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00:00:00a billionaire from the west coast. The other was Victor. Inside a gothic cathedral stood

00:00:04two men looking for wives. One was Jace, a billionaire from the west coast. The other

00:00:09was Victor, a small-time thug from the east coast. For the sake of a massive bride price,

00:00:14our powerful stepmother made us choose which one we would marry. In my last life, my younger

00:00:19sister Lily rushed to choose Jace, the billionaire, and she pushed Victor, that low-life thug,

00:00:24onto me. But no one expected that five years later, Jace would go completely bankrupt and Lily would

00:00:31have no choice but to move with him into a leaking slum. As for that thug Victor, he carved a

00:00:37bloody

00:00:37path across the east coast and became a mafia godfather who struck fear into everyone who heard

00:00:42his name. I became the mafia matriarch countless people tried to curry favor with. Luxury cars and

00:00:47yachts, whenever I went out, money spent like water. When I saw Lily starving in the slums, picking up

00:00:52discarded vegetable leaves, I kindly handed her a check for one million dollars to help improve

00:00:57her life. But she tore the check to pieces, clamped both hands around my throat, and dragged me towards

00:01:01a speeding truck. Give me back the life that should have been mine! The truck roared past and Lily and

00:01:06I died together. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to five years ago, to the day Jace

00:01:13and

00:01:13Victor came to choose their wives. As if she had already decided that in this life, she would become

00:01:27the mafia matriarch and crush me completely under her feet. I knew then that Lily had been reborn too.

00:01:34She thought she had stolen my life. But I only found it funny. Victor was no devoted underworld boss from

00:01:41some mafia movie. He was a demon who took pleasure in tormenting people. The only reason Victor became

00:01:46a mafia godfather in my last life, was because of the leadership I gave him from behind the scenes.

00:01:52Even so, Victor still broke 199 of my bones. I looked at Lily's relieved expression, and curved my lips.

00:01:59You think you're about to live a glorious life above everyone else? But you have no idea. This road will

00:02:05only drag you into hell. Lily thought that throwing herself into Victor's arms would guarantee he would

00:02:11take her in. But Victor shoved her away, and fixed his gaze on me. Come here. I want you. My

00:02:18heart trembled.

00:02:19Fear flooded over me like a tide. Memories from my last life poured into my mind in an instant. Being

00:02:24chained in

00:02:25his basement and beaten. Being handed to other gangs as a hostage and violated. Having my bones shattered for human

00:02:30experiments. I froze where I stood. Unable to move even half a step. Lily panicked at the sight.

00:02:36Don't choose my sister Chloe. She's vain and greedy. Always thinking about diamonds and sports cars.

00:02:41How could she possibly endure your dangerous bloodstake life? She looks down on you, but I'm willing to suffer with

00:02:48you.

00:02:52Fine. Then you'll be my woman. As long as you behave and do what I say,

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

00:03:04At that moment, Jace, who stood beside us, held out an expensive wedding gown to me.

00:03:10Will you be my wife and leave with me? I'm currently facing a financial crisis.

00:03:16But I promise you, even if I lose everything, I'll never let you go hungry.

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

00:03:25I will. I knew very well that Jace was an exceptional man. In my last life, after Jace went bankrupt,

00:03:31even when he had to work three jobs a day, he still saved the last piece of bread for Lily.

00:03:35But Lily cursed him all day long, calling him useless. Since you're too blessed to appreciate him,

00:03:40then he'll be mine. When Lily climbed onto Victor's battered motorcycle, she turned back and whispered to me.

00:03:45Jace is about to go bankrupt and end up on the street. Victor will fight his way back into high

00:03:50society sooner or later. Chloe, in this life, you can wait in the gutter and look up at me.

00:03:56So she knew I had been reborn too, and she thought she had stolen my life. I watched the motorcycle

00:04:01roar away and sneered in the loop. Only I knew Victor would treat the woman beside him like a machine

00:04:06until he had squeezed out every last drop of value. In my last life, when I first followed Victor back

00:04:12to the East Coast, I had naively believed he was a good man too. He bought me the most expensive

00:04:16dresses

00:04:17and took me in and out of the top underground casinos. Even though back then, I was so afraid I

00:04:22could barely walk,

00:04:23he brainwashed me, telling me this was the unique love a man who lived on the edge had for me.

00:04:29Until one day, his gang hit a dead end. Without hesitation, he chained me up and handed me over to

00:04:35a rival gang.

00:04:36I was abused by those vile men for two full years. Only then did I understand that Victor had only

00:04:44ever

00:04:44seen me as a scapegoat he could discard at any time. Chloe, welcome home.

00:04:51Jace's gentle voice sounded beside me. I followed Jace into the villa. The moment he opened the door,

00:04:57I froze. It was a luxurious dressing room filled with limited edition gowns from the current season.

00:05:03Brilliant jewels flashed almost blindingly under the lights. My eyes warmed.

00:05:08Jace, thank you. I've never seen such a beautiful place.

00:05:12Since you've come home with me, you're the mistress of this house. Swipe the card for anything you want.

00:05:22I'll never let my woman suffer the slightest grievous. Warmth rushed through my chest.

00:05:29Even though his company was currently being jointly stingled by Wall Street,

00:05:33he still gave me the very best. I'll behave.

00:05:38Facts proved that Jace was the perfect gentleman. He cherished me like a priceless treasure.

00:05:44My food, clothes, and daily necessities were all top tier. But he didn't know that I was no longer

00:05:50the fallen heiress who only knew how to enjoy herself. In my last life, I hid behind the scenes

00:05:57and helped Victor build a massive mafia empire. In this life, I could help Jace protect everything too.

00:06:05I walked straight into his study and picked up the financial reports on his desk.

00:06:13Since you're protecting me, I'll protect your business empire for you.

00:06:18Only three days later, Wall Street's hunt began. Jace's enemies had brabbed an executive in his

00:06:23company. They planned to present a fake report at the board meeting and forced Jace out. In my last

00:06:27life, Jace fell at this very step. Not only did he go bankrupt, he was also saddled with massive debt.

00:06:32But in this life, I was here. My experience laundering money for Victor in my past life

00:06:37made me intimately familiar with these kinds of business tactics. I hacked directly into that

00:06:41traitorous executive's email, obtained ironclade proof that they had falsified the data, and sent

00:06:45it straight to the FBI. Not only that, I also used a black card Jace had given me to set

00:06:49a financial

00:06:50trap in the futures market. Jace, this time you won't lose. That night, a top charity gala was held in

00:06:56Manhattan. I held Jace's arm and stepped out of a Rolls Royce. But unexpectedly, I ran into

00:07:02Lily there. Victor was nothing but an up-and-coming street thug. He had no qualifications to attend such

00:07:06an event. Clearly Lily had forced Victor to fortune-buying invitations so she could show

00:07:10off her mafia wife persona. Lily arrogantly blocked my path.

00:07:13Chloe, what a surprise! Jace, that loser who's going bankrupt tonight, actually managed to borrow

00:07:19money to rent you a gown? You have no idea how amazing Victor is! He took over three blocks of

00:07:24territory. The cash he brings home could fill a bathtub! See that? He assigned me fully armed bodyguards

00:07:31to protect me, and every day he has people stew the finest supplements for me. You'll never

00:07:35experience this kind of love in your life. I looked at her nouveau riche posturing and smeared again

00:07:39and again in my heart. Bodyguards? Supplements? Lily had no idea that Victor's frantic territorial

00:07:46expansion had already angered several old mafia families. He gave Lily bodyguards to disguise her

00:07:52as a top priority target and draw assassin fire. He fed her expensive supplements so he could draw her

00:07:57healthy blood and trade it to high-level figures on the underground black market in exchange for

00:08:02resources and life extension. I looked at Lily with pity. She wasn't far from death. Seeing me silent,

00:08:09Lily thought she had hit a sore point and laughed even more wildly.

00:08:13I just heard several Wall Street big shots say that after tonight, Jace will have nothing!

00:08:19She leaned closer and lowered her voice. When that happens, you'll have to sell yourself in the slums to

00:08:24pay off his debts. The throne above everyone else is mine in the end.

00:08:33I smiled. Then let's wait and see. When Lily saw that I wasn't intimidated at all,

00:08:39she stomped her foot hard. Chloe, just you wait! Sooner or later, you'll be kneeling and begging me!

00:08:48She turned and walked toward Eric, the crown prince of Wall Street, picked up a glass of champagne,

00:08:53and tried to build a connection. Mr. Eric, Victor asked me to send you his regards. From now on,

00:09:00he'll have your East Coast business covered. Eric didn't even look at her, before knocking over his

00:09:05glass with the back of his hand. What gutter rat thinks she's worthy of cozying up to me?

00:09:13But on TV, you clearly said you respected people who would do whatever it took to climb up. That's me!

00:09:18How can you look down on me?! Watching this, I couldn't help finding it funny. In my last life,

00:09:24after Victor became a mafia godfast, Eric did indeed fawn over me like a dog. But Lily didn't know that

00:09:29the current Victor was nowhere near qualified. Capitalists like Eric only respected absolute power.

00:09:35They would never spare a second glance for a street thug's woman.

00:09:39A cheap whore who eats off gangsters has no right to dirty my suit.

00:09:46Mrs. Jace, congratulations to Mr. Jace on his perfect counterattack in the futures market tonight,

00:09:52earning a net profit of one billion! Wall Street will be relying on you from now on!

00:09:58Lily froze where she stood, shaking her head in disbelief.

00:10:00What nonsense are you talking about?! Jace is supposed to go bankrupt tonight! Victor is the future

00:10:04godfather! She suddenly lunged at Eric. Eric, open your eyes! You should be working with me!

00:10:07Eric shoved her to the floor, his face full of disgust. Who collects protection money?

00:10:10Tonight, some other family will throw him into the sea to feed the sharks.

00:10:13What mafia matriarch fantasy are you having?

00:10:15The surrounding elite covered their ears and laughed, their gazes as sharp as knives.

00:10:19So she's a lunatic trying to use a thug to climb into power!

00:10:22Hurry up and call security to throw this bitch out! She's dirtying our eyes!

00:10:25Humiliated to the bone, Lily climbed up from the floor and glared at everyone with hatred.

00:10:29Victor, pull out your gun! Show them who the king of the east coast really is!

00:10:32The doors to the banquet hall were kicked open. Victor stormed in arrogantly,

00:10:35with a dozen tattooed men all carrying machetes. Who the fuck dares touch my woman?!

00:10:39Eric sneered. In an instant, dozens of armed Blackwater bodyguards surged out from every

00:10:43direction. Red laser sights locked onto Victor's forehead and chest in munisys.

00:10:46Victor's legs went weak. With a thud, he dropped to his knees.

00:10:49Mr. Eric, misunderstanding! This crazy bitch lost her mind! It has nothing to do with me!

00:10:53Victor, what are you saying?! Shut up! Who gave you the right to speak here?!

00:10:57To distance himself from her, he crawled over, grabbed Lily by the hair, and slapped her across the face

00:11:02again and again. More than a dozen times. Blood filled the corners of Lily's mouth.

00:11:07Her soul seemed to leave her body as he slapped her over and over.

00:11:11No! It shouldn't be like this! The entire hall fell into dead silence.

00:11:16Jace calmly set down his wine glass and shielded me behind him. He leisurely wiped a drop of wine

00:11:20from the hem of his jacket. Every movement refined and elegant. He was worlds apart from Victor,

00:11:25who had just been wagging his tail and begging. If you're not gone in one minute, all of you are

00:11:30going into the sea. After dropping that threat, Eric strode away with his bodyguards. Lily seized the

00:11:36chance to break free from Victor and stumbled toward the door. You all look down on me today,

00:11:40but sooner or later you'll regret it! I will become a mafia godmother! Because her pride had been

00:11:46completely trampled, Lily never again had the face to appear in public after that day.

00:11:52Three months passed in the blink of an eye. In my last life, these three months were exactly the

00:11:59death trap. When Victor's territory was jointly purged by the major mafia families. To borrow money

00:12:05from a Mexican drug lord for weapons, he personally pushed me onto an underground gambling table. Those

00:12:12desperados shoved a loaded Resolvor into my mouth and forced me to play Russian Salette.

00:12:20Each time the trigger was pulled, Victor showed no heartache at all. Instead, he held other women and

00:12:28laughed loudly as he placed his bets. The despair of that cold gun barrel pressed against my throat

00:12:35utterly shredded my dignity as a human being. In his eyes, I had never been a mafia matriarch.

00:12:42I was only a chip he could trade for money at any time. I didn't know whether Lily would experience

00:12:50all of that.

00:12:52But based on my observation of Victor in this life, he would only torment Lily even more viciously.

00:12:59Facts proved my guess was right. The next morning, I had just walked out of an upscale clubhouse,

00:13:04when a battered pickup car, riddled with bullet holes, came barreling towards me like mad.

00:13:10A bodyguard threw me to the ground, and the pickup slammed into a stone pillar beside us with a crash.

00:13:20Lily's shrill voice came from inside.

00:13:25My heart jolted. Lily had come.

00:13:35Although I had prepared myself, when I saw what she looked like now, I nearly vomited.

00:13:40I never imagined Victor would torture Lily into such a state.

00:13:44Lily tumbled out of the bullet-rivet old pickup. Her once delicate face was sun and deathly pale.

00:13:50Beneath her expensive silk-slip dress, her body was covered in bruises and needle marks.

00:13:55She crawled toward me and clung tightly to my leg.

00:13:58Chloe! Let's switch back!

00:14:00Snot and tears mixed together on her face, making her look both pitiful and disgusting.

00:14:04That lunatic Victor has been losing territory lately, and he's taking all his anger out on me!

00:14:09He draws my blood every day to sell it, and he forces me to accompany those perverts so he can

00:14:15win resources!

00:14:16She suddenly lifted her head and shouted with righteous confidence.

00:14:20You clearly knew this life would be so miserable! Why didn't you warn me?!

00:14:24This was supposed to be your suffering! Let's switch back now!

00:14:28You go be Victor's dog, and I'll be your rich wife!

00:14:31Hearing such shameless words, I sneered and kicked her away.

00:14:37Switch back? Lily? Did they beat your brain broken?

00:14:42I looked down at her from above.

00:14:43Who was the one who rushed to climb onto Victor's motorcycle?

00:14:51Who was the one who gloated and mocked me?

00:14:55Saying I could only look up at you from the slums?

00:14:58She lay on the ground, pounding the pavement in a frenzy as she screamed.

00:15:02That's because you tricked me! You hid from me what would happen if I chose Victor!

00:15:10But don't get too pleased with yourself!

00:15:12A flash of vicious, sick pleasure crossed Lily's eyes.

00:15:16According to how things went in the last life, that useless Jace is going completely bankrupt today!

00:15:22When that happens, you won't even be able to afford the slums!

00:15:25You'll have to beg on the street!

00:15:27The words had barely left her mouth.

00:15:32Twelve Rolls Royce phantoms roared to a stop in front of us, sealing off the entire street.

00:15:38The car doors opened.

00:15:40Dressed in a custom suit, strode toward us surrounded by dozens of Blackwater bodyguards.

00:15:44Seeing such an astonishing scene, throat tightened, a sharp swallow betraying her shock.

00:15:49Impossible! You're supposed to go bankrupt today! How could you still have money?

00:15:52But she instantly reacted. Now was the time to cling to power. She shoved me aside and rushed toward two,

00:15:58deliberately exposing her collarbones and leaning close as she pleaded sweetly.

00:16:01Mr. Monsieur, don't be deceived by my sister! She's a demon to the bone!

00:16:05Sooner or later, she'll destroy your business empire!

00:16:08Lifted her head pitifully.

00:16:09Only a clean woman like me is worthy of your wealth, as long as you want me-

00:16:13Get away!

00:16:13Didn't even spare her a sidelong glance. He walked straight past her and came to me.

00:16:18He took out an expensive handkerchief and, with aching tenderness, wiped the dust grabbed onto

00:16:23the hem of my clothes. Then he turned and looked down at her.

00:16:27If she really is a demon, then I'd willingly offer her my soul.

00:16:31Besides, she's the one who helped me dominate Wall Street.

00:16:34Chloe is my only woman. As for you, you're not even worthy of carrying her shoes.

00:16:39Hoopshire One looked as if she had been struck by lightning. Jealousy twisted her features.

00:16:43She screamed and tried to lunge forward again.

00:16:45No! This life should be mine!

00:16:49Just then, an old unlicensed van screeched to a stop by the roadside.

00:16:55Two tattooed thugs jumped out, grabbed her by the hair, and dragged her viciously toward the van.

00:17:01Filthy bitch! How dare you run out and play victim!

00:17:04Boss Victor is waiting for you to come back! We haven't drawn enough blood today!

00:17:09Watching the van speed away, I frowned.

00:17:12Special supplements? Had Victor come up with some new trick again?

00:17:15The instincts I had developed in my last life while managing Victor's underground industries

00:17:19told me this was absolutely not simple. After returning to the Manishin,

00:17:22I immediately locked the study door and turned off the computer.

00:17:26Relying my understanding of Victor's cratic network from my Yen P, the Uthrai,

00:17:29bypassed the firewall with ease, and hacked directly into the underground medical system he had recently

00:17:34connected. In an encrypted purchase list, I found the true ingredients of those special supplements.

00:17:39The moment I clicked it open, a chill crawled up my spine. They weren't supplements at all. They were living

00:17:45organ

00:17:46rejection suppressors, a substance explicitly banned on the dark web. So that was it. Victor's frantic expansion

00:17:52had angered the old mafia, and his cash flow had completely collapsed. To repay his debts,

00:17:58he had accepted a live organ order from a sick drug lord. Victor fed her that drug every day

00:18:04and kept her well fed. Not because he cherished her, because he was treating her like a mobable organ

00:18:09incubator, ensuring that her heart and corneals would perfectly match the buyer's body when they

00:18:13were dug out. Ridiculous Lily. She thought she had stolen my script as mafia matriarch, and ran around

00:18:20showing off that exclusive love, never knowing she was walking step by step towards the slaughterhouse.

00:18:26I scrolled to the last line of the order. The system showed that the harvest delivery date was three

00:18:31days later, at an East Coast elite charity gala. I curved my lips coldly. The show was about to begin.

00:18:39On the night of the delivery, the East Coast most prestigious charity gala was held at a Manhattan hotel.

00:18:44And at that moment, she knew nothing about death's arrival. Because she had been taking that illegal

00:18:48rejection-suppressing drug for so long, her body was already on the verge of collapse. She could barely take

00:18:53two steps without losing her breath. But she still believed it was only weakness caused by Victor's

00:18:58abuse. She stole an invitation from Victor's drawer, covered her corpse-pale face with thick

00:19:02foundation, and snuck into the gala. Amid the glittering crowd, she immediately set her sights

00:19:07on a gray-haired Wall Street magnetet. She used the same old trick, forcing tears into her eyes as she

00:19:11pressed herself delicately against the magnet's arm. Sir, please save me. Victor, that thug keeps torturing me.

00:19:16As long as you're willing to pay to take me away, I'll do anything for you. She looked at the

00:19:20magnet with

00:19:21expectation, thinking that with her looks, finding a new patron would be easy. The magnet held his glass of

00:19:26red wine and looked her up and down, but there was no desire in his eyes. Take you away.

00:19:34Poor little thing, don't you know? Victor already pre-sold your heart and coronalized to me yesterday.

00:19:42I'm your buyer.

00:19:45The moment you heard that, the fanging expression on her face froze. All the blood in her body seemed

00:19:52to turn to ice. What did you say?

00:19:57What did you say? My heart, my corneals? Her mind exploded with a buzz. She finally understood what

00:20:03those expensive supplements really were. The mafia love she had been so proud of had been nothing more

00:20:08than fattening her like a pig for slaughter from beginning to end. No, no, no! She shoved the

00:20:14magnet away and fled through the banquet hall like a madwoman, not even noticing when one of her high

00:20:18heels fell off. She crashed headfirst into me, as I stood arm in arm with the man, chatting and laughing

00:20:24with the mayor. Bang! When she saw it was me, she seemed to seize the last straw of hope. With

00:20:30a thud,

00:20:31she dropped to her knees at my feet and slammed her head against the floor again and again.

00:20:34Sister, I was wrong! I really was wrong! She cackoed until blood streamed down her forehead,

00:20:40wailing missibly. Victor wants to cut out my heart!

00:20:47I'll never fight you for anything again, please! I looked down at her from above,

00:20:51my eyes utterly unmoved. You chose your own road. I coldly pulled back the hem of my dress. If you

00:20:58walk

00:20:58into hell yourself, don't blame others for not reaching out. Lily collapsed to the floor in despair.

00:21:03Just then, the doors to the banquet hall were kicked open. Burstered ones swaggered in with

00:21:08several armed, tattooed men. In his hand was a huge, thick four. A sinister smile hung on his lips as

00:21:14he walked step-by-step towards Sir Lone on the floor. Seeing the man approach with the sedative,

00:21:22the girl scrambled backward in terror, screaming like a pig being slaughtered. The distinguished guests at

00:21:28the gala were terrified. The man shouted,

00:21:30Somebody move! I'm only here to take my goods today! Anyone who dares call the cops, I'll kill

00:21:35their whole family! Standing beside one, I watched the farce coldly. Not only did I not hide,

00:21:40I took my phone out of my clutch. Save Lily? Impossible. But I would never pass up the chance

00:21:47to crush Victor completely. My slender fingers tapped rapidly across the screen, activating the

00:21:52Trojan I had set up in advance. In less than three seconds, Victor's thirteen money laundering

00:21:56accounts on the global dark Etnet were wiped clean and frozen. At the same time, he elegantly

00:22:00pressed the send button on his log, packaging and sending the complete surveillance footage

00:22:04and evidence chain of Victor's live organ transaction tonight to the FBI in one minute.

00:22:08The next second, police sirens and Redu flashing lights pierced through the banquet hall. Dozens

00:22:11of SWAT armored vehicles blocked the entrance so tightly that not even water could pass.

00:22:14Boss! All our accounts have been frozen! The place is crawling with cops!

00:22:17One's men stared at their phones in terror. One's face went deathly plale,

00:22:20as if he had fallen into an ice pit. What? What's going on?

00:22:23He could no longer care about anything else. He lunged at her and stabbed the thick syringe

00:22:26viciously into her neck. Everybody stay the fuck back! Anyone moves and I'll blow this

00:22:33bitch's head off! The entire tube of illegal green liquid was pushed into Lily's veins.

00:22:40It wasn't an ordinary sedative, but a high concentration, minor-inducing death. In less

00:22:44than two seconds, Lily's eyes flooded blood red, and the veins on her neck bulged like earth bones.

00:22:48Her entire body lost all sense of pain and reason. She stared fixedly at me,

00:22:52dazzling and glamour, protected in Jake's arms. The extreme resentment of being

00:22:55trampled underfoot erupted completely under the drug's effects. I was reborn too, so why do you get to

00:23:00live so well? Lily let out a beast-like howl that barely sounded human. She actually bit into Victor's

00:23:05arm and tore off a large chunk of flesh. Victor screamed and let go. Like a vengeful ghost,

00:23:09Lily grabbed a sharp, broken wine bottle from the table and charged wildly at my face.

00:23:13I'll ruin you! Go to hell with me! She was extremely fat, but didn't even blink. Before she could get

00:23:18within half a meter of me, Jace lifted his long leg and delivered a ruthlessly clean sidekick

00:23:22straight to Lily's chest. Lily flew out like a torn sack. With a crash, she smashed heavily into the

00:23:26five-tier champagne tower. Glass shards pierced her entire body and blood gushed out. Lying in a pool

00:23:31of blood, she vomited blood while pointing at me and laughing madly. Jace, don't be fooled by her!

00:23:36Lily shrieked hysterically, trying to use her final tropsod to destroy me. She's a reborn woman!

00:23:42In her last life, she was a demon with blood all over her hands! She only chose you because she

00:23:47knew you

00:23:48would become rich in this life! She doesn't love you at all!

00:23:55The entire room fell silent. Blood filled Lily's mouth as she looked at Jace smugly,

00:24:00thinking that exposing the secret of rebirth. At me with disgust, she screamed. In her last life,

00:24:06you were picking through trash in the slums while she was all powerful mafia matriarch! You're just a

00:24:11tool she's using! Everyone waited for Jace's reaction. I stood where I was and looked at him calmly.

00:24:16Jace looked down at Lily on the floor, his lips curling in a cold smile. If that's true,

00:24:21then I really should thank you for your stupidity in this life. Jace's voice was low and dominating.

00:24:26Thank you for personally pushing such a perfect wife into my arms. Just then, SWAT officers broke

00:24:32through the doors. Don't move! Drop your weapons! The scene descended instantly into chaos. Seeing that

00:24:39the tide had turned, Victor grabbed a chair and smashed the floor to Sleeling window. In the final

00:24:44second before he leapt into the cold sea water, Victor stared hard at me. Shielded in Jace's arms,

00:24:48my eyes cold. In her last life, she was the all-powerful mafia matriarch. In his mind,

00:24:53the sentence Lily had shouted flash like lightning. Victor's eyes instantly changed from fear to shock.

00:24:57It was her? Cold sea water choked his windpipe. Victor swam desperately through the sewer like a

00:25:02stray dog that had lost its home. But Lily's words from the gala kept replaying in his mind. In her

00:25:07last

00:25:07life, she was the all-powerful mafia matriarch. Victor fled back to the moldy-smelling basement and looked at the

00:25:12territory he had now lost completely. His heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer.

00:25:16He suddenly remembered many details from his last life. In his last life, every time his

00:25:20gang hit a dead end, he would somehow receive intelligence to solve it the next day. He had

00:25:24thought Lily was born blessed with good fortune, so each time he had placed Lily high on a pedestal.

00:25:29But in this life, Lily, who carried memories too, was a fool who didn't even understand mafia slang,

00:25:33and only knew how to cry for designer brands. And just now at the gala, the way Chloe froze his

00:25:38overseas dark web accounts was exactly like the mysterious strategist behind the scenes from his

00:25:43last life. Victor understood in an instant. The one who helped me conquer everything in my last life,

00:25:49the one who shielded me from danger was Chloe all along! Victor's knees went weak, and he dropped onto

00:25:55the damp floor. He finally realized that with his own hands, he had thrown away a queen who could have

00:26:01helped him dominate the world, only to pick up a useless blood bag that had drained him dry. Victor's

00:26:07bloodshot eyes locked onto a financial magazine photo of Jace and Chloe on the wall.

00:26:13He punched the frame to pieces.

00:26:15Chloe is mine! She belongs to me!

00:26:19Three days later, in the underground parking garage of the J group, I had just stepped out of my private

00:26:25elevator, when a foul-smelling, unshaven man suddenly lunged out from behind a load-carrying

00:26:30pollen. Chloe! I finally found you! It was Victor! With a heavy thud, he dropped to his knees in front

00:26:38of me. Ignoring the muddy water on the ground, he sobbed and slapped himself across the face again and

00:26:43again. I was wrong, Chloe! I was blinded by that idiot Lily! I was blind as a dog! He shuffled

00:26:48forward

00:26:48on his knees, trying to hug my leg, crying until his face was covered in snot and tears. You're my

00:26:53woman!

00:26:54As long as you come back, we can join hands like in our last life and take Jace money! We're

00:26:59the destined

00:27:00king and queen of the underworld! Looking at him so utterly pathetic, I felt only nausea. I pressed the red

00:27:07emergency alarm on my car key. The piercing alarm instantly echoed through the garage. Victor panicked and

00:27:14still tried to forcefully drag me. A dark figure flashed past. Jace, like a leopard, kicked Victor

00:27:19three meters away. Jace unbuttoned his suit jacket unhastingly and handed it to the bodyguard behind

00:27:24him. His eyes held a terrifying violence. Victor, you're not only blind, you're hopelessly stupid.

00:27:31Jace! You're nothing but a pretty boy living off a woman! Driven into a corner, Victor erupted with a

00:27:38desperado's ferocity. He pulled out a switchblade and roared as he lunged at Jace. But he had no idea

00:27:45what kind of monster he was facing. Jace didn't even dodge. He shifted slightly to avoid the blade,

00:27:49then caught Victor's wrist in a backhand grip and snapped it hard. The crisp sound of breaking

00:27:54bone rang out. Victor let out a pig-like scream and the knife fell to the floor. Then Jace drove

00:27:58his

00:27:58knee upward, slamming it heavily into Victor's chest. Two ribs snapped instantly. The entire sequence

00:28:04flowed smoothly, carrying a brutal beauty of absolute domination. Victor collapsed to the floor

00:28:10like mud, coughing out mouthfuls of blood. Jace stepped forward and mercilessly planted his leather

00:28:15shoe on Victor's broken fingers, grinding down hard. You think you deserved her in your last life?

00:28:22Jace looked down at Victor as he corulsed it in pain. You couldn't protect her. All you could do was

00:28:29rely on the pitiful power she handed you. And in this life, you don't even have the right to say

00:28:36her name.

00:28:38Jace gestured. Blackwater bodyguards stepped forward and dragged Victor like a dead dog, throwing him

00:28:43into the garbage heap in the back alley. And at that moment, the gears of fate turned. An ambulance from

00:28:48the hospital happened to stop at the Annie entrance. The one who secretly slipped down from it was Lily,

00:28:53dragging her broken body. To avoid the expensive medical bills, Lily had escaped from the public

00:28:59hospital. She limped into the back alley, about to look for something to eat, when she suddenly saw

00:29:04Victor rivaling in the garbage heap. The moment she made out that face, Lily showed not the slightest

00:29:11sympathy. Instead, she burst into wild laughter. Victor struggled to open his eyes. Seeing the

00:29:19woman who had ruined him so badly, old hatred and new rage erupted like a volcano. If not for Lily,

00:29:24how would he have lost Chloe?

00:29:29Ah! Filthy bitch! This is all your fault! Victor lunged at her, clapped his hands around Lily's

00:29:35throat, and pressed her into the filthy water-water-filled garbage heap. You useless thing!

00:29:39Give me back Chloe! Give me back my mafia empire! Lily's eyes rolled back from the choking,

00:29:44and her hands clawed wildly. The true love they had once believed would bring mutual benefit now

00:29:48tore at each other like two mad dogs, blaming each other and ripping each other apart. In the final

00:29:52second before suffocation, Lily's hand found a sharp shard of glass.

00:29:59Using all her strength, she stabbed the shard fiercely into Victor's female artery.

00:30:04Blood instantly sprayed out like a fountain, splattering across Lily's face. Victor screamed.

00:30:13The two of them collapsed together into the reeking pool of blood and trash,

00:30:17convulsing in despair. A passerby discovered them and called the police, and the two were taken back

00:30:22to the public hospital. Due to severe blood loss, Victor's thigh was already paralyzed. As for Lily,

00:30:27when she woke up in the hospital bed, a doctor walked over to her coldly with her test results.

00:30:31Because you have been taking illegal living organ suppresses from your dark web for a long time,

00:30:35your kidneys and liver have completely failed. You have two months at most. There's no treatment

00:30:40value. Wait to die. The doctor's words were like a final verdict. Lily finally realized it. The

00:30:48rebirth script she had thought herself so clever for stealing had not helped her rise above everyone

00:30:54else. Instead, she had personally pushed open the gates to hell. The television on the hospital wall lit up.

00:31:01On the screen, the grand celebration of the Jace Group's successful listing on Wall Street was

00:31:06being broadcast live. I wore a gown and rang the opening bell under the eyes of the world,

00:31:11dazzling like a queen. If I can't live, you won't have peace either!

00:31:16She violently ripped the IV needle from the back of her hand. Blood dripped onto the white sheets. She

00:31:22stole a nurse's uniform and made an insane decision. Lily wrapped all the wounds on her body in bandages,

00:31:28pulled the loose cleaner's robe over herself, and slipped in the outdoor celebration banquet for

00:31:32the Jace Group's listing in her arms. She carried a large barrel of gasoline, had bought on the black

00:31:37market. As long as she could burn me and Jace to ashes in front of everyone, she would be willing

00:31:41to

00:31:41die in the flames immediately. At the center of the reception, Jace and I were being interviewed by

00:31:46global media. I wore a custom gown and looked invincible beneath the flashes. Lily hid behind a

00:31:51pillar in the shadows, staring at that blinding glory. The flames of jealousy in her heart burned

00:31:57all the way up her throat. Die! All of you die! She pushed the cart, carrying the gasoline using

00:32:03the darkness to inch closer to the ventilation system. As long as she pressed the igniter,

00:32:07this place would become a living hell. Just as her hand reached for the lighter,

00:32:11a pair of rough hands suddenly stretched out from the darkness, clamped over her mouth,

00:32:15and dragged her forcibly into the dim fire stair hill. It was Victor.

00:32:23Who told you to make a move? He still hadn't given up. He wanted to use Lily for one last

00:32:28struggle. What we need is money. We need the lifeline in Chloe's hands. You are not allowed to act.

00:32:34Chloe! Want your sister alive? Bring 10 million in cash to basement level 2. Remember, no bodyguards.

00:32:41He thought I would go soft. He thought that as long as I appeared,

00:32:45he could use me as a bargaining chain to turn the tables just like in the last life.

00:32:50Watching the video. Madam, shall I mobilize mercenaries and flatten the place?

00:32:56No need. I want them to see with their own eyes that before this position, they don't even qualify

00:33:02to be ants. Instead, I had Jace robalize the city's armed forces and surround the entire building like an

00:33:08iron barrel. Basement level 2. Victor stared at the elevator with high expectations.

00:33:16How is this possible? How dare you come without the money?

00:33:20I slowly stepped out from behind the bodyguards, every step calm and elegant. I didn't even glance

00:33:25at Lily who was tied to the fire hydrant. Victor, you used me in my last life and tortured me

00:33:31in this

00:33:31one. Did you think you could still threaten me like some ridiculous clown? Didn't you want to light

00:33:36the fire? Go on. Don't be a coward. When Lily heard this, the last spark of hope in her eyes

00:33:43went

00:33:43out completely. She looked at my lofty posture, at how I didn't even deign to get her a single glance.

00:33:49I'm done playing! I'm really done playing! I'll make all of you die with me!

00:33:59Before Victor could react, Lily suddenly broke free from the cut ropes and, like a mad woman,

00:34:03wrapped her arms tightly around Victor's neck. Don't ruin me!

00:34:07You made me into this monster! She bit down hard on Victor's ear, bloody tears streaming from her eyes.

00:34:14Victor, didn't you want money? Didn't you want to be the emperor of the underworld?

00:34:21Then let's go be that in hell! You crazy bitch! Let go of me!

00:34:27He struggled desperately, but Lily no longer wanted to live. She slammed violently into the

00:34:32still-burning lighter in Victor's ear. A whole barrel of gasoline instantly poured over the

00:34:36moon. Flames shot into the air, lighting up the entire underground garage. Fire swallowed the two

00:34:41evil ghosts who at once screamed against each other and now died together like conjoined twins.

00:34:45Amid piercing screams, they twisted and rolled in the flames. Under Jace's protection, I turned and left.

00:34:51Behind me was the past reduced to scorched earth, and I strode toward the future that belonged to me.

00:35:00The fire was quickly extinguished. Victor and Lily were completely reduced to two charred corpses,

00:35:05so burned that even DNA was difficult to extract. The news spread everywhere. The media frantically

00:35:10dug into the so-called family feud within the conglomerate. I did not have the PR department

00:35:14covered up. Instead, I took the initiative to release to the media Victor's illegal live organ

00:35:19trading network and the evidence that he and Lily had planned the assassination. The media outlets that

00:35:25had originally been waiting to laugh at us quickly turned their guns around in the face of iron-flabbed

00:35:30criminal evidence and praised us as heroes who had eliminated a cancer from society. The group stock

00:35:39not only did not fall, it surged for three straight days in the market because of our positive image

00:35:45of punishing evil and protecting the innocent. I stood before the floor to cleansing windows,

00:35:50looking down at the ant-like crowds below. Just then, Jace walked over with a glass of expensive red

00:35:57wine and gently pulled me into his arms. Madam, those troublesome mafia families have all signed

00:36:04the asset transfer agreements according to your requirements. He kissed my cheek tenderly. After

00:36:09tonight there will be no so-called underground rules on the east coast. You are the only rule. I looked

00:36:14out

00:36:14at the glittering knee beyond the window, lightly swirling the blood red wine in my glass. A smile

00:36:19of certain sectority curved my lip. Although Victor was dead, the territory he left behind had become

00:36:25a piece of fat meat. The twelve remaining old mafia families on the east coast were eager to move.

00:36:31In their eyes, Jace was nothing more than a legitimate businessman taking advantage of an opening.

00:36:36That night, a threatening letter containing a bullet was delivered to the group headquarters,

00:36:40demanding that Jace hand over 70 percent of the shipping routes, or he would not live to see

00:36:44tomorrow's sun. Looking at the bullet on the desk, killing intake surged in Jace's eyes,

00:36:49and he was about to order a direct assault. I pressed down on his hand, took a black encrypted USB

00:36:54drive

00:36:54from the safe, and tossed it lightly onto the desk. A direct attack would be too merciful. This is the

00:37:00underground intelligence network. I spent five years building in my last life. I looked at Jace,

00:37:05my gaze confident and cold. It contains every financial weakness of those twelve families,

00:37:10the locations of their illegitimate children overseas, and conclusive evidence of their dark

00:37:15web smuggling. One fatal strike. That's my style. Jace picked up the USB drive. The viciousness

00:37:22in his eyes instantly transformed into the utmost admiration and indulgent affection. He lowered his

00:37:27head and kissed me deeply. As you command, my queen. Tonight, I'll tear down their thrones and

00:37:32turn them into stepping stones for you. Outside the window, thunder rolled and rain lashed down.

00:37:38Alone, Jace pushed open the doors to the east coast underground round table chamber. Inside the

00:37:43round table chamber, twelve mafia elders were smoking cigars and laughing arrogantly. Seeing that Jace had

00:37:49truly dared to come alone, several hot-tempered old men pulled out gold-plated pistols and slammed them

00:37:53heavily onto the table. Pretty boy, if you know what's good for you, you'll sign the asset transfer

00:37:57agreement. Then we might still leave you and that beautiful wife of yours whole corpses.

00:38:02Jace didn't even look at the guns. He leisurely pulled out the chair at the head of the table

00:38:07and sat down, then threw twelve printed sets of confidential financial datements and photos into

00:38:12their faces like trash. Look at your own cards before you decide whether to raise your voice at me.

00:38:18The elders picked up the documents and their faces turned instantly pale. The hands holding their cigars

00:38:24trembled like civs. Those were their most lethal weak points. As long as Jace sent them with one

00:38:30click, they would immediately lose everything, perhaps even their families.

00:38:34You? What do you want? Jace smeared and snapped his fingers lightly. The hidden walls around the

00:38:40chamber instantly descended, revealing hundreds of heavily armed mercenaries whose infrared sights

00:38:45were all locked onto the centers of their foreheads. Jace rose and looked down at the once

00:38:49invincible underworld overlords from above. Sign the submission agreement. From today on,

00:38:53the rules of the east coast underworld are decided by my wife.

00:38:57When Jace returned to the manor with the tokens of submission from the twelve families,

00:39:01it was already late at night. After my shower, I stood before the Florida clearing windows,

00:39:06watching the wind and rain finally stop outside. Jace embraced me from behind and slipped the black

00:39:11gold serpent ring, a symbol of the highest power on the dark wet, onto my ring finger. His fingers were

00:39:17faintly callid. When they touched my back, my body stiffened controllably because of the bone deep

00:39:22memories of beatings from my last life, Jace noticed. He did not rush to take anything from me.

00:39:28Instead, he turned me around and looked at me with aching tenderness. He lowered his head and

00:39:33reverently kissed the invisible scars on my body, kissing away the last trace of guardedness towards

00:39:37intimacy in my heart. Chloe, in this life, you're no one's strategist behind the scenes anymore,

00:39:43and you don't have to take a blade for anyone. Jace's held my face, his voice low and tempting.

00:39:49You are the only one in power, and I am your most loyal believer. Looking at the deep love

00:39:55burning in his eyes for me alone, I finally let go completely of the shadows from my past life.

00:40:00I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back with equal heat. Moonlight streamed through

00:40:04the windows and spilled across the luxurious bed where two figures merged completely.

00:40:09Five years later, it was the very day when, in my last life, Jace went bankrupt and Lily rolled beneath

00:40:13the truck to her death. But now we were at the top floor of the highest tower on Wall Street.

00:40:16Wearing a custom gown, I rang the NASDAQ opening bell, the richest person in the world and the

00:40:20supreme matriarch of the dark web. Thunderous applause filled the room and camera flashes blazed like

00:40:24daylight. Holding a glass of champagne, I walked to the floor to clear window and looked down over the

00:40:28city I had thoroughly conquered. At the end of my line of sight lay that filthy slum. In my last

00:40:32life,

00:40:33Lily had gnawed on rotten vegetable leaves there, then dragged me to my death out of jealousy.

00:40:36In this life, she thought she had stolen the trump card, but she turned to ashes in the very first

00:40:40year. Jace walked to my side holding our three-year-old heir. What are you thinking about?

00:40:44His eyes full of doting affection as he wrapped an arm around my waist. As if performing magic,

00:40:49he took a document from the pocket of his suit and handed it to me. Darling, you said before that

00:40:54looking at that slum bothered you. I've had people approve the demolition plan to buy it. I looked at

00:40:58the document and couldn't help laughing softly. The place that had buried our fates in my last life

00:41:03could now be erased completely from the map with nothing more than my signature. Three days later,

00:41:07more than a dozen heavy bulldozers drove into the slums. Amid the enormous roar, the dilapidated

00:41:12chantels, the place that had buried Lily's greed and despair, collapsed with a crash and became ruins.

00:41:16On the original site, the world's largest commercial landmark, named after me, would rise.

00:41:21At the groundbreaking ceremony, global media swarmed in. Countless microphones were thrust in front of

00:41:28me. This is Jace, man. How did you go from an ordinary girl to the overlord who dominates both

00:41:32the legitimate and underground worlds today? What was the core secret? Was it because you were lucky

00:41:37and chose the right person? Hearing the question, I raised my brows slightly. I turned and glanced down

00:41:43from the stage. Jace was holding our son. Watching me with a smile like the most loyal night,

00:41:47eyes filled the pride of someone, thinking, my wife shines brightest. I withdrew my eyes and looked

00:41:52to the camera, the corner of my throat curving into a calm, aggressively confident smile.

00:41:56Fate has never been about what cards you managed to steal.

00:42:01It's about whether you have the brains to play them well. Unfortunately, some people think they've

00:42:06stolen the winning hand, but they don't even qualify to sit at the table. I raised the champagne

00:42:10in my hand. Sunlight struck the black gold serpent ring, refracting a dazzling gleam. Cheers to my empire.

00:42:20Daughter of the Lord, let mine awaken, heir to the throne. Glory to the soulless land, a gift from

00:42:27Hector's love. Give me a red wine.

00:42:39The wine you asked for.

00:42:47You walk in here while he is clearly occupied? Are you blind or just stupid?

00:42:59Then Lord Rowan can pour his own wine. What did you just... Did you call him by his name?

00:43:05You address him as my lord, you disrespectful little twat?

00:43:12That is enough, Isolette.

00:43:16Know your place, Zahra. You have no house, no bloodline, nowhere you're in this realm that would

00:43:22take you in. I will leave then. I will go rogue before I die.

00:43:26You have no soul power yet. Until you do, you belong to this house. You belong to me.

00:43:37Come to my study once you have cleaned this up.

00:43:49Fifteen years with not a single confirmed trace of my daughter. What more do you need,

00:43:54Lord Blackwell?

00:43:55I hear you, Lord Cassian, but murder and abduction require proof.

00:44:01The other houses will not move against Greth without it. House Greth attacked House Solani fifteen

00:44:06years ago. My daughter vanished the same night. I know what happened to her.

00:44:11Her body was never found, Lord Blackwell. In fifteen years, no body. What does that tell you?

00:44:19Or do you just not want to hear it?

00:44:22You are the only one with the power and the standing to help us. You have to help me avenge

00:44:28my daughter.

00:44:35Clotha, Laxius, Hekma, if any of you are listening, please, tomorrow,

00:44:41give me my soul power when I turn eighteen. Set me free. We will live simply. In the woods if

00:44:48we have

00:44:48to. We will hunt for what we need. We will need nothing from anyone in this house ever again.

00:44:55I will attend Rowan Greth's feast tomorrow. Whatever is inside that castle, I will find it. You have my word.

00:45:06I will pull everything we have on the Gretheth, attack on House Selenen. Every record.

00:45:13Every body. Body that was not found. Do it.

00:45:20Zara Salone's body was never found. I suspect she is not dead.

00:45:45You are a fast learner, my lady.

00:45:48I will be the only one with the other.

00:45:52I will be the only one with the other.

00:45:54I will be the only one with the other.

00:45:55I will be the only one with the other.

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

00:46:10What is she doing here? Was she watching us?

00:46:15You will address me as my lord.

00:46:23If you walk in here without knocking again, I will make sure you cannot walk at all.

00:46:30Isolid, leave us.

00:46:33Excuse me?

00:46:34I said, leave us.

00:46:46How long have you lived here at House Greth?

00:46:48Almost fifteen years.

00:46:50Have we ever let you go hungry, cold, without shelter?

00:46:58No. What are you trying to say?

00:47:03Are you jealous? Is that what this is?

00:47:07You wish you were the one I was fucking?

00:47:09You disgust me.

00:47:11What?

00:47:12I am not jealous. I am disgusted. And you are not my lord. The only L word that fits you

00:47:19is low life.

00:47:22My lord.

00:47:23Lord Theron Blackwell of House Blackwell has confirmed his attendance at tomorrow's feast.

00:47:31Theron Blackwell is coming here? I only sent that invitation out of courtesy. Why now? What does he want?

00:47:35My lord. I believe it signals respect. If Theron attends, the other houses will follow. It confirms our standing.

00:47:41You think so?

00:47:42He must know House Greth is the second house in the realm. He is acknowledging the threat.

00:47:49Since you find this so amusing, you will prepare and serve the entire feast, beginning to end.

00:47:57Tomorrow is my 18th birthday. You promised me a day's rest.

00:48:00I changed my mind.

00:48:11I changed my mind.

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

00:48:17Do not ever mention again.

00:48:23I... forgive me, my lord. It... it only seemed as though you two were...

00:48:31We are nothing. She is a servant. An orphan.

00:48:36I do not know why the Moray goddesses chose her for me and I do not care.

00:48:40I will not accept it.

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

00:48:46Once she turns 18 tomorrow, her soul power will awaken. She will feel the fated between us the moment it

00:48:51does.

00:48:52I will sever it publicly, in front of the entire feast.

00:48:55Severing a thread decreed by the Morayas is not a simple act, my lord.

00:48:59Clothra herself spun it with me, but I do not care.

00:49:01You are dismissed.

00:49:09Damn it, Zara.

00:49:15Soren, I need you to source a worthy gift for Lord Rowan Greth before tomorrow's feast.

00:49:19A gift? For Rowan Greth? Why would you...

00:49:22We keep our friends close, and our enemies closer.

00:49:25Yes, my lord.

00:49:25Daughters of allied houses, each one a strong political match.

00:49:30If you arrive at the feast with one of them on your arm, it sends a message.

00:49:34House Blackhead is building alliances, not just...

00:49:37I will not be bringing a companion.

00:49:39My lord, if House Greth discovers you are still unwavered at your age, they will question your standard.

00:49:44They will use it against you at the feast.

00:49:45Let them. I am Theron Blackwaite.

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

00:49:53Whoever she is.

00:50:01My lord.

00:50:02Those burns.

00:50:03Are those...

00:50:04Jade Hog.

00:50:05Yes.

00:50:05Inside the estate.

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

00:50:08It was tracking something.

00:50:10A soul whose suppression is breaking.

00:50:13Something it could smell from a long distance.

00:50:20The trail leads toward House Greth territory.

00:50:23Lord Cassian's daughter.

00:50:25Have the carriage ready at dawn.

00:50:26Sauron.

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

00:50:45Happy birthday to me.

00:50:47Happy birthday, Zara.

00:50:50Who is there?

00:50:52It is me, Lara.

00:50:54I am your divine gift, Zara.

00:50:56Hecate's gift.

00:50:57The one they sealed away when you were a child.

00:51:00I have been here the entire time.

00:51:02They simply would not let me speak.

00:51:04Hecate's gift.

00:51:06You are Hecate's gift.

00:51:07It is very good to finally meet you.

00:51:09And there is something I need to tell you.

00:51:11About the one the Moiri decried for us.

00:51:13The one Clothra wove into your thread at birth.

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

00:51:16Yes.

00:51:17The one she decreed for us.

00:51:18He is here.

00:51:19He has always been here.

00:51:20In this castle.

00:51:23Who?

00:51:23Rowan Greth.

00:51:24Lord of this house.

00:51:26Clothra wove you for him as a birth.

00:51:28He has known since before you did.

00:51:52He is coming, I can feel him approaching.

00:51:56Zara, when you see the thread, do not let it show on your face.

00:52:14So, Hector finally broke the seal.

00:52:17You knew.

00:52:19This whole time you knew what Clothra decreed and you said nothing.

00:52:23So what?

00:52:23You are a servant.

00:52:25A castless orphan.

00:52:26You have no house, no bloodline, nothing.

00:52:30What Clothia decreed does not change what you are.

00:52:33I defy the decree, Zara.

00:52:47If you beg, perhaps I will reconsider.

00:52:52I accept your defiance, Rowan.

00:52:56What?

00:53:00The thread is gone.

00:53:02So are we.

00:53:03Clothra does not weave a second thread for the same person.

00:53:06You will live and die castless.

00:53:08So be it.

00:53:09Pack what you have tonight.

00:53:11After today, I do not want to see you in this castle again.

00:53:13I have been waiting years for you to say that, Rowan.

00:53:20You are allowed to feel it, Zara.

00:53:22What he did this morning.

00:53:26I just need to get through this feast.

00:53:30There is someone coming tonight.

00:53:32I can feel a presence in the road.

00:53:34Something old.

00:53:35Something that knows Hector's gift from a distance.

00:53:37Everything can wait until after the feast.

00:53:46The carers were in this tree line last night.

00:53:49How close?

00:53:50Close enough to leave tribute at the window.

00:53:53Someone inside that castle has been paying them to stay back.

00:53:56Paying the carers to stay back from whom?

00:54:06Hector's bloodline.

00:54:09In Inside House Greth.

00:54:33Lord Blackwit, what a pleasure.

00:54:35I hope the road treated you well.

00:54:37Our castle sits deep in the forest.

00:54:38Not the easiest journey.

00:54:40Lord Rowan built House Greth Castle from the foundations up.

00:54:43It is everything a great house should be.

00:54:46A gift from House Blackwit, Lord Greth.

00:54:49In honor of tomorrow's betrothal.

00:54:53Lord Blackwit, this is far too generous.

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

00:54:58Pocket change, shall we?

00:55:02What do you think you are doing?

00:55:04Do not embarrass me.

00:55:08I saw a servant girl at the rest juice pile.

00:55:13Find out who she is.

00:55:14How she came from.

00:55:15How long she has been here.

00:55:17Everything.

00:55:18And the carers were paying her the kind of attention they paid to...

00:55:20I know, Sorin.

00:55:21Find out who she is tonight, before the feast ends.

00:55:32Lord Blackwit, I have always admired what House Blackwit has built in the Northern Territory.

00:55:37The estate, the trade routes.

00:55:38I feel we share very similar tastes in what a great house should be.

00:55:42Isoleth.

00:55:42Zahra, wine.

00:55:46We have an important guest, Lord Blackwell of House Blackwell.

00:55:50Show some respect.

00:56:01I need to step out a moment, my lord.

00:56:08Excuse me.

00:56:10Where are you going with that?

00:56:12I am trying to wash.

00:56:15Wash?

00:56:16You call that washing?

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

00:56:19Please.

00:56:20I am not even supposed to be talking to you.

00:56:23I just want to know your name.

00:56:25Please.

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

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

00:56:33It is her birthday.

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

00:56:39I noticed you came alone, Lord Blackwell.

00:56:41No companion for the feast.

00:56:44Is there no one who has caught your interest?

00:56:46I hear House Blackwell has no shortage of fine houses seeking alliance.

00:56:51There is someone.

00:56:52Is that so?

00:56:56Well, we have some of the finest bloodlines in the realm here tonight.

00:57:01Lady Maryn of House Vale.

00:57:03Strong covenant line.

00:57:04Excellent standing.

00:57:06Lady Maryn, Lord Blackwet of House Blackwet.

00:57:09She has good bloodline.

00:57:11And, well, if Lady Maryn is not to your pace, take your pick of any house here tonight.

00:57:17This is the finest gathering in the realm this season.

00:57:20There is someone, actually.

00:57:22Oh?

00:57:22Who is the lucky lady?

00:57:24That servant girl.

00:57:25From earlier.

00:57:27The one who poured the wine.

00:57:31You cannot be serious, Lord Blackwell.

00:57:34She is a costless servant with no house name.

00:57:38Whatever interest you have.

00:57:41Surely one of the noble daughters here tonight would serve you far better.

00:57:44I am not interested in the noble daughters.

00:57:47She does not even bathe properly.

00:57:49She has no access to Mootsalad.

00:57:51Is that something she chooses?

00:57:53Or something she is not permitted?

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

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

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

00:58:06Of course.

00:58:08We will send her up.

00:58:23Well, it seems you have admirers.

00:58:26Lord Blackwell has requested your company in his guest room this evening.

00:58:32For some reason, Lord Blackwell wants you for the evening.

00:58:35No idea why.

00:58:38What are you talking about?

00:58:42Please do not wear that.

00:58:45Consider it a parting gift.

00:58:47I heard Rowan sent you away.

00:58:50Finally.

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

00:58:53To the right at the end of the upper corridor.

00:58:55Do not disappoint him.

00:58:57I am not going.

00:58:58Why not?

00:58:59Does he not interest you?

00:59:00I do not know him.

00:59:01And Clothi does not weave second threads.

00:59:03You said so yourself.

00:59:04Clothi does not weave the same thread twice.

00:59:07But she weaves more than one kind.

00:59:09Go and see for yourself.

00:59:11And Zara.

00:59:13Please.

00:59:13Change your dress.

00:59:50Theola, Lord Blackwell.

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

00:59:56Rowan.

00:59:57Isileth sent me to the wrong room.

00:59:59She did this deliberately.

01:00:11Zara!

01:00:14What in the name of the gods?

01:00:17What do you think you are doing with my betrothed?

01:00:19You castless little witch.

01:00:25She came to seduce my betrothed.

01:00:28In his own room.

01:00:30Look at what she is wearing.

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

01:00:33You sent me to this room.

01:00:35You told me it was Lord Blackwell's.

01:00:37You lying.

01:00:39Do not touch her.

01:00:44If you lay another hand on her,

01:00:46I will make certain you regret it for the rest of your days.

01:00:59Blackwell, this is my castle.

01:01:01My house!

01:01:02You do not!

01:01:04She is with me now.

01:01:05Come.

01:01:15How is your face?

01:01:17It is fine.

01:01:18I am used to it.

01:01:21Why do you let them do that?

01:01:22In case you have not noticed.

01:01:24I am not exactly in a position of power here.

01:01:28So, this is the castless servant of House Greth with an attitude.

01:01:33Thank you for what you did back there.

01:01:35You do not have to.

01:01:36I am leaving this house tonight.

01:01:37Release me.

01:01:39You are aware I am Lord of Shouse Blackwell, the more powerful house in Orvran.

01:01:44I am.

01:01:46Which is exactly why you would not want someone like me.

01:01:50No house, no bloodline.

01:01:51What is your name?

01:01:53Zara.

01:01:55Just Zara.

01:01:56I do not remember my house name.

01:01:59My parents died when I was small.

01:02:01House Greth took me in.

01:02:02You are with me now, Zara.

01:02:04You do not have to go anywhere tonight.

01:02:06Or at all.

01:02:18Happy birthday.

01:02:22This is my castle.

01:02:25My territory.

01:02:26Step aside.

01:02:28Lord Blackwell has requested privacy.

01:02:29I cannot allow entry.

01:02:31You cannot allow.

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

01:02:33I could have you removed from this castle entirely.

01:02:35The accord between houses expires soon, my lord.

01:02:38You would not want to offend Lord Blackwell over a servant.

01:02:42There is no way a lord like Theron Blackwell accepts someone like her.

01:02:46She has nothing.

01:02:47She is nothing.

01:02:49Zara is not nothing, my lord.

01:02:51She is Lord Blackwell's guest.

01:02:58Why do you care so much about her?

01:03:00She is irrelevant.

01:03:01She is nothing.

01:03:02I do not want to talk about it.

01:03:04I imagine she is doing everything she can to please Lord Blackwell right now.

01:03:08That shameless, castless wench.

01:03:10I said I do not want to talk about it.

01:03:16Zara.

01:03:17Did you just call me Zara?

01:03:21What?

01:03:22You are being paranoid.

01:03:24Zara.

01:03:24Paranoid.

01:03:24I am paranoid.

01:03:26I knew it.

01:03:27I have always known it.

01:03:29It was always about her.

01:03:31Always Zara.

01:03:33Did you ever even care about me?

01:03:35What am I to you?

01:03:36What have I ever been?

01:03:38You are right.

01:03:39He cannot have her.

01:03:41Zara.

01:03:42What?

01:03:42Are you serious right now?

01:03:44I am talking to you!

01:03:46Rowan!

01:03:47Do not you dare leave me here!

01:03:55Lord Rowan insists on seeing Zara.

01:03:57He says it is urgent.

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

01:04:04I should.

01:04:05I want to end this properly.

01:04:13What do you want, Rowan?

01:04:14You cannot go with Theron Blackneck.

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

01:04:18Clotha decreed him for me.

01:04:19I am your decree.

01:04:22Zara.

01:04:23Do not leave.

01:04:24I know things between us have been-

01:04:26Things between us?

01:04:27There were no things between us, Rowan.

01:04:29For fifteen years you treated me like a servant.

01:04:32You watched Isoldt abuse me and you said nothing.

01:04:34You kept Hecti's seal on me so I would never know who I was.

01:04:37And then you broke Clotha's thread.

01:04:39You rejected me, Rowan.

01:04:40Your words to the gods.

01:04:42I will marry Isolette.

01:04:43The betrothal is too far along to break.

01:04:46But I can move you somewhere safe.

01:04:48A house of your own.

01:04:49You would want for nothing.

01:04:50You do not have to go to Blackwick.

01:04:51You do not have to-

01:04:52What are you trying to say to me right now?

01:04:53Are you telling me you want me to be your kept secret?

01:04:56The other woman while you marry Isolde?

01:04:58I came to say goodbye, Rowan.

01:05:00That is all this is.

01:05:03Zara, I have always loved you.

01:05:06What?

01:05:08I said I love you.

01:05:09Do you hear me?

01:05:10I-

01:05:11You cannot treat someone like nothing for fifty years and then tell them you love you.

01:05:14That is not love.

01:05:15Let me go!

01:05:16I told you I am willing to work something out.

01:05:18What more could you possibly want from me?

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

01:05:21I do not want it.

01:05:22Let me go!

01:05:22Stop pretending.

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

01:05:25You disobeyed me, gave me that attitude every day to get my attention.

01:05:29You have it.

01:05:30Just stay and we can-

01:05:31I never wanted your attention.

01:05:32I never wanted any of this.

01:05:33Let me go!

01:05:37We are leaving, now.

01:05:40What about my things?

01:05:42I have everything you will ever need.

01:06:04You will have your own rooms at House Blackneck.

01:06:07Tomorrow I can arrange for whatever you need.

01:06:09Clothing, anything you want, we can send for.

01:06:12Is that a village?

01:06:13The market town of Veld.

01:06:15Three leagues from Greth territory.

01:06:18A market town.

01:06:22We will sort out the council inquiry tomorrow.

01:06:25Lord Cassian will want to move quickly once.

01:06:29Forgive me.

01:06:31What were you saying?

01:06:32I have never even seen anything beyond the castle walls.

01:06:37Call me Theron.

01:06:41Take the long road through Veld.

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

01:06:56Zara, this house, it knows us.

01:06:59Hectala and Neve have walked the same road since before mortals had names for either of them.

01:07:04This is a safe place.

01:07:07The shadows, they are moving.

01:07:11They are the nextborn.

01:07:12They guard this house.

01:07:14They will not harm you.

01:07:15They are alive.

01:07:16They are older than alive.

01:07:18They have been here since Nyx first made her covenant with my bloodline.

01:07:26They have never done that before.

01:07:28They recognize Hecate's gift.

01:07:30They are saying hello.

01:07:38I want the girl!

01:07:39Send her out!

01:07:40She is a guest of House Blacknickth.

01:07:42She leaves when she chooses.

01:07:44Open the gates, Zorin.

01:07:46Last time I ask.

01:07:48No.

01:08:00You brought hollow men to my house.

01:08:03You broke my gate.

01:08:05Think very carefully about what you do next.

01:08:08The girl is a servant of my house.

01:08:10She is not yours to keep.

01:08:11Give me the girl and I walk away.

01:08:13She is not a servant of your house.

01:08:15She never was.

01:08:17And I think you have always known that.

01:08:22We are out of the house.

01:08:43What are you doing?

01:08:46Hey!

01:08:54Stand down

01:08:58This isn't over, Blackweck

01:09:00Send a raven next time

01:09:02Like a lord

01:09:05Rowan

01:09:12I know about the attack on House Saluni

01:09:14I know you sealed a three-year-old child

01:09:16And kept her hidden for fifty years

01:09:17And I know Clotha with thread for her

01:09:19And you threw it away

01:09:21Atrotus is watching you

01:09:22You defied the Moraes

01:09:23Buried Hecathur's bloodline

01:09:24And destroyed an entire house

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

01:09:27And neither do I

01:09:28You read my ring without permission

01:09:30That is a violation of the accord between Houses

01:09:39Do not go out there, Zara

01:09:42Rowan's RS gift is not controlled

01:09:44When he is this angry

01:09:46He would not mean to

01:09:47But he could drain you through the seal fractures

01:09:50The cracks make you vulnerable

01:09:52I am not afraid of him

01:09:54I know

01:09:54But the seal is not fully broken yet

01:09:58Until it is

01:09:59Stay inside this house

01:10:01The Nyxbourne will not let him pass the gate

01:10:04What happened at the gate?

01:10:06He backed down for now

01:10:08But he will move against you soon

01:10:10Rowan does not accept losses

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

01:10:14He defied the decree himself

01:10:15He sent me away

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

01:10:18He does not want you

01:10:19He wants to make certain no one else has you

01:10:20There is a difference

01:10:21Your name is not just Zara

01:10:22Your full name is Zara Solene

01:10:24Daughter

01:10:25Of Lord Cassiel Solene

01:10:27And Lady Neva Solene

01:10:29Of House Solene

01:10:29That is not possible

01:10:32My parents died when I

01:10:34They did not die

01:10:37House Greath attacked House Solene

01:10:38Fifteen years ago

01:10:39Your parents survived

01:10:40You were taken in the chaos

01:10:42Either by Greath soldiers

01:10:44Or hidden here afterward

01:10:45Your parents have been searching for you ever since

01:10:48My parents are alive?

01:10:49Yes

01:10:50I met with them two days ago

01:10:52Your father sat across a desk from me

01:10:54And told me fifteen years of searching

01:10:56Your mother has not stopped looking

01:10:58Since the night you disappeared

01:10:59House Solene

01:11:01Hector's covenant

01:11:02Yes

01:11:02Your bloodline carries Hector's gift

01:11:05Soul sight

01:11:06The ability to see the complete truth of any person

01:11:08Rareest gift in Arvran

01:11:09It is why the covenant seal was placed on you as a child

01:11:11To keep Hector's gift buried

01:11:13To keep you buried

01:11:16Why are you doing this?

01:11:18I gave your father, Lord Cassian, my word

01:11:20That is not what I mean

01:11:21You came to that feast looking for something

01:11:23You saw me and you spent the rest of the night

01:11:24Trying to find out who I was, why?

01:11:25The shade hound tracks in my study

01:11:27Led to House Greath territory

01:11:28The Keris retreating when I arrived

01:11:30The pieces were already there

01:11:31That is still not what I mean

01:11:34My gift responded to you at the gate

01:11:36Before I knew who you were

01:11:37That does not happen

01:11:38Not to me

01:11:39Lyra said Clothed are weaves more than one kind of thread

01:11:42Yes, she does

01:12:04Lord Cassian

01:12:06I said I would find her

01:12:13You have her eyes

01:12:16Your mother's eyes exactly

01:12:24I did not know you were alive

01:12:26They told me

01:12:27I thought

01:12:27I know

01:12:27I know what they told you

01:12:29I prayed

01:12:31For years I prayed

01:12:32I did not know who I was praying to

01:12:34I called her Hector

01:12:36I just prayed that someone was listening

01:12:37Hector was listening

01:12:38She always was

01:12:40I never stopped looking for you

01:12:42Not one day

01:12:44Not one hour

01:12:51You were three years old

01:12:54The night they came

01:12:55House Greath attacked at the third bell of night

01:12:57No warning

01:12:58No declaration

01:12:59Just Greath soldiers at our walls

01:13:02They knew exactly what they wanted

01:13:04Hector's covenant had just passed to you at birth

01:13:06House Solane with a newborn heir

01:13:08Carrying the full force of soul sight

01:13:10That terrified them

01:13:11You would have been the most powerful voice

01:13:13At any council table in Auron

01:13:15So they took me instead of killing me

01:13:18They put the covenant seal on you that same night

01:13:20And they kept you where they could watch you

01:13:22And where the seal would never break

01:13:23Surrounded by Rowan Zara's gift

01:13:26Pressing the seal down every day

01:13:28Simply by existing near you

01:13:29I am Clothi's decree

01:13:32Rowan was woven for me at birth

01:13:34He knew if the thread appeared

01:13:35He could not hide who I was any longer

01:13:37Which is why he defied it immediately

01:13:40Better to pay the cost of defying the Moirai

01:13:43Than to let you know who you were

01:13:46He was afraid of me

01:13:51His entire house has been afraid of you

01:13:53Since the night you were born

01:13:58The seal will fully break within days

01:14:00Once Hectecta's gift is free in her

01:14:02See through every lie in this realm

01:14:05She will see what we did to her family

01:14:07She will be able to prove it at council

01:14:09Then we stop it before it breaks

01:14:11The seal is too far gone

01:14:13Rowan's suppression cannot close those fractures

01:14:15Hector is driving them open from the divine side

01:14:17There is only one thing that stops Hecta's gift once it starts

01:14:19Voidban

01:14:21Voidban severs the Covenant permanently

01:14:22Hecta's gift gone from her bloodline entirely

01:14:25Gone

01:14:26I know someone who can get it

01:14:32Get it

01:14:39How does it work?

01:14:40One touch to bare skin

01:14:42The poison enters through contact

01:14:43It reaches the Covenant connection in the blood within one hour

01:14:47After that

01:14:48The gift is gone

01:14:49The bloodline's Covenant with Hecta dissolves permanently

01:14:52As if the original bargain was never made

01:14:54If I use it on her, what happens?

01:14:56She lives

01:14:58She simply becomes ordinary

01:15:13Good morning

01:15:14Good morning

01:15:15This was always your room

01:15:17We never changed it

01:15:26Tell me what Lyra says your gift does

01:15:28In full

01:15:29Soul sight

01:15:30Hecta's gift

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

01:15:34What they intend

01:15:35What they hide

01:15:35What they have done

01:15:36No lie survives it

01:15:37In its full form

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

01:15:41Can you use it now?

01:15:42Not yet

01:15:43The seal is still there

01:15:44Most of it

01:15:45Lyra says when it fully breaks

01:15:47The gift will arrive all at once

01:15:48She says it will be overwhelming

01:15:50At first

01:15:51When it does

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

01:15:55Including me

01:15:56Does that concern you?

01:15:58No

01:15:59Zara

01:16:00The warmth between you

01:16:02That is real

01:16:03Clothy wove it differently this time

01:16:05It will not collapse if defied

01:16:06It only grows

01:16:07Not yet

01:16:08What?

01:16:09Nothing

01:16:09Lyra talks a great deal

01:16:14Rowan demands we surrender Zara to House Graith

01:16:17Custody within three days

01:16:20Or he declares inter-house conflict

01:16:25He cannot declare conflict against both our houses

01:16:28House Selene and House Blackwell together outrank him at every council

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

01:16:34He only needs to create enough chaos that the other houses look away while he moves against Zara directly

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

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

01:16:46Lord Cassian

01:16:47Can you call the council?

01:16:51Formally

01:16:51Openly

01:16:52Before Rowan moves first

01:16:58I can

01:16:59But if Rowan has something that can stop the seal breaking before the council convenes

01:17:04Do not let anyone you do not trust come near your wrist

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

01:17:2215 years ago House Graith attacked House Solani without declaration without cause and without consequence

01:17:27My door three years old was taken that same night

01:17:30A covenant seal placed on a child of Hecate's bloodline to suppress her divine gift

01:17:34She was kept as a servant in House Graith for 15 years

01:17:38I am asking this council to answer for what was done

01:17:40House Graith denies every accusation

01:17:43The girl in question was an orphan found wandering near our territory

01:17:46We took her in out of charity

01:17:48The covenant seal was placed for her own protection

01:17:51Her gift was unstable

01:17:52Lord Cassian has no proof of anything he has claimed

01:17:55Furthermore

01:17:56This girl has no documented bloodline

01:17:59No House Solian birth record survives the attack on their estate

01:18:03Lord Cassian is asking the council to accept the word of a castless servant over the standing of House Graith

01:18:09I have proof

01:18:12When Rowan showed up to my house I used my gift and read his ring

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

01:18:1615 years of deliberate moves against House Solane

01:18:19The attack

01:18:20Taking the child

01:18:21Locking Hectima's gift inside her with that seal

01:18:23All of it

01:18:25That ring has witnessed everything

01:18:26He read my ring without permission

01:18:28Article 7 of the Accord permits a reading of House Insignia when a missing heir is involved

01:18:32That itself is a violation of the Accord

01:18:34Everything he claims to have read is inadmissible

01:18:36Zahra Solande is a missing heir

01:18:38Her father sits at this table

01:18:49Zahra, left side

01:18:51Now!

01:18:58Zahra, fight it

01:18:59Do not let it reach the covenant

01:19:01Do not

01:19:12What did you give her?

01:19:15Nothing that was not necessary

01:19:21Zahra?

01:19:23Zahra!

01:19:24Zahra!

01:19:25Zahra!

01:19:26Zahra!

01:19:26Zahra is here!

01:19:26She is fighting it!

01:19:28Hold on!

01:19:53This is what you were born for, Zara Solemia.

01:19:57Now let them see you.

01:20:01Welcome home.

01:20:27Zara Solemia.

01:20:51Zara Solemia.

01:20:54Zara Solemia.

01:21:07Zara Solemia.

01:21:08Zara Solemia.

01:21:28Zara Solemia.

01:21:33Zara Solemia.

01:21:34Zara Solemia.

01:21:36Zara Solemia.

01:21:37Zara Solemia.

01:21:43Zara Solemia.

01:21:44Zara Solemia.

01:21:46Zara Solemia.

01:21:47Zara Solemia.

01:21:48Zara Solemia.

01:21:49Zara Solemia.

01:21:51Zara Solemia.

01:21:53Zara Solemia.

01:21:55Zara Solemia.

01:21:57Zara Solemia.

01:21:58Zara Solemia.

01:21:59I say I'm done!

01:22:33It is over, Rowan.

01:22:40You went to a crossroads at night. You took something from Hades Domain.

01:22:44Don't.

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

01:22:52You tried to kill a divine gift, in neutral land, in front of eight houses sitting in the room.

01:22:58Every lord hearing it clearly.

01:23:00I protected my house. What she would have done with that gift...

01:23:04I can see every lie you've ever told. Don't try another one.

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

01:23:12in neutral ground.

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

01:23:18You cannot. I am the daughter of House Crane. My father will...

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

01:23:23Rowan. Rowan, tell them. Tell them I did it for us. For the house.

01:23:27You told me to get it. You said, get it!

01:23:32You're not gonna say anything. Are you?

01:23:37I did everything for you. Every single thing.

01:23:41The room. The vial.

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

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

01:23:52I loved you. That was real. Even if nothing else was.

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

01:24:13You spent fifteen years trying to stop this moment.

01:24:17And here we are anyway.

01:24:19What do you want, Zahra? An apology?

01:24:20I want nothing from you. That is what I came to tell you.

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

01:24:31The council exiled him. He lost any powers he had.

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

01:24:53Every single day.

01:24:55Every single day.

01:24:56I said your name every single day so I would not forget the sound of it.

01:25:00So it would still be ready when you came back.

01:25:06Welcome home, Zahra.

01:25:19You found her.

01:25:21You brought her home.

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

01:25:29I did not come today for gratitude.

01:25:31No.

01:25:32I did not think so.

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

01:25:36Honorable ones, I want the right to court her.

01:25:37Properly, openly, with your knowledge and consent. Nothing hidden, nothing rushed.

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

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

01:25:45She is not a prize to be collected, Lord Blackwell, by anyone, including the man who helped find her.

01:25:49I know that. The decision is hers entirely. I am asking your permission to be considered, not your permission to

01:25:54decide for her.

01:25:55She already knows you came. She saw it in your face the moment you arrived.

01:25:59I am aware of that.

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

01:26:12I spoke with your father.

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

01:26:16Is that gonna be a permanent condition? Reading everything before anyone speaks?

01:26:20Yes.

01:26:22Good.

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

01:26:29Everything you have done. Everything you intend. Everything you have been afraid to say out loud since the gate at

01:26:35House Greth.

01:26:36And?

01:26:37And nothing hidden. You are exactly what you appear to be. That is, rarer than you know.

01:26:41Do you see that?

01:26:46I see it.

01:26:48I told you. A decree of purpose. It only grows.

01:26:53So, what do we do with it?

01:26:55I have a few ideas.

01:26:57You are not as serious as you pretend to be.

01:27:00And you are not as unbothered as you pretend to be.

01:27:02I read you, you know. What am I supposed to do with it?

01:27:05I know.

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

01:27:11I had nothing to hide.

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

01:27:22I heard that.

01:27:24Come on. Your father is gonna send someone to find us soon.

01:27:27Let him.

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