman at this point.
21:53Kieran held my gaze for a long moment.
21:56Then, very slowly,
21:58I sat down on my lips.
22:02I felt like I were to want to stay.
22:13.
22:43.
23:25I'm Arya!
23:27I'm Arya Ashford!
23:30No, I'm Selina, the daughter of a wealthy merchant!
23:34She was out of her mind trying to find Daemon,
23:37telling anyone who'd listen that she was the true soulmate of the boss heir.
23:42I knew Selina wouldn't survive long in that body.
23:45The soul stone wasn't foolproof.
23:47It could swap souls.
23:49But if the original soul was strong enough,
23:51there was still a chance it could claw its way back into its own body.
23:54In my last life, to make sure I could never return.
23:58Daemon had paid the witch a second fortune.
24:01She cast a binding with me.
24:03Something meant to keep my soul locked out.
24:05But my will was too strong.
24:07Selina couldn't hold against it.
24:09In the end, she was the one who paid the price.
24:12She only lasted a few years.
24:15Then she died.
24:17This time around, Bianca had already wanted to leave this world long before any of this.
24:22Her soul had probably found its peace long ago.
24:26Selina trapped in a body that was already breaking down.
24:29She wouldn't last long either.
24:31I read through the report my people had delivered.
24:34Then I dropped it into the fire.
24:36If they're truly soulmates, how could I stand in the way?
24:39I had Daemon's movements fed quietly to Selina.
24:42The next day, the boss heir was caught in public with a homeless woman.
24:45The story was all over the city by nightfall.
24:54That morning, I was in my car, parked early on the street.
24:58Daemon would have to pass.
24:59It didn't take long.
25:00Selina appeared at the far end of the road filthy, hair matted.
25:03She launched herself at Daemon the moment she spotted him, sobbing and grabbing at his coat.
25:08I finally found you!
25:10Why have you been hiding from me?
25:12Daemon startled back.
25:13The smell hit him, and he couldn't quite control the nausea that crossed his face.
25:17Still, he caught her by the arm.
25:19Calm down.
25:20Come with me.
25:22Quietly.
25:24People were stopping around them.
25:26Where did she come from?
25:27The smell alone.
25:30That hair.
25:31And whatever that is on her face.
25:34The boss heir?
25:35How did he get mixed up with someone like that?
25:38Selina's fingers dug into his sleeve and wouldn't let go.
25:41She was crying harder now.
25:43You're my lover.
25:45You can't leave me.
25:46You're all I have left.
25:48Daemon tried to shake her hand free.
25:50A few people had their phones out, filming without trying to hide it.
25:53She held on like it was the only thing keeping her from drowning.
25:56He bent toward her, voice low, face strained with the effort of staying controlled.
26:01Let go.
26:02Let go.
26:03Let go.
26:03Let go so you can keep avoiding me?
26:06Daemon, pause!
26:07You liar!
26:10Before anything else could happen, a man shoved through the crowd.
26:17He backhanded her across the face.
26:25Then the others were on her too, kicking, hitting.
26:29I paid good money for you from your own parents.
26:32You think you can just run?
26:58Daemon couldn't watch.
26:59He ordered them to stop.
27:01Stop it!
27:03No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
27:03no, no, no.
27:06I'd seen enough.
27:07I stepped out of the car and arranged my face into pleasant surprise.
27:14I walked up to Daemon.
27:23Daemon, what are you doing here?
27:26He hadn't expected me.
27:28The panic behind his eyes was brief.
27:33I was just passing through.
27:36He wanted me gone.
27:37Saw those men going after her, couldn't let it stand.
27:40Let my gaze drift down to Selena.
27:42She was on the ground, staring up at me with eyes threaded red.
27:46It's you!
27:47You took everything from me!
27:49You took everything from me!
27:50My whole life!
27:51You stole it!
27:53I'm Area Ashford!
27:54I'm the Ashford heir!
27:58Daemon stood there and listened to every word of it.
28:01He'd clearly spent a great deal of time painting Selena pictures of everything she stood to gain.
28:05Poor thing, she's completely unhinged.
28:08Someone should take her to a hospital.
28:10He'd fed her fantasy until it became an obsession.
28:15Yes, yes, absolutely.
28:18Let's go.
28:35Thank you!
28:36I felt about it!
28:38I felt a little old, but I felt relaxed.
28:39So what?
28:46Yeah.
28:54He is supposed to do!
28:55I feel glad.
28:55I should really say this is a feast!
28:55My tales were great!
28:55Yes, to keep the mind.
28:59I won't do it nesteNλ€λ©΄!
29:23Back home, I had the whole scene distributed everywhere it needed to go.
29:30Rumor had it Selena went straight to the Voss estate, screaming that Damon had promised
29:40her everything.
29:43Damon had her bound and removed.
29:47He told anyone who asked that he'd never met her, that it was all slander, but the image
29:52of the Voss heir tangled up with a mystery woman on a public street was already too real
29:56to undo.
29:58The story ran on every major outlet within days.
30:02My parents were furious.
30:04They made noise about pulling our partnership with the Voss family.
30:09Out of options, Damon came to me.
30:11Aria, I don't care what anyone else thinks, but you have to believe me.
30:17He was right that he'd lost Selena for good.
30:19There was no going back to her.
30:21Now the only path forward was standing at my side.
30:24I stepped out of reach when he moved closer.
30:27Everyone's saying you don't love me?
30:30That you've been in love with someone else this whole time?
30:36I'm choosing to believe you anyway, so prove it.
30:45I will.
30:46I said it like a vow, then left.
30:48I needed to push him to the edge.
30:50I needed to see which he'd choose.
30:53The woman he loved, or everything he'd built.
31:27The answer came quickly.
31:29Damon sent someone to kill Selena.
31:31These past weeks, Selena had been surviving in Bianca's deteriorating body, enduring humiliation
31:37without end.
31:38And now someone had been sent to finish her off.
31:44I saved her life.
31:46The man you gave up everything for put you in this body.
31:51And now he wants you dead.
31:55And I made sure she was there to hear the killer say Damon's name.
32:06I looked at her.
32:08She's going to go on to great things.
32:11And you are completely ruined.
32:14Selena broke.
32:15Are you going to let that stand?
32:18Ugly, heaving sobs.
32:21She was shaking so hard she could barely stay upright.
32:24I won't let him get away with this.
32:25I won't.
32:27Good.
32:28That was exactly what I needed.
32:31I had Selena hidden and sent Damon word that she was dead.
32:35His birthday was coming up.
32:36I had a gift in mind.
32:42I had a gift in mind.
33:20I had a gift in mind.
33:25I had a gift in mind.
33:25I had a gift in mind.
33:26I had a gift in mind.
33:26I had a gift in mind.
33:26I had a gift in mind.
33:26I had a gift in mind.
33:27I had a gift in mind.
33:28I had a gift in mind.
33:28I had a gift in mind.
33:30I had a gift in mind.
33:38Damon had been trying to see me for days.
33:41I turned him away every time.
33:43He was getting desperate.
33:45Arya, are you at home?
33:52I spread word that I was begging my father to keep working with the Vos family.
33:56Don't sign this.
34:01Meanwhile, Ciaran extended a formal invitation, a gathering at the Ashford estate on the night of Damon's birthday.
34:08The city took it as a public endorsement, the Ashford's blessing Damon Vos in front of everyone.
34:15Damon relaxed.
34:16He walked in that evening like a man who'd already won, chin up, smile easy, a peacock fanning out his
34:23tail.
34:24Arya, you really shouldn't have all this for me.
34:28I raised a glass.
34:30Of course we should.
34:31Across the room, Ciaran was watching from beside the window.
34:35When Damon's hands settled at the small of my back possessively, for the benefit of every photographer in the room,
34:43the line of Ciaran's shoulders went so tight I could see it from across the floor.
34:49He looked away.
34:50The night moved on.
34:52Conversation flowed.
34:54Damon was swallowed up by the crown, buried under waves of congratulations.
34:59He had no idea what was waiting for him.
35:04Dad, I can't...
35:07Dad, I can't...
35:08Dad, I can't...
35:08positiv,
35:12Δ°ntik,
35:31dostγ’γ¬οΏ½
35:32growlough
35:33motive
35:34trumpczynsζ
35:34Mal action
35:34time
35:34us
35:34lif
35:34.
36:04.
36:42In a quiet corner, unnoticed, a woman in a server's uniform was slowly working her way closer.
36:48The room was deep in pleasantries when she moved.
36:51She drew a letter opener from somewhere inside her uniform,
36:55and drove it straight toward a critical point on his body.
36:58The crowd that had pressed around Damon seconds ago lurched backward all at once.
37:02He tried to fight back and found that he couldn't.
37:05His limbs had nothing in them.
37:06He crumpled, writhing across the floor.
37:09The blood spread out beneath him.
37:12Something had been in the drink I'd toasted him with.
37:16The woman was Selena.
37:17I had arranged everything.
37:19She kept going.
37:20Past exhaustion.
37:21Past reason.
37:22You wanted me dead?
37:24Then you go first.
37:26When her arm finally gave out,
37:27she dropped the letter opener and raised her hand in a slow, deliberate gesture.
37:31My bodyguard materialized unhurriedly, and they restrained her.
37:35By then, the hem of Damon's deep navy suit was black with blood.
37:38He twisted his head toward me.
37:40Help me.
37:41Please.
37:42I leaned down and looked at him.
37:44Then I laughed.
37:45Just once, soft and quiet.
37:47I turned the cracked, curse, riddled pendant over in my fingers.
37:52Easy as anything.
38:02In a quiet corner, unnoticed,
38:05a woman in a server's uniform was slowly working her way closer.
38:08The room was deep in pleasantries when she moved.
38:11She drew a letter opener from somewhere inside her uniform
38:15and drove it straight toward a critical point on his body.
38:18The crowd that had pressed around Damon seconds ago lurched backward all at once.
38:22He tried to fight back and found that he couldn't.
38:55I cleared the room and brought my parents in.
38:58Kieran, too.
39:01Damon's parents arrived on their heels, having heard the commotion.
39:05They fell apart on the spot and begged my father to investigate.
39:10Damon was dragged back from unconsciousness.
39:13I had spoken to the doctor privately beforehand.
39:16No painkillers.
39:17He was still fighting to hold himself together when he opened his mouth.
39:20This is Selina's fault.
39:22That woman is poison.
39:25Arya, you have to believe me.
39:27Selina said nothing in her own defense.
39:29She just smiled.
39:30There was something bloody in it.
39:32As they dragged her out, she was still screaming.
39:35Damon!
39:36I love you!
39:38I'll find you in the next life!
39:41My parents looked on, completely lost.
39:44Kieran and I exchanged a glance.
39:46We had the witch brought in.
39:47She was barely past 40.
39:49She was bent like something had been pressing down on her spine for years.
39:52But her hair had gone entirely white.
39:54Her expression was strangely calm.
39:56The Vos family saved my life once.
39:58I repaid that debt.
39:59I have no regrets.
40:02I took the cracked pendant and dropped it at Damon's feet.
40:05Like throwing out trash.
40:09Your life debt.
40:12Why did I have to be the one to pay it?
40:41All those long, rootless years, I had spent adrift as a ghost.
40:46All because of a debt that had nothing to do with me.
40:49Something seized inside my chest.
40:52Scalding.
40:53Violent.
40:54Unbearable.
40:54I was done.
40:55I pulled the gun from my bodyguard's holster and put a bullet through the witch's chest.
41:00Only when her body hit the floor did I feel like I could breathe again.
41:03The Vos family huddled together at the edge of the room, pale and silent.
41:08My parents watched me with open worry.
41:10Kieran came to stand beside me.
41:12He didn't reach for the gun.
41:13He didn't reach for my arm.
41:14He just stepped in close close enough that his body was almost pressed to mine and stayed there.
41:19Don't worry.
41:20It's over.
41:22No one is going to hurt you again.
41:30I turned my head and looked at him.
41:32In the lamplight, his face was very still.
41:36Something in his eyes was not.
41:38It wasn't a brother's look.
41:40I let the gun go.
41:42He took it from my fingers and slipped it into his jacket.
41:45Then he walked to my parents with me.
41:47I told them everything.
41:49Every detail of Damon's scheme.
41:51Everything that had been done to me in my last life.
41:54From the beginning to the end.
41:56My mother pulled me into her arms and held on, crying too hard to speak.
42:00My father was quiet for a long time.
42:02Then he gave the order.
42:03Vos family was to be expelled from the city by Sunday.
42:06Anyone who continued to do business with them was an enemy of the Ashfords.
42:10Kieran, who had always been the composed one, handled Damon personally.
42:14He crossed the room, hauled him up off the floor, and started hitting him.
42:19He didn't stop for a long time.
42:21By the end, Damon's face was beyond recognition.
42:23When Kieran finally stepped back, his knuckles were split open.
42:27His shirt cuffs ruined.
42:29He didn't look at the body on the floor.
42:31He looked at me.
42:32I held his eyes and didn't look away.
42:40I turned my head and looked at him.
42:43In the lamplight, his face was very still.
42:46Something in his eyes was not.
42:48It wasn't a brother's look.
42:50I let the gun go.
42:52He took it from my fingers and slipped it into his jacket.
42:55Then he walked to my parents with me.
42:57I told them everything.
42:59Every detail.
43:39.
44:09.
44:39.
45:09.
45:24I didn't have them killed right away.
45:26I had Damon and Selena locked in the same basement cell.
45:29Selena was dying.
45:30Damon was permanently broken.
45:32Every day I had them punished.
45:34Carefully.
45:34You ruined me.
45:36You ruined me first.
45:37I should have let you die back then.
45:40And I should have never loved you.
45:43Six months later, Selena died.
45:45Her eyes were wide open, fixed on Damon to the last.
45:48When I visited the cell, he was covered in dried blood.
45:51He didn't know who I was anymore.
45:53They told me he'd been left in that room with Selena's body for a full night.
45:57By the next day, he'd started laughing and crying with no reason, talking to nothing.
46:01It turned my stomach.
46:02I am the Vos heir.
46:04I control everything.
46:06I have a beautiful marriage.
46:09My wife adores me.
46:11He owed this debt down to the last cent, and he was going to pay every single bit of it.
46:27The day Bianca's body was cremated, a household on the outskirts of the city vanished without a trace.
46:33No one knew where they'd gone.
46:35Only my people knew.
46:38I had the couple taken to an empty room outside the crematorium.
46:41They went to their knees on the cold concrete floor.
46:44The man babbled prayers and apologies.
46:47The woman stared at nothing.
46:49Co-ult.
46:49Again, one of my people took a step forward.
46:52They dropped their heads to the ground.
46:54A dull, heavy sound.
46:56I stood to the side and gave the order, over and over, in a voice as flat as counting.
47:01These were Bianca's parents.
47:03They had sold her.
47:04Destroyed everything she was.
47:06And then, when she was dead, they had planned to sell her body to a sorcerer.
47:11One last profit squeezed from what remained of her.
47:14Bianca had told me she wanted them in hell.
47:16I couldn't do that for her, but I could make sure they lived out every last bit of suffering
47:20they had coming before they got there.
47:22Every person who had broken her, I kept them here, in this world, accountable.
47:28From now on, every year on Bianca's death anniversary, I would come to this room and watch.
47:34Watch you kneel until the day they couldn't get back up.
47:54I came home to find Kieran waiting in the study.
47:57Sleeves rolled up, knuckles scabbed and unbandaged.
48:00He slid a cup of tea across the desk without a word.
48:03We sat like that for a while.
48:05Are you hurting?
48:07Not entirely.
48:09There are too many people in this world who've been wronged.
48:12I couldn't save Bianca.
48:13Then save a few more.
48:14His expression didn't waver.
48:16Give yourself permission.
48:18I smiled.
48:19The silence stretched.
48:21He was sitting very still.
48:23You've been holding your breath since I came home.
48:25Years before any of this.
48:27The night I introduced you to Damon.
48:29The engagement dinner.
48:31Now.
48:34His hand on the desk closed slowly.
48:37Don't, Arya.
48:38Don't what?
48:40Don't push at this.
48:41Please.
48:42I had spent my whole last life on the wrong man.
48:45Half of this one on revenge.
48:47I looked at him now.
48:48The way his hair fell.
48:50The shadow at his throat.
48:51The hands he was keeping very carefully flat against the wood.
48:55I got up and walked around the desk.
48:57He didn't move.
48:59Didn't lift his head.
49:00Kieran.
49:13I came home to find Kieran waiting in the study.
49:16Sleeves rolled up.
49:17Knuckles scabbed and unbandaged.
49:18He slid a cup of tea across the desk without a word.
49:21We sat like that for a while.
49:23Are you hurting?
49:25Not entirely.
49:27There are too many people in this world who've been wronged.
49:30I couldn't save Bianca.
49:32Then save a few more.
49:33His expression didn't waver.
49:35Give yourself permission.
49:36I smiled.
49:38The silence stretched.
49:39He was sitting very still.
49:41You've been holding your breath since I came home.
49:44Years before any of this.
49:46The night I introduced you to Damon.
49:48The engagement dinner.
49:50Now.
49:52His hand on the desk closed slowly.
49:55Don't, Arya.
49:57Don't what?
49:59Don't push at this.
50:00Please.
50:01I had spent my whole last life on the wrong man.
50:04Half of this one on revenge.
50:06I looked at him now.
50:07The way his hair fell.
50:08The shadow at his throat.
50:10The hands he was keeping very carefully flat against the wood.
50:13I got up and walked around the desk.
50:15He didn't move.
50:17Didn't lift his head.
50:19Kieran.
50:24I came home to find Kieran waiting in the study.
50:27Sleeves rolled up.
50:28Knuckles scabbed and unbandaged.
50:30He said.
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