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00:00:00My name was Skye Sterling, the last heiress of the Sterling family.

00:00:05But on the night I died, I had no husband beside me, only a cold, sickbed.

00:00:12My lady cannot hold on! Send for Lord Kendington!

00:00:15His lordship is with Lady Serafina. If my lady dies, bury her in the family tomb. Do not disturb him.

00:00:25The nuns lifted the speaking crystal, but Serafina's laughter came through first.

00:00:31Skye is pretending to be ill again. Tonight is Liam's night with me.

00:00:34If she wants to die, let her die. I have council business in the morning.

00:00:37In that moment, I finally understood. The man I had loved for five years found even my last breath inconvenient.

00:00:45Before darkness swallowed me, I had only one thought left.

00:00:49If I could live again, I would make them pay on their knees.

00:00:53When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to five years ago.

00:00:57The day Liam first brought his mistress to a noble banquet.

00:01:00My lady. His lordship ordered you to wear this plain grey gown.

00:01:05Lady Serafina said it would make you look proper.

00:01:08A mistress thinks she can choose my gown?

00:01:11His lordship said you must not steal Lady Serafina's attention tonight.

00:01:17I tore the grey gown apart in front of her.

00:01:19The ripping clothes sounded like my grave splitting open.

00:01:23Have you gone mad? His lordship ordered this himself.

00:01:26I am the lady of this castle. Get out.

00:01:31From the deepest part of my wardrobe, I took out the blood-red velvet gown my father had commissioned from

00:01:37a royal capital tailor.

00:01:38The banquet hall blazed with candlelight.

00:01:41Serafina stood at the entrance on my husband's arm, greeting guests as if she were Lady Kensington.

00:01:45Liam, will Skye really wear that grey gown? I worry people will laugh at her.

00:01:50She belongs quietly in a corner.

00:01:52The next second, the doors opened.

00:01:55Every eye turned to me.

00:01:57Good evening, my husband.

00:01:59And you, mistress.

00:02:01Mistress!

00:02:03Skye, you misunderstood. I'm a guest invited by Liam.

00:02:06Skye, apologize.

00:02:07Shut up. You're not qualified to boss me around.

00:02:10In the second floor gallery, a man raised his glass to me.

00:02:13Alistair Thorne, the exiled eldest son of House Thorne, and the only man who dared to stand against the Kensingtons.

00:02:19Interesting. The Kensington doormat has grown fangs.

00:02:23The Kensington anniversary banquet was also the preview auction for royal trade charters.

00:02:28The real show had only just begun.

00:02:31Next lot, a royal charter auction.

00:02:34The abandoned Northland quarry.

00:02:36Starting bit, 50,000 gold coins.

00:02:39That poisoned marsh, I would not take it for free.

00:02:41They did not know that in seven days, the king would build a royal free market there.

00:02:47In my last life, someone made half a kingdom from it.

00:02:51100,000 gold coins.

00:02:54Skye, are you mad? That land is worthless.

00:02:58I am buying it with the sterling money. It has nothing to do with you.

00:03:02Skye, are you only doing this to get Liam's attention?

00:03:05I spend my own money.

00:03:06A mistress does not get a vote!

00:03:09Apologize to her!

00:03:11Fine. I apologize.

00:03:13I should not have called you a mistress.

00:03:15Then what should you call me?

00:03:19Concubine.

00:03:21The nobles laughed under their breath.

00:03:24200,000.

00:03:26Alistair did not want the quarry.

00:03:28He was testing whether I was truly mad or knew something.

00:03:34250,000.

00:03:38Stop bidding. She knows something.

00:03:41250,000 gold coins sold!

00:03:46You will regret this.

00:03:47No, Liam.

00:03:49The one who regrets this will be you.

00:03:54But the royal auction required full payment within three days.

00:03:57After checking my dowry ledgers, I found I was still short 80,000 coins in ready money.

00:04:06Cancel the bid tomorrow morning and apologize to Serafina.

00:04:10Are you ordering me?

00:04:13I am your husband.

00:04:14A husband does not leave his wife to die on a sick bed.

00:04:18What nonsense are you talking about?

00:04:20Of course he did not understand.

00:04:22His cruelty from my last life had not happened to him yet.

00:04:26If you touch the joint reserve vault under Kensington and Sterling, I will freeze your access at once.

00:04:33Thank you for the reminder.

00:04:34I never planned to borrow those 80,000 coins from you.

00:04:44So I went to the Black Box Inn.

00:04:46It was no place for a noblewoman, but it was where monsters made deals.

00:04:50My lady, we do not entertain Kensington ornaments here.

00:04:53I handed the guard a slip of parchment.

00:04:55There was only one line on it.

00:04:57Give this to Alistair Thorn.

00:04:59North Harbor, Warehouse No. 4.

00:05:01Smuggled weapons are hidden in the spice crates.

00:05:0880,000 gold coins?

00:05:10You want my money for one piece of information?

00:05:14Those weapons belong to your rival.

00:05:17If you seize them, he goes to the gallows.

00:05:19Why should I believe you?

00:05:22Because you have not killed me yet, that means you already have to believe me.

00:05:26I can give you the money, but I want one condition.

00:05:30Say it.

00:05:31At the King's Trade Charter Ceremony, ruin Seraphina publicly.

00:05:35That is not a condition.

00:05:37It is a reward.

00:05:38Do not disappoint me, little Oracle.

00:05:42My blood went cold.

00:05:44Little Oracle was the name I had used in the shadows of my last life.

00:05:48How did he know it?

00:05:51The next day, I entered Count Thorn's castle in a gold gown,

00:05:55wearing the sterling emerald necklace,

00:05:57for the King's Trade Charter Ceremony.

00:05:59Liam wanted me modest, and Seraphina wanted me to be a shadow.

00:06:03But today, I chose to be the brightest light in the hall.

00:06:08Skye, you look beautiful today, but perhaps, too noticeable?

00:06:14Do not worry.

00:06:15A woman who belongs in the dark only looks like a joke in the light.

00:06:19The moment I finished speaking,

00:06:22Seraphina walked towards Liam with reddened eyes.

00:06:24As she passed me, her shoulder suddenly tilted.

00:06:28Seraphina crashed into the old gardener carrying the reliquary.

00:06:31The reliquary hit the floor, its fragments scattering everywhere.

00:06:36Skye, why did you push me?

00:06:38My lady, Lady Kensington did not push you.

00:06:41You walked into me.

00:06:42How dare you lie for her?

00:06:45That was House Thorn's reliquary!

00:06:48Skye, have you lost your mind?

00:06:50Pushing someone in public?

00:06:54I did not push you.

00:06:56And making such a scene over a fake reliquary only makes you look worse.

00:07:00What did you say?

00:07:03This reliquary is fake.

00:07:05The saint's gesture is reversed.

00:07:07And the true relic would never be placed in a banquet hall.

00:07:11You are lying!

00:07:14My lady is correct.

00:07:16The true relic has always been locked in the chapel vault.

00:07:20She screamed over a fake?

00:07:22And she accused Lady Kensington of pushing her.

00:07:25How ugly.

00:07:28Serafina, you only know how to cry, not how to behave like a noble woman.

00:07:33I...

00:07:33I was only frightened.

00:07:37Then sit down.

00:07:39Stop embarrassing Liam.

00:07:43Serafina's face turned pale.

00:07:44But she still refused to lose.

00:07:47Skye, I heard you play the harp very well.

00:07:50Why don't you play something to calm everyone down?

00:07:52She wanted me to embarrass myself in public.

00:07:55But she did not know that in my last life, I had turned my tears into blades through music.

00:08:00Skye, you are not afraid are you?

00:08:02It is only one song.

00:08:03Then stand closer, so you can see clearly how you lose.

00:08:07I sat before the harp.

00:08:10I did not play a gentle court melody.

00:08:12I chose a salaband.

00:08:14A battle hymn for the dead.

00:08:17This is not banquet music.

00:08:19It sounds like a funeral bell on a battlefield.

00:08:23When did she learn to play like this?

00:08:27Impossible.

00:08:30A useless noble woman?

00:08:32I think she looks like a blade just drawn.

00:08:37When the final note fell, the hall was silent except for the candles.

00:08:42Then applause exploded.

00:08:43Before the applause faded, Alistair had already stepped to my side.

00:08:47His voice was low, but clear enough for me to hear.

00:08:4980,000 gold coins have been sent to your counting room.

00:08:53That abandoned quarry will become a royal free market.

00:08:56You told me such a valuable secret.

00:08:58Are you not afraid I will steal it?

00:09:01You do not want the quarry.

00:09:02You want to watch me drag House Kensington off its altar.

00:09:05Little Oracle, you keep surprising me.

00:09:07Before I could answer, the attendants at the entrance suddenly knelt.

00:09:10The man who could truly silence the room had arrived.

00:09:14Old Earl Thorne entered with his wolf-headed cane.

00:09:17He was one of the most powerful nobles in the kingdom.

00:09:19One word from him could shift half the capital.

00:09:23Lord Thorne.

00:09:24House Kensington has always hoped to...

00:09:28Move.

00:09:34Lord Thorne.

00:09:37Who are you?

00:09:39I am Seraphina.

00:09:41Liam's most important...

00:09:42Mistress?

00:09:44The hall fell silent.

00:09:47In my day,

00:09:50mistresses stayed in the shadows.

00:09:52Your presence here defiles this hall.

00:09:59On that stormy night,

00:10:01Liam helped the crying Seraphina into his carriage,

00:10:03yet left me,

00:10:04his lawful wife,

00:10:06outside Thorne Castle.

00:10:15Someone paid for your life,

00:10:17and someone wants to see whether your husband will save you.

00:10:20I saw the serpent tattoo.

00:10:21Silence.

00:10:22The former captain of the Thorne Guard,

00:10:24now hired to do noble's dirty work.

00:10:26I was tied to a wooden pillar in an abandoned mill.

00:10:29Barrels of black powder sat at my feet,

00:10:31and the fuse had already burned halfway down.

00:10:35I already sent Liam a letter.

00:10:37The place,

00:10:38the ransom,

00:10:39and your life were written clearly.

00:10:42So you do not want money.

00:10:43You want him to choose in front of me.

00:10:45Clever.

00:10:47Half an hour later,

00:10:49Hoofbeats stopped outside the mill.

00:10:51Liam had actually come,

00:10:52but he carried no gold,

00:10:54only a bloodless face.

00:10:55Skye.

00:10:56Liam!

00:10:57Cut the ropes!

00:10:58The powder is about to explode!

00:11:00I cannot go in!

00:11:01If I enter, I will die!

00:11:03I am your wife!

00:11:05House Kensington!

00:11:06Cannot lose me!

00:11:08In that moment,

00:11:09I knew for certain

00:11:10that no matter how many lives I lived,

00:11:12Liam would always abandon me.

00:11:14It seems your life is worth less than his reputation.

00:11:20Alistair?

00:11:21Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

00:11:23The powder is lit!

00:11:24You cannot save her!

00:11:29The mill explosion failed to kill me.

00:11:33Three days later,

00:11:34the Kensington carriage delivered me into another trial.

00:11:39Theatrice Kensington was Liam's grandmother.

00:11:41The true ruler of House Kensington.

00:11:44She threw a parchment letter at my feet.

00:11:46It said my purchase of the Northland quarry

00:11:48for 250,000 gold coins

00:11:50had made me the joke of the city.

00:11:53Explain this.

00:11:55For now,

00:11:56it looks like I misjudged it.

00:11:58I did not explain.

00:12:00The fewer people knew the quarry's true value,

00:12:02the better.

00:12:04Misjudged it!

00:12:04You nearly died in a mill!

00:12:06People are already whispering

00:12:08that Liam lost his nerve!

00:12:09And now you use sterling money

00:12:10to buy wasteland!

00:12:11Do you want to ruin

00:12:12House Kensington's name?

00:12:15That night,

00:12:16he did run.

00:12:18Silence!

00:12:19Silence!

00:12:20A man's reputation

00:12:22is worth more than a woman's life.

00:12:24She was the same in my last life.

00:12:27She did not care whether I lived.

00:12:29She only cared whether

00:12:30House Kensington looked clean.

00:12:32The mill incident ends here.

00:12:34To outsiders,

00:12:35it was a bandit attack.

00:12:37And Liam arrived too late.

00:12:39And if I refuse,

00:12:42then I will manage

00:12:43the sterling trading house for you.

00:12:46If you fail to produce an heir

00:12:48within a year,

00:12:48your dowry,

00:12:49castle,

00:12:50and trading house

00:12:51will all pass into my hands.

00:12:53She finally revealed

00:12:55her true purpose.

00:12:56She did not want honor.

00:12:58She wanted the last

00:12:59sterling assets in my hands.

00:13:01There will be a

00:13:02reconciliation dinner tonight.

00:13:04Sit beside Liam

00:13:05and behave like a proper wife.

00:13:08Fine.

00:13:09I will attend.

00:13:12She thought I had lowered my head,

00:13:14but my application

00:13:15had already reached

00:13:16the cathedral school.

00:13:17At tonight's dinner,

00:13:19I would make Liam

00:13:20tear off his own dignity.

00:13:21That night,

00:13:22Beatrice arranged

00:13:23a reconciliation dinner.

00:13:25It was not for peace.

00:13:27It was to force me

00:13:28to cover Liam's cowardice.

00:13:30Three noble ladies

00:13:31will visit tomorrow.

00:13:33Tonight,

00:13:33you must sit beside Liam.

00:13:35As long as you dine with him,

00:13:37people can only say

00:13:38he arrived late,

00:13:39not that he ran.

00:13:41So running away

00:13:42can be dressed up

00:13:42as bravery?

00:13:44Do you still want to keep

00:13:45the sterling trading house?

00:13:47She threatened me

00:13:48with the trading house again.

00:13:49But this time,

00:13:50I already had a way out.

00:13:52Fine.

00:13:53I will eat quietly tonight.

00:13:56My lord,

00:13:57Lady Serafina sent word.

00:13:58She hurt her ankle

00:14:00and only wants to see you.

00:14:02Where is she?

00:14:03Sit down.

00:14:05Grandmother,

00:14:06she is hurt.

00:14:06If you walk out tonight,

00:14:09the whole city will know

00:14:10you abandoned your wife,

00:14:12fresh from an explosion

00:14:14for your mistress.

00:14:16Then let them talk.

00:14:18He rose and left.

00:14:20Beatrice's face darkened.

00:14:22And for the first time,

00:14:24this dinner tasted good.

00:14:26After dinner,

00:14:27I pushed open the terrace doors.

00:14:29Liam had chosen Serafina again.

00:14:31Good.

00:14:32The more he chose,

00:14:33the more proof I had.

00:14:34Hmm.

00:14:36You do not look like

00:14:37an abandoned wife.

00:14:39You trespassed

00:14:40just to laugh at me?

00:14:41Half to make sure

00:14:43my ally was still alive.

00:14:46And half to bring you

00:14:47good news.

00:14:48The quarry?

00:14:49Dear Sky,

00:14:50the quarry you bought

00:14:52for 250,000 gold coins

00:14:54will silence

00:14:55the entire capital tomorrow.

00:14:59Alistair placed a rolled parchment

00:15:01on the wrought iron table.

00:15:02The draft decree for that quarry

00:15:04has been entered

00:15:05into the Privy Council records.

00:15:07Sealed on page 400.

00:15:09No one has ever turned

00:15:10to that page.

00:15:12Except you and me.

00:15:13He lifted his hand

00:15:14and brushed a crumb of sauce

00:15:15from the corner of my mouth

00:15:17with his thumb.

00:15:18Rough,

00:15:19yet impossibly light.

00:15:20I didn't pull away.

00:15:21I sat on a stone bench

00:15:23in the cathedral school courtyard.

00:15:25Before me lay Latin legal codes

00:15:27and debate outlines.

00:15:28Today was my entrance examination.

00:15:32A carriage jerked

00:15:34to a halt

00:15:35at the academy gates.

00:15:37Liam strode across the lawn,

00:15:39students scattering

00:15:39from his path.

00:15:40You want to embarrass me

00:15:41before all the nobles?

00:15:44A Kensington wife

00:15:45has no need

00:15:46to parade herself

00:15:47at the academy.

00:15:49He snatched the parchment

00:15:50from my hand,

00:15:51gripping my wrist.

00:15:55If I keep myself

00:15:56busy with my studies,

00:15:57I won't disturb you

00:15:58and Serafina.

00:15:59I didn't stand.

00:16:01I only looked up at him.

00:16:02Isn't this exactly

00:16:03what you asked for?

00:16:07Hoofbeats splashed

00:16:08through the mud.

00:16:09A young man swung down

00:16:10from his horse.

00:16:12Dark, golden hair

00:16:13slightly tonsilled.

00:16:15Leather boots

00:16:16polished to a gleam.

00:16:18Not many women

00:16:19dare scold their husbands

00:16:20at the academy gates.

00:16:22Ethan Vance,

00:16:23second son of the Vance family,

00:16:25famous for gambling away

00:16:26his fortune on horse races

00:16:27and composing doggerels.

00:16:29Lord Vance,

00:16:30you're blocking the passage.

00:16:32I stood,

00:16:34brushed the dust

00:16:35from my skirt,

00:16:36and turned to walk

00:16:37into the examination hall.

00:16:39The examination hall

00:16:41was cold stone.

00:16:42I unrolled my paper,

00:16:44dipped my quill,

00:16:45and began to write.

00:16:48Someone leaned in

00:16:49from the row behind.

00:16:50Ethan Vance's breath

00:16:51was nearly against my nape.

00:16:53What should be written

00:16:54for question three?

00:16:55I'll trade you tonight's

00:16:56wine money for the answer.

00:16:58I didn't turn around.

00:16:59My quill kept moving

00:17:00across the parchment,

00:17:01and at the same moment,

00:17:03my boot heel kicked backward,

00:17:05landing precisely on his calf.

00:17:06His yelp drew every gaze

00:17:08in the silent hall.

00:17:09I kept writing,

00:17:10the corner of my lips

00:17:12barely lifting.

00:17:14My quill kept moving

00:17:15across the parchment.

00:17:17The examination

00:17:17was meant to last three hours,

00:17:19but after only one hour passed,

00:17:22I rose and handed in my paper.

00:17:27The proctor bishop

00:17:28leaped through my parchment,

00:17:30frowning.

00:17:31As I stepped out

00:17:32of the examination hall,

00:17:33a figure stood waiting

00:17:35in the blinding sunlight.

00:17:37Tiffany,

00:17:38Serafina's lackey

00:17:39and confident,

00:17:40she waited outside

00:17:41the examination room

00:17:42just to mock me.

00:17:44Sky Sterling

00:17:45only sat the exam

00:17:46for one hour.

00:17:48She must have bribed

00:17:50the proctor

00:17:50or handed in

00:17:51blank parchment.

00:17:52I stopped walking

00:17:53and looked at her.

00:17:55Public defamation

00:17:56within the cathedral

00:17:57precinct violates

00:17:58the code of conduct.

00:18:00Article 4

00:18:00Supplemental Clause.

00:18:02Tiffany froze in place.

00:18:04Your citation

00:18:05will reach

00:18:06the disciplinary committee

00:18:07by noon.

00:18:09That evening,

00:18:10the annual

00:18:11Sterling Family Banquet.

00:18:13Thanks you all

00:18:14for coming

00:18:14and witnessing

00:18:15the improvement

00:18:16of the Sterling Trading House

00:18:17under my leadership.

00:18:18Uncle Arthur,

00:18:19he took over

00:18:20the Sterling Trading House

00:18:21after my father died

00:18:23and seized his legacy.

00:18:25I heard you've

00:18:25gone back to Academy?

00:18:28The allowance

00:18:29Kensington gives you

00:18:30isn't enough for you?

00:18:32Aunt Petunia

00:18:33looked me up and down.

00:18:35A few distant cousins

00:18:36tittered.

00:18:38Liam set down

00:18:38his cutlery

00:18:39with a deliberate clink.

00:18:42He stood up.

00:18:44Aunt Petunia,

00:18:46Skye scored the highest

00:18:47marks on the entrance

00:18:48examination in a decade.

00:18:50And your son,

00:18:51Victor,

00:18:52how much did he owe

00:18:53the gambling dens

00:18:54last month?

00:18:56The table fell

00:18:57immediately silent.

00:18:58Liam continued,

00:19:00as casual as if

00:19:01discussing the weather.

00:19:06By the way,

00:19:07Uncle Arthur,

00:19:08are you planning

00:19:09to quietly sell off

00:19:1015% of the Sterling

00:19:11Trading House

00:19:12Partnership shares?

00:19:15He said a name.

00:19:17The Prophet's

00:19:18Guild.

00:19:19Arthur's face

00:19:21went pale.

00:19:22Liam smiled

00:19:23after showing off

00:19:24his intelligence,

00:19:25but he still had

00:19:27no idea

00:19:27who owned

00:19:28the Prophet's Guild.

00:19:30The Prophet's Guild.

00:19:31That was my

00:19:32underground intelligence network.

00:19:34Arthur's cutlery

00:19:35trembled in his hands.

00:19:39Aunt Petunia

00:19:40had fallen

00:19:41utterly silent.

00:19:42The eyes

00:19:43of every relative

00:19:44towards me

00:19:44changed to suspicion.

00:19:46Liam was defending

00:19:47me now.

00:19:48They didn't know

00:19:48what any of this

00:19:49meant.

00:19:50The familiar

00:19:51messenger

00:19:52appeared again.

00:19:54Sir,

00:19:55it's Serafina.

00:20:00Liam rose

00:20:01once more,

00:20:03left

00:20:03once more.

00:20:04I set down

00:20:05my napkin

00:20:06and turned

00:20:06to the attendant,

00:20:07sent by Alistair

00:20:08who was behind

00:20:09me.

00:20:11Arthur

00:20:12is preparing

00:20:12to sell

00:20:1315% of the

00:20:14Trading House

00:20:15Partnership shares

00:20:16to the

00:20:16Prophet's Guild.

00:20:18Let him

00:20:18sign tonight.

00:20:19He vanished

00:20:20without a sound

00:20:21into the

00:20:21servant's passage.

00:20:23Aunt Petunia

00:20:24glared at me

00:20:25from the far

00:20:25end of the

00:20:26table,

00:20:26her stare

00:20:27as if she

00:20:27wanted to

00:20:28swallow me

00:20:28whole.

00:20:29I smiled

00:20:29at her

00:20:30and raised

00:20:30my goblet.

00:20:31She had

00:20:32no idea.

00:20:33Once her

00:20:34husband signed

00:20:35that contract

00:20:35tonight,

00:20:36the master

00:20:37of the

00:20:37Sterling

00:20:38Trading House

00:20:38would no

00:20:39longer be

00:20:39him.

00:20:40That night,

00:20:41when Liam

00:20:42returned early

00:20:43from Serafina's

00:20:44tavern banquet,

00:20:45I was in

00:20:46the library

00:20:46of Kensington

00:20:47Castle.

00:20:50He stood

00:20:51in the doorway,

00:20:52collar loose,

00:20:53the smell of

00:20:54drink clinging

00:20:55to him.

00:20:56She was

00:20:57too noisy

00:20:58and the cake

00:20:59was too sweet.

00:21:00I didn't answer,

00:21:02kept reading

00:21:02the book in

00:21:03my hand.

00:21:04The next

00:21:05morning,

00:21:06Arthur burst

00:21:07into the

00:21:07breakfast room

00:21:08and slammed

00:21:08a handwritten

00:21:09news sheet

00:21:10before me.

00:21:15He read

00:21:16out the title

00:21:17loudly in front

00:21:18of Beatrice

00:21:18and Liam.

00:21:21Lady Kensington

00:21:22bribes

00:21:22Academy Proctor.

00:21:23Shame on you,

00:21:24Sky.

00:21:25You spent

00:21:25200,000 gold

00:21:27pieces to buy

00:21:28your entrance

00:21:28exam result?

00:21:30Beatrice

00:21:30picked up

00:21:31the news

00:21:31sheet.

00:21:32Her

00:21:32hawk-headed

00:21:32cane was

00:21:33nearly pressed

00:21:34against my

00:21:34face,

00:21:35forging documents

00:21:36to frame a

00:21:36family member

00:21:37in order to

00:21:37manipulate

00:21:38guild share

00:21:39prices.

00:21:40I raised

00:21:41my head

00:21:41and looked

00:21:42directly at

00:21:42Arthur.

00:21:43In the

00:21:43crown court,

00:21:44that is

00:21:45called

00:21:45insider trading.

00:21:49Would you

00:21:50like me to

00:21:50write to the

00:21:51sheriff right

00:21:51now?

00:21:55Arthur's face

00:21:56drained to

00:21:57ashen pale.

00:21:59He stumbled

00:22:00three steps

00:22:00backward,

00:22:01crashed into

00:22:02the tea

00:22:02trolley behind

00:22:03him.

00:22:05To avoid

00:22:06being disturbed,

00:22:07I shall move

00:22:07to my residence

00:22:08in the city

00:22:09to focus on

00:22:10my studies.

00:22:12Liam wanted

00:22:13to stop it,

00:22:14but didn't

00:22:14know how.

00:22:16I moved

00:22:17to the resident

00:22:17prepared by

00:22:18Alistair,

00:22:19registered under

00:22:20a shell trading

00:22:21house.

00:22:22The second

00:22:23night after

00:22:23moving in,

00:22:24I pushed

00:22:25open the

00:22:25window and

00:22:27stepped onto

00:22:27the stone

00:22:28balcony.

00:22:29Isn't this

00:22:30the lady

00:22:30who kicked

00:22:30me in the

00:22:31examination

00:22:31hall?

00:22:33On the

00:22:34neighboring

00:22:34balcony stood

00:22:35a figure that

00:22:36seemed all

00:22:37too familiar.

00:22:39I moved

00:22:39into the

00:22:40most expensive

00:22:40tower in

00:22:41the city,

00:22:41and the

00:22:42only view

00:22:43is you?

00:22:45Lord Vance,

00:22:46this is my

00:22:46balcony, not

00:22:47your private

00:22:48view.

00:22:49He grinned.

00:22:53I turned

00:22:54my back to

00:22:55him, and

00:22:56couldn't help

00:22:57laughing either.

00:23:00She thinks

00:23:01she can escape

00:23:01me just by

00:23:02moving into

00:23:02the city?

00:23:04Just as his

00:23:05words faded,

00:23:06heavy footsteps

00:23:07sounded from the

00:23:08far end of the

00:23:09corridor.

00:23:09It was

00:23:10Seraphina's

00:23:10shrill laughter.

00:23:12I have enrolled

00:23:13in the academy

00:23:13courses as well,

00:23:14she can't get rid

00:23:15of me.

00:23:15She was clinging

00:23:16to my husband,

00:23:18passing right by

00:23:18my door,

00:23:19deliberately making

00:23:20every word ring

00:23:21loud and clear.

00:23:24I closed the

00:23:26door and leaned

00:23:26back against the

00:23:27oak.

00:23:28Then I smiled.

00:23:29She was right.

00:23:30I really couldn't

00:23:32get rid of her.

00:23:34But every inch

00:23:35of ground she

00:23:36stood upon was

00:23:37already in the

00:23:38palm of my hand.

00:23:39The most difficult

00:23:40subject in the

00:23:41cathedral school,

00:23:42canon property

00:23:42law and

00:23:43Hanseatic League

00:23:44commercial code.

00:23:45I stood at the

00:23:46lectern,

00:23:47presenting my

00:23:47argument,

00:23:48but dark spots

00:23:49appeared before

00:23:49my eyes.

00:23:50I've gone through

00:23:51so many things

00:23:52over the past few

00:23:53days and my body

00:23:54betraying me.

00:23:55Sky, open your

00:23:57eyes.

00:23:57My knees hit the

00:23:58stone floor first.

00:23:59Someone caught

00:24:00me in the haze.

00:24:01Ethan lifted me

00:24:02into his arms.

00:24:03The wooden door

00:24:04crashed open.

00:24:05Liam stood there.

00:24:07When he saw me

00:24:08lying in Ethan's

00:24:09arms, his face

00:24:10twisted from shock

00:24:11into pure fury

00:24:12in an instant.

00:24:13Give her to me.

00:24:15She fainted.

00:24:17She needs air.

00:24:19If you touch

00:24:20my wife again,

00:24:21I will have you

00:24:22thrown out of

00:24:23this academy.

00:24:25Liam snatched me

00:24:26from him and

00:24:27carried me toward

00:24:27the door.

00:24:29I only remember

00:24:31one thing.

00:24:31Liam's hands

00:24:32were trembling.

00:24:33The infirmary

00:24:34sister at the

00:24:35Abbey Hospital

00:24:35loosened my

00:24:37clothing to

00:24:37examine me.

00:24:40She has

00:24:41countless wounds

00:24:42on her body,

00:24:43some still

00:24:43healing.

00:24:44Are these from...

00:24:45She fell down

00:24:46the stairs a few

00:24:46days ago.

00:24:47A bad fall.

00:24:48The sister

00:24:49did not dare

00:24:50press further.

00:24:52One did not

00:24:52press a Kensington.

00:24:54Move back to the

00:24:55estate.

00:24:57No.

00:24:58I can have the

00:24:59academy suspend

00:25:00you on medical

00:25:01grounds.

00:25:01Then I shall

00:25:02announce to the

00:25:03entire city

00:25:04that the Kensington

00:25:05family imprisons

00:25:06its wives.

00:25:08You may stay

00:25:09in the tower.

00:25:10I will hire a

00:25:11nutritionist and

00:25:12a coachman.

00:25:13You will dine

00:25:13with me every

00:25:14fortnight.

00:25:15Agreed.

00:25:16He was happy

00:25:17thinking that I

00:25:18was once again

00:25:18that obedient

00:25:19wife.

00:25:20I needed to

00:25:21stay close

00:25:21enough to track

00:25:22every move of

00:25:23the Kensington

00:25:24trading house.

00:25:26A few days

00:25:27later, I

00:25:28rode alone to

00:25:29the Black Fox

00:25:30Inn outside the

00:25:31city walls.

00:25:33Ethan was in

00:25:34a private room

00:25:34on the second

00:25:35floor.

00:25:36Surrounded by

00:25:37three minstrel

00:25:37girls laughing

00:25:38at his jokes.

00:25:40Is that

00:25:41Skye?

00:25:42What wind

00:25:42blows you

00:25:43here?

00:25:43I walked up

00:25:44to him and

00:25:44slapped a stack

00:25:45of parchment

00:25:45onto the

00:25:46table.

00:25:46Your records

00:25:47of evading

00:25:48the Lord's

00:25:48tariffs at

00:25:49the flamish

00:25:49trading post.

00:25:51How did

00:25:51you...

00:25:54Retrieve

00:25:54from the

00:25:55wastebasket

00:25:55in Liam's

00:25:56study.

00:25:56Next time,

00:25:57I may not

00:25:58be there to

00:25:58clean up your

00:25:59tracks.

00:26:02Why are

00:26:02you helping

00:26:03me?

00:26:03I need an

00:26:04ally who is

00:26:05not afraid

00:26:05of the

00:26:05Kensington's.

00:26:07He was

00:26:08silent for

00:26:08a long

00:26:09moment,

00:26:10then raised

00:26:11his goblet.

00:26:13You are

00:26:13far more

00:26:14terrifying

00:26:14than I

00:26:15imagined.

00:26:16I turned

00:26:16and pushed

00:26:17open the

00:26:17door.

00:26:18All I

00:26:18saw were

00:26:19the same

00:26:19meddlesome

00:26:20scribes.

00:26:22They

00:26:22specifically

00:26:23compiled the

00:26:24whispered

00:26:24conversations

00:26:24they

00:26:25overheard

00:26:25into sharp

00:26:26anonymous

00:26:27letters and

00:26:28sold them

00:26:28to all the

00:26:29noble in

00:26:30the city.

00:26:30Lady Kensington

00:26:31in a midnight

00:26:32rendezvous with

00:26:33Lord Vance.

00:26:34I quickly made

00:26:35my way through

00:26:35the crowd

00:26:36without

00:26:36explanation.

00:26:41Behind me

00:26:42came the

00:26:42sound of

00:26:43hoofbeats.

00:26:44Alistair's men

00:26:44were sent to

00:26:45escort me.

00:26:46The moment

00:26:46I slipped

00:26:47into the

00:26:47carriage,

00:26:48I took

00:26:48out a

00:26:49note and

00:26:49handed it

00:26:50to the

00:26:50driver.

00:26:52Tell

00:26:53Thorne,

00:26:53Kensington

00:26:54Trading House

00:26:54shares price

00:26:55will full

00:26:55tomorrow.

00:26:56Let him

00:26:56buy it.

00:26:58The next

00:26:59morning,

00:27:00Liam saw

00:27:00the contents

00:27:01of that

00:27:01anonymous

00:27:02letter.

00:27:04Screw

00:27:05you,

00:27:05Ethan!

00:27:06How dare

00:27:06you mess

00:27:07around with

00:27:07a Kensington!

00:27:09He shattered

00:27:10his wine

00:27:11goblet against

00:27:11the wall.

00:27:12That very

00:27:13evening,

00:27:14Liam stood

00:27:14at the door

00:27:15of my

00:27:15tower.

00:27:16A lantern

00:27:16gripped in

00:27:17his hand.

00:27:21You will

00:27:22attend the

00:27:22Lord's

00:27:23banquet with

00:27:23me tomorrow,

00:27:24wearing the

00:27:24dress I

00:27:25give you.

00:27:26No.

00:27:27Then I

00:27:27will withdraw

00:27:27your tuition

00:27:28and the

00:27:29leases on

00:27:29this tower.

00:27:30You want

00:27:30a performance?

00:27:31My appearance

00:27:32fee is

00:27:335,000

00:27:33gold pieces.

00:27:34The money

00:27:35belongs to

00:27:35me personally

00:27:36and I

00:27:37want it

00:27:37right now.

00:27:38He ground

00:27:39his teeth

00:27:39and wrote

00:27:40out a

00:27:40contract

00:27:41on the

00:27:41spot.

00:27:47The

00:27:47following

00:27:48dusk,

00:27:48the maid

00:27:49he sent

00:27:49arrived in

00:27:50my chamber,

00:27:50carrying a

00:27:51pale pink

00:27:52satin gown.

00:27:53Docile,

00:27:54sweet,

00:27:55like the

00:27:55seraphina he

00:27:56had in his

00:27:56mind.

00:27:57I casually

00:27:58threw it on

00:27:58the floor

00:28:00and then took

00:28:01out another

00:28:01one from my

00:28:02closet.

00:28:04I was not

00:28:05wearing the

00:28:06pink he

00:28:06gave me.

00:28:07I wore a

00:28:08gown of

00:28:08deep crimson

00:28:09velvet,

00:28:09the neckline

00:28:10cut devastatingly

00:28:11low,

00:28:11bare from

00:28:12collarbow

00:28:12downward.

00:28:14Liam stood

00:28:14at the foot

00:28:15of the

00:28:15stairs,

00:28:16staring up

00:28:17at me.

00:28:22Let's get

00:28:23in the

00:28:23carriage.

00:28:27When he

00:28:27handed me

00:28:28into the

00:28:28carriage,

00:28:28his hand

00:28:29lingered on

00:28:29my waist

00:28:30far longer

00:28:30than necessary.

00:28:33inside the

00:28:33carriage,

00:28:34he stared

00:28:35at my

00:28:35bosom,

00:28:36like a

00:28:36man looking

00:28:37at something

00:28:37he had

00:28:38never truly

00:28:38possessed.

00:28:41At the

00:28:42banquet,

00:28:42I walked

00:28:43on his

00:28:43arm and

00:28:44smiled.

00:28:45He deflected

00:28:46every question

00:28:47from me.

00:28:48When he

00:28:48spoke,

00:28:49his voice

00:28:49carried a

00:28:50note of

00:28:50pride I

00:28:51had never

00:28:52once heard

00:28:52in five

00:28:53years of

00:28:53marriage.

00:28:55My dear.

00:28:57When he

00:28:58thought no

00:28:58one was

00:28:59listening,

00:28:59he called

00:29:00me that

00:29:00in a low

00:29:01whisper.

00:29:02I did

00:29:03not

00:29:03answer,

00:29:04acted as

00:29:04if I

00:29:04didn't

00:29:05hear it.

00:29:05I only

00:29:06looked at

00:29:06the second

00:29:07floor

00:29:07gallery.

00:29:08There

00:29:09sat

00:29:09Alistair.

00:29:10He

00:29:10raised his

00:29:11glass ever

00:29:11so slightly.

00:29:13I will

00:29:13wait for

00:29:14you to

00:29:16finish the

00:29:16whole

00:29:17performance.

00:29:18That

00:29:18night,

00:29:19when we

00:29:19returned to

00:29:20Kensington

00:29:20Castle,

00:29:21Beatrice

00:29:21locked us

00:29:22in the

00:29:22bedroom.

00:29:23I have

00:29:23had the

00:29:23kitchen

00:29:24prepare the

00:29:24family's

00:29:25ancestral

00:29:26tonic.

00:29:26Two

00:29:27bowls of

00:29:27steaming

00:29:28herbal broth

00:29:28were placed

00:29:29on the

00:29:29table.

00:29:29This

00:29:30soup was

00:29:31so familiar

00:29:32she had

00:29:32forced it

00:29:33upon me

00:29:33in my

00:29:33previous

00:29:34life.

00:29:34Drink

00:29:35every

00:29:35drop

00:29:35Liam.

00:29:36You

00:29:36as

00:29:37well

00:29:37Skye.

00:29:38She

00:29:39watched

00:29:39Liam

00:29:39swallow

00:29:40most of

00:29:40his

00:29:40bowl

00:29:41before

00:29:41turning

00:29:41to

00:29:41me.

00:29:42Drink

00:29:42it

00:29:42all.

00:29:43Every

00:29:44last

00:29:44drop.

00:29:45I

00:29:45raised

00:29:45the

00:29:46spoon

00:29:46to

00:29:46my

00:29:46lips

00:29:46and

00:29:47each

00:29:47time

00:29:47she

00:29:47turned

00:29:48her

00:29:48head

00:29:48to

00:29:48berate

00:29:48a

00:29:49servant

00:29:49I

00:29:49spat

00:29:49the

00:29:50liquid

00:29:50into

00:29:50the

00:29:50napkin

00:29:51on

00:29:51my

00:29:51lap.

00:29:51Then

00:29:52two

00:29:52guards

00:29:52escorted

00:29:53Liam

00:29:53and

00:29:53me

00:29:54back

00:29:54to

00:29:54the

00:29:54bedroom

00:29:54and

00:29:55locked

00:29:55the

00:29:55door.

00:29:56Liam's

00:29:56face

00:29:56was

00:29:57already

00:29:57flushed

00:29:58crimson.

00:29:59He tore

00:29:59at his

00:29:59collar

00:30:00and stumbled

00:30:01toward me

00:30:01his gaze

00:30:02unfocused.

00:30:05Sarah.

00:30:06He looked

00:30:06at me

00:30:07with deep

00:30:07affection

00:30:08saying

00:30:08Sarah

00:30:09Athena's

00:30:09name.

00:30:10I

00:30:10tightened

00:30:11my grip

00:30:11on the

00:30:12candlestack

00:30:12on the

00:30:12table.

00:30:13The

00:30:14moment

00:30:14Liam's

00:30:14hand

00:30:15caught

00:30:15the

00:30:15hem

00:30:15of

00:30:15my

00:30:16gown

00:30:16I

00:30:17smashed

00:30:17the

00:30:18candlestick

00:30:18onto

00:30:18his

00:30:19head.

00:30:20He

00:30:21crashed

00:30:21onto

00:30:22the

00:30:22carpet.

00:30:28My

00:30:29head.

00:30:30What

00:30:31happened

00:30:31last

00:30:31night?

00:30:32I

00:30:32was

00:30:32already

00:30:32seated

00:30:33in the

00:30:33chair

00:30:33by the

00:30:34window.

00:30:36I

00:30:37handed

00:30:37him

00:30:37a

00:30:37cup

00:30:37of

00:30:38water.

00:30:40You

00:30:41drank

00:30:41grandmother's

00:30:41herbal

00:30:42toner

00:30:42last

00:30:42night

00:30:43and

00:30:43collapsed.

00:30:44You

00:30:45struck

00:30:45your

00:30:45head

00:30:45on

00:30:46the

00:30:46stone

00:30:46mantle.

00:30:47He

00:30:47nodded,

00:30:48didn't

00:30:48press

00:30:48further.

00:30:50I

00:30:51went

00:30:51to

00:30:51the

00:30:52study.

00:30:53On

00:30:54the

00:30:54desk

00:30:54lay

00:30:55an

00:30:55anonymous

00:30:55letter

00:30:56accusing

00:30:57me of

00:30:57being

00:30:57involved

00:30:58with

00:30:58Ethan.

00:30:59I

00:31:00picked

00:31:00it

00:31:00up.

00:31:01The

00:31:01paper

00:31:02has

00:31:02faint

00:31:02lines

00:31:03on

00:31:03it

00:31:03belonging

00:31:04to

00:31:04a

00:31:04certain

00:31:05family.

00:31:05Tiffany's

00:31:06family.

00:31:07She

00:31:07was

00:31:07Serafina's

00:31:08attendant.

00:31:10I

00:31:11wrote

00:31:11a

00:31:11letter

00:31:11to

00:31:12Alistair

00:31:12to

00:31:12have

00:31:13him

00:31:13keep

00:31:13an

00:31:13eye

00:31:13on

00:31:13Tiffany.

00:31:15The

00:31:15front

00:31:15gate

00:31:16of

00:31:16the

00:31:16castle

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00:31:21study.

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00:31:24sterling

00:31:24family

00:31:24fields.

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00:31:27announced

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00:31:29be

00:31:29officially

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00:31:38died.

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00:31:42approved

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00:31:43the

00:31:43family

00:31:43council.

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00:32:14at

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00:32:36edge.

00:32:36How

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00:32:37know

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00:32:39market

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00:33:25Liam

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00:33:32traitor!

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00:34:35the

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00:34:35estate.

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00:34:37lordship

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00:34:41did

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00:34:53tears

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00:34:54awake

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00:35:10Kensington

00:35:10Castle.

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00:35:12watchman

00:35:13was already

00:35:14passed out

00:35:14drunk in

00:35:15the gate

00:35:15house.

00:35:16The

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00:35:16was

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00:35:18sarcophagus.

00:35:19I

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00:35:25mother

00:35:25had

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00:35:28it.

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00:35:33chamber

00:35:33had

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00:35:38held

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00:35:43was

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00:35:54feet.

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00:35:55the

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00:35:56the

00:35:56window.

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00:36:17wife.

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00:36:18hands

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00:36:27dull

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00:36:35precisely

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00:36:36turned

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00:36:37hesitation

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00:36:38directly

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00:36:39the

00:36:39door.

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00:36:41the

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00:36:44tower

00:36:45I

00:36:45wrote

00:36:45a

00:36:45formal

00:36:46notice

00:36:46by

00:36:46candle

00:36:47light.

00:36:47On

00:36:47the

00:36:48envelope

00:36:48I

00:36:48wrote

00:36:48the

00:36:48Lombard

00:36:49bank's

00:36:49address.

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00:36:50joint

00:36:50deposit

00:36:51agreements

00:36:51of

00:36:51the

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00:36:52household

00:36:52are

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00:36:53from

00:36:53this

00:36:53day

00:36:53forward.

00:36:54Without

00:36:54the

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00:36:55presence

00:36:55of

00:36:56this

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00:36:56bearing

00:36:56her

00:36:57seal

00:36:57no

00:36:57one

00:36:57is

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00:36:58to

00:36:58withdraw

00:36:59funds

00:36:59or

00:36:59make

00:37:00purchases

00:37:00on

00:37:01credit.

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00:37:09missed

00:37:09a

00:37:09chance

00:37:10to

00:37:10show

00:37:10off.

00:37:11Liam

00:37:11I

00:37:12want

00:37:12this

00:37:13one

00:37:13buy

00:37:14the

00:37:14whole

00:37:14bolt.

00:37:15Just

00:37:16as I

00:37:16expected

00:37:16when I

00:37:17entered

00:37:18the

00:37:18upper

00:37:18gallery

00:37:18her

00:37:19voice

00:37:19was

00:37:20already

00:37:20drifting

00:37:20up

00:37:21from

00:37:21below.

00:37:22My

00:37:22Sarah

00:37:22deserves

00:37:22the

00:37:23best.

00:37:23I'll

00:37:24buy

00:37:24you

00:37:24everything.

00:37:27I

00:37:27leaned

00:37:28against

00:37:28the

00:37:28upper

00:37:28railing

00:37:29and

00:37:29just

00:37:29watched.

00:37:32My

00:37:33Lord

00:37:33the

00:37:34order

00:37:34from

00:37:34the

00:37:34Lombard

00:37:34banking

00:37:35house

00:37:35arrived

00:37:35this

00:37:36morning.

00:37:37The

00:37:37funds

00:37:37under

00:37:38your

00:37:38name

00:37:38can

00:37:39only

00:37:39be

00:37:39accessed

00:37:40with

00:37:40your

00:37:40wife's

00:37:40consent.

00:37:42What?

00:37:44This

00:37:44must

00:37:45be a

00:37:45misunderstanding.

00:37:47Liam,

00:37:48tell him

00:37:48it's a

00:37:48misunderstanding.

00:37:50No.

00:37:52It

00:37:52was

00:37:52I

00:37:53who

00:37:53suspended

00:37:53them.

00:37:56I

00:37:56walked

00:37:57slowly

00:37:57down

00:37:57the

00:37:57stairs.

00:37:58The

00:37:59moment

00:37:59Liam

00:37:59saw

00:38:00me,

00:38:00his

00:38:01pupils

00:38:01contracted.

00:38:05You!

00:38:08That

00:38:08bolt

00:38:09of

00:38:09silk.

00:38:10I'll

00:38:10take

00:38:10it.

00:38:11Yes,

00:38:11my

00:38:11lady.

00:38:12day,

00:38:13when I

00:38:13walked

00:38:13into the

00:38:14academy

00:38:14courtyard

00:38:15in a

00:38:15fresh

00:38:15new

00:38:15dress,

00:38:16I

00:38:17found

00:38:17the

00:38:17stone

00:38:17walls

00:38:18plastered

00:38:18with

00:38:18news

00:38:19sheets.

00:38:20Lady

00:38:20Kensington's

00:38:21midnight

00:38:21rendezvous

00:38:22with the

00:38:23vaunt scoundrel.

00:38:24Ethan

00:38:24was already

00:38:25standing

00:38:25before the

00:38:26wall,

00:38:27tearing

00:38:27down

00:38:27every

00:38:28sheet

00:38:28one

00:38:28by

00:38:29one.

00:38:31Who

00:38:32posted

00:38:32these?

00:38:33Step

00:38:34forward!

00:38:35Behind

00:38:35the stone

00:38:36pillars of

00:38:37the second

00:38:37floor

00:38:37arcade,

00:38:39Serafina

00:38:39stood

00:38:40there,

00:38:40a smile

00:38:41curling

00:38:42her lips.

00:38:43I

00:38:43pulled

00:38:43down

00:38:44one

00:38:44of

00:38:44the

00:38:44sheets

00:38:47and

00:38:48caught

00:38:48a

00:38:48strange

00:38:49scent.

00:38:50Calm

00:38:51down,

00:38:52Ethan.

00:38:52But

00:38:53they...

00:38:53I'll

00:38:54figure

00:38:54it

00:38:54out.

00:38:54I

00:38:55passed

00:38:55a note

00:38:56to the

00:38:56guard

00:38:56Alistair

00:38:57had

00:38:57assigned

00:38:57me.

00:38:59I

00:39:00wrote

00:39:00down

00:39:00the

00:39:01person

00:39:01who

00:39:01did

00:39:01this

00:39:03and

00:39:03asked

00:39:04Alistair

00:39:04to help

00:39:05me

00:39:05find

00:39:05the

00:39:05evidence.

00:39:06That

00:39:06afternoon,

00:39:07I

00:39:07walked

00:39:08along

00:39:08the

00:39:08path.

00:39:10Jessica

00:39:11and

00:39:11Tiffany

00:39:11each

00:39:12carried

00:39:12a

00:39:12silver

00:39:13tray

00:39:13laden

00:39:14with

00:39:14cream

00:39:14cakes,

00:39:15the

00:39:16cream

00:39:16far

00:39:17darker

00:39:17than

00:39:17normal.

00:39:19Oh!

00:39:20Jessica

00:39:20tripped

00:39:21as she

00:39:21passed

00:39:21me,

00:39:22her

00:39:22whole

00:39:23body

00:39:23tilted

00:39:23towards

00:39:24me,

00:39:24and

00:39:25the

00:39:25cake

00:39:25flew

00:39:25straight

00:39:26at

00:39:26my

00:39:26chest.

00:39:27I

00:39:27sidesteaded,

00:39:28the cream

00:39:29cake

00:39:29crashed

00:39:30onto the

00:39:30ground

00:39:30and splattered

00:39:31all over

00:39:32Tiffany's

00:39:33dress.

00:39:36My

00:39:37dress!

00:39:38This

00:39:38is

00:39:38brand

00:39:38new!

00:39:39Students

00:39:40heard the

00:39:40sound and

00:39:41gathered

00:39:41around.

00:39:44You

00:39:45two,

00:39:45stay

00:39:46away

00:39:46from

00:39:46her.

00:39:48Ethan

00:39:49stormed

00:39:49through

00:39:50the

00:39:50gate

00:39:50and

00:39:50backed

00:39:50both

00:39:51girls

00:39:51into

00:39:51the

00:39:52corner.

00:39:52Serafina

00:39:53squeezed

00:39:53out

00:39:54from

00:39:54the

00:39:54crowd,

00:39:54a

00:39:55copper

00:39:55coin

00:39:56pinched

00:39:56between

00:39:56her

00:39:56fingers.

00:39:57Skye,

00:39:59this

00:39:59is

00:39:59for

00:39:59you.

00:40:00I

00:40:01heard

00:40:01that

00:40:01you

00:40:02are

00:40:02broke.

00:40:03You

00:40:03must

00:40:03be

00:40:03distressed.

00:40:04I

00:40:04took

00:40:05one

00:40:05step

00:40:05forward,

00:40:06closing

00:40:06the

00:40:06distance

00:40:07until

00:40:07barely

00:40:07a

00:40:08palm's

00:40:08width

00:40:08separated

00:40:09us.

00:40:10Next

00:40:10time

00:40:10you

00:40:11ask

00:40:11Jessica's

00:40:11family

00:40:12workshop

00:40:12to

00:40:12transcribe

00:40:13your

00:40:13little

00:40:13news

00:40:14sheets,

00:40:14tell

00:40:15them

00:40:15not

00:40:15to

00:40:15use

00:40:15their

00:40:15own

00:40:16special

00:40:16ink.

00:40:16That

00:40:17smell,

00:40:17too

00:40:18obvious.

00:40:18The

00:40:19copper

00:40:19coin

00:40:20slipped

00:40:20from

00:40:20her

00:40:20fingers

00:40:21and

00:40:22clinked

00:40:22across

00:40:22the

00:40:22ground

00:40:23into

00:40:23the

00:40:23puddle

00:40:23of

00:40:24grease.

00:40:26She

00:40:26stood

00:40:26rooted

00:40:27where

00:40:27she

00:40:27was,

00:40:28her

00:40:28lips

00:40:28trembling.

00:40:29You

00:40:30are

00:40:31lying.

00:40:31A few

00:40:32days

00:40:32later,

00:40:33I

00:40:34deliberately

00:40:34took

00:40:35a

00:40:35carriage

00:40:35to

00:40:36an

00:40:36estate

00:40:37perched

00:40:37on

00:40:38the

00:40:38seaside

00:40:38cliffs,

00:40:40a property

00:40:41my mother

00:40:42had left

00:40:42behind,

00:40:43held in

00:40:44trust by

00:40:44the

00:40:44abbey

00:40:45all

00:40:45these

00:40:45years.

00:40:49Serafina

00:40:50had followed

00:40:50my carriage

00:40:51all the

00:40:51way to

00:40:51the

00:40:52iron

00:40:52gates.

00:40:54What

00:40:55kind of

00:40:55rural

00:40:55area

00:40:56does

00:40:56she

00:40:56go

00:40:56to?

00:40:57So

00:40:57isolated.

00:41:00She

00:41:00watched

00:41:01me walk

00:41:01through

00:41:01the

00:41:02estate

00:41:02entrance,

00:41:03gates

00:41:04she

00:41:04could

00:41:04not

00:41:04pass.

00:41:05This

00:41:06estate

00:41:06belongs

00:41:06to

00:41:07the

00:41:07Sterling

00:41:07Family

00:41:08Trust,

00:41:09purchased

00:41:1011 years

00:41:10ago by

00:41:11the late

00:41:11Lady

00:41:12Eleanor

00:41:12Sterling.

00:41:13The

00:41:14sole

00:41:14beneficiary

00:41:15is

00:41:16Skye

00:41:16Sterling.

00:41:18Impossible.

00:41:21Liam

00:41:22said

00:41:22you

00:41:22were

00:41:23broke.

00:41:27Serafina

00:41:28clutched

00:41:29the

00:41:29iron

00:41:29bars

00:41:30and sank

00:41:31to her

00:41:31knees

00:41:32on the

00:41:32gravel.

00:41:35What?

00:41:39You've

00:41:40spent

00:41:40all his

00:41:41money

00:41:41and

00:41:42still

00:41:42hanging

00:41:43around

00:41:43there.

00:41:43This

00:41:44estate

00:41:44was

00:41:44left

00:41:45to

00:41:45me

00:41:45by

00:41:45my

00:41:46mother

00:41:46long

00:41:47before

00:41:47I

00:41:47ever

00:41:47knew

00:41:48Liam.

00:41:49The

00:41:49fishermen

00:41:50and

00:41:50estate

00:41:50servants

00:41:51standing

00:41:51nearby

00:41:52exchanged

00:41:53glances.

00:41:55Please

00:41:55give him

00:41:57back to

00:41:57me.

00:41:58Give

00:41:59his

00:41:59money

00:42:00back

00:42:00to

00:42:00me.

00:42:01I

00:42:02turned

00:42:02and

00:42:02walked

00:42:03through

00:42:03the

00:42:03gates

00:42:04without

00:42:04looking

00:42:05back.

00:42:05Two

00:42:06days

00:42:06later

00:42:06the

00:42:07college

00:42:07representative

00:42:08summoned

00:42:08all the

00:42:09people.

00:42:09Jessica

00:42:10Mills

00:42:10posting

00:42:12defamatory

00:42:12illustrations.

00:42:13The

00:42:13evidence

00:42:14is

00:42:14conclusive.

00:42:15Suspension

00:42:15for one

00:42:16term.

00:42:17No!

00:42:18It was

00:42:18Serafina!

00:42:19She told

00:42:20me to

00:42:20do it!

00:42:24Jessica,

00:42:25how could

00:42:26you say

00:42:27that?

00:42:28You're

00:42:28lying!

00:42:29Tiffany,

00:42:30you were

00:42:30there!

00:42:32Tiffany kept

00:42:33her head

00:42:33down and

00:42:34said nothing

00:42:34at all.

00:42:35See,

00:42:36I even

00:42:36wrote her

00:42:36letters

00:42:37urging her

00:42:38not to

00:42:38do

00:42:38anything

00:42:38foolish.

00:42:40Serafina

00:42:40pulled out

00:42:41some letters

00:42:41she had

00:42:42clearly

00:42:42prepared

00:42:42long

00:42:43before.

00:42:44read the

00:42:44words he

00:42:44said to

00:42:45Jessica.

00:42:46After

00:42:46the

00:42:46hearing,

00:42:47Jessica

00:42:47sat in

00:42:48a corner

00:42:48sobbing.

00:42:50I

00:42:51passed

00:42:51by.

00:42:52She

00:42:52was never

00:42:53your

00:42:53friend.

00:42:57You

00:42:58are just

00:42:58a tool.

00:43:00The

00:43:00next

00:43:01day,

00:43:01the

00:43:01debate

00:43:02examination

00:43:02results

00:43:03were posted.

00:43:05Next

00:43:05to my

00:43:06name

00:43:06was

00:43:06written

00:43:06the

00:43:07highest

00:43:07grade.

00:43:09Serafina

00:43:09stood a

00:43:10few

00:43:10paces

00:43:10behind

00:43:10me,

00:43:11staring

00:43:12fixedly

00:43:12at me.

00:43:13Beside

00:43:13her

00:43:13own

00:43:14name

00:43:14was

00:43:14written

00:43:14only

00:43:14one

00:43:15word.

00:43:16Fail.

00:43:18That

00:43:19evening,

00:43:20the

00:43:20Quinn

00:43:20family

00:43:21held a

00:43:21banquet

00:43:21at their

00:43:22cliff

00:43:22castle,

00:43:23celebrating

00:43:24Harper's

00:43:24return.

00:43:25Harper

00:43:25Quinn,

00:43:26my

00:43:26childhood

00:43:27friend,

00:43:27just

00:43:28returned

00:43:28from

00:43:28studying

00:43:29weaving

00:43:29in

00:43:29Milan.

00:43:30Skye,

00:43:30you've

00:43:30finally

00:43:31come!

00:43:31This

00:43:32blue

00:43:32silk

00:43:32gown

00:43:32is

00:43:32stunning!

00:43:34I stood

00:43:35by the

00:43:35terrace

00:43:36and watched

00:43:37Serafina

00:43:38squeeze

00:43:38through a

00:43:39side

00:43:39entrance.

00:43:41She was

00:43:41dragging a

00:43:42man behind

00:43:43her,

00:43:44Alderick,

00:43:44the freight

00:43:45steward of

00:43:46Kensington

00:43:46Trading,

00:43:47notorious for

00:43:48gambling at

00:43:49the dockside

00:43:49taverns.

00:43:51Serafina held

00:43:51an empty

00:43:52glass and

00:43:53walked up

00:43:53to me.

00:43:55Refill,

00:43:56quickly!

00:43:59you may

00:43:59be

00:44:00mistaken.

00:44:01Those

00:44:01wearing

00:44:01black

00:44:02are

00:44:02the

00:44:02servants.

00:44:04I am

00:44:04wearing

00:44:05blue

00:44:05silk.

00:44:07You're

00:44:07nothing

00:44:08but...

00:44:12Stuart

00:44:12Alderick,

00:44:14Kensington's

00:44:14internal

00:44:15audit,

00:44:16is

00:44:16currently

00:44:17reviewing

00:44:17your

00:44:17freight

00:44:18accounts.

00:44:20Are

00:44:20you

00:44:20certain

00:44:21bringing

00:44:21her

00:44:21here

00:44:22tonight

00:44:22was

00:44:22a

00:44:22wise

00:44:23decision?

00:44:23She

00:44:24begged

00:44:24me

00:44:24to

00:44:25bring

00:44:25her.

00:44:25She

00:44:26said

00:44:26if

00:44:26I'd

00:44:26be

00:44:26her

00:44:27escort,

00:44:28she'd

00:44:28help

00:44:28pay

00:44:28my

00:44:29gambling

00:44:29debts.

00:44:30Alderick,

00:44:30shut up!

00:44:31The hall

00:44:31erupted

00:44:32in murmurs.

00:44:34Remove

00:44:35the trash.

00:44:37She's

00:44:37disturbing

00:44:38the guests'

00:44:39enjoyment.

00:44:40Alistair

00:44:41descended

00:44:41the stairs,

00:44:43nodded

00:44:43to the

00:44:44head

00:44:44guard.

00:44:49Lord

00:44:50Kensington

00:44:51has

00:44:52my

00:44:52back!

00:44:53You

00:44:53cannot

00:44:53treat

00:44:54me

00:44:54like

00:44:54this!

00:44:55Let

00:44:55go!

00:44:56She

00:44:57screamed

00:44:57the

00:44:57whole

00:44:57way

00:44:58as

00:44:58two

00:44:58guards

00:44:58dragged

00:44:59her

00:44:59out

00:44:59by

00:44:59the

00:45:00arms.

00:45:04No

00:45:04one

00:45:05looked

00:45:05back.

00:45:06That

00:45:07night,

00:45:07I

00:45:08returned

00:45:08to my

00:45:08tower.

00:45:09The

00:45:10maid

00:45:10brought

00:45:10me

00:45:10the

00:45:10news.

00:45:12My

00:45:12lady,

00:45:13his

00:45:14lordship,

00:45:14has

00:45:15taken

00:45:15Lady

00:45:15Seraphina

00:45:16into

00:45:16the

00:45:16castle.

00:45:17He

00:45:18has

00:45:18placed

00:45:18her

00:45:19in

00:45:19one

00:45:19of

00:45:19the

00:45:19guest

00:45:19chambers.

00:45:22go

00:45:23to

00:45:23my

00:45:23old

00:45:24chamber.

00:45:25Clear

00:45:25out

00:45:25everything

00:45:26that

00:45:26belongs

00:45:26to

00:45:26her.

00:45:28Do

00:45:29not

00:45:29let

00:45:29her

00:45:29scent

00:45:29touch

00:45:30a

00:45:30single

00:45:30thread

00:45:30of

00:45:31mine.

00:45:31The

00:45:32next

00:45:32day,

00:45:32my

00:45:33maid

00:45:33burst

00:45:33into

00:45:34my

00:45:34room.

00:45:37My

00:45:37lady,

00:45:38the

00:45:38dowager

00:45:38Lady

00:45:39Beatrice

00:45:39would

00:45:39not

00:45:40accept

00:45:40that

00:45:40mistress.

00:45:41She

00:45:41stormed

00:45:41into

00:45:42the

00:45:42castle

00:45:42and

00:45:42threw

00:45:42that

00:45:43mistress

00:45:43out.

00:45:43His

00:45:44lordship

00:45:45even

00:45:45had

00:45:45to

00:45:45sell

00:45:45his

00:45:46personal

00:45:46carriage

00:45:47just

00:45:48to

00:45:48find

00:45:48a

00:45:49place

00:45:49to

00:45:49put

00:45:50her.

00:45:51That

00:45:51evening,

00:45:52I went

00:45:52to a

00:45:52private

00:45:53room

00:45:53on the

00:45:53second

00:45:54floor

00:45:54of

00:45:54the

00:45:54Black

00:45:54Fox

00:45:55Inn.

00:45:55Not

00:45:56for

00:45:56Seraphina's

00:45:56misfortune,

00:45:57but to

00:45:58celebrate

00:45:58that the

00:45:59Lombard

00:45:59Banking

00:46:00House

00:46:00had

00:46:00finally

00:46:00made

00:46:01the

00:46:01freeze

00:46:01on

00:46:01all

00:46:02Kensington

00:46:02joint

00:46:02deposit

00:46:03agreements

00:46:03permanent.

00:46:06The

00:46:06door

00:46:06crashed

00:46:07open.

00:46:08Liam

00:46:09stood

00:46:09in the

00:46:09doorway,

00:46:10his

00:46:10eyes

00:46:11bloodshot.

00:46:12Skye!

00:46:13You're

00:46:14here

00:46:14celebrating?

00:46:15How

00:46:16dare

00:46:16you?

00:46:18He

00:46:18charged

00:46:19forward

00:46:19and seized

00:46:20my wrist.

00:46:21I

00:46:21dashed

00:46:21the

00:46:22wine

00:46:22in

00:46:22my

00:46:22glass

00:46:23straight

00:46:23into

00:46:24his

00:46:24face.

00:46:26His

00:46:26head

00:46:27swiveled

00:46:27and he

00:46:27caught

00:46:28sight

00:46:28of

00:46:28Alistair

00:46:29seated

00:46:29in

00:46:30the

00:46:30corner

00:46:30booth.

00:46:31He

00:46:32threw

00:46:32a

00:46:32punch.

00:46:35Alistair

00:46:36caught

00:46:36the fist

00:46:36with a

00:46:37single

00:46:37hand.

00:46:39He

00:46:39wrenched

00:46:40Liam's

00:46:40arm

00:46:40behind

00:46:40his

00:46:41back

00:46:41and

00:46:41shoved

00:46:41him

00:46:42hard

00:46:42against

00:46:42the

00:46:42stone

00:46:43wall.

00:46:43Go

00:46:44back

00:46:44to

00:46:44your

00:46:44own

00:46:44guest

00:46:45Kensington.

00:46:50Then

00:46:50he

00:46:50lifted

00:46:51me

00:46:51bodily

00:46:51from

00:46:51the

00:46:52chair.

00:46:54As

00:46:55he

00:46:55carried

00:46:55me

00:46:55past

00:46:56Liam,

00:46:56he

00:46:57glanced

00:46:57down

00:46:57at him

00:46:58once.

00:46:59The

00:46:59next

00:46:59morning,

00:47:00I

00:47:00woke

00:47:01in my

00:47:01own

00:47:01chamber.

00:47:03Alistair

00:47:03was seated

00:47:04in the

00:47:04chair

00:47:04beside

00:47:04my

00:47:05bed,

00:47:06holding

00:47:06a

00:47:06cup

00:47:06of

00:47:06hot

00:47:06tea

00:47:07toward

00:47:07me.

00:47:08You

00:47:09were

00:47:09terribly

00:47:10drunk

00:47:10last

00:47:10night.

00:47:11Drink

00:47:11this

00:47:11tea.

00:47:13My

00:47:13lady,

00:47:14Lord

00:47:14Kensington

00:47:15is

00:47:15downstairs.

00:47:16He

00:47:17says he

00:47:17wishes to

00:47:17see you.

00:47:19From

00:47:20this day

00:47:20forward,

00:47:20I do

00:47:21not receive

00:47:21his

00:47:22messages.

00:47:25Alistair

00:47:25kept his

00:47:26head down,

00:47:27slicing an

00:47:28apple.

00:47:29The

00:47:30corner of

00:47:30his mouth

00:47:30lifted,

00:47:31nearly

00:47:32imperceptible.

00:47:35Beatrice

00:47:36stormed

00:47:36into

00:47:37my

00:47:37tower

00:47:37that

00:47:38very

00:47:38afternoon.

00:47:39Liam's

00:47:40trust

00:47:40fund

00:47:40has

00:47:41been

00:47:41frozen.

00:47:41If

00:47:42you

00:47:42are

00:47:42going

00:47:42to

00:47:42leave,

00:47:43leave

00:47:43quietly.

00:47:46The

00:47:46Kensington

00:47:47Trading

00:47:47House

00:47:47cannot

00:47:48survive

00:47:48a

00:47:48second

00:47:49scandal.

00:47:50Very

00:47:51well,

00:47:52but I

00:47:53have

00:47:53conditions.

00:47:54I

00:47:54took

00:47:54out

00:47:54the

00:47:55two

00:47:55sheets

00:47:55of

00:47:55parchment

00:47:56I

00:47:56had

00:47:56prepared

00:47:57long

00:47:57before

00:47:57and

00:47:58pushed

00:47:59them

00:47:59across

00:47:59the

00:47:59desk.

00:48:00First,

00:48:01the

00:48:02deed

00:48:02to

00:48:02my

00:48:02mother's

00:48:02seaside

00:48:03villa

00:48:03is

00:48:04to

00:48:04be

00:48:04transferred

00:48:05to

00:48:05my

00:48:05name

00:48:05immediately.

00:48:07Second,

00:48:08I will

00:48:08no longer

00:48:09bear

00:48:09any

00:48:09joint

00:48:10guarantee

00:48:10for

00:48:10Kensington's

00:48:11debts.

00:48:12She

00:48:12stared

00:48:12at

00:48:13me

00:48:13for

00:48:13a

00:48:13long,

00:48:14long

00:48:14moment.

00:48:16You,

00:48:17you

00:48:18prepared

00:48:19these

00:48:19ahead

00:48:19of

00:48:19time.

00:48:20Please

00:48:20sign.

00:48:21She

00:48:22signed

00:48:22her

00:48:23name

00:48:23stroke

00:48:24by

00:48:24stroke.

00:48:25You

00:48:25no

00:48:25longer

00:48:25have

00:48:26the

00:48:26Kensington

00:48:26family

00:48:27support.

00:48:27No,

00:48:28it

00:48:29is

00:48:29the

00:48:29Kensington

00:48:29family

00:48:30that

00:48:30no

00:48:30longer

00:48:31has

00:48:31me.

00:48:31Liam's

00:48:32messengers

00:48:32still

00:48:33appeared

00:48:33at

00:48:33my

00:48:33tower

00:48:34door

00:48:34every

00:48:34day.

00:48:36He

00:48:36said he

00:48:36wanted to

00:48:37see me.

00:48:37Very

00:48:38well.

00:48:38Let him

00:48:39sign over

00:48:39the

00:48:40right-of-way

00:48:40deed

00:48:40for that

00:48:41old

00:48:41post

00:48:42road

00:48:42to

00:48:42me.

00:48:46What

00:48:47do you

00:48:47want

00:48:47with

00:48:47this

00:48:48useless

00:48:48post

00:48:48road?

00:48:49Sign

00:48:50or

00:48:50not.

00:48:51I'll

00:48:52sign,

00:48:53but I

00:48:53have

00:48:53one

00:48:54condition.

00:48:55You

00:48:55will

00:48:55attend

00:48:56the

00:48:56Hanseatic

00:48:56League

00:48:56celebration

00:48:57tomorrow

00:48:57with

00:48:58me,

00:48:58and we

00:48:59will

00:48:59be

00:48:59a

00:48:59loving

00:49:00couple.

00:49:01Deal.

00:49:02He

00:49:03didn't

00:49:03know

00:49:04this

00:49:04abandoned

00:49:05post

00:49:05road

00:49:05would

00:49:06become

00:49:06the

00:49:07throat

00:49:07through

00:49:07which

00:49:07all

00:49:08Northland's

00:49:08freight

00:49:08must

00:49:09pass.

00:49:09When

00:49:10I

00:49:10walked

00:49:10into

00:49:10the

00:49:10hall

00:49:11on

00:49:11Liam's

00:49:11arm,

00:49:12the

00:49:12right-of-way

00:49:13deep

00:49:13bearing

00:49:13the

00:49:14Kensington

00:49:14wax

00:49:14seal

00:49:15was

00:49:15already

00:49:15tucked

00:49:16inside

00:49:16my

00:49:16sleeve.

00:49:17He

00:49:17just

00:49:18signed

00:49:18it.

00:49:19Harper's

00:49:20maid

00:49:20intercepted

00:49:21me in

00:49:21the

00:49:21corridor,

00:49:22her

00:49:22voice

00:49:22trembling.

00:49:23My

00:49:24lady,

00:49:25the

00:49:25Quinn

00:49:26family's

00:49:26cargo

00:49:26ship

00:49:27was

00:49:27seized

00:49:27at

00:49:27the

00:49:27harbor.

00:49:28An

00:49:28entire

00:49:29shipment

00:49:29of

00:49:29silk

00:49:29from

00:49:30Milan

00:49:30anonymously

00:49:31reported

00:49:31for

00:49:32concealing

00:49:32contraband.

00:49:34It

00:49:34was

00:49:34Liam.

00:49:36I

00:49:37pushed

00:49:37open the

00:49:37wooden

00:49:38doors of

00:49:38the

00:49:38banquet

00:49:38hall,

00:49:39cut

00:49:39through

00:49:40the

00:49:40crowd,

00:49:42Liam.

00:49:44I

00:49:44put a

00:49:44sheet of

00:49:45parchment

00:49:45into

00:49:46his

00:49:46palm.

00:49:47What

00:49:47is

00:49:47this?

00:49:49These

00:49:49are

00:49:50the

00:49:50transfer

00:49:51records

00:49:51of

00:49:51paying

00:49:51off

00:49:52the

00:49:52gambling

00:49:52debts

00:49:52of

00:49:53Serafina's

00:49:53mother.

00:49:54Do

00:49:55you

00:49:55want

00:49:55the

00:49:55whole

00:49:55city

00:49:56to

00:49:56know

00:49:56that

00:49:57you

00:49:57used

00:49:57the

00:49:57Kensington's

00:49:58money

00:49:58to

00:49:59support

00:50:00your

00:50:00mistress's

00:50:00family?

00:50:02You

00:50:04how

00:50:04did

00:50:04you

00:50:04get

00:50:04these?

00:50:07How

00:50:07did

00:50:07you

00:50:09withdraw

00:50:09the

00:50:10complaint

00:50:10against

00:50:10the

00:50:10Quinn

00:50:11Trading

00:50:11House

00:50:11or

00:50:12everyone

00:50:13here

00:50:13will

00:50:13know

00:50:13it?

00:50:18I'll

00:50:18send

00:50:19someone

00:50:19to

00:50:19the

00:50:19harbor.

00:50:20Good.

00:50:27That

00:50:27day I

00:50:28went to

00:50:28the

00:50:28seaside

00:50:29estate

00:50:29my

00:50:29mother

00:50:29had

00:50:30left

00:50:30me.

00:50:31Harper

00:50:31came

00:50:32and

00:50:32stayed

00:50:32with

00:50:32me.

00:50:34Another

00:50:35letter

00:50:35from

00:50:35Liam

00:50:35arrived.

00:50:37He's

00:50:38moved

00:50:38in as

00:50:38well?

00:50:39The

00:50:39same

00:50:40estate?

00:50:40The

00:50:41same

00:50:41gate?

00:50:44I

00:50:44looked out

00:50:45of the

00:50:45window

00:50:45and saw

00:50:46a small

00:50:46stone

00:50:46house

00:50:47next to

00:50:47the

00:50:47seaside

00:50:48estate.

00:50:50Liam

00:50:51used the

00:50:51remaining

00:50:52money to

00:50:52buy the

00:50:52place.

00:50:54Today

00:50:54is the

00:50:55day

00:50:55they

00:50:55move

00:50:55in.

00:50:57Sky.

00:50:5980

00:50:59years ago

00:51:00it housed

00:51:00the

00:51:00grooms

00:51:01and

00:51:01laundry

00:51:01women.

00:51:02No

00:51:03fireplace,

00:51:03only a

00:51:04coal stove.

00:51:06Does

00:51:06she know?

00:51:07She's

00:51:07standing

00:51:08at the

00:51:08doorway

00:51:08bossing

00:51:09the

00:51:09servants

00:51:09around.

00:51:10I

00:51:11don't

00:51:11think

00:51:11so.

00:51:19A

00:51:20few

00:51:20days

00:51:20later,

00:51:21I

00:51:21found

00:51:21Ethan

00:51:22in

00:51:22the

00:51:22academy

00:51:22library.

00:51:25I

00:51:26placed a

00:51:26blank

00:51:26invitation

00:51:27to the

00:51:27Vance

00:51:27family's

00:51:28year-end

00:51:28banquet

00:51:28before him.

00:51:29Let

00:51:30Serafina

00:51:30get hold

00:51:31of this.

00:51:32Let

00:51:32her

00:51:32fill

00:51:33in

00:51:33her

00:51:33own

00:51:33name.

00:51:37My

00:51:38brother

00:51:38Julian

00:51:39will

00:51:39check.

00:51:40He

00:51:40won't

00:51:40stop

00:51:41it.

00:51:41And

00:51:41the

00:51:41truth

00:51:42was

00:51:42Julian

00:51:42had

00:51:43already

00:51:43learned

00:51:43everything

00:51:44through

00:51:44his

00:51:45intelligence

00:51:45network.

00:51:46He

00:51:46agreed

00:51:47as

00:51:47well.

00:51:50The

00:51:51night

00:51:51of the

00:51:51banquet,

00:51:52Serafina

00:51:53arrived in

00:51:53an outrageous

00:51:54gown of

00:51:55layered

00:51:55pink

00:51:56tulle.

00:51:57She

00:51:57swept

00:51:58into

00:51:58the

00:51:58hall

00:51:59on

00:51:59Liam's

00:51:59arm.

00:52:02Serafina.

00:52:02Jessica

00:52:03burst

00:52:04out

00:52:04holding

00:52:04a

00:52:05stack

00:52:05of

00:52:05parchment

00:52:06IOU

00:52:06notes

00:52:06high

00:52:07above

00:52:07her

00:52:07head.

00:52:08She

00:52:08owes

00:52:09me

00:52:09money.

00:52:09She

00:52:10swindled

00:52:10even

00:52:11my

00:52:11living

00:52:11allowance

00:52:12to pay

00:52:12off

00:52:12her

00:52:13gambling

00:52:13debts.

00:52:14You're

00:52:14lying.

00:52:15Serafina

00:52:16collapsed

00:52:16dramatically

00:52:17to the

00:52:17floor

00:52:17in a

00:52:18performance

00:52:18worthy

00:52:19of the

00:52:19stage.

00:52:20Sarah,

00:52:20don't

00:52:21embarrass

00:52:21yourself

00:52:22here.

00:52:22Unexpectedly,

00:52:23she was

00:52:23exposed

00:52:24by Liam.

00:52:25Serafina

00:52:25was extremely

00:52:26anxious

00:52:26and desperately

00:52:27sought

00:52:28another way

00:52:29to salvage

00:52:30the

00:52:30situation.

00:52:31Serafina

00:52:31looked around

00:52:32and grabbed

00:52:33her own

00:52:33shoulder

00:52:34Strapu

00:52:34and tore

00:52:35it with

00:52:35all her

00:52:35strength.

00:52:36The tool

00:52:36ripped apart

00:52:37at her

00:52:37fingertips

00:52:38with a

00:52:38shriek.

00:52:39Ethan

00:52:39Vance,

00:52:40it was

00:52:41you!

00:52:41You reached

00:52:42out and

00:52:42touched

00:52:42me during

00:52:43the chaos!

00:52:43You tried

00:52:44to rip

00:52:44my gown!

00:52:45What did

00:52:45you say?

00:52:46I never

00:52:47came anywhere

00:52:47near you!

00:52:48Just now,

00:52:49when you

00:52:50passed

00:52:50by me!

00:52:51Ethan,

00:52:52did you

00:52:53touch her?

00:52:54Touch

00:52:54who?

00:52:55I've been

00:52:55standing

00:52:55here the

00:52:56whole time!

00:52:57The

00:52:57nobles

00:52:57murmured

00:52:58among

00:52:58themselves,

00:52:59some gazes

00:52:59already shifting

00:53:00toward Ethan.

00:53:01Her hand

00:53:02remained pressed

00:53:03against the

00:53:03shoulder strap,

00:53:04not to cover

00:53:05it, but to

00:53:06display it.

00:53:07A figure

00:53:07descended slowly

00:53:09from the spiral

00:53:09staircase, landing

00:53:11on the second

00:53:11floor.

00:53:12My attendant

00:53:13was standing

00:53:14behind the

00:53:14third pillar

00:53:15on the eastern

00:53:16side, his

00:53:17position faced

00:53:18directly towards

00:53:19this lady's

00:53:19skirts.

00:53:20I asked

00:53:21him,

00:53:22who tore

00:53:23the gown?

00:53:25It was

00:53:26this lady.

00:53:27She tore

00:53:27it herself.

00:53:39Take her

00:53:40out.

00:53:48after the

00:53:48banquet

00:53:49ended,

00:53:50Alistair

00:53:50found me

00:53:50on the

00:53:51terrace.

00:53:52Hatred

00:53:52is the

00:53:52stepping

00:53:53stone

00:53:53to

00:53:53indifference.

00:53:55Then he

00:53:56lowered his

00:53:56head and

00:53:58pressed a

00:53:58gentle kiss

00:53:59to my

00:53:59forehead.

00:54:00That

00:54:01very same

00:54:02night,

00:54:02after the

00:54:03banquet

00:54:03ended,

00:54:04Liam

00:54:04cornered

00:54:05me in

00:54:05a bend

00:54:06of the

00:54:06stone

00:54:06corridor.

00:54:09stop

00:54:09right

00:54:10there.

00:54:14When no

00:54:15one was

00:54:15looking,

00:54:15he ceased

00:54:16to see

00:54:16my hair

00:54:19and shoved

00:54:20me into

00:54:20the shadows

00:54:20where the

00:54:21carriages

00:54:21waited.

00:54:23That

00:54:23post road

00:54:24right of

00:54:24way,

00:54:25you knew

00:54:25it would

00:54:25increase

00:54:26in value.

00:54:27You

00:54:27tricked

00:54:27me.

00:54:29It

00:54:30was a

00:54:30fair trade.

00:54:31No

00:54:32one forced

00:54:32you when

00:54:33you signed.

00:54:34You

00:54:34are

00:54:34mine!

00:54:36You

00:54:36are

00:54:36not

00:54:37to

00:54:37stand

00:54:37beside

00:54:37him!

00:54:38His

00:54:39fingers

00:54:39dug

00:54:40into

00:54:40my

00:54:40throat.

00:54:42His

00:54:43eyes

00:54:43read

00:54:43as

00:54:44a

00:54:44mad

00:54:44dog's.

00:54:46I

00:54:46did

00:54:46not

00:54:47struggle.

00:54:47I

00:54:48looked

00:54:48at

00:54:48him

00:54:48quietly.

00:54:50Squeeze

00:54:51harder.

00:54:52Then

00:54:52tomorrow

00:54:53the

00:54:53whole

00:54:53county

00:54:54will

00:54:54know

00:54:55that

00:54:56Lord

00:54:56Kensington

00:54:56is

00:54:57a

00:54:57murderer.

00:54:58You

00:54:58froze.

00:54:59His

00:55:00hand

00:55:00loosened.

00:55:01I

00:55:01drew

00:55:01out

00:55:01the

00:55:01small

00:55:02copper

00:55:02mirror

00:55:02I

00:55:03carried

00:55:03with

00:55:03me

00:55:03and

00:55:04examined

00:55:04the

00:55:05marks

00:55:05blooming

00:55:05on

00:55:06my

00:55:06throat.

00:55:06You'd

00:55:07better

00:55:07pray

00:55:08that

00:55:08everyone

00:55:09believes

00:55:09these

00:55:10scratches

00:55:10were

00:55:11just

00:55:11an

00:55:11accident.

00:55:12The

00:55:12next

00:55:12morning

00:55:13Liam

00:55:13appeared

00:55:14at

00:55:14my

00:55:14tower

00:55:14door

00:55:15again.

00:55:15In

00:55:16his

00:55:16hands

00:55:16a

00:55:17bouquet

00:55:17of

00:55:17white

00:55:18roses

00:55:18and

00:55:19a

00:55:19small

00:55:19velvet

00:55:19box.

00:55:20Skye!

00:55:21Let me

00:55:22in!

00:55:23I've thrown

00:55:23Seraphina

00:55:24out.

00:55:25Let's

00:55:26start over.

00:55:29This

00:55:30ring

00:55:31it's

00:55:32bigger

00:55:32than

00:55:32the

00:55:33last

00:55:33one.

00:55:34Liam

00:55:34you

00:55:35can't

00:55:35leave

00:55:35me.

00:55:36Before

00:55:36I

00:55:37could

00:55:37speak

00:55:37Seraphina

00:55:38came

00:55:38charging

00:55:39up

00:55:39clutching

00:55:40her

00:55:40skirts.

00:55:41You

00:55:42promised

00:55:42me!

00:55:43Why

00:55:43did

00:55:43you

00:55:43follow

00:55:43me?

00:55:48You

00:55:48came

00:55:48here

00:55:49to give

00:55:49her

00:55:49a

00:55:49ring?

00:55:51What

00:55:51am I

00:55:51to

00:55:52you?

00:55:58I

00:55:58reached

00:55:59out

00:55:59and

00:55:59took

00:55:59the

00:55:59velvet

00:56:00box.

00:56:01Liam's

00:56:02eyes

00:56:02lit

00:56:02up.

00:56:03Then

00:56:04I

00:56:04took

00:56:04two

00:56:04steps

00:56:04toward

00:56:05the

00:56:05door

00:56:05and

00:56:05hurled

00:56:06it

00:56:06out.

00:56:07Get

00:56:07out!

00:56:08Both

00:56:09of

00:56:09you!

00:56:14A

00:56:14few

00:56:15days

00:56:15later,

00:56:16the

00:56:16Kensington

00:56:16family

00:56:17held a

00:56:17charity

00:56:18banquet

00:56:18at

00:56:18the

00:56:19castle.

00:56:20I

00:56:21came,

00:56:21not

00:56:22for

00:56:22Liam,

00:56:23but

00:56:23to

00:56:23announce

00:56:23something.

00:56:25I

00:56:26wore

00:56:26a

00:56:26black

00:56:26gown

00:56:27with

00:56:27a

00:56:27plunging

00:56:28neck

00:56:28light.

00:56:28No

00:56:29jewels

00:56:29adorned

00:56:29my

00:56:30throat,

00:56:30only

00:56:31a

00:56:31thin

00:56:31dusting

00:56:32of

00:56:32pearl

00:56:32powder

00:56:32over

00:56:33the

00:56:33bruise.

00:56:33On

00:56:34her

00:56:34neck?

00:56:35Are

00:56:35those

00:56:35finger

00:56:36marks?

00:56:37Don't

00:56:38stare.

00:56:41Ladies

00:56:42and

00:56:42gentlemen,

00:56:43this

00:56:43is a

00:56:43respected

00:56:44notary

00:56:44clerk

00:56:45of

00:56:45the

00:56:45cathedral

00:56:45and

00:56:46I

00:56:46have

00:56:46invited

00:56:47him

00:56:47to

00:56:47announce

00:56:48the

00:56:48divorce.

00:56:50He

00:56:50stopped

00:56:50in the

00:56:51center

00:56:51of the

00:56:51banquet

00:56:51hall

00:56:52and

00:56:52publicly

00:56:53unfurled

00:56:54a

00:56:54parchment

00:56:54petition.

00:56:57Sky

00:56:58Sterling,

00:56:59on

00:57:00grounds of

00:57:00her

00:57:00husband's

00:57:01open

00:57:01concubinage

00:57:02and

00:57:02physical

00:57:03assault.

00:57:03After

00:57:04hearing the

00:57:04reason,

00:57:05the guests

00:57:06stared at

00:57:06my scar

00:57:07and the

00:57:08entire

00:57:08hall

00:57:08fell

00:57:09silent.

00:57:09hereby

00:57:10hereby

00:57:10submits

00:57:11to the

00:57:11diocesan

00:57:12bishop's

00:57:12court

00:57:12a

00:57:13preliminary

00:57:14petition

00:57:14for

00:57:15separation

00:57:15maintenance

00:57:16and

00:57:16annulment.

00:57:17Liam stood

00:57:18at the

00:57:18far end

00:57:19wine glass

00:57:20clutched

00:57:20in his

00:57:20hand,

00:57:21rooted to

00:57:21the spot

00:57:22as if

00:57:22nailed

00:57:22there.

00:57:27Sky,

00:57:28you can't.

00:57:30I already

00:57:30have.

00:57:31After the

00:57:32banquet was

00:57:33over,

00:57:33when I was

00:57:34about to get

00:57:34into the

00:57:35carriage,

00:57:36Liam caught

00:57:37up with

00:57:37me.

00:57:40Sky,

00:57:41have you

00:57:41really made

00:57:42up your

00:57:42mind?

00:57:43I ignored

00:57:43him and

00:57:44got into

00:57:45the carriage

00:57:45directly.

00:57:47He kept

00:57:48standing at

00:57:49the door,

00:57:51but it

00:57:51seemed that

00:57:52he was

00:57:52looking at

00:57:53the carriage

00:57:55rather than

00:57:56at me.

00:58:02After the

00:58:03banquet,

00:58:03my carriage

00:58:04traveled along

00:58:04the coastal

00:58:05mountain road.

00:58:05my lady,

00:58:07the carriage

00:58:08is speeding

00:58:08up,

00:58:09the brake

00:58:09rope is

00:58:09broken.

00:58:12There's a

00:58:12sharp bend

00:58:13ahead.

00:58:16I pulled

00:58:17aside the

00:58:17curtain.

00:58:19Ahead was

00:58:19a sharp bend,

00:58:20beyond it

00:58:20the cliff.

00:58:22The coachman

00:58:23hauled

00:58:23distressedly

00:58:23on the reins,

00:58:24but the

00:58:24brake cords

00:58:25not had

00:58:25been cut.

00:58:26Pull to

00:58:27the inside!

00:58:28Scrape the

00:58:29wheels against

00:58:29the cliff

00:58:29to slow

00:58:30down!

00:58:36The

00:58:36carriage

00:58:36came to

00:58:37a halt,

00:58:37less than

00:58:38two feet

00:58:38from the

00:58:38cliff's

00:58:39edge.

00:58:43I

00:58:44scrambled out

00:58:44of the

00:58:44carriage and

00:58:45crawled beneath

00:58:45it.

00:58:46The axle pin

00:58:47had been

00:58:47deliberately

00:58:47sawed through.

00:58:49This was

00:58:50no accident.

00:58:52It was

00:58:53murder.

00:58:57I told the

00:58:58coachman to

00:58:58drive straight

00:58:59to the

00:58:59converted

00:59:00servants'

00:59:00quarters,

00:59:01where Liam

00:59:01was living.

00:59:02I pushed

00:59:02open the

00:59:03door.

00:59:03He sat

00:59:04on the

00:59:04chair,

00:59:05staring

00:59:05into a

00:59:05mug of

00:59:06cheap

00:59:06ale.

00:59:08At this

00:59:09hour,

00:59:09I threw

00:59:10the broken

00:59:10fragments of

00:59:11the axle pin

00:59:11onto the

00:59:12floor before

00:59:12him.

00:59:13He stared

00:59:13at the

00:59:13pieces,

00:59:14his eyes

00:59:15wide with

00:59:15shock.

00:59:17You

00:59:17sought it

00:59:17through

00:59:18yourself to

00:59:18frame me.

00:59:19What did

00:59:20you say?

00:59:22This is

00:59:23exactly the

00:59:23sort of thing

00:59:24you would

00:59:24do.

00:59:24I suddenly

00:59:25laughed.

00:59:26I knew

00:59:27it wasn't

00:59:27him,

00:59:27he didn't

00:59:28dare to

00:59:28do that.

00:59:29It was

00:59:30Victor,

00:59:30my

00:59:31cousin.

00:59:32He holds

00:59:32a grudge

00:59:32against me

00:59:33because I

00:59:33didn't give

00:59:34him his

00:59:34share from

00:59:35the

00:59:35Sterling

00:59:35Trading

00:59:35House.

00:59:39The next

00:59:40morning,

00:59:40I set

00:59:41out for

00:59:41the

00:59:41Sterling

00:59:42Trading

00:59:42House

00:59:42Council

00:59:43of

00:59:43Elders.

00:59:44Victor

00:59:44had

00:59:44stolen

00:59:45a

00:59:45carriage

00:59:45and

00:59:45came

00:59:46charging

00:59:46out

00:59:46from

00:59:47a

00:59:47side

00:59:47track

00:59:47on

00:59:47the

00:59:48mountain

00:59:48road.

00:59:50Go

00:59:51to

00:59:51hell,

00:59:52you

00:59:52bastard!

00:59:53Die!

00:59:54My

00:59:55carriage

00:59:55was

00:59:56shoved

00:59:56toward

00:59:56the

00:59:56cliff's

00:59:57edge.

00:59:59This

00:59:59guy,

00:59:59watch

01:00:00out!

01:00:00Liam

01:00:01came

01:00:01charging

01:00:01out

01:00:02from

01:00:02the

01:00:02side

01:00:02path

01:00:03on

01:00:03horseback,

01:00:05pulled me

01:00:06from the

01:00:06carriage,

01:00:07and was

01:00:08himself

01:00:08struck

01:00:08by

01:00:09Victor's

01:00:09oncoming

01:00:10cart and

01:00:10thrown

01:00:11violently

01:00:11through the

01:00:12air.

01:00:13door.

01:00:18I

01:00:18was

01:00:19thrown

01:00:19into

01:00:19the

01:00:19brush

01:00:20at

01:00:20the

01:00:20roadside.

01:00:22By

01:00:23the

01:00:23time I

01:00:23staggled

01:00:24to my

01:00:24feet,

01:00:25Victor

01:00:25had

01:00:25already

01:00:26fled.

01:00:27Liam

01:00:27lay

01:00:27sprawled

01:00:28across

01:00:28the

01:00:28stones,

01:00:30his

01:00:30face

01:00:31covered

01:00:31in

01:00:31blood.

01:00:34Skye,

01:00:35did I,

01:00:37did I

01:00:38save you?

01:00:38I knelt

01:00:39it beside

01:00:40him,

01:00:40looking down

01:00:41at this

01:00:41man I

01:00:42had once

01:00:42hated.

01:00:43Yes,

01:00:43you saved

01:00:44me.

01:00:45The

01:00:45sisters

01:00:46from the

01:00:46Abbey

01:00:46Infirmary

01:00:47brought

01:00:47Liam into

01:00:48the

01:00:48sick

01:00:48room.

01:00:51I

01:00:52stood

01:00:52outside

01:00:52the

01:00:52door

01:00:53holding

01:00:53a bowl

01:00:54of

01:00:54hot

01:00:54broth.

01:00:55Then

01:00:56I

01:00:56saw

01:00:56Serafina

01:00:57hurrying

01:00:57from the

01:00:58far end

01:00:58of the

01:00:58corridor.

01:00:59She

01:01:00fell

01:01:00to her

01:01:00knees

01:01:00beside

01:01:01his

01:01:01bed

01:01:01at

01:01:01the

01:01:02moment

01:01:02she

01:01:02entered.

01:01:03Liam,

01:01:04wake

01:01:04up!

01:01:05It's

01:01:06me,

01:01:06Sera!

01:01:08Skye,

01:01:09where is

01:01:10she?

01:01:12Skye

01:01:13is fine.

01:01:14She

01:01:14doesn't

01:01:14care

01:01:14about

01:01:15you.

01:01:16She's

01:01:16already

01:01:17left.

01:01:17He

01:01:18tightened

01:01:18his grip

01:01:19on

01:01:19Serafina's

01:01:19hand.

01:01:21Liam's

01:01:22eyes

01:01:22were

01:01:22closed.

01:01:23I

01:01:23stood

01:01:24outside

01:01:24the

01:01:24door

01:01:24holding

01:01:25the

01:01:25bowl

01:01:25of

01:01:25broth,

01:01:26silent

01:01:26for

01:01:27a

01:01:27moment.

01:01:27Then

01:01:28I

01:01:28turned

01:01:28around,

01:01:29set

01:01:29the

01:01:30bowl

01:01:30down

01:01:30on

01:01:30the

01:01:30stone

01:01:31ledge

01:01:31in

01:01:31the

01:01:31corridor

01:01:32and

01:01:33walked

01:01:33away.

01:01:35Three

01:01:35days

01:01:35later,

01:01:36I

01:01:36appeared

01:01:36before

01:01:37the

01:01:37council

01:01:37of

01:01:37elders

01:01:38of

01:01:38the

01:01:38Stirling

01:01:38Trading

01:01:39House,

01:01:39wrapped

01:01:40in a

01:01:40nun's

01:01:41cloak

01:01:41with

01:01:41my

01:01:41arm

01:01:41still

01:01:42banded.

01:01:43Alistair

01:01:43marched

01:01:43Victor

01:01:44in,

01:01:44bruised

01:01:45and

01:01:45bloodied,

01:01:46and laid

01:01:47out the

01:01:47evidence

01:01:48of his

01:01:48attempted

01:01:49murder

01:01:49piece

01:01:49by

01:01:50piece

01:01:50on

01:01:50the

01:01:50long

01:01:51table.

01:01:51It

01:01:52wasn't

01:01:52me!

01:01:53I

01:01:53did

01:01:53nothing!

01:01:54Victor

01:01:55Stirling,

01:01:56you

01:01:57are

01:01:57permanently

01:01:57expelled

01:01:58from

01:01:58the

01:01:58Stirling

01:01:59Trading

01:01:59House.

01:02:00Escort

01:02:01him

01:02:01to

01:02:01the

01:02:01sheriff's

01:02:01goal.

01:02:03Arthur

01:02:04sat in

01:02:04the

01:02:05corner

01:02:05and

01:02:05said

01:02:05not

01:02:06a

01:02:06single

01:02:06word

01:02:06throughout

01:02:07the

01:02:07entire

01:02:07proceeding.

01:02:08He

01:02:09merely

01:02:09trembled

01:02:10as he

01:02:10signed

01:02:11the

01:02:11last

01:02:11document.

01:02:12All

01:02:12partnership

01:02:13shares

01:02:13of

01:02:14Stirling

01:02:14firm

01:02:14are

01:02:14hereby

01:02:15fully

01:02:15entrusted

01:02:16to

01:02:16Sky

01:02:16Stirling

01:02:17for

01:02:17management.

01:02:18That

01:02:18evening,

01:02:19I

01:02:20returned

01:02:20to

01:02:20the

01:02:20infirmary.

01:02:21The

01:02:22sister

01:02:22still

01:02:22needed

01:02:23to

01:02:23finish

01:02:23my

01:02:23treatment.

01:02:24I

01:02:25leaned

01:02:25against

01:02:25the

01:02:25head

01:02:25board,

01:02:26leafing

01:02:27through

01:02:27the

01:02:27Stirling

01:02:27trading

01:02:28ledgers.

01:02:30The

01:02:31ledgers

01:02:31can

01:02:31wait

01:02:31another

01:02:32hour.

01:02:32Let

01:02:33the

01:02:33sister

01:02:33examine

01:02:34your

01:02:34wounds

01:02:34first.

01:02:35What

01:02:35are

01:02:35you

01:02:35doing

01:02:35here?

01:02:36Seeing

01:02:36you.

01:02:37And

01:02:39also...

01:02:39He

01:02:40turned

01:02:40and

01:02:40instructed

01:02:40his

01:02:41attendant

01:02:41to

01:02:41summon

01:02:41the

01:02:42sister.

01:02:42Yes,

01:02:43sir.

01:02:43I'll

01:02:43fetch

01:02:44the

01:02:44sister

01:02:44at

01:02:44once,

01:02:45while

01:02:45you

01:02:45stay

01:02:46here

01:02:46in

01:02:46Lady

01:02:47Stirling's

01:02:47room and

01:02:48attend

01:02:48to

01:02:48her

01:02:48personally.

01:02:49Her

01:02:49voice

01:02:50pitched

01:02:50neither

01:02:50loud

01:02:51nor

01:02:51soft,

01:02:51just

01:02:52exactly

01:02:52loud

01:02:52enough

01:02:53to

01:02:53carry

01:02:53down

01:02:53the

01:02:53corridor.

01:02:54You

01:02:54did

01:02:54that

01:02:55on

01:02:55purpose?

01:02:56Of

01:02:56course.

01:02:57In

01:02:57another

01:02:58sick

01:02:58room

01:02:58not

01:02:59far

01:02:59away,

01:03:00Liam lay

01:03:00in

01:03:00his

01:03:00bed.

01:03:03He

01:03:04heard

01:03:04every

01:03:05single

01:03:05word

01:03:05that

01:03:05attendant

01:03:06spoke.

01:03:07A

01:03:07moment

01:03:07later,

01:03:08the

01:03:08sound

01:03:08of a

01:03:09clay

01:03:09water

01:03:09jug

01:03:09shattering

01:03:10against

01:03:10a

01:03:10stone

01:03:11wall

01:03:11was

01:03:11loud

01:03:12enough

01:03:12to

01:03:12reach

01:03:12even

01:03:12my

01:03:13chamber.

01:03:13He's

01:03:13angry.

01:03:14I

01:03:15sat

01:03:15by

01:03:15the

01:03:15candlelight,

01:03:16folding

01:03:16a

01:03:16letter.

01:03:17On

01:03:23for

01:03:23separation

01:03:24maintenance

01:03:24and

01:03:25annulment.

01:03:26The

01:03:26next

01:03:27day,

01:03:27I

01:03:27returned

01:03:27to

01:03:28the

01:03:28sterling

01:03:28firm

01:03:28and

01:03:28found

01:03:29a

01:03:29bookkeeper's

01:03:29office

01:03:29to

01:03:30start

01:03:30working.

01:03:31Liam

01:03:32came to

01:03:32the

01:03:32door

01:03:33immediately.

01:03:35If you

01:03:35don't

01:03:35withdraw

01:03:36the

01:03:36separation

01:03:37petition,

01:03:37I'll

01:03:38have

01:03:38every

01:03:38trading

01:03:39house

01:03:39and

01:03:39freight

01:03:40guild

01:03:40in

01:03:40the

01:03:40county

01:03:40blacklist

01:03:41you.

01:03:41I

01:03:42watched

01:03:42him

01:03:42tap

01:03:42his

01:03:42walking

01:03:43stick

01:03:43on

01:03:43the

01:03:44stone

01:03:44floor

01:03:44with

01:03:44a

01:03:44loud

01:03:45thud.

01:03:45Sterling

01:03:46trading

01:03:46won't

01:03:46get

01:03:46a

01:03:47single

01:03:47order.

01:03:50You

01:03:50came

01:03:50all

01:03:51the

01:03:51way

01:03:51here

01:03:51just

01:03:51to

01:03:51say

01:03:51that?

01:03:52I

01:03:52took

01:03:53out

01:03:53a

01:03:53ledger

01:03:53from

01:03:53the

01:03:53drawer.

01:03:57You

01:03:57withdrew

01:03:58a

01:03:58large

01:03:58sum

01:03:58of

01:03:59money

01:03:59from

01:03:59the

01:03:59Kensington

01:04:00firm's

01:04:00bank

01:04:00account

01:04:01to

01:04:02buy

01:04:02a

01:04:02country

01:04:02house

01:04:03for

01:04:03Serafina.

01:04:04You

01:04:04refused

01:04:04to

01:04:05cover

01:04:05the

01:04:05cost

01:04:05of

01:04:05my

01:04:06emergency

01:04:06treatment

01:04:07at

01:04:07the

01:04:07monastery

01:04:08hospital.

01:04:09Everything

01:04:10you

01:04:10ever

01:04:10did

01:04:11to

01:04:11me

01:04:11is

01:04:11recorded

01:04:11here.

01:04:12Every

01:04:13single

01:04:13entry.

01:04:14I

01:04:14pushed

01:04:15the

01:04:15ledger

01:04:17and

01:04:17issue

01:04:17your

01:04:18black

01:04:18list.

01:04:19You

01:04:19still

01:04:19don't

01:04:20know

01:04:20who

01:04:20you're

01:04:20messing

01:04:20with.

01:04:22This

01:04:23isn't

01:04:23over.

01:04:24He

01:04:24was

01:04:24silent

01:04:25for

01:04:25a

01:04:25long

01:04:25while,

01:04:26then

01:04:26left

01:04:26those

01:04:27words

01:04:27behind

01:04:27and

01:04:28turned

01:04:28away

01:04:28on

01:04:28his

01:04:29cane.

01:04:31His

01:04:31lame

01:04:31leg

01:04:32caught

01:04:32on

01:04:32the

01:04:32threshold.

01:04:35No

01:04:36one

01:04:36helped

01:04:36him.

01:04:38His

01:04:38revenge

01:04:39came

01:04:39faster

01:04:40than

01:04:40I

01:04:40expected.

01:04:41The

01:04:41next

01:04:41day,

01:04:42the

01:04:42most

01:04:42popular

01:04:43minstrel

01:04:43under

01:04:43the

01:04:44Sterling

01:04:44Harrison

01:04:44came

01:04:45to

01:04:45me.

01:04:51No

01:04:52matter

01:04:52what

01:04:52it

01:04:52takes,

01:04:53I

01:04:53will

01:04:53terminate

01:04:54the

01:04:54contract

01:04:54with

01:04:54you.

01:04:55I

01:04:55didn't

01:04:55fight

01:04:56it.

01:04:56I

01:04:57signed

01:04:57his

01:04:57release

01:04:58without

01:04:58even

01:04:59claiming

01:04:59the

01:04:59penalty

01:04:59fee.

01:05:02Then

01:05:02I

01:05:02sent

01:05:03word

01:05:03to

01:05:03the

01:05:03countryside

01:05:04to

01:05:04find

01:05:04someone

01:05:05every

01:05:05noble

01:05:05castle

01:05:06had

01:05:06turned

01:05:06away.

01:05:07Gabriel,

01:05:08an

01:05:08indigent

01:05:08poet

01:05:09who

01:05:09had

01:05:09offended

01:05:10a

01:05:10lord

01:05:10with

01:05:10his

01:05:10satirical

01:05:11verses

01:05:11and

01:05:12had

01:05:12been

01:05:12unemployable

01:05:13ever

01:05:13since.

01:05:14Shave

01:05:15him,

01:05:16cut

01:05:16his

01:05:16hair,

01:05:19put

01:05:20him

01:05:20in a

01:05:20clean

01:05:20linen

01:05:20shirt.

01:05:21My

01:05:21lady,

01:05:23are you

01:05:23certain

01:05:24it's

01:05:24me

01:05:24you

01:05:24want?

01:05:26It

01:05:27is

01:05:27you.

01:05:28Sign

01:05:28this

01:05:28contract

01:05:29and

01:05:30sterling

01:05:30trading

01:05:30will

01:05:31pay

01:05:31for

01:05:31your

01:05:31grandmother's

01:05:32medical

01:05:32care.

01:05:35And

01:05:35you,

01:05:36you

01:05:37only

01:05:37have

01:05:38to

01:05:38sing.

01:05:39My

01:05:40waste

01:05:40quarry

01:05:40was

01:05:41no

01:05:41longer

01:05:42called

01:05:42waste.

01:05:44The

01:05:44king's

01:05:45decree

01:05:45had

01:05:45been

01:05:45issued

01:05:46the

01:05:46royal

01:05:46free

01:05:46market

01:05:47was

01:05:47officially

01:05:47open.

01:05:51Stalls

01:05:52converted

01:05:52from

01:05:53old

01:05:53mine

01:05:53carts

01:05:53lined

01:05:54the

01:05:54stone

01:05:54paved

01:05:54path

01:05:56and

01:05:56at

01:05:56the

01:05:56center

01:05:57stood

01:05:57an

01:05:57open

01:05:57air

01:05:58minstrel

01:05:58stage.

01:06:00My

01:06:00lady,

01:06:02how many

01:06:03people are

01:06:03down there?

01:06:04When

01:06:05Gabriel walked

01:06:05up with

01:06:05his loot,

01:06:06the stage

01:06:07was already

01:06:07surrounded by

01:06:08merchants and

01:06:08travelers who

01:06:09had come from

01:06:10every corner of

01:06:10the land.

01:06:11More than

01:06:11enough.

01:06:12Just sing.

01:06:14And

01:06:14the

01:06:15glory.

01:06:17Halfway

01:06:18through,

01:06:18it began

01:06:19to rain.

01:06:20Raindrops

01:06:21struck his

01:06:21strings and

01:06:22soaked his

01:06:23new clothes.

01:06:24But not a

01:06:25single person

01:06:26left.

01:06:27They

01:06:27didn't

01:06:28leave.

01:06:31I

01:06:31told you,

01:06:32just

01:06:32sing.

01:06:36With

01:06:36the flood

01:06:37of goods

01:06:37pouring in,

01:06:39the

01:06:39partnership

01:06:40shares of

01:06:41sterling trading

01:06:42doubled

01:06:42overnight.

01:06:46The

01:06:46next morning,

01:06:47a banking

01:06:48house messenger

01:06:49stood at the

01:06:49door of my

01:06:50counting room.

01:06:51My lady,

01:06:53it's Lord

01:06:53Kensington has

01:06:58requested that

01:06:59your trading

01:06:59house's credit

01:07:00be suspended.

01:07:01However,

01:07:02our banking

01:07:02house has

01:07:03reviewed the

01:07:03matter.

01:07:04Sterling

01:07:04trading's

01:07:04deposit

01:07:05agreements are

01:07:05held entirely

01:07:06independently

01:07:06from the

01:07:07Kensington

01:07:07name.

01:07:08Therefore,

01:07:09the Lombard

01:07:09Banking

01:07:10House has

01:07:10no authority

01:07:11to intervene.

01:07:12Yes,

01:07:12and we

01:07:13don't intend

01:07:13to do so.

01:07:15This is the

01:07:15official reply,

01:07:17a copy of

01:07:17which was

01:07:18delivered to

01:07:18Lord Kensington

01:07:19this morning.

01:07:20Please convey

01:07:21my gratitude

01:07:22to your

01:07:22chief steward.

01:07:24After the

01:07:24banking house

01:07:25messenger left,

01:07:26I had a feeling

01:07:27that Liam

01:07:28wouldn't give

01:07:29up.

01:07:29So,

01:07:30I must find

01:07:31a way to

01:07:31completely defeat

01:07:32him.

01:07:33When the

01:07:33Lombard

01:07:34Banking

01:07:34House sent

01:07:35another team

01:07:35of people

01:07:36the next

01:07:36day,

01:07:37I knew

01:07:37it was

01:07:38time.

01:07:39Lord

01:07:40Kensington

01:07:40let you

01:07:40come and

01:07:41negotiate

01:07:41in person.

01:07:44He wants

01:07:44me to

01:07:45come to

01:07:45the

01:07:45castle,

01:07:46so I

01:07:46changed

01:07:47into a

01:07:47plain

01:07:47dress,

01:07:48like an

01:07:48obedient

01:07:49wife,

01:07:49and returned

01:07:50to the

01:07:50castle I

01:07:51had once

01:07:51fled.

01:07:51I walked

01:07:52to the

01:07:52bookkeeper's

01:07:53office door,

01:07:54and saw

01:07:54Liam inside.

01:07:55The joint

01:07:56old debt

01:07:56guarantee

01:07:57account of

01:07:57Kensington

01:07:58and Sterling

01:07:58is not

01:07:59your personal

01:07:59account.

01:08:00You came.

01:08:01It has

01:08:01been frozen.

01:08:02You need

01:08:03to cooperate

01:08:03with me to

01:08:04thaw it.

01:08:04Of course.

01:08:06But,

01:08:06you need to

01:08:07be my

01:08:08assistant for a

01:08:09day.

01:08:09Do whatever

01:08:10I tell you.

01:08:10Is that

01:08:11all?

01:08:12Recopy all

01:08:12of last

01:08:13year's

01:08:13ledgers,

01:08:14sorted by

01:08:14month.

01:08:15The ink on

01:08:16your desk is

01:08:17running dry,

01:08:17refill it.

01:08:18When you're

01:08:19done,

01:08:20come back

01:08:20and I'll

01:08:20give you

01:08:21the next

01:08:21task.

01:08:22Fine.

01:08:22He leaned

01:08:23back in

01:08:23his chair,

01:08:24waiting for

01:08:25me to

01:08:25explode.

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