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lost in the twin game
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00:00I fold. Avery's yours for tonight.
00:03You're willing to give her up?
00:04Since you like her, I'll gladly step aside.
00:08Although, we've been together for almost a year.
00:10If you think she's secondhand, no need. I'll take her.
00:17Fine. Then enjoy yourself tonight, brother.
00:21As soon as Liam left, the room immediately came alive again.
00:25Logan, are you serious?
00:27You chased Avery for three months, went all soft for her, and you're already bored?
00:29It's not even been a year.
00:32A bet's a bet. And besides, she's just a girl.
00:35So Avery wasn't anything special to you after all.
00:40At first, she was. Hard to get. A bit high and mighty.
00:43But now, she's no different from the others.
00:48Still the same. Behaves like a damn dog in front of me.
00:50Hey, Logan. Next time, can I have a turn with her?
00:56But Logan, what if Liam actually gets to her? What then?
01:01He won't. They say he didn't even touch a girl back at military school.
01:04Ice cold type.
01:06That's not necessarily true, though.
01:07He did look at Avery a few times when she wore that dress showing her legs.
01:10He just hates girls who try too hard to show off.
01:13Bet on it then, Logan. You in?
01:14Don't forget, Avery is obsessed with me.
01:17She'd rather die than let another guy touch her.
01:18If you really want to bet, you better be ready to lose everything.
01:22Logan stood up and walked out.
01:23A pretty cheerleader was already waiting outside the door.
01:26He shoved her against the hallway wall and kissed her hard.
01:29No one noticed that I, the subject of the twins' bet, had already heard everything.
01:34If he could openly bet me away to another guy, then I meant absolutely nothing to him.
01:40And if I was stupid enough to make a scene, and embarrass him in front of everyone, I'd
01:45be the one paying the price.
01:47Everyone knows Logan's family had endowed the athletic center of our school.
01:50His name was on the donor wall in the main hallway, in letters bigger than most people's
01:55futures.
01:55That's why he could break rules, get into fights, and cause trouble at school without
02:00ever getting expelled.
02:02Someone told me there had been a ballet dancer before me.
02:05Logan had chased her for months, before she finally said yes.
02:08He spoiled her.
02:10Let her get away with things no one else could.
02:12For a while, everyone thought that she'd gotten the notorious bad boy to settle down.
02:18But less than six months later, he got bored and messed up with other girls.
02:23The ballet girl slashed the tire of Logan's motorcycle, making a scene in front of half the school.
02:32A few days later, she fell during rehearsal.
02:36She lived, but she was paralyzed from the waist down, her whole life finished.
02:42She withdrew from Stonebridge High before the semester was over.
02:46Officially, she'd transferred to a performing arts academy in another state.
02:50Unofficially, nobody wanted to talk about it.
02:53Back when Logan was chasing me, someone told me that he had been quietly looking into my scholarship.
02:58If he wanted to, he could make my life at this school a living hell.
03:02I had said yes to him because I was afraid of saying no.
03:05I had stayed with him for a year, keeping my head down.
03:08And now he'd put me in a card game.
03:11I went back to the guest room and lay down on the couch, pulling the blanket over myself.
03:16The door opened, footsteps across the room, and then the smell.
03:19Clean and unfamiliar.
03:21Not Logan.
03:22You should sleep in an actual bed.
03:27Finally, I've been waiting forever, Logan.
03:31Have you been waiting long?
03:32Hmm, my head is killing me.
03:35You'll feel better once you get something in your stomach.
03:37I'm tired, take me somewhere.
03:39You smell different tonight?
03:41Do I?
03:42Yeah, it's better though.
03:43Actually better.
03:45A lot.
03:46Glad you like it.
03:49Two days earlier, I hadn't known Liam Hayes existed.
03:52Logan never talked about him.
03:54In fact, he seemed almost wary of him.
03:56Mrs. Patterson introduced Liam in AP Lit.
03:58Transfer student.
04:00Previously enrolled in Vermont.
04:01Joining us for senior year.
04:03The rumors spread fast.
04:05He'd been kicked out of multiple schools.
04:07He'd hospitalized two guys in a fight and had no marks on him afterward.
04:11He'd been at a military academy before Vermont.
04:13He had a 4.0, and no one at his previous schools would say much about him, which people
04:18interpreted as either very good or very bad.
04:21At dinner, I sat next to Logan.
04:23Liam sat alone at another table.
04:24Near the end, his eyes moved to me.
04:27Just for a second.
04:28He didn't talk to anyone before leaving.
04:30I had no idea why he would agree to something as ridiculous as Logan's bet.
04:34But one thing became clear the moment I heard that bet.
04:37If I wanted to walk away from this game those rich guys were playing without getting hurt,
04:40Liam might be my only way out.
04:43I had just stepped out of the bathroom when Liam pulled me into his arms from behind.
04:58You're unusually impatient tonight, Logan.
05:03Change how you call me.
05:06Then what do you want me to call you?
05:09What do you usually call me?
05:11Your name, Mr. Hayes, and I've called you Baby.
05:17Then tonight call me Sir.
05:21Sir?
05:38The next day, I opened my eyes to full daylight.
05:41Every part of me ached.
05:43The kind of all-over soreness that goes bone deep.
05:46The room was empty.
05:47Liam was gone.
05:48I didn't know when he'd left.
05:49Through the glass, I could see the back lawn below, and Logan standing in it.
05:54I picked out a dress with an off-the-shoulder neckline, revealing the marks on purpose.
06:03Hey, what's wrong?
06:08Can you go get me some medicine from the infirmary?
06:10What for?
06:10What hurts?
06:11Last night, you were really rough.
06:13I didn't realize until the shower.
06:15There was...
06:16It bled a little.
06:17It really hurts.
06:19I fold.
06:20Avery's yours for tonight.
06:22You're willing to give her up?
06:23Since you like her, I'll gladly step aside.
06:26Although...
06:28We've been together for almost a year.
06:30If you think she's second-hand...
06:31No need.
06:32I'll take her.
06:36Fine.
06:37Then enjoy yourself tonight, brother.
06:40As soon as Liam left, the room immediately came alive again.
06:45Logan, are you serious?
06:46You chased Avery for three months, went all soft for her, and you're already bored?
06:48It's not even been a year.
06:51A bet's a bet.
06:52And besides, she's just a girl.
06:54So Avery wasn't anything special to you after all.
06:59At first, she was hard to get, a bit high and mighty, but now, she's no different from
07:04the others.
07:07Still the same, behaves like a damn dog in front of me.
07:10Hey, Logan.
07:11Next time, can I have a turn with her?
07:15But Logan, what if Liam actually gets to her?
07:18What then?
07:20He won't.
07:21They say he didn't even touch a girl back in military school.
07:23Ice cold type.
07:25That's not necessarily true, though.
07:26He did look at Avery a few times when she wore that dress showing her legs.
07:29He just hates girls who try too hard to show off.
07:32Bet on it then, Logan.
07:33You in?
07:34Don't forget, Avery is obsessed with me.
07:36She'd rather die than let another guy touch her.
07:38If you really want to bet, you better be ready to lose everything.
07:41Logan stood up and walked out.
07:42A pretty cheerleader was already waiting outside the door.
07:45He shoved her against the hallway wall and kissed her hard.
07:48No one noticed that I, the subject of the twins' bet, had already heard everything.
07:54If he could openly bet me away to another guy, then I meant absolutely nothing to him.
07:59And if I was stupid enough to make a scene, and embarrass him in front of everyone, I'd
08:04be the one paying the price.
08:06Everyone knows Logan's family had endowed the athletic center of our school.
08:09His name was on the donor wall in the main hallway, in letters bigger than most people's
08:14futures.
08:14That's why he could break rules, get into fights, and cause trouble at school without
08:19ever getting expelled.
08:21Someone told me there had been a ballet dancer before me.
08:24Logan had chased her for months before she finally said yes.
08:27He spoiled her.
08:29Let her get away with things no one else could.
08:31For a while, everyone thought that she'd gotten the notorious bad boy to settle down.
08:37But less than six months later, he got bored and messed up with other girls.
08:42The ballet girl slashed the tire of Logan's motorcycle, making a scene in front of half
08:47the school.
08:51A few days later, she fell during rehearsal.
08:55She lived, but she was paralyzed from the waist down.
08:58Her whole life finished.
09:01She withdrew from Stonebridge High before the semester was over.
09:05Officially, she'd transferred to a performing arts academy in another state.
09:09Unofficially, nobody wanted to talk about it.
09:12Back when Logan was chasing me, someone told me that he had been quietly looking into my
09:16scholarship.
09:17If he wanted to, he could make my life at this school a living hell.
09:21I had said yes to him because I was afraid of saying no.
09:24I had stayed with him for a year, keeping my head down.
09:28And now he'd put me in a card game.
09:30I went back to the guest room and lay down on the couch, pulling the blanket over myself.
09:34The door opened, footsteps across the room, and then the smell, clean and unfamiliar.
09:40Not Logan.
09:41You should sleep in an actual bed.
09:46Finally, I've been waiting forever, Logan.
09:50Have you been waiting long?
09:51Hmm, my head is killing me.
09:54You'll feel better once you get something in your stomach.
09:57I'm tired, take me somewhere.
09:59You smell different tonight?
10:00Do I?
10:00Yeah, it's better though.
10:02Actually better.
10:04A lot.
10:05Glad you like it.
10:08Two days earlier, I hadn't known Liam Hayes existed.
10:11Logan never talked about him.
10:13In fact, he seemed almost wary of him.
10:15Mrs. Patterson introduced Liam in AP Lit.
10:18Transfer student.
10:19Previously enrolled in Vermont.
10:21Joining us for senior year.
10:22The rumors spread fast.
10:24He'd been kicked out of multiple schools.
10:26He'd hospitalized two guys in a fight, and had no marks on him afterward.
10:30He'd been at a military academy before Vermont.
10:32He had a 4.0, and no one at his previous schools would say much about him, which people
10:37interpreted as either very good, or very bad.
10:40At dinner, I sat next to Logan.
10:42Liam sat alone at another table.
10:44Near the end, his eyes moved to me.
10:46Just for a second.
10:47He didn't talk to anyone before leaving.
10:49I had no idea why he would agree to something as ridiculous as Logan's bet.
10:53But one thing became clear the moment I heard that bet.
10:56If I wanted to walk away from this game those rich guys were playing without getting hurt,
11:00Liam might be my only way out.
11:02I had just stepped out of the bathroom when Liam pulled me into his arms from behind.
11:17You're unusually impatient tonight, Logan.
11:22Change how you call me.
11:25Then what do you want me to call you?
11:29What do you usually call me?
11:30Your name, Mr. Hayes, and I've called you Baby.
11:36Then tonight call me Sir.
11:40Sir?
11:57The next day, I opened my eyes to full daylight.
12:00Every part of me ached.
12:02The kind of all-over soreness that goes bone deep.
12:05The room was empty.
12:06Liam was gone.
12:07I didn't know when he'd left.
12:08Through the glass, I could see the back lawn below, and Logan standing in it.
12:13I picked out a dress with an off-the-shoulder neckline, revealing the marks on purpose.
12:21Hey.
12:22What's wrong?
12:27Can you go get me some medicine from the infirmary?
12:29What for?
12:29What hurts?
12:30Last night you were really rough.
12:32I didn't realize until the shower.
12:34There was...
12:35It bled a little.
12:36It really hurts.
12:38I fold.
12:39Avery's yours for tonight.
12:41You're willing to give her up?
12:42Since you like her, I'll gladly step aside.
12:45Although...
12:47We've been together for almost a year.
12:49If you think she's secondhand...
12:50No need.
12:51I'll take her.
12:55Fine.
12:56Then enjoy yourself tonight, brother.
13:00As soon as Liam left, the room immediately came alive again.
13:04Logan, are you serious?
13:05You chased Avery for three months, went all soft for her, and you're already bored?
13:08It's not even been a year.
13:10A bet's a bet.
13:11And besides, she's just a girl.
13:13So Avery wasn't anything special to you after all.
13:18At first, she was hard to get, a bit high and mighty, but now, she's no different from
13:23the others.
13:26Still the same, behaves like a damn dog in front of me.
13:29Hey, Logan.
13:30Next time, can I have a turn with her?
13:34But Logan, what if Liam actually gets to her?
13:37What then?
13:40He won't.
13:40They say he didn't even touch a girl back at military school.
13:42Ice cold type.
13:44That's not necessarily true, though.
13:45He did look at Avery a few times when she wore that dress showing her legs.
13:48He just hates girls who try too hard to show off.
13:51Bet on it then, Logan.
13:52You in?
13:53Don't forget, Avery is obsessed with me.
13:55She'd rather die than let another guy touch her.
13:57If you really want to bet, you better be ready to lose everything.
14:00Logan stood up and walked out.
14:01A pretty cheerleader was already waiting outside the door.
14:04He shoved her against the hallway wall and kissed her hard.
14:07No one noticed that I, the subject of the twins' bet, had already heard everything.
14:13If he could openly bet me away to another guy, then I meant absolutely nothing to him.
14:18And if I was stupid enough to make a scene and embarrass him in front of everyone, I'd
14:23be the one paying the price.
14:25Everyone knows Logan's family had endowed the athletic center of our school.
14:28His name was on the donor wall in the main hallway, in letters bigger than most people's
14:33futures.
14:33That's why he could break rules, get into fights, and cause trouble at school without
14:38ever getting expelled.
14:40Someone told me there had been a ballet dancer before me.
14:43Logan had chased her for months before she finally said yes.
14:46He spoiled her.
14:48Let her get away with things no one else could.
14:50For a while, everyone thought that she'd gotten the notorious bad boy to settle down.
14:56But less than six months later, he got bored and messed up with other girls.
15:01The ballet girl slashed the tire of Logan's motorcycle, making a scene in front of half
15:06the school.
15:10A few days later, she fell during rehearsal.
15:14She lived, but she was paralyzed from the waist down, her whole life finished.
15:20She withdrew from Stonebridge High before the semester was over.
15:24Officially, she'd transferred to a performing arts academy in another state.
15:28Unofficially, nobody wanted to talk about it.
15:31Back when Logan was chasing me, someone told me that he had been quietly looking into my
15:35scholarship.
15:36If he wanted to, he could make my life at this school a living hell.
15:40I had said yes to him because I was afraid of saying no.
15:43I had stayed with him for a year, keeping my head down.
15:47And now he'd put me in a card game.
15:49I went back to the guest room and lay down on the couch, pulling the blanket over myself.
15:54The door opened, footsteps across the room, and then the smell, clean and unfamiliar,
15:59not Logan.
16:00You should sleep in an actual bed.
16:05Finally, I've been waiting forever, Logan.
16:09Have you been waiting long?
16:10Hmm, my head is killing me.
16:13You'll feel better once you get something in your stomach?
16:16I'm tired, take me somewhere.
16:18You smell different tonight?
16:19Do I?
16:20Yeah, it's better though.
16:21Actually better.
16:23A lot.
16:24Glad you like it.
16:27Two days earlier, I hadn't known Liam Hayes existed.
16:30Logan never talked about him.
16:32In fact, he seemed almost wary of him.
16:34Mrs. Patterson introduced Liam in AP Lit, transfer student, previously enrolled in Vermont,
16:40joining us for senior year.
16:41The rumors spread fast.
16:43He'd been kicked out of multiple schools.
16:45He'd hospitalized two guys in a fight and had no marks on him afterward.
16:49He'd been at a military academy before Vermont.
16:51He had a 4.0, and no one at his previous schools would say much about him, which people interpreted
16:57as either very good or very bad.
16:59At dinner, I sat next to Logan.
17:01Liam sat alone at another table.
17:03Near the end, his eyes moved to me.
17:05Just for a second.
17:06He didn't talk to anyone before leaving.
17:09I had no idea why he would agree to something as ridiculous as Logan's bet, but one thing
17:13became clear the moment I heard that bet.
17:15If I wanted to walk away from this game those rich guys were playing without getting hurt,
17:19Liam might be my only way out.
17:21I had just stepped out of the bathroom when Liam pulled me into his arms from behind.
17:36You're unusually impatient tonight, Logan.
17:41Change how you call me.
17:44Then what do you want me to call you?
17:47What do you usually call me?
17:50Your name, Mr. Hayes, and I've called you Baby.
17:55Then tonight call me Sir.
17:59Sir?
18:17The next day, I opened my eyes to full daylight.
18:19Every part of me ached.
18:21The kind of all-over soreness that goes bone deep.
18:24The room was empty.
18:25Liam was gone.
18:26I didn't know when he'd left.
18:27Through the glass, I could see the back lawn below, and Logan standing in it.
18:32I picked out a dress with an off-the-shoulder neckline, revealing the marks on purpose.
18:40Hey.
18:41What's wrong?
18:46Can you go get me some medicine from the infirmary?
18:48What for?
18:49What hurts?
18:50Last night you were really rough.
18:51I didn't realize until the shower.
18:53There was...
18:54It bled a little.
18:55It really hurts.
18:59My own sister and my naga husband were wrapped around each other, laughing as my windpipe
19:03crashed.
19:04He belongs to me, Eve.
19:06Burn to ashes in this hellfire!
19:08In our past life, Sophia and I found two beastkin eggs.
19:18Yet Sophia loathed the serpent's creepy, icy scales.
19:21So she threw a fit, hijacked my phoenix, and shoved the ugly snake down my throat.
19:26But then, the heatfall came.
19:27The phoenix's fire aura cooked Sophia alive, while the serpent's eyes kept me perfectly safe.
19:32Mad with jealousy, Sophia seduced my husband at the brink of death.
19:35They slaughtered me.
19:36But now, I open my eyes.
19:38We are right back to the day the eggs hatched.
19:41Before I can even blink, Sophia rushes forward and snatches the frost serpent.
19:45The serpent is mine!
19:46You can keep that useless bird!
19:48She thinks the serpent is her golden ticket to surviving the heatfall.
19:51What the bitch doesn't know is, in our last life, he only kept his powers because I fed him my
19:56blood.
19:56It was pure torture.
20:00Since Sophia wants him so badly, I'll let her enjoy being drained alive.
20:05If that's what you want, Sophia, he's yours.
20:09In my last life, Vayne only married me because the ancient covenant forced his hand.
20:13But now, he doesn't even wait for me.
20:15He grabs Sophia and glares at me like I'm trash.
20:18Sophia wants me, Eve.
20:20I belong to her now.
20:21Get over it.
20:23Look at how he rejects me.
20:25This isn't their first meeting.
20:26They are already hooked up behind my back.
20:28Sophia and I aren't the only ones reborn.
20:31The global boiling starts soon.
20:33Sophia whispers in my ear.
20:35Get on your knees and beg me, and I might give you a few days of cool air.
20:38I almost burst out laughing.
20:40She has no idea she just signed her own death warrant.
20:43Sophia drags him away with her head high, totally blind to the pure evil in his eyes.
20:47I turn to the shivering phoenix.
20:49Ever since he cracked his shell, he's been terrified and only calms down after Sophia leaves.
20:55I didn't mean to.
20:56Please don't hit me.
20:57He looks at me, petrified.
20:59Why are you so scared?
21:00Did Sophia do something terrible to you?
21:04Don't say her name.
21:05Please never say it again.
21:06Did Sophia lose her mind in the heat last life and take it all out on him?
21:10The phoenix curls up.
21:11My god.
21:12The phoenix is reborn too.
21:16I kneel and pull him close, whispering softly.
21:19It's okay.
21:20It's all over now.
21:21I've got you, and nobody will ever hurt you again.
21:24He looks up at me.
21:25Do you really accept me?
21:26In the last life, Sophia hated my heat.
21:28She said I was nothing compared to the serpent.
21:30She ruined my body, then dumped me outside like trash.
21:32Trust me, you are a hundred times better than him.
21:35That snake is the real trash.
21:36In my last life, he drained my blood every single day and then killed me with Sophia.
21:40But why?
21:40Our ancient rules say we must be loyal to the one who saved us, or we'll face a terrible curse.
21:44How did he dare betray you like that?
21:46It doesn't matter anymore.
21:47Let's head to my house first.
21:49We have to start prepping for the end of the world right away.
21:52I give the phoenix a new name, Blaze.
21:54He loves it.
21:55He asks me to sit on his back.
21:57Spread silence.
21:58Wise.
22:04In no time, he carries me right back to the farmhouse.
22:07We decide to dig his cellar.
22:09A hundred meters deep underground.
22:11Won't need any AC or cooling gear.
22:13An unexpected bonus.
22:14He hit water while digging.
22:16We land at the bottom of the cellar and I'm instantly covered in a wonderful chill.
22:19But down here, it's absolute heaven.
22:22Tomorrow, the world burns.
22:24Sophia?
22:25Let's see who makes it out alive this time.
22:29Now, it's just a perfect, comfortable temperature.
22:33Finally, no more firepower.
22:35Blaze stretches near the bed.
22:36Exhausted.
22:37The blood drain to stop the heat day and night was too much.
22:39I am totally spent.
22:41Heartbroken and guilty, I sit right up.
22:43Your power drains your own blood?
22:44Yeah.
22:46But you would have chosen to freeze just to save me.
22:49I won't let you hold back for my sake.
22:51Blaze pinches my cheek, smiling like it's nothing.
22:54Looking at Blaze, so gentle and selfless, my heart breaks and swells at the same wonder.
22:58What are Veen and Sophia doing anyway?
23:00Too bad I can't watch it in person.
23:02Blaze grins, summoning a mirror from his flames.
23:06Eve, want to watch their live show?
23:12My own sister and my naga husband were wrapped around each other, laughing as my windpipe crashed.
23:17He belongs to me, Eve.
23:19Burn to ashes in this hellfire.
23:21In our past life, Sophia and I found two beastkin eggs.
23:31Yet Sophia loathed the serpent's creepy, icy scales.
23:34So she threw a fit, hijacked my phoenix, and shoved the ugly snake down my throat.
23:39But then, the heatfall came.
23:40The phoenix's fire aura cooked Sophia alive, while the serpent's eggs kept me perfectly safe.
23:45Mad with jealousy, Sophia seduced my husband at the brink of death.
23:49They slaughtered me.
23:50But now, I open my eyes.
23:51We are right back to the day the eggs hatched.
23:54Before I can even blink, Sophia rushes forward and snatches the frost serpent.
23:58The serpent is mine.
23:59You can keep that useless bird.
24:01She thinks the serpent is her golden ticket to surviving the heatfall.
24:04What the bitch doesn't know is, in our last life, he only kept his powers because I fed him my
24:09blood.
24:09It was pure torture.
24:13Since Sophia wants him so badly, I'll let her enjoy being drained alive.
24:18If that's what you want, Sophia, he's yours.
24:22In my last life, Vayne only married me because the ancient covenant forced his hand.
24:26But now, he doesn't even wait for me.
24:29He grabs Sophia and glares at me like I'm trash.
24:31Sophia wants me, Eve.
24:33I belong to her now.
24:34Get over it.
24:36Look at how he rejects me.
24:38This isn't their first meeting.
24:39They are already hooked up behind my back.
24:41Sophia and I aren't the only ones reborn.
24:44The global boiling starts soon.
24:46Sophia whispers in my ear.
24:48Get on your knees and beg me, and I might give you a few days of cool air.
24:52I almost burst out laughing.
24:53She has no idea she just signed her own death warrant.
24:56Sophia drags him away with her head high, totally blind to the pure evil in his eyes.
25:00I turn to the shivering phoenix.
25:02Ever since he cracked his shell, he's been terrified and only calms down after Sophia leaves.
25:08I didn't mean to.
25:09Please don't hit me.
25:10He looks at me, petrified.
25:12Why are you so scared?
25:13Did Sophia do something terrible to you?
25:17Don't say her name.
25:18Please never say it again.
25:19Did Sophia lose her mind in the heat last life and take it all out on him?
25:23The phoenix curls up.
25:24My god, the phoenix is reborn too.
25:29I kneel and pull him close, whispering softly.
25:32It's okay.
25:33It's all over now.
25:34I've got you, and nobody will ever hurt you again.
25:37He looks up at me.
25:38Do you really accept me?
25:39In the last life, Sophia hated my heat.
25:41She said I was nothing compared to the serpent.
25:43She ruined my body, then dumped me outside like trash.
25:45Trust me, you are a hundred times better than him.
25:48That snake is the real trash.
25:49In my last life, he drained my blood every single day and then killed me with Sophia.
25:53But why?
25:54Our ancient rules say we must be loyal to the one who saved us, or we'll face a terrible
25:57curse.
25:57How did he dare betray you like that?
25:59It doesn't matter anymore.
26:01Let's head to my house first.
26:02We have to start prepping for the end of the world right away.
26:05I give the phoenix a new name, Blaze.
26:07He loves it.
26:08He asks me to sit on his back, spread silence, wise.
26:17In no time, he carries me right back to the farmhouse.
26:20We decide to dig his cellar.
26:22A hundred meters deep underground.
26:24Won't need any AC or cooling gear.
26:26An unexpected bonus, he hit water while digging.
26:29We land at the bottom of the cellar and I'm instantly covered in a wonderful chill.
26:32But down here, it's absolute heaven.
26:35Tomorrow, the world burns.
26:37Sophia?
26:38Let's see who makes it out alive this time.
26:42Now, it's just a perfect, comfortable temperature.
26:45Finally, no more firepower.
26:48Blaze stretches near the bed, exhausted.
26:50The blood drain to stop the heat day and night was too much.
26:52I am totally spent.
26:54Heartbroken and guilty, I sit right up.
26:56Your power drains your own blood?
26:57Yeah.
26:59But you would have chosen to freeze just to save me.
27:02I won't let you hold back for my sake.
27:04Blaze pinches my cheek, smiling like it's nothing.
27:07Looking at Blaze, so gentle and selfless, my heart breaks and swells at the same wonder.
27:11How are Veen and Sophia doing anyway?
27:13Too bad I can't watch it in person.
27:15Blaze grins, summoning a mirror from his flames.
27:19Eve, want to watch their live show?
27:25My own sister and my naga husband were wrapped around each other, laughing as my windpipe crashed.
27:30He belongs to me, Eve.
27:32Burn to ashes in this hellfire.
27:34In our past life, Sophia and I found two beastkin eggs.
27:44Yet Sophia loathed the serpent's creepy, icy scales.
27:47So she threw a fit, hijacked my phoenix, and shoved the ugly snake down my throat.
27:52But then, the heatfall came.
27:54The phoenix's fire aura cooked Sophia alive, while the serpent's eggs kept me perfectly safe.
27:58Mad with jealousy, Sophia seduced my husband at the brink of death.
28:02They slaughtered me.
28:03But now, I open my eyes.
28:04We are right back to the day the eggs hatched.
28:07Before I can even blink, Sophia rushes forward and snatches the frost serpent.
28:11The serpent is mine!
28:12You can keep that useless bird!
28:14She thinks the serpent is her golden ticket to surviving the heatfall.
28:17What the bitch doesn't know is, in our last life, he only kept his powers because I fed him my
28:22blood.
28:22It was pure torture.
28:26Since Sophia wants him so badly, I'll let her enjoy being drained alive.
28:31If that's what you want, Sophia.
28:33He's yours.
28:35In my last life, Vayne only married me because the ancient covenant forced his hand.
28:39But now, he doesn't even wait for me.
28:42He grabs Sophia and glares at me like I'm trash.
28:45Sophia wants me, Eve.
28:46I belong to her now.
28:47Get over it.
28:49Look at how he rejects me.
28:51This isn't their first meeting.
28:52They are already hooked up behind my back.
28:54Sophia and I aren't the only ones reborn.
28:57The global boiling starts soon.
28:59Sophia whispers in my ear.
29:01Get on your knees and beg me, and I might give you a few days of cool air.
29:05I almost burst out laughing.
29:06She has no idea she just signed her own death warrant.
29:09Sophia drags him away with her head high, totally blind to the pure evil in his eyes.
29:13I turn to the shivering phoenix.
29:15Ever since he cracked his shell, he's been terrified and only calms down after Sophia leaves.
29:21I didn't mean to.
29:22Please don't hit me.
29:23He looks at me, petrified.
29:25Why are you so scared?
29:26Did Sophia do something terrible to you?
29:30Don't say her name.
29:31Please, never say it again.
29:32Did Sophia lose her mind in the heat last life and take it all out on him?
29:36The phoenix curls up.
29:38My god, the phoenix is reborn too.
29:42I kneel and pull him close, whispering softly.
29:45It's okay.
29:46It's all over now.
29:47I've got you, and nobody will ever hurt you again.
29:50He looks up at me.
29:51Do you really accept me?
29:52In the last life, Sophia hated my heat.
29:54She said I was nothing compared to the serpent.
29:56She ruined my body, then dumped me outside like trash.
29:58Trust me, you are a hundred times better than him.
30:01That snake is the real trash.
30:02In my last life, he drained my blood every single day and then killed me with Sophia.
30:06But why?
30:07Our ancient rules say we must be loyal to the one who saved us, or we'll face a terrible curse.
30:10How did he dare betray you like that?
30:12It doesn't matter anymore.
30:14Let's head to my house first.
30:15We have to start prepping for the end of the world right away.
30:18I give the phoenix a new name, Blaze.
30:20He loves it.
30:21He asks me to sit on his back.
30:23Spread the silence.
30:24Wise.
30:30In no time, he carries me right back to the farmhouse.
30:34We decide to dig a cellar.
30:35A hundred meters deep underground.
30:37Won't need any AC or cooling gear.
30:39An unexpected bonus, he hit water while digging.
30:42We land at the bottom of the cellar and I'm instantly covered in a wonderful chill.
30:45But down here, it's absolute heaven.
30:48Tomorrow, the world burns.
30:50Sophia?
30:51Sophia?
30:51Let's see who makes it out alive this time.
30:55Now, it's just a perfect, comfortable temperature.
30:58Finally, no more firepower.
31:01Blaze stretches near the bed, exhausted.
31:03The blood drain to stop the heat day and night was too much.
31:05I am totally spent.
31:07Heartbroken and guilty, I sit right up.
31:09Your power drains your own blood?
31:10Yeah.
31:12But you would have chosen to freeze just to save me.
31:15I won't let you hold back for my sake.
31:17Blaze pinches my cheek, smiling like it's nothing.
31:20Looking at Blaze, so gentle and selfless, my heart breaks and swells at the same wonder.
31:24What are Veen and Sophia doing anyway?
31:26Too bad I can't watch it in person.
31:28Blaze grins, summoning a mirror from his flames.
31:32Eve, want to watch their live show?
31:39My three brothers destroyed me.
31:41Just to make my father's bastard daughter.
31:43Celeste.
31:44The next queen.
31:45My eldest brother set his beast on me.
31:47It tore half my face off.
31:48I was scarred for life.
31:50My second brother let rogues into our estate.
31:52They cut the tendons in my wrists.
31:53I'd never paint a rune again.
31:55All my talent gone.
31:56My third brother slipped a drug into my drink.
31:58Let his rogue friend mark me.
32:00My honor was ruined.
32:01Celeste took my place.
32:02She became the future queen.
32:04Alara, listen.
32:05We'll make this right.
32:06We've got you, always.
32:08Once their wish was granted, my brothers finally remembered me.
32:10I gripped the marriage contract from the crippled king's hand.
32:13Don't.
32:14I don't need your apologies.
32:16I cut ties with my brothers in three days,
32:19then climbed into the wedding car without looking back.
32:21Ladder, I heard my three brothers turn the whole territory upside down.
32:24They even posted a bounty, just to bring me home.
32:27But what did it matter?
32:28We were strangers now.
32:29In the clan's beast grounds,
32:30my eldest brother Magnus was personally training a tiger cub.
32:33He was the finest beast master in the northern territory.
32:36The royal clan came to...
32:37Whoa, whoa, Pip.
32:39Pip, you have to be a good girl.
32:42So one day, you can protect Celeste better.
32:45Tears slid down behind my mask.
32:47They seeped into the wound on my face that hadn't healed yet.
32:49The pain cut deep.
32:50Brother, I wanted a spirit cub of my own.
32:53But Magnus would always snap at me, he said.
32:55Spirit beasts were sacred.
32:57Only royals were worthy of them.
32:59Back then, I thought he was just following the rules,
33:01that he was protecting me from getting in trouble.
33:03Now, I knew better.
33:04For someone he truly loved, he'd break any rule.
33:06Fifteen years ago, my mother died.
33:08She was the Alduin matriarch.
33:10My three brothers weren't born to her.
33:11She took them in as orphans and raised them as her sons.
33:14On her deathbed, she made them swear one thing.
33:16Protect Alara.
33:18Always.
33:19Promise me, boys.
33:21But months later, my father brought home his mistress and her bastard daughter, Celeste.
33:25His eyes only saw Celeste.
33:27He stopped seeing me.
33:28The daughter, his matriarch, died begging him to protect.
33:30I walked over to Pip.
33:31Brother, do you remember?
33:32I lowered my head and stroked her soft little ears.
33:35I always wanted a spirit cub, too.
33:37Magnus looked at me.
33:38He scooped Pip up and stepped back.
33:39I shot.
33:40Lara.
33:40Honestly, his change toward me wasn't sudden.
33:42What are you trying to do?
33:44This is Celeste's maiden gift.
33:46Don't even think about taking it.
33:47Fifteen years ago, the day Celeste first arrived, she came to my room in a fancy new dress just
33:52to rub it in my face.
33:53I didn't even bother with her.
33:54Fifteen years, nothing changed.
33:56All these years, I tried to prove my innocence.
33:58All I got back was disgust and cold stares.
34:00Enough!
34:01In his mind, every word out of my mouth was a lie.
34:04Now that I was about to leave, I let it go.
34:07You can't make someone love you back.
34:08I had one goal today.
34:09Sever the bond.
34:10Magnus scanned the kinship severance.
34:12He scoffed.
34:13A pure-blooded daughter of this clan, and you're this petty, not half as graceful as Celeste.
34:18Having a sister like you is the greatest shame of my life.
34:23Having a sister like you is the greatest shame of my life.
34:25I touched the cold porcelain of my mask.
34:27I let out a bitter laugh.
34:29Having a brother like you is my shame.
34:30When his beast clawed my face, I didn't accuse him.
34:33This was the first time in my life I'd ever spoken back.
34:35Magnus was pissed.
34:36He grabbed me by the throat.
34:37His eyes flashed red.
34:38Hilara, you brought this on yourself.
34:44When you said that cub on Celeste, you should have known this day would come.
34:47Suddenly, I remembered the summer.
34:48I was forced the words out through the pain.
34:50Magnus, if you hate me so much, just sign the kinship severment.
34:56That way, Celeste can be officially recognized as the rightful daughter-
34:59Good, someone as twisted as you doesn't deserve to be my sister.
35:03He scrawled his name.
35:04Don't you dare regret this.
35:06Look at yourself.
35:07Who else would want you?
35:09Severed or not, you'll still end up crawling back to this estate.
35:13Eating our food?
35:15Wearing our clothes?
35:16He threw the contract at my feet.
35:17I picked up the contract from the floor, folded it carefully, tucked it into my coat.
35:21Don't worry, Lord Magnus.
35:23Hilara has no intention of coming back.
35:25His eyelashes trembled.
35:26You're calling me Lord now.
35:27The bond is severed.
35:28I stepped back.
35:29Of course I should.
35:30Magnus shook with rage.
35:31He clenched his teeth.
35:32Fine.
35:33Be as proud as you want.
35:34Don't come crawling to me later.
35:36I wouldn't.
35:36In three days, I'd leave the Aldwyn estate.
35:38I'd never come back, whether I regretted it or struggled to survive.
35:41It was no one's business but mine.
35:45The next day, I walked straight into my second brother Sorin's study.
35:49After father died, Sorin took over as the most accomplished son.
35:52He inherited father's seat.
35:54He became the clan's CFO.
35:55He was steadier than Magnus.
35:57Colder.
35:57When I barged in, he didn't even glance up.
35:59He kept writing.
36:00How are your hands?
36:01I looked at my hands.
36:02The wounds had closed.
36:03But I'd never hold a brush again.
36:04Better.
36:05Thanks for leaving me with at least something, brother.
36:07Now that's more like what you should be.
36:10A proper lady.
36:12Alara, don't blame me.
36:13Celeste suffered so much as a child.
36:15She could never paint runes the way you used to.
36:17I touched the frost flower rune hanging on his wall.
36:19The one I'd given him.
36:20My chest ached.
36:21If we hadn't helped her this time, she'd have lost the Prince Lucan.
36:24She'd have ended up with no one.
36:25And me, Sorin?
36:26My engagement is destroyed too.
36:28What about me?
36:30Should I die alone?
36:32But he thought I was demanding answers.
36:33His guilty look vanished.
36:35Annoyance took its place.
36:38Alara, I'm trying to spare you.
36:40You and the Prince Lucan.
36:41You know how that engagement really happened.
36:43Celestia saved him that night.
36:45You stole the sunstone pendant he left her.
36:47You tricked him into the wrong betrothal.
36:49This is what you owe her.
36:51I tossed the pendant on my dresser without a thought.
36:57Celeste's mother came by a few days later.
36:59She saw the pendant.
37:01She had her people dig up the whole story.
37:03But when Prince Lucan came to formalize the betrothal,
37:06he didn't recognize the pendant.
37:07He closed his eyes, reached out, touched my hand, then said,
37:11That's right.
37:12Lady Alara saved me.
37:13I'd know her hand anywhere.
37:15The Prince's verdict didn't clear my name.
37:17If anything, it made my family hate me more.
37:20They were convinced I'd seduced him.
37:22That was when Sorin gave up on me.
37:25He stood with Celeste for good.
37:28Help Celeste take back what's hers.
37:31He clung to Father's dying words.
37:34Alara, if you have a shred of decency,
37:36you'll wish her well and shut up about it.
37:39His voice yanked me back.
37:41I had no fight left.
37:42I nodded calmly.
37:43As you wish, my lord.
37:45I pulled the frostflower rune off the wall.
37:46This is the best work I've ever made.
37:49Let it be my mating gift to the Prince Lucan and Celeste.
37:55You never liked it anyway, brother.
37:56A flicker crossed his eyes.
37:58Maybe regret.
37:59But pride wouldn't let him show it.
38:00He looked down.
38:01Cool as ever.
38:02Suit yourself.
38:05Just don't go bothering Celelta.
38:07I pulled out the kinship severance.
38:09Spread it on his desk.
38:11Held out the pen.
38:13Sign it, my lord.
38:14And I swear I'll never trouble Celeste again.
38:18His head snapped up.
38:20Are you threatening me?
38:21My answer calmly, yes.
38:23He hesitated, then snatched the pen signed.
38:26You said it yourself.
38:28Don't you dare go back on your word.
38:30I folded the contract.
38:31Took one last look at the document on his desk.
38:33His territory expansion plan.
38:35Lord Sotan.
38:36Pushing into the eastern border now is a mistake.
38:38The Ravenshot clan has three alphas there.
38:41You'll burn through your scouts in a month.
38:43Take the western flats first.
38:44They have no leadership.
38:46Settle the territory.
38:47Build the farms back up.
38:48That's the way.
38:49His eyes lit up.
38:49The corner of his mouth twitched up.
38:51He nodded.
38:53Alara.
38:53You're really good at strategy.
38:55Such a shame your heart is rotten.
38:57Stay with me.
38:58Be my advisor.
39:00It's the best way for you.
39:02Then, the kinship severment.
39:03I'll just take it as a joke.
39:05Thank you, my lord.
39:06But my tongue would only annoy you.
39:07I won't speak out of turn anymore.
39:09Consider this my repayment for all the years you sheltered me.
39:12He sighed.
39:13Fine.
39:14I can wait.
39:14Once you've cooled down, we'll talk again.
39:17My brother, you won't have time to wait.
39:19In two days, we'll part ways.
39:21Forever.
39:23On the third day, I cornered my third brother Zane at the Gilded Fang.
39:27Of all three sons, Zane was the family disappointment.
39:29He spent every night at the nightclub.
39:31He ran with the worst crowd in town.
39:33Lazy.
39:33Cruel.
39:34With too much money and too much time.
39:36The rogue who marked me was his closest friend.
39:38Dax Renner.
39:39Son of the Renner pack.
39:40When Dax saw me, his eyes lit up with that filthy gleam.
39:43He smirked.
39:44Well, well.
39:45If it isn't my little bride.
39:47What's the matter, sweetheart?
39:48Missed me?
39:49Brushed his fingers against my mask.
39:51Clicked his tongue.
39:52Shame about that face of yours.
39:56Otherwise, I'd have taken you home and kept you.
39:58Zane swirled his drink.
39:59Watched the whole thing with a smirk.
40:00Zane.
40:00I knew the answer already.
40:02You let this scum mark me?
40:03But I asked anyway.
40:05Now you're going to watch him touch me too?
40:07You're already Dax's, aren't you?
40:10What's a little touch?
40:12Maybe one day, when no one else wants you, you'll beg him to take you in.
40:16Lord Zane, she's still your sister!
40:18Even the hostess couldn't stand it.
40:20I don't have a sister this rotten.
40:21My only sister is Celeste.
40:26The wound in my chest ripped open again.
40:28The pain stole my breath.
40:29When we were little, Zane loved me the most.
40:31I used to play tricks on him, tease him.
40:33He never got mad.
40:34I never pranked him again.
40:35Every time we saw a snake, we'd step in front of him.
40:38He'd grin and say,
40:39Anyone who messes with my sister, I'll break their legs.
40:42His words still rang in my ears, but everything had changed.
40:44Maybe Zane never imagined the one who'd hurt me deepest would be him.
40:47The hostess looked away, sick to her stomach.
40:49Don't pity her.
40:50You don't know how rotten she is.
40:52Two years ago, she snuck a man into our estate.
40:54She wanted him to assault Celeste.
41:00My three brothers destroyed me, just to make my father's bastard daughter.
41:04Celeste, the next queen.
41:06My eldest brother set his beast on me.
41:08It tore half my face off.
41:09I was scarred for life.
41:11My second brother let rogues into our estate.
41:13They cupped attendants in my wrists.
41:14I'd never paint a rune again.
41:15All my talent gone.
41:16My third brother slipped a drug into my drink.
41:19Let his rogue friend mark me.
41:21My honor was ruined.
41:22Celeste took my place.
41:23She became the future queen.
41:25Alara, listen.
41:26We'll make this right.
41:27We've got you, always.
41:28Once their wish was granted, my brothers finally remembered me.
41:31I gripped the marriage contract from the crippled king's hand.
41:33Don't.
41:35I don't need your apologies.
41:37I cut ties with my brothers in three days, then climbed into the wedding car without looking back.
41:42Later, I heard my three brothers turn the whole territory upside down.
41:45They even posted a bounty, just to bring me home.
41:48But what did it matter?
41:49We were strangers now.
41:50In the clan's beast grounds, my eldest brother Magnus was personally training a tiger cub.
41:54He was the finest beast master in the Northern Territory, the royal clan Kainji.
41:58Whoa, whoa, Pip.
42:00Pip, you have to be a good girl, so one day you can protect Celeste better.
42:06Tears slid down behind my mask.
42:08They seeped into the wound on my face that hadn't healed yet.
42:10The pain cut deep.
42:11Brother, I wanted a spirit cub of my own.
42:14But Magnus would always snap at me, he said.
42:16Spirit beasts were sacred.
42:18Only royals were worthy of them.
42:20Back then, I thought he was just following the rules, that he was protecting me from getting in trouble.
42:24Now, I knew better.
42:25For someone he truly loved, he'd break any rule.
42:27Fifteen years ago, my mother died.
42:29She was the Aldwyn matriarch.
42:30My three brothers weren't born to her.
42:32She took them in as orphans and raised them as her sons.
42:34On her deathbed, she made them swear one thing.
42:37Protect Alera.
42:39Always.
42:40Promise me, boys.
42:42But months later, my father brought home his mistress and her bastard daughter, Celeste.
42:46His eyes only saw Celeste.
42:48He stopped seeing me.
42:49The daughter, his matriarch, died begging him to protect.
42:51I walked over to Pip.
42:52Brother, do you remember?
42:53I lowered my head and stroked her soft little ears.
42:56I always wanted a spirit cup, too.
42:58Magnus looked at me.
42:59He scooped Pip up and stepped back, eyes sharp.
43:01Lara.
43:01Honestly, his change toward me wasn't sudden.
43:03What are you trying to do?
43:05This is Celeste's maiden gift.
43:07Don't even think about taking it.
43:08Fifteen years ago, the day Celeste first arrived, she came to my room in a fancy new dress just
43:12to rub it in my face.
43:14I didn't even bother with her.
43:15Fifteen years, nothing changed.
43:16All these years, I tried to prove my innocence.
43:18All I got back was disgust and cold stares.
43:20Enough!
43:22In his mind, every word out of my mouth was a lie.
43:25Now that I was about to leave, I let it go.
43:27You can't make someone love you back.
43:29I had one goal today.
43:30Sever the bond.
43:31Magnus scanned the kinship severance.
43:33He scoffed.
43:34A pure-blooded daughter of this clan.
43:36And you're this petty.
43:37Not half as graceful as Celeste.
43:39Having a sister like you is the greatest shame of my life.
43:44Having a sister like you is the greatest shame of my life.
43:46I touched the cold porcelain of my mask.
43:48I let out a bitter laugh.
43:49Having a brother like you is my shame.
43:51When his beast clawed my face, I didn't accuse him.
43:53This was the first time in my life I'd ever spoken back.
43:56Magnus was pissed.
43:57He grabbed me by the throat.
43:58His eyes flashed red.
43:59Alera, you brought this on yourself.
44:04When you said that cub on Celeste, you should have known this day would come.
44:08Suddenly, I remembered the summer.
44:09I was forced the words out through the pain.
44:11Magnus, if you hate me so much, just sign the kinship severment.
44:17That way, Celeste can be officially recognized as the rightful daughter-
44:20Good, someone as twisted as you doesn't deserve to be my sister.
44:24He scrawled his name.
44:25Don't you dare regret this.
44:26Look at yourself.
44:28Who else would want you?
44:30Severed or not, you'll still end up crawling back to this estate.
44:34Eating our food?
44:35Wearing our clothes?
44:36He threw the contract at my feet.
44:38Corb laugh.
44:39I picked up the contract from the floor, folded it carefully, tucked it into my coat.
44:42Don't worry, Lord Magnus.
44:44Alara has no intention of coming back.
44:45His eyelashes trembled.
44:46You're calling me Lord now.
44:48The bond is severed.
44:49I stepped back.
44:50Of course I should.
44:51Magnus shook with rage.
44:52He clenched his teeth.
44:53Fine.
44:53Be as proud as you want.
44:55Don't come crawling to me later.
44:56I wouldn't.
44:57In three days, I'd leave the Aldwin estate.
44:59I'd never come back.
45:00Whether I regretted it or struggled to survive, it was no one's business but mine.
45:06The next day, I walked straight into my second brother Sorin's study.
45:10After father died, Sorin took over as the most accomplished son.
45:13He inherited father's seat.
45:14He became the clan's CFO.
45:16He was steadier than Magnus.
45:18Colder.
45:18When I barged in, he didn't even glance up.
45:20He kept writing.
45:21How are your hands?
45:22I looked at my hands.
45:23The wounds had closed, but I'd never hold a brush again.
45:25Better.
45:26Thanks for leaving me with at least something, brother.
45:28Now that's more like what you should be.
45:30A proper lady.
45:33Alara, don't blame me.
45:34Celeste suffered so much as a child.
45:36She could never paint runes the way you used to.
45:38I touched the frostflower rune hanging on his wall.
45:40The one I'd given him.
45:41My chest ached.
45:42If we hadn't helped her this time, she'd have lost the Prince Lucan.
45:45She'd have ended up with no one.
45:46And me, Sorin?
45:47My engagement is destroyed too.
45:49What about me?
45:51Should I die alone?
45:52But he thought I was demanding answers.
45:54His guilty look vanished.
45:56Annoyance took its place.
45:58Alara, I'm trying to spare you.
46:00You and the Prince Lucan.
46:02You know how that engagement really happened.
46:04Celestia saved him that night.
46:06You stole the sunstone pendant he left her.
46:07You tricked him into the wrong betrothal.
46:10This is what you owe her!
46:12I tossed the pendant on my dresser without a thought.
46:17Celeste's mother came by a few days later.
46:20She saw the pendant.
46:22She had her people dig up the whole story.
46:24But when Prince Lucan came to formalize the betrothal,
46:26he didn't recognize the pendant.
46:28He closed his eyes, reached out, touched my hand, then said,
46:32That's right.
46:32Lady Alara saved me.
46:34I'd know her hand anywhere.
46:35The Prince's verdict didn't clear my name.
46:38If anything, it made my family hate me more.
46:41They were convinced I'd seduced him.
46:43That was when Sorin gave up on me.
46:46He stood with Celeste for good.
46:49Help Celeste take back what's hers.
46:52He clung to father's dying words.
46:55Alara, if you have a shred of decency,
46:57you'll wish her well and shut up about it!
46:59His voice yanked me back.
47:01I had no fight left.
47:03I nodded calmly.
47:04As you wish, my lord.
47:06I pulled the frostflower rune off the wall.
47:08This is the best work I've ever made.
47:10Let it be my mating gift to the Prince Lucan and Celeste.
47:15You never liked it anyway, brother.
47:17A flicker crossed his eyes.
47:19Maybe regret, but pride wouldn't let him show it.
47:21He looked down, cool as ever.
47:23Suit yourself.
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