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Knell For The Cowboy, Your Highness
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00:00:00Your highness! Run! The rebels have sealed the border!
00:00:08Run! My highness!
00:00:11Shut up! We leave together!
00:00:20Noooooooo!
00:00:29Your noble highness, your escape game is over.
00:00:33So this, is how a crown dies.
00:00:39Dare kill people in front of me?!
00:00:58You boys got some nerve
00:01:01Shooting people on my fucking land
00:01:04Right in front of me
00:01:09Lucky bastard
00:01:10You caught me on patrol
00:01:15His mouth tastes so good
00:01:17Smells even better than a woman's perfume
00:01:19Goddamn
00:01:22Fuck
00:01:23Found it
00:01:31Fuck
00:01:31Fuck
00:01:40Damn it
00:02:00Where am I?
00:02:05Tough son of a bitch
00:02:07You're alive
00:02:07Who are you?
00:02:09Who sent you?
00:02:13You dare move against me?
00:02:16I dragged you back from death's door
00:02:17Your life belongs to me
00:02:20You saved me?
00:02:25Damn right I saved you
00:02:27Nobody kills anyone on my ranch
00:02:29You said my life is yours
00:02:31So how do you plan to use it?
00:02:33What are you talking about?
00:02:42You saved my life
00:02:44Leaning in this close
00:02:46Collecting your debt
00:02:48I don't mind
00:02:50Stop being such a tease
00:02:52I'm not into men
00:02:57Such a strong reaction
00:02:59I almost thought it was love at first sight
00:03:04Bullshit
00:03:05Drink your medicine
00:03:06And get the hell out tomorrow
00:03:09With injuries like this
00:03:10You really don't care
00:03:11Why would I feel sorry for a man?
00:03:13Get the hell out!
00:03:17This badge is solid gold
00:03:18I know you need money
00:03:20I can rent this room to recover
00:03:22I'm injured
00:03:23Can't run
00:03:24You can tie me to this bed every day
00:03:27Or treat me any way you like
00:03:29Deal
00:03:29I'll rent it to you
00:03:31Don't step one foot outside this room
00:03:33And put some damn clothes on
00:03:35You can't escape cowboy
00:03:37Take my family treest
00:03:38You're mine
00:03:47Get out
00:03:51The Energy Corporation has their eye on the oil field under your land
00:03:55This is the $500,000 loan shark note your old man left behind
00:03:59Do today
00:04:01Either sign and sell
00:04:03Or I'll seize your ranch and throw you in prison to rot
00:04:06I paid that off three years ago
00:04:08You forging bastards
00:04:13Texas law is whatever I say it is
00:04:16Luke
00:04:16I always liked that wild stallion temper of yours
00:04:23That $500,000 debt
00:04:25Maybe I can help you out
00:04:28Go fuck yourself
00:04:30You dare assaulting officer
00:04:32Want to die on my land?
00:04:34I'll grant your wish
00:04:35Now take your lappings
00:04:36And get the hell out
00:04:37Kid
00:04:38You don't have the guts to pull that trigger
00:04:45Wild stallion, huh?
00:04:46Today I'm going to break you in real good
00:04:54Get your fucking hands off me
00:05:02You fat bastard
00:05:05I'll blow you full of holes
00:05:23Fat pig
00:05:27That's our chief, stop!
00:05:28You're assaulting an officer!
00:05:30Take this slab of loud and get out
00:05:32If you don't disappear from my sight in ten seconds
00:05:35Next time it goes straight through your eye sockets
00:05:37I keep my word
00:05:57Brought down by vermin like that
00:05:59Where's that five heads and five shots wildness cowboy?
00:06:11Soft
00:06:14Don't touch me
00:06:14Pick up the key and undo these cuffs
00:06:25You did that on purpose
00:06:27You're not wearing anything underneath
00:06:32Feel what?
00:06:34Feel what?
00:06:35Be specific
00:06:35I can feel it
00:06:37You're so hot
00:06:40Especially here
00:06:43Stop moving anymore and I won't be able to control myself
00:06:47Then don't
00:06:57I can feel it
00:06:58Looks like I'm not the only one losing control
00:07:02Hey, what's wrong?
00:07:11Don't you dare die on me!
00:07:13I saved your virtue and chased off the men you couldn't.
00:07:16This debt, how do you plan to repay it?
00:07:2217 stitches.
00:07:24Damn, harder than sewing up a horse leg.
00:07:26What the hell are you made of?
00:07:28No anesthesia during the whole thing and you didn't make a sound.
00:07:32Even bulls wow when I stitch them up.
00:07:34Those old scars.
00:07:36Knife wounds, bullet marks, whip marks.
00:07:38Not a normal person.
00:07:40Military?
00:07:41Assassin?
00:07:41Or something more dangerous?
00:07:48You're awake, let go.
00:07:49I was wiping the blood off your wound.
00:07:51Wiping blood?
00:07:52Or were you trying to feel me up while I was unconscious?
00:07:55Like that fat pig sheriff this afternoon?
00:07:58Bullshit, I'm not into men.
00:08:05Answer me one question.
00:08:07This afternoon, when that sheriff pressed his greasy,
00:08:10fat hand on your chest?
00:08:12Did you get hard?
00:08:17Are you out of your goddamn mind?
00:08:19I was disgusted.
00:08:20I wanted to chop off his head.
00:08:22Feed him to the wolves.
00:08:30I believe you.
00:08:33What about you?
00:08:38I don't know.
00:08:42I don't know.
00:08:50I don't know.
00:08:53I don't know.
00:08:56I don't know.
00:08:57Is your heart stirring?
00:08:58You touch me one more time, and I'm kicking you off this ranch tomorrow.
00:09:02A straight man getting groped by you?
00:09:04I'm going to have PTSD.
00:09:05deep. Sure. But before you throw me out, remember to repay those two life debts you owe me first.
00:09:18I have all night. I can teach you slowly how to repay. Stop talking! Shut up! I can't hear you!
00:09:26I'm sleeping in the stable!
00:09:30Ears that red, heart that fast, yet denying everything he's got. No rush. I have all the patience in the
00:09:39world.
00:09:53Fuck. Couldn't sleep all night.
00:09:58Can't stop thinking about that lunaturk's face.
00:10:01The temperature of his hand on my chest. No! It was cold! I remember it was ice cold! Not some
00:10:08goddamn sensation! Fuck! Stop thinking!
00:10:25What are you doing?! Your pants were too low. Helping you pull them up.
00:10:32Only a little bit.
00:10:34Not even a little!
00:10:36Someone is coming.
00:10:48I'm not selling. Take your money and your dogs and get off my land. I'm not here today to discuss
00:10:52a sale.
00:10:53I'm here to inform you of a legal fact.
00:10:56This ranch shall be inherited at Luke Anderson. But should Luke fail to enter into a lawful marriage by the
00:11:02age of 25, ownership shall automatically revert to the state land trust for public auction.
00:11:08This is the will your grandfather, old Anderson, left behind. The original has been kept in the county courthouse archives.
00:11:17You've never read it carefully, have you? Unfortunately, our company has already signed a pre-purchase agreement with the state
00:11:24land trust. And tomorrow is your 25th birthday.
00:11:31At sunset tomorrow, I'll be back with marshals and a notary. Enjoy your last night, Mr. Anderson.
00:11:44Were you afraid I'd grow old alone? Or did you already know someone would come for this land?
00:11:51Why?!
00:11:53Using legal loopholes to corner prey. Crude tactics, but effective against a cowboy with no lawyer.
00:12:00Find a legal spouse in 24 hours? This town is controlled by the Energy Corporation. No woman would dare marry
00:12:07him.
00:12:07But this is the perfect chance to tame a wild stallion.
00:12:31sale-
00:12:33Whiskey, double, neat...
00:12:42..another...
00:12:47where's mary susan linda any girl in town anyone willing to go to city hall with me
00:12:52tomorrow and register a marriage i'll pay two thousand no use luke richard already put the
00:12:56word out yesterday the girls don't not want to help their families won't let them
00:13:07too bad all the girls have run off i'm the only one left how about this get on your knees
00:13:12and
00:13:12beg me right here in front of everyone your ranch call it your dowry for my daddy how's that sound
00:13:18luke's gonna be a kept man five bucks says he actually kneels what cat got your tongue thinking
00:13:26about go fuck enough everyone stops luke calm down
00:14:07did fighting solve anything
00:14:17no they bought off everyone not one left tomorrow at sunset i lose this place
00:14:23this land isn't just property to you it's memories
00:14:28it's home it's your roots losing it means being uprooted entirely
00:14:45i read every word of that three times today
00:14:50how it's not about money even if you're loaded can you outspend an energy corporation
00:14:55there's only one loophole in that deed what loophole where it says enter into a lawful marriage
00:15:03it doesn't decifies that your spouse must be a woman
00:15:10i can help you
00:15:15how can you help me
00:15:30marry me
00:15:39are you out of your mind
00:15:43do you have another choice
00:15:4814 hours not a single woman in town
00:15:50i'm straight
00:15:55then watch this land become a drilling platform tomorrow
00:15:58i won't touch you no pretending
00:16:01why would you help me what's in it for you
00:16:03you let me recover here until i can leave
00:16:06why should i trust you
00:16:08you don't have a choice
00:16:13decide before dawn
00:16:15after sunrise the offer expires
00:16:28but i'm a straight man
00:16:30marry another man
00:16:31if grandpa found out would he climb out of his grave and slap me
00:16:35no
00:16:36you wouldn't
00:16:37you'd say
00:16:38keeping the land matters more than anything
00:16:41your whole life
00:16:42revolved around this land
00:16:43fuck it
00:16:45first thing tomorrow morning
00:16:57i agree
00:16:58get dressed
00:17:00city hall opens at 8
00:17:01let me be clear
00:17:02this is a deal
00:17:04fine
00:17:04don't come near me
00:17:05and no more of that crazy talk
00:17:08fine
00:17:09wait
00:17:11can you bend over
00:17:13the wound will tear open
00:17:30you look good on your knees
00:17:32next time i'll make you walk barefoot
00:17:34and one more thing
00:17:36don't tell anyone it's fake
00:17:37of course
00:17:39we need to make it look very real
00:17:57you two
00:18:08you misspelled your name
00:18:23please stand facing each other
00:18:25mr luke
00:18:26do you take mr lewis davalas as your lawful spouse
00:18:30i do
00:18:31mr lewis do you take mr luke anderson as your lawful spouse
00:18:34i do
00:18:35you may now exchange tokens
00:18:36if you have any
00:18:41does this count
00:18:49a bit small
00:18:51might do
00:18:55congratulations
00:18:55you are now lawful spouses
00:18:57printed on the same paper
00:18:59i actually fucking married a man
00:19:17mr anderson the sun's setting
00:19:19ready to move out
00:19:22nice suit today
00:19:23funeral style
00:19:24the rude filthy barbarian
00:19:31mr richard
00:19:33this is a lawful marriage certificate issued this morning
00:19:36luke anderson has entered into matrimony with his lawful spouse as of today
00:19:42impossible
00:20:05your royal highness prince albert your nephew got married in texas
00:20:08to an american cowboy
00:20:10a cattle rancher
00:20:11interesting
00:20:12send gray wolf to handle it
00:20:14the oil field under that land is worth billions secured at all costs
00:20:18you said you wouldn't touch me
00:20:20acting
00:20:21you want him to find out it's a fake marriage
00:20:2337 more performances to go
00:20:25get used to it
00:20:2637 says who
00:20:2837
00:20:29where'd he get that number
00:20:30wait
00:20:31that's not
00:20:32not the point
00:20:33the point is
00:20:34he kissed me
00:20:35corner of my mouth
00:20:36cold
00:20:37three seconds
00:20:38why three seconds
00:20:39and not one
00:20:40why am i counting
00:20:41why are his lips so soft
00:20:43wait
00:20:43no
00:20:53you can't go to the stable
00:20:54why not
00:20:56richard will have people watching
00:20:59you sleeping in the stable every night while your husband has the bedroom alone
00:21:03proof of a fake marriage
00:21:05then you take the couch
00:21:0817 stitches
00:21:12fine you take the bed
00:21:13i'll sleep on the floor
00:21:22good night husband
00:21:23shut up
00:21:29can't sleep
00:21:31all i can think about is the feel of his lips on the corner of my mouth
00:21:34cold
00:21:35his lips were cold
00:21:36three seconds
00:21:38why the corner of my mouth
00:21:39if it's just acting
00:21:41a cheek kiss would have been enough
00:21:42what does the corner of the mouth mean
00:21:44stop
00:21:44why am i thinking about this
00:21:46this is a
00:21:47deal
00:21:58move his hand away
00:22:00move it now
00:22:02fuck
00:22:03i'm done for
00:22:15good morning
00:22:17your shrivel is pricky
00:22:19you
00:22:20when did you wake up
00:22:25a little before you
00:22:26put some clothes on
00:22:30i am dressed
00:22:31your shirt's just too big
00:22:34he's doing it on purpose
00:22:35has to be
00:22:36from head to toe
00:22:37every single thing is deliberate
00:22:38he won't look at me
00:22:39but the tips of his ears are bright red
00:22:42interesting
00:22:45i'll go make breakfast
00:22:46you can cook
00:22:47it's over
00:22:55the heat's not quite right
00:22:58can you actually cook or not
00:23:00no
00:23:01never been in a kitchen
00:23:04you've lived over 20 years
00:23:05what do you live on photosynthesis
00:23:07someone cooked for me
00:23:08what kind of person never enters a kitchen
00:23:10forget it
00:23:11not my business
00:23:14move you're in the way
00:23:16your ears are red again
00:23:17it's hot
00:23:18the stove is hot
00:23:21the stove isn't on yet
00:23:31he looks unexpectedly good when he cooks
00:23:36for me
00:23:37you lost a lot of blood
00:23:38don't think so much
00:23:43it's good
00:23:48leave it
00:23:49you doing dishes is more dangerous than you cooking
00:23:51all right
00:23:52thank you husband
00:23:55don't don't call me that
00:23:56it's what the marriage certificate says
00:24:01that's fake
00:24:02fake
00:24:03he says it's fake
00:24:04then why cook breakfast for two
00:24:05and remember i lost a lot of blood
00:24:06why did he make that face when he said it's good
00:24:09like
00:24:09no one's ever cooked for him before
00:24:31three men
00:24:33150 meters
00:24:34coming from the east
00:24:45you take the back door
00:24:45i'll take the front
00:24:46no
00:24:46you take the back and lay down suppressing fire
00:24:48i'll wait at the window
00:25:04your highness
00:25:05your uncle sends a message
00:25:07the throne has no need for a king who sleeps with men
00:25:16you come onto my land and touch my people
00:25:18your people
00:25:19cowboy do you even know what you're protecting
00:25:21you're just his pawn
00:25:23using discard
00:25:24that's what royals do
00:25:26i don't give a fuck about being a pawn
00:25:30i chose this
00:25:34he said i chose this
00:25:35not in a church
00:25:36not in front of city hall
00:25:38not before a judge and witnesses
00:25:39he said it with his boot on an assassin's face
00:25:41covered in blood under moonlight
00:25:43he heavier than any vow
00:25:45you okay
00:25:46i'm fine
00:25:57your uncle sent them
00:25:58yeah
00:26:01was it always like this
00:26:04running alone
00:26:05dealing with assassins alone
00:26:09most of the time yes
00:26:11those old scars on your body
00:26:12knife scars
00:26:14bullet wounds
00:26:15whip marks
00:26:16all from them
00:26:17souvenirs
00:26:19all alone
00:26:21weren't you scared
00:26:22no one has ever asked me this
00:26:24no one has ever asked were you scared
00:26:25you're the first person to ever ask me that
00:26:27do that
00:26:30you don't have to carry it alone anymore
00:26:31on my land you're my people
00:26:33doesn't matter who comes
00:26:34okay
00:26:35wait
00:26:37you have wounds on your back too
00:26:39it's nothing doesn't
00:26:41when you stitched me up with 17 stitches
00:26:42did i say no need
00:26:51hurt
00:26:53no
00:26:54how about here
00:26:57no
00:27:00the neck
00:27:01his weak spot is his neck
00:27:02noted
00:27:03when he touched my neck i almost
00:27:05no don't think about it
00:27:07heart rate 120
00:27:08faster than during the fight just now
00:27:18what's wrong
00:27:22luke
00:27:22come sit down and look at this
00:27:24own star energy corporation
00:27:26registered in the u.s
00:27:27but peel back the parent company layer by layer
00:27:29shell companies within shell companies
00:27:31offshore trust wrapped in funds
00:27:33the ultimate beneficial owner
00:27:34albert devois
00:27:35my uncle
00:27:36you're telling me the energy corporation trying to steal my ranch and the people trying to kill you
00:27:40do they have the same man behind them
00:27:41yes
00:27:42there's a massive oil reserve beneath your land
00:27:44my uncle needs enormous funds for his coup
00:27:46he bankrolled richards energy company funneling texas oil profits to fund the coup in europe
00:27:50that bastard used my family's land to feed his army
00:27:53it goes beyond that
00:27:55more importantly
00:27:55he already knew i might flee
00:27:57flee to the texas border
00:27:58this escape route was arranged by my late mother
00:28:00my uncle intercepted the intelligence and pre-positioned the energy company in this area
00:28:03he set a trap here
00:28:04waiting for me to walk right into it
00:28:06your ranch is at the center of the web
00:28:07so
00:28:08from the very beginning
00:28:09my ranch wasn't just targeted by some corrupt company
00:28:11no
00:28:12a fucking european prince used it as an acm and set a trap for you at the same time
00:28:15yes
00:28:16you and i have been played by the same man from the very start
00:28:20then we fight back
00:28:21expose that son of a bitch down to the bone
00:28:23i've been waiting for you to say that
00:28:24this is my plan
00:28:25step one gather evidence of lone star's illegal activities in texas
00:28:29and file in federal court
00:28:31step two
00:28:31pressure through the u.s. government to freeze my uncle's american assets
00:28:34step three
00:28:35go back
00:28:36reclaim the throne
00:28:37since my second day on your ranch
00:28:39all right
00:28:39you be the strategist
00:28:41i'll be the muscle
00:28:41you're more than just muscle
00:28:43then what am i
00:28:43you're the variable i never anticipated
00:28:45the only variable
00:28:48luke
00:28:52if it weren't for the ranch will and all this mess
00:28:54would you ever marry a man
00:28:56no
00:28:56i know
00:29:00your hands are made for holding scepters not wire
00:29:02cut yourself and i'll have to stitch you up again
00:29:05you're better at stitching people than horse legs now
00:29:07i told you not to touch
00:29:11thanks
00:29:12stop getting in the way
00:29:13go sit over there and read
00:29:15he says he wouldn't
00:29:16but the tips of his ears turned red
00:29:19he doesn't know that either
00:29:21he wouldn't
00:29:22he said he wouldn't
00:29:23then what am i doing
00:29:27let's head back
00:29:28time to cook
00:29:28okay
00:29:43last time score isn't settled
00:29:46get behind me
00:29:48brought your little lover along
00:29:50the whole town's laughing at you
00:29:52relying on some pale-skinned sissy
00:30:12he fights like an in-seat blade
00:30:15clean
00:30:16precise
00:30:16no mercy
00:30:17not street fighting
00:30:19trained since childhood
00:30:20military-grade combat
00:30:22but his face
00:30:23why does he look this good
00:30:24stop
00:30:25don't think about it
00:30:28what are you looking at
00:30:32your shirt's torn
00:30:36then stop looking
00:30:38don't look
00:30:39not allowed to look
00:30:40he's not buttoning up
00:30:40on purpose
00:30:41he's definitely doing it on purpose
00:30:43absolutely not looking
00:30:44not even if it kills me
00:30:46he says he's not looking
00:30:47but adams burkle just bobbed twice
00:30:52even the way he bends over
00:30:53is at that angle
00:30:54good god
00:31:00to bring down richard and my uncle together
00:31:03we need one key piece of evidence
00:31:06what correspondence
00:31:15my uncle never uses electronic communication
00:31:18all orders are sent via encrypted handwritten letters
00:31:22those letters are all stored in the safe in richard's office
00:31:29then let's steal them
00:31:30can you crack a safe
00:31:33no
00:31:34but you can
00:31:35you open handcuffs with a hairpin
00:31:37tonight
00:31:39you create the diversion
00:31:40and lure them away
00:31:51don't die
00:32:02Richard
00:32:03get out here
00:32:04time to settle the score
00:32:18orders to acquire land
00:32:19clear money tracks
00:32:21instructions for richard
00:32:23to deal with dissenters
00:32:27your highness
00:32:28i knew you'd come
00:32:30richard
00:32:31this gun
00:32:33under my uncle's orders
00:32:34kill me
00:32:35his royal highness said
00:32:37alive is preferred
00:32:38dead works too
00:32:50give my uncle a message for me
00:32:53his game ends here
00:33:06up there just now
00:33:07were you scared when he pointed the gun at you
00:33:10didn't you jump down from the ceiling
00:33:11i was afraid i wouldn't make it in time
00:33:31loan stranking
00:33:33forged wills
00:33:35bribing law enforcement
00:33:36systematic plundering of ranchers land
00:33:40beneficial owner
00:33:42prince albert
00:33:44international political conspiracy
00:33:55the forged clauses are void
00:33:58morning star ranch
00:34:00belongs to luke mcbryan
00:34:04all illegal debts are hereby dismissed
00:34:08richard hall is remounded to federal court
00:34:13document forgery
00:34:14illegal possession of firearms
00:34:18prince albert
00:34:19an international arrest warrant has been issued
00:34:31it's over
00:34:32the ranch is saved
00:34:36yeah
00:34:40then our deal is complete too
00:34:45you no longer need this
00:34:49he's pulling me
00:34:50he pulled me first
00:34:54luke
00:34:55don't say it
00:34:58that sound
00:34:59i want to hear it a hundred times
00:35:01a thousand times
00:35:03are you sure about this
00:35:06after tonight there's no going back
00:35:10since the day you fell outside my barbed wire
00:35:17there's been no going back
00:35:21who's the one being a tease now
00:35:23cowboy
00:35:23these scars there won't be anymore
00:35:25no one is allowed to hurt you again
00:35:29all the masks
00:35:30shattered them let it shatter
00:35:32louis
00:35:47this man is mine
00:35:48not a chess piece
00:35:50not a deal
00:35:52not fake
00:35:53when he sleeps the edge is gone
00:35:55not a blade
00:35:56not a chess piece
00:35:58like a cat
00:35:59curled up in my arms
00:36:02he's mine
00:36:10he bit me
00:36:11last night he
00:36:30those marks on your neck
00:36:32a high collar would cover them
00:36:35why would i cover them
00:36:38unless you mind
00:36:45thanks cowboy
00:36:46last night's fierce
00:36:47dominating man
00:36:48now blushing to his ears
00:36:50not daring to look at me
00:36:51how lovely
00:37:09louis
00:37:10my fiance
00:37:13i finally found you
00:37:14victoria
00:37:16you shouldn't be here
00:37:19you must be the cowboy
00:37:21i'm victoria habsburg
00:37:23louis's fiance
00:37:24he has a fiance
00:37:26he has a fiance
00:37:26he's already married
00:37:27to me
00:37:39louis the whole court is talking
00:37:40the crown prince married a cattle rancher
00:37:43all of europe is laughing
00:37:48my private business
00:37:51your private business
00:37:56the engagement was automatically voided during the coup
00:37:58you know that
00:37:59i'm not here to argue
00:38:06parliament needs you
00:38:08the country needs you
00:38:13don't touch me
00:38:16mr luke
00:38:18a personal question
00:38:22do you really think
00:38:23what you and louis have
00:38:24is real
00:38:28this is his world
00:38:29power
00:38:30politics
00:38:31marriage as a chess game
00:38:32he was trained to be
00:38:33the perfect strategic machine
00:38:35getting close to you
00:38:36saving you
00:38:37marrying you
00:38:37you think that wasn't strategy
00:38:40i'm not leaving
00:38:41i've booked a hotel in town
00:38:45was what she said true
00:38:48which part
00:38:50the engagement
00:38:52it's true
00:38:53there was one before the coup
00:38:54a political marriage
00:38:56no feelings involved
00:38:58and when she called you a strategic machine
00:39:00who uses everyone
00:39:01what about that
00:39:08she says he uses everyone
00:39:10but last night when he lay beneath me calling my name
00:39:13his voice was trembling
00:39:15a quiver from deep in his throat
00:39:17with a catch like he was about to cry
00:39:32your highnessness
00:39:33are you really going to take the crown prince back
00:39:35albert has already been arrested
00:39:37albert is albert
00:39:40i am me
00:39:46i'm not here doing his bidding
00:39:54from that day i spent nine years making myself the woman most worthy of you
00:39:58studied the international law you loved
00:40:01memorized six case books
00:40:02read the vowed law school you adored
00:40:04until i could recite les fleurs du maude by heart
00:40:06practiced the fencing you favored
00:40:08until my wrist was injured and bandaged for three months
00:40:11you still didn't see me
00:40:13nine years
00:40:14the number of times you looked at me i can count on one hand
00:40:16every time
00:40:17polite
00:40:18distant
00:40:19treating me like a guest
00:40:20but you saw a cowboy
00:40:21a cowboy who smells of horse masher
00:40:23you gave up the throne for him
00:40:25you wore dirty boots for him
00:40:26you
00:40:27smile at him
00:40:29a smile i've never seen you wear
00:40:31one that shows teeth
00:40:32not the palace kind
00:40:36you don't belong here
00:40:38you belong with me
00:40:55he's avoiding me
00:40:56before yesterday he never avoided my touch
00:41:01your favorite french pastries from when you were little
00:41:04flown in from paris
00:41:05macarons and opera cake
00:41:07no need
00:41:07you had them every birthday
00:41:09stay here long enough and you forget
00:41:11that woman standing next to him
00:41:13that's the right picture
00:41:14well matched
00:41:15perfect couple
00:41:17what am i
00:41:18a cattle rancher
00:41:19hands full of calluses
00:41:21can't even speak french
00:41:24he's pulling away
00:41:26i can feel him pulling away
00:41:27not anger
00:41:29not jealousy
00:41:41what exactly do you want
00:41:43to lay my cards on the table
00:41:52albert may be arrested
00:41:54but his people in parliament haven't been fully purged
00:41:57three in the finance committee are his
00:41:59two in military staff
00:42:01one in intelligence
00:42:04your cousin can't hold things together
00:42:09he's too young
00:42:10too soft
00:42:12two months
00:42:13and he hasn't removed a single one
00:42:16the country is sliding towards civil unrest
00:42:22i abacated
00:42:26for a cowboy
00:42:28you're the most brilliant heir in 800 years
00:42:30you have the blood of kings in your veins
00:42:34you can't throw everything away
00:42:36for a
00:42:37are you done
00:42:42let me put it another way
00:42:45if you don't come back with me
00:42:47i'll destroy him
00:42:50him
00:42:51your cowboy
00:42:52albert still has a remnant network in texas
00:42:56not yet dismantled
00:42:57the contact lines are in my hands
00:43:01i can make it disappear
00:43:02one phone call
00:43:06or i can point it at your cowboy
00:43:07you're threatening me
00:43:09i'm giving you a choice
00:43:10come with me
00:43:12your cowboy lives a safe life
00:43:14ranching forever
00:43:15no one touches him
00:43:17or you stay
00:43:19and watch him go down with you
00:43:23you've changed victoria
00:43:24you weren't this kind of person
00:43:26you made me this way
00:43:28i cried alone in my room the entire night
00:43:30three days
00:43:31i'm giving you three days to decide
00:43:35if i don't handle this
00:43:36luke will never be safe
00:43:38i have to resolve this
00:43:40even if
00:43:41i have to leave him
00:43:53you've been off all day
00:43:57what did she say to you
00:43:58nothing
00:44:00you're lying to me
00:44:02you never say nothing
00:44:03every time you say nothing
00:44:05you're scheming
00:44:08he shook off my hand
00:44:09he's never done that
00:44:11never
00:44:12not even at the very beginning
00:44:13when he was still testing me
00:44:15he never shook me off
00:44:16he'd only grab my hand
00:44:17and press it to his face
00:44:23i may need to leave for a while
00:44:24where
00:44:25back to europe
00:44:26handle some things
00:44:29with that woman
00:44:36say it to my face
00:44:38if i don't go handle certain things
00:44:41you'll never be safe
00:44:43what things
00:44:43tell me
00:44:44we'll handle it together
00:44:45i can't
00:44:48not this time
00:44:49why
00:44:50because you're my weakness
00:44:53as long as you're by my side
00:44:54they can always use you to threaten me
00:44:56i have to go alone
00:44:58after handled
00:44:59if you still want me to
00:45:00i'll come back
00:45:02if
00:45:04what do you mean if
00:45:07i've already made arrangements
00:45:09i don't give a damn about your arrangements
00:45:13do you hear me
00:45:14you
00:45:15fucking
00:45:15can't
00:45:16go
00:45:17he said if i'm still alive
00:45:19he spent his whole life calculating everyone
00:45:21his words always carry three layers of meaning
00:45:24but he said if
00:45:25this is the first time he's uncertain of the ending
00:45:37one last look
00:45:38remember this
00:45:40it's right that he didn't come out
00:45:42if he had i couldn't leave
00:45:43you made the right choice
00:45:46shut up
00:45:54he left his goddamn keepsake with me
00:45:57not as a gift
00:45:58for safekeeping
00:45:59he still wants to come back for it
00:46:02he said i will come back
00:46:04not if
00:46:05he said will
00:46:06he used will
00:46:07he's waiting for me to go after him
00:46:08right
00:46:09he's waiting
00:46:10he has to be waiting
00:46:14midnight
00:46:16he's gone
00:46:18he left the goddamn ring with me
00:46:22he's tricked me so many times
00:46:23flirted with me
00:46:24tested me
00:46:26pretended to fall drunk into my arms and wouldn't get up
00:46:29scared me with a snake then pretended to be afraid and hugged me
00:46:34every time was calculated
00:46:35i knew it
00:46:38but when he said if i'm still alive he wasn't smiling
00:46:41that was the first time i'd ever seen him speak without smiling
00:46:44not even a crinkle at the corner of his eyes
00:46:46not even a curl of his lips
00:46:47his face was white as paper
00:46:52fuck midnight
00:47:06if you don't come back
00:47:07i'll go to fucking europe and drag you back
00:47:21your eyelashes tremble
00:47:27your eyelashes tremble
00:47:29your eyelashes tremble
00:47:38but now whenever i mention him
00:47:40your breathing changes
00:47:44your fingers clench
00:47:47your eyelashes tremble
00:47:49you really fell in love with him
00:47:52i waited for you for nine years
00:47:54since i was fourteen
00:47:55studied the law you love
00:47:57got a double degree at cambridge
00:47:59practiced the fencing you favor
00:48:01won silver at the european youth championship
00:48:03made myself into the woman most worthy of you
00:48:05every step was for you
00:48:07every step was for you
00:48:10you never once truly looked at me
00:48:16you deserve someone who truly loves you
00:48:18your eyelashes tremble
00:48:20but that person isn't me
00:48:21it never was
00:48:27fine
00:48:28then let's make a deal
00:48:30you go back and deal with albert's remnant forces
00:48:32i'll use my family's intelligence network to help
00:48:34my condition
00:48:35you attend one public event with me
00:48:36one last time
00:48:37as my fiance
00:48:40after that i officially dissolve the engagement
00:48:42and let you go
00:48:43why
00:48:43i need a dignified ending
00:48:45my family needs closure
00:48:47nine years is no small number
00:48:48my eyelashes tremble
00:48:49one last time
00:48:50one last time standing by your side
00:48:52one last time pretending we still had a chance
00:48:55after that i let go
00:48:57nine years
00:48:58enough
00:49:02whiskey
00:49:05just water
00:49:10the blonde's gone
00:49:14yeah
00:49:14left with that woman
00:49:19yeah
00:49:22you believe he'll come back
00:49:27he left his goddamn keepsake with me
00:49:31then wait
00:49:32wait
00:49:33i'll wait
00:49:34but you'd better come back alive
00:49:37if you dare die out there
00:49:39i'll go to hell and drag you back
00:49:55his body is here
00:49:57his heart is not
00:50:05you were thinking about him the whole time
00:50:07this is the last time
00:50:09after i deal with albert's remnants tomorrow i'm leaving
00:50:14you're really going back to that dusty place
00:50:17sleep on that creaky iron bed
00:50:20that bed may creak
00:50:22but it's warm
00:50:23that smile
00:50:24he never had it in the palace
00:50:26never in front of me
00:50:27from 14 to 23
00:50:29nine years
00:50:30i've seen every expression of his
00:50:32cold
00:50:32tired
00:50:32polite
00:50:33guarded
00:50:33never this one
00:50:34the cowboy gave it to him
00:50:35a rugged
00:50:36calloused cowboy
00:50:37gave him something i could never give no matter how hard i tried
00:50:40first thing tomorrow morning
00:50:41my lawyer will send over the disillusion papers
00:50:45victoria
00:50:45don't say thank you
00:50:47if you say thank you i'll hate you
00:50:53i'm sorry
00:51:09like a creep
00:51:11whatever
00:51:16call or not
00:51:17he said only for emergencies
00:51:19does missing him count as an emergency
00:51:23no
00:51:24fuck
00:51:26where the hell are you
00:51:27you said wait
00:51:28i'm waiting
00:51:30but if you don't come back
00:51:32i'll go to fucking europe and take you back
00:51:34even if i have to tear that shitty palace apart
00:51:37believe it
00:51:42your highness
00:51:43albert's last stronghold in texas has been cleared by the fbi
00:51:47on the european side all family assets have been frozen
00:51:50swiss accounts
00:51:51lebanstan trusts
00:51:53maltese shell companies
00:51:54all sealed
00:51:55his forces have been completely destroyed
00:51:59book the next flight back to texas
00:52:04starting today
00:52:05we have no relationship whatsoever
00:52:07thank you
00:52:08don't thank me
00:52:11louis de valois
00:52:12the thing i hate most in this life
00:52:15is not meeting you before he did
00:52:19be good to your cowboy
00:52:21he deserves you
00:52:23victoria
00:52:24you deserve someone better too
00:52:26your highness
00:52:28the flight
00:52:29we leave now
00:52:38what's wrong
00:52:51i'm back
00:52:57pastor
00:53:01you were gone 12 days
00:53:0511 days
00:53:0612 days
00:53:08i counted every single day
00:53:10every single hour
00:53:12don't leave again
00:53:14i'm not leaving
00:53:22remember
00:53:27remember
00:53:29remember
00:53:29i love
00:53:30you
00:53:33hold yourself
00:53:35hold yourself
00:53:55lost weight
00:53:57miss me
00:54:1912 days
00:54:20he's lost so much weight
00:54:25collarbone's more prominent
00:54:26i can feel his ribs
00:54:29but he's back
00:54:30he's on my bed
00:54:32he's mine
00:54:3512 days
00:54:36how do you plan to make it up
00:54:47i'm not leaving
00:54:48never again
00:54:50if you leave again
00:54:51i'll tie you to this bed
00:54:53tie me with what
00:54:54raw high rope
00:54:59last time i cut through a rawhide rope in three seconds
00:55:02then i'll use chains
00:55:03a creaky iron bed
00:55:05a dusty ranch
00:55:06a rough
00:55:08burning hot cowboy
00:55:09this is the life i chose
00:55:11the end of all my exile
00:55:26this is what he means by my people
00:55:29not a chess piece on a board
00:55:30not a bargaining chip for political marriage
00:55:33not an appendage of the crown prince
00:55:35not anyone's tool
00:55:37his
00:55:37just his
00:55:39wake
00:55:47don't move
00:55:48my hair a bit longer
00:55:50i'm not moving
00:55:52your hair is tickling my neck
00:55:53itchy
00:55:55you're the one who put your chin on my head
00:55:57the scent of his hair
00:55:59not shampoo
00:56:00it's louise's own scent
00:56:02same as the first day
00:56:04faint
00:56:05clean
00:56:06no matter how many times i breathe it in
00:56:30you've improved
00:56:33improved at what?
00:56:35used to blush to the tips of your ears when you touched me
00:56:43people change
00:56:45do they
00:56:51he smiled
00:56:52he thinks i didn't see
00:56:53but the curve of his lips is completely different from the day he threw me onto his horse
00:57:06your highness
00:57:07a few matters to report
00:57:09go ahead
00:57:11albert has been formally indicted by the international criminal court
00:57:15charges include treason
00:57:16money laundering
00:57:17and attempted murder
00:57:18all texas affiliated enterprises have been seized
00:57:21and lone star
00:57:22fully dissolved
00:57:24richard and the core management have been sentenced
00:57:27the federal court handed down heavy sentences
00:57:29they deserved it
00:57:30your family assets in europe have been fully restored to your name
00:57:34including swiss bank accounts
00:57:36london properties
00:57:37and paris gallery shares
00:57:39transfer all assets into a trust fund
00:57:42allocate thirty percent of the returns to the morningstar ranch livestock development fund
00:57:46thirty percent?
00:57:48did you mishear me?
00:57:51no sir
00:57:52right away
00:57:52i'll have the legal team draft the trust agreement
00:57:55immediately
00:57:59good
00:57:59anything else?
00:58:02also
00:58:04parliament has once again requested your return to take the throne
00:58:07this is the fourth formal request
00:58:10gene
00:58:11i've already signed the abcation declaration
00:58:14don't bring this up again
00:58:16your highness
00:58:17don't call me
00:58:18your highness
00:58:19i just feel
00:58:20if your mother were still alive
00:58:24she would want me to be happy
00:58:26then please
00:58:27do be happy
00:58:28this is my final request
00:58:29as your faithful servant
00:58:31of 23 years
00:58:32not a servant
00:58:33a friend
00:58:35thank you
00:58:37thank you gene
00:58:44that ring
00:58:45he still hasn't returned it
00:58:47hasn't mentioned it either
00:58:49did he forget?
00:58:51no
00:58:51luke isn't the forgetful kind
00:58:53what's he waiting for?
00:58:55or
00:58:55does he have no intention of returning it at all?
00:58:57no rush
00:58:58he'll return it
00:58:59in his own way
00:59:00luke does everything at his own pace
00:59:02but this land
00:59:04unharried
00:59:05but when the time comes
00:59:06it comes
00:59:10drink water
00:59:20he deliberately drank from the same spot i drank from
00:59:23it's dirty
00:59:25go back inside
00:59:26too much sun
00:59:43have you ever regretted it?
00:59:44hmm
00:59:45regret what?
00:59:47everything
00:59:47from the night
00:59:48you found me outside your barbed wire
00:59:50to taking a bullet for me
00:59:51to going back to europe with me
00:59:53to face albert
00:59:54to now
00:59:55to now
00:59:55all of it
00:59:56hmm
01:00:00you've asked many times
01:00:03because i'm never sure the answer won't change
01:00:07what are you afraid of?
01:00:09that one day you'll look back and think it wasn't worth it
01:00:14it won't change
01:00:17how do you know?
01:00:18the best thing i've ever done in my life
01:00:20riding midnight down that slope
01:00:22and putting five bullets in those five bastards
01:00:25not because you're a prince
01:00:27not because of how much you're worth
01:00:29because you collapsed outside my barbed wire
01:00:32bleeding
01:00:33and you were fucking smiling
01:00:35i wasn't smiling then
01:00:36you were
01:00:37the corner of your lips was curved
01:00:38i thought you were insane
01:00:41same here
01:00:41the best thing i've ever done crashing outside your barbed wire
01:00:47he says it won't change
01:00:50i finally found a place that won't collapse
01:00:53not a castle
01:00:54not a country
01:00:55a man's shoulders
01:00:56when he buries his face in my shoulder
01:00:59his breath is warm
01:01:00he never used to hide his face
01:01:02he was used to facing everything head on
01:01:06now he does
01:01:07hides his face in the hollow of my shoulder
01:01:09because he doesn't need to be on guard anymore
01:01:12not with me
01:01:28mr lewis
01:01:29this is my last official visit
01:01:31gene
01:01:32thank you for the long journey
01:01:35not at all
01:01:36the abdication process is fully complete
01:01:38parliament voted and approved it
01:01:41the royal advisory council signed off
01:01:42as of today you are officially no longer a member of the house of valway
01:01:50good
01:01:50this is your late mother's personal legacy to you
01:01:53jewelry letters and personal effects
01:01:56not part of royal property
01:01:58per her will they belong to you personally forever
01:02:03thank you gene
01:02:0523 years
01:02:08to have served you has been the honor of my lifetime
01:02:11oh by the way
01:02:13mr anderson asked me to tell you
01:02:14he'll be out all day today
01:02:16he says not to look for him
01:02:18where did he go
01:02:19he didn't say
01:02:20you know something
01:02:21i know nothing
01:02:23when did you two get so close
01:02:25mr anderson called me last night
01:02:28contents confidential
01:02:28he specifically instructed me not to tell you
01:02:34he's out all day
01:02:35told me not to look for him
01:02:37what's he up to
01:02:39even got gene to cover for him
01:02:53where were you all day
01:02:55went out for a bit
01:02:57what business
01:02:57why so many questions
01:03:02last time we got married there wasn't a proper ring
01:03:04yours was too small
01:03:06so i made one myself
01:03:10this one i'm returning
01:03:12you said you wanted me to keep it safe
01:03:16now i'm giving it back
01:03:22no need
01:03:24it's perfect as it is
01:03:25last time you said make do
01:03:26this time it's not making do
01:03:28i want you to wear it
01:03:45cowboy
01:03:48the lines of your back muscles look great when you chop wood
01:03:53can you talk like a normal person
01:03:54no keep chopping i'm watching
01:03:59you're doing this on purpose
01:04:03doing what on purpose
01:04:06the way you look at me every time i chop wood
01:04:09what kind of look
01:04:11you know damn well
01:04:13i don't tell me
01:04:20what are you laughing at
01:04:24remembering the first time you kissed me
01:04:27what about it
01:04:28you were nervous as a kid riding a horse for the first time
01:04:33and now
01:04:33now you're like a tamed wild horse
01:04:36who tamed who
01:04:37what do you think
01:04:38of course i tamed you
01:04:39you thought you saved me
01:04:41but i chose you
01:04:42out of everyone
01:04:43out of the entire world
01:04:44i chose you
01:04:52you used to say you were straight
01:04:56i am
01:04:57and now
01:05:02come inside for dinner
01:05:13don't touch the pot
01:05:14you
01:05:15but i love you
01:05:18you
01:05:18You
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