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00:00:00Choose one to be your mate. None of them. I choose Daemon, the crippled Alpha.
00:00:05I am the only direct bloodline heir of the Iron Moon pack.
00:00:08Yet, I was born a female Alpha, who couldn't even maintain a stable wolf form.
00:00:14I spent 10 years chasing after Kaylin Stone, until one day, standing outside his bedroom door,
00:00:20I heard him swear to Vivian Moss. I'll mark Lyra only to secure my position.
00:00:25You're the only one I want. The day of my coming-of-age ceremony arrived,
00:00:28when a servant screamed,
00:00:31Help! Vivian is missing!
00:00:32Then she appeared, crying, running.
00:00:35It was Lyra. She had me taken.
00:00:38My head snapped to the side. Silence swallowed the entire hall. Then he looked at me.
00:00:43I will never mark someone like you.
00:00:46Love isn't something people in our position get to negotiate.
00:00:49If everything comes down to power and survival, then I choose strength, not sentiment.
00:00:53Choose one to be your mate.
00:00:54One of these potential Alpha candidates will become the next Alpha of our pack.
00:00:59None of them.
00:01:02I choose Daemon.
00:01:04The crippled Alpha.
00:01:06I am the only direct bloodline heir of the Iron Moon pack.
00:01:10Yet, I was born a female Alpha.
00:01:12Everyone said that the five orphans my father brought back from the battlefield
00:01:16were the true future of the pack.
00:01:18He raised them into the most admired beta warriors in Iron Moon.
00:01:22As for me,
00:01:23I was nothing more than a pretty heir with noble blood
00:01:27who couldn't even maintain a stable wolf form.
00:01:30And as far as those five were concerned,
00:01:32I barely existed.
00:01:34I spent ten years chasing after Caelan Stone,
00:01:37only to earn countless looks of disdain in return.
00:01:40I used to think he treated all women that way.
00:01:43Until one day,
00:01:44standing outside his bedroom door,
00:01:46I heard him swear to Vivian Moss.
00:01:48I'll mark Lyra only to secure my position.
00:01:50You're the only mate I want.
00:01:52I've made you have done.
00:01:55Those words shattered everything I had believed in for the past ten years.
00:02:00On the eve of the Elders' Council meeting,
00:02:02my father asked me who I wanted to choose.
00:02:04I thought of the way all five of them avoided my gaze.
00:02:07If I'm getting married, I might as well make it strategic.
00:02:11I choose Damon Bloodfing of the Bloodfill Pack.
00:02:14Damon was poisoned by silver five years ago.
00:02:17His legs were left paralyzed,
00:02:18and rumors say he can't even complete a mating mark anymore.
00:02:21Are you sure?
00:02:23Love isn't something people in our position get to negotiate.
00:02:26If everything comes down to power and survival,
00:02:28then I choose strength, not sentiment.
00:02:31Damon may be crippled,
00:02:32but his bloodline, his pack, and his warriors
00:02:34still outweigh those five men combined.
00:02:36My father's expression darkened.
00:02:38You say that so easily,
00:02:39but are you telling me none of the five boys I raised for you ever caught your attention?
00:02:44My mother had been my father's only mate.
00:02:47She died the year I was born.
00:02:48A rogue attack.
00:02:50Too much blood loss.
00:02:51No second chance.
00:02:52After that, he never took another mate.
00:02:55But he also never fully believed a female alpha could carry Iron Moon alone.
00:02:59So he followed the Council's recommendation.
00:03:01He brought back five orphaned boys from the battlefield,
00:03:04and raised them inside Iron Moon.
00:03:06He made one rule from the beginning.
00:03:08No matter who I chose,
00:03:10that man would be granted alpha status,
00:03:12meant to rule beside me,
00:03:14not beneath me.
00:03:15That was his compromise.
00:03:17Love me fiercely,
00:03:18and still not trust me enough to do it alone.
00:03:20I met his gaze.
00:03:21My bond with Damon Bloodbould doesn't require sentiment.
00:03:25It only requires succession.
00:03:27He is the sole heir of Bloodbould that makes him more valuable than any arranged foster alliance you built here.
00:03:33Compared to relying on adopted sons to stabilize Iron Moon,
00:03:37an alliance with a true power pack is simply the rational choice.
00:03:41Silence stretched between us.
00:03:43If none of them were able to hold your attention,
00:03:46then there is no reason to keep them in Iron Moon.
00:03:49We left the Council Hall together.
00:03:51My father cast Caelan a brief, unreadable glance before walking out.
00:03:57What did you report this time?
00:04:01Let me guess.
00:04:02She ran to Alpha again because we didn't treat her like royalty.
00:04:06Princess Lyra didn't get enough attention, so she needed to complain.
00:04:10Orion and Riven followed with quiet snorts, barely even trying to hide it.
00:04:14Five voices, one direction, all aimed at me, like a wall closing in.
00:04:20If none of you want to mark me, why hasn't a single one of you ever told my father directly?
00:04:25My father didn't force bonds.
00:04:27He never had.
00:04:28One clear refusal would have been enough.
00:04:30He would have released them with wealth and freedom and never looked back.
00:04:34But none of them ever said it.
00:04:36Not once.
00:04:36Because none of them actually wanted to leave the Iron Moon pack.
00:04:40Not the future it promised.
00:04:42Stop dressing it up.
00:04:44We're just fostered wolves living in Iron Moon.
00:04:46What choice do you think we actually have?
00:04:49Just pick me if you're going to pick anyone.
00:04:51Don't drag them into your mess.
00:04:53For a second, the others went quiet.
00:04:55Almost moved.
00:04:56Like he was taking the burden of sacrifice onto himself.
00:04:59But all I felt was a slow, bitter weight settling in my chest.
00:05:04Nothing else.
00:05:04Then, Vivian showed up.
00:05:06The moment her eyes landed on me, she shifted back, instinctively, and slipped behind Kaelin.
00:05:12She didn't do anything.
00:05:14Drop it for today.
00:05:17I stared at them.
00:05:18Five men.
00:05:20The same five who were supposed to stand behind me.
00:05:23Now all of them stood in front of her.
00:05:25Protecting her from me.
00:05:27Something in my memory snapped open.
00:05:29One year ago.
00:05:31Not long after Vivian arrived at Iron Moon.
00:05:33That night, I carried healing broth to Kaelin's quarters.
00:05:36He'd been injured during border patrol.
00:05:38He told me not to come.
00:05:40I still did.
00:05:41His door wasn't fully shut.
00:05:43Kaelin, are you really going to mark Lyra?
00:05:48My hand froze on the doorframe.
00:05:50No.
00:05:52I won't mark her.
00:05:54My chest tightened before I even understood why.
00:05:56Then why did you agree to Alpha Ronan?
00:06:00Because that's the only way I can become Alpha of Iron Moon.
00:06:05And Lyra.
00:06:06She's just stepping stone.
00:06:08Once I take control, I'll send her away.
00:06:13Then what about me?
00:06:16You?
00:06:17You're the only one I want.
00:06:19Once I take Alpha, I'll mark you publicly.
00:06:22You'll be my Luna.
00:06:26She can't even shift right.
00:06:28Luna?
00:06:29Seriously?
00:06:32She's only valuable because of her bloodline.
00:06:35Nothing else.
00:06:37Does she actually believe we'd choose her?
00:06:42When she finds out, she's going to break.
00:06:47Like it was already decided.
00:06:49Then you won't lie to me, right?
00:06:52I swear.
00:06:55Only you.
00:06:57The bowl slipped from my hands.
00:06:58It hit the ground and shattered.
00:07:03Who's there?
00:07:04I moved into the shadow beside the doorway and held my breath.
00:07:08Kaelin stepped out.
00:07:09His eyes dropped to the broken bowl.
00:07:12A cat.
00:07:13I stayed where I was.
00:07:15Didn't speak.
00:07:16Didn't cry.
00:07:17Didn't make a sound.
00:07:18Only when the silence settled did I step back.
00:07:21Into the moonlight.
00:07:22It spilled across my face like something too clean for what I was feeling.
00:07:28The next morning I met Vivian in the garden.
00:07:31She was holding a bowl of flower essence.
00:07:33Smiling like she had been waiting for me.
00:07:36Good morning, Lyra.
00:07:38Sleep well?
00:07:39Now there was ease in her expression.
00:07:42Confidence.
00:07:42I did.
00:07:43I did.
00:07:44She paused.
00:07:45Just for a second.
00:07:47Lyra, this was my mother's.
00:07:49I wanted you to have it.
00:07:51For everything you've done for me.
00:07:53Before I could respond, Kaelin appeared.
00:07:56You're seriously taking her mother's relic?
00:08:00Now?
00:08:01I froze.
00:08:02Vivian dropped instantly.
00:08:04Knees to the ground.
00:08:06It wasn't Lyra.
00:08:08I gave it to her.
00:08:09Please don't blame her.
00:08:11She slammed her forehead into the ground.
00:08:13Again.
00:08:14Blood showed almost immediately.
00:08:16Merrick arrived first.
00:08:17Then Corbin.
00:08:18Orion.
00:08:19Riven.
00:08:19Lyra!
00:08:20Enough!
00:08:22You're the heir, not a bully.
00:08:25You have everything.
00:08:26And you still take the only thing she has?
00:08:30Riven drew his dagger in one smooth motion.
00:08:33Apologize.
00:08:34An alpha heir boxed in on all sides.
00:08:36They weren't asking.
00:08:38They were pressing me down.
00:08:39Forcing submission.
00:08:40Forcing my neck exposed to an Omega who was clearly playing a game they refused to see.
00:08:46Vivian kept her head lowered.
00:08:48But I caught it anyway.
00:08:49That small, satisfied curve at the corner of her mouth.
00:08:52I didn't fight back.
00:08:54Because somewhere deep down, there was still a stupid, fragile part of me that waited.
00:08:59Maybe Kaylin would step in.
00:09:01Maybe he'd say, this doesn't add up.
00:09:03He didn't.
00:09:05Apologize.
00:09:06Or I don't mark you.
00:09:08That line landed harder than anything else.
00:09:11Because I had already given him everything I had in me.
00:09:14I couldn't afford to lose him.
00:09:16Not then.
00:09:17So I lowered my head.
00:09:19My throat burned as I exposed my neck.
00:09:21I'm sorry.
00:09:22And that moment, that single submission, lasted a year.
00:09:27After that day, Vivian changed how she moved around me.
00:09:30Like I was something dangerous.
00:09:31Sometimes she dropped to her knees the moment she saw me.
00:09:34Sometimes she hid behind the five of them.
00:09:36Shaking.
00:09:37Crying on cue.
00:09:38And I did nothing.
00:09:40Once, she tripped in the garden.
00:09:41A shallow scrape on her knee.
00:09:43Nothing serious.
00:09:44But she ran straight to Kaylin in tears, claiming I had pushed her.
00:09:48No questions asked.
00:09:50All five of them came for me.
00:09:52They tore through my quarters like a storm.
00:09:54Everything broken.
00:09:55Everything scattered.
00:09:56If you touch her again, break our wolf legs myself.
00:10:00I almost laughed.
00:10:01Wolf legs.
00:10:02I couldn't even shift properly.
00:10:04But it didn't matter.
00:10:05They believed her.
00:10:06Always her.
00:10:08The memory snapped back like a pulled thread.
00:10:10Vivian was still behind Kaylin now.
00:10:13Smiling faintly.
00:10:14Like she had already won something no one else could see.
00:10:17If you're that afraid I'll hurt her.
00:10:19You might as well leash her to your side.
00:10:20Are you threatening me?
00:10:22What are you planning to do to her?
00:10:25Let me guess.
00:10:27Now that we gave Vivian a Starfall Sanctum, you're finally snapping?
00:10:30You already have everything.
00:10:32And she has nothing.
00:10:33It's just Starfall Sanctum.
00:10:35Why are you acting like this is some tragedy?
00:10:38My gaze sharpened.
00:10:39Starfall Sanctum?
00:10:41Starfall Sanctum wasn't just a place.
00:10:43It was a buried lunar basin deep under Iron Moon territory.
00:10:46When it hit the sacred waters, it refracted into something that looked like a galaxy trapped
00:10:51underground.
00:10:52My father spent 18 years building it.
00:10:55For me.
00:10:55A coming of age gift.
00:10:57Half a year ago, as it neared completion, he handed oversight to Kaylin.
00:11:01He was supposed to present it to me on my ceremony day.
00:11:05Instead, it never reached me.
00:11:07It went to Vivian.
00:11:08My eyes locked on Kaylin.
00:11:10He was the one who controlled final access.
00:11:12No one entered without his approval.
00:11:15Vivian grew up on the outskirts of the pack.
00:11:17She's never seen a real night sky.
00:11:19I gave her a moment.
00:11:21That's all.
00:11:22The Sanctum is still yours on paper.
00:11:26Don't turn this into something it isn't.
00:11:28And stop making a scene.
00:11:30If it comes to it, I'll announce our mating bond.
00:11:32At your coming of age ceremony next month.
00:11:34That should satisfy you enough.
00:11:36Right?
00:11:37The way Kaylin looked at me, calm, almost magnanimous, made...
00:11:42made something cold twist in my chest.
00:11:45For a second, I almost wondered if I was the one who didn't belong here.
00:11:49If anything, they looked at him like he was making some kind of noble sacrifice.
00:11:54You really don't have to go this far.
00:11:56Lyra's spoiled.
00:11:58Ruthless.
00:11:59Marking her is no different than marking...
00:12:02a stone.
00:12:03At least you'll finally get what she's been chasing for years.
00:12:06Kaylin, don't do this for me.
00:12:08If it helps, I'll kneel to her.
00:12:10I'll beg.
00:12:11I'll do anything she wants.
00:12:12I swallowed once.
00:12:14Hard.
00:12:15I won't choose you.
00:12:16Kaylin's brow lifted slightly.
00:12:17Like he was still deciding whether I was serious.
00:12:20Merrick and Corbin exchanged a look.
00:12:22Like they were more afraid I'd choose them instead.
00:12:25That alone hit something deep in my chest.
00:12:27Ten years.
00:12:28Standing behind them.
00:12:30And still, I was the only one treated like I didn't belong in the same space.
00:12:34I turned to leave.
00:12:36Vivian caught my wrist.
00:12:37Then she dropped instantly.
00:12:39Knees to the ground.
00:12:40Head lowered.
00:12:41Please, don't make this harder for Kaylin.
00:12:44The five of them were brought into Iron Moon.
00:12:46They were never equal to begin with.
00:12:48If you're going to report this over Starfall Sanctuary, I'll apologize.
00:12:52I'll do whatever you want.
00:12:54Then she started bowing.
00:12:56Fast.
00:12:57Hard.
00:12:57Her forehead hit the ground until blood appeared.
00:13:00Kaylin moved immediately.
00:13:01He pulled her up.
00:13:03Jaw tight.
00:13:03So you say you won't choose me.
00:13:05But when the time comes, don't change your mind.
00:13:09This whole thing, you're just trying to pressure her indirectly.
00:13:13You just want an excuse to report her and force her out, don't you?
00:13:17I don't care what you think.
00:13:18I won't choose you.
00:13:22Kaylin grabbed my wrist hard.
00:13:24Not me?
00:13:25Then who?
00:13:26Marek?
00:13:27Corbin?
00:13:28Mark wants freedom.
00:13:30Corbin wants peace.
00:13:32Haven't you already taken enough from them?
00:13:34If you agree to stop targeting Vivian, I'll mark you.
00:13:39Just stop this.
00:13:40That's all I'm asking.
00:13:42For the first time, he looked exhausted.
00:13:44Like I had been the one wearing him down for years.
00:13:46I held his gaze for a long moment, then said quietly,
00:13:50Everything will go the way you want.
00:13:52He was afraid I'd hurt Vivian.
00:13:54He refused to mark me.
00:13:55Fine.
00:13:56Once I became Damon Bloodfang's mate, none of this would matter anyway.
00:14:00The day of my coming-of-age ceremony arrived.
00:14:02Iron Moon had been transformed.
00:14:05Everyone knew why they were here.
00:14:07Not just my 18th birthday.
00:14:09My mate declaration.
00:14:11And everyone already knew the outcome.
00:14:14Kaylin Stone.
00:14:16Because I had chased him for 10 years.
00:14:19Because the entire pack had watched it happen.
00:14:21The five of them stood in the front row.
00:14:24Even the guests looked at them more than they looked at me.
00:14:27Like this ceremony belonged to them.
00:14:29I was about to shut down the whispers when a servant screamed.
00:14:34Help!
00:14:35Vivian is missing!
00:14:36There's a note!
00:14:37She's been kidnapped!
00:14:38The shift was immediate.
00:14:41Merrick moved first.
00:14:43Before I could even turn, my head snapped to the side.
00:14:48Silence swallowed the entire hall.
00:14:50The pain landed a beat too late.
00:14:53Around us, people scattered instinctively.
00:14:56Kaylin grabbed Merrick's arm before he could swing again.
00:14:59Then he looked at me.
00:15:02We already stood here like you're choosing between us.
00:15:04Like we're disposable.
00:15:05And it still isn't enough!
00:15:07His voice sharpened.
00:15:08Do you want her dead?
00:15:10I stared back at him.
00:15:11Corbin looked at me like I was something contaminated.
00:15:14You waited until she was alone and staged this.
00:15:17You really think we won't see through it?
00:15:19That's when it clicked.
00:15:20Not confusion.
00:15:21Clarity.
00:15:22Vivian had done this again.
00:15:24And this time, she'd done it in front of everyone.
00:15:28No one moved to intervene.
00:15:30Not after I was slapped in public.
00:15:32Not after I stood there bleeding pride.
00:15:35Because they had already made their decision.
00:15:38Iron Moon wasn't mine in their eyes.
00:15:41Apologize.
00:15:42He let out a short, humorless laugh.
00:15:45Vivian nearly lost her innocence, and you're worried about a slap?
00:15:49Then she appeared.
00:15:50Crying.
00:15:51Running.
00:15:53Her dress torn.
00:15:54Dirt stained.
00:15:55Like she had barely escaped something violent.
00:15:58It was Lyra.
00:16:00She had me taken.
00:16:03She said she'd have rogue wolves to violate me.
00:16:07So I'd never come back.
00:16:09The hall detonated.
00:16:11Whispers turned into outrage.
00:16:14Shock into judgment.
00:16:16Kaelin didn't hesitate.
00:16:17He pulled his coat around her like she was something fragile and irreplaceable.
00:16:22Then he looked at me.
00:16:23You don't stop, do you?
00:16:25His voice dropped.
00:16:26I will never mark someone like you.
00:16:30The world below is a hundred times tougher than stone!
00:16:35That skinning knife of yours could never cut through the iron wall of the god's will!
00:16:40What?
00:16:43Thy marry with her?
00:16:45Ah!
00:16:47Aaaaah!
00:16:50Oof!
00:16:51Is it the end of the god's willede?
00:16:52What?
00:16:53Whatever.
00:16:53Aaaaah!
00:16:53Ah!
00:16:53Ah!
00:16:56Ah!
00:16:58Ah!
00:17:00Ah!
00:17:02Ah!
00:17:06Ah!
00:17:20Everything has a weakness.
00:17:28Even the gods.
00:17:34I've lived for thousands of years, and this is the first time a mortal has defeated me.
00:17:39And you've only trained for a mere dozen years.
00:17:41Master, I'm going down the mountain. I need to find my birth parents.
00:17:45The world below is a mire of divine rule.
00:17:48You bear no spark of divinity, no blessing from the gods.
00:17:51Those self-proclaimed noble beings will never accept you.
00:17:55I don't want pity from Olympian. All I seek is the truth.
00:17:59When I found you at the bottom of the Abyss Valley all those years ago,
00:18:03this ring was on you.
00:18:05Go, tear down those hypocritical figures perched high above all else.
00:18:14Agus was still holding back.
00:18:16Though he cannot wield divine power like those with a divine spark,
00:18:19he still carries the pure blood of a titan.
00:18:22Blood unseen in millennia.
00:18:24No one in this world will ever be able to defeat him.
00:18:33Father, mother, how do I find you?
00:18:44Princess Ellara! There's nowhere left for you to run!
00:18:47A princess?
00:18:49You go so far as to wipe out the heirs of other bloodlines!
00:18:52For what? Just to force more people to serve the god of war?
00:18:55Your actions bring nothing but shame to Aerith!
00:18:58The Zeus you worship is powerless.
00:19:00Sparta's throne deserves a new ruler.
00:19:02Our leader!
00:19:07Still here.
00:19:08You want to die or what?
00:19:09This is a feud between our houses.
00:19:11Don't rag an innocent bystander into it.
00:19:12Let him leave.
00:19:13Just a lowly Majerus.
00:19:15No one will care if he dies.
00:19:17Though you, princess,
00:19:19I've always wondered what it would be like to have you.
00:19:23I'll hold them off!
00:19:24Run while you can!
00:19:29Run while you can!
00:19:40Now it's your turn.
00:20:02Did you save me?
00:20:05Princess, you're awake.
00:20:07Those soldiers, the Heiress Seelits,
00:20:10did they hurt you?
00:20:11No.
00:20:12Thank the gods,
00:20:13but you are immortal.
00:20:16How were you able to rescue me
00:20:17from foes wielding a god's blessing?
00:20:21Remember this.
00:20:23The pure blood of a titan
00:20:24runs through your veins.
00:20:26Until you are strong enough
00:20:28to stand against Olympus,
00:20:30you must guard this knowledge.
00:20:32The beach!
00:20:32Otherwise, the gods will hunt you down
00:20:35and destroy you.
00:20:40I've lived on Mount Pelia my whole life,
00:20:42since I was born without a divine spark.
00:20:44I worked as a ritual skinner at the temple for years.
00:20:46I'm far stronger and more agile than ordinary men.
00:20:49The chaos that broke out from the fight
00:20:50was enough to slip out with you unnoticed.
00:20:53I see.
00:20:54May the gods watch over you.
00:21:06We've never met before,
00:21:07so why do I feel such a strange sense
00:21:09of closeness to this princess?
00:21:11If father hadn't cast my younger brother
00:21:12into the abyss all those years ago,
00:21:14he would be about this tall now.
00:21:18Princess, where will you go next?
00:21:21Back to the royal palace in Sparta.
00:21:27Lord Zeus,
00:21:29if my child still walks this earth,
00:21:32please protect him and keep him safe.
00:21:35If punishment must fall,
00:21:38let it fall on me,
00:21:39this worthless mother.
00:21:43A god forsaken,
00:21:44outcast without a divine spark.
00:21:46Lycaon.
00:21:47He died in the abyss long ago.
00:21:49Why do you still grieve for him
00:21:51after all these years?
00:21:52Sparta prides itself on the gods' favor.
00:21:55If other city-sheds learn
00:21:56I fathered a useless son,
00:21:59lacking divine grace.
00:22:01How could I ever hold my head high
00:22:02as a ruler of Greece?
00:22:04My lord!
00:22:05Your majesty!
00:22:06Princess Elara has returned!
00:22:08Elara!
00:22:15Thank you for saving my daughter, young man.
00:22:18No need.
00:22:18I was just passing by, nothing more.
00:22:22A lowly temple, Majumus.
00:22:24Leaving his temple and coming to Sparta.
00:22:26What precisely brings you here?
00:22:29I'm searching for my birth parents.
00:22:32I don't know who they are.
00:22:35I only have this.
00:22:37I hope to find answers through this ring.
00:22:52My child, this ring holds fragments of Lock of Prometheus.
00:22:56It hides your aura.
00:22:59Grow up safe and sound, my little one.
00:23:03You've done well, Hecara.
00:23:06Let me feel the blessed radiance Olympus has bestowed upon our firstborn son.
00:23:18Not only has Zeus refused to bless him,
00:23:21he doesn't even have a divine spark!
00:23:24I can't.
00:23:25Sparta will never tolerate such a godforsaken abomination.
00:23:28If word spreads, our city will be mocked and destroyed.
00:23:30Cast him into the abyss!
00:23:31Tell everyone the child died at birth!
00:23:32No!
00:23:33My baby!
00:23:34Wake on you, mommy!
00:23:38This is the ring I used to seal as his era.
00:23:41My child.
00:23:43The son I thought lost to the ababyss.
00:23:46He's alive.
00:23:51Ha ha!
00:23:52Young man, you saved Princess Ellara.
00:23:55The house of Sparta owes you a debt.
00:23:58We shall aid you in your search for your birth family.
00:24:01Stay as our guest in the palace for a few days.
00:24:04Very well.
00:24:08The queen's reaction is far too strange the moment I showed the ring.
00:24:11Why do I feel such a pull towards her?
00:24:14Could it be she knows who I am?
00:24:18This ring holds fragments of Locke of Prometheus!
00:24:22I sealed them inside with my own hands.
00:24:25I could never be mistaken.
00:24:27He is the son we cast into the abyss.
00:24:29Why won't you let me acknowledge him?
00:24:32That Majakos?
00:24:33He's my brother?
00:24:35Silence!
00:24:36He was abandoned the moment he was born without a divine spark.
00:24:40Sparta prides self on being favored by the gods.
00:24:42If the deities and other city stage learn my son is not just a Megarius,
00:24:46but also lacks a divine spark,
00:24:49how could I uphold Sparta's rule and our family's reputation?
00:24:57Mark my words,
00:24:59no matter what happens,
00:25:00you will never acknowledge him.
00:25:02If you do,
00:25:03I'll charge you both for saccharinj and cast you out of Sparta forever!
00:25:19This sacred monument was carved from divine stone sent by none other than Zeus himself.
00:25:23In all of Greece there has only been one warrior to have left his mark on its blessed surface.
00:25:28That was Athena's chosen.
00:25:30To my oath!
00:25:32We should be praying to the gods for more power,
00:25:35instead of acting like certain lowly commoners.
00:25:41You lowly Megarius.
00:25:44What could you possibly know of battle?
00:25:46I only know how to flay carcasses,
00:25:49not fight.
00:25:51I thought as much.
00:25:53A mortal without so much as a trace of a divine spark.
00:25:57Hence Roroas Nosh thinks himself grand just from skinning a few beasts.
00:26:03Let me warn you,
00:26:04you got lucky that night.
00:26:06Don't think you'll be able to leech off of the king and queen just because you saved the princess.
00:26:11You're nothing but a stinking worthless nobody,
00:26:13worlds apart from warriors blessed with divine power.
00:26:16Know your place and crawl back to your temple.
00:26:20Move!
00:26:26Master Chidon was right.
00:26:28Those lofty champions of divine rule are nothing but fools cloaked in hypocrisy and arrogance.
00:26:37Zeus' blessing?
00:26:39Is it truly as unbreakable as they claim?
00:27:11Ares worshippers from the city-state of Arg watch us.
00:27:13Greedly caviting our title as Greece's mightiest warrior state.
00:27:17They will likely come to challenge us before long.
00:27:27My lord!
00:27:29The sacred monument!
00:27:33How could the monument end up like this?
00:27:38The god is perfectly even.
00:27:40It was split clean with a single blade strike.
00:27:43Even the great Timaeus could only leave a half-centimetre mark on this monument.
00:27:48Whoever split it in two wields power far surpassing the peak of divine blessings.
00:27:52My lord!
00:27:53If we could gain the aid of such a mighty figure,
00:27:55we would have nothing to fear from those who worship Ares.
00:27:58Sparta could rise to glory once more and hold fast to our title as Greece's greatest power.
00:28:02Aye, but who in the world could this be?
00:28:05Only Agus came near the monument today.
00:28:08Could it have been him?
00:28:23Agus, I had this armour made for you.
00:28:25Try it on and see if it fits.
00:28:27Oh.
00:28:29Thank you, your majesty.
00:28:31Put it on quickly.
00:28:35My dear son has grown into a noble, towering warrior.
00:28:48What's happening?
00:28:50The Reapers of Ares have come for us.
00:28:54The Reapers of Ares have come for us.
00:29:03With the Per irmãos.
00:29:04Come on!
00:29:09Oh!
00:29:19What the rope?
00:29:24Oh!
00:29:25Oh!
00:29:32Haggis, why are you still here?
00:29:33You cannot wield divine power.
00:29:35Leave!
00:29:36At once, before you're dragged into this!
00:29:38A worthless Majarchius of sacrificial beasts dares intrude on a battle of the god-blessed?
00:29:45They will just come for it!
00:29:54Surrender your title as Greece's mightiest warrior state, or none of you will leave this square alive!
00:30:02Creons, you're but a youth.
00:30:06How dare you lead an invasion into Sparta's royal city?
00:30:10Did your father teach you nothing of divine authority?
00:30:15Divine authority.
00:30:19Divine authority.
00:30:50Zeus' blessings are nothing but a hollow pretense.
00:30:53Lord Aerys' power is the true sovereignty.
00:31:17Father!
00:31:29Monster! Get away from my father!
00:31:43Now it's my turn.
00:31:46Mother!
00:31:54Today, every last Spartan here dies.
00:32:01In our end!
00:32:06Run!
00:32:08I'll hold him off!
00:32:10Agus!
00:32:11My son!
00:32:12Run!
00:32:15The queen is my mother.
00:32:19My greatest sin in life was abandoning you at birth.
00:32:22Simply because you didn't have a divine spark forced to yield to divine rule.
00:32:27But to see you grow into such a brave warrior before I die, I have no regrets.
00:32:32My own mother would sacrifice herself just to let me escape.
00:32:38Agus, my brother!
00:32:40Sparta's ruin is not your burden.
00:32:42Without the god's blessing, you cannot stand against him.
00:32:46Leave now while you can.
00:32:48Go back to Mount Pellae!
00:32:49No wonder I felt such warmth from my blood-stained heart whenever I was new.
00:32:52They're my own flesh and blood.
00:32:54My mother and my sister.
00:33:01Today I'll send the entire royal house of Spartan to the underworld.
00:33:05Die!
00:33:09Die!
00:33:09Die!
00:33:13Die!
00:33:16Die!
00:33:18Die!
00:33:20Die!
00:33:20Die!
00:33:21Die!
00:33:22Die!
00:33:22Die!
00:33:23Die!
00:33:23Die!
00:33:24Die!
00:33:25Die!
00:33:28Let's get divorced.
00:33:29I'd rather leave without taking any property.
00:33:31Settle your gambling debts on your own.
00:33:33Don't drag me into this mess.
00:33:34I kept explaining that it was Timmy Lynch who had lost money betting on underdog matches,
00:33:38but she refused to listen.
00:33:39It's Timmy Lynch who owes the money, not me.
00:33:43You want to trick my daughter into pay your debts,
00:33:46and you even dare to slander my son?
00:33:48Celia Lynch, divorce him at once!
00:33:51She then laid all her cards on the table.
00:33:52To tell you the truth, Celia Lynch is pregnant.
00:33:56The child's father is one of your...
00:33:58...your place and sign the divorce agreement right now.
00:34:01I was utterly stunned.
00:34:02Just last night, I won a 100 million USA prizes from football bets.
00:34:05I'd even planned to help Timmy Lynch pay off his debt,
00:34:08yet things had suddenly come to a head over a divorce.
00:34:10Very well, let them handle this dug debt on their own.
00:34:13Meet me at the courthouse at 9 tomorrow morning.
00:34:15Anyone who doesn't show up is a coward.
00:34:20Now that the creditors had come knocking,
00:34:21the two women shamelessly tried to force me to take on the debt.
00:34:24Celia Lynch froze for a moment,
00:34:26clearly not expecting me to agree so readily.
00:34:28In her eyes, I was just a pathetic man scraping by on a small lottery shop.
00:34:32She had assumed I would drop to my knees and beg the second she brought up divorce.
00:34:37Her face twisted with scorn.
00:34:40Don't put on a brave front.
00:34:43Do you really think a divorce will get you out of this mess?
00:34:50She pulled out a pen and paper from under the coffee table,
00:34:53speaking in a stern tone.
00:34:56Sign this debt liability document.
00:34:59State clearly in black and white
00:35:01that the 100 million US dollars in gambling debts
00:35:04are solely the responsibility of Zach Lorenz
00:35:06and Celia bears no liability whatsoever.
00:35:10I glanced at the paper and thought it was completely ridiculous.
00:35:13He recklessly bet 50 million US dollars,
00:35:15backing the underdog Sherdrum team to beat the Acontia team.
00:35:18Unsurprisingly, he lost every penny
00:35:20and ended up drowning in massive debt.
00:35:22Now that the creditors had come knocking,
00:35:24the two women shamelessly tried to force me to take on the debt.
00:35:27I crumpled the paper into a ball
00:35:28and tossed it into the trash can and retorting coldly,
00:35:31Your brother is the debtor.
00:35:33Go collect the money from him.
00:35:35I agree to a divorce,
00:35:37but I will never take the blame for his mistakes.
00:35:40Do you want to bring disaster upon the whole family?
00:35:44Celia hurried over and dug her well-groomed nails hard into my arm.
00:35:50She shouted furiously,
00:35:53Timmy is steady and sensible.
00:35:55He would never gamble.
00:35:56You're the one who keeps company with gamblers
00:35:58and ran up a debt of over a hundred million.
00:36:00Do you want to bring disaster upon the whole family?
00:36:05I stared coldly at her hysterical look.
00:36:12We had been married for three years.
00:36:14I toiled from dawn till dusk in my shop less than 200 square meters
00:36:17and handed over every penny I earned to her.
00:36:22Yet she spent my hard-earned money buying luxury items for Edwin.
00:36:26Worse still, she was pregnant with his child.
00:36:31I slowly plied her fingers off.
00:36:37My tone was so calm that even I felt astonished.
00:36:43You can go ask Timmy whether he is really as well-beating as you believe.
00:36:47I agree to the divorce.
00:36:48I'll let you be with Edwin.
00:36:58You lowly nobody.
00:36:59Just wait until Edwin shows up.
00:37:01I'll see how arrogant you can be then.
00:37:06Errol stormed into the bedroom
00:37:08and began smashing things frantically.
00:37:11You won't sign, will you?
00:37:13Then I'll go cause trouble at your shabby shop
00:37:16and put an end to your business!
00:37:19She grabbed her Hermes handbag
00:37:21and walked straight out the door.
00:37:24Celia followed closely behind,
00:37:26sneering with contempt in her eyes.
00:37:30You lowly nobody.
00:37:31Just wait until Edwin shows up.
00:37:33I'll see how arrogant you can be then.
00:37:38The two slammed the door
00:37:39and left in anger.
00:37:40I took a deep breath
00:37:42as I looked around the messy living room.
00:37:49Just then, my phone vibrated.
00:37:51A message from the lottery center
00:37:53reminded me to keep the winning ticket
00:37:55worth 120 million US dollars safe
00:37:57and to the city center
00:37:58to claim the prize as soon as Pucetly.
00:38:00I touched the lottery ticket
00:38:02hidden close to my body.
00:38:09Since you've dug your own graves,
00:38:10don't blame me for letting things
00:38:12run their course.
00:38:17The owner of this shop
00:38:18gambles illegally
00:38:19and owes hundreds of millions
00:38:21in loan shark debts!
00:38:43He'll even drag his wife
00:38:45and child down with him!
00:38:48Regular customers
00:38:49who were checking the lottery results
00:38:50inside were utterly shocked.
00:38:52They gathered at the door,
00:38:53whispering and pointing.
00:38:54I never thought
00:38:55he'd be someone like this.
00:39:01Eyes glistening with feigned tears,
00:39:03Celia Lynch held up her phone
00:39:05to start a live stream,
00:39:06putting on a wronged expression
00:39:08for the camera.
00:39:13Hello, everyone!
00:39:14This is my cold-hearted ex-husband!
00:39:18I chose to leave with nothing
00:39:20just to end our marriage.
00:39:31I pushed through the crowd
00:39:33and strode into the shop.
00:39:38I won't let you get away with this
00:39:40unless you pay the money
00:39:43today!
00:39:44Stop causing trouble in my shop.
00:39:48Instead of backing down,
00:39:50Meryl grew even more reckless
00:39:52when she saw me.
00:40:00I won't let you get away with this
00:40:02unless you pay the money
00:40:04today!
00:40:08As it happens,
00:40:09I have matters to settle
00:40:11with you two as well.
00:40:15I pulled the receipt
00:40:16for the TV
00:40:16out of my wallet.
00:40:25This television
00:40:26costs 800 US dollars.
00:40:29I will call the police
00:40:31and demand full compensation
00:40:32from you.
00:40:37hundreds of millions
00:40:38in debt!
00:40:39He'll probably end up
00:40:41rotting in prison
00:40:42for the rest of his life!
00:40:49Go ahead and call the police!
00:40:51You owe hundreds of millions
00:40:52to loanharks
00:40:53and they'll arrest you,
00:40:55the fraudners,
00:40:56the second they show up!
00:40:57She planted her hands
00:40:58on her hisps,
00:40:59turned to the onlookers
00:41:00and raised her voice.
00:41:05Everyone!
00:41:06Be the judge!
00:41:09This man lost hundreds
00:41:11of millions
00:41:11on sports betting,
00:41:12yet now he tries
00:41:13to extort 800 dollars
00:41:15from me for damages!
00:41:17A cold-blooded scoundrel
00:41:19like him
00:41:19deserves his come-up pin!
00:41:21Murmurs broke out
00:41:22among the crowd.
00:41:23Several elderly regulars
00:41:24who often bought lottery tickets
00:41:26here stared at me doubtfully.
00:41:27He always seemed
00:41:28honest enough.
00:41:30I never thought
00:41:32he'd be such
00:41:32a reckless gambler.
00:41:34Hundreds of millions
00:41:35in debt!
00:41:36He'll probably end up
00:41:37rotting in prison
00:41:38for the rest of his life!
00:41:49Celia held up her phone,
00:41:52aiming the camera
00:41:53straight at me.
00:41:59The child you carry
00:42:00is Edwin's.
00:42:01If you can't stand
00:42:02the hardship,
00:42:03go to him.
00:42:04Why put on a show
00:42:05in my shop?
00:42:06Comments flooded
00:42:07the livestream rapidly,
00:42:08with Netsits
00:42:08jerling insults
00:42:09and trashing me relentlessly.
00:42:13Celia spoke
00:42:13in a tearful voice.
00:42:17Zach,
00:42:18if you sign
00:42:18the debt agreement
00:42:19and admit this is
00:42:20your personal liability,
00:42:21I'll leave at once
00:42:22and never bother you again!
00:42:23As she spoke,
00:42:25the stream was soon
00:42:26filled with sympathetic
00:42:27comments and GIFs.
00:42:29Watching her clumsy,
00:42:30hypocritical act,
00:42:32I snired coldly.
00:42:33The child you carry
00:42:34is Edwin's.
00:42:35If you can't stand
00:42:36the hardship,
00:42:37go to him.
00:42:38Why put on a show
00:42:39in my shop?
00:42:42My voice was quiet
00:42:43yet clear enough
00:42:44for everyone present
00:42:44and all viewers online
00:42:45to hear.
00:42:48The noisy crowd
00:42:50fell dead silent
00:42:51for a moment,
00:42:52then broke
00:42:52into louder murmurs.
00:42:55Celia froze on the spot,
00:42:56panic flashing
00:42:57across her eyes.
00:43:07ZACH!
00:43:08What's going on?
00:43:10Why is everything
00:43:11in such a mess here?
00:43:21Celia quickly
00:43:22composed herself,
00:43:23tears streaming
00:43:24down her cheek.
00:43:28You lack ability yourself
00:43:30yet you forcefully
00:43:31accuse me
00:43:32out of nowhere!
00:43:40Enraged by her words,
00:43:42Meryl charged forward
00:43:43and grabbed at my clothes.
00:43:46You heartless brute!
00:43:50You got your own issues
00:43:52and still you dare
00:43:54to deface my daughter!
00:43:59Just then,
00:44:00an anxious voice
00:44:02rang out
00:44:02from beyond the crowd.
00:44:05ZACH!
00:44:06What's going on?
00:44:08Why is everything
00:44:09in such a mess here?
00:44:15I spun around
00:44:16and saw my mother Darla
00:44:17pushing her way
00:44:18through the crowd
00:44:18with difficulty.
00:44:19A thermal container
00:44:21in her hand.
00:44:25In-law!
00:44:26Just look at what
00:44:27your son has done!
00:44:30She had gone
00:44:31to the hospital
00:44:32for a blood pressure
00:44:33check today
00:44:33and dropped by the shop
00:44:35on her way back
00:44:35with some homemade soup.
00:44:40Stepping inside
00:44:41and seeing
00:44:42the total mess
00:44:42with the broken television
00:44:44lying on the floor,
00:44:46Mother's hands
00:44:47shook uncontrollably.
00:44:54Dear in-law,
00:44:56you can resolve disputes
00:44:58through discussion.
00:44:59How could you
00:45:00bandish other
00:45:01race property
00:45:01like this?
00:45:02She hurried forward
00:45:03to pull Meryl aside.
00:45:06burning with rage
00:45:07and eager to vent
00:45:08her anger,
00:45:09Meryl roughly
00:45:09shook off her hand
00:45:10and smeared.
00:45:19In-law!
00:45:20Just look at
00:45:21what your son
00:45:22has done!
00:45:23He's run up
00:45:24massive gambling debts
00:45:25and now tries
00:45:26to drag my daughter
00:45:28into paying
00:45:29them off!
00:45:33Mother turned
00:45:34deathly pale
00:45:35at once.
00:45:36What?
00:45:38Hundreds of millions
00:45:39in debt?
00:45:41Zack,
00:45:42what on earth
00:45:43is going on?
00:45:45Let me tell you
00:45:46the truth,
00:45:47old woman.
00:45:48This child
00:45:49isn't your sons
00:45:50at all.
00:45:52I supported
00:45:53my mother
00:45:53and explained
00:45:54in a low voice.
00:45:57Mom,
00:45:57don't listen
00:45:58to her nonsense.
00:45:59The debt
00:45:59was incurred
00:46:00by Timmy.
00:46:01It's nothing
00:46:02to lease with me.
00:46:06Everyone
00:46:06take a good look.
00:46:08This
00:46:08is the gambler's
00:46:09mother.
00:46:14Zack would
00:46:15never gamble.
00:46:16You're pregnant,
00:46:17so don't get upset.
00:46:18Let's talk this
00:46:19over calmly.
00:46:21Soft-hearted
00:46:22as ever,
00:46:22she still cared
00:46:23about the unborn
00:46:24child.
00:46:26A malicious
00:46:27smirk tugged
00:46:28at Celia's lips.
00:46:30She leaned
00:46:31close to my
00:46:31mother's ear
00:46:32and spoke slowly.
00:46:34Let me tell you
00:46:35the truth,
00:46:36old woman.
00:46:37This child
00:46:38isn't your sons
00:46:39at all.
00:46:40It belongs
00:46:41to his friend
00:46:42Edwin.
00:46:43Your family line
00:46:45ends here.
00:46:46My mother's eyes
00:46:47widened.
00:46:48Mom!
00:46:53Mom!
00:46:55Call an ambulance
00:46:56right away!
00:47:05You all
00:47:06witness this.
00:47:07Their whole
00:47:08family is
00:47:08staging a
00:47:23Honey,
00:47:24I'll defend you.
00:47:26We used to be
00:47:27friends,
00:47:27after all.
00:47:28Take this money
00:47:29for your mother's
00:47:29medical capement.
00:47:30The rest
00:47:31is for Milk Petter
00:47:32for Celia's
00:47:33unborn child.
00:47:36Step aside!
00:47:37Everyone move back!
00:47:45The bank coats
00:47:46hit me hard
00:47:46in the face
00:47:47and scattered
00:47:48into the spilled
00:47:48soup on the floor,
00:47:49soon covered
00:47:50in greasy stains.
00:47:51I stared firmly
00:47:52at Edwin Grant's
00:47:53insolent face.
00:47:57Cutting through
00:47:58the bustle
00:47:59of the street.
00:48:04Step aside!
00:48:06Everyone move back!
00:48:15Treat my mother
00:48:16immediately.
00:48:19As the door
00:48:20slid shut,
00:48:21I caught sight
00:48:21through the window
00:48:22of Edwin Grant Grant,
00:48:23throwing a victory
00:48:24sign towards
00:48:25the live stream
00:48:25camera,
00:48:26while Celia Lynch
00:48:27leaned against his
00:48:28chest with a
00:48:28triumphant smile
00:48:29on her face.
00:48:31Twenty thousand
00:48:32dollars.
00:48:35Twenty thousand
00:48:45dollars.
00:49:05The patient
00:49:17All my savings
00:49:18were kept
00:49:19by Celia Lynch.
00:49:20She had even
00:49:20secretly changed
00:49:21the password
00:49:21of the bank
00:49:22card for monthly
00:49:23business revenue.
00:49:24Right then,
00:49:25apart from the
00:49:25winning lottery ticket
00:49:26worth one hundred
00:49:27twenty million dollars
00:49:28hidden close to my body,
00:49:29I did not even
00:49:30have two hundred
00:49:30dollars on me.
00:49:31The prize claim
00:49:32process would take time.
00:49:33Even if everything
00:49:34went as fast as possible,
00:49:35the money would not
00:49:36arrive until the
00:49:36next day.
00:49:40Uncle Will,
00:49:41my mother has
00:49:41suddenly suffered
00:49:42a rebal hepertage.
00:49:44I need twenty thousand
00:49:45dollars for her surgery.
00:49:46Right away.
00:49:47You could lend me
00:49:48the money to
00:49:48trump me over?
00:49:50I really can't
00:49:51lend you any money.
00:49:56Zach Lawrence,
00:49:57it's not that I
00:49:58don't want to help.
00:50:04Celia Lynch just
00:50:05said in her
00:50:06live stream
00:50:06that you owe
00:50:07hundreds of
00:50:07millions in
00:50:08gambling debts.
00:50:09Our small sum
00:50:10of money won't
00:50:10make any difference.
00:50:11You'd better
00:50:12figure this out
00:50:13on your own.
00:50:19I've heard
00:50:20what happened.
00:50:21Let's cut off
00:50:21all contact.
00:50:25I really can't
00:50:26lend you any money.
00:50:27I don't want to
00:50:30our family
00:50:31disowns a disgrace
00:50:32like you.
00:50:33Celia Lynch's
00:50:34live stream
00:50:35had not only
00:50:36ruined my reputation,
00:50:37but also
00:50:38completely severed
00:50:39all my connections
00:50:40and ways out.
00:50:43Desperate
00:50:44and cornered,
00:50:45I was about
00:50:45to swallow
00:50:46my pride
00:50:46and turn
00:50:47to loan sharks
00:50:51when the click
00:50:52of high heels
00:50:53echoed
00:50:53from the end
00:50:53of the corridor.
00:51:11I already gave you
00:51:12a fresh one.
00:51:13How could you
00:51:13eat a hot dog
00:51:14off the ground?
00:51:15I just...
00:51:16Don't stop me!
00:51:18Lucas.
00:51:23That's my mother.
00:51:24She suffered
00:51:25head trauma
00:51:25and lost all
00:51:26her memories
00:51:27after getting hurt.
00:51:28She hasn't eaten
00:51:29in days.
00:51:30She's really hungry.
00:51:36Dan,
00:51:37pull over.
00:51:37Boss,
00:51:38what's wrong?
00:51:38You might need help.
00:51:39Let's go take a look.
00:51:43Why didn't you
00:51:44just say so, kid?
00:51:45I'll go make
00:51:45another one for you.
00:51:46Sir,
00:51:47I already got one
00:51:47for free.
00:51:48I just can't
00:51:49take more.
00:51:51What a sweet kid.
00:51:53Just breaks my heart.
00:51:56Yeah.
00:51:58No idea
00:51:58who his dad is.
00:51:59What kind of
00:52:00heartless bastard
00:52:01just walks out
00:52:02on a kid
00:52:02and his mom
00:52:03like that?
00:52:04Here,
00:52:04take this.
00:52:05Make sure you eat,
00:52:06okay?
00:52:06You're still just a kid.
00:52:08Here,
00:52:09take it.
00:52:09Don't feel bad,
00:52:11okay?
00:52:11Just stay strong
00:52:12and pay it forward
00:52:13when you can.
00:52:21I promise I'll repay you.
00:52:26Go on,
00:52:26go find your mom.
00:52:45Let's go, mom.
00:52:49Come on, Arthur.
00:52:53Wait.
00:52:58Can I help you, sir?
00:53:11The man standing
00:53:12in front of you
00:53:12is Alexander Clark.
00:53:14You guys are lucky today.
00:53:24Why does she look so familiar?
00:53:33I know you.
00:53:34I know you.
00:53:36You're Alexander.
00:53:39Who doesn't know
00:53:41Alexander Clark?
00:53:42You're just pretending
00:53:43to be crazy
00:53:44to get money,
00:53:45aren't you?
00:53:45Mom!
00:53:47Cinda,
00:53:48what are you doing here?
00:53:49I saw your car
00:53:50while I was shopping.
00:53:51So I thought,
00:53:53why not say hi?
00:53:58Ew,
00:53:59woman like her.
00:54:01Filthy,
00:54:01trashy,
00:54:02no-buns.
00:54:03They don't deserve
00:54:04your kindness.
00:54:05You're too soft,
00:54:06Alexander.
00:54:21Thanks.
00:54:31Want to see
00:54:32what's underneath?
00:54:40Brian,
00:54:41will you marry me?
00:54:45Yes!
00:54:47You're the only one
00:54:48I'll ever love.
00:54:49I'll give you everything.
00:54:50I promise.
00:54:54I love you,
00:54:55Alexander.
00:54:56All I need is you.
00:55:01Yes!
00:55:08Alexander!
00:55:10Alexander!
00:55:11Mom!
00:55:12Mom,
00:55:13what's wrong?
00:55:14What's happening to her?
00:55:16Ugh,
00:55:16she's obviously crazy.
00:55:17Let's get out of here fast.
00:55:20Alexander.
00:55:23But she's saying my name.
00:55:24How would she ever know me?
00:55:26Everyone in Tech City
00:55:27knows who you are.
00:55:28They're just faking
00:55:29hardship to manipulate
00:55:30your sympathy.
00:55:31Okay.
00:55:32When I look at her,
00:55:33I always feel like
00:55:34I've met her before.
00:55:39Alexander!
00:55:40It's me!
00:55:44You crazy woman!
00:55:46I know you've got
00:55:46an ulterior motive.
00:55:48How dare you even
00:55:48lay a finger on Alexander!
00:55:50You need to apologize
00:55:52to my mom!
00:55:55People like you
00:55:56are nothing but scammers.
00:55:58Pretending to know
00:55:59Alexander just to steal
00:56:00his money.
00:56:01Disgusting stash.
00:56:06I must be out of my mind.
00:56:08How could I think
00:56:08that woman was Brianna?
00:56:10Brianna was always
00:56:10so gentle.
00:56:12And she's been dead
00:56:13for years.
00:56:13I know you.
00:56:14I know you!
00:56:15Miss,
00:56:15I think you've mistaken me
00:56:16for someone else.
00:56:17I don't know you.
00:56:19I only stopped
00:56:19because I felt sorry
00:56:20for you and your son.
00:56:21No,
00:56:21you do know me.
00:56:22I'm,
00:56:23I'm...
00:56:26Mom!
00:56:27Mom,
00:56:27are you okay?
00:56:31But I know you.
00:56:32I know you.
00:56:33Alexander,
00:56:34let's go.
00:56:35This is just a pity act
00:56:36to swan your sympathy
00:56:37and your money.
00:56:38Sir,
00:56:38Miss Cinda's right.
00:56:39People like them
00:56:40will do anything
00:56:41for cash.
00:56:42My mom doesn't lie!
00:56:44You pushed her!
00:56:45She got hurt
00:56:45because of you!
00:56:47Still playing games?
00:56:49You touched this?
00:56:51Are you out of your mind?
00:56:53This is a 2026 runway piece.
00:56:55Selling you
00:56:55and your crazy-ass mom
00:56:56wouldn't even pay
00:56:57for a sleeve.
00:56:58We're not lying!
00:56:59Say sorry to my mom
00:57:00right now!
00:57:02Stop!
00:57:04Kid,
00:57:06you belong in school,
00:57:07not out here
00:57:08hustling strangers
00:57:08with your mom.
00:57:09We're not liars!
00:57:10You don't get to talk
00:57:11about my mom like that!
00:57:12No one's buying it.
00:57:14Tell your mom
00:57:15to quit the act.
00:57:16She's not even good
00:57:16at pretending.
00:57:19It's not your fault.
00:57:21After all,
00:57:21you have such
00:57:22an irresponsible mother.
00:57:23Don't you dare
00:57:23talk about my mom
00:57:24like that!
00:57:25She's the best mom
00:57:26in the whole world!
00:57:29People like you
00:57:30don't deserve to live.
00:57:31Where's your dad?
00:57:33I don't have dad.
00:57:37No wonder.
00:57:40Being a mother
00:57:40comes with responsibility.
00:57:42Stop this madness
00:57:43dragging your son into it.
00:57:44You're ruining that child.
00:57:46Take this.
00:57:47Use it
00:57:48to send him to school.
00:57:55Money!
00:57:56So much money.
00:57:58Mom!
00:57:59We can't take this!
00:58:01I need it!
00:58:03Money!
00:58:03See, Alexander?
00:58:04I told you,
00:58:05crocodile tears
00:58:06and open hands.
00:58:07Classic scammer move.
00:58:08Boss,
00:58:09she's clearly faking it.
00:58:10Why waste your time?
00:58:11I pitied the kid.
00:58:12Not her.
00:58:13Let's go.
00:58:14Little bastard.
00:58:15Lucky today.
00:58:18With this money,
00:58:19I can save Alexander.
00:58:20I can pay for his surgery!
00:58:24Alexander,
00:58:25I have money now.
00:58:31Mom!
00:58:32Please help!
00:58:33Somebody help my mom!
00:58:36Boss,
00:58:36they're acting again.
00:58:37Don't fall for it.
00:58:38Alexander,
00:58:39let's just forget about them.
00:58:40I booked that French place you love
00:58:42after dinner.
00:58:43Confer.
00:58:44Don't touch me.
00:58:45I've told you,
00:58:45I don't want you.
00:58:46The only woman I've ever loved
00:58:47is Brianna.
00:58:48Alexander,
00:58:49Brianna's dead!
00:58:50Mom!
00:58:50Next time I see you,
00:58:51it better be business.
00:58:52Nothing else.
00:58:56Filthy beggars!
00:58:58They ruined everything!
00:59:00Mom!
00:59:00Mom!
00:59:01Please!
00:59:02Wake up!
00:59:08Please!
00:59:10Save my mom!
00:59:13Save my mom!
00:59:38I've seen her before.
00:59:42I've seen her before.
00:59:43I've seen her before.
00:59:46Don't touch me!
00:59:48Get away!
00:59:49Touch me!
00:59:49Don't touch me!
00:59:57Mom,
00:59:57it's okay.
00:59:58You're safe now.
00:59:59We're at the hospital.
01:00:01We're at the hospital.
01:00:07We're at the hospital.
01:00:12We're at the hospital.
01:00:15She seems mentally unstable.
01:00:18Could be long-term.
01:00:21Yeah.
01:00:22She's been like this forever.
01:00:24Totally out of it.
01:00:26You got her name?
01:00:27Any family?
01:00:28No clue.
01:00:29Just that poor kid.
01:00:31Her mind was already fragile.
01:00:32Something pushed her over the edge.
01:00:33Probably a huge shock.
01:00:36I know you.
01:00:37Alexander.
01:00:38You're Alexander!
01:00:40It was him.
01:00:41He made mom snap?
01:00:42So what now?
01:00:43How do we help her?
01:00:45she needs brain surgery
01:00:46and important meds.
01:00:48Without it,
01:00:49she wouldn't last more than a few days.
01:00:51Then start the treatment, please!
01:00:59Please, save my mom.
01:01:01She's all I have left.
01:01:04Look, kid.
01:01:05It's not that I don't care.
01:01:07The only hope is this new drug from Clark Corp.
01:01:10I sold scrap.
01:01:12This is all I got.
01:01:13Can it buy medicine?
01:01:16I'll pay for it.
01:01:17Just, please!
01:01:18Get her the meds!
01:01:19Do something!
01:01:22That drug's still in development.
01:01:23Clark Corp hasn't released it yet.
01:01:25Please!
01:01:26I can't lose her!
01:01:28Alexander Clark runs that company.
01:01:29Big on charity, they say.
01:01:30If you can get access to ask him directly,
01:01:32maybe he'll help.
01:01:33It could be your only shot.
01:01:35Alexander?
01:01:36Clark?
01:01:38The man standing in front of you
01:01:39is Alexander Clark.
01:01:40You guys are lucky today.
01:01:42So it's him.
01:01:48Don't worry, Mom.
01:01:49I'll find a way to save you.
01:01:57Please!
01:01:58I need to see Mr. Clark!
01:02:00You think just anyone can meet Mr. Clark?
01:02:02Get lost!
01:02:04Hey!
01:02:07I said get out of here, kid!
01:02:24Jesus, are you trying to get yourself killed?
01:02:26Please!
01:02:26Do you know Mr. Clark?
01:02:28Can you take me?
01:02:29What the hell?
01:02:29Who are you?
01:02:30You think you can just walk up
01:02:31to the richest guy in town?
01:02:33Go away!
01:02:35I'm sorry, sir.
01:02:46Mom, I'm sorry.
01:02:48I still couldn't find him.
01:02:50Please, hang on!
01:02:55Mr. Clark's gone for the day.
01:02:56If you're that desperate,
01:02:58try his house.
01:03:00Don't tell anyone.
01:03:04Thank you, sir!
01:03:10Brianna,
01:03:11I miss you so much.
01:03:17Alexander,
01:03:19Cinda waited all day.
01:03:20You didn't even show your face.
01:03:22I've told you,
01:03:23I won't marry.
01:03:24My heart died with Brianna.
01:03:26Brianna's been gone for years.
01:03:27You really gonna die alone for a ghost?
01:03:29Yes.
01:03:30In this life,
01:03:31she's the only one I'll ever marry.
01:03:33Alexander, enough!
01:03:34This ends now!
01:03:37It's okay, Mr. Clark.
01:03:39If he doesn't want to see me,
01:03:40I'll just leave.
01:03:41No, Cinda.
01:03:42You're staying.
01:03:44I don't care how stubborn he is.
01:03:45I'll make him marry me.
01:03:58Then I'm done with this house.
01:04:00With all of it.
01:04:04Fine!
01:04:05Walk out!
01:04:06And don't come back!
01:04:08Please, don't be upset, Mr. Clark.
01:04:10He just needs time.
01:04:12One day,
01:04:13he'll realize Brianna's not coming back.
01:04:17Their wedding ring.
01:04:18Get rid of it.
01:04:20It's the only way he'll move on.
01:04:22Go on.
01:04:23Throw it as far away as you can.
01:04:28Yes, sir.
01:04:30He's awful.
01:04:32But Mom needs that medicine.
01:04:34If I just beg hard enough,
01:04:36maybe he'll help us.
01:04:47Sir, there's a kid outside,
01:04:49asking for Mr. Alexander.
01:04:51Kid?
01:04:52In this rain?
01:04:53Bring him in, now.
01:05:06Grab a towel.
01:05:07Quickly, he'll catch cold.
01:05:12Who are you?
01:05:14Why are you looking for Alexander?
01:05:15I need medicine for my mom.
01:05:18She'll die without it.
01:05:23Your mom?
01:05:25What's her name?
01:05:29Her name is...
01:05:30Hey!
01:05:35Sir, here's the towel.
01:05:43He looks just like Alexander did.
01:05:47Thanks.
01:05:47But my mom's running out of time.
01:05:52Kid, wait!
01:05:54Nate, did you see that kid?
01:05:55He looks exactly like Alexander did
01:05:57when he was seven.
01:05:59No doubt.
01:06:01If you want to be sure, sir,
01:06:02we can test the hair on that towel.
01:06:06Do it.
01:06:06If he really is Alexander's son,
01:06:08we have to bring him back at once.
01:06:10I'm leaving all my fortune to him.
01:06:18I miss you so much.
01:06:28The ring.
01:06:29Where is it?
01:06:32Sir.
01:06:33Our wedding ring, it's gone!
01:06:34Everyone here knows how much it means to you.
01:06:36No one would touch it.
01:06:37It's all I have left of Brianna.
01:06:39It can't just vanish.
01:06:40Put out a reward.
01:06:42Anyone who finds it gets whatever they want.
01:06:44Right away, sir.
01:06:50Massive reward for return of
01:06:52Alexander Clark's wedding ring.
01:06:58That ring.
01:06:59That's the one mom always wears.
01:07:01She's always so protective of it.
01:07:03But now,
01:07:04she needs that medicine more.
01:07:06Maybe I can trade mom's ring
01:07:08to get the medicine from him.
01:07:11Mom,
01:07:12I have to do this for your illness.
01:07:14I hope you can forgive me.
01:07:20Sir!
01:07:21The ring!
01:07:22It's been found!
01:07:26Where is it?
01:07:27A kid found it.
01:07:28He's waiting at the Clark's hospital.
01:07:29Let's go.
01:07:30Now!
01:07:45Mr. Alexander!
01:07:46Mr. Alexander!
01:07:50You again?
01:07:52Is this the ring you're looking for?
01:07:59Sir!
01:08:00That's your missing ring!
01:08:02This little thief stole it!
01:08:03I didn't steal it!
01:08:04I found it!
01:08:05Cut the crap!
01:08:06The boss's ring was kept safely in the drawer.
01:08:09There's no way you just happened to find it.
01:08:10I could tell from the start you two were trouble.
01:08:13Turns out,
01:08:13you're not just con artists putting on an act for money.
01:08:16You're thieves too.
01:08:16It was my mom's!
01:08:18I need Clark meds for her!
01:08:19That's why I...
01:08:19That ring was Mr. Alexander's wedding ring for his late fiancé.
01:08:23What's your mom got to do with it?
01:08:25We let you off once.
01:08:26Now this?
01:08:27You know how much this means to him!
01:08:34Hand it over.
01:08:35Now.
01:08:37I didn't steal it.
01:08:38You can have it,
01:08:39but please,
01:08:40give me the medicine first.
01:08:42I don't deal with thieves.
01:08:43You're not worth it.
01:08:44Give it to me.
01:08:55Give it back!
01:09:01This ring?
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