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00:00The scandal broke at Lady Whitmore's birthday banquet.
00:03Adrian Whitmore, heir to the Marshak of Whitmore, was caught in a private chamber with a woman.
00:09Mother, Vivian and I are nearly engaged.
00:12We love each other.
00:14This was a mistake made in passion.
00:17Please go to House Sunel and formally seek her hand.
00:20One sentence turned me into a whore.
00:22Soon, the capital buzzed with it.
00:24The Chancellor's daughter had been found half-dressed with the Whitmore urn at his mother's own banquet.
00:30It didn't matter how many times I said I hadn't been there.
00:33No one believed me.
00:34The whispers became a roar.
00:36I couldn't walk through the capital without feeling it.
00:38I drank poison and died.
00:40Adrian stood in front of my trombstone and placed a bouquet of white lilies inside.
00:45Vivian, I needed someone to take the blame.
00:50Lily is low-born.
00:52If anyone found out about us, she'd have had nowhere to go.
00:55I didn't think you'd actually kill yourself over a few rumors.
01:00Consider this an apology.
01:02If there's a next life, I'll make it up to you.
01:05He gave Lily a new identity and married her.
01:08They had children.
01:09They were happy.
01:11Overnight, my parents' hair tear turned completely gray on account of me.
01:15And they both died of illness within a handful of years.
01:18I opened my eyes and found myself reborn on the afternoon of Mrs. Whitmore's birthday party.
01:25In this life, I will change everything and never let the same thing happen again.
01:30I heard the Whitmore heir was caught in one of the back rooms with a woman.
01:34At his own mother's banquet?
01:35Who would do something like that?
01:37Shameless.
01:38Absolutely shameless.
01:40The guests all headed towards Adrian's room on the second floor.
01:43I joined the crowd, stood on my toes, peered over someone's shoulder.
01:48What's happening?
01:49I asked, keeping my voice light and curious.
01:52The women around me turned.
01:54Then they screamed.
01:56Vivian?
01:57You're here?
01:58But you're supposed to be in there.
02:00If you're out here, then who is that?
02:03Every head turned back toward the open door.
02:05Adrian's face went white.
02:07He had counted on my absence.
02:09I'd sent a note the day before.
02:11A cold.
02:12A regret I wouldn't be attending.
02:14He had built his entire plan around that note.
02:16In my first life, I hadn't been there.
02:18I'd been sick for days and heard nothing until it was already everywhere.
02:23Adrian's version of events spreading the Capitol like fire.
02:26This time, I had come early.
02:28Princess Charlotte leaned toward me with a sharp smile.
02:31The heir just announced that the woman in his arms was you.
02:34Said he was planning to ride a house single tomorrow to seek your hand.
02:37I stepped forward.
02:39She's also named Vivian Sinclair.
02:41I called out, loud enough for everyone to hear.
02:43What exactly is the meaning of this?
02:45Why are you using my name in front of half the Capitol?
02:49A woman's reputation is everything.
02:52Surely you know that.
02:53If I hadn't come today,
02:55if Princess Charlotte hadn't personally invited me this morning,
02:58would your little performance have ruined me completely?
03:01Vivian, you said you weren't feeling well.
03:03You weren't coming.
03:03So you knew I wouldn't be here.
03:05And you chose today on purpose.
03:07Who is she?
03:08Why is she using my name?
03:10What were the two of you planning?
03:12Lady Whitmore stood at the door,
03:14her face the color of ash.
03:15My lady,
03:18you've known me since I was a child.
03:20My parents are away.
03:22There's no one to stand up for me.
03:23Please, help me.
03:25I sank toward the floor.
03:27Several of the ladies caught me before my knees touched.
03:29You'll have justice, Vivian.
03:31Lady Margaret, the Duchess of Warwick,
03:33drew herself to her full height
03:35and fixed Lady Whitman with a look that could have cut glass.
03:38Your son was caught in a compromising situation at your own event.
03:41And then he used an innocent girl's name to cover it.
03:44Do you have an explanation, my lady?
03:46Princess Charlotte raised her voice.
03:48Vivian, don't be afraid.
03:49I'll speak to Queen Isabella personally.
03:52Lady Whitmore was sweating.
03:54She took my hands and pulled me close.
03:56My darling girl,
03:58this was all Adrian's fault.
04:01I'll make him apologize properly.
04:04Drag that woman out.
04:05The maids moved.
04:06The woman was hauled from behind Adrian,
04:09half-dressed,
04:10and her face came into the light.
04:12Lily Carter was the daughter of Lady Whitmore's friend.
04:15She was taken in by the Whitmore family
04:17after her parents passed away.
04:19Help me!
04:21She crawled to Lady Whitmore's feet.
04:23But please, please, I didn't seduce him.
04:27We love each other.
04:28I don't need a title.
04:29I'll be a servant.
04:30I'll be anything.
04:31Just let me stay with him.
04:33You're barely a relation.
04:35I took you in out of pity.
04:36And this is what you do in my house.
04:41You're no family of mine.
04:42Mother, she has nowhere to go.
04:44It was my fault.
04:45I had too much to drink.
04:47Please, just let her stay as a mistress.
04:49Vivian, dear,
04:50you'll be the rightful lady of the entire clan one day.
04:54You shall have the final say in this matter.
04:57There it is, I thought.
04:59Push the blame to me.
05:00Make me the villain either way.
05:02I stepped back and removed my hands from hers.
05:05My lady, with respect,
05:07I have no connection to House Whitmore.
05:09There is no engagement.
05:10There never was.
05:10As for Miss Carter,
05:12if she and the heir have been intimate,
05:14her future is your family's business.
05:16Or perhaps the next Lady Whitman's, not mine.
05:18I'm a guest at this banquet.
05:20Nothing more.
05:20Lady Whitmorester arrived at House Sinclair
05:23the following morning with Adrian at her side
05:25and enough gifts to fill the courtyard.
05:28Lady Sinclair, please forgive us.
05:31Adrian behaved terribly.
05:32We've punished him severely.
05:34We'll find a match for Lily quickly
05:36and send her out of the house.
05:37She won't be a problem.
05:39And when Vivian comes to us,
05:40she'll have full authority over the household
05:42sword from the first day.
05:44Shall we put this unpleasantness behind us?
05:46Put it behind us?
05:48My lady, there was never an engagement.
05:50Not a word exchanged between our families.
05:53Not a single formal step taken.
05:55What exactly are we putting behind us?
05:58Lady Whitmore opened her mouth.
06:00My lady,
06:01if I hadn't shown up at that banquet,
06:02what would have happened to my reputation?
06:05I think we both know the answer.
06:07Vivian,
06:07you were always so reasonable.
06:09Why are you being like this?
06:10We came here.
06:11We apologised.
06:13I agreed to send Lily away.
06:14What more do you want?
06:15I stared at him.
06:16You're really going to lecture me right now?
06:18You used my name
06:20to cover up an affair with that woman
06:21in front of the entire capital
06:23and your defence is that
06:24you were planning to marry me anyway?
06:25You know what that logic sounds like?
06:27It sounds like my reputation
06:29doesn't matter at all to you.
06:31Like it never did.
06:33It was a mistake.
06:34I panicked.
06:35And if you'd just been
06:36a little more understand...
06:37I think you should leave.
06:38We'll keep the gifts
06:39as compensation for the distress
06:41caused to my daughter.
06:42Consider this matter closed.
06:44Permanently.
06:44Good day.
06:46They left.
06:46The engagement
06:47that had never officially existed
06:49was dead.
06:50Adrian's reputation
06:51in the capital didn't recover.
06:53Every family with a daughter
06:54of marriageable age
06:55had heard the story.
06:56No one wanted to send
06:58their girl into that house.
07:00As for Lily,
07:01Lady Whitmore found her a match
07:02and pushed to have her gone.
07:04But Adrian threatened
07:04to starve himself
07:05and eventually his mother gave in.
07:08Lily stayed.
07:08She became his mistress.
07:10The royal ball was about to begin.
07:12And Princess Charlotte
07:13came to collect me herself.
07:15I was at jewelry store
07:16when I saw Lily again.
07:17Her maid trailing behind her.
07:19Her chin tilted up
07:21at an angle
07:21that suggested
07:22she owned the building.
07:24This ruby set.
07:25I'll take it.
07:26Send the bill
07:27to House Whitfall.
07:29My lady,
07:30I'm afraid that piece
07:31was commissioned
07:31by another customer.
07:32House Whitfall
07:33outranks whoever it is.
07:35Name your price.
07:36The jeweler spotted me
07:37and went limp
07:38with relief.
07:39Miss Sinclair,
07:40I'm so glad you're here.
07:41This is the piece you ordered.
07:42Lily turned.
07:43For a moment,
07:44she just stared at me.
07:45Then she smiled,
07:46slow and deliberate.
07:47Miss Sinclair,
07:49fancy seeing you here.
07:51That set is a bit mature
07:52for someone unmarried,
07:53isn't it?
07:55Very
07:56wifely.
07:57But then I suppose
07:58you're running out of options.
07:59She covered her mouth.
08:01I heard there hasn't been
08:02a single inquiry
08:03to House Sinclair
08:04since the banquet.
08:05Are you still hoping
08:06Adrian will come
08:07to his senses?
08:09Three thousand pounds.
08:10That's what I paid
08:11for this set.
08:15Three thousand five hundred.
08:17Wrap it up.
08:17Darling,
08:18you're here.
08:19She was trying
08:20to take my-
08:20I'm buying it
08:21for Vivian.
08:22The shop went quiet.
08:23Vivian,
08:24you like it.
08:25Let me buy it for you.
08:26He looked at me.
08:27Something moved
08:28behind his eyes.
08:29Regret,
08:29maybe?
08:30Or the last flicker
08:31of something
08:31he'd already lost.
08:32I don't need you
08:33to buy anything
08:34for me.
08:34Five thousand.
08:36This necklace
08:36and that sapphire
08:38set in the window
08:38and the pearl collar
08:40on the left.
08:40All of it.
08:41Whatever the Whithome
08:42heir bids,
08:43I'll go five hundred
08:44higher.
08:45Shall we keep going,
08:46Whithome?
08:47I have time.
08:48Lucas,
08:49when did you get back?
08:51I hadn't seen
08:52Lucas in three years.
08:54Queen Isabella
08:54had sent him
08:55to the northern front
08:56to knock the
08:56recliteness out of him.
08:58Apparently,
08:58it hadn't worked.
09:00A few days ago,
09:02came to collect
09:03my commendation.
09:04Also heard someone
09:05had been giving you
09:06trouble.
09:07Thought I'd come
09:08see for myself.
09:09You came back
09:10because of that?
09:11I came back
09:11for the commendation.
09:12The other part
09:13was a bonus.
09:14Whitmore,
09:15are you going to
09:16keep standing there
09:16or are you going
09:17to move?
09:17This is a private
09:18conversation between
09:19Vivian and me.
09:20I don't see what
09:20it has to do
09:21with you,
09:21Harrington.
09:21It has everything
09:22to do with me.
09:23You're talking
09:23to my fiance.
09:25You're what?
09:27Lucas picked up
09:27the case and held
09:28it out to me.
09:29We can argue
09:30about the ring
09:30later.
09:31Right now,
09:32these are yours.
09:33He carried three
09:34cases of jewelry
09:35out of that shop
09:36and ended to my maid
09:37like it was nothing.
09:39Adrian followed
09:40us to the street.
09:41Vivian,
09:42you ended things
09:42with me for him?
09:43After everything-
09:44There was nothing
09:45to end.
09:46There was never
09:46anything between us.
09:48You decided there
09:49was without asking me.
09:50And Harrington,
09:51you've known him
09:52since childhood.
09:53Don't tell me
09:53nothing was happening.
09:55Whitmore,
09:56if I hear you say
09:57one more word
09:57about Vivian
09:58that isn't an apology,
10:00I will embarrass you
10:01in front of every
10:01person on this street.
10:02And then I'll do it
10:03again tomorrow
10:04and the day after.
10:05Walk away.
10:06At the royal banquet
10:07that evening,
10:08Lucas disappeared
10:09the moment we arrived.
10:11I sat with the other
10:12ladies and listened
10:13to them talk.
10:14I heard Whitmore
10:15brought that woman
10:16to the palace.
10:17He didn't.
10:18As a maid.
10:19Still,
10:20the audacity.
10:21Lily had been admitted
10:22to the palace
10:23as a servant.
10:23She stood alone
10:24near the far wall,
10:25no seat,
10:26no companion.
10:27When she spotted me
10:28laughing with the other
10:29ladies,
10:30she floated over.
10:31Miss Singlaire,
10:33I wanted to apologize
10:34about the jewelry shop.
10:35I was out of line.
10:36Adrian says you're
10:37very gracious.
10:38I hope you can
10:39forgive me.
10:40And when you do
10:40come to House Whitmore,
10:41I promise I won't
10:42cause trouble.
10:43You'll have no
10:44competition for me.
10:45The ladies around me
10:46said nothing.
10:46Their silence
10:47was a kind of verdict.
10:49Stop saying things
10:49like that.
10:51I have no connection
10:52to House Whitmore.
10:53I've told you that.
10:54If you keep implying
10:55otherwise,
10:55I won't be polite
10:56about it a second time.
10:58I nodded to my maid.
10:59She stepped forward
11:01and Lily retreated.
11:02Adrian appeared
11:03from the other side
11:04of the Royal Palace
11:05Banquet Hall.
11:06Vivian,
11:07what exactly
11:08is your relationship
11:09with Harrington?
11:10Is that why
11:11you refused me?
11:12Because you've been
11:12meeting with him
11:13privately this whole time.
11:14And what gives you
11:15the right to stand there
11:16and accuse me
11:17of exactly what you did?
11:18I didn't accuse you
11:19of anything.
11:20I asked a question.
11:21You implied it.
11:23Loudly.
11:24In front of witnesses.
11:25He grabbed my arm.
11:27The crack of the punch
11:28was loud enough
11:28that half the garden
11:29flinched.
11:30Adrian went down.
11:32Lucas stood over him
11:33with absolutely
11:34no expression
11:34on his face.
11:36Whitmore,
11:36I told you this afternoon.
11:37If you speak about
11:38Vivian again
11:39without apologizing,
11:40there are consequences.
11:41You just grabbed her.
11:43In the Royal Palace.
11:45Do you understand
11:46how much trouble
11:46I could make
11:47for you right now?
11:51You're insane,
11:52Harrington.
11:53We're in the palace.
11:54And I just demonstrated
11:56that it doesn't matter.
11:57Vivian is my fiancée.
11:59The King just approved it.
12:00So I suggest you think
12:02very carefully
12:03before you come
12:03near her again.
12:05He put his hand
12:06on my back
12:06and steered me away.
12:08When did the King
12:09approve it?
12:10About an hour ago.
12:12I walked in,
12:13told them I didn't want
12:15a land grant
12:15or a title promotion.
12:17I wanted to marry you.
12:19The Queen said yes
12:20before the King
12:20finished reading my petition.
12:22You didn't ask me.
12:23I knew you'd say yes.
12:26Lucas.
12:27Would you have said no?
12:30That's not the point.
12:32It is a little bit the point.
12:34The King announced
12:35the betrothal at dinner.
12:36The shift in the room
12:37was immediate.
12:38Every pair of eyes
12:39that had carried
12:40even a trince of doubt
12:41about me
12:42rearranged themselves
12:43into something warmer,
12:44more careful.
12:45Vivian Stanklard,
12:46daughter of the Chancellor,
12:48betrothed to Lucas Harrington,
12:49heir to the Duke of Harrington,
12:51nephew to Queen Isabella.
12:52House Sinclair
12:53had just become
12:53family to the Crown.
12:54Lucas leaned toward me
12:55during the toasting
12:56and said,
12:57in his lowest poise,
12:58For the record,
12:59I meant it this afternoon.
13:01I will never fall in love
13:02with any other woman
13:03but you.
13:03And when I come back
13:04from the North
13:05with my next commendation,
13:06I'm getting you a title
13:07to go with it.
13:08You said that
13:09when we were twelve,
13:12I know.
13:13I always keep my promises.
13:15The formal betrothal proceedings
13:17moved quickly,
13:18as royal betrothes do.
13:20Queen Isabella sent a pair
13:21of matched silver broochers
13:22as a gift.
13:23House Harrington
13:24sent so many carriages
13:25of gifts
13:25to our courtyard
13:26that my father
13:27had to open
13:27the side gates.
13:29Three days before the wedding,
13:30a delivery arrived
13:31from the jeweler.
13:32My bridal cronet,
13:33paid for and ordered
13:35months ago.
13:35The man at the door
13:36wasn't from the jeweler.
13:37It was Adrian.
13:39He looked like he hadn't slept
13:40in days.
13:41He looked at my dress.
13:42He looked at my hair.
13:43He stood there for a moment
13:45without speaking.
13:46I came to apologize.
13:48What I did
13:49was unforgivable.
13:50I used your name
13:51because I knew
13:51you weren't coming.
13:52I told myself
13:53it didn't matter.
13:54We were going to be married
13:55anyway,
13:55so what was a little scandal?
13:57I'd make it up to you
13:57once you were at
13:58House Witwith.
13:59I didn't think
14:00it would end like this.
14:01You mean you didn't think
14:02I'd fight back?
14:04Adrian,
14:05I accepted your apology
14:06the first time.
14:07I don't need another one.
14:08What I need
14:09is for you to stop
14:10coming to my house
14:11three days before my wedding.
14:12I found out last week
14:13that Lily had put
14:14something in my drink.
14:15That night,
14:16she planned the whole thing.
14:19Did she?
14:20I've confined her.
14:21She'll be sent
14:22to the country estate
14:23after-
14:23Adrian,
14:24you've been in that room
14:25with her for years.
14:27You threatened your mother
14:28into letting her stay.
14:29You chose her
14:30every time.
14:31And now that it's over,
14:32you want to blame her
14:33for what happened?
14:34Whatever she did
14:35or didn't do,
14:36she didn't make you
14:36use my name.
14:37That was you.
14:39Go home.
14:41Come to the wedding
14:42if you'd like.
14:43Drink the wine.
14:43Be happy for me.
14:44I married Lucas Harrington
14:46on a Thursday morning
14:47in early spring.
14:48The ceremony was brief
14:49and the party was not.
14:51My mother cried
14:52for two hours straight.
14:53Lucas' best man
14:54spilled wine
14:55on the Arpshikip
14:56and spent the rest
14:57of the evening apologizing.
14:59Lucas was due back
15:00at the Northern Front
15:01within the half year.
15:03The king,
15:03in a generous mood,
15:05gave us leave
15:06to go together.
15:07We spent the weeks
15:08before our departure
15:09ordering supplies
15:10and sorting maps
15:11and arguing about
15:13which books
15:14I was allowed to bring.
15:15Word reached us
15:16while we were packing.
15:17House Whitmore
15:18had descended into chaos.
15:19Lady Whitmore,
15:20having failed to find
15:21any respectable family
15:22willing to send
15:23a daughter to her son,
15:24had reached within
15:25her own circle.
15:26The daughter of
15:27an undistinguished family,
15:29Catherine Blake,
15:30had been brought
15:30to the capital
15:31and the engagement
15:32announced quickly.
15:33Catherine was beautiful,
15:35sharp,
15:35and she had no intention
15:36of sharing her marriage
15:37with anyone.
15:38The night of the
15:39welcome dinner
15:39Lady Whitmore
15:40threw in her honor,
15:42Lily appeared
15:42in the great hall
15:43and refused to leave.
15:45She is nothing
15:46but an ordinary woman.
15:47Why should she get
15:48to be his wife
15:49while I'm forced
15:49to hide away
15:50in the farthest room
15:51of the house?
15:51Give me the same standing
15:53as his wife.
15:54Equal standing!
15:55Or I tell everyone
15:57what I know
15:57about this family!
15:59Lady Whitmore
16:00had no patience left.
16:02Catherine Black
16:02had even less.
16:04Say what you need
16:05to say and sit down.
16:06Or leave.
16:07Those are your options.
16:08Lily threw a glass.
16:09She was removed
16:10from the dinner
16:11by force.
16:12On the wedding day,
16:13she walked into
16:14the ceremony
16:14in a white gown.
16:15She knelt in front
16:17of Adrian
16:17on the stone floor.
16:18I'm three months along.
16:20If you don't
16:21don't give me
16:21equal standing
16:22as your wife
16:23right now
16:24in front of everyone,
16:26don't blame me
16:27for doing something terrible.
16:29Adrian hadn't finished
16:29processing the words
16:30before Catherine's hand
16:31came across Lily's face.
16:33The sound rang
16:34off the cathedral ceiling.
16:35Go ahead.
16:36Proceed, please.
16:37Adrian didn't go
16:38to Catherine that night.
16:40He sat with Lily
16:41until morning.
16:43Catherine locked her room
16:44and didn't come out
16:45for a day.
16:46When she did,
16:46she brought preservans
16:47and blankets
16:48to Lady Whitmore's
16:49sitting room
16:49and spent the next
16:50two weeks
16:50becoming her mother-in-law's
16:51favorite person
16:52in the house.
16:53One afternoon,
16:54Catherine went
16:55to Lily's room
16:55with a basket of fruit.
16:58I thought we might
16:59call a truce.
17:01Lily threw the basket
17:02at her head.
17:03They quarreled
17:04for a good ten minutes.
17:05Then suddenly,
17:06Lily pounced on Catherine.
17:07Catherine stepped aside.
17:09Lily's foot caught
17:10the edge of the rug
17:10and she went down hard,
17:12striking the corner
17:13of the bed frame
17:14on her way to the floor.
17:15The doctor came
17:16within the hour.
17:17The bleeding didn't stop.
17:18By morning,
17:19the outcome was clear.
17:20The child was gone
17:21and the damage
17:22was severe enough
17:23that there would be
17:24no others.
17:25When Adrian came home
17:26from his assignment
17:27a month later,
17:28Lily was thin and gray.
17:30Catherine was playing chess
17:31with his mother
17:31in the parlor.
17:32What did you do?
17:33You know what happened.
17:35I know a lot of things,
17:36including how many laws
17:37your family has broken
17:38in the last year
17:39and which judges
17:41are on speaking terms
17:42with my father.
17:42Adrian,
17:43I am your wife.
17:45I was brought here
17:45to run this household,
17:46not to compete
17:47with your mistress
17:47for your attention.
17:48Get your priorities
17:49in order.
17:50From that day on,
17:52he never went
17:53to Catherine's room,
17:54but he didn't kick her
17:55out of the house either.
17:56Lily stopped eating.
17:57She stopped leaving her room.
17:59One night,
18:00when the servants
18:01were asleep,
18:02she slipped into
18:03Catherine's sitting room
18:04and emptied a vial
18:05into the decanjer
18:06on the sideboard.
18:08It wasn't enough
18:09to kill her,
18:10but it was enough
18:10to ensure that the footman
18:12who found Catherine
18:13the next morning
18:13would see exactly
18:14what Lily needed him to see.
18:16What followed moved quickly.
18:18Lily was dragged
18:19out of her room,
18:19screaming.
18:20Catherine stood in the doorway,
18:22wrapped in a sheet
18:22and pointed at her.
18:24Huh,
18:24that woman.
18:25The footman confirmed
18:26the story.
18:27Two maids confirmed it.
18:29The doctor's report
18:30said the substance
18:31in the decanjer
18:32was traceable
18:33and deliberate.
18:35Catherine Blake
18:36didn't survive the week.
18:37Lily was arrested
18:38the same day.
18:40Catherine's family
18:41came to House Whitmore
18:42on a Sunday.
18:43Her mother arrived first,
18:44alone,
18:45carrying nothing.
18:46She walked through
18:47the front gates
18:48without being announced.
18:49Lady Whitmore
18:50came out to meet her.
18:52My daughter
18:52is dead.
18:54Your family killed her.
18:56Give me a reason
18:57not to go to the king today.
18:59Catherine's mother
19:00left without an answer,
19:02went directly to the palace,
19:03and gave a detailed account
19:04to the royal chamberlain.
19:07Catherine's father
19:07followed with a formal complaint
19:09drafted by three barristers.
19:11The hearings moved quickly.
19:12By the time the verdict came,
19:14Adrian was sitting in
19:15in his study
19:16reading the same letter
19:17for the fourth time.
19:18The Whitmore Marquistid
19:20was stripped.
19:21The family had 60 days
19:22to vacate their properties
19:23in the capital.
19:24They could retire
19:25to their country estate
19:26and live there quietly,
19:27or they could contest
19:29the ruling
19:29and lose everything.
19:30We were leaving the capital
19:32on the same morning.
19:33Our carriage rolled
19:34through the south gate
19:35just as the Whitmore convoy
19:37came through
19:37from the north road.
19:38I saw them through the window.
19:40A long line of covered wagons.
19:43Servants walking alongside.
19:45No banners.
19:46Adrian was in the lead carriage.
19:47His face had aged 10 years.
19:50Behind his carriage
19:51was a plain black wagon.
19:53Lily died while in custody.
19:55She had been held in prison
19:56for four days
19:57before her passing.
19:58When Catherine's family
20:00arrived at the prison,
20:01the guards had not yet received
20:03any instructions
20:04regarding her security arrangements.
20:06No one came to take her home.
20:08In the end,
20:09Adrian took her ashes away.
20:11The two convoys
20:12crossed at the gate.
20:13For one moment,
20:15our carriage windows aligned,
20:17and Adrian looked
20:18directly at me.
20:19Lucas was asleep
20:20against my shoulder.
20:21I had my hand in his.
20:22Adrian looked at that.
20:24Then he looked away.
20:25His convoy turned
20:26onto the road south,
20:27toward the country.
20:28Ours passed through the gate
20:30and headed north.
20:31We didn't look back.
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