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00:00:01My name was Cadence Chase. In the shadows, I was the kingdom's first ghost healer, and no one had ever
00:00:09seen my true face.
00:00:10In public, I was the wife of Franklin, commander of the Holy Knights, but my husband had never been kind
00:00:17to me.
00:00:17Your jealousy is sick. You have to be insane to push a woman who can't swim into the deep end.
00:00:22You don't know. Actually, I'm also afraid of water.
00:00:27You wear the sacred pring baptism medal around your neck. How could someone blessed by holy water be afraid of
00:00:34it? Stop playing the victim with me!
00:00:41Don't be mad at her, Franklin. It's not Cadence's fault. I just... I slipped.
00:00:47If you ever lay a hand on Isabelle again, I will initiate divorce proceedings before you can blink, and the
00:00:53prenup.
00:00:54The second I sign those papers, Chase's family loses all protection from my family.
00:01:01Three years of silence. All I got in return was him holding another woman in his arms.
00:01:07Have the medical team meet us in the guest suite.
00:01:27Prepare the papers. I want a divorce.
00:01:35I had spent three years thinking I could forget that river. I was wrong.
00:01:40I was wrong.
00:01:44I was wrong.
00:01:55I was wrong.
00:02:08Franklin, my head is spinning so badly.
00:02:10I'm coming right now.
00:02:13Every time he walked away, it felt like being cut with a dull knife.
00:02:17But not this time.
00:02:19I wouldn't let him hurt me anymore.
00:02:25You will apologize to Isabelle tomorrow morning.
00:02:30What kind of game are you playing now?
00:02:33I am leaving with nothing.
00:02:34I just want to terminate this disgusting arrangement immediately.
00:02:38If you walk out that door, I will cut off all funding to the Chase family by tomorrow noon.
00:02:44What happens to the Chase family is none of your concern.
00:02:49You are out of your mind.
00:02:50If you walk out of this house, don't you ever think about crawling back.
00:02:56As you wish.
00:03:01Franklin had once told the entire high society that this sculpture symbolized our marriage, pure and unbreakable.
00:03:28Have the formal divorce agreement on Franklin Mueller's desk by 8 a.m.
00:03:33No mediation.
00:03:35No mediation.
00:03:40Boss, the Chase manor has been cleared.
00:03:42No one will track your movements.
00:03:44Do you need the medical team on standby for the water exposure?
00:03:48No.
00:03:49Drive straight to the Moon Shadow Atelier.
00:03:53I needed someone.
00:03:55Someone who could permanently erase the humiliating scar burning on my back.
00:04:01What happened?
00:04:02Your wife has left, sir.
00:04:21Look who finally decided to break out of the golden cage.
00:04:25Jet Marlant was the most skilled alchemetic tattooist in the kingdom.
00:04:28He was also one of my most trusted informants in the Shadow Courier.
00:04:37Who did this?
00:04:38The price of a stupid mistake.
00:04:40Erase it.
00:04:42Covering scar tissue this deep, the pain is going to be ten times worse.
00:04:46Pain is exactly what I need right now.
00:04:49With every drag of the needle, the memory of that frozen river, that rusted blade, that darkness, was being squeezed
00:04:56out of my flesh.
00:05:03Do you want me to put the word out?
00:05:05Tell the underground you're back?
00:05:08Keep it quiet.
00:05:10I have a game to play first.
00:05:17Sir, this just arrived via courier from Elena Rostovov's firm.
00:05:21It's the formal petition for divorce.
00:05:25Emerging from the cocoon was always painful.
00:05:28But from now on, I would fly for myself.
00:05:35Julian was one of Franklin's closest friends.
00:05:39He was reckless, but he had the instincts of a beast.
00:05:43You look like a gambler who just lost his whole estate.
00:05:46How did that little pool drama end last night?
00:05:49I threw that vicious woman out.
00:05:52Do you mean Cadence?
00:05:53She shoved Isabel into the water, got caught red-handed, and then tried to act like the victim.
00:05:57Now she's vanished and filing for divorce.
00:05:59She's just trying to get me to give in.
00:06:01For three years, all she's wanted is for me to turn around and look at her.
00:06:05She's playing hard to get, but she picked the wrong man.
00:06:11I was the one who jumped into the pool last night.
00:06:14I pulled Cadence out.
00:06:15What are you talking about?
00:06:17Isabel was the one drowning.
00:06:19Isabel was splashing around in the shallow end.
00:06:21Cadence sank straight to the bottom.
00:06:23That wasn't an act.
00:06:25She is absolutely terrified of the water.
00:06:28She wears the sacred pring baptism model around her neck.
00:06:31How could someone blessed by holy water be afraid of it?
00:06:33She's just a great actress.
00:06:35That's odd.
00:06:36But here's what really confuses me.
00:06:39Why does Cadence mimic Isabel's aquaphebia?
00:06:42Everyone knows Isabel developed it after she pulled you from the sighing river four years ago.
00:06:48Why aren't you resting at home?
00:06:49For the first time, doubt about Isabel crapped into his mind.
00:06:53But what he didn't realize was that the very metal he used to humiliate me
00:06:57was the chain that kept him blind to the truth.
00:07:24The grand banquet for my 80th birthday is this weekend.
00:07:28Every old money family in the kingdom will be there.
00:07:31You will arrive on time, and Cadence will be on your arm.
00:07:34Cadence is indisposed at the moment.
00:07:38I don't care.
00:07:39Don't let Isabel ruin this family's name.
00:07:41Cadence is the only one who belongs beside you.
00:07:46Where is my wife?
00:07:47Sir, we can't find her.
00:07:49The moment she left the estate,
00:07:51every section of the crystal on her roof was wiped
00:07:53by some master shadow mage.
00:07:55It's like she vanished into thin air.
00:07:58Cadence, wherever you are hiding,
00:08:00I will drag you out.
00:08:01What he didn't know was that my true identity
00:08:04was far more dangerous than he could ever imagine.
00:08:11Kenzie Garner was my close friend.
00:08:13A wealthy heiress who was never afraid of getting into trouble
00:08:16and willing to stick with me.
00:08:23The scapting crystals picked up no sign of her.
00:08:26We can only hope someone has seen her.
00:08:29Cadence would never step foot in a place like...
00:08:33In that moment,
00:08:34I decided to show him exactly what he had lost.
00:08:38Mrs. Muller,
00:08:39out for a little fun by yourself?
00:08:41There is no Mrs. Muller.
00:08:46I finally dumped that jerk.
00:08:50Not now.
00:08:52Everyone's watching.
00:08:54To freedom!
00:08:55To leaving that bastard behind!
00:08:58To freedom.
00:09:00To freedom.
00:09:13Why don't we take this up to a private suite?
00:09:23Are you trying to piss me off?
00:09:25Throwing yourself at garbage like Hunter?
00:09:27At least Hunter knows how to please a woman.
00:09:30Not like you.
00:09:32Worshipping some pathetic liar.
00:09:35Enough of this tantrum.
00:09:36Come home.
00:09:37Or I will crush the Chase family into dust.
00:09:41Dream on.
00:09:48Don't go.
00:09:50He's completely unhinged.
00:09:53Let me go!
00:09:55Let me go!
00:09:58This is my wife.
00:09:59Anyone who looks at her again will lose their eyes.
00:10:13What the hell is wrong with you?
00:10:15Why are you doing this?
00:10:17Cutting your hypocritical family out of my life
00:10:19is absolutely the right decision.
00:10:21For the first time in three years,
00:10:23I can breathe fresh air.
00:10:25It's called a rebirth!
00:10:27You don't get a rebirth unless I allow it.
00:10:34Don't you ever kiss me with the same mouth you use on that liar.
00:10:37You make me sick.
00:10:39Stay away from me, ex-husband.
00:10:41Or I will ruin you.
00:10:50Boss, you're bleeding out.
00:10:51Patch it in the carriage.
00:10:52We're done here.
00:10:53He stood there,
00:10:55his lips trembling,
00:10:56but no words came.
00:10:57Maybe he finally understood
00:10:59that I no longer belonged to him.
00:11:01But pride got in the way.
00:11:02He just couldn't bring himself to plea.
00:11:14Oddly, my heart didn't even skip a beat.
00:11:21Dad?
00:11:22The Royal Charity Gala is tonight at the palace.
00:11:24Every major house will be there.
00:11:26Go.
00:11:26Not to prove anything to them,
00:11:28but to remind yourself
00:11:30that you never truly lost who you are.
00:11:47The weak, pathetic Mrs. Muller was dead.
00:11:59This was my signature tool
00:12:01as the kingdom's first healer.
00:12:03In the underground black market,
00:12:05they called me
00:12:05the Ghost Healer.
00:12:07Franklin and that scheming bitch
00:12:08would also be there tonight.
00:12:11But I wasn't the prey anymore.
00:12:13I would walk into that ballroom with a scalpel,
00:12:16ready to cut the rot
00:12:17out of their perfect little world.
00:12:40Cadence.
00:12:42John Luke.
00:12:43A prince of a neighboring kingdom,
00:12:45he owned trading fleets
00:12:46that spanned the continent.
00:12:48You finally took off the nun's habit.
00:12:51Welcome back to the land of the living, my queen.
00:12:57Behave yourself tonight.
00:12:59I have actual work to do.
00:13:27Is this why you couldn't wait to file the divorce?
00:13:29To climb into another man's bed?
00:13:41None of your business.
00:13:48Cadence, where did you find this...
00:13:51new friend?
00:13:52You really shouldn't bring strangers
00:13:54to such an exclusive event.
00:13:56Your wealth couldn't buy you a throne in Lumina.
00:13:59Jean-Luc,
00:14:00keep your underground games to yourself.
00:14:02What kind of leverage did she use
00:14:04to get you to play her guard?
00:14:06Mr. Muller,
00:14:07I have enough loose change in my pockets
00:14:09to buy out three of your overseas trading fleets
00:14:11before breakfast.
00:14:14Isabel is not just my date tonight.
00:14:16She is the one I'll protect
00:14:19for the rest of my life.
00:14:21She will be the next Mrs. Muller.
00:14:24Congratulations.
00:14:26Birds of a feather flock together.
00:14:29He thought announcing his engagement
00:14:31would break me.
00:14:32What he didn't know
00:14:33was that I had already buried everything about him
00:14:35at the bottom of the Signing River.
00:14:46The rotation speed on this cranial drill
00:14:48is too high.
00:14:49The sanctified probe will burn the nerve
00:14:51before you even reach the lesion.
00:14:57Walter,
00:14:57a wealthy merchant,
00:14:59was lying on the floor,
00:15:00struggling to breathe.
00:15:02His business partner,
00:15:03Quentin Shaw,
00:15:04was panicking,
00:15:05completely at a loss.
00:15:17I know a bit of healing.
00:15:19Let me help.
00:15:21Stop.
00:15:22He is not in cardiac arrest.
00:15:24Chest compressions will kill him.
00:15:26Shut your mouth!
00:15:27You're just a new money upstart
00:15:29who schemed her way
00:15:30into the Muller family.
00:15:32Get out of the way!
00:15:37Cadence,
00:15:37this is not the time
00:15:38for your theatrics.
00:15:39Let the professionals handle it.
00:15:41In that moment,
00:15:42I finally realized something.
00:15:44He would rather believe
00:15:45an actress's lies
00:15:46than trust his own wife.
00:15:53He has died!
00:16:03Dad!
00:16:05Who did this?
00:16:08She didn't...
00:16:09She broke his ribs!
00:16:14I didn't know!
00:16:16I was just trying to help!
00:16:19Back off, Leland.
00:16:21Isabelle is under my protection.
00:16:27The airway is completely locked.
00:16:29I cannot cast the breath-opening spell.
00:16:32Then cut his throat!
00:16:33I can't!
00:16:35No sanctified field,
00:16:36no alchemical tools.
00:16:37A blind cut could sever his artery.
00:16:40He'll bleed out.
00:16:40He has less than two minutes!
00:16:46If you don't want him to die,
00:16:48get the hell out of my way.
00:16:49Hey.
00:16:54In this moment,
00:16:56I shed my disguise.
00:16:57I was not Mrs. Muller.
00:16:59I was not a noble lady.
00:17:01I was the ghost healer.
00:17:02I was the ghost healer.
00:17:09Take one more step
00:17:10and his brain death
00:17:12is on your hands.
00:17:35He stood there watching me
00:17:36He finally saw what I could truly do
00:17:40But it was far too late
00:17:47Save him
00:17:49Please, you have to save him
00:17:59Vitals are stabilizing
00:18:00He's out of danger
00:18:04Who did this?
00:18:05Which attending physician is in this room?
00:18:11Healer!
00:18:12She doesn't even have a physician's medallion
00:18:15She just hacked into his neck with a skeppel
00:18:17Are you insane?
00:18:18No sanctified field, no scumming crystals, no alchemical tools
00:18:22Finding the psych-thyreite muscle in under 60 seconds
00:18:25This is true skill
00:18:26The incision bypassed the artery perfectly
00:18:29The depth control is flawless
00:18:30Though I have 30 years of experience
00:18:32I would not have dared to make that blind cut
00:18:36Madam
00:18:37If it weren't for your textbook execution
00:18:40Mr. Kendrick would be in a body bag right now
00:18:54Who performed chest pressures on him
00:18:57Three ribs shattered
00:18:58One shard is a hair's brink from piercing his lung
00:19:00The person nearly killed him before he even suffocated
00:19:06The Perez family will pay for this
00:19:09I will destroy you
00:19:21Please, we would be honored to have you guest lecture at the Royal Healers Hall
00:19:26I saved him out of mercy
00:19:27Not for reward
00:19:28If I have the time, my assistant might reach out
00:19:30They finally saw me
00:19:32But this was only my first step
00:19:38Mr. Shaw
00:19:44Are you leaving so soon?
00:19:47Just a few minutes ago, you called me a new money upstart who schemed her way into the Mueller family
00:19:52Mrs. Mueller
00:19:53Cadence
00:19:54I was panicked
00:19:55I didn't know what I was saying
00:19:56Please forgive my foolishness
00:19:58Your arrogance almost cost your partner his life
00:20:02Effective Monday morning
00:20:03The Chase Medical Guild will permanently sever the supply of all high-grade healing elixirs to the Shaw Hospital Network
00:20:10Please
00:20:11I was wrong
00:20:12I am a fool
00:20:14Please
00:20:14Don't destroy my hospital
00:20:18That's
00:20:19For the last three years of you snaring at my father in the Physician's Council
00:20:27Franklin, let's go
00:20:28Everyone is looking at us
00:20:39He was coming after me
00:20:41But this time, I wouldn't look back
00:20:50Cadence
00:20:52Keep your hands off me
00:20:54Or I will break your fingers
00:20:57I admit it
00:20:58I've underestimated you
00:20:59You've proven your value
00:21:01We're calling off the divorce
00:21:03Come back to the Mueller estate
00:21:05I will double your shares in the holding company
00:21:07I will give you a permanent seat on the family council
00:21:10Do you honestly think that everything in this world has a price tag attached to it?
00:21:16So why did you save Walter?
00:21:18Trying to win over the Kendricks?
00:21:20Building your own connections before our divorce is finalized?
00:21:23I saved that man because I am a healer
00:21:25I showed you my ability to prove that you are a blind, arrogant fool
00:21:32You don't want me back because you love me
00:21:35You want me back because your fragile male pride is terrified that I don't need you
00:21:43If I don't sign those papers, you are never getting out of this marriage
00:21:49Didn't you check your desk this morning?
00:21:51Elena's filing is already on it
00:22:01If you get in that carriage, I will wipe the Chase family off the map
00:22:08Try me
00:22:10He meant what he said
00:22:11But he forgot one thing
00:22:14I had nothing left to lose
00:22:22Do you want me to have my people dispose of this trash for you?
00:22:37Let me go!
00:22:39You are my wife
00:22:41If you die
00:22:42You die in the Mueller family graveyard
00:22:54You are declaring war on every trading fleet on the continent, Mueller!
00:22:58This is Lumina
00:22:59Even the gods follow my rules here
00:23:04Put me down, you lunatic!
00:23:16There it was again
00:23:17He had locked me in a cage once more
00:23:20But this time, I was the one holding the key
00:23:24Let go of me, you bastard!
00:23:26You make me sick!
00:23:29Stop fighting me
00:23:30Or I swear
00:23:32I will do something in this carriage that we both regret
00:23:35You are nothing but a coward
00:23:37You solve everything with force because you can't face losing
00:23:48Don't touch me
00:23:49I'm not Isabelle
00:23:51I don't need you to fuss over a cut
00:24:04Hold still
00:24:06You're wasting your time
00:24:08Your guilt means nothing to me
00:24:11I'm sorry
00:24:13Late affection is cheaper than dirt
00:24:15Hate me all you want
00:24:16But tomorrow night is my grandmother's 80th birthday
00:24:19We're having a banquet
00:24:20I am taking you with me
00:24:22And I am going to show everyone that you are the only Mrs. Mueller
00:24:29You will be at my grandmother's birthday banquet tomorrow night
00:24:32You will stand by my side
00:24:35The land tax review season is starting
00:24:37Mueller family credit is volatile
00:24:40A divorce would wipe a fortune off your house
00:24:42You don't want a wife
00:24:43You want a shield for the family council
00:24:46Protecting this family's legacy is my responsibility
00:24:49You are my wife
00:24:50Obeying is your duty
00:25:07Thirty minutes ago
00:25:09Exactly when Franklin had disappeared from the ballroom after the medical emergency
00:25:13Before he dragged me out of the ballroom
00:25:17What tantrum is this now?
00:25:19Keep your crocodile tears and your cheap bandages
00:25:22You make me sick
00:25:26Don't touch me with the same hands you used to hold her
00:25:42Cadence
00:25:49Open the door
00:25:50It's a lie
00:25:51I wasn't at the infirmary
00:25:52He shouted until his voice broke
00:25:55But behind that door
00:25:56I could no longer hear him
00:25:58Or perhaps
00:25:58I no longer wanted to
00:26:07My lawyer will file this with the royal court this afternoon
00:26:11Unilateral
00:26:12Contested divorce
00:26:13Are you out of your mind?
00:26:15You're declaring war on me during the review season?
00:26:18I don't care about that
00:26:20I want the divorce
00:26:22And the black velvet box in your safe
00:26:24Until the decree is signed
00:26:26You're not taking a single thing out of this estate
00:26:28Open the safe
00:26:30Or by tomorrow morning
00:26:31The merchant guild will receive an anonymous tip about your oafseer's merchant banks complete with ledgers
00:26:37Your choice
00:26:38How could you possibly know about this?
00:26:40These ledgers are known only to my treasurer and two trusted men
00:26:44It's not as buried as you'd like
00:26:48Trying to prove your loyalty to Jean-Luc by erase me?
00:26:53Cadence
00:26:58Look at yourself
00:27:00A rabid dog guarding a bone you don't even want to eat
00:27:03Pathetic
00:27:10If it means that much to you, dig it out of the trash
00:27:15The memories I have of you are worth exactly that price
00:27:20Remember how high and mighty you are right now, Franklin?
00:27:23You'll regret it
00:27:26He thought he had humiliated me
00:27:29He didn't know that he had just handed me the key to unlock my cage
00:27:44My poor girl
00:27:45The entire liquid capital of the Chase family is mobilized
00:27:50Every connection
00:27:52Every favor
00:27:53At your disposal
00:27:57I will handle him, Dad
00:27:58This is the plan
00:28:01Since Franklin dared to humiliate you publicly
00:28:03We will sever his entire potion supply chain during the banquet tomorrow night
00:28:08Bleed his family dry
00:28:15The strategy is too conservative
00:28:17Don't just cut the supply chain
00:28:19Short the subcubsidiary simultaneously
00:28:21Force a margin call on his overseas merchant banks
00:28:31Excuse me, Dad
00:28:44What's up?
00:28:45Boss
00:28:45The Shadow Korea's core is under attack
00:28:47The European cartels you angered have pooled their resources
00:28:50They've hired the best codebreakers to brute force our dormant dark crystals
00:28:53The wards are collapsing
00:28:54If they breach the final layer, your identity will be exposed
00:28:57The entire continent will know Cadence Chase's M
00:29:00Initiate the self-destruct sequence
00:29:02I'll link my consciousness directly
00:29:04And rebuild the core wards
00:29:06You can't do it remotely
00:29:08To wake the dormant core, you need the physical master key
00:29:12The metal badge
00:29:18Franklin is not at home
00:29:20I have three hours free
00:29:45The moment I stepped into the study
00:29:47I knew this night would not go smoothly
00:30:03Well, well
00:30:04Look who came crawling back
00:30:06Did you come to beg Franklin to take you back?
00:30:08I didn't realize the Perez family was so bankrupt
00:30:11Their daughter has to dig through another woman's closet to find something to wear
00:30:14This robe belongs to the lady of this house
00:30:17And soon, that will be me
00:30:19Franklin told me to make myself at home
00:30:21He's tired of you
00:30:23This place is mine now
00:30:29Oh my god
00:30:30You actually came back to dig through the garbage?
00:30:34Did Franklin throw your little trinket away?
00:30:36Does it hurt to know he doesn't give a damn about you?
00:30:42If you ever come near Franklin again
00:30:45I will ruin you
00:30:53The next time you point that finger at me
00:30:56You won't get it back
00:30:59She laid there
00:31:00Seething with hatred and shame
00:31:02But I didn't care
00:31:03I had my key
00:31:12Let go
00:31:13Don't make me use force
00:31:16Do you really think you won?
00:31:20Hillary, cancel the overseas follow-up
00:31:22I need a drink
00:31:28Cadence, no, please
00:31:37Isabel
00:31:39Isabel
00:31:43She pushed me
00:31:45It hurts
00:31:47Franklin
00:31:48It hurts so much
00:31:55He was coming
00:31:56With his rage
00:31:57His misunderstanding
00:31:59His loyalty that always picked the wrong person
00:32:03What the hell did you do?
00:32:08I walk in
00:32:09And she's bleeding on my floor
00:32:11Is this your revenge?
00:32:13You are a blind fool
00:32:14Check your own Skining wards
00:32:29From this second forward
00:32:31We are nothing but enemies
00:32:41Franklin
00:32:42Please
00:32:43Help me
00:32:54Cadence
00:32:55No, please
00:33:00He finally saw the truth
00:33:02But it was already too late
00:33:04To undo anything
00:33:11He can't
00:33:13He can't
00:33:21Oh
00:33:47Who did that to you save it for later we have a job to do they breach the outer ward
00:33:53we have less than 60 seconds where they bypass the core encryption
00:33:57I need the key
00:34:19Access granted welcome back em wards reset i'm locking them out burning their dark crystals
00:34:26Open the highest tier global broadcast channel encrypt it send it to every syndicate boss and every shadow broker
00:34:34A global ping they'll all know you're active
00:34:40That is the point i am back em
00:34:44The european cartels that tried to break us drain their accounts send their ledgers to the royal merchant guild
00:34:54Done
00:34:57What about the mula family what do we do about franklin
00:35:02Franklin loves his empire so we are going to burn it to the ground
00:35:14The
00:35:14The
00:35:15The
00:35:15The
00:35:31Sir, go ahead.
00:35:32Miss Perez has been admitted to the Muller private infirmary, but she is screaming at
00:35:37the staff. She is demanding the Royal Guard. She wants to press attempted murder charges
00:35:40against Mrs. Chase.
00:35:44Let her call them.
00:35:46My God.
00:35:49Sir, where are you going? There are rumors that M, the Master of the Shadow Curia, has returned.
00:35:54The Council needs you.
00:35:59Seal the floor. No one in or out without my authorization.
00:36:19Franklin! You came! I was so scared! Cadence is a monster!
00:36:24Why are you looking at me like that? She tried to kill me.
00:36:31No. That's... That's fake.
00:36:36You made me put my hands on my wife.
00:36:40You are done.
00:36:42Tomorrow morning, the Mula family will sever all financial ties with the Perez family.
00:36:46Your father's trading company will be bankrupt by noon.
00:36:50You will be permanently blacklisted from high society.
00:36:54You can't do this to me!
00:36:56I saved your life!
00:36:58Four years ago, in the Signing River, I jumped into the freezing water.
00:37:04I fought off those heretics.
00:37:06I almost died for you!
00:37:07You...
00:37:09You owe me your life, Franklin! You can't destroy me!
00:37:26Fifty million gold coins?
00:37:30Here.
00:37:31This makes us even for saving my life.
00:37:34From this second forward, if you ever speak Cadence's name again...
00:37:40I will crush you and your family into dust.
00:37:58What the hell did you do?!
00:38:11I walked into the noble club.
00:38:14Eleonora, Franklin's grandmother, was hosting her 80th birthday banquet.
00:38:18The hall was packed with the kingdom's most powerful nobles,
00:38:21all buzzing with whispered rumors.
00:38:23The master of the shadow curia, M, had returned.
00:38:26Arthur Finch was the chief advisor to the royal treasury,
00:38:29and Eleonora's most trusted financier.
00:38:32Cadence, the Chase family looks strong tonight.
00:38:36Have you heard the rumors?
00:38:38M is back?
00:38:44Boss, I've activated the dormant curse you planted four years ago.
00:38:48One-time bypass of their primary wards.
00:38:50We have a 30-second window to hit their core treasury
00:38:53before the wards seal themselves.
00:38:58Execute.
00:38:59He loved his fortune, so I was going to let him watch it all burn to ash.
00:39:07Money is everything.
00:39:09You're right, my dear.
00:39:10You look stunning tonight.
00:39:11Allow me to introduce David Foster, the Royal Healer's Executive Officer.
00:39:21Ma'am, your father's surgical devices are making waves.
00:39:24We were just discussing sanctified probes.
00:39:27By the way, the European syndicates are in a frenzy.
00:39:31They're looking for the elixir of life.
00:39:34Have you heard of it?
00:39:35They say it can cure heart failure.
00:39:37Eleonora just turned 80 tonight.
00:39:39Her heart is failing.
00:39:40The European cartels are desperately searching for it,
00:39:42hoping to offer it as tribute to the Moolahs.
00:39:45The rumor is, it's in the possession of M,
00:39:47the master of the Shadow Curia.
00:39:49Cadence, your family deals in alchemical recipes and healing secrets.
00:39:53Have you heard anything?
00:39:54Who has the elixir?
00:39:56I'm afraid you are chasing shadows, David.
00:39:58I have never heard of an elixir.
00:40:00And even if M possesses it,
00:40:01I highly doubt a simple healer like me would be privy to such secrets.
00:40:05Well, if the Chase family hasn't heard of it,
00:40:07it truly is untouchable.
00:40:15Excuse me.
00:40:21Cadence.
00:40:25Stop.
00:40:26Look around you.
00:40:28Half the nobility is watching.
00:40:30This is Eleonora's banquet, not your private chamber.
00:40:33Keep your dignity.
00:40:39Chet Kowalski, a nouveau riche merchant who made his fortune in smuggling.
00:40:44Excuse me.
00:40:45Don't go, Mrs. Lula.
00:40:47I heard some rumors.
00:40:49Step aside, Mr. Kowalski,
00:40:50or you will lose your entire fortune.
00:40:53You're nothing now.
00:40:54Just used up trash.
00:40:57I bet you're desperate for a new sponsor.
00:41:00Come here, you little bitch.
00:41:20How dare you hit me?
00:41:28I'm going to kill you.
00:41:30No!
00:41:31No!
00:41:37It was Franklin.
00:41:41Take your hand off my wife.
00:41:43Mr. Mueller, listen.
00:41:45It's a misunderstanding.
00:42:13Franklin, stop!
00:42:15You're going to kill him!
00:42:37Good God.
00:42:39Franklin, what happened here?
00:42:41Mr. Kowalski consumed a lethal amount of illegal darkomotics.
00:42:46He suffered a psychotic break.
00:42:48He tripped and fell against your stone wall.
00:42:51If a single word of this reaches anyone,
00:42:53if anyone suggests that my wife was involved,
00:42:56I will dismantle this club stone by stone.
00:42:59Do you understand me, Arthur?
00:43:01Yes. Yes, of course.
00:43:03A tragic drug overdosed.
00:43:05We will handle it immediately.
00:43:10He stood there, his hands covered in blood,
00:43:13looking at me, as if expecting a thank you,
00:43:16as if finally seeing what kind of monster he really was.
00:43:23Wipe your hands, Mr. Moolah.
00:43:24You are dripping on Arthur's carpet.
00:43:27Cadence, I saw the footage.
00:43:29I saw Isabelle throw herself down the stairs.
00:43:32I know she lied.
00:43:34I know everything.
00:43:35I was blind.
00:43:36I was a fool.
00:43:38Just give me a chance to fix this.
00:43:40So you watched a clip.
00:43:42You realized you were wrong.
00:43:45You beat a man half to death to feel like a man again.
00:43:49Then you apologize.
00:43:51You aren't apologizing to me, Franklin.
00:43:53You are apologizing to yourself.
00:43:56You are trying to scrub the guilt off your own conscience
00:43:58because you can't handle the fact that you choked your innocent wife for a liar.
00:44:03That's not...
00:44:04I don't care about your apologies.
00:44:06Your remorse means nothing to me
00:44:08because I do not love you anymore.
00:44:12You are nothing to me.
00:44:17Don't say that.
00:44:19You are my wife.
00:44:20We are not done.
00:44:22Did you tell Isabelle we were done
00:44:24when you ran to her infirmary bed to comfort her?
00:44:26How much did it cost to buy your consciences this time?
00:44:30Tens of millions?
00:44:31A hundred million?
00:44:38Keep your money.
00:44:40Keep your guilt.
00:44:41And keep your hands off me.
00:44:47He was coming after me again.
00:44:49But this time,
00:44:50I wouldn't stop.
00:45:05Get out.
00:45:10Tell me how to fix it.
00:45:12Tell me what you want.
00:45:13Gold?
00:45:15Estates?
00:45:16Or should I destroy the Perez family?
00:45:18Name your request.
00:45:20But you are not leaving me.
00:45:23I want a time wandering
00:45:25so I can go back three years
00:45:27and stop myself from wasting my youth
00:45:30on a blind, arrogant fool.
00:45:47You are disgusting.
00:45:49You run to her infirmary,
00:45:51pay her off,
00:45:52and then come back
00:45:53and try to force yourself on me.
00:45:56Like an animal in heat.
00:45:58Tomorrow morning,
00:45:59nine o'clock,
00:46:01Elena Rostava's law firm.
00:46:02Bring your pen.
00:46:06He sat there,
00:46:07like a hollowed out shell.
00:46:09But I had no strength left to pity him.
00:46:11Not anymore.
00:46:17Your wife's teeth are quite sharp.
00:46:19That needs stitches.
00:46:22Shut your mouth.
00:46:23I'm in no mood for this.
00:46:25What was that out there?
00:46:27You beat a man into a coma.
00:46:29You chased your wife like a stalker.
00:46:32Are you trying to protect your ego
00:46:33or are you finally admitting
00:46:34you don't want this divorce?
00:46:36I want the divorce.
00:46:38I am sick of her lies.
00:46:42I just won't let her walk away
00:46:45thinking she won.
00:46:46I won't let Jean-Luc touch her.
00:46:49You don't care about winning.
00:46:52You looked at her in that hallway
00:46:53like a starving dog guarding a bone.
00:46:56Watch your mouth.
00:46:58Tomorrow at nine,
00:46:59you sign the paper.
00:47:00By nine o' five,
00:47:02she is a free woman.
00:47:04Tomorrow night,
00:47:05she will be sitting
00:47:06at another man's table.
00:47:08By midnight,
00:47:09another man will undress her.
00:47:11Can you handle that, Franklin?
00:47:16What's wrong?
00:47:17Sir,
00:47:18Miss Perez discharged herself
00:47:19from the infirmary.
00:47:20She is in the main lobby,
00:47:21screaming at the guards,
00:47:22demanding to see you.
00:47:23Bring her to the top floor
00:47:24private lounge.
00:47:26Keep her away from everyone.
00:47:31He was rushing to see his savior.
00:47:33He didn't know.
00:47:35He was walking himself
00:47:36right into the abyss.
00:47:47Franklin!
00:47:51Sit down.
00:47:57The whole city is talking.
00:47:59You beat a man half to death
00:48:01because he looked at Cadence.
00:48:03Tell me it isn't true.
00:48:05Tell me you didn't forget
00:48:05who saved your life.
00:48:07I hid him because he assaulted
00:48:09a representative
00:48:09of the Muller family.
00:48:11It had nothing to do
00:48:12with Cadence.
00:48:14What is that?
00:48:16She bit you?
00:48:17Were you kissing that bitch?
00:48:20Watch your tone.
00:48:22Until the documents are signed,
00:48:24Cadence is still my wife.
00:48:27You will not disrespect her.
00:48:31Mobilize the entire reserve fund.
00:48:34Initiate a hostile takeover
00:48:35of Chet's trading company.
00:48:36I want him bankrupt.
00:48:37Yes, sir.
00:48:38When will she be gone?
00:48:39Franklin,
00:48:40when will you be free?
00:48:43Tomorrow morning,
00:48:44nine o'clock.
00:48:46Elena Rostovas' law firm.
00:48:48I am signing the papers.
00:48:49I will come with you.
00:48:51No.
00:48:53You will stay in your apartment.
00:49:06He had backed himself
00:49:07into a corner
00:49:08for a lie.
00:49:09He was about to sign
00:49:10his own ruin
00:49:11with his own hand.
00:49:20To freedom.
00:49:21Thank you, Mom and Dad.
00:49:23Elena sent the confirmation.
00:49:25Tomorrow morning at nine.
00:49:27Then you will never have to look
00:49:28at that blind fool again.
00:49:37Excuse me.
00:49:51Boss,
00:49:51the black market is in chaos.
00:49:53Your broadcast worked.
00:49:55But the bounty for the elixir
00:49:57just broke the ceiling.
00:49:58The Perez family placed
00:50:00an anonymous bid
00:50:01for two billion gold coins.
00:50:03Update the bounty.
00:50:04M does not accept gold.
00:50:06State that the elixir
00:50:07will only be traded
00:50:08for the controlling shares
00:50:09of the Perez family's
00:50:10alchemical research labs.
00:50:18Everyone was searching frantically for the elixir.
00:50:22And it was right here in my hands.
00:50:24Eleven hours remained
00:50:25until I signed those divorce papers.
00:50:27By then,
00:50:29I would shed the title of the holy knight's commander's wife.
00:50:33And then,
00:50:34as M,
00:50:35I would burn Franklin's world to ash.
00:50:39You are walking away with nothing.
00:50:42No assets,
00:50:43no compensation.
00:50:44I have never seen a nobleman's wife demand so little.
00:50:47I don't want his money.
00:50:49I just want my freedom.
00:50:53Madam heard the rumors from last night.
00:50:55She is on her way
00:50:56to the Muller estate with her guards.
00:50:58She wants to see for herself
00:50:59that you two are fine.
00:51:01If she discovers the divorce,
00:51:03her heart won't withstand it.
00:51:06Cancel the signing.
00:51:08I have to go.
00:51:09If you walk out now,
00:51:11his lawyers will claim bad faith.
00:51:13A woman's life is on the line.
00:51:19I am not late.
00:51:21It's 9.02.
00:51:22What are you doing?
00:51:24The divorce is canceled.
00:51:26Your grandmother is searching your estate.
00:51:28If she finds out,
00:51:29we are divorcing.
00:51:31Your host.
00:51:32We have 15 minutes to get back
00:51:34and pretend we are madly in love.
00:51:37Take off the coat and the tie.
00:51:40Unbutton the top three buttons of your shirt.
00:51:42You don't look like you spent
00:51:44a lazy morning with your wife.
00:51:49Is this a game?
00:51:51Delaying the signing?
00:51:53Extorting more assets?
00:51:55You think I want to be trapped
00:51:56in a carriage with you?
00:51:57If you hadn't beaten a man
00:51:59half to death in public last night,
00:52:00the rumors wouldn't have reached Eleonora.
00:52:02This is your fault.
00:52:04I am just trying to keep her alive.
00:52:21Eleonora!
00:52:22What are you doing here?
00:52:24Franklin and I just got back
00:52:25from a walk in the Royal Gardens.
00:52:27We didn't know you were coming.
00:52:29You should have called.
00:52:31A walk?
00:52:32Then why is half the nobility
00:52:33whispering that my grandson
00:52:35is signing divorce papers this morning?
00:52:38What is that?
00:52:41The divorce rumors are a smoke sheen, Grandma.
00:52:44We leaked them to distract
00:52:45the Vanguard contortion.
00:52:47As for this,
00:52:49Cadence and I had a rather
00:52:50passionate disagreement last night
00:52:52about the leak.
00:52:53You know how she is.
00:52:54Young couple's passion.
00:52:56Fine.
00:52:57I believe you.
00:52:58But the council won't.
00:53:00To prove this marriage is solid,
00:53:03Cadence,
00:53:03you will move back
00:53:04into this estate
00:53:05immediately.
00:53:06Eleonora,
00:53:07you will live together
00:53:09until the annual
00:53:10Muller Charity Gala
00:53:11next week.
00:53:12You will attend it together.
00:53:14You will sleep in the same bed.
00:53:16Of course, Grandma.
00:53:23The cage had closed again,
00:53:25but this time,
00:53:26I had no intention
00:53:27of being a well-behaved wife.
00:53:34The reputation of this family
00:53:36rests on your shoulders.
00:53:37Cadence,
00:53:39you are the lady of this house.
00:53:41I will not allow any cheap women
00:53:44to ruin the Muller name.
00:53:45Do you understand?
00:53:48I understand, Eleonora.
00:53:59Great acting, Cadence.
00:54:00When did you call her?
00:54:02How much did you exaggerate
00:54:03the rumors to get her here
00:54:04from across the continent?
00:54:06Last night?
00:54:07Or did you plan this
00:54:08the moment I handed you the papers?
00:54:11You have quite an imagination.
00:54:13Do you think everyone in the world
00:54:14is calculating how to squeeze
00:54:15more gold out of you?
00:54:16Brilliant strategy.
00:54:19As long as we don't sign the papers,
00:54:21you remain Mrs. Muller.
00:54:23You keep the power and status
00:54:25of my family.
00:54:26You wear that brooch
00:54:27and play the victim
00:54:28manipulating everyone around you.
00:54:30You are absolutely right.
00:54:33What?
00:54:35I orchestrated the entire thing.
00:54:37I want the power.
00:54:40I want the status.
00:54:41And most importantly,
00:54:43I want to make sure that you
00:54:44and your pathetic little mistress
00:54:46never get a single day of peace.
00:54:49Do not play games with me.
00:54:51You are playing with fire.
00:54:52And I will burn you to the ground.
00:54:58He thought I cared about the power
00:55:00and status.
00:55:01He didn't know that I no longer
00:55:03cared about him at all.
00:55:05Sir, I checked your wife's
00:55:07communication logs,
00:55:08the messaging towers
00:55:09near the estate,
00:55:09the encrypted channels.
00:55:10Nothing.
00:55:11Her records are clean.
00:55:13No contact with Eleonora.
00:55:14Keep digging.
00:55:15Sir, look at today's
00:55:17Royal Financial Gazette.
00:55:18Page three.
00:55:19The headline reads
00:55:21Franklin's marriage solid,
00:55:22Duchess confirms.
00:55:30Are you proud of yourself?
00:55:32Watching the standing go up?
00:55:34Was the royal messenger your idea?
00:55:36Or did you hire someone
00:55:38to take the still?
00:55:40If that's what you want to believe,
00:55:42then believe it.
00:55:43I am done explaining
00:55:45myself to you.
00:55:48Use my family
00:55:49to keep your title?
00:55:50Fine.
00:55:51Until my grandmother
00:55:52leaves this city,
00:55:53you will play
00:55:54the perfect,
00:55:55obedient wife.
00:55:56If you step out of line,
00:55:57I will make your life
00:55:58a living hell.
00:56:00I can't wait
00:56:01to see you try.
00:56:05Get your things.
00:56:06Once again,
00:56:07he used violence
00:56:08to assert his control.
00:56:10But this time,
00:56:11even his fists
00:56:12couldn't scare me.
00:56:16I told my staff
00:56:17to pack your things
00:56:18from the Chase Estate.
00:56:19They will be delivered
00:56:19within the hour.
00:56:20You will unpack them
00:56:21on this side.
00:56:22I am not moving back.
00:56:24I will sleep on the sofa
00:56:26when Eleonora visits.
00:56:27I am not playing house
00:56:28with you.
00:56:29You don't have a choice.
00:56:30My grandmother
00:56:31has eyes everywhere.
00:56:32If your clothes
00:56:33are not in this closet,
00:56:35she will know.
00:56:36You wanted to be
00:56:36Mrs. Muller so badly,
00:56:38now you get to play the role.
00:56:4024 hours a day,
00:56:42under my roof,
00:56:43under my rules.
00:56:52Isabel.
00:56:52Franklin,
00:56:53you have to help me.
00:56:54I'm going crazy.
00:56:56Your guards won't let me leave.
00:56:57I ordered them
00:56:57to keep you safe,
00:56:58not make you a prisoner.
00:57:00The whole city
00:57:01is talking about
00:57:01the still of you
00:57:02and Cadence.
00:57:03They're laughing at me.
00:57:04Even my gown tailor
00:57:06cancelled my order.
00:57:08I am sorry.
00:57:09It's a misunderstanding.
00:57:11Are you still divorcing her?
00:57:12Please tell me
00:57:13you are still leaving her.
00:57:14Yes.
00:57:15The divorce is still happening.
00:57:17I am coming over
00:57:18to your apartment
00:57:18right now.
00:57:33Those papers stay in there
00:57:34until the gallow is over.
00:57:35When I decide to sign them,
00:57:36you will sign them.
00:57:38Until then,
00:57:38you are my wife.
00:57:52Cancel the luggage delivery.
00:57:54I am not moving back.
00:57:56He thought locking me
00:57:57in a cage
00:57:58meant he had won.
00:57:59He didn't know
00:58:00that he was the one
00:58:01trapped inside it.
00:58:02I went to see my grandfather,
00:58:05Theodore Chase.
00:58:06I told him
00:58:07everything that had happened
00:58:09between Franklin and me.
00:58:16This is not just about
00:58:17divorce anymore.
00:58:18This is war.
00:58:19The Perez family
00:58:21is liquidating their assets,
00:58:22splitting the black market
00:58:23with gold,
00:58:24searching for something,
00:58:25the elixir.
00:58:26Eleonora's heart
00:58:27is failing.
00:58:29The Perez family
00:58:30wants to find the elixir
00:58:31and present it to her.
00:58:33If that happens,
00:58:34that means Eleonora
00:58:35owe her one.
00:58:36She will force Franklin
00:58:38to marry Isabel.
00:58:39You will be thrown out
00:58:40and the Perez family
00:58:41will take over
00:58:42the Muller Empire.
00:58:44They are fighting a war
00:58:45they have already lost.
00:58:47What is your next move?
00:58:49Arrange a meeting for me.
00:58:51A visible,
00:58:52exclusive introduction.
00:58:55A blind date?
00:58:57A political statement.
00:58:59I need the entire nobility
00:59:01to see that the Chase family
00:59:03is seeking a new alliance.
00:59:10That bastard.
00:59:12I heard Franklin
00:59:13took Isabel to a coastal estate
00:59:15and bought her a pink diamond.
00:59:17The whole nobility
00:59:18is talking about it.
00:59:19He locks you in the estate
00:59:21while he goes off
00:59:22with that scheming woman.
00:59:24I will destroy
00:59:25his medical workshop.
00:59:27No.
00:59:29Make the call.
00:59:31Set up the meeting
00:59:32with the Kendrick family.
00:59:34And make sure
00:59:35the royal messengers
00:59:36know exactly
00:59:36where we will be.
00:59:38Elinana had left last night.
00:59:40My performance was over.
00:59:42Now it was time
00:59:43to show Franklin
00:59:44what a real declaration
00:59:45of war looked like.
00:59:49Madam,
00:59:50I heard that Mr. Franklin
00:59:52bought a pink diamond
00:59:53for Miss Perez.
00:59:54It is already spreading
00:59:56through the nobility.
01:00:00She got the diamond
01:00:01I'd waited three years for.
01:00:04But I didn't care anymore.
01:00:12Your grandfather spoke
01:00:13with Walter Kendrick.
01:00:14This is the profile
01:00:16of his son,
01:00:17Leland.
01:00:22The Kendrick family
01:00:24has deeper roots
01:00:25on the continent
01:00:26than the Muller.
01:00:28If you align with Leland,
01:00:30Franklin will never
01:00:30be able to touch you.
01:00:34It's set for tomorrow
01:00:36evening at seven.
01:00:37I will be there.
01:00:39You don't have to do this
01:00:40if you aren't ready.
01:00:42I am ready.
01:00:45I am ready.
01:00:51Boss.
01:00:53Initiate phase two.
01:00:55Standing by.
01:00:56What's the broadcast?
01:00:57Post a global alert
01:00:58on the black market
01:00:59auction boards.
01:01:00Announce that the Shadow Correa
01:01:02will host an exclusive
01:01:03invite-only auction.
01:01:05The item is something
01:01:07that could revolutionize
01:01:08the kingdom's
01:01:09medical practices.
01:01:10The seller will only accept
01:01:12alchemical workshops
01:01:13in exchange,
01:01:14not gold.
01:01:15The Perez family
01:01:17will lose their minds
01:01:17over it.
01:01:18They'll think it's the elixir.
01:01:20They'll leverage everything
01:01:21they have to get an invite.
01:01:24Bleed them a little.
01:01:31They wanted to humiliate me
01:01:33with their public display
01:01:35of affection.
01:01:37Then I would show them
01:01:39who the real winner was.
01:01:47Are you thinking about me?
01:01:54I'm just tired.
01:01:55You're lying.
01:01:57You won't even look at me.
01:02:05What is wrong with you?
01:02:07I told you I am dealing
01:02:08with a crisis.
01:02:10My brother Albeto
01:02:11called me an hour ago.
01:02:13The Perez family brokers
01:02:15have made contact
01:02:15with the black market.
01:02:17They found
01:02:18a lead
01:02:19on the elixir.
01:02:23The seller wants workshops,
01:02:24not gold.
01:02:26My family is preparing
01:02:28to liquidate
01:02:29our alchememical labs
01:02:30to secure it.
01:02:31We are giving up
01:02:32half our family fortune
01:02:33for you.
01:02:34Are you really going
01:02:36to marry me
01:02:36or are you just using me?
01:02:38The moment the judge
01:02:39stamps the final
01:02:40divorce decree
01:02:41I will put
01:02:42a ring on your finger.
01:02:45We will be engaged.
01:02:51I love you.
01:02:56Sir,
01:02:57my source
01:02:57at the Chase Estate
01:02:58reports that
01:02:59Cadence has a reservation
01:03:00at the Silver Moon
01:03:01restaurant tomorrow
01:03:02at 7pm.
01:03:04She is meeting
01:03:05Leland Kendrick.
01:03:10He was rushing
01:03:11to ruin that meeting.
01:03:13His jealousy
01:03:14always got the better
01:03:15of his reason.
01:03:21When my father said
01:03:22you requested a meeting
01:03:23I assumed we would
01:03:24discuss partnerships.
01:03:26I didn't expect
01:03:27to be having dinner
01:03:27with the woman
01:03:28who saved his life.
01:03:30I'm glad he made
01:03:31a full recovery.
01:03:33Thanks to you.
01:03:34He told me
01:03:35what happened
01:03:35that night.
01:03:37I must apologize
01:03:38for my aggressive actions.
01:03:41Leland,
01:03:41I believe in
01:03:42absolute honesty.
01:03:44I have to tell you
01:03:45I am still legally
01:03:46married to Franklin.
01:03:48I don't want to drag
01:03:49the Kendrick name
01:03:50into scandal
01:03:50so you have to know
01:03:51what's going on.
01:03:54I'm not afraid
01:03:55of Franklin.
01:03:55Not his lawyers.
01:03:56and certainly
01:03:58not the royal messengers.
01:04:01To honesty then.
01:04:04To new alliances.
01:04:17Franklin had arrived
01:04:19with his rage
01:04:20and jealousy.
01:04:22Seems locking you
01:04:24in the estate
01:04:24was pointless.
01:04:28not even a few hours
01:04:29have passed
01:04:30and you've already
01:04:31laced onto a new man.
01:04:33Mr. Mueller,
01:04:34you're mistaken.
01:04:35I invited her to dinner
01:04:36because she saved
01:04:37my father's life.
01:04:38We owe her one.
01:04:41And you've got
01:04:42the wrong target.
01:04:43The only person
01:04:44in this room
01:04:45clinging desperately
01:04:46to a man.
01:04:47She's standing
01:04:47right behind you.
01:04:49This is your plan?
01:04:51Hiding behind him?
01:04:53You think he actually
01:04:54cares about you?
01:04:56Franklin,
01:04:57who I have dinner with
01:04:57is none of your business.
01:04:59Just leave.
01:05:00You're embarrassing yourself.
01:05:01I believe she has
01:05:02made herself clear.
01:05:03If you do not
01:05:04have a reservation,
01:05:05Mr. Mueller,
01:05:06I suggest you leave
01:05:07before I have the guards
01:05:09escort you out.
01:05:12We're not done yet.
01:05:16He left.
01:05:17But I knew
01:05:18he wouldn't let it go.
01:05:23Leland!
01:05:31Thank you for defending me.
01:05:34You were right.
01:05:35Life is too short
01:05:37to deal with
01:05:37unnecessary people.
01:05:39To answer your
01:05:40earlier question,
01:05:41yes,
01:05:42I would very much like
01:05:43to explore our future
01:05:44cooperation,
01:05:46both professionally
01:05:48and personally.
01:05:51That is the best thing
01:05:52I have heard all evening.
01:05:53Stop looking at her.
01:05:55Let's go.
01:06:08The message was received.
01:06:10It worked.
01:06:11I used you.
01:06:11I'm sorry.
01:06:13Don't apologize.
01:06:14It's strategy.
01:06:17You hit him
01:06:18where he is weakest.
01:06:19His pride.
01:06:21He won't let this go.
01:06:23An enraged beast
01:06:24always would
01:06:25strike back.
01:06:29Why are we sitting here?
01:06:31You promised
01:06:31to take me home.
01:06:33Eyes off!
01:06:34That bitch is just
01:06:35using him to get back
01:06:36at you.
01:06:36Shut up.
01:06:38Franklin's ego
01:06:39is bruised,
01:06:40but he will convince
01:06:40himself this was
01:06:41just a performance
01:06:42to make him jealous.
01:06:43He won't take it
01:06:44seriously.
01:06:46He needs a bigger shock.
01:06:48Exactly.
01:06:49We need to escalate
01:06:50this from a rumor
01:06:51to a formal alliance.
01:06:52I want to invite you
01:06:53and your father
01:06:54to the Chase Estet
01:06:55tomorrow afternoon.
01:06:56A formal meeting.
01:06:57We will discuss
01:06:58integrating my medical
01:06:59patents with your
01:07:00continental trade networks.
01:07:02My father will be
01:07:03thrilled.
01:07:04Tomorrow at three.
01:07:18Thank you, Leland.
01:07:20For everything.
01:07:23I knew Franklin saw it,
01:07:25but he didn't know
01:07:26that this game
01:07:27had only just begun.
01:07:36They are here.
01:07:38Just be yourself today,
01:07:40Cadence.
01:07:40I you.
01:08:09I'm relaxed.
01:08:10So true.
01:08:22you have a brilliant mind cadence any man who marries the chase daughter will be the luckiest
01:08:27man in the kingdom i completely agree dad leland has done exceptional work on the continent
01:08:36did you sleep well last night
01:08:41the air in the city is too heavy i want to get out to the countryside estate for some fresh
01:08:47air
01:08:47we have an estate in the countryside you are welcome there yeah i want to go to the noble
01:08:54hunting grounds i need to shoot a few arrows do you know how to use a bow cadence i'm afraid
01:09:01i
01:09:01am a beginner mr kendrick but i am always willing to learn perfect i already have an afternoon
01:09:08reservation at the noble hunting grounds lelander can teach you we're leaving in an hour i didn't
01:09:13like the sport but for the alliance i had to play along as the carriage passed over the river i
01:09:21thought of the day i saved franklin the familiar suffocating grip clawed at my throat
01:09:27mrs chase what style of architecture do you prefer leland's question pulled my attention away from
01:09:33the water just in time
01:09:36fifteen minutes later the carriage rolled into the countryside estate
01:09:46we are going to the front grounds you two take your time on the archery range
01:10:15i don't think i don't want to do it
01:10:19keep your head down now release
01:10:49oh my god isn't that cadence what is she doing with the Kendrick air
01:11:00mr. Kendrick I did not know you had given up your family's trading fleets to become a cheap
01:11:10archery instructor if the student is mrs. chase I'm more than willing to offer lifetime
01:11:16lessons for free I warned you last night you are still wearing the Muller name you do not let
01:11:26another man touch you in public Franklin the only thing keeping me in your family
01:11:33is those papers you won't sign you brought your mistress to the noble archery grounds
01:11:43after I said it I saw his face twist
01:11:48how can she say that about me we are practically engaged
01:11:55mr. Kendrick you might not know cadence is still a married woman
01:12:01if you keep touching her your family will not be happy about the scandal
01:12:05miss Perez you misunderstand something I am not here on a date I am here representing the Kendrick
01:12:12family we are finalizing a marriage contract with the chase family the second cadence is legally single
01:12:19the contract activates I am simply protecting my future fiance
01:12:30I will never sign those papers she is my wife
01:12:35you just can't stand the fact that the woman who once loved you no longer begs for your attention
01:12:47you can't even lift a bow yet you are really sharp tongued cadence let's make a bet three arrows
01:12:55we'll see who hits the bullseye first she wanted to humiliate me with the one thing she was good at
01:13:05the loser has to publicly admit their family is completely inferior and bow to the winner's family in front of
01:13:11every noble here in the world of old money refusing a public challenge was simply not done
01:13:19it meant admitting you were weak isabel chose this moment on purpose to challenge me
01:13:24cadence don't agree let's go that's enough isabel shut your mouth and get back
01:13:33what's wrong cadence is the chase daughter a coward or do you just know you are going to lose
01:13:43I accept I will stand by whatever you decide
01:13:56perfect your turn
01:14:04I knew I would lose she knew I would lose everyone knew but losing a game she was good at
01:14:10didn't mean losing the war
01:14:23I guess the chase family's gold can't buy archery talent
01:14:31I lost
01:14:34bow your head
01:14:37tell everyone the chase family is nothing compared to my family
01:14:46I have never been particularly skilled at games
01:14:50the chase family has never derived its value from leisure
01:14:54we derive it from innovation
01:14:55Leland to finalize our discussion from this morning chase medical guild formally accepts the
01:15:01Kendrick concert strategic partnership proposal for the continental market
01:15:05my father and I look forward to hosting you and your father tomorrow to sign the initial merger terms
01:15:16he had gone mad
01:15:17but this time his madness would only drag him deeper into the abyss
01:15:26take your hands off her franklin
01:15:31do you know what you are doing announcing mergers
01:15:35stop lying to yourself franklin you don't care about the family
01:15:40you are just having a meltdown because your toy is gone
01:15:45you are jealous
01:15:50you think finding a new noble backer will get you away from me
01:15:54as long as you are my wife you belong to me
01:15:58then sign the divorce papers today prove to everyone that you can live without me
01:16:04even if i sign those papers i will freeze every gold coin you have
01:16:09i will make sure you leave me with nothing
01:16:13enough everyone is watching you
01:16:29stop this right now
01:16:31my father had arrived but franklin's fist could no longer be pulled back
01:16:44we are leaving cadence
01:16:46a daughter of the chase family does not need to prove her worth to some bastard
01:17:04my bag
01:17:06wait here
01:17:18why did you run out there why do you care if she makes a deal with the kendricks do you
01:17:24still love
01:17:24her
01:17:25i told you i was protecting the family's image
01:17:28you are a liar i saw how you looked at her
01:17:34i have a headache
01:17:37stop acting like a child
01:17:49they were fighting like mad dogs
01:17:51but i had no interest in watching anymore
01:18:02so the great franklin muller got punched by the kendrick boy today
01:18:07shut up
01:18:08shut up if you are here to make fun of me get out
01:18:11you spent three years ignoring your wife
01:18:14now you're throwing punches over her
01:18:16why
01:18:23stop worrying about your bruised face
01:18:25look at this
01:18:33but this time
01:18:36his collapse would only drive him deeper into madness
01:18:43sir
01:18:44we are already drafting a statement to deny the rumors about you and isabel
01:18:48i don't care about isabel
01:18:50i want you to erase every message about cadence and leland
01:18:55every article
01:18:57every still
01:18:59sir that will cost tens of thousands of gold coins
01:19:02the council will not approve
01:19:04i am the council
01:19:05wipe it all away
01:19:07if any messenger mention wife's name again
01:19:10i will ruin them
01:19:17you are mine cadence
01:19:20you will never escape me
01:19:22he made his vow to an empty room
01:19:25he thought he had won
01:19:27he didn't know that the cage door had never been locked
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