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The Serpent Lord's Substitute Bride
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07:38sharp words, aren't you, sweetie? What's wrong with him? Seriously, Lily? Ditching his own wedding
07:43to run off and sign a license with that bitch? I swear, he's got of his damn mind. Who does
07:47that?
07:47I thought he was the one. Turns out, he's just another Upper East Side fraud. Shameless.
07:59Is she totally mindfucked? She's absolutely delusional. Stop acting like this is fine.
08:04Can't you see he's using you? You dropped your family's connections, even fought with your
08:08parents, all for him, when he had nothing. Nothing! You stayed up nights writing his business
08:12proposals, schnugled investors using your family's name, even lied to your parents about how successful
08:16he was. He built his entire career on your back, and now he's... Sweetie, thanks for coming all the
08:20way from Paris, honestly. Oh, please, we're besties. After today, I'll go home, face my parents, take
08:26whatever they have to say. I owe them that. You don't have to pretend it's okay. He thinks he won,
08:30thinks I lost the bet, thinks I have nowhere else to go, but he's wrong. I made my bet, and
08:35I'll face
08:35the consequences. Today's the day. I pay for it.
08:43Lila, look, half the Upper East Side is live streaming this. The hash JasperLilaWedding
08:46hashtag is already trending on Instagram. If he doesn't show up, I need two minutes alone
08:49just to catch my breath.
08:53Look at the comments. Everyone's asking where the groom is. This post has hit over 10,000 likes
08:57in just a minute. Dude, are you shitting me? I'm not going to take the fall for this.
09:12Relax, man. We've covered his ass since college. What's one more time? Lila's just going to sit
09:16there and wait, like always. That was college. This is his wedding, with a fucking live stream
09:21for the elite and every influencer in New York sneaking photos outside. My DMs are blowing up.
09:26Everyone's asking if the groom bailed on the wedding. She's never broken before,
09:28we just need to keep her calm until he shows up. Well, well, look who's early to the party.
09:34This is the wedding surprise you promised me? Anyway, perfect timing. No more hiding on my end.
09:39Our wedding's tomorrow. Relax, princess. The wedding's still on, just for show. You'll get your fancy
09:45dress, your St. Patrick's ceremony, and your 15 minutes for tabloid fame. But let's cut the crap.
09:49I won't waste a marriage license on you. The real deal, that's her.
09:58You sure she won't ruin tomorrow? Oh, please. She's got nothing without me.
10:02Who else is going to take her? A barista in Brooklyn? She will show up. She has to.
10:09Hi, Lila. How are you feeling on your big wedding day?
10:11Any thoughts on this lavish fairy tale wedding Jasper threw for you?
10:22Jasper, you're unreal. I can't believe she actually showed up. You've seriously got game.
10:25Wild night before the wedding and the bride still turns up in her gown. Now that's what
10:28I called well-tamed. He juggles his fiancée and his lover like it's nothing. Total smooth
10:32operator. Ten years by my side, she has no choice. I'm her meal ticket. She'll throw a fit at most,
10:37no matter what I've done. But sooner or later, she'll come to me and place her hand in mine.
10:44You look stunning, baby. Worth every penny for this circus.
10:50Hey, pretty. Told you to call later. I am at church putting on the show for the tabloids.
10:54Honey, I am flying to D.C. this afternoon. I booked the city hall ten minutes from now.
10:57Get moving, got it? Ten minutes? You're a nightmare. Fine, I will be there.
10:59Dude, you can't leave. Ceremony's in five minutes. Lily's gonna lose it.
11:01Calm down. City will burn me down if I don't go and I need her dad's D.C. connections.
11:04Lily will be fine. One photo for the post.
11:07Jasper Colton. I will get a new groom if you leave.
11:12A new groom? Where are you gonna find one? This ain't a Hallmark movie.
11:16Every socialite in NYC knows your mind. But hey, if you can find some chump dumb enough to marry you,
11:20be my guest. Quit acting out. I'll be back. And don't even think about messing with my guests.
11:25They're here for me, not you. Jasper! Half the Upper East Side's inside. They're already whispering.
11:28Hold down the fort. I'm not ditching. Jessica's gonna throw a frit if I'm late. You know how she gets.
11:33Go, Jasper. Run to your precious marriage license.
11:35This million-dollar Upper East Side Circus? It's mine now.
11:42Lily, hey. I promise he'll be back. Just take a seat, yeah?
11:45Totally. You know how he is. He'll be here for the vows, I swear.
11:52Time to rewrite everything.
11:55I'll wait.
11:56Get her a glass of champagne. Quick. Hold the ceremony. Tell the priest we're running late.
11:58Yes, sir.
11:59And keep these people from gossip. Page six. Tell us if it's page six.
12:01Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:01I'll wait. But who am I waiting for? That's none of your business.
12:09Three months of hype for this wedding.
12:12Every Coulter family big-bold flew in from across the country.
12:14All here for their golden boy, huh?
12:16Wait till they find out their golden boy bailed on his own wedding.
12:19Jasper's always been all or nothing.
12:20Obsessed with grand gestures when he chased me.
12:23Obsessed with this wedding like it was a trophy.
12:24Yeah, so too when it comes to cheating.
12:26He'll flaunt it right in your face, won't he?
12:29Always with the sharp words, aren't you, sweetie?
12:30What's wrong with him?
12:32Seriously, Lily?
12:33Ditching his own wedding to run off and sign a license with that bitch?
12:36I swear, he's got of his damn mind. Who does that?
12:38I thought he was the one.
12:40Turns out, he's just another Upper East Side fraud.
12:44Shameless.
12:51Is she totally mind-fucked?
12:52She's absolutely delusional.
12:54Stop acting like this is fine.
12:55Can't you see he's using you?
12:57You dropped your family's connections,
12:58even fought with your parents,
12:59all for him when he had nothing.
13:01Nothing!
13:02You stayed up nights writing his business proposals,
13:04schnugled investors using your family's name,
13:05even lied to your parents about how successful he was.
13:07He built his entire career on your back,
13:09and now he's...
13:09GG, sweetie.
13:10Thanks for coming all the way from Paris, honestly.
13:13Oh, please, we're besties.
13:14After today, I'll go home.
13:16Face my parents, take whatever they have to say.
13:18I owe them that.
13:19You don't have to pretend it's okay.
13:20He thinks he won.
13:21Thinks I lost the bet.
13:22Thinks I have nowhere else to go.
13:24But he's wrong.
13:24I made my bet.
13:26And I'll face the consequences.
13:28Today's the day.
13:28I pay for it.
13:34Lila, look.
13:34Half the Upper East Side is live-streaming this.
13:36The hash JasperLilaWedding hashtag is already trending on Instagram.
13:38If he doesn't show up,
13:39I need two minutes alone just to catch my breath.
13:44Look at the comments.
13:46Everyone's asking where the groom is.
13:47This post has hit over 10,000 likes in just a minute.
14:01Dude, are you shitting me?
14:02I'm not going to take the fall for this.
14:03Relax, man.
14:05We've covered his ass since college.
14:06What's one more time?
14:07Lila's just going to sit there and wait, like always.
14:09That was college.
14:10This is his wedding.
14:11With a fucking live-stream for the elite
14:12and every influencer in New York sneaking photos outside.
14:16My DMs are blowing up.
14:17Everyone's asking if the groom bailed on the wedding.
14:19She's never broken before.
14:20We just need to keep her calm until he shows up.
14:21Jasper, when are you going to show up?
14:22The guests are asking questions,
14:23and the live-stream won't.
14:25She'll wait.
14:25She always does.
14:28Leah!
14:28I swear.
14:29Jas's on his way.
14:30I promise.
14:30Save your excuses, Chase.
14:31I heard every word.
14:32Trust me.
14:33He is on the way.
14:34The wedding starts in three minutes.
14:44Three minutes?
14:45Please.
14:46Our boy Japs got way more game than Lily.
14:47Please.
14:48He'll be here, I swear.
14:49Just two?
14:49No, one more hour.
14:50Enough already.
14:51The guests have waited way too long.
14:52You're going to let this wedding become a worldwide joke?
14:54Liliya, come on.
14:55Talk to us.
14:56We should have told her years ago
14:58before the live-stream,
14:59before Instagram blew up.
15:00And what would that have done?
15:01Ruined Jasper's career?
15:05Fuck you, Jasper Coleman.
15:07She'll only wait three more minutes.
15:08Get your ass back here right now
15:09before the whole wedding falls apart.
15:11Your little disappearance is front-page news
15:13all across the country.
15:14You little seduccer.
15:16We already signed the marriage license.
15:17Why still keep me here?
15:18I'm going to be away in D.C. for so long.
15:20I just can't bear to part with you.
15:24Are you okay?
15:25You've had ten years with Jasper.
15:26He does love you.
15:27It's just...
15:28Guys get bored.
15:29We all crave fresh thrills.
15:30I thought he was different.
15:32Nice job hitting your first big payout.
15:35Honestly...
15:35Until yesterday...
15:37I still couldn't bring myself to believe
15:39he'd turn into just another guy
15:41who gets bored and moves on.
15:46Please.
15:46What if I don't want the seat at all, Jasper?
16:05I feel sick just looking at all this fat on you.
16:07How do you expect me to be aroused?
16:10Then let's divorce.
16:12Seven years.
16:13You've said this countless times.
16:16Why are you treating me like this?
16:18Do you think I'm your ex-wife?
16:20The one who gave everything,
16:21worked tirelessly,
16:21and yet you still despised?
16:24I regret it.
16:25Give me another chance.
16:28My ex-wife is a fat, depressed loser.
16:30Three months after I divorced her,
16:32she's still in my house.
16:33Eating my food,
16:34using my water,
16:35breathing my air.
16:36My buddies thought I was nuts.
16:38You can't stand the way she is.
16:39Why did you stay?
16:42I did the math.
16:43Moving out means I see my kid twice a week.
16:45Paying two mortgages.
16:46No thanks.
16:47It's been two months since the divorce.
16:49Life's calm.
16:50Morning coffee.
16:50One side fried egg.
16:51Crispy bacon.
16:52Later, Dad!
16:54And Megan, my ex,
16:55dropped him at school,
16:55came home and cleaned the whole damn house.
16:57The only difference?
16:58I didn't have to fake it anymore.
17:00Didn't have to look at her body.
17:02Soft in all the wrong places.
17:04Didn't have to lie there for three terrible minutes,
17:06both of us miserable.
17:07Now, no ring, no guilt.
17:09A client hired an escort.
17:10I could drape my arm over her however I liked.
17:13Pull her closer for a photo.
17:14Laugh at her jokes like I wasn't married.
17:16No frantic texts.
17:17No sorry babe.
17:18Traffic's a nightmare.
17:19Those two months?
17:20Best of my life.
17:21So what was the point of the paperwork?
17:23For seven years,
17:24she kept threatening to leave.
17:25Crying, yelling, breaking plates.
17:27Every time she'd apologize before we got to the door.
17:29At first, I figured it was postpartum.
17:30But that doesn't last until your kid can do multiplication.
17:32At first, I figured it was postpartum.
17:34But that doesn't last until your kid can do multiplication.
17:37This time, she didn't cry.
17:38Didn't yell.
17:40After Caleb went to sleep,
17:41she dropped the papers on the coffee table.
17:43Jason, we're getting divorced.
17:45The same papers had sat in her nightstand for three years.
17:48Maybe five.
17:50Every time she threatened,
17:51she'd drag them out.
17:52I didn't ask what set her off this time.
17:54Fine.
17:55Whatever you want.
17:56The next morning,
17:56after Caleb left for school,
17:58she stopped me at the door.
17:59See you at the courthouse.
18:00I almost choked on my bagel.
18:02By the time we got there,
18:04she'd changed the terms.
18:0550-50 on everything?
18:06She said, calm as a lake.
18:08I don't want the business, just cash.
18:11You can have custody or I can.
18:13The house is in a good school district.
18:16Whoever gets Caleb gets the house.
18:17For the first time in seven years,
18:19I saw something new in her face.
18:21She meant it.
18:21She said she wouldn't change Caleb's last name if she got him.
18:25So I let him go.
18:26The waiting period was brutal.
18:28Not because I was sad.
18:29Because I was terrified she'd change her mind.
18:32Those last few years of marriage had been suffocating.
18:34I couldn't breathe around her anymore.
18:36The living together thing wasn't my idea.
18:39It was my parents.
18:40When they heard we'd actually signed,
18:42they flew back from their timeshare in Florida.
18:44My mom pulled me into the kitchen crying.
18:46I don't care if you're divorced.
18:48You are not letting that woman take my grandson.
18:51I showed her the certificate.
18:53She lost her mind.
18:55That night, I slept in the guest room.
18:58Megan had already cleaned it.
18:59Fresh sheets.
19:00Empty closet.
19:01Like a Marriott.
19:02In the middle of the night,
19:03I got up to drink some water.
19:04I saw her fitness bag on the table in the living room.
19:07I rolled my eyes.
19:08Mess all you like,
19:09but you're still that fat woman.
19:11Just think of her as a live-in nanny.
19:13Mom whispered.
19:14Who's gonna clean the house?
19:15Cook dinner?
19:16You hate strangers in the house.
19:18She wasn't wrong.
19:19I didn't fight for Caleb because,
19:21honestly, Megan was better at it.
19:23From the day he was born,
19:25she did everything.
19:26I just worked,
19:27wrote checks,
19:28showed up for photos.
19:29Last year,
19:30when Caleb finished kindergarten,
19:32she asked me to come to the ceremony.
19:33She spent the whole car ride
19:34talking about elementary school admissions
19:36and parent-teacher conferences.
19:38I tuned out every word.
19:39If I remarried,
19:40the new wife wouldn't want to deal with that crap.
19:42Better to leave Caleb with his mom.
19:44My mom offered to take over.
19:45But when I asked her what PTA stood for,
19:48she went quiet.
19:49Still,
19:50she had a point.
19:51Moving out would hurt Caleb.
19:53Why Megan agreed to stay?
19:54No idea.
19:55Just like I had no idea
19:57why she'd become so impossible in the first place.
19:59One of my buddies said,
20:00Maybe she regrets it.
20:02Some women can't handle being alone.
20:04That made sense to me.
20:05I watched her going out early
20:06and coming back late every day.
20:08Her clothes became looser
20:09and her face became more angular.
20:11I sneered in my heart.
20:12So she's really regretting it
20:13and wants to lose weight
20:14to make things right.
20:15It's too late.
20:16Then Megan asked for money.
20:18I was heading out the door
20:19when she stopped me.
20:20We need to talk.
20:21We barely spoke these days
20:22except for
20:23pass the salt
20:24in front of Caleb.
20:25Employer and employee.
20:26That was us now.
20:27So,
20:28we need to talk.
20:29Caught me off guard.
20:33I feel sick
20:34just looking at all this fat on you.
20:35How do you expect me to be aroused?
20:38Then let's divorce.
20:39Seven years.
20:40You've said this countless times.
20:44Why are you treating me like this?
20:46Do you think I'm your ex-wife?
20:47The one who gave everything,
20:48worked tirelessly
20:49and yet you still despised?
20:52I regret it.
20:53Give me another chance.
20:55My ex-wife is a fat,
20:57depressed loser.
20:58Three months after I divorced her,
20:59she's still in my house.
21:01Eating my food,
21:02using my water,
21:03breathing my air.
21:04My buddies thought I was nuts.
21:06You can't stand the way she is.
21:07Why did you stay?
21:10I did the math.
21:11Moving out means
21:12I see my kid twice a week.
21:13Paying two mortgages.
21:14No thanks.
21:15It's been two months
21:16since the divorce.
21:16Life's calm.
21:17Morning coffee.
21:18One side fried egg.
21:19Crispy bacon.
21:20Later, Dad!
21:21And Megan, my ex,
21:22dropped him at school,
21:23came home and
21:24cleaned the whole damn house.
21:25The only difference?
21:26I didn't have to fake it anymore.
21:28Didn't have to look at her body.
21:30Soft in all the wrong places.
21:31Didn't have to lie there
21:32for three terrible minutes,
21:33both of us miserable.
21:34Now,
21:35no ring,
21:36no guilt.
21:36A client hired an escort.
21:38I could drape my arm over her
21:39however I liked.
21:40Pull her closer for a photo.
21:42Laugh at her jokes
21:42like I wasn't married.
21:43No frantic texts.
21:45No sorry babe.
21:46Traffic's a nightmare.
21:47Those two months?
21:48Best of my life.
21:49So what was the point
21:49of the paperwork?
21:51For seven years,
21:52she kept threatening to leave.
21:53Crying,
21:53yelling,
21:54breaking plates.
21:54Every time she'd apologize
21:55before we got to the door.
21:56At first I figured it was postpartum,
21:58but that doesn't last
21:58until your kid can do multiplication.
22:00At first I figured it was postpartum,
22:01but that doesn't last
22:02until your kid can do multiplication.
22:04This time,
22:05she didn't cry,
22:06didn't yell.
22:07After Caleb went to sleep,
22:09she dropped the papers
22:09on the coffee table.
22:10Jason,
22:11we're getting divorced.
22:13The same papers
22:14had sat in her nightstand
22:15for three years,
22:16maybe five.
22:17Every time she threatened,
22:19she'd drag them out.
22:20I didn't ask
22:20what set her off this time.
22:22Fine.
22:22Whatever you want.
22:23The next morning,
22:24after Caleb left for school,
22:26she stopped me at the door.
22:27See you at the courthouse.
22:28I almost choked
22:29on my bagel.
22:30By the time we got there,
22:31she'd changed the terms.
22:3350-50 on everything,
22:34she said,
22:34calm as a lake.
22:35I don't want the business,
22:36just cash.
22:39You can have custody
22:40or I can.
22:41The house is in
22:42a good school district.
22:43Whoever gets Caleb
22:44gets the house.
22:45For the first time
22:46in seven years,
22:47I saw something new
22:47in her face.
22:48She meant it.
22:49She said she wouldn't change
22:50Caleb's last name
22:51if she got him.
22:52So I let him go.
22:54The waiting period
22:55was brutal.
22:56Not because I was sad,
22:57because I was terrified
22:58she'd change her mind.
22:59Those last few years
23:00of marriage
23:01had been suffocating.
23:02I couldn't breathe
23:03around her anymore.
23:04The living together thing
23:05wasn't my idea.
23:06It was my parents.
23:08When they heard
23:09we'd actually signed,
23:10they flew back
23:10from their timeshow
23:11in Florida.
23:12My mom pulled me
23:13into the kitchen,
23:14crying.
23:14I don't care
23:14if you're divorced.
23:15You are not letting
23:16that woman
23:17take my grandson!
23:19I showed her
23:19the certificate.
23:20She lost her mind.
23:23That night,
23:24I slept in the guest room.
23:26Megan had already
23:26cleaned it.
23:27Fresh sheets.
23:28Empty closet.
23:29Like a Marriott.
23:30In the middle of the night,
23:31I got up to drink
23:31some water.
23:32I saw her fitness bag
23:33on the table
23:33in the living room.
23:34I rolled my eyes.
23:35Mess all you like,
23:37but you're still
23:37that fat woman.
23:38Just think of her
23:40as a live-in nanny,
23:41mom whispered.
23:42Who's gonna clean the house?
23:43Cook dinner?
23:44You hate strangers
23:45in the house.
23:45She wasn't wrong.
23:46I didn't fight for Caleb
23:48because, honestly,
23:49Megan was better at it.
23:51From the day he was born,
23:52she did everything.
23:53I just worked,
23:54wrote checks,
23:55showed up for photos.
23:57Last year,
23:58when Caleb finished
23:58kindergarten,
23:59she asked me to come
24:00to the ceremony.
24:01She spent the whole car ride
24:02talking about
24:03elementary school admissions
24:04and parent-teacher conferences.
24:05I tuned out every word.
24:07If I remarried,
24:08the new wife wouldn't
24:09want to deal with that crap.
24:10Better to leave Caleb
24:10with his mom.
24:11My mom offered
24:12to take over,
24:13but when I asked her
24:14what PTA stood for,
24:15she went quiet.
24:16Still,
24:17she had a point.
24:18Moving out
24:19would hurt Caleb.
24:21Why Megan agreed to stay?
24:22No idea.
24:23Just like I had no idea
24:24why she'd become
24:25so impossible
24:26in the first place.
24:27One of my buddies said,
24:28Maybe she regrets it.
24:29Some women can't handle
24:30being alone.
24:31That made sense to me.
24:32I watched her going out early
24:34and coming back late
24:34every day.
24:35Her clothes became looser
24:36and her face
24:37became more angular.
24:38I sneered in my heart,
24:39so she's really regretting it
24:41and wants to lose weight
24:42to make things right.
24:43It's too late.
24:44Then Megan asked for money.
24:45I was heading out the door
24:46when she stopped me.
24:47We need to talk.
24:48We barely spoke these days
24:50except for
24:50pass the salt
24:51in front of Caleb,
24:53employer and employee.
24:54That was us now.
24:55So,
24:56we need to talk.
24:57Caught me off guard.
25:17Oh, God.
25:18What if your little princess
25:20walks in right now?
25:21Leah,
25:21she's busy to being
25:22my perfect little lap dog.
25:29Well, well.
25:30Look who's early to the party.
25:33This is the wedding surprise
25:34you promised me?
25:35Anyway,
25:35perfect timing.
25:36No more hiding on my end.
25:38At least I won't have to keep
25:38making up excuses to you
25:39after we're married.
25:40Sorry, Leah.
25:41Jasper just can't keep
25:42his hand off me.
25:43Can you blame him?
25:45Our wedding's tomorrow.
25:47Relax, princess.
25:48The wedding's still on
25:49just for show.
25:50You'll get your fancy dress,
25:51your St. Patrick's ceremony,
25:52and your 15 minutes
25:53for tabloid fame.
25:54But let's cut the crap.
25:55I won't waste
25:55a marriage license on you.
25:57The real deal,
25:58that's her.
26:04You sure she won't
26:05ruin tomorrow?
26:06Oh, please.
26:06She's got nothing without me.
26:07Who else is going to take her?
26:08A barista in Brooklyn?
26:09She will show up.
26:11She has to.
26:14Hi, Leah.
26:15How are you feeling
26:15on your big wedding day?
26:16Any thoughts on this
26:17lavish fairytale wedding
26:18Jasper threw for you?
26:28Jasper, you're unreal.
26:29I can't believe
26:29she actually showed up.
26:30You've seriously got game.
26:31Wild night before the wedding
26:32and the bride still
26:32turns up in her gown.
26:33Now that's what I called
26:34well-tamed.
26:35He juggles his fiancée
26:36and his lover
26:36like it's nothing.
26:37Total smooth operator.
26:39Ten years by my side,
26:40she has no choice.
26:40I'm her meal ticket.
26:41She'll throw a fit at most
26:42no matter what I've done.
26:44But sooner or later,
26:45she'll come to me
26:45and place her hand in mine.
26:49You look stunning, baby.
26:51Worth every penny
26:52for this circus.
26:56Hey, pretty.
26:57Told you to call later.
26:58I am at church
26:58putting on the show
26:59for the tabloids.
26:59Honey, I am flying
27:00to D.C. this afternoon.
27:01I booked the city hall
27:02ten minutes from now.
27:02Get moving, got it?
27:03Ten minutes?
27:04You're a nightmare.
27:04Fine, I will be there.
27:05Dude, you can't leave.
27:06Ceremony's in five minutes.
27:06Lily's gonna lose it.
27:07Calm down.
27:07City will burn me down
27:08if I don't go
27:08and I need her dad's
27:09D.C. connections.
27:10Lily will be fine.
27:10One photo for the post.
27:12Jasper Colton.
27:14I will get a new groom
27:15if you leave.
27:17A new groom?
27:19Where are you gonna find one?
27:20This ain't a Hallmark movie.
27:21Every socialite in NYC
27:22knows you're mine.
27:23But hey,
27:24if you can find some chump
27:25dumb enough to marry you,
27:26be my guest.
27:27Quit acting out.
27:28I'll be back.
27:29And don't even think
27:29about messing with my guests.
27:30They're here for me,
27:30not you.
27:31Jasper,
27:32half the Upper East Side's inside.
27:33They're already whispering.
27:33Hold down the fort.
27:34I'm not ditching.
27:35Jessica's gonna throw a frit
27:35if I'm late.
27:36You know how she gets.
27:38Go, Jasper.
27:39Run to your precious
27:40marriage license.
27:41This million-dollar
27:41Upper East Side Circus,
27:42it's mine now.
27:48Lily, hey.
27:49I promise he'll be back.
27:50Just take a seat, yeah?
27:50Totally.
27:51You know how he is.
27:51He'll be here for the vows,
27:52I swear.
27:57Time to rewrite everything.
28:00I'll wait.
28:01Get her a glass of champagne.
28:02Quick.
28:03Hold the ceremony.
28:03Tell the priest we're running late.
28:04Yes, sir.
28:04And keep these people from gossip.
28:05You have to kill us
28:05if it's page six.
28:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:07I'll wait.
28:08But who am I waiting for?
28:09That's none of your business.
28:15Three months of hype
28:16for this wedding.
28:17Every Coulter family big bold
28:18flew in from across the country.
28:20All here for their golden boy, huh?
28:22Wait till they find out
28:23their golden boy
28:23bailed on his own wedding.
28:24Jasper's always been
28:25all or nothing.
28:26Obsessed with grand gestures
28:27when he chased me.
28:28Obsessed with this wedding
28:29like it was a trophy.
28:30Yeah, so too
28:31when it comes to cheating.
28:32He'll flaunt it right in your face,
28:33won't he?
28:34Always with the sharp words,
28:35aren't you, sweetie?
28:36What's wrong with him?
28:38Seriously, Lily?
28:39Ditching his own wedding
28:40to run off
28:40and sign a license
28:41with that bitch?
28:42I swear,
28:42he's got of his damn mind.
28:43Who does that?
28:44I thought he was the one.
28:46Turns out,
28:47he's just another
28:48Upper East Side fraud.
28:50Shameless.
28:56Is she totally mind fucked?
28:58She's absolutely delusional.
28:59Stop acting like this is fine.
29:01Can't you see he's using you?
29:02You dropped your family's connections,
29:04even fought with your parents,
29:05all for him,
29:05when he had nothing.
29:07Nothing!
29:07You stayed up nights
29:08writing his business proposals,
29:09schnugled investors
29:10using your family's name,
29:11even lied to your parents
29:12about how successful he was.
29:13He built his entire career
29:14on your back,
29:14and now he's...
29:15Gigi, sweetie.
29:16Thanks for coming all the way
29:17from Paris, honestly.
29:18Oh, please, we're besties.
29:20After today, I'll go home.
29:21Face my parents,
29:22take whatever they have to say.
29:24I owe them that.
29:25You don't have to pretend it's okay.
29:26He thinks he won,
29:27thinks I lost the bet,
29:28thinks I have nowhere else to go,
29:29but he's wrong.
29:30I made my bet,
29:31and I'll face the consequences.
29:33Today's the day.
29:34I pay for it.
29:36I pay for it.
29:39Two?
29:40One, two.
29:41Oh, my God.
29:42Lila, look.
29:43Half the Upper East Side
29:43is live streaming this.
29:44The hashtag
29:44is already trending on Instagram.
29:46If he doesn't show up,
29:47I need two minutes alone
29:48just to catch my breath.
29:53Look at the comments.
29:54Everyone's asking
29:54where the groom is.
29:55This post has hit over
29:5610,000 likes in just a minute.
30:09Dude, are you shitting me?
30:10I'm not gonna take the fall for this.
30:12Relax, man.
30:13We've covered his ass since college.
30:14What's one more time?
30:15Lila's just gonna sit there
30:16and wait, like always.
30:17That was college.
30:18This is his wedding
30:19with a fucking live stream
30:20for the elite
30:21and every influencer in New York
30:22sneaking photos outside.
30:24My DMs are blowing up.
30:25Everyone's asking
30:26if the groom bailed on the wedding.
30:27She's never broken before.
30:28We just need to keep her calm
30:29until he shows up.
30:30Jasper, when are you gonna show up?
30:31The guests are asking questions
30:32and the live stream is blowing up.
30:33Tell her I'm on my way.
30:34Just give me an hour
30:35or two.
30:36Jasper, look.
30:37Half of New York is watching this.
30:38Don't be a joke.
30:39Quit being a pussy.
30:40She'll wait.
30:40She always does.
30:43Lila!
30:43I swear, Jas's on his way.
30:45I promise.
30:45Save your excuses, Chase.
30:46I heard every word.
30:47Trust me.
30:48He is on the way.
30:49The wedding starts
30:50in three minutes.
30:59Three minutes?
31:00Please.
31:01Our boy Japs got way more game
31:02than Lily, please.
31:03He'll be here, I swear.
31:04Just two?
31:04No, one more hour.
31:05Enough already.
31:06The guests have waited
31:07way too long.
31:07You gonna let this wedding
31:08become a worldwide joke?
31:09Lila, come on.
31:10Talk to us.
31:11We should have told her
31:12years ago
31:13before the live stream,
31:14before Instagram blew up.
31:15And what would that have done?
31:16Ruined Jasper's career?
31:20Fuck you, Jasper Coleman.
31:21She'll only wait
31:22three more minutes.
31:23Get your ass back here
31:24right now
31:24before the whole wedding
31:25falls apart.
31:26She won't leave me.
31:27I'll come over
31:27once I finish up.
31:29Fuck you, Jasper.
31:30Wow.
31:31Your little disappearance
31:32is front page news
31:34all across the country.
31:35You little seduccer.
31:36We already signed
31:37the marriage license.
31:38Why still keep me here?
31:39I'm gonna be away
31:40in D.C. for so long.
31:41I just can't bear
31:42to part with you.
31:45Are you okay?
31:46You've had ten years
31:46with Jasper.
31:47He does love you.
31:48It's just,
31:49guys get bored.
31:50We all crave fresh thrills.
31:51I thought he was different.
31:52Nice job
31:53hitting your first
31:54big payout.
31:55Honestly,
31:56until yesterday,
31:58I still couldn't
31:59bring myself to believe
32:00he'd turn into
32:01just another guy
32:02who gets bored
32:03and moves on.
32:06I was never meant
32:07to be tied down
32:08to just one woman,
32:08but my heart's
32:09always been yours.
32:10No one else gets
32:11to be Mrs. Kohler.
32:12That seat's reserved
32:12only for you.
32:13No one else
32:14can take it?
32:15Please,
32:16what if I don't want
32:16the seat at all,
32:17Jasper?
32:19We were supposed
32:20to get our marriage
32:21certificate today,
32:22Noah.
32:22We've been together
32:23for seven years.
32:24You promised me.
32:25Beatrice,
32:26stop being so dramatic.
32:27I'm just doing
32:27the right thing.
32:28The right thing?
32:30You mean abandoning me
32:31at the altar
32:31for this woman?
32:33Sophia's baby needs
32:33a father on paper.
32:34Besides,
32:35Sophia's not a stranger.
32:36We've been pals
32:36since childhood.
32:37It's just paperwork.
32:38Once we divorce,
32:39I'll marry you.
32:39Just wait a month.
32:40I'm not waiting
32:41for you anymore.
32:42You'll calm down.
32:43You always do.
32:51Dad, it's me.
32:52Send me the address
32:53of the cathedral.
32:54I'll arrive in time.
32:58Beatrice,
32:58will you have this man
32:59to be you wedded wife?
33:02Yes.
33:04With this ring,
33:05I thee wed.
33:07In nomina patris,
33:09et filia,
33:09et spirit assenti.
33:10You may kiss the bride.
33:18Mrs. Vane,
33:19thank you for your choice
33:19of Northern Airlines.
33:20I am just too familiar
33:21with this place.
33:22You may rest.
33:33Well, well.
33:34Look who finally
33:35decided to show up.
33:36Noah,
33:37what are you doing here?
33:40All right, Beatrice.
33:41Your little tantrum
33:41has gone on long enough.
33:43You made your point.
33:43You ran away,
33:44you struggled,
33:44and now you're back.
33:46Tantrum?
33:46Yes, the tantrum.
33:47But it's over now.
33:48Come home.
33:50You're in charge
33:51of the drop-offs.
33:52Be ready by 7 a.m.
33:53on Monday.
33:54Oh, my gosh.
33:55Isn't that your obsessed ex,
33:56Vanny?
33:56See?
33:57I told you guys.
33:58I knew she'd come
33:58crawling back eventually.
34:00Guys,
34:00she vanished without a trace.
34:02Now she sees Noah
34:02as a loaded executive,
34:03and here she is.
34:04Beatrice,
34:05if you're gonna fake
34:05a random run-in
34:06to get Noah's attention,
34:07why dress like a scrub?
34:07Couldn't you at least
34:08put on some makeup?
34:10My husband banned me
34:11from wearing anything tight
34:12or uncomfortable
34:13during my pregnancy.
34:15This cheap loungewear
34:16was custom-tailored in Paris,
34:17but to these idiots,
34:19no logos means no money.
34:20Seriously?
34:21Without Noah,
34:21you can't even buy
34:22a nice outfit?
34:23Beatrice,
34:24please don't be mad at Noah.
34:25He's just trying
34:26to take care of you.
34:27You disappeared
34:27for three years.
34:28Who knows what kind
34:29of shady stuff
34:29you had to do
34:30just to survive?
34:31Just look at you.
34:32How pathetic you are.
34:34Noah wanted to make you
34:35my personal secretary,
34:36but clearly,
34:37you can't handle
34:38a corporate environment
34:39anymore.
34:40Don't worry.
34:41Being my Nancy
34:42is a respectable job.
34:43No one
34:44will look down on you.
34:45All right, Beatrice,
34:46drop the attitude.
34:47You clearly can't survive
34:48out there,
34:49so stop throwing tantrums.
34:50Take care of the kid
34:51and learn your place.
34:52Don't worry.
34:53My mansion has a perfectly
34:54good nanny room
34:55in the basement.
34:56Free room and board.
34:58And you don't need to worry
34:58about the kid, dear.
35:00If my son acts up,
35:01I'll make sure
35:02to set him straight for you.
35:03I won't let you
35:03be mistreated
35:04under my roof.
35:05Why would she be mistreated?
35:07She ran away
35:07over a tiny little
35:08misunderstanding.
35:09If she hit rock bottom
35:10out there,
35:10she deserves to suffer
35:12a little.
35:14After three years,
35:15he still thought
35:16ditching me
35:16at the clerk's office
35:17for Sophia
35:17was just a tiny
35:18little misunderstanding.
35:20The Noah who used
35:21to love me
35:22is truly dead.
35:22I don't feel
35:23anger anymore.
35:24I just feel
35:25grossed out.
35:27Aren't you here
35:28to pick me up?
35:28Let's go.
35:31Pick you up?
35:32Don't make me laugh,
35:33Beatrix.
35:33Read it carefully.
35:34We are waiting
35:34for Mrs. Vance.
35:35Do you even know
35:36who she is?
35:37Of course you don't.
35:38Mrs. Vance is the matriarch
35:39of the Vance family.
35:40She is the current wife
35:41of Alexander Vance.
35:41Alexander Vance
35:42is a ruthless billionaire,
35:44but he's completely
35:44obsessed with his wife.
35:46Everyone in the industry
35:47knows the golden rule.
35:48Don't try to kiss
35:48Alexander up.
35:49Kiss up to Mrs. Vance.
35:50She is his entire world.
35:52Listening to them
35:52gossip about my marriage,
35:53I couldn't help it.
35:54Alexander's reputation
35:54as a fiercely devoted husband
35:56had spread everywhere.
35:57I'm so proud of him.
35:58To win his wife's heart,
35:59Alexander Vance
36:00bought a custom diamond
36:01bracelet at Christie's.
36:02It's called Eternal Heart.
36:03It costs $20 million.
36:05Mrs. Vance is literally
36:06the most envied woman
36:07on earth.
36:10That's?
36:11That's the exact
36:12same bracelet!
36:15It's a pretty good replica.
36:16Which broke vagabond
36:17bought this for you?
36:18Buying you a cheap knockoff.
36:19Absolute trash.
36:20It's the authentic.
36:21You lying bitch.
36:25Wow, it really is
36:26a high quality replica.
36:27Way better than the one I bought.
36:29The weight actually
36:29feels authentic.
36:30Or what, Beatrice?
36:31Are you gonna tell us
36:32you're the real Mrs. Vance?
36:33Are you the legendary
36:34billionaire's wife?
36:36Beatrice,
36:36just sell this fake to me.
36:38I'll pay you double
36:38what your broke boyfriend paid.
36:39Give that back right now!
36:40Alexander gave that to me!
36:42Shut your mouth!
36:47Beatrice,
36:48you wanna die?
36:49You think you can just
36:50casually drop Mr. Bates' name
36:51like that?
36:51Are you trying to get me killed?
36:53Do you have any idea
36:54how hard we fought
36:55for this airport pickup?
36:56Alexander Vance
36:57bought out Noah's company
36:58last year.
36:59Our entire livelihood
36:59depends on him now.
37:00The only way Noah
37:01keeps his executive spot
37:02is if we impress
37:03Mrs. Vance today.
37:04And you're out here
37:05spreading psychotic rumors
37:06that you know the CEO?
37:07Are you trying to ruin
37:08Noah's career?
37:10Beatrice,
37:11you ungrateful bitch!
37:12Noah was kind enough
37:12to offer you a roof
37:13over your head!
37:14Don't push your luck.
37:15I know you're bitter
37:16about the past,
37:17Beatrice!
37:17But trying to sabotage
37:19his career
37:19out of petty revenge?
37:21Dropping Mr. Vance's name
37:22just to ruin this pickup?
37:25That's sick!
37:26Hearing her say that,
37:27it felt exactly
37:28like three years ago.
37:29No matter what I did,
37:30Sophia would twist it.
37:31She would feed her
37:32poisoned version of reality
37:33to Noah.
37:34She tripped me!
37:35I didn't-
37:36And Noah would swallow it whole.
37:40You're such a jealous
37:41shrew, Beatrice.
37:42For the sake of what we used
37:44to be, I'll let this slide.
37:45Take the check.
37:45Go buy some clothes
37:46that don't look like trash.
37:47If you really don't want
37:48to nanny Sophia's kid,
37:49I'll pull some strings
37:50and get you a decent job
37:51next week.
37:52Don't worry.
37:53Ever since the Vance acquisition,
37:55this kind of money
37:55is pocket change to me.
38:04How dare you!
38:06Hey!
38:08No.
38:09But thank you, sir.
38:10I don't take things
38:10from strangers.
38:20You said you didn't
38:21want to come.
38:22But here you are.
38:23Listen, if you want me back,
38:24you need to at least dress the part
38:25to match my new status.
38:27Those are your seats.
38:28My seat is over there.
38:34Beatrice!
38:35How did you sneak in here?
38:36Are you here to ruin everything?
38:37How dare you wear that bracelet?
38:41Wait, is that the
38:41Eternal Heart diamond bracelet?
38:42Mr. Vance bought that
38:43for his wife?
38:44Tonight is Mrs. Vance's
38:45first public appearance.
38:46Is this girl trying to mock
38:46the billionaire's wife?
38:47That bird couldn't be
38:48Mrs. Vance, could she?
38:49I thought Mrs. Vance
38:50should be more grandam?
38:51Excuse me, Noah.
38:52Is this young lady your friend?
38:53No.
38:54I don't know her.
39:00Sophia, take that fake bracelet
39:01off and get out.
39:02Are you sure you want me to leave?
39:03Stop acting like you're special!
39:05Take it off!
39:12Treating this cheap garbage
39:13like treasure.
39:13Pick her up and throw her out!
39:15Stop touching me!
39:16I am Alexander Vance's...
39:18Are you gonna start spreading rumors
39:19that you're Mr. Vance's mistress now?
39:21You psychotic bitch!
39:24Beatrice, are you done
39:25throwing your little fit?
39:26You showed up wearing
39:26a fake diamond bracelet?
39:28Dressed like a complete mess?
39:29Just because you see I'm rich now
39:30and you want to make me jealous.
39:31You want me back?
39:32Just beg.
39:33I'll say yes.
39:34Noah, you are absolutely screwed.
39:37Mr. Vance is here!
39:38Behave yourself!
39:39And don't worry, Beatrice.
39:41Sophia and I are already divorced.
39:47If you stop acting jealous of Sophia,
39:49I'll forgive you for vanishing
39:50for three years.
39:51I'll give you a chance
39:52to give me a child.
39:53Mommy!
39:59My sister and I found
40:00two ancient dragon eggs
40:01out in the wild.
40:02To hatch mine,
40:03I cut open my wrists
40:04every single day
40:04and soaked it in my blood.
40:06Leora?
40:07She just tossed hers off a cliff.
40:08The day mine finally cracked open,
40:10she snatched it right out
40:12from under me.
40:17You're the first person I've seen.
40:19Did you save my life?
40:20Yeah.
40:21That was me.
40:22Leora snuggled into his arms.
40:23Number, that was me.
40:24Only the one a dragon chooses
40:26can be its master.
40:27So tell me, little sister,
40:29how does that feel?
40:32Look at that face.
40:33You'll get used to it.
40:34Once the bonding ceremony is done,
40:36I'll be the only dragon master
40:37in a hundred years.
40:39You don't get a say.
40:40Not in any of this.
40:41So fall in line,
40:42starting now.
40:43The whole clan exploded
40:44in celebration.
40:45Every unbonded woman in the tribe
40:46put her own ceremony on hold
40:48just to help plan Leora's.
40:49I got sent to deliver
40:50the guest list to her.
40:52Instead,
40:52I walked in on the dragon.
40:54Kaylor,
40:55getting cozy with her.
40:58Shirt off,
40:59holding out a red and gold cloak.
41:01Put it on.
41:02It carries magic fire.
41:03It belongs to the true dragon master.
41:05Leora lit up
41:06and threw it around her shoulders.
41:07Then the cloak burst into flames.
41:10I ran.
41:11Fire!
41:11Get some water!
41:12Fire!
41:12The mountain was already burning.
41:14Walls of flame,
41:15roaring in every direction.
41:16Black smoke everywhere.
41:18Screams tearing through the trees.
41:20And the clan elders,
41:21just standing there at the tree line,
41:22not moving an inch.
41:24Why aren't you doing anything?
41:26That fire belongs to the dragon.
41:28If we interfere,
41:29we disrespect him.
41:30I didn't listen.
41:31I ran straight into the fire.
41:32Smoke swallowed my vision.
41:34The fire burned the fur
41:34right off my skin.
41:36The elders who'd been standing around
41:37doing nothing
41:37finally started helping.
41:39At first,
41:39we were losing.
41:40Then slowly,
41:41we started to turn it around.
41:43By the time the last flame died out,
41:45Leora showed up,
41:46furious.
41:46How dare you put out
41:47a dragon master's fire?
41:49That fire would have wiped out
41:50our entire clan.
41:51Excuse me?
41:53She slapped me across the face.
41:55On your knees
41:56when you're in the presence
41:57of a dragon master.
41:58Then the mountain shook.
41:59Rain came crashing down
42:00out of nowhere.
42:01The fire went out in seconds.
42:03Cochular appeared.
42:05Who started his fire?
42:09Leora pointed straight at me.
42:11Her.
42:11Every single eye turned my way.
42:13I was covered in ash.
42:15My fur scorched black.
42:16Two open wounds
42:17bleeding down my hands.
42:18The same hands that had spent
42:19the last hour and a half
42:20fighting to save this clan.
42:22I was sure someone
42:23would speak up anyone.
42:24They all saw me run
42:25into those flames
42:25with their own eyes.
42:26But the elder just looked
42:27at me for a long moment.
42:28Then slowly,
42:29he knelt.
42:30Great Kyala,
42:31Dragon King.
42:32It was our wayward daughter
42:33who caused this.
42:34She is yours to punish
42:35however you see fit.
42:37We hand her over willingly.
42:38I stood there.
42:39Still.
42:40Not one person
42:41said a word for me.
42:42I did all of this for them.
42:43I protected them.
42:45And now they were
42:45handing me over
42:46just to buy themselves
42:47some peace.
42:47It's dragon fire.
42:49How would I even do that?
42:50You're my sister.
42:51You had access
42:52to my husband's fire token.
42:54Stealing a spark
42:54would have been nothing.
42:55The cloak Karyal gave me
42:56had dragon flame
42:57sealed inside it.
42:58Who else could have
42:58touched it besides you?
42:59You were jealous
43:00of your sister
43:01becoming dragon master.
43:02So you stole the fire token
43:04and nearly got
43:04the whole clan clan killed.
43:06I didn't.
43:07Lyora saw you
43:08with her own eyes.
43:09That fire was her fault.
43:10Syra!
43:11I know you've always
43:12resented this
43:13but the dragon
43:14chose me.
43:15Syra,
43:16why can't you
43:17just accept that?
43:18The crowd started murmuring.
43:20She's been jealous of Lyora
43:21since they were kids.
43:22I mean,
43:22Lyora's in a whole
43:23different league.
43:24Like the dragon
43:25was ever gonna pick her.
43:26You're wrong.
43:27I kept my voice steady.
43:28I'm the one
43:28who actually
43:29hatched that egg.
43:32My sister and I
43:33found two ancient
43:34dragon eggs
43:34out in the wild.
43:35To hatch mine,
43:36I cut open my wrists
43:37every single day
43:38and soaked it
43:38in my blood.
43:39Lyora?
43:40She just tossed
43:41hers off a cliff.
43:42The day mine
43:42finally cracked open,
43:44she snatched it
43:45right out from under me.
43:50You're the first
43:51person I've seen.
43:52Did you save my life?
43:53Yeah.
43:54That was me.
43:55Lyora snuggled
43:56into his arms.
43:57Number,
43:57that was me.
43:58Only the one
43:58a dragon chooses
43:59can be its master.
44:01So tell me,
44:01little sister,
44:02how does that feel?
44:05Look at that face.
44:06You'll get used to it.
44:08Once the bonding
44:08ceremony is done,
44:09I'll be the only
44:10dragon master
44:11in a hundred years.
44:12You don't get a say,
44:13not in any of this.
44:14So fall in line,
44:15starting now.
44:16The whole clan
44:17exploded in celebration.
44:18Every unbonded woman
44:19in the tribe
44:20put her own ceremony
44:21on hold
44:21just to help
44:22plan Lyora's.
44:23I got sent to deliver
44:24the guest list to her.
44:25Instead,
44:26I walked in on the dragon,
44:27Kayler,
44:28getting cozy with her.
44:32Shirt off,
44:33holding out a red
44:33and gold cloak.
44:34Put it on.
44:35It carries magic fire.
44:37It belongs to the
44:37true dragon master.
44:38Lyora lit up
44:39and threw it around
44:39her shoulders.
44:40Then the cloak
44:41burst into flames.
44:43I ran.
44:44Fire!
44:44Get some water!
44:45Fire!
44:46The mountain was
44:46already burning.
44:47Walls of flame
44:48roaring in every direction.
44:50Black smoke everywhere.
44:51Screams tearing
44:52through the trees.
44:53And the clan elders
44:54just standing there
44:54at the tree line,
44:55not moving an inch.
44:56Fire!
44:58Why aren't you
44:58doing anything?
44:59That fire belongs
45:00to the dragon.
45:01If we interfere,
45:02we disrespect him.
45:03I didn't listen.
45:04I ran straight
45:05into the fire.
45:06Smoke swallowed my vision.
45:07The fire burned
45:07the fur right off my skin.
45:09The elders who'd been
45:10standing around
45:10doing nothing
45:11finally started helping.
45:12At first,
45:13we were losing.
45:14Then slowly,
45:15we started to turn it around.
45:16By the time
45:17the last flame died out,
45:18Lyora showed up,
45:19furious.
45:20How dare you put out
45:21a dragon master's fire!
45:22That fire would have
45:23wiped out our entire clan!
45:24Excuse me?!
45:26She slapped me
45:27across the face.
45:28On your knees
45:29when you're in the presence
45:30of a dragon master!
45:31Then the mountain shook.
45:32Rain came crashing down
45:33out of nowhere.
45:34The fire went out
45:35in seconds.
45:36Coughular appeared.
45:38Who started his fire?
45:42Lyora pointed straight at me.
45:44Her.
45:44Every single eye
45:45turned my way.
45:46I was covered in ash.
45:48My fur scorched black.
45:49Two open wounds
45:50bleeding down my hands.
45:51The same hands
45:52that had spent
45:53the last hour and a half
45:54fighting to save this clan.
45:55I was sure someone
45:56would speak up anyone.
45:57They all saw me run
45:58into those flames
45:58with their own eyes.
45:59But the elder just looked
46:00at me for a long moment.
46:02Then slowly,
46:02he knelt.
46:04Great Kyala,
46:05Dragon King.
46:05It was our wayward
46:06daughter who caused this.
46:08She is yours to punish
46:09however you see fit.
46:10We hand her over willingly.
46:11I stood there.
46:13Still,
46:13not one person
46:14said a word for me.
46:15I did all of this
46:16for them.
46:17I protected them.
46:18And now they were
46:18handing me over
46:19just to buy themselves
46:20some peace.
46:21It's dragon fire!
46:22How would I even do that?
46:23You're my sister.
46:25You had access
46:25to my husband's fire token.
46:27Stealing a spark
46:28would have been nothing.
46:28The cloak Karyal gave me
46:29had dragon flame sealed
46:30inside it.
46:31Who else could have
46:32touched it besides you?
46:33You were jealous
46:33of your sister
46:34becoming dragon master.
46:35So you stole the fire token
46:37and nearly got
46:38the whole clan clan killed.
46:39I didn't!
46:40Lyora saw you
46:41with her own eyes.
46:42That fire was her fault!
46:44Syra!
46:45I know you've always
46:45resented this
46:46but the dragon
46:47chose me.
46:48Syra!
46:49Why can't you
46:50just accept that?
46:51The crowd started murmuring.
46:53She's been jealous of Lyora
46:54since they were kids.
46:55I mean,
46:56Lyora's in a whole
46:56different league.
46:57Like the dragon
46:58was ever gonna pick her.
46:59You're wrong!
47:00I kept my voice steady.
47:01I'm the one who
47:02actually hatched that egg!
47:05My sister and I
47:06found two ancient
47:07dragon eggs
47:07out in the wild.
47:08To hatch mine,
47:09I cut open my wrists
47:10every single day
47:11and soaked it
47:11in my blood.
47:12Lyora?
47:13She just tossed hers
47:14off a cliff.
47:15The day mine
47:16finally cracked open.
47:17She snatched it
47:18right out from under me.
47:23You're the first
47:24person I've seen.
47:25Did you save my life?
47:27Yeah.
47:27That was me.
47:28Lyora snuggled
47:29into his arms.
47:30Number,
47:30that was me.
47:31Only the one
47:32a dragon chooses
47:32can be its master.
47:34So tell me,
47:35little sister,
47:36how does that feel?
47:38Look at that face.
47:40You'll get used to it.
47:41Once the bonding
47:42ceremony is done,
47:43I'll be the only
47:43dragon master
47:44in a hundred years.
47:45You don't get a say.
47:46Not in any of this.
47:47So fall in line.
47:48Starting now.
47:49The whole clan
47:50exploded in celebration.
47:51Every unbonded woman
47:52in the tribe
47:53put her own ceremony
47:54on hold
47:54just to help
47:55plan Lyora's.
47:56I got sent
47:56to deliver
47:57the guest list
47:57to her.
47:58Instead,
47:59I walked in
48:00on the dragon.
48:01Kaylor,
48:01getting cozy
48:02with her.
48:05Shirt off,
48:06holding out
48:06a red and gold cloak.
48:08Put it on.
48:08It carries magic fire.
48:10It belongs
48:10to the true
48:11dragon master.
48:12Lyora lit up
48:12and threw it
48:12around her shoulders.
48:14Then the cloak
48:14burst into flames.
48:16I ran.
48:17Fire!
48:18Get some water!
48:19Fire!
48:19The mountain
48:19was already burning.
48:20Walls of flame
48:21roaring in every direction.
48:23Black smoke
48:24everywhere.
48:25Screams tearing
48:25through the trees.
48:26And the clan elders
48:27just standing there
48:28at the tree line,
48:28not moving an inch.
48:31Why aren't you
48:32doing anything?
48:32That fire belongs
48:33to the dragon.
48:34If we interfere,
48:35we disrespect him.
48:37I didn't listen.
48:37I ran straight
48:38into the fire.
48:39Smoke swallowed
48:39my vision.
48:40The fire burned
48:41the fur right
48:41off my skin.
48:42The elders
48:42who'd been standing
48:43around doing nothing
48:44finally started helping.
48:45At first,
48:46we were losing.
48:47Then slowly,
48:48we started to
48:48turn it around.
48:49By the time
48:50the last flame
48:50died out,
48:51Lyora showed up,
48:52furious.
48:53How dare you
48:53put out a dragon
48:54master's fire?
48:55That fire would've
48:56wiped out our
48:57entire clan!
48:57Excuse me?
49:00She slapped me
49:01across the face.
49:01On your knees
49:02when you're in
49:03the presence
49:03of a dragon master!
49:04Then the mountain shook.
49:05Rain came crashing
49:06down out of nowhere.
49:07The fire went out
49:08in seconds.
49:09Cahula appeared.
49:11Who started
49:12this fire?
49:15Lyora pointed
49:16straight at me.
49:17Her.
49:18Every single eye
49:19turned my way.
49:20I was covered in ash.
49:21My fur scorched black.
49:22Two open wounds
49:23bleeding down my hands.
49:25The same hands
49:26that had spent
49:26the last hour and a half
49:27fighting to save this clan.
49:28I was sure someone
49:29would speak up anyone.
49:30They all saw me run
49:31into those flames
49:32with their own eyes.
49:33But the elder
49:33just looked at me
49:34for a long moment.
49:35Then slowly he knelt.
49:37Great Cahula,
49:38Dragon King.
49:39It was our wayward
49:40daughter who caused this.
49:41She is yours to punish
49:42however you see fit.
49:43We hand her over
49:44willingly.
49:45I stood there.
49:46Still.
49:47Not one person
49:48said a word for me.
49:49I did all of this
49:49for them.
49:50I protected them.
49:51And now they were
49:52handing me over
49:52just to buy themselves
49:53some peace.
49:54It's dragon fire!
49:55How would I even do that?
49:56You're my sister.
49:58You had access
49:59to my husband's fire token.
50:00Stealing a spark
50:01would have been nothing.
50:02The cloak Cariel gave me
50:03had dragon flame
50:03sealed inside it.
50:04Who else could have
50:05touched it besides you?
50:06You were jealous
50:07of your sister
50:07becoming dragon master.
50:09So you stole the fire token
50:10and nearly got
50:11the whole clan clan killed.
50:13I didn't!
50:14Lyora saw you
50:14with her own eyes.
50:15That fire was her fault!
50:17Saira!
50:18I know you've always
50:19resented this
50:19but the dragon chose me.
50:22Saira!
50:23Why can't you just
50:23accept that?
50:24The crowd started murmuring.
50:26She's been jealous of Lyora
50:27since they were kids.
50:28I mean, Lyora's in
50:29a whole different league.
50:30Like the dragon
50:31was ever gonna pick her.
50:33You're wrong.
50:33I kept my voice steady.
50:35I'm the one who
50:35actually hatched that egg!
50:36You're wrong.
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