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Ten Days Before He Steals My Soul
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00:00:00Choose one to be your mate.
00:00:01None of them.
00:00:02I choose Damon, the crippled Alpha.
00:00:04I am the only direct bloodline heir of the Iron Moon pack.
00:00:08Yet, I was born a female Alpha
00:00:11who couldn't even maintain a stable wolf form.
00:00:14I spent 10 years chasing after Caelan Stone
00:00:17until one day, standing outside his bedroom door,
00:00:20I heard him swear to Vivian Moss.
00:00:23I'll mark Lyra only to secure my position.
00:00:24You're the only one I want.
00:00:26The day of my coming-of-age ceremony arrived
00:00:28when a servant screamed,
00:00:30Help! Vivian is missing!
00:00:32Then she appeared, crying, running.
00:00:35It was Lyra. She had me taken.
00:00:38My head snapped to the side.
00:00:40Silence swallowed the entire hall.
00:00:42Then he looked at me.
00:00:43I will never mark someone like you.
00:00:46Love isn't something people in our position get to negotiate.
00:00:48If everything comes down to power and survival,
00:00:51then I choose strength, not sentiment.
00:00:53Choose one to be your mate.
00:00:54One of these potential Alpha candidates
00:00:56will become the next Alpha of our pack.
00:00:59None of them.
00:01:02I choose Daemon.
00:01:04The crippled Alpha.
00:01:05I am the only direct bloodline heir of the Iron Moon pack.
00:01:09Yet, I was born a female Alpha.
00:01:12Everyone said that the five orphans my father brought back from the battlefield
00:01:16were the true future of the pack.
00:01:18He raised them into the most admired beta warriors in Iron Moon.
00:01:22As for me,
00:01:23I was nothing more than a pretty heir with noble blood
00:01:26who couldn't even maintain a stable wolf form.
00:01:29And as far as those five were concerned,
00:01:32I barely existed.
00:01:33I spent ten years chasing after Caelan Stone,
00:01:37only to earn countless looks of disdain in return.
00:01:40I used to think he treated all women that way.
00:01:42Until one day,
00:01:44standing outside his bedroom door,
00:01:46I heard him swear to Vivian Moss.
00:01:48I'll mark Lyra only to secure my position.
00:01:50You're the only mate I want.
00:01:52Maybe I've done.
00:01:54Those words shattered everything I had believed in for the past ten years.
00:02:00On the eve of the Elders' Council meeting,
00:02:02my father asked me who I wanted to choose.
00:02:04I thought of the way all five of them avoided my gaze.
00:02:07If I'm getting married, I might as well make it strategic.
00:02:11I choose Daemon Bloodfing of the Bloodfill Pack.
00:02:14Daemon was poisoned by silver five years ago.
00:02:16His legs were left paralyzed,
00:02:18and rumors say he can't even complete a mating mark anymore.
00:02:20Are you sure?
00:02:22It love isn't something people in our position get to negotiate.
00:02:26If everything comes down to power and survival,
00:02:28then I choose strength, not sentiment.
00:02:31Daemon may be crippled,
00:02:32but his bloodline, his pack, and his warriors
00:02:34still outweigh those five men combined.
00:02:36My father's expression darkened.
00:02:38You say that so easily,
00:02:39but are you telling me
00:02:40none of the five boys I raised for you ever caught your attention?
00:02:44My mother had been my father's only mate.
00:02:46She died the year I was born.
00:02:48A rogue attack.
00:02:49Too much blood loss.
00:02:50No second chance.
00:02:52After that, he never took another mate.
00:02:54But he also never fully believed a female alpha could carry Iron Moon alone.
00:02:59So he followed the council's recommendation.
00:03:01He brought back five orphaned boys from the battlefield,
00:03:04and raised them inside Iron Moon.
00:03:06He made one rule from the beginning.
00:03:08No matter who I chose,
00:03:09that man would be granted alpha status,
00:03:12meant to rule beside me,
00:03:14not beneath me.
00:03:15That was his compromise.
00:03:16Love me fiercely,
00:03:17and still not trust me enough to do it alone.
00:03:20I met his gaze.
00:03:22My bond with Damon Bloodbold doesn't require sentiment.
00:03:24It only requires succession.
00:03:27He is the sole heir of Bloodbold.
00:03:29That makes him more valuable than any arranged foster alliance you built here.
00:03:33Compared to relying on adopted sons to stabilize Iron Moon,
00:03:36an alliance with a true power pack is simply the rational choice.
00:03:41Silence stretched between us.
00:03:43If none of them were able to hold your attention,
00:03:46then there is no reason to keep them in Iron Moon.
00:03:49We left the council hall together.
00:03:50My father cast Caelan a brief, unreadable glance before walking out.
00:03:56What did you report this time?
00:04:00Let me guess.
00:04:02She ran to Alpha again because we didn't treat her like royalty.
00:04:05Princess Lyra didn't get enough attention,
00:04:07so she needed to complain?
00:04:09Orion and Riven followed with quiet snorts,
00:04:12barely even trying to hide it.
00:04:14Five voices,
00:04:15one direction,
00:04:16all aimed at me,
00:04:18like a wall closing in.
00:04:19If none of you want to mark me,
00:04:22why hasn't a single one of you ever told my father directly?
00:04:25My father didn't force bonds.
00:04:27He never had.
00:04:28One clear refusal would have been enough.
00:04:30He would have released them with wealth and freedom and never looked back.
00:04:33But none of them ever said it.
00:04:35Not once.
00:04:36Because none of them actually wanted to leave the Iron Moon pack.
00:04:40Not the future it promised.
00:04:41Stop dressing it up.
00:04:43We're just fostered wolves living in Iron Moon.
00:04:46What choice do you think we actually have?
00:04:48Just pick me if you're going to pick anyone.
00:04:50Don't drag them into your mess.
00:04:52For a second,
00:04:53the others went quiet,
00:04:54almost moved,
00:04:56like he was taking the burden of sacrifice onto himself.
00:04:59But all I felt was a slow,
00:05:01bitter weight settling in my chest.
00:05:03Nothing else.
00:05:04Then,
00:05:05Vivian showed up.
00:05:06The moment her eyes landed on me,
00:05:08she shifted back,
00:05:09instinctively,
00:05:10and slipped behind Caelan.
00:05:12She didn't do anything.
00:05:14Drop it for today.
00:05:17I stared at the door.
00:05:18Five men.
00:05:19The same five who were supposed to stand behind me.
00:05:22Now all of them stood in front of her,
00:05:25protecting her from me.
00:05:27Something in my memory snapped open.
00:05:29One year ago,
00:05:30not long after Vivian arrived at Iron Moon.
00:05:33That night,
00:05:34I carried healing broth to Caelan's quarters.
00:05:36He'd been injured during border patrol.
00:05:38He told me not to come.
00:05:39I still did.
00:05:40His door wasn't fully shut.
00:05:43Caelan,
00:05:44are you really going to mark Lyra?
00:05:48My hand froze on the doorframe.
00:05:50No.
00:05:52I won't mark her.
00:05:53My chest tightened before I even understood why.
00:05:56Then why did you agree to Alpha Ronan?
00:06:00Because that's the only way I can become Alpha of Iron Moon.
00:06:04And Lyra.
00:06:06She's just stepping stone.
00:06:08Once I take control,
00:06:09I'll send her away.
00:06:13Then what about me?
00:06:15You?
00:06:17You're the only one I want.
00:06:19Once I take Alpha,
00:06:20I'll mark you publicly.
00:06:22You'll be my Luna.
00:06:26She can't even shift right.
00:06:28Luna?
00:06:29Seriously?
00:06:31She's only valuable because of her bloodline.
00:06:35Nothing else.
00:06:37Does she actually believe
00:06:39we'd choose her?
00:06:42When she finds out,
00:06:44she's going to break.
00:06:46Like it was already decided.
00:06:48Then you won't
00:06:49lie to me,
00:06:51right?
00:06:52I swear.
00:06:55Only you.
00:06:56The bowl slipped from my hands.
00:06:58It hit the ground and shattered.
00:07:03Who's there?
00:07:04I moved into the shadow beside the doorway
00:07:06and held my breath.
00:07:08Caelan stepped out.
00:07:09His eyes dropped to the broken bowl.
00:07:11A cat.
00:07:13I stayed where I was.
00:07:15Didn't speak.
00:07:16Didn't cry.
00:07:17Didn't make a sound.
00:07:18Only when the silence settled
00:07:19did I step back.
00:07:21Into the moonlight.
00:07:22It spilled across my face
00:07:23like something too clean
00:07:24for what I was feeling.
00:07:28The next morning,
00:07:29I met Vivian in the garden.
00:07:31She was holding a bowl of flower essence,
00:07:32smiling like she had been
00:07:34waiting for me.
00:07:36Good morning, Lyra.
00:07:38Sleep well?
00:07:39Now there was ease
00:07:40in her expression.
00:07:41Confidence.
00:07:42I did.
00:07:43I did.
00:07:43She paused,
00:07:44just for a second.
00:07:46Lyra,
00:07:47this was my mother's.
00:07:48I wanted you to have it.
00:07:50Thank you
00:07:51for everything you've done for me.
00:07:53Before I could respond,
00:07:55Caelan appeared.
00:07:56You're seriously
00:07:57taking her mother's relic?
00:08:00Now?
00:08:00I froze.
00:08:02Vivian dropped instantly,
00:08:03knees to the ground.
00:08:06It wasn't Lyra.
00:08:08I gave it to her.
00:08:09Please,
00:08:10don't blame her.
00:08:11She slammed her forehead
00:08:12into the ground.
00:08:13Again.
00:08:14Blood showed almost immediately.
00:08:16Merrick arrived first.
00:08:17Then Corbin,
00:08:18Orion,
00:08:19Riven.
00:08:19Lyra!
00:08:20Enough!
00:08:22You're the heir,
00:08:23not a bully.
00:08:25You have everything.
00:08:26And you still take
00:08:27the only thing she has?
00:08:29Riven drew his dagger
00:08:31in one smooth motion.
00:08:33Apologize.
00:08:34An alpha heir
00:08:34boxed in on all sides.
00:08:36They weren't asking.
00:08:37They were pressing me down,
00:08:39forcing submission,
00:08:40forcing my neck exposed
00:08:42to an Omega
00:08:42who was clearly playing a game
00:08:44they refused to see.
00:08:46Vivian kept her head lowered,
00:08:47but I caught it anyway.
00:08:49That small,
00:08:50satisfied curve
00:08:51at the corner of her mouth.
00:08:52I didn't fight back,
00:08:53because somewhere deep down,
00:08:55there was still a stupid,
00:08:57fragile part of me
00:08:58that waited.
00:08:59Maybe Kalen would step in.
00:09:00Maybe he'd say,
00:09:02this doesn't add up.
00:09:03He didn't.
00:09:05Apologize,
00:09:05or I don't mark you.
00:09:08That line landed harder
00:09:10than anything else,
00:09:11because I had already given him
00:09:12everything I had in me.
00:09:14I couldn't afford to lose him.
00:09:16Not then.
00:09:17So I lowered my head.
00:09:18My throat burned
00:09:19as I exposed my neck.
00:09:21I'm sorry.
00:09:22And that moment,
00:09:23that single submission,
00:09:25lasted a year.
00:09:26After that day,
00:09:27Vivian changed
00:09:28how she moved around me,
00:09:29like I was something dangerous.
00:09:31Sometimes she dropped to her knees
00:09:33the moment she saw me.
00:09:34Sometimes she hid behind
00:09:35the five of them,
00:09:36shaking,
00:09:37crying on cue,
00:09:38and I did nothing.
00:09:39Once,
00:09:40she tripped in the garden,
00:09:41a shallow scrape on her knee.
00:09:43Nothing serious,
00:09:44but she ran straight to Kalen
00:09:45in tears,
00:09:46claiming I had pushed her.
00:09:48No questions asked.
00:09:49All five of them came for me.
00:09:51They tore through my quarters
00:09:52like a storm.
00:09:53Everything broken.
00:09:54Everything scattered.
00:09:56If you touch her again,
00:09:57break our wolf legs myself.
00:09:59I almost laughed.
00:10:01Wolf legs.
00:10:02I couldn't even shift properly,
00:10:04but it didn't matter.
00:10:05They believed her.
00:10:06Always her.
00:10:07The memory snapped back
00:10:09like a pulled thread.
00:10:10Vivian was still behind Kalen now,
00:10:12smiling faintly,
00:10:14like she had already won something
00:10:15no one else could see.
00:10:17If you're that afraid,
00:10:18I'll hurt her.
00:10:18You might as well leash her to your side.
00:10:20Are you threatening me?
00:10:22What are you planning to do to her?
00:10:25Let me guess.
00:10:26Now that we gave Vivian a Starfall Sanctum,
00:10:28you're finally snapping?
00:10:30You already have everything,
00:10:31and she has nothing.
00:10:33It's just Starfall Sanctum.
00:10:35Why are you acting like this is some tragedy?
00:10:38My gaze sharpened.
00:10:39Starfall Sanctum?
00:10:41Starfall Sanctum wasn't just a place.
00:10:43It was a buried lunar basin
00:10:44deep under Iron Moon territory.
00:10:46When it hit the sacred waters,
00:10:47it refracted into something
00:10:49that looked like a galaxy
00:10:50trapped underground.
00:10:51My father spent 18 years building it.
00:10:54For me, a coming-of-age gift.
00:10:57Half a year ago,
00:10:58as it neared completion,
00:10:59he handed oversight to Kalen.
00:11:01He was supposed to present it to me
00:11:03on my ceremony day.
00:11:04Instead, it never reached me.
00:11:06It went to Vivian.
00:11:08My eyes locked on Kalen.
00:11:10He was the one who controlled Final Access.
00:11:12No one entered without his approval.
00:11:14Vivian grew up on the outskirts of the pack.
00:11:16She's never seen a real night sky.
00:11:18I gave her a moment.
00:11:20That's all.
00:11:22The Sanctum is still yours on paper.
00:11:25Don't turn this into something it isn't,
00:11:27and stop making a scene.
00:11:30If it comes to it,
00:11:31I'll announce our mating bond
00:11:32at your coming-of-age ceremony next month.
00:11:34That should satisfy you enough, right?
00:11:36The way Kalen looked at me,
00:11:38calm, almost magnanimous,
00:11:41made something cold twist in my chest.
00:11:45For a second,
00:11:46I almost wondered if I was the one
00:11:48who didn't belong here.
00:11:49If anything,
00:11:50they looked at him like he was making
00:11:52some kind of noble sacrifice.
00:11:54You really don't have to go this far.
00:11:56Lyra's spoiled.
00:11:58Ruthless.
00:11:59Marking her is no different than marking
00:12:01a stone.
00:12:03At least you'll finally get
00:12:04what she's been chasing for years.
00:12:06Kalen,
00:12:07don't do this for me.
00:12:08If it helps,
00:12:09I'll kneel to her.
00:12:10I'll beg.
00:12:10I'll do anything she wants.
00:12:12I swallowed once.
00:12:13Hard.
00:12:14I won't choose you.
00:12:16Kalen's brow lifted slightly,
00:12:18like he was still deciding
00:12:19whether I was serious.
00:12:20Merrick and Corbin exchanged a look,
00:12:22like they were more afraid
00:12:23I'd choose them instead.
00:12:25That alone hit something deep
00:12:26in my chest.
00:12:27Ten years,
00:12:28standing behind them,
00:12:30and still,
00:12:30I was the only one treated
00:12:32like I didn't belong
00:12:33in the same space.
00:12:34I turned to leave.
00:12:35Vivian caught my wrist.
00:12:37Then she dropped instantly,
00:12:38knees to the ground,
00:12:40head lowered.
00:12:41Please,
00:12:42don't make this harder for Kalen.
00:12:44The five of them
00:12:45were brought into Iron Moon.
00:12:46They were never equal
00:12:47to begin with.
00:12:48If you're going to report this
00:12:49over Starfall Sanctuary,
00:12:50I'll apologize.
00:12:51I'll do whatever you want.
00:12:54Then she started bowing.
00:12:55Fast.
00:12:56Hard.
00:12:57Her forehead hit the ground
00:12:58until blood appeared.
00:13:00Kalen moved immediately.
00:13:01He pulled her up,
00:13:02jaw tight.
00:13:03So you say you won't choose me,
00:13:05but when the time comes,
00:13:06don't change your mind.
00:13:09This whole thing,
00:13:10you're just trying
00:13:11to pressure her indirectly.
00:13:13You just want an excuse
00:13:14to report her
00:13:15and force her out,
00:13:16don't you?
00:13:16I don't care what you think.
00:13:18I won't choose you.
00:13:21Kalen grabbed my wrist hard.
00:13:24Not me?
00:13:25Then who?
00:13:26Marek?
00:13:27Corbin?
00:13:28Mark wants freedom.
00:13:30Corbin wants peace.
00:13:31Haven't you already
00:13:32taken enough from them?
00:13:34If you agree to stop
00:13:35targeting Vivian,
00:13:36I'll mark you.
00:13:39Just stop this.
00:13:40That's all I'm asking.
00:13:41For the first time,
00:13:42he looked exhausted.
00:13:43Like I had been the one
00:13:45wearing him down for years.
00:13:46I held his gaze
00:13:47for a long moment,
00:13:48then said quietly,
00:13:49Everything will go
00:13:50the way you want.
00:13:51He was afraid
00:13:52I'd hurt Vivian.
00:13:53He refused to mark me.
00:13:55Fine.
00:13:56Once I became
00:13:56Damon Bloodfang's mate,
00:13:58none of this
00:13:58would matter anyway.
00:13:59The day of my
00:14:00coming-of-age ceremony
00:14:01arrived,
00:14:02Iron Moon had been
00:14:03transformed.
00:14:04Everyone knew
00:14:05why they were here.
00:14:07Not just my 18th birthday,
00:14:09my mate declaration.
00:14:11And everyone
00:14:12already knew the outcome.
00:14:14Kalen Stone.
00:14:15Because I had chased him
00:14:17for 10 years.
00:14:18Because the entire pack
00:14:20had watched it happen.
00:14:21The five of them
00:14:22stood in the front row.
00:14:23Even the guests
00:14:25looked at them
00:14:25more than they looked at me.
00:14:27Like this ceremony
00:14:28belonged to them.
00:14:30I was about to
00:14:31shut down the whispers
00:14:32when a servant screamed,
00:14:34Help!
00:14:34Vivian is missing!
00:14:35There's a note!
00:14:37She's been kidnapped!
00:14:38The shift was immediate.
00:14:41Merrick moved first.
00:14:43Before I could even turn,
00:14:45my head snapped to the side.
00:14:48Silence swallowed
00:14:49the entire hall.
00:14:50The pain landed
00:14:51a beat too late.
00:14:53Around us,
00:14:54people scattered
00:14:54instinctively.
00:14:56Kalen grabbed Merrick's arm
00:14:57before he could swing again.
00:14:59Then he looked at me.
00:15:02We already stood here
00:15:03like you're choosing
00:15:03between us,
00:15:04like we're disposable.
00:15:05And it still isn't enough!
00:15:06His voice sharpened.
00:15:08Do you want her dead?
00:15:09I stared back at him.
00:15:11Corbin looked at me
00:15:12like I was something
00:15:13contaminated.
00:15:14You waited until
00:15:15she was alone
00:15:15and staged this.
00:15:17You really think
00:15:18we won't see through it?
00:15:18That's when it clicked.
00:15:19Not confusion.
00:15:21Clarity.
00:15:22Vivian had done this
00:15:23again.
00:15:24And this time,
00:15:25she'd done it
00:15:26in front of everyone.
00:15:28No one moved
00:15:29to intervene.
00:15:30Not after I was
00:15:31slapped in public.
00:15:32Not after I stood
00:15:33there bleeding pride.
00:15:35Because they had
00:15:36already made
00:15:36their decision.
00:15:38Iron Moon wasn't
00:15:39mine in their eyes.
00:15:41Apologize.
00:15:41He let out a short,
00:15:43humorless laugh.
00:15:45Vivian nearly lost
00:15:46her innocence
00:15:47and you're worried
00:15:47about a slap?
00:15:49Then she appeared,
00:15:50crying,
00:15:51running,
00:15:52her dress torn,
00:15:54dirt stained,
00:15:55like she had barely
00:15:56escaped something violent.
00:15:58It was Lyra.
00:16:00She had me taken.
00:16:02She said she'd have
00:16:04rogue wolves
00:16:05to violate me
00:16:06so I'd never
00:16:08come back.
00:16:09The hall
00:16:10detonated.
00:16:11Whispers
00:16:12turned into outrage,
00:16:13shock
00:16:14into judgment.
00:16:16Kaylin
00:16:16didn't hesitate.
00:16:17He pulled his
00:16:18coat around her
00:16:19like she was
00:16:19something fragile
00:16:20and irreplaceable.
00:16:21Then he looked
00:16:22at me.
00:16:23You don't
00:16:24stop,
00:16:24do you?
00:16:25His voice dropped.
00:16:26I will never
00:16:27mark someone
00:16:28like you.
00:16:29The world
00:16:30below is
00:16:31a hundred times
00:16:32tougher than
00:16:33stone!
00:16:35That skinning
00:16:36knife of yours
00:16:37could never
00:16:37cut through
00:16:38the iron wall
00:16:38of the god's
00:16:39will!
00:17:19everything has a weakness.
00:17:28even the gods.
00:17:34I've lived
00:17:34for thousands
00:17:35of years
00:17:35and this is
00:17:36the first time
00:17:36a mortal
00:17:37has defeated me.
00:17:38And you've only
00:17:39trained for a mere
00:17:40dozen years.
00:17:41Master,
00:17:42I'm going down
00:17:42the mountain.
00:17:43I need to find
00:17:44my birth parents.
00:17:45The world below
00:17:46is a mire
00:17:46of divine rule.
00:17:47You bear
00:17:48no spark
00:17:49of divinity,
00:17:49no blessing
00:17:50from the gods.
00:17:51Those self-proclaimed
00:17:52noble beings
00:17:53will never accept you.
00:17:54I don't want pity
00:17:56from Olympian.
00:17:57All I seek
00:17:58is the truth.
00:17:59When I found you
00:18:00at the bottom
00:18:01of the Abyss Valley
00:18:01all those years ago,
00:18:03this ring was on you.
00:18:04Go,
00:18:05tear down
00:18:05those hypocritical figures
00:18:07perched high
00:18:07above all else.
00:18:14Agus was still
00:18:15holding back.
00:18:16Though he cannot
00:18:16wield divine power
00:18:17like those
00:18:18with a divine spark,
00:18:19he still carries
00:18:20the pure blood
00:18:21of a titan.
00:18:21Blood unseen
00:18:22in millennia.
00:18:24No one in this world
00:18:24will ever be able
00:18:25to defeat him.
00:18:32Father,
00:18:33mother,
00:18:35how do I find you?
00:18:44Princess Ellara,
00:18:45there's nowhere
00:18:46left for you to run.
00:18:47Princess?
00:18:48You'd go so far
00:18:49as to wipe out
00:18:50the heirs
00:18:50of other bloodlines.
00:18:51For what?
00:18:52Just to force more people
00:18:54to serve the god of war?
00:18:55Your actions
00:18:56bring nothing
00:18:57but shame to Eres.
00:18:58The Zeus you worship
00:18:59is powerless.
00:19:00Sparta's throne
00:19:00deserves a new ruler.
00:19:02Our leader!
00:19:06You're still here.
00:19:07You want to die
00:19:08or what?
00:19:09This is a feud
00:19:10between our houses.
00:19:11Don't rag an innocent
00:19:11bystander into it.
00:19:12Let him leave.
00:19:13Just a lowly Majerus.
00:19:15No one will care
00:19:15if he dies.
00:19:17Though you,
00:19:18Princess,
00:19:19I've always wondered
00:19:20what it would be like
00:19:20to have you.
00:19:23I'll hold them off!
00:19:24Run while you can!
00:19:39Now it's your turn.
00:20:01Did you
00:20:02save me?
00:20:04Princess,
00:20:05you're awake.
00:20:07Those soldiers,
00:20:08the Eres Seelits,
00:20:10did they hurt you?
00:20:11No.
00:20:12Thank the gods,
00:20:13but you are immortal.
00:20:15How were you able
00:20:16to rescue me
00:20:17from foes wielding
00:20:18a god's blessing?
00:20:21Remember this.
00:20:22The pure blood
00:20:23of a titan
00:20:24runs through your veins.
00:20:26Until you are strong enough
00:20:27to stand against Olympus,
00:20:29you must guard
00:20:31this knowledge.
00:20:31The beach!
00:20:32Otherwise,
00:20:33the gods will
00:20:34hunt you down
00:20:35and destroy you.
00:20:39I've lived on
00:20:40Mount Pelia
00:20:41my whole life,
00:20:41since I was born
00:20:42without a divine spark.
00:20:43I worked as a ritual skinner
00:20:45at the temple for years.
00:20:46I'm far stronger
00:20:47and more agile
00:20:47than ordinary men.
00:20:48The chaos that broke out
00:20:50from the fight
00:20:50was enough to slip out
00:20:51with you unnoticed.
00:20:52I see.
00:20:54May the gods
00:20:54watch over you.
00:21:06We've never met before,
00:21:07so why do I feel
00:21:08such a strange sense
00:21:09of closeness
00:21:10to this princess?
00:21:10If father hadn't cast
00:21:11my younger brother
00:21:12into the abyss
00:21:13all those years ago,
00:21:14he would be about
00:21:15this tall now.
00:21:18Princess,
00:21:19where will you go next?
00:21:20Back to
00:21:21the royal palace
00:21:23in Sparta.
00:21:27Lord Zeus,
00:21:28if my child
00:21:30still walks this earth,
00:21:32please protect him
00:21:33and keep him safe.
00:21:35If punishment
00:21:36must fall,
00:21:37let it fall on me,
00:21:39this worthless mother.
00:21:42A god forsaken
00:21:43outcast without
00:21:44a divine spark?
00:21:46Lycaon!
00:21:47He died in the abyss
00:21:48long ago.
00:21:49Why do you still grieve
00:21:51for him after all
00:21:52these years?
00:21:52Sparta prides itself
00:21:54on the gods' favor!
00:21:55If other city-sheds
00:21:56learn I fathered
00:21:57a useless son,
00:21:58lacking divine grace.
00:22:00How could I ever
00:22:01hold my head high
00:22:02as a ruler of Greece?
00:22:04My lord!
00:22:05Your majesty!
00:22:06Princess Alara
00:22:07has returned!
00:22:08Alara!
00:22:15Thank you for saving
00:22:16my daughter,
00:22:17young man.
00:22:17No need.
00:22:18I was just passing by,
00:22:20nothing more.
00:22:22A lowly temple
00:22:23Magimus,
00:22:24leaving his temple
00:22:25and coming to Sparta.
00:22:26What precisely
00:22:27brings you here?
00:22:29I'm searching
00:22:29for my birth parents.
00:22:32I don't know
00:22:32who they are.
00:22:34I only have this.
00:22:37I hope to find answers
00:22:38through this ring.
00:22:51My child,
00:22:53this ring holds
00:22:54fragments of
00:22:55Lock of Prometheus.
00:22:56It hides your aura.
00:22:58Grow up safe and sound,
00:23:00my little one.
00:23:03You've done well,
00:23:04Hecara.
00:23:06Let me feel
00:23:07the blessed radiance
00:23:08Olympus has bestowed
00:23:09upon our firstborn son.
00:23:18Not only has Zeus
00:23:19refused to bless him,
00:23:21he doesn't even
00:23:22have a divine spark!
00:23:24I can't.
00:23:25Sparta will never tolerate
00:23:26such a godforsaken
00:23:27abomination.
00:23:28If word spreads,
00:23:29our city will be
00:23:29mocked and destroyed.
00:23:30Cast him into the abyss.
00:23:31Tell everyone
00:23:31the child died at birth.
00:23:32No!
00:23:33My baby!
00:23:34Why don't you come?
00:23:35He didn't break!
00:23:38This is the ring
00:23:39I used to seal
00:23:40as his era.
00:23:41My child.
00:23:42The son I thought
00:23:44lost to the ababyss.
00:23:46He's alive.
00:23:51Ha ha!
00:23:52Young man,
00:23:53you saved
00:23:54Princess Ellara.
00:23:55The house of Sparta
00:23:57owes you a debt.
00:23:58We shall aid you
00:23:59in your search
00:23:59for your birth family.
00:24:01Stay as our guest
00:24:02in the palace
00:24:02for a few days.
00:24:04Very well.
00:24:08The queen's reaction
00:24:09was far too strange
00:24:10the moment I showed the ring.
00:24:11Why do I feel
00:24:12such a pull towards her?
00:24:13Could it be she knows
00:24:14who I am?
00:24:17This ring holds fragments
00:24:20of lock of Prometheus.
00:24:22I sealed them inside
00:24:23with my own hands.
00:24:25I could never be mistaken.
00:24:27He is the son
00:24:27we cast into the abyss.
00:24:29Why won't you let me
00:24:30acknowledge him?
00:24:32That Majakos?
00:24:33He's my brother?
00:24:35Silence!
00:24:36He was abandoned
00:24:37the moment he was born
00:24:38without a divine spark.
00:24:39Sparta pride self
00:24:40on being favored
00:24:41by the gods.
00:24:42If the deities
00:24:43and other city-states
00:24:44learn my son
00:24:44is not just a Megarius
00:24:46but also lacks
00:24:47a divine spark
00:24:48how could I uphold
00:24:50Sparta's rule
00:24:51and our family's reputation?
00:24:57Mark my words.
00:24:58No matter what happens
00:25:00you will never
00:25:01acknowledge him.
00:25:02If you do
00:25:03I'll charge you both
00:25:04for saccharinge
00:25:04and cast you out
00:25:05of Sparta forever.
00:25:19This sacred monument
00:25:20was carved
00:25:21from divine stone
00:25:21sent by none other
00:25:22than Zeus himself.
00:25:23In all of Greece
00:25:24there has only been
00:25:25one warrior
00:25:26to have left his mark
00:25:27on its blessed surface.
00:25:28That was Athena's chosen.
00:25:29Timmyos!
00:25:32We should be praying
00:25:33to the gods
00:25:33for more power
00:25:34instead of acting
00:25:35like certain
00:25:36lowly commoners.
00:25:41You lowly Magaris
00:25:44what could you
00:25:45possibly know
00:25:46of battle?
00:25:46I only know
00:25:47how to flay carcasses
00:25:48not fight.
00:25:51I thought as much.
00:25:53A mortal
00:25:53without so much
00:25:54as a trace
00:25:55of a divine spark
00:25:56Ants Roroas Nush
00:25:57thinks himself
00:25:58grand
00:25:59just from skinning
00:26:00a few beasts.
00:26:03let me warn you
00:26:04you got lucky
00:26:05that night
00:26:06don't think
00:26:07you'll be able
00:26:07to leech off
00:26:08of the king
00:26:08and queen
00:26:08just because
00:26:09you saved
00:26:10the princess.
00:26:10You're nothing
00:26:11but a stinking
00:26:12worthless nobody
00:26:13worlds apart
00:26:14from warriors
00:26:14blessed with divine
00:26:15power.
00:26:16Know your place
00:26:16and crawl back
00:26:17to your temple.
00:26:20Move!
00:26:26Master Chidon
00:26:26was right
00:26:28Those lofty
00:26:29champions
00:26:30of divine
00:26:30rule
00:26:30are nothing
00:26:31but fools
00:26:32cloaked in
00:26:32hypocrisy
00:26:33and arrogance
00:26:37Zeus' blessing
00:26:38is it truly
00:26:40as unbreakable
00:26:41as they claim?
00:27:09Ares worshippers
00:27:11from the city
00:27:12state of Argo
00:27:12watch us
00:27:13greedily caviting
00:27:14our title
00:27:14as Greece's
00:27:15mightiest
00:27:16warrior state
00:27:17they will likely
00:27:18come to challenge
00:27:18us before long
00:27:27My lord
00:27:28the sacred monument
00:27:33How could the monument
00:27:34end up like this?
00:27:38The god is perfectly
00:27:39even
00:27:40it was split
00:27:41clean
00:27:41with a single
00:27:42blade strike
00:27:43Even the great
00:27:44Timaeus
00:27:44could only
00:27:45leave a half
00:27:45centimetre mark
00:27:46on this monument
00:27:47Whoever split it
00:27:48in two
00:27:49wields power
00:27:49far surpassing
00:27:50the peak
00:27:51of divine blessings
00:27:52My lord
00:27:52if we could
00:27:53gain the aid
00:27:54of such a mighty
00:27:54figure
00:27:55we would have
00:27:55nothing to fear
00:27:56from those
00:27:56who worship
00:27:57Ares
00:27:57Sparta could
00:27:58rise to glory
00:27:58once more
00:27:59and hold fast
00:27:59to our title
00:28:00as Greece's
00:28:00greatest power
00:28:01Aye
00:28:01but who in the
00:28:03world could
00:28:03this be?
00:28:05Only Agus
00:28:05came near the monument
00:28:06today
00:28:07Could it have been him?
00:28:21Agus
00:28:23I had this armour
00:28:24made for you
00:28:25Try it on
00:28:26and see if it fits
00:28:29Thank you
00:28:29your majesty
00:28:30Put it on quickly
00:28:34My dear son
00:28:35has grown into
00:28:36a noble
00:28:37towering warrior
00:28:48What's happening?
00:28:50The reapers
00:28:51of Ares
00:28:52have come for us
00:29:03An Birds
00:29:05Ares
00:29:06That looks
00:29:07a degree
00:29:07Good
00:29:08활동
00:29:21a Down
00:29:31Haggis, why are you still here?
00:29:33You cannot wield divine power.
00:29:35Leave!
00:29:36At once, before you're dragged into this!
00:29:38A worthless Majarchius of sacrificial beasts
00:29:41dares intrude on a battle of the god-blessed?
00:29:54Surrender your title as Greece's mightiest warrior state
00:29:57or none of you will leave this square alive!
00:30:02Creons, you're but a youth.
00:30:06How dare you lead an invasion into Sparta's royal city?
00:30:10Did your father teach you nothing of divine authority?
00:30:14Divine authority.
00:30:50Zeus' blessings are nothing but a hollow pretense.
00:30:52Lord Aerys' power is the true sovereignty!
00:31:17Father!
00:31:28Monster!
00:31:30Get away from my father!
00:31:43Now it's my turn.
00:31:54Today, every last Spartan here dies.
00:32:02Ilaran!
00:32:02No!
00:32:06Run!
00:32:08I'll hold him off!
00:32:10Haggis!
00:32:11My son!
00:32:12Run!
00:32:15The queen is my mother.
00:32:19My greatest sin in life was abandoning you at birth.
00:32:22Simply because you didn't have a divine spark
00:32:24forced to yield to divine rule.
00:32:27But to see you grow into such a brave warrior before I die,
00:32:30I have no regrets.
00:32:31My own mother would sacrifice herself just to let me escape.
00:32:38Aggis!
00:32:38Aggis!
00:32:39My brother!
00:32:40Sparta's ruin is not your burden.
00:32:42Without the god's blessing, you cannot stand against him.
00:32:46Aggis!
00:32:47Aggis!
00:32:49Aggis!
00:32:49Aggis!
00:32:49Aggis!
00:32:50Aggis!
00:32:50Aggis!
00:33:01Aggis!
00:33:03Aggis!
00:33:05Aggis!
00:33:08Aggis!
00:33:22Aggis!
00:33:27Let's get divorced.
00:33:29I'd rather leave without taking any property.
00:33:31Settle your gambling debts on your own.
00:33:32Don't drag me into this mess.
00:33:34I kept explaining that it was Timmy Lynch who had lost money betting on underdog matches,
00:33:38but she refused to listen.
00:33:39It's Timmy Lynch who owes the money, not me.
00:33:43You want to trick my daughter into pay your debts,
00:33:46and you even dare to slander my son?
00:33:48Celia Lynch, divorce him at once!
00:33:50She then laid all her cards on the table.
00:33:52To tell you the truth, Celia Lynch is pregnant.
00:33:56The child's father is one of your...
00:33:58...your place and sign the divorce agreement right now.
00:34:01I was utterly stunned.
00:34:02Just last night, I won a 100 million USA prizes from football bets.
00:34:05I had even planned to help Timmy Lynch pay off his debt,
00:34:07yet things had suddenly come to a head over a divorce.
00:34:10Very well.
00:34:10Let them handle this dug debt on their own.
00:34:12Meet me at the courthouse at 9 tomorrow morning.
00:34:14Anyone who doesn't show up is a coward.
00:34:19Now that the creditors had come knocking,
00:34:21the two women shamelessly tried to force me to take on the debt.
00:34:24Celia Lynch froze for a moment,
00:34:26clearly not expecting me to agree so readily.
00:34:28In her eyes, I was just a pathetic man
00:34:30scraping by on a small lottery shop.
00:34:32She had assumed I would drop to my knees
00:34:34and beg the second she brought up divorce.
00:34:37Her face twisted with scorn.
00:34:40Don't put on a brave front.
00:34:42Do you really think a divorce will get you out of this mess?
00:34:50She pulled out a pen and paper from under the coffee table,
00:34:53speaking in a stern tone.
00:34:55Sign this debt liability document.
00:34:59State clearly in black and white
00:35:01that the 100 million U.S. dollars in gambling debts
00:35:04are solely the responsibility of Zach Lorenz
00:35:06and Celia bears no liability whatsoever.
00:35:09I glanced at the paper and thought it was completely ridiculous.
00:35:13He recklessly bet 50 million U.S. dollars,
00:35:15backing the underdog Sherdrum team to beat the Acontia team.
00:35:18Unsurprisingly, he lost every penny
00:35:20and ended up drowning in massive debt.
00:35:22Now that the creditors had come knocking,
00:35:24the two women shamelessly tried to force me to take on the debt.
00:35:26I crumpled the paper into a ball
00:35:28and tossed it into the trash can
00:35:30and retorting coldly,
00:35:31Your brother is the debtor.
00:35:32Go collect the money from him.
00:35:35I agree to a divorce,
00:35:37but I will never take the blame for his mistakes.
00:35:40Do you want to bring disaster upon the whole family?
00:35:44Celia hurried over
00:35:45and dug her well-groomed nails hard into my arm.
00:35:50She shouted furiously.
00:35:52Timmy is steady and sensible.
00:35:55He would never gamble.
00:35:56You're the one who keeps company with gamblers
00:35:58and ran up a debt of over a hundred million.
00:36:00Do you want to bring disaster upon the whole family?
00:36:05I stared coldly at her hysterical look.
00:36:11We had been married for three years.
00:36:13I toiled from dawn till dusk in my shop
00:36:16less than two hundred square meters
00:36:17and handed over every penny I earned to her.
00:36:22Yet she spent my hard-earned money
00:36:24buying luxury items for Edwin.
00:36:26Worse still,
00:36:27she was pregnant with his child.
00:36:31I slowly plied her fingers off.
00:36:37My tone was so calm
00:36:39that even I felt astonished.
00:36:42You can go ask Timmy
00:36:44whether he is really as well-beating as you believe.
00:36:47I agree to the divorce.
00:36:48I'll let you be with Edwin.
00:36:57You lowly nobody.
00:36:59Just wait until Edwin shows up.
00:37:01I'll see how arrogant you can be then.
00:37:06Errol stormed into the bedroom
00:37:07and began smashing things frantically.
00:37:11You won't sign, will you?
00:37:13Then I'll go cause trouble at your shabby shop
00:37:15and put an end to your business!
00:37:19She grabbed her Hermes handbag
00:37:21and walked straight out the door.
00:37:23Celia followed closely behind,
00:37:25sneering with contempt in her eyes.
00:37:30You lowly nobody.
00:37:31Just wait until Edwin shows up.
00:37:33I'll see how arrogant you can be then.
00:37:37The two slammed the door
00:37:39and left in anger.
00:37:40I took a deep breath
00:37:42as I looked around the messy living room.
00:37:49Just then, my phone vibrated.
00:37:51A message from the lottery center
00:37:53reminded me to keep the winning ticket
00:37:54worth 120 million US dollars safe
00:37:57and to the city center
00:37:58to claim the prize as soon as Pucetly.
00:38:00I touched the lottery ticket
00:38:02hidden close to my body.
00:38:08Since you've dug your own graves,
00:38:10don't blame me for letting things run their course.
00:38:16The owner of this shop
00:38:18gambles illegally
00:38:19and owes hundreds of millions
00:38:20in loan shark debts!
00:38:26Zack had just arrived
00:38:27around the corner by taxi
00:38:28when loud shouting
00:38:29and abuse
00:38:29assaulted his ears.
00:38:31Mariel Unley
00:38:32stood at the shop entrance
00:38:33with a megaphone,
00:38:34shouting for all to hear.
00:38:36Come one, come all!
00:38:38The owner of this shop
00:38:39gambles illegally
00:38:40and owes hundreds of millions
00:38:41in loan shark debts!
00:38:43He'll even drag his wife
00:38:44and child down with him!
00:38:48Regular customers
00:38:49who were checking
00:38:49the lottery results inside
00:38:50were utterly shocked.
00:38:51They gathered at the door,
00:38:53whispering and pointing.
00:38:54I never thought
00:38:55he'd be someone like this.
00:39:00Eyes glistening
00:39:02with feigned tears,
00:39:03Celia Lynch
00:39:04held up her phone
00:39:05to start a live stream,
00:39:06putting on a wronged expression
00:39:07for the camera.
00:39:12Hello, everyone!
00:39:14This is my cold-hearted
00:39:15ex-husband!
00:39:18I chose to leave with nothing
00:39:20just to end our marriage.
00:39:31I pushed through the crowd
00:39:33and strode into the shop.
00:39:37I won't let you get away with this
00:39:40unless you pay the money
00:39:42today!
00:39:44Stop causing trouble
00:39:45in my shop.
00:39:48instead of backing down,
00:39:50Meryl grew even more reckless
00:39:51when she saw me.
00:39:59I won't let you get away with this
00:40:02unless you pay the money
00:40:04today!
00:40:05Today!
00:40:07As it happens,
00:40:09I have matters to settle
00:40:10with you two as well.
00:40:14I pulled the receipt
00:40:16for the TV
00:40:16out of my wallet.
00:40:25This television
00:40:26costs 800 US dollars.
00:40:29I will call the police
00:40:30and demand full compensation
00:40:32from you.
00:40:37Hundreds of millions
00:40:38in debt!
00:40:39He'll probably end up
00:40:40rotting in prison
00:40:42for the rest of his life!
00:40:49Go ahead and call the police!
00:40:50You owe hundreds of millions
00:40:52to loanharks!
00:40:53And they'll arrest you!
00:40:55The fraudners
00:40:55the second they show up!
00:40:57She planted her hands
00:40:58on her hisps,
00:40:59turned to the onlookers,
00:41:01and raised her voice.
00:41:04Everyone!
00:41:05Be the judge!
00:41:09This man lost hundreds
00:41:10of millions
00:41:11on sports betting,
00:41:12yet now he tries
00:41:13to extort
00:41:14800 dollars
00:41:15from me
00:41:15for damages!
00:41:16A cold-blooded scoundrel
00:41:19like him
00:41:19deserves his come-up pin!
00:41:21Murmurs broke out
00:41:22among the crowd.
00:41:23Several elderly regulars
00:41:24who often bought
00:41:25lottery tickets here
00:41:26stared at me doubtfully.
00:41:27He always seemed
00:41:28honest enough.
00:41:30I never thought
00:41:31he'd be such
00:41:32a reckless gambler.
00:41:34Hundreds of millions
00:41:35in debt!
00:41:35He'll probably end up
00:41:37rotting in prison
00:41:38for the rest of his life!
00:41:49Celia held up her phone,
00:41:52aiming the camera
00:41:53straight at me.
00:41:59The child you carry
00:42:00is Edwin's.
00:42:01If you can't stand
00:42:02the hardship,
00:42:03go to him.
00:42:04Why put on a show
00:42:05in my shop?
00:42:05Comments flooded
00:42:06the livestream rapidly,
00:42:08with Netsits
00:42:08jurling insults
00:42:09and trashing me
00:42:10relentlessly.
00:42:12Celia spoke in a tearful
00:42:14voice.
00:42:17Zach, if you sign
00:42:18the debt agreement
00:42:19and admit this is
00:42:19your personal liability,
00:42:21I'll leave at once
00:42:21and never bother you
00:42:22again!
00:42:23As she spoke,
00:42:24the stream was soon
00:42:26filled with sympathetic
00:42:27comments and GIFs.
00:42:29Watching her clumsy,
00:42:30hypocritical act,
00:42:31I snired coldly.
00:42:33The child you carry
00:42:34is Edwin's.
00:42:35If you can't stand
00:42:36the hardship,
00:42:36go to him.
00:42:37Why put on a show
00:42:38in my shop?
00:42:41My voice was quiet
00:42:43yet clear enough
00:42:43for everyone present
00:42:44and all viewers
00:42:45online to hear.
00:42:48The noisy crowd
00:42:50fell dead silent
00:42:51for a moment,
00:42:51then broke
00:42:52into louder murmurs.
00:42:54Celia froze on the spot,
00:42:56panic flashing
00:42:57across her eyes.
00:43:07Zach!
00:43:08What's going on?
00:43:10Why is everything
00:43:11in such a mess here?
00:43:20Celia quickly
00:43:21composed herself,
00:43:23tears streaming
00:43:24down her cheek.
00:43:28You lack ability yourself
00:43:30yet you forcefully
00:43:31accuse me
00:43:31out of nowhere!
00:43:40Enraged by her words,
00:43:42Meryl charged forward
00:43:43and grabbed at my clothes.
00:43:46You heartless brute!
00:43:49You got your own issues
00:43:52and still you dare
00:43:54to deface my daughter!
00:43:59Just then,
00:44:00an anxious voice rang out
00:44:02from beyond the crowd.
00:44:05Zach!
00:44:06What's going on?
00:44:07Why is everything
00:44:09in such a mess here?
00:44:11What?
00:44:15I spun around
00:44:16and saw my mother Darla
00:44:17pushing her way
00:44:18through the crowd
00:44:18with difficulty.
00:44:19A thermal container
00:44:20in her hand.
00:44:24In-law!
00:44:26Just look at what
00:44:27your son has done!
00:44:30She had gone
00:44:31to the hospital
00:44:32for a blood pressure
00:44:32check today
00:44:33and dropped by the shop
00:44:34on her way back
00:44:35with some homemade soup.
00:44:40Stepping inside
00:44:41and seeing the total mess
00:44:42with the broken television
00:44:44lying on the floor,
00:44:45Mother's hands
00:44:46shook uncontrollably.
00:44:54Dear in-law,
00:44:55you can resolve disputes
00:44:57through discussion.
00:44:58How could you
00:45:00bandish other
00:45:00race property
00:45:01like this?
00:45:02She hurried forward
00:45:03to pull Meryl aside.
00:45:06Burning with rage
00:45:07and eager to vent
00:45:08her anger,
00:45:09Meryl roughly shook
00:45:09off her hand
00:45:10and smeared.
00:45:19In-law!
00:45:20Just look at what
00:45:21your son has done!
00:45:23He's run up
00:45:24massive gambling debts
00:45:25and now tries
00:45:26to drag my daughter
00:45:27into paying
00:45:29them off!
00:45:33Mother turned
00:45:34deathly pale at once.
00:45:36What?
00:45:37Hundreds of millions
00:45:39in debt?
00:45:41Zack,
00:45:42what on earth
00:45:42is going on?
00:45:44Let me tell you
00:45:46the truth,
00:45:47old woman.
00:45:48This child
00:45:49isn't your sons
00:45:50at all.
00:45:51I supported
00:45:52my mother
00:45:53and explained
00:45:54in a low voice.
00:45:56Mom,
00:45:57don't listen
00:45:58to her nonsense.
00:45:59The debt
00:45:59was incurred
00:46:00by Timmy.
00:46:01It's nothing
00:46:01to lease with me.
00:46:06Everyone
00:46:06take a good look.
00:46:08This
00:46:08is the gambler's
00:46:09mother.
00:46:14Zack would
00:46:14never gamble.
00:46:16You're pregnant,
00:46:16so don't get upset.
00:46:18Let's talk this
00:46:18over calmly.
00:46:20soft-hearted
00:46:21as ever,
00:46:22she still
00:46:23cared about
00:46:23the unborn
00:46:24child.
00:46:26A malicious
00:46:27smirk tugged
00:46:28at Celia's
00:46:29lips.
00:46:29She leaned
00:46:30close to
00:46:31my mother's
00:46:31ear
00:46:32and spoke
00:46:33slowly.
00:46:34Let me tell
00:46:34you the truth,
00:46:36old woman.
00:46:37This child
00:46:38isn't your sons
00:46:39at all.
00:46:40It belongs
00:46:41to his friend
00:46:42Edwin.
00:46:43Your family line
00:46:44ends here.
00:46:45My mother's
00:46:46eyes widened.
00:46:47Mom!
00:46:53Mom!
00:46:55Call an ambulance
00:46:56right away!
00:47:04You all
00:47:05witnessed this.
00:47:06Their whole
00:47:07family is
00:47:08staging a
00:47:23Honey,
00:47:23I'll defend
00:47:24you.
00:47:26We used
00:47:26to be friends
00:47:27after all.
00:47:28Take this
00:47:28money for
00:47:29your mother's
00:47:29medical
00:47:29capement.
00:47:30The rest
00:47:31is for
00:47:31milk petter
00:47:32for Celia's
00:47:32unborn child.
00:47:36Step aside!
00:47:37Everyone move
00:47:37back!
00:47:45the bank
00:47:45coats hit me
00:47:46hard in the
00:47:46face and
00:47:47scattered into
00:47:48the spilled
00:47:48soup on the
00:47:49floor, soon
00:47:49covered in
00:47:50greasy stains.
00:47:51I stared
00:47:52firmly at
00:47:52Edwin Grant's
00:47:53insolent face.
00:47:57Cutting
00:47:58through the
00:47:58bustle of
00:47:58the street.
00:48:04Step aside!
00:48:05Everyone move
00:48:06back!
00:48:15treat my
00:48:15mother
00:48:16immediately.
00:48:19As the
00:48:19door slid
00:48:20shut, I
00:48:20caught sight
00:48:21through the
00:48:21window of
00:48:22Edwin Grant
00:48:22Grant, throwing
00:48:23a victory sign
00:48:24towards the
00:48:25live stream
00:48:25camera, while
00:48:26Celia Lynch
00:48:27leaned against
00:48:27his chest
00:48:28with a
00:48:28triumphant
00:48:29smile on
00:48:29her face.
00:48:31$20,000.
00:48:35$20,000.
00:48:41The patient
00:48:42has suffered
00:48:42a severe
00:48:43cerebral
00:48:43hemorrhage
00:48:43and needs
00:48:44an immediate
00:48:44craniotomy.
00:48:45A deposit
00:48:46of $20,000
00:48:46must be paid
00:48:47first.
00:49:04$20,000.
00:49:15$20,000.
00:49:17All my
00:49:18savings were
00:49:18kept by
00:49:19Celia Lynch.
00:49:19She had
00:49:20even secretly
00:49:20changed the
00:49:21password of
00:49:21the bank
00:49:22card for
00:49:22monthly business
00:49:23revenue.
00:49:24Right then,
00:49:25apart from the
00:49:25winning lottery
00:49:26ticket worth
00:49:26$120 million
00:49:27hidden close to
00:49:28my body,
00:49:29I did not
00:49:29even have
00:49:30$200 on
00:49:30me.
00:49:31The prize
00:49:31claim process
00:49:32would take
00:49:32time.
00:49:33Even if
00:49:33everything went
00:49:34as fast as
00:49:34possible,
00:49:35the money
00:49:35would not
00:49:35arrive until
00:49:36the next
00:49:36day.
00:49:40Uncle Will,
00:49:40my mother
00:49:41has suddenly
00:49:41suffered a
00:49:42cerebral
00:49:42hemorrhage.
00:49:44I need
00:49:44$20,000
00:49:45for her
00:49:45surgery.
00:49:46Right away.
00:49:47You could
00:49:47lend me the
00:49:48money to
00:49:48truck me
00:49:48over.
00:49:50I really
00:49:51can't lend
00:49:51you any
00:49:51money.
00:49:56Zach
00:49:56Lawrence,
00:49:57it's not
00:49:57that I
00:49:58don't want
00:49:58to help.
00:50:04Celia Lynch
00:50:05just said in
00:50:05her live
00:50:06stream that
00:50:06you owe
00:50:06hundreds of
00:50:07millions in
00:50:08gambling debts.
00:50:08Our small
00:50:09sum of
00:50:10money won't
00:50:10make any
00:50:10difference.
00:50:11You'd
00:50:12better figure
00:50:12this out
00:50:12on your
00:50:13own.
00:50:19I've heard
00:50:20what happened.
00:50:20Let's cut
00:50:21off all
00:50:21contact.
00:50:25I really
00:50:26can't lend
00:50:26you any
00:50:26money.
00:50:30Our family
00:50:30disowns a
00:50:31disgrace like
00:50:32you.
00:50:33Celia
00:50:34Lynch's
00:50:34live stream
00:50:35had not
00:50:35only ruined
00:50:36my reputation
00:50:36but also
00:50:38completely
00:50:38severed all
00:50:39my connections
00:50:40and ways
00:50:40out.
00:50:43Desperate
00:50:44and cornered,
00:50:45I was about
00:50:45to swallow
00:50:46my pride and
00:50:46turn to
00:50:47loan sharks
00:50:51when the
00:50:51click of
00:50:52high heels
00:50:52echoed from
00:50:53the end of
00:50:53the corridor.
00:51:01Hey!
00:51:02What are you
00:51:03doing?
00:51:11I already gave you
00:51:12a fresh one.
00:51:12How could you
00:51:13eat a hot dog
00:51:13off the ground?
00:51:15I just...
00:51:16Don't stop me!
00:51:18Lucas.
00:51:22That's my
00:51:23mother.
00:51:24She suffered
00:51:24head trauma
00:51:25and lost all
00:51:26her memories
00:51:26after getting
00:51:27hurt.
00:51:28She hasn't
00:51:29eaten in days.
00:51:30She's really
00:51:30hungry.
00:51:35Dan,
00:51:36pull over.
00:51:37Boss,
00:51:37what's wrong?
00:51:38He might need
00:51:38help.
00:51:39Let's go
00:51:39take a look.
00:51:43Why didn't
00:51:43you just say
00:51:44so, kid?
00:51:44I'll go make
00:51:45another one
00:51:45for you.
00:51:46Sir,
00:51:46I already
00:51:47got one
00:51:47for free.
00:51:48I just
00:51:48can't take
00:51:49more.
00:51:51What a
00:51:51sweet kid.
00:51:53Just breaks
00:51:53my heart.
00:51:56Yeah.
00:51:57No idea
00:51:58who his dad
00:51:58is.
00:51:59What kind
00:51:59of heartless
00:52:00bastard just
00:52:01walks out on
00:52:01a kid and
00:52:02his mom like
00:52:02that?
00:52:03Here.
00:52:04Take this.
00:52:05Make sure
00:52:05you eat,
00:52:06okay?
00:52:06You're still
00:52:07just a kid.
00:52:07Here.
00:52:08Take it.
00:52:09Don't feel
00:52:10bad,
00:52:10okay?
00:52:11Just stay
00:52:11strong and
00:52:12pay it forward
00:52:13when you
00:52:13can.
00:52:21I promise
00:52:21I'll repay
00:52:22you.
00:52:25Go on,
00:52:26go find
00:52:26your mom.
00:52:45let's go,
00:52:45come on,
00:52:49come on,
00:52:50Arthur.
00:52:52Wait.
00:52:58Can I help
00:52:59you,
00:52:59sir?
00:53:11The man standing
00:53:12in front of you
00:53:12is Alexander
00:53:13Clark.
00:53:14You guys are
00:53:14lucky today.
00:53:24Why does she
00:53:25look so familiar?
00:53:33I know you.
00:53:34I know you.
00:53:35Alexander.
00:53:35You're
00:53:36Alexander.
00:53:39Who doesn't
00:53:40know Alexander
00:53:41Clark?
00:53:42You're just
00:53:43pretending to be
00:53:43crazy to get
00:53:44money,
00:53:45aren't you?
00:53:45Mom!
00:53:47Cinda,
00:53:47what are you
00:53:48doing here?
00:53:49Saw your car
00:53:50while I was
00:53:51shopping,
00:53:51so I thought,
00:53:53why not say
00:53:53hi?
00:53:54Hi.
00:53:55Hi.
00:53:58Eww,
00:53:59woman like
00:54:00her.
00:54:00Filthy,
00:54:01trashy,
00:54:02no-buns.
00:54:03They don't
00:54:03deserve your
00:54:04kindness.
00:54:05You're too
00:54:05soft,
00:54:06Alexander.
00:54:20Thanks.
00:54:31want to see
00:54:31what's underneath?
00:54:40Brian,
00:54:41will you
00:54:42marry me?
00:54:44Yes!
00:54:47You're the only
00:54:48one I'll ever
00:54:48love.
00:54:49I'll give you
00:54:49everything.
00:54:50I promise.
00:54:54I love you,
00:54:55Alexander.
00:54:55All I need
00:54:56is you.
00:55:08Alexander!
00:55:10Alexander!
00:55:11Mom!
00:55:12Mom,
00:55:12what's wrong?
00:55:14What's happening
00:55:15to her?
00:55:15Ugh,
00:55:16she's obviously
00:55:16crazy.
00:55:17Let's get out
00:55:17of here
00:55:18fast.
00:55:20Alexander.
00:55:23But she's
00:55:23saying my name.
00:55:24How would
00:55:25she ever
00:55:25know me?
00:55:26Everyone in
00:55:26Tech City
00:55:27knows who
00:55:27you are.
00:55:28They're just
00:55:28faking hardship
00:55:29to manipulate
00:55:30your sympathy.
00:55:32When I look
00:55:33at her,
00:55:33I always feel
00:55:33like I've
00:55:34met her
00:55:34before.
00:55:39Alexander!
00:55:40It's me!
00:55:44You crazy
00:55:45woman!
00:55:45I know
00:55:46you've got
00:55:46an ulterior
00:55:47motive.
00:55:47How dare
00:55:48you even
00:55:48lay a finger
00:55:49on Alexander?
00:55:50You need
00:55:51to apologize
00:55:51to my mom!
00:55:55People like
00:55:56you are
00:55:56nothing but
00:55:57scammers.
00:55:58Pretending
00:55:58to know
00:55:58Alexander
00:55:59just to
00:55:59steal his
00:56:00money.
00:56:01Disgusting
00:56:01scash.
00:56:06I must
00:56:06be out
00:56:07of my mind.
00:56:07How could
00:56:08I think
00:56:08that woman
00:56:08was Brianna?
00:56:09Brianna
00:56:10was always
00:56:10so gentle.
00:56:11And she's
00:56:12been dead
00:56:12for years.
00:56:13I know
00:56:13you.
00:56:13I know
00:56:14you.
00:56:14Miss,
00:56:15I think
00:56:16you've
00:56:16mistaken
00:56:16me
00:56:16for
00:56:16someone
00:56:16else.
00:56:17I don't
00:56:17know
00:56:18you.
00:56:18I only
00:56:19stopped
00:56:19because I
00:56:19felt sorry
00:56:20for you
00:56:20and your
00:56:20son.
00:56:21No,
00:56:21you do
00:56:22know
00:56:22me.
00:56:22I'm
00:56:22I'm
00:56:25I'm
00:56:26Mom!
00:56:27Mom,
00:56:27are you
00:56:27okay?
00:56:31But I
00:56:31know you.
00:56:32I know
00:56:33you.
00:56:33Alexander,
00:56:34let's
00:56:34go.
00:56:34This
00:56:35is just
00:56:35a pity
00:56:35act to
00:56:36swan your
00:56:36sympathy
00:56:37and your
00:56:37money.
00:56:38Sir,
00:56:38Miss
00:56:38Cinda's
00:56:39right.
00:56:39People
00:56:39like them
00:56:40will do
00:56:40anything
00:56:41for cash.
00:56:41My mom
00:56:42doesn't
00:56:42lie!
00:56:44You
00:56:44pushed her!
00:56:44She
00:56:45got
00:56:45hurt
00:56:45because
00:56:45of
00:56:46you!
00:56:46Still
00:56:47playing
00:56:47games?
00:56:48You
00:56:49touched
00:56:49this?
00:56:51Are
00:56:52you
00:56:52out of
00:56:52your
00:56:52mind?
00:56:53This
00:56:53is a
00:56:532026
00:56:54runway
00:56:54piece.
00:56:54Selling
00:56:55you
00:56:55and
00:56:55your
00:56:55crazy
00:56:55ass
00:56:56mom
00:56:56wouldn't
00:56:56even
00:56:56pay
00:56:56for
00:56:57a
00:56:57sleeve.
00:56:58We're
00:56:58not
00:56:58lying!
00:56:59Say
00:56:59sorry
00:57:00to my
00:57:00mom
00:57:00right
00:57:00now!
00:57:02Stop!
00:57:04Kid,
00:57:05you belong
00:57:06in school,
00:57:07not out here
00:57:07hustling strangers
00:57:08with your
00:57:08mom.
00:57:09We're
00:57:09not
00:57:09liars!
00:57:10You
00:57:10don't
00:57:10get to
00:57:11talk
00:57:11about my
00:57:11mom
00:57:11like
00:57:12that!
00:57:14quit
00:57:15the
00:57:15act.
00:57:15She's
00:57:16not
00:57:16even
00:57:16good
00:57:16at
00:57:16pretending.
00:57:19It's
00:57:19not
00:57:19your
00:57:19fault.
00:57:20After
00:57:21all,
00:57:21you
00:57:21have
00:57:21such
00:57:21an
00:57:22irresponsible
00:57:22mother.
00:57:22Don't
00:57:23you
00:57:23dare
00:57:23talk
00:57:23about
00:57:23my
00:57:24mom
00:57:24like
00:57:24that!
00:57:24She's
00:57:25the
00:57:25best
00:57:25mom
00:57:25in
00:57:26the
00:57:26whole
00:57:26world!
00:57:29People
00:57:29like
00:57:29you
00:57:29don't
00:57:29deserve
00:57:30to live.
00:57:31Where's
00:57:31your
00:57:31dad?
00:57:33I
00:57:33don't
00:57:34have
00:57:34dad.
00:57:37No
00:57:37wonder.
00:57:39Being
00:57:40a
00:57:40mother
00:57:40comes
00:57:40with
00:57:41responsibility.
00:57:42Stop
00:57:42this
00:57:44ruining
00:57:45that
00:57:45child.
00:57:46Take
00:57:46this.
00:57:47Use
00:57:47it
00:57:47to send
00:57:48him
00:57:48to
00:57:48school.
00:57:54Money!
00:57:56So much
00:57:57money.
00:57:58Mom!
00:57:59We
00:57:59can't
00:57:59take
00:58:00this!
00:58:01I
00:58:01need
00:58:02it!
00:58:02Money!
00:58:03See
00:58:03Alexander?
00:58:04I
00:58:05told
00:58:05you,
00:58:05crocodile
00:58:05tears
00:58:06and
00:58:06open
00:58:06hands.
00:58:07Classic
00:58:07scammer
00:58:08move.
00:58:08Boss,
00:58:08she's
00:58:09clearly
00:58:09faking
00:58:09it.
00:58:10Why
00:58:10waste
00:58:10your
00:58:10time?
00:58:11I
00:58:11pitied
00:58:11the
00:58:11kid.
00:58:12Not
00:58:12her.
00:58:13Let's
00:58:13go.
00:58:13Little
00:58:14bastard.
00:58:15Lucky
00:58:15today.
00:58:17With
00:58:18this
00:58:18money,
00:58:18I
00:58:19can
00:58:19save
00:58:19Alexander.
00:58:20I
00:58:20can
00:58:21pay
00:58:21for
00:58:21his
00:58:21surgery.
00:58:24Alexander,
00:58:24I
00:58:25have
00:58:25money
00:58:26now.
00:58:31Mom,
00:58:31please
00:58:32help!
00:58:32Somebody
00:58:33help my
00:58:33mom!
00:58:35Boss,
00:58:36they're
00:58:36acting
00:58:37again.
00:58:37Don't
00:58:37fall
00:58:37for it.
00:58:38Alexander,
00:58:39let's
00:58:39just
00:58:39forget
00:58:39about
00:58:40them.
00:58:40I
00:58:40booked
00:58:40that
00:58:41French
00:58:41place
00:58:41you
00:58:41love
00:58:42after
00:58:42dinner.
00:58:43Don't
00:58:44touch
00:58:44me.
00:58:44I
00:58:44told
00:58:45you,
00:58:45I
00:58:45don't
00:58:45want
00:58:45you.
00:58:46The
00:58:46only
00:58:46woman
00:58:46I've
00:58:47ever
00:58:47loved
00:58:47is
00:58:47Brianna.
00:58:48Alexander,
00:58:48Brianna's
00:58:49dead.
00:58:49Mom!
00:58:50Next
00:58:50time I
00:58:50see you,
00:58:51it better
00:58:51be
00:58:51business.
00:58:52Nothing
00:58:52else.
00:58:56Filthy
00:58:56beggars!
00:58:57They
00:58:58ruined
00:58:58everything!
00:58:59Mom,
00:59:00please,
00:59:01wake up!
00:59:09Please,
00:59:10save my
00:59:11mom.
00:59:32Bye-bye.
00:59:35No!
00:59:37No!
00:59:37Don't!
00:59:38I haven't seen her before.
00:59:46Don't touch me!
00:59:47Get away!
00:59:48Touch me!
00:59:49Don't touch me!
00:59:56Mom, it's okay.
00:59:58You're safe now.
00:59:59We're at the hospital.
01:00:15She seems mentally unstable.
01:00:17Could be long-term.
01:00:21Yeah.
01:00:22She's been like this forever.
01:00:23Totally out of it.
01:00:26You got her name?
01:00:27Any family?
01:00:28No clue.
01:00:29Just that poor kid.
01:00:31Her mind was already fragile.
01:00:32Something pushed her over the edge.
01:00:33Probably a huge shock.
01:00:36I know you!
01:00:37Alexander!
01:00:38You're Alexander!
01:00:39It was him.
01:00:41He made mom snap?
01:00:42So what now?
01:00:43How do we help her?
01:00:45She needs brain surgery.
01:00:46And important meds.
01:00:48Without it, she wouldn't last more than a few days.
01:00:51Then start the treatment, please!
01:00:58Please, save my mom.
01:01:00She's all I have left.
01:01:03Look, kid.
01:01:05It's not that I don't care.
01:01:06The only hope is this new drug from Clark Corp.
01:01:09I sold scrap.
01:01:12This is all I got.
01:01:13Can it buy medicine?
01:01:15I'll pay for it.
01:01:16Just...
01:01:17Please!
01:01:18Get her the meds!
01:01:19Do something!
01:01:22That drug's still in development.
01:01:23Clark Corp hasn't released it yet.
01:01:25Please!
01:01:26I can't lose her!
01:01:27Alexander Clark runs that company.
01:01:29Big on charity, they say.
01:01:30If you can get access to ask him directly, maybe he'll help.
01:01:33It could be your only shot.
01:01:35Alexander?
01:01:36Clark?
01:01:37The man standing in front of you is Alexander Clark.
01:01:40You guys are lucky today.
01:01:42So it's him.
01:01:48Don't worry, Mom.
01:01:49I'll find a way to save you.
01:01:57Please!
01:01:58I need to see Mr. Clark!
01:02:00You think just anyone can meet Mr. Clark?
01:02:02Get lost!
01:02:03Hey!
01:02:07I said get out of here, kid!
01:02:23Jesus, are you trying to get yourself killed?
01:02:25Please!
01:02:26Do you know Mr. Clark?
01:02:27Can you take me?
01:02:28What the hell?
01:02:29Who are you?
01:02:30You think you can just walk up to the richest guy in town?
01:02:32Go away!
01:02:35I'm sorry, sir.
01:02:46Mom, I'm sorry.
01:02:48I still couldn't find him.
01:02:50Please, hang on!
01:02:54Mr. Clark's gone for the day.
01:02:57If you're that desperate, try his house.
01:03:00Don't tell anyone.
01:03:04Thank you, sir!
01:03:11Brianna, I miss you so much.
01:03:17Alexander, Cinda waited all day.
01:03:20You didn't even show your face.
01:03:22I've told you, I won't marry.
01:03:24My heart died with Brianna.
01:03:26Brianna's been gone for years.
01:03:27You really gonna die alone for a ghost?
01:03:29Yes.
01:03:30In this life, she's the only one I'll ever marry.
01:03:33Alexander, enough!
01:03:34This ends now!
01:03:37It's okay, Mr. Clark.
01:03:39If he doesn't want to see me, I'll just leave.
01:03:41No, Cinda.
01:03:42You're staying.
01:03:43I don't care how stubborn he is.
01:03:45I'll make him marry you.
01:03:58Then I'm done with this house.
01:04:00With all of it.
01:04:04Fine!
01:04:05Walk out and don't come back!
01:04:08Please, don't be upset, Mr. Clark.
01:04:10He just needs time.
01:04:12One day, he'll realize Brianna's not coming back.
01:04:17Their wedding ring.
01:04:18Get rid of it.
01:04:19It's the only way he'll move on.
01:04:22Go on.
01:04:22Throw it as far away as you can.
01:04:28Yes, sir.
01:04:30He's awful.
01:04:32But mom needs that medicine.
01:04:34If I just beg hard enough, maybe he'll help us.
01:04:47Sir, there's a kid outside asking for Mr. Alexander.
01:04:50Kid?
01:04:51In this rain?
01:04:52Bring him in.
01:04:54Now.
01:05:05Grab a towel.
01:05:07Quickly, he'll catch cold.
01:05:12Who are you?
01:05:13Why are you looking for Alexander?
01:05:15I need medicine.
01:05:17For my mom.
01:05:18She'll die without it.
01:05:23Your mom?
01:05:24What's her name?
01:05:29Her name is...
01:05:30Hey!
01:05:35Sir, here's the towel.
01:05:42He looks just like Alexander did.
01:05:46Thanks.
01:05:47But my mom's running out of time.
01:05:52Kid, wait!
01:05:54Nate, did you see that kid?
01:05:55He looks exactly like Alexander did when he was seven.
01:05:59No doubt.
01:06:00If you want to be sure, sir, we can test the hair on that towel.
01:06:05Do it.
01:06:06If he really is Alexander's son, we have to bring him back at once.
01:06:09I'm leaving all my fortune to him.
01:06:17I miss you so much.
01:06:28The ring.
01:06:29Where is it?
01:06:32Sir.
01:06:33Our wedding ring!
01:06:33It's gone!
01:06:34Everyone here knows how much it means to you.
01:06:36No one would touch it.
01:06:37It's all I have left of Brianna!
01:06:39It can't just vanish!
01:06:40Put out a reward!
01:06:41Anyone who finds it gets whatever they want!
01:06:44Right away, sir!
01:06:49Massive reward for return of Alexander Clark's wedding ring.
01:06:58That ring!
01:06:59That's the one mom always wears!
01:07:01She's always so protective of it.
01:07:03But now, she needs that medicine more.
01:07:06Maybe I can trade mom's ring to get the medicine from him.
01:07:11Mom, I have to do this for your illness.
01:07:14I hope you can forgive me.
01:07:20Sir!
01:07:21The ring!
01:07:22It's been found!
01:07:25Where is it?
01:07:26A kid found it.
01:07:28He's waiting at the Clark's hospital.
01:07:29Let's go!
01:07:30Now!
01:07:44Mr. Alexander!
01:07:49You again?
01:07:52Is this the ring you're looking for?
01:07:59Sir!
01:08:00That's your missing ring!
01:08:01This little thief stole it!
01:08:03I didn't steal it!
01:08:04I found it!
01:08:05Cut the crap!
01:08:06The boss's ring was kept safely in the drawer.
01:08:08There's no way you just happened to find it.
01:08:10I could tell from the start you two were trouble.
01:08:12Turns out you're not just con artists putting on an act for money.
01:08:15You're thieves too!
01:08:16It was my mom's!
01:08:17I need Clark meds for her!
01:08:19That's why I-
01:08:19That ring was Mr. Alexander's wedding ring!
01:08:22For his late fiance!
01:08:23What's your mom got to do with it?
01:08:24We let you off once!
01:08:26Now this?
01:08:26You know how much this means to him!
01:08:34Hand it over.
01:08:35Now.
01:08:37I didn't steal it!
01:08:38You can have it!
01:08:39But please!
01:08:40Give me the medicine first!
01:08:42I don't deal with thieves!
01:08:43You're not worth it!
01:08:44Give it to me!
01:08:55Give it back!
01:09:00This ring?
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