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00:00:05choose one to be your mate
00:00:06none of them
00:00:07i choose daemon
00:00:08the crippled alpha
00:00:09i am the only direct bloodline heir of the iron moon pack
00:00:13yet i was born a female alpha
00:00:16who couldn't even maintain a stable wolf form
00:00:19i spent 10 years chasing after kaylin stone
00:00:22until one day standing outside his bedroom door
00:00:25i heard him swear to vivian moss
00:00:28i'll mark lyra only to secure my position
00:00:29you're the only one i want
00:00:31the day of my coming of age ceremony arrived
00:00:33when a servant screamed
00:00:35help vivian is missing
00:00:37then she appeared
00:00:38crying
00:00:39running
00:00:40it was lyra
00:00:41she had me taken
00:00:43my head snapped to the side
00:00:45silence swallowed the entire hall
00:00:47then he looked at me
00:00:48i will never mark someone like you
00:00:50love isn't something people in our position get to negotiate
00:00:53if everything comes down to power and survival then i choose strength not sentiment
00:00:58choose one to be your mate
00:00:59one of these potential alpha candidates will become the next alpha of our pack
00:01:04none of them
00:01:07i choose daemon
00:01:09the crippled alpha
00:01:10i am the only direct bloodline heir of the iron moon pack
00:01:14yet i was born a female alpha
00:01:17everyone said that the five orphans my father brought back from the battlefield
00:01:21were the true future of the pack he raised them into the most admired beta warriors in iron moon
00:01:27as for me i was nothing more than a pretty air with noble blood who couldn't even maintain a stable
00:01:34wolf form
00:01:34and as far as those five were concerned
00:01:37i barely existed
00:01:38i spent ten years chasing after caylyn stone
00:01:41only to earn countless looks of disdain in return
00:01:45i used to think he treated all women that way
00:01:47until one day
00:01:49standing outside his bedroom door
00:01:51i heard him swear to vivian moss
00:01:53i'll mark lyra only to secure my position
00:01:55you're the only mate i want
00:01:59those words shattered everything i had believed in for the past ten years
00:02:04on the eve of the elders council meeting
00:02:07my father asked me who i wanted to choose
00:02:09i thought of the way all five of them avoided my gaze
00:02:12if i'm getting married i might as well make it strategic
00:02:16i choose daemon bloodfing of the bloodfill pack
00:02:19daemon was poisoned by silver five years ago
00:02:21his legs were left paralyzed
00:02:23and rumors say he can't even complete a mating mark anymore
00:02:25are you sure
00:02:27love isn't something people in our position get to negotiate
00:02:30if everything comes down to power and survival then i choose strength
00:02:34not sentiment
00:02:35daemon may be crippled
00:02:37but his bloodline his pack and his warriors still outweigh those five men combined
00:02:41my father's expression darkened
00:02:43you say that so easily
00:02:44but are you telling me
00:02:45none of the five boys i raised for you ever caught your attention
00:02:49my mother had been my father's only mate
00:02:51she died the year i was born
00:02:53a rogue attack
00:02:54too much blood loss
00:02:56no second chance
00:02:57after that
00:02:58he never took another mate
00:02:59but he also never fully believed a female alpha could carry iron moon alone
00:03:03so he followed the council's recommendation
00:03:06he brought back five orphaned boys from the battlefield
00:03:09and raised them inside iron moon
00:03:11he made one rule from the beginning
00:03:13no matter who i chose
00:03:14that man would be granted alpha status
00:03:17meant to rule beside me
00:03:19not beneath me
00:03:20that was his compromise
00:03:21love me fiercely
00:03:22and still not trust me enough to do it alone
00:03:25i met his gaze
00:03:26my bond with daemon bloodbould doesn't require sentiment
00:03:29it only requires succession
00:03:32he is the sole heir of bloodbould
00:03:34that makes him more valuable than any arranged foster alliance you built here
00:03:38compared to relying on adopted sons to stabilize iron moon
00:03:42an alliance with a true power pack is simply the rational choice
00:03:46silence stretched between us
00:03:48if none of them were able to hold your attention
00:03:51then there is no reason to keep them in iron moon
00:03:54we left the council hall together
00:03:56my father cast caelin a brief unreadable glance
00:03:59before walking out
00:04:02what did you report
00:04:03this time
00:04:06let me guess
00:04:06she ran to alpha again
00:04:08because we didn't treat her like royalty
00:04:11princess lyra didn't get enough attention
00:04:12so she needed to complain
00:04:15orion and riven followed with quiet snorts
00:04:17barely even trying to hide it
00:04:19five voices
00:04:20one direction
00:04:21all aimed at me
00:04:23like a wall closing in
00:04:25if none of you want to mark me
00:04:26why hasn't a single one of you ever told my father directly
00:04:30my father didn't force bonds
00:04:32he never had
00:04:33one clear refusal would have been enough
00:04:35he would have released them with wealth and freedom
00:04:37and never looked back
00:04:38but none of them ever said it
00:04:40not once
00:04:41because none of them actually wanted to leave the iron moon pack
00:04:45not the future it promised
00:04:47stop dressing it up
00:04:48we're just fostered wolves living in iron moon
00:04:51what choice do you think we actually have
00:04:53just pick me if you're gonna pick anyone
00:04:55don't drag them into your mess
00:04:57for a second the others went quiet
00:04:59almost moved
00:05:01like he was taking the burden of sacrifice onto himself
00:05:04but all i felt was a slow bitter weight settling in my chest
00:05:08nothing else
00:05:09then vivian showed up
00:05:11the moment her eyes landed on me
00:05:13she shifted back instinctively
00:05:15and slipped behind kaylin
00:05:17she didn't do anything
00:05:19drop it for today
00:05:22i stared at them
00:05:23five men
00:05:24the same five who were supposed to stand behind me
00:05:27now all of them stood in front of her
00:05:30protecting her from me
00:05:32something in my memory snapped open
00:05:34one year ago
00:05:35not long after vivian arrived at iron moon
00:05:38that night i carried healing broth to kaylin's quarters
00:05:41he'd been injured during border patrol
00:05:43he told me not to come
00:05:44i still did
00:05:45his door wasn't fully shut
00:05:48kaylin
00:05:49are you really going to mark lyra
00:05:53my hand froze on the doorframe
00:05:55no
00:05:57i won't mark her
00:05:58my chest tightened before i even understood why
00:06:01then why
00:06:02did you agree
00:06:03to alpha ronin
00:06:05because
00:06:05that's the only way
00:06:06i can become
00:06:07alpha
00:06:08of iron moon
00:06:09and
00:06:10lyra
00:06:11she's just stepping stone
00:06:13once
00:06:13i take control
00:06:14i'll send her
00:06:15away
00:06:18then what about me
00:06:21you
00:06:21you're the only one i want
00:06:24once i take alpha
00:06:25i'll mark you publicly
00:06:27you'll be my luna
00:06:31she can't even shift right
00:06:33luna
00:06:34seriously
00:06:37she's only valuable because of her bloodline
00:06:40nothing else
00:06:42does she actually believe
00:06:44we'd choose her
00:06:47when she finds out
00:06:48she's going to break
00:06:52like it was already decided
00:06:53then you won't
00:06:55lie to me
00:06:56right
00:06:57i swear
00:07:00only you
00:07:01the bowl slipped from my hands
00:07:03it hit the ground and shattered
00:07:08who's there
00:07:09i moved into the shadow beside the doorway
00:07:11and held my breath
00:07:12kaylin stepped out
00:07:14his eyes dropped to the broken bowl
00:07:16a cat
00:07:18i stayed where i was
00:07:20didn't speak
00:07:21didn't cry
00:07:22didn't make a sound
00:07:23only when the silence settled
00:07:25did i step back
00:07:26into the moonlight
00:07:27it spilled across my face
00:07:28like something too clean
00:07:30for what i was feeling
00:07:33the next morning
00:07:34i met vivian in the garden
00:07:35she was holding a bowl of flower essence
00:07:38smiling like she had been waiting for me
00:07:41good morning lyra
00:07:43sleep well
00:07:44now there was ease in her expression
00:07:46confidence
00:07:47i did
00:07:48i did
00:07:48she paused
00:07:49just for a second
00:07:51lyra
00:07:52this was my mother's
00:07:53i wanted you to have it
00:07:55thank you
00:07:56for everything you've done for me
00:07:58before i could respond
00:07:59kaylin appeared
00:08:01you're seriously
00:08:02taking her mother's relic
00:08:05now
00:08:05i froze
00:08:07vivian dropped instantly
00:08:08knees to the ground
00:08:11it wasn't lyra
00:08:12i gave it to her
00:08:14please
00:08:15don't blame her
00:08:16she slammed her forehead
00:08:17into the ground
00:08:18again
00:08:18blood showed almost immediately
00:08:20merrick arrived first
00:08:22then corbin
00:08:23orion
00:08:24riven
00:08:24lyra
00:08:25enough
00:08:27you're the heir
00:08:28not a bully
00:08:29you have everything
00:08:30and you still take the only thing she has
00:08:34riven drew his dagger
00:08:36in one smooth motion
00:08:37apologize
00:08:38an alpha heir boxed in on all sides
00:08:41they weren't asking
00:08:42they were pressing me down
00:08:44forcing submission
00:08:45forcing my neck exposed to an omega
00:08:48who was clearly playing a game
00:08:49they refused to see
00:08:51vivian kept her head lowered
00:08:52but i caught it anyway
00:08:54that small satisfied curve at the corner of her mouth
00:08:57i didn't fight back
00:08:58because somewhere deep down
00:09:00there was still a stupid
00:09:02fragile part of me that waited
00:09:04maybe kaylin would step in
00:09:05maybe he'd say
00:09:07this doesn't add up
00:09:08he didn't
00:09:10apologize
00:09:11or i don't
00:09:12mark you
00:09:13that line
00:09:14landed harder than anything else
00:09:16because i had already given him
00:09:18everything i had in me
00:09:19i couldn't afford to lose him
00:09:21not then
00:09:22so i lowered my head
00:09:23my throat burned
00:09:24as i exposed my neck
00:09:26i'm sorry
00:09:26and that moment
00:09:28that single submission
00:09:30lasted a year
00:09:31after that day
00:09:32vivian changed how she moved around me
00:09:34like i was something dangerous
00:09:36sometimes she dropped to her knees
00:09:38the moment she saw me
00:09:39sometimes she hid behind the five of them
00:09:41shaking
00:09:42crying on cue
00:09:43and i did nothing
00:09:44once she tripped in the garden
00:09:46a shallow scrape on her knee
00:09:48nothing serious
00:09:49but she ran straight to kaylin in tears
00:09:51claiming i had pushed her
00:09:53no questions asked
00:09:54all five of them came for me
00:09:56they tore through my quarters like a storm
00:09:58everything broken
00:09:59everything scattered
00:10:00if you touch her again
00:10:02break our wolf legs myself
00:10:04i almost laughed
00:10:06wolf legs
00:10:07i couldn't even shift properly
00:10:09but it didn't matter
00:10:10they believed her
00:10:11always her
00:10:12the memory snapped back
00:10:14like a pulled thread
00:10:15vivian was still behind kaylin now
00:10:17smiling faintly
00:10:19like she had already won something
00:10:21no one else could see
00:10:22if you're that afraid i'll hurt her
00:10:23you might as well leash her to your side
00:10:25are you threatening me
00:10:27what are you planning to do to her
00:10:30let me guess
00:10:31now that we gave vivian a starfall sanctum
00:10:33you're finally snapping
00:10:34you already have everything
00:10:36and she has nothing
00:10:38it's just starfall sanctum
00:10:40why are you acting like this is some tragedy
00:10:42my gaze sharpened
00:10:44starfall sanctum
00:10:45starfall sanctum wasn't just a place
00:10:48it was a buried lunar basin
00:10:49deep under iron moon territory
00:10:51when it hit the sacred waters
00:10:53it refracted into something
00:10:54that looked like a galaxy trapped underground
00:10:56my father spent 18 years
00:10:59building it
00:10:59for me
00:11:00a coming of age gift
00:11:02half a year ago
00:11:03as it neared completion
00:11:04he handed oversight to kaylin
00:11:06he was supposed to present it to me
00:11:08on my ceremony day
00:11:09instead
00:11:10it never reached me
00:11:11it went to vivian
00:11:13my eyes locked on kaylin
00:11:14he was the one who controlled final access
00:11:17no one entered without his approval
00:11:19vivian grew up on the outskirts of the pack
00:11:21she's never seen a real night sky
00:11:23i gave her a moment
00:11:26that's all
00:11:27the sanctum is still yours on paper
00:11:30don't turn this into something it isn't
00:11:32and stop making a scene
00:11:35if it comes to it
00:11:36i'll announce our mating bond
00:11:37at your coming of age ceremony next month
00:11:39that should satisfy you enough
00:11:40right
00:11:41the way kaylin looked at me
00:11:43calm
00:11:44almost magnanimous
00:11:46made
00:11:47made something cold
00:11:48twist in my chest
00:11:50for a second
00:11:51i almost wondered if
00:11:52i was the one who didn't belong here
00:11:54if anything
00:11:55they looked at him like he was making some kind of
00:11:58noble sacrifice
00:11:59you really don't have to go this far
00:12:01lyra's spoiled
00:12:02ruthless
00:12:04marking her is no different than marking
00:12:07a stone
00:12:08at least you'll finally get what she's been chasing for years
00:12:11kaylin
00:12:11don't do this for me
00:12:13if it helps i'll kneel to her
00:12:15i'll beg
00:12:15i'll do anything she wants
00:12:17i swallowed once
00:12:18hard
00:12:19i won't choose you
00:12:21kaylin's brow lifted slightly
00:12:22like he was still deciding whether i was serious
00:12:25merrick and corbin exchanged a look
00:12:27like they were more afraid i'd choose them instead
00:12:29that alone hit something deep in my chest
00:12:32ten years
00:12:33standing behind them
00:12:35and still
00:12:35i was the only one
00:12:37treated like i didn't belong in the same space
00:12:39i turned to leave
00:12:40vivian caught my wrist
00:12:42then she dropped instantly
00:12:43knees to the ground
00:12:44head lowered
00:12:45please
00:12:46don't make this harder for kaylin
00:12:49the five of them were brought into iron moon
00:12:51they were never equal to begin with
00:12:53if you're going to report this over starfall sanctuary
00:12:55i'll apologize
00:12:56i'll do whatever you want
00:12:58then she started bowing
00:13:00fast
00:13:01hard
00:13:02her forehead hit the ground until blood appeared
00:13:04kaylin moved immediately
00:13:06he pulled her up jaw tight
00:13:08so you say you won't choose me
00:13:10but when the time comes
00:13:12don't change your mind
00:13:14this whole thing
00:13:16you're just trying to pressure her indirectly
00:13:18you just want an excuse to report her and force her out don't you
00:13:21i don't care what you think
00:13:23i won't choose you
00:13:26kaylin grabbed my wrist
00:13:28hard
00:13:29not me
00:13:30then who
00:13:31marik
00:13:32corbin
00:13:33mark wants freedom
00:13:35corbin wants peace
00:13:36haven't you already taken enough from them
00:13:39if you agree to stop targeting vivianne
00:13:41i'll mark you
00:13:44just stop this
00:13:45that's all i'm asking
00:13:46for the first time
00:13:47he looked exhausted
00:13:48like i had been the one wearing him down for years
00:13:51i held his gaze for a long moment
00:13:53then said quietly
00:13:54everything will go the way you want
00:13:56he was afraid i'd hurt vivianne
00:13:59he refused to mark me
00:14:00fine
00:14:01once i became damon bloodfang's mate
00:14:03none of this would matter anyway
00:14:04the day of my coming of age ceremony arrived
00:14:07iron moon had been transformed
00:14:10everyone knew why they were here
00:14:11not just my 18th birthday
00:14:14my mate declaration
00:14:16and everyone already knew the outcome
00:14:19kaylin stone
00:14:21because i had chased him for 10 years
00:14:23because the entire pack had watched it happen
00:14:26the five of them stood in the front row
00:14:28even the guests looked at them more than they looked at me
00:14:32like this ceremony belonged to them
00:14:35i was about to shut down the whispers
00:14:37when a servant screamed
00:14:38help vivianne is missing
00:14:40there's a note
00:14:42she's been kidnapped
00:14:43the shift was immediate
00:14:46merrick moved first
00:14:48before i could even turn
00:14:50my head snapped to the side
00:14:53silence swallowed the entire hall
00:14:55the pain landed a beat too late
00:14:58around us people scattered instinctively
00:15:00kaylin grabbed merrick's arm before he could swing again
00:15:03then he looked at me
00:15:07we already stood here like you're choosing between us
00:15:09like we're disposable
00:15:10and it still isn't enough
00:15:11his voice sharpened
00:15:13do you want her dead
00:15:14i stared back at him
00:15:16corbin looked at me like i was something contaminated
00:15:18you waited until she was alone and staged this
00:15:22you really think we won't see through it
00:15:24that's when it clicked
00:15:24not confusion
00:15:25clarity
00:15:27vivianne had done this again
00:15:29and this time
00:15:30she'd done it in front of everyone
00:15:32no one moved to intervene
00:15:35not after i was slapped in public
00:15:37not after i stood there bleeding pride
00:15:40because they had already made their decision
00:15:43iron moon wasn't mine in their eyes
00:15:45apologize
00:15:46he let out a short humorless laugh
00:15:50vivianne nearly lost her innocence
00:15:52and you're worried about a slap
00:15:53then she appeared
00:15:55crying
00:15:56running
00:15:57her dress torn
00:15:59dirt stained
00:16:00like she had barely escaped something violent
00:16:02it was lyra
00:16:05she had me taken
00:16:07she said
00:16:08she'd have rogue wolves
00:16:10to violate me
00:16:12so i'd never come back
00:16:14the hall
00:16:15detonated
00:16:16whispers turned into outrage
00:16:18shock
00:16:19into judgment
00:16:20kaylin didn't hesitate
00:16:22he pulled his coat around her
00:16:24like she was something fragile
00:16:25and irreplaceable
00:16:26then he looked at me
00:16:28you don't stop do you
00:16:30his voice dropped
00:16:31i will never mark someone like you
00:16:34the world below is a hundred times
00:16:37tougher than stone
00:16:40that skinning knife of yours
00:16:42could never cut through the iron wall
00:16:44of the god's will
00:16:46poison
00:16:46drug
00:16:46the
00:16:46rock
00:16:47him
00:17:05theession
00:17:08the
00:17:09you
00:17:09as
00:17:10OR
00:17:11would
00:17:11the
00:17:11well
00:17:11i
00:17:11the
00:17:11and
00:17:11or
00:17:14yet
00:17:14or
00:17:25Everything has a weakness.
00:17:33Even the gods.
00:17:39I've lived for thousands of years, and this is the first time a mortal has defeated me.
00:17:43And you've only trained for a mere dozen years.
00:17:46Master, I'm going down the mountain. I need to find my birth parents.
00:17:50The world below is a mire of divine rule.
00:17:53You bear no spark of divinity, no blessing from the gods.
00:17:56Those self-proclaimed noble beings will never accept you.
00:18:00I don't want pity from Olympian. All I seek is the truth.
00:18:04When I found you at the bottom of the Abyss Valley all those years ago, this ring was on you.
00:18:09Go. Tear down those hypocritical figures perched high above all else.
00:18:19Agus was still holding back.
00:18:21Though he cannot wield divine power like those with a divine spark,
00:18:24he still carries the pure blood of a titan.
00:18:27Blood unseen in millennia.
00:18:29No one in this world will ever be able to defeat him.
00:18:37Father. Mother. How do I find you?
00:18:49Princess Elara! There's nowhere left for you to run!
00:18:52A princess?
00:18:54You'd go so far as to wipe out the heirs of other bloodlines.
00:18:57For what? Just to force more people to serve the god of war?
00:19:00Your actions bring nothing but shame to Eres!
00:19:03The Zeus you worship is powerless.
00:19:05Sparta's throne deserves a new ruler.
00:19:07Our leader!
00:19:12Still here. You want to die or what?
00:19:14This is a feud between our houses.
00:19:16Don't rag an innocent bystander into it.
00:19:17Let him leave.
00:19:18Just a lowly Majerus.
00:19:20No one will care if he dies.
00:19:22Though you, princess,
00:19:24I've always wondered what it would be like to have you.
00:19:28I'll hold them off!
00:19:29Run while you can!
00:19:45Now it's your turn.
00:20:06Did you save me?
00:20:10Princess, you're awake.
00:20:12Those soldiers, the Eres Seelits, did they hurt you?
00:20:16No.
00:20:17No.
00:20:17Thank the gods.
00:20:18But you are immortal.
00:20:21How were you able to rescue me from foes wielding a god's blessing?
00:20:26Remember this.
00:20:27The pure blood of a titan runs through your veins.
00:20:31Until you are strong enough to stand against Olympus,
00:20:35you must guard this knowledge.
00:20:37The beach.
00:20:37Otherwise, the gods will hunt you down and destroy you.
00:20:45I've lived on Mount Pelia my whole life,
00:20:46since I was born without a divine spark.
00:20:49I worked as a ritual skinner at the temple for years.
00:20:51I'm far stronger and more agile than ordinary men.
00:20:54The chaos that broke out from the fight
00:20:55was enough to slip out with you unnoticed.
00:20:58I see.
00:20:59May the gods watch over you.
00:21:11We've never met before,
00:21:12so why do I feel such a strange sense of closeness to this princess?
00:21:16If father hadn't cast my younger brother into the abyss all those years ago,
00:21:19he would be about this tall now.
00:21:23Princess, where will you go next?
00:21:26Back to the royal palace in Sparta.
00:21:32Lord Zeus,
00:21:34if my child still walks this earth,
00:21:37please protect him and keep him safe.
00:21:40If punishment must fall,
00:21:42let it fall on me,
00:21:44this worthless mother.
00:21:47A god forsaken outcast without a divine spark.
00:21:51Lycaon.
00:21:52He died in the abyss long ago.
00:21:54Why do you still grieve for him after all these years?
00:21:57Sparta prides itself on the gods' favor.
00:22:00If other city sheds learn,
00:22:02I fathered a useless son,
00:22:04lacking divine grace.
00:22:06How could I ever hold my head high as a ruler of Greece?
00:22:09My lord!
00:22:10Your majesty!
00:22:11Princess Elara has returned.
00:22:13Elara!
00:22:20Thank you for saving my daughter, young man.
00:22:23No need.
00:22:23I was just passing by.
00:22:25Nothing more.
00:22:27A lowly temple, Majumus.
00:22:29Leaving his temple and coming to Sparta.
00:22:31What precisely brings you here?
00:22:34I'm searching for my birth parents.
00:22:37I don't know who they are.
00:22:40I only have this.
00:22:42I hope to find answers through this ring.
00:22:57My child, this ring holds fragments of Lock of Prometheus.
00:23:01It hides your aura.
00:23:04Grow up safe and sound, my little one.
00:23:08You've done well, Hecara.
00:23:11Let me feel the blessed radiance Olympus has bestowed upon our firstborn son.
00:23:23Not only has Zeus refused to bless him,
00:23:26he doesn't even have a divine spark!
00:23:29I can't.
00:23:30Sparta will never tolerate such a godforsaken abomination.
00:23:33If word spreads, our city will be mocked and destroyed.
00:23:35Cast him into the abyss.
00:23:36Tell everyone the child died at birth.
00:23:37No!
00:23:38My baby!
00:23:39My God, you've lost me!
00:23:43This is the ring I used to seal as his arrow.
00:23:46My child, the son I thought lost to the ababyss.
00:23:51So why?
00:23:56Ha ha!
00:23:57Young man, you saved Princess Ellara.
00:24:00The house of Sparta owes you a debt.
00:24:03We shall aid you in your search for your birth family.
00:24:06Stay as our guest in the palace for a few days.
00:24:09Very well.
00:24:13The queen's reaction is far too strange the moment I showed the ring.
00:24:16Why do I feel such a pull towards her?
00:24:19Could it be she knows who I am?
00:24:22This ring holds fragments of Locke of Prometheus!
00:24:27I sealed them inside with my own hands.
00:24:30I could never be mistaken.
00:24:32He is the son we cast into the abyss.
00:24:34Why won't you let me acknowledge him?
00:24:37That Majakos?
00:24:38He's my brother?
00:24:40Silence!
00:24:41He was abandoned the moment he was born without a divine spark.
00:24:45Sparta prides self on being favored by the gods.
00:24:47If the deities and other city-stades learn my son is not just a Megarius,
00:24:51but also lacks a divine spark,
00:24:54how could I uphold Sparta's rule and our family's reputation?
00:25:02Mark my words.
00:25:04No matter what happens,
00:25:05you will never acknowledge him.
00:25:07If you do,
00:25:08I'll charge you both for saccharinj
00:25:10and cast you out of Sparta forever.
00:25:24This sacred monument was carved from divine stone
00:25:27sent by none other than Zeus himself.
00:25:29In all of Greece,
00:25:30there has only been one warrior
00:25:31to have left his mark on its blessed surface.
00:25:33That was Athena's chosen,
00:25:35Timaios!
00:25:37We should be praying to the gods for more power
00:25:39instead of acting like certain lowly commoners.
00:25:47You lowly Megarius.
00:25:49What could you possibly know of battle?
00:25:52I only know how to flay carcasses,
00:25:53not fight.
00:25:56I thought as much.
00:25:58A mortal without so much as a trace of a divine spark.
00:26:02And Svoroas Nosh thinks himself grand
00:26:04just from skinning a few beasts.
00:26:08Let me warn you,
00:26:10you got lucky that night.
00:26:11Don't think you'll be able to leech off of the king and queen
00:26:14just because you saved the princess.
00:26:16You're nothing but a stinking worthless nobody,
00:26:18worlds apart from warriors blessed with divine power.
00:26:20Know your place and crawl back to your temple.
00:26:25Move!
00:26:31Master Chidon was right.
00:26:33Those lofty champions of divine rule
00:26:36are nothing but fools
00:26:37cloaked in hypocrisy and arrogance.
00:26:42Zeus' blessing?
00:26:44Is it truly as unbreakable as they claim?
00:26:55a beavers.
00:26:56What are you doing?
00:26:57Come on.
00:26:59A.R.A.P.
00:27:00A.R.A.P.
00:27:06A.R.A.P.
00:27:08A.R.A.P.
00:27:16from the city-state of Arg watch us,
00:27:18greedily caviting our title
00:27:20as Greece's mightiest warrior state.
00:27:22They will likely come to challenge us before long.
00:27:32My... my lord!
00:27:34The sacred monument!
00:27:38How could the monument end up like this?
00:27:43The god is perfectly even.
00:27:45It was split clean with a single blade strike.
00:27:48Even the great Tymius could only leave
00:27:50a half-centimeter mark on this monument.
00:27:53Whoever split it in two wields power
00:27:55far surpassing the peak of divine blessings.
00:27:57My lord!
00:27:58If we could gain the aid of such a mighty figure,
00:28:00we would have nothing to fear from those who worship Ares.
00:28:03Sparta could rise to glory once more
00:28:04and hold fast to our title as Greece's greatest power.
00:28:06Aye, but who in the world could this be?
00:28:10Only Argus came near the monument today.
00:28:13Could it have been him?
00:28:28Argus, I had this armor made for you.
00:28:30Try it on and see if it fits.
00:28:32Oh.
00:28:34Thank you, your majesty.
00:28:35Put it on quickly.
00:28:39My dear son has grown into a noble, towering warrior.
00:28:53What's happening?
00:28:55The Reapers of Ares have come for us.
00:28:58Let's go.
00:29:37Agus, why are you still here?
00:29:38You cannot wield divine power.
00:29:40Leave!
00:29:41At once, before you're dragged into this!
00:29:43A worthless Majarchius of sacrificial beasts dares intrude on a battle of the god-blessed?
00:29:59Surrender your title as Greece's mightiest warrior state, or none of you will leave this square alive!
00:30:07Creons, you're but a youth.
00:30:11How dare you lead an invasion into Sparta's royal city?
00:30:15Did your father teach you nothing of divine authority?
00:30:20Divine authority.
00:30:21R.I.T.
00:30:23R.I.T.
00:30:24R.I.T.
00:30:55Zeus' blessings are nothing but a hollow pretense.
00:30:58Lord Ares' power is the true sovereignty.
00:31:00R.I.T.
00:31:34Monster!
00:31:35Get away from my father!
00:31:48Now it's my turn.
00:31:59Today, every last Spartan here dies.
00:32:06In our hands!
00:32:11Run!
00:32:13I'll hold him off!
00:32:15Agus!
00:32:16My son!
00:32:17Run!
00:32:20The queen is my mother.
00:32:24My greatest sin in life was abandoning you at birth.
00:32:27Simply because you didn't have a divine spark forced to yield to divine rule.
00:32:32But to see you grow into such a brave warrior before I die, I have no regrets.
00:32:36My own mother would sacrifice herself just to let me escape.
00:32:43Agus!
00:32:43My brother!
00:32:45Sparta's ruin is not your burden.
00:32:47Without the god's blessing, you cannot stand against him.
00:32:51Leave now while you can.
00:32:53Go back to Mount Pellae!
00:32:54No wonder I felt such warmth from my blood-stained heart whenever I was born.
00:32:57They're my own flesh and blood.
00:32:59My mother and my sister.
00:33:06Today I'll send the entire royal house of Spartan to the underworld.
00:33:10Die!
00:33:14Die!
00:33:33Let's get divorced.
00:33:34I'd rather leave without taking any property.
00:33:36Settle your gambling debts on your own.
00:33:38Don't drag me into this mess.
00:33:39I kept explaining that it was Timmy Lunch who had lost money betting on underdog matches,
00:33:43but she refused to listen.
00:33:44It's Timmy Lynch who owes the money, not me.
00:33:48You want to trick my daughter into pay your debts?
00:33:51And you even dare to slander my son?
00:33:53Celia Lynch!
00:33:54Divorce him at once!
00:33:55She then laid all her cards on the table.
00:33:57To tell you the truth,
00:33:59Celia Lynch is pregnant.
00:34:01The child's father is one of your...
00:34:03...your place and sign the divorce agreement right now.
00:34:06I was utterly stunned.
00:34:07Just last night, I won a 100 million USA prizes from football bets.
00:34:10I'd even planned to help Timmy Lynch pay off his debt,
00:34:12yet things had suddenly come to a head over a divorce.
00:34:15Very well.
00:34:16Let them handle this dug debt on their own.
00:34:18Meet me at the courthouse at nine tomorrow morning.
00:34:20Anyone who doesn't show up is a coward.
00:34:24Now that the creditors had come knocking,
00:34:26the two women shamelessly tried to force me to take on the debt.
00:34:29Celia Lynch froze for a moment,
00:34:31clearly not expecting me to agree so readily.
00:34:33In her eyes,
00:34:34I was just a pathetic man scraping by on a small lottery shop.
00:34:37She had assumed I would drop to my knees
00:34:39and beg the second she brought up divorce.
00:34:42Her face twisted with scorn.
00:34:45Don't put on a brave front.
00:34:47Do you really think a divorce will get you out of this mess?
00:34:55She pulled out a pen and paper from under the coffee table,
00:34:58speaking in a stern tone.
00:35:01Sign this debt liability document.
00:35:04I state clearly in black and white
00:35:06that the 100 million U.S. dollars in gambling debts
00:35:09are solely the responsibility of Zach Lorenz
00:35:11and Celia bears no liability whatsoever.
00:35:15I glanced at the paper
00:35:16and thought it was completely ridiculous.
00:35:18He recklessly bet 50 million U.S. dollars,
00:35:20backing the underdog Sherdrum team
00:35:22to beat the Acontia team.
00:35:23Unsurprisingly,
00:35:24he lost every penny
00:35:25and ended up drowning in massive debt.
00:35:27Now that the creditors had come knocking,
00:35:29the two women shamelessly tried to force me
00:35:31to take on the debt.
00:35:31In fact, I crumpled the paper into a ball
00:35:33and tossed it into the trash can
00:35:35and retorting coldly,
00:35:36Your brother is the debtor.
00:35:38Go collect the money from him.
00:35:40I agree to a divorce,
00:35:42but I will never take the blame for his mistakes.
00:35:45Do you want to bring disaster upon the whole family?
00:35:49Celia hurried over
00:35:50and dug her well-groomed nails hard into my arm.
00:35:55She shouted furiously,
00:35:58Timmy is steady and sensible.
00:35:59He would never gamble.
00:36:01You're the one who keeps company with gamblers
00:36:03and ran up a debt of over a hundred million.
00:36:06Do you want to bring disaster upon the whole family?
00:36:10I stared coldly at her hysterical look.
00:36:17We had been married for three years.
00:36:19I toiled from dawn till dusk in my shop
00:36:21less than 200 square meters
00:36:22and handed over every penny I earned to her.
00:36:27Yet she spent my hard-earned money
00:36:29buying luxury items for Edwin.
00:36:31Worse still,
00:36:33she was pregnant with his child.
00:36:36I slowly plied her fingers off.
00:36:42My tone was so calm
00:36:44that even I felt astonished.
00:36:48You can go ask Timmy
00:36:49whether he is really as well-beatinged as you believe.
00:36:52I agree to the divorce.
00:36:53I'll let you be with Edwin.
00:37:02You lowly nobody.
00:37:04Just wait until Edwin shows up.
00:37:06I'll see how arrogant you can be then.
00:37:11Harold stormed into the bedroom
00:37:13and began smashing things frantically.
00:37:16You won't sign, will you?
00:37:18Then I'll go cause trouble at your shabby shop
00:37:21and put an end to your business!
00:37:24She grabbed her Hermes handbag
00:37:26and walked straight out the door.
00:37:29Celia followed closely behind,
00:37:31sneering with contempt in her eyes.
00:37:35You lowly nobody.
00:37:36Just wait until Edwin shows up.
00:37:38I'll see how arrogant you can be then.
00:37:43The two slammed the door
00:37:44and left in anger.
00:37:45I took a deep breath
00:37:47as I looked around the messy living room.
00:37:54Just then, my phone vibrated.
00:37:56A message from the lottery center
00:37:58reminded me to keep the winning ticket
00:38:00worth 120 million US dollars safe
00:38:02and to the city center
00:38:03to claim the prize as soon as Pucetly.
00:38:05I touched the lottery ticket
00:38:07hidden close to my body.
00:38:13Since you've dug your own graves,
00:38:15don't blame me for letting things run their course.
00:38:22The owner of this shop
00:38:23gambles illegally
00:38:24and owes hundreds of millions
00:38:26in loan shark debts!
00:38:31Zack had just arrived
00:38:32around the corner by taxi
00:38:33when loud shouting
00:38:34and abuse assault his ears.
00:38:36Mariel Unley stood at the shop entrance
00:38:38with a megaphone,
00:38:39shouting for all to hear.
00:38:41Come one, come all!
00:38:43The owner of this shop
00:38:44gambles illegally
00:38:45and owes hundreds of millions
00:38:47in loan shark debts!
00:38:48He'll even drag his wife
00:38:49and child down with him!
00:38:53Regular customers
00:38:54who were checking the lottery results
00:38:55inside were utterly shocked.
00:38:57They gathered at the door,
00:38:58whispering and pointing.
00:38:59I never thought
00:39:00he'd be someone like this.
00:39:06eyes glistening
00:39:07with feigned tears,
00:39:08Celia Lynch
00:39:09held up her phone
00:39:10to start a live stream,
00:39:11putting on a wronged expression
00:39:12for the camera.
00:39:18Hello, everyone!
00:39:19This is my cold-hearted
00:39:21ex-husband!
00:39:23I chose to leave with nothing
00:39:25just to end our marriage!
00:39:29Please,
00:39:29never marry a gambler!
00:39:36I pushed through the crowd
00:39:38and strode into the shop.
00:39:43I won't let you get away with this
00:39:45unless you pay the money
00:39:47TODAY!
00:39:49Stop causing trouble in my shop.
00:39:53Instead of backing down,
00:39:55Mariel grew even more reckless
00:39:57when she saw me.
00:40:04I won't let you get away with this
00:40:07unless you pay the money
00:40:09TODAY!
00:40:13As it happens,
00:40:14I have matters to settle
00:40:15with you two as well.
00:40:20I pulled the receipt
00:40:21for the TV
00:40:21out of my wallet.
00:40:30This television
00:40:31costs 800 US dollars.
00:40:34I will call the police
00:40:36and demand full compensation
00:40:37from you.
00:40:42HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN DEBT!
00:40:44HE'LL PROBABLY END UP
00:40:45ROTTING IN PRISON
00:40:47FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE!
00:40:54GO AHEAD AND CALL THE POLICE!
00:40:56YOU OWE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
00:40:57TO LONE HARKS!
00:40:58AND THEY'LL ARREST YOU!
00:41:00THE FRAUDENERS
00:41:01THE SECOND THEY SHOW UP!
00:41:02SHE PLANTED HER HANDS
00:41:03ON HER HISPS,
00:41:04TURNED TO THE ONLOOKERS,
00:41:06AND RAISED HER VOICE.
00:41:10EVERYONE!
00:41:11BE THE JUDGE!
00:41:14THIS MAN LOST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
00:41:16ON SPORTS BETTING,
00:41:17YET NOW HE TRIES
00:41:18TO EXTORT 800 DOLLARS
00:41:20FROM ME FOR DAMAGES!
00:41:22A COLD-BLOODED SCOUNDREL
00:41:24LIKE HIM
00:41:24DESERVES HIS COME-UP PIN!
00:41:26MURMERS BROKE OUT
00:41:27AMONG THE CROWD.
00:41:28SEVERAL ELDERLY REGULARS
00:41:29WHO OFTEN BOUGHT LOTTERY TICKETS
00:41:31HERE STARED AT ME DOUBTFULLY.
00:41:32HE ALWAYS SEEMED HONEST ENOUGH.
00:41:35I NEVER THOUGHT
00:41:37HE'D BE SUCH A RECKLESS GAMBLER.
00:41:39HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN DEBT!
00:41:41HE'LL PROBABLY END UP
00:41:42ROTTING IN PRISON
00:41:43FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE!
00:41:54CELIA HELD UP HER PHONE,
00:41:57AIMING THE CAMERA
00:41:58STRAIGHT AT ME.
00:42:04THE CHILD YOU CARRY IS EDWIN'S.
00:42:06IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HARDSHIP,
00:42:08GO TO HIM.
00:42:09WHY PUT ON A SHOW IN MY SHOP?
00:42:11COMMENTS FLOODED THE LIVE STREAM
00:42:12RAPIDLY,
00:42:13WITH NETSITS
00:42:13JERLING INSULTS
00:42:14AND TRASHING ME RELENTLESSLY.
00:42:17CELIA SPOKE IN A TEARFUL VOICE.
00:42:22ZACH, IF YOU SIGN THE DEBT AGREEMENT
00:42:24AND ADMIT THIS IS YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY,
00:42:26I'LL LEAVE IT ONCE AND NEVER BOTHER YOU AGAIN.
00:42:28AS SHE SPOKE,
00:42:30THE STREAM WAS SOON FILLED WITH SYMPATHETIC COMMENTS AND GIFS.
00:42:34WATCHING HER CLUMSY,
00:42:35HIPOCRITICAL ACT,
00:42:37I SNIERED COLDLY.
00:42:38THE CHILD YOU CARRY IS EDWIN'S.
00:42:40IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HARDSHIP,
00:42:41GO TO HIM.
00:42:43WHY PUT ON A SHOW IN MY SHOP?
00:42:47MY VOICE WAS QUIET YET CLEAR ENOUGH
00:42:49FOR EVERYONE PRESENT AND ALL VIEWERS ONLINE TO HEAR.
00:42:53THE NOISY CROWD FELL DEAD SILENT FOR A MOMENT,
00:42:57THEN BROKE INTO LOUDER MURMURS.
00:43:00CELIA FROZE ON THE SPOT,
00:43:01PANIC FLASHING ACROSS HER EYES.
00:43:12ZACH!
00:43:13WHAT'S GOING ON?
00:43:15WHY IS EVERYTHING IN SUCH A MESS HERE?
00:43:26CELIA QUICKLY COMPOSED HERSELF,
00:43:28TEARS STREAMING DOWN HER CHEAP.
00:43:33YOU LACK ABILITY YOURSELF,
00:43:35YET YOU FORCEDLY ACCUSED ME OUT OF NOWHERE!
00:43:45ENRAGED BY HER WORDS,
00:43:47MERYL CHARGED FORWARD AND GRABBED AT MY CLOTHES.
00:43:51YOU HEARTLESS BRUTE!
00:43:54YOU GOT YOUR OWN ISSUES,
00:43:57AND STILL YOU DARE TO DEFACE MY DAUGHTER!
00:44:04JUST THEN,
00:44:05AN ANXIOUS VOICE RANG OUT FROM BEYOND THE CROWD.
00:44:10ZACH!
00:44:11WHAT'S GOING ON?
00:44:13WHY IS EVERYTHING IN SUCH A MESS HERE?
00:44:20I SPUN AROUND
00:44:21AND SAW MY MOTHER DARLA
00:44:22PUSHING HER WAY THROUGH THE CROWD WITH DIFFICULTY.
00:44:24A THERMAL CONTAINER IN HER HAND.
00:44:30IN-LAW!
00:44:31JUST LOOK AT WHAT YOUR SON HAS DONE!
00:44:35SHE HAD GONE TO THE HOSPITAL
00:44:37FOR A BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK TODAY
00:44:38AND DROPPED BY THE SHOP ON HER WAY BACK
00:44:40WITH SOME HOMEMADE SOUP.
00:44:45STEPPING INSIDE
00:44:46AND SEEING THE TOTAL MESS,
00:44:48WITH THE BROKEN TELEVISION
00:44:49LYING ON THE FLOOR,
00:44:51MOTHER'S HANDS SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY.
00:44:59DEAR IN-LAW,
00:45:01YOU CAN RESOLVE DISPUTE
00:45:02THROUGH DISCUSSION.
00:45:04HOW COULD YOU BANDISH
00:45:05OTHER RACE PROPERTY LIKE THIS?
00:45:07SHE HURRIED FORWARD
00:45:08TO PULL MERRIL ASIDE.
00:45:11BURNING WITH RAGE
00:45:12AND EAGER TO VENT HER ANGER,
00:45:14MERRIL ROUGHLY SHOOK OFF
00:45:15HER HAND AND SMEARED.
00:45:24IN-LAW,
00:45:25JUST LOOK AT WHAT YOUR SON HAS DONE!
00:45:28HE'S RUN UP MASSIVE GAMBLING DEBTS
00:45:30AND NOW TRIES TO DRAG MY DAUGHTER
00:45:33INTO PAYING THEM OFF!
00:45:38MOTHER TURNED DEATHLY PALE AT ONCE.
00:45:41WHAT?
00:45:42HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN DEBT?
00:45:46ZACH, WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON?
00:45:50LET ME TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
00:45:52OLD WOMAN.
00:45:53THIS CHILD ISN'T YOUR SONS AT ALL.
00:45:57I SUPPORTED MY MOTHER
00:45:58AND EXPLAINED IN A LOW VOICE.
00:46:01MUM, DON'T LISTEN TO HER NONSENSE.
00:46:04THE DEBT WAS INCURRED BY TIMMY.
00:46:06IT'S NOTHING TO LIECE WITH ME.
00:46:11EVERYONE TAKE A GOOD LOOK.
00:46:13THIS IS THE GAMBLER'S MOTHER.
00:46:39THIS CHILD ISN'T YOUR SONS AT ALL.
00:46:45IT BELONGS TO HIS FRIEND EDWIN.
00:46:48YOUR FAMILY LINE ENDS HERE.
00:46:51MY MOTHER'S EYES WIDENED.
00:46:53MUM!
00:46:58MUM!
00:47:00CALL AN AMBULANCE RIGHT AWAY!
00:47:10YOU ALL WITNESSED THIS.
00:47:12THEIR WHOLE FAMILY IS STAGING A S-
00:47:28HONEY, I'LL DEFEND YOU.
00:47:31WE USED TO BE FRIENDS AFTER ALL.
00:47:33TAKE THIS MONEY FOR YOUR MOTHER'S MEDICAL CAPEMENT.
00:47:35THE REST IS FOR MILK PEDTER FOR CELIA'S UNBORN CHILD.
00:47:41STEP ASIDE!
00:47:42EVERYONE MOVE BACK!
00:47:50THE BANK COATS HIT ME HARD IN THE FACE
00:47:52AND SCATTERED INTO THE SPILLED SOUP ON THE FLOOR,
00:47:54SOON COVERED IN GREASY STAINS.
00:47:56I STARED FIRMALLY AT EDWIN GRANT'S INSOLENT FACE.
00:48:02CUTTING THROUGH THE BUSTLE OF THE STREET.
00:48:09STEP ASIDE!
00:48:11EVERYONE MOVE BACK!
00:48:12WHEEL!
00:48:16WHEEL!
00:48:20I TREAT MY MOTHER IMMEDIATELY.
00:48:24AS THE DOOR SLID SHUT, I CAUGHT SIGHT THROUGH THE WINDOW OF EDEN GRANT GRANT,
00:48:28THROWING A VICTORY SIGN TOWARDS THE LIVE STREAM CAMERA,
00:48:31WHILE CELIA LYNCH LEANED AGAINST HIS CHEST WITH A TRIUMFANT SMILE ON HER FACE.
00:48:36TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
00:48:46THE PATIENT HAS SUFFERED A SEVERE CEREVERAL HEMORRAGE AND NEEDS AN IMMEDIATE CRANIOTOMY.
00:48:50A DEPOSIT OF TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS MUST BE PAID FIRST.
00:49:09TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
00:49:22ALL MY SAVINGS WERE KEPT BY CELIA LYNCH.
00:49:25SHE HAD EVEN SECRETLY CHANGED THE PASSWORD OF THE BANK CARD FOR MONTHLY BUSINESS REVENUE.
00:49:29RIGHT THEN, APART FROM THE WINNING LOTTERY TICKET WORTH ONE HUNDRED TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS HIDDEN CLOSE TO MY BODY,
00:49:34I DID NOT EVEN HAVE TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ON ME.
00:49:36THE PRIZE CLAIM PROCESS WOULD TAKE TIME.
00:49:38EVEN IF EVERYTHING WENT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, THE MONEY WOULD NOT ARRIVE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
00:49:45UNCLE WILL, MY MOTHER HAS SUDDENLY SUFFERED A REBO HEAPRIDAGE.
00:49:49I NEED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HER SURGERY.
00:49:51RIGHT AWAY. YOU COULD LEND ME THE MONEY TO TRUB ME OVER?
00:49:55I REALLY CAN'T LEND YOU ANY MONEY.
00:50:01ZACH LAURENS, IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T WANT TO HELP.
00:50:09CELIA LYNCH JUST SAID IN HER LIVE STREAM THAT YOU OWE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN GAMBLING DEBTS.
00:50:14OUR SMALL SUM OF MONEY WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
00:50:16YOU'D BETTER FIGURE THIS OUT ON YOUR OWN.
00:50:24I'VE HEARD WHAT HAPPENED. LET'S CUT OFF ALL CONTACT.
00:50:30I REALLY CAN'T LEND YOU ANY MONEY.
00:50:35OUR FAMILY DISOWNS A DISGRACE LIKE YOU.
00:50:38CELIA LYNCHEN'S LIVE STREAM HAD NOT ONLY RUINED MY REPUTATION, BUT ALSO COMPLETELY SEVERED ALL MY CONNECTIONS AND WAYS OUT.
00:50:48DESPERATE AND CORNERED, I WAS ABOUT TO SWALLOW MY PRIDE AND TURN TO LONE SHARKS.
00:50:56WHEN THE CLICK OF HIGH HEELS ECHOED FROM THE END OF THE CORRIDOR.
00:51:02THE END OF THE CORNITOR.
00:51:03THE END OF THE END OF THE CREASE
00:51:07HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
00:51:10OH.
00:51:16I ALREADY GAVE YOU A FREWHES ONE. HOW COULD YOU EAT A HOT DOG OFF THE G.O.uses?
00:51:20I just...
00:51:21Don't stop me!
00:51:23Lucas.
00:51:28That's my mother.
00:51:29She suffered head trauma and lost all her memories after getting hurt.
00:51:33She hasn't eaten in days.
00:51:35She's really hungry.
00:51:41Dan, pull over.
00:51:42Boss, what's wrong?
00:51:43He might need help.
00:51:44Let's go take a look.
00:51:48Why didn't you just say so, kid?
00:51:49I'll go make another one for you.
00:51:51Sir, I already got one for free.
00:51:53I just can't take more.
00:51:56What a sweet kid.
00:51:58Just breaks my heart.
00:52:01Yeah.
00:52:03No idea who his dad is.
00:52:04What kind of heartless bastard just walks out on a kid and his mom like that?
00:52:09Here.
00:52:09Take this.
00:52:10Make sure you eat, okay?
00:52:11You're still just a kid.
00:52:13Here.
00:52:13Take it.
00:52:14Don't feel bad, okay?
00:52:16Just stay strong and pay it forward when you can.
00:52:26I promise I'll repay you.
00:52:31Go on, go find your mom.
00:52:50Let's go, mom.
00:52:54Come on, Arthur.
00:52:57Wait.
00:53:03Can I help you, sir?
00:53:16The man standing in front of you is Alexander Clark.
00:53:19You guys are lucky today.
00:53:29Why does she look so familiar?
00:53:38I know you!
00:53:39Alexander!
00:53:40You're Alexander!
00:53:45Who doesn't know Alexander Clark?
00:53:47You're just pretending to be crazy to get money, aren't you?
00:53:50Mom!
00:53:52Cinda, what are you doing here?
00:53:54Saw your car while I was shopping.
00:53:57So I thought, why not say hi?
00:54:03Eww, woman like her.
00:54:05Filthy, trashy, no-buns.
00:54:08They don't deserve your kindness.
00:54:10You're too soft, Alexander.
00:54:25Thanks.
00:54:36Want to see what's underneath?
00:54:45Ryan, will you marry me?
00:54:49Yes!
00:54:52You're the only one I'll ever love.
00:54:54I'll give you everything.
00:54:55I promise.
00:54:59I love you, Alexander.
00:55:01All I need is you.
00:55:13Alexander!
00:55:15Alexander!
00:55:16Mom!
00:55:17Mom, what's wrong?
00:55:19What's happening to her?
00:55:20Ugh, she's obviously crazy.
00:55:22Let's get out of here fast.
00:55:25Alexander.
00:55:28But she's saying my name.
00:55:29How would she ever know me?
00:55:31Everyone in Tech City knows who you are.
00:55:33They're just faking hardship to manipulate your sympathy.
00:55:37When I look at her, I always feel like I've met her before.
00:55:44Alexander!
00:55:45It's me!
00:55:47It's me!
00:55:48It's me!
00:55:49You crazy woman!
00:55:51I know you've got an ulterior motive.
00:55:53How dare you even lay a finger on Alexander?
00:55:55You need to apologize to my mom!
00:56:00People like you are nothing but scammers.
00:56:03Pretending to know Alexander just to steal his money.
00:56:06Disgusting stash.
00:56:11I must be out of my mind.
00:56:13How could I think that woman was Brianna?
00:56:15Brianna was always so gentle.
00:56:17And she's been dead for years.
00:56:18I know you.
00:56:19I know you.
00:56:20Miss, I think you've mistaken me for someone else.
00:56:22I don't know you.
00:56:24I only stopped because I felt sorry for you and your son.
00:56:26No.
00:56:26You do know me.
00:56:27I'm, I'm...
00:56:31Mom!
00:56:32Mom, are you okay?
00:56:36But I know you.
00:56:37I know you.
00:56:38Alexander, let's go.
00:56:40This is just a pity act to swan your sympathy and your money.
00:56:43Sir, Miss Cinda's right.
00:56:44People like them will do anything for cash.
00:56:47My mom doesn't lie!
00:56:49You pushed her!
00:56:50She got hurt because of you!
00:56:52Still playing games?
00:56:54You touched this?
00:56:56Are you out of your mind?
00:56:58This is a 2026 runway piece.
00:57:00Selling you and your crazy-ass mom wouldn't even pay for a sleeve.
00:57:03We're not lying!
00:57:04Say sorry to my mom right now!
00:57:07Stop!
00:57:10Kid, you belong in school.
00:57:12Not out here hustling strangers with your mom.
00:57:14We're not liars.
00:57:15You don't get to talk about my mom like that.
00:57:17No one's buying it.
00:57:19Tell your mom to quit the act.
00:57:21She's not even good at pretending.
00:57:24It's not your fault.
00:57:26After all, you have such an irresponsible mother.
00:57:28Don't you dare talk about my mom like that!
00:57:30She's the best mom in the whole world!
00:57:34People like you don't deserve to live.
00:57:36Where's your dad?
00:57:38I don't have dad.
00:57:42No wonder.
00:57:45Being a mother comes with responsibility.
00:57:47Stop this madness dragging your son into it.
00:57:49You're ruining that child.
00:57:51Take this.
00:57:52Use it to send him to school.
00:58:00Money!
00:58:01So much money.
00:58:03Mom!
00:58:04We can't take this!
00:58:06I need it!
00:58:08Money!
00:58:08See, Alexander?
00:58:09I told you, crocodile tears and open hands.
00:58:12Classic scammer move.
00:58:13Boss, she's clearly faking it.
00:58:15Why waste your time?
00:58:16I pitied the kid.
00:58:17Not her.
00:58:18Let's go.
00:58:19Little bastard.
00:58:20Lucky today.
00:58:23With this money, I can save Alexander!
00:58:25I can pay for his surgery!
00:58:29Alexander, I have money now!
00:58:36Mom, please help!
00:58:38Somebody help my mom!
00:58:41Boss, they're acting again.
00:58:42Don't fall for it.
00:58:43Alexander, let's just forget about them.
00:58:45I booked that French place you love after dinner.
00:58:48Concert.
00:58:49Don't touch me.
00:58:50I've told you, I don't want you.
00:58:51The only woman I've ever loved is Brianna.
00:58:53Alexander, Brianna's dead!
00:58:55Mom!
00:58:55Next time I see you, it better be business.
00:58:57Nothing else.
00:59:01Filthy beggars!
00:59:02They ruined everything!
00:59:05Mom, please, wake up!
00:59:13Please, save my mom.
00:59:51Don't touch me!
00:59:53Get out of the way!
00:59:54Touch me!
00:59:54Don't touch me!
00:59:55No!
00:59:56No!
00:59:57No!
01:00:02Mom, it's okay.
01:00:03You're safe now.
01:00:04We're at the hospital.
01:00:06No!
01:00:20She seems mentally unstable.
01:00:23Could be long-term.
01:00:26Yeah.
01:00:27She's been like this forever.
01:00:29Totally out of it.
01:00:31You got her name?
01:00:32Any family?
01:00:33No clue.
01:00:34Just that poor kid.
01:00:36Her mind was already fragile.
01:00:37Something pushed her over the edge.
01:00:38Probably a huge shock.
01:00:41I know you.
01:00:42I know you.
01:00:42I know you.
01:00:43Alexander!
01:00:43Alexander!
01:00:43You're Alexander!
01:00:45It was him.
01:00:46He made mom snap.
01:00:47So what now?
01:00:48How do we help her?
01:00:48She needs brain surgery.
01:00:53She needs brain surgery and important meds.
01:01:09Look kid, it's not that I don't care.
01:01:12The only hope is this new drug from Clark Corp.
01:01:14I sold scrap.
01:01:17This is all I got.
01:01:18Can it buy medicine?
01:01:21I'll pay for it.
01:01:22Just, please, get her the meds.
01:01:24Do something.
01:01:27That drug's still in development.
01:01:28Clark Corp hasn't released it yet.
01:01:30Please, I can't lose her.
01:01:33Alexander Clark runs that company.
01:01:34Big on charity, they say.
01:01:35If you can get access to ask him directly, maybe he'll help.
01:01:38It could be your only shot.
01:01:40Alexander?
01:01:41Clark?
01:01:42The man standing in front of you is Alexander Clark.
01:01:45You guys are lucky today.
01:01:47So it's him.
01:01:53Don't worry, mom.
01:01:54I'll find a way to save you.
01:02:02Please!
01:02:03I need to see Mr. Clark!
01:02:05You think just anyone can meet Mr. Clark?
01:02:07Get lost!
01:02:09Hey!
01:02:12I said get out of here, kid!
01:02:28Jesus!
01:02:29Are you trying to get yourself killed?
01:02:31Please!
01:02:31Do you know Mr. Clark?
01:02:33Can you take me?
01:02:34What the hell?
01:02:34Who are you?
01:02:35You think you can just walk up to the richest guy
01:02:37in town?
01:02:38Go away!
01:02:40I'm sorry, sir.
01:02:51Mom, I'm sorry.
01:02:53I still couldn't find him.
01:02:55Please, hang on.
01:03:00Mr. Clark's gone for the day.
01:03:01If you're that desperate, try his house.
01:03:05Don't tell anyone.
01:03:09Thank you, sir!
01:03:16Brianna, I miss you so much.
01:03:22Alexander, Cinda waited all day.
01:03:25You didn't even show your face.
01:03:26I've told you, I won't marry.
01:03:29My heart died with Brianna.
01:03:31Brianna's been gone for years.
01:03:32You really gonna die alone for a ghost?
01:03:34Yes.
01:03:35In this life, she's the only one I'll ever marry.
01:03:38Alexander, enough!
01:03:39This ends now!
01:03:42It's okay, Mr. Clark.
01:03:44If he doesn't want to see me, I'll just leave.
01:03:46No, Cinda.
01:03:47You're staying.
01:03:48I don't care how stubborn he is.
01:03:50I'll make him marry.
01:04:03Then I'm done with this house.
01:04:05With all of it.
01:04:09Fine!
01:04:10Walk out!
01:04:11And don't come back!
01:04:13Please, don't be upset, Mr. Clark.
01:04:15He just needs time.
01:04:17One day, he'll realize Brianna's not coming back.
01:04:22They're wedding ring.
01:04:23Get rid of it.
01:04:25It's the only way he'll move on.
01:04:27Go on.
01:04:28Throw it as far away as you can.
01:04:33Yes, sir.
01:04:35He's awful.
01:04:37But Mom needs that medicine.
01:04:39If I just beg hard enough, maybe he'll help us.
01:04:52Sir, there's a kid outside, asking for Mr. Alexander.
01:04:56Kid?
01:04:56In this rain?
01:04:58Bring him in, now.
01:05:11Grab a towel.
01:05:12Quickly, he'll catch cold.
01:05:17Who are you?
01:05:18Why are you looking for Alexander?
01:05:21I need medicine.
01:05:22For my mom.
01:05:23She'll die without it.
01:05:28Your mom?
01:05:29What's her name?
01:05:33Her name is...
01:05:35Hey!
01:05:40Sir, here's the towel.
01:05:47He looks just like Alexander did.
01:05:52Thanks, but my mom's running out of time.
01:05:57Kid, wait!
01:05:59Nate, did you see that kid?
01:06:00He looks exactly like Alexander did when he was seven.
01:06:04No doubt.
01:06:06If you want to be sure, sir, we can test the hair on that towel.
01:06:11Do it.
01:06:11If he really is Alexander's son, we have to bring him back at once.
01:06:15I'm leaving all my fortune to him.
01:06:23I miss you so much.
01:06:33The ring.
01:06:34Where is it?
01:06:37Sir.
01:06:38Our wedding ring is gone!
01:06:39Everyone here knows how much it means to you.
01:06:41No one would touch it.
01:06:42It's all I have left of Brianna.
01:06:44It can't just vanish.
01:06:45Put out a reward.
01:06:46Anyone who finds it gets whatever they want.
01:06:49Right away, sir.
01:06:55Massive reward for return of Alexander Clark's wedding ring.
01:07:03That ring.
01:07:04That's the one mom always wears.
01:07:06She's always so protective of it.
01:07:08But now, she needs that medicine more.
01:07:11Maybe I can trade mom's ring to get the medicine from him.
01:07:16Mom, I have to do this for your illness.
01:07:19I hope you can forgive me.
01:07:25Sir!
01:07:26The ring!
01:07:27It's been found!
01:07:31Where is it?
01:07:32A kid found it.
01:07:33He's waiting at the Clark's hospital.
01:07:34Let's go.
01:07:35Now!
01:07:50Mr. Alexander!
01:07:55You again?
01:07:57Is this the ring you're looking for?
01:08:05Sir, that's your missing ring.
01:08:07This little thief stole it.
01:08:08I didn't steal it!
01:08:09I found it!
01:08:10Cut the crap.
01:08:11The boss's ring was kept safely in the drawer.
01:08:13There's no way you just happened to find it.
01:08:15I could tell from the start you two were trouble.
01:08:17Turns out you're not just con artists putting on an act for money.
01:08:20You're thieves too.
01:08:21It was my mom's!
01:08:23I need Clark meds for her!
01:08:24That's why I...
01:08:24That ring was Mr. Alexander's wedding ring for his late fiancé.
01:08:28What's your mom got to do with it?
01:08:30We let you off once.
01:08:31Now this, you know how much this means to him.
01:08:39Hand it over.
01:08:40Now.
01:08:42I didn't steal it.
01:08:43You can have it, but please give me the medicine first.
01:08:47I don't deal with thieves.
01:08:48You're not worth it.
01:08:49Give it to me.
01:09:00Give it back!
01:09:05This ring?
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