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... Bow To 10-Year-Old Archmage Aldric
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00:00:00Choose one to be your mate.
00:00:02None of them. I choose Daemon, the crippled Alpha.
00:00:05I am the only direct bloodline heir of the Iron Moon pack.
00:00:09Yet, I was born a female Alpha,
00:00:12who couldn't even maintain a stable wolf form.
00:00:15I spent 10 years chasing after Kaylin Stone,
00:00:18until one day, standing outside his bedroom door,
00:00:21I heard him swear to Vivian Moss.
00:00:23I'll mark Lyra only to secure my position.
00:00:25You're the only one I want.
00:00:27The day of my coming-of-age ceremony arrived,
00:00:29when a servant screamed,
00:00:31Help! Vivian is missing!
00:00:33Then she appeared, crying, running.
00:00:36It was Lyra. She had me taken.
00:00:38My head snapped to the side.
00:00:40Silence swallowed the entire hall.
00:00:43Then he looked at me.
00:00:44I will never mark someone like you.
00:00:46Love isn't something people in our position get to negotiate.
00:00:49If everything comes down to power and survival,
00:00:51then I choose strength, not sentiment.
00:00:53Choose one to be your mate.
00:00:55One of these potential Alpha candidates
00:00:57will become the next Alpha of our pack.
00:01:00None of them.
00:01:02I choose Daemon.
00:01:04The crippled Alpha.
00:01:06I am the only direct, bloodline heir of the Iron Moon pack.
00:01:10Yet, I was born a female Alpha.
00:01:12Everyone said that the five orphans my father brought back from the battlefield
00:01:16were the true future of the pack.
00:01:19He raised them into the most admired beta warriors in Iron Moon.
00:01:23As for me,
00:01:24I was nothing more than a pretty heir with noble blood
00:01:27who couldn't even maintain a stable wolf form.
00:01:30And as far as those five were concerned,
00:01:32I barely existed.
00:01:34I spent ten years chasing after Kaylin Stone,
00:01:37only to earn countless looks of disdain in return.
00:01:40I used to think he treated all women that way.
00:01:43Until one day,
00:01:44standing outside his bedroom door,
00:01:46I heard him swear to Vivian Moss.
00:01:49I'll mark Lyra only to secure my position.
00:01:51You're the only mate I want.
00:01:53I've made you have done.
00:01:55Those words shattered everything I had believed in for the past ten years.
00:02:01On the eve of the Elders' Council meeting,
00:02:02my father asked me who I wanted to choose.
00:02:05I thought of the way all five of them avoided my gaze.
00:02:08If I'm getting married, I might as well make it strategic.
00:02:11I choose Damon Bloodfing of the Bloodfill Pack.
00:02:14Damon was poisoned by silver five years ago.
00:02:17His legs were left paralyzed,
00:02:18and rumors say he can't even complete a mating mark anymore.
00:02:21Are you sure?
00:02:23Love isn't something people in our position get to negotiate.
00:02:26If everything comes down to power and survival,
00:02:29then I choose strength, not sentiment.
00:02:31Damon may be crippled,
00:02:32but his bloodline, his pack, and his warriors
00:02:34still outweigh those five men combined.
00:02:36My father's expression darkened.
00:02:38You say that so easily,
00:02:39but are you telling me
00:02:41none of the five boys I raised for you ever caught your attention?
00:02:45My mother had been my father's only mate.
00:02:47She died the year I was born.
00:02:49A rogue attack.
00:02:50Too much blood loss.
00:02:51No second chance.
00:02:52After that, he never took another mate,
00:02:55but he also never fully believed
00:02:57a female alpha could carry Iron Moon alone,
00:02:59so he followed the Council's recommendation.
00:03:01He brought back five orphaned boys from the battlefield
00:03:04and raised them inside Iron Moon.
00:03:06He made one rule from the beginning.
00:03:08No matter who I chose,
00:03:10that man would be granted alpha status,
00:03:13meant to rule beside me,
00:03:14not beneath me.
00:03:15That was his compromise.
00:03:17Love me fiercely,
00:03:18and still not trust me enough to do it alone.
00:03:21I met his gaze.
00:03:22My bond with Damon Bloodbold doesn't require sentiment.
00:03:25It only requires succession.
00:03:27He is the sole heir of Bloodbold
00:03:29that makes him more valuable
00:03:31than any arranged foster alliance you built here.
00:03:34Compared to relying on adopted sons to stabilize Iron Moon,
00:03:37an alliance with a true power pack
00:03:39is simply the rational choice.
00:03:41Silence stretched between us.
00:03:44If none of them were able to hold your attention,
00:03:47then there is no reason to keep them in Iron Moon.
00:03:50We left the Council Hall together.
00:03:51My father cast Caelan a brief,
00:03:54unreadable glance before walking out.
00:03:57What did you report this time?
00:04:01Let me guess.
00:04:02She ran to Alpha again
00:04:03because we didn't treat her like royalty.
00:04:06Princess Lyra didn't get enough attention,
00:04:08so she needed to complain?
00:04:10Orion and Riven followed with quiet snorts,
00:04:13barely even trying to hide it.
00:04:15Five voices,
00:04:16one direction,
00:04:17all aimed at me,
00:04:18like a wall closing in.
00:04:20If none of you want to mark me,
00:04:22why hasn't a single one of you
00:04:24ever told my father directly?
00:04:26My father didn't force bonds.
00:04:27He never had.
00:04:28One clear refusal would have been enough.
00:04:31He would have released them with wealth and freedom
00:04:33and never looked back.
00:04:34But none of them ever said it.
00:04:36Not once.
00:04:37Because none of them
00:04:38actually wanted to leave the Iron Moon pack.
00:04:40Not the future it promised.
00:04:42Stop dressing it up.
00:04:44We're just fostered wolves living in Iron Moon.
00:04:47What choice do you think we actually have?
00:04:49Just pick me if you're going to pick anyone.
00:04:51Don't drag them into your mess.
00:04:53For a second,
00:04:54the others went quiet,
00:04:55almost moved,
00:04:56like he was taking the burden of sacrifice
00:04:58onto himself.
00:04:59But all I felt was a slow,
00:05:01bitter weight settling in my chest.
00:05:04Nothing else.
00:05:05Then, Vivian showed up.
00:05:07The moment her eyes landed on me,
00:05:09she shifted back, instinctively,
00:05:11and slipped behind Caelan.
00:05:13She didn't do anything.
00:05:14Drop it for today.
00:05:17I stared at them.
00:05:19Five men.
00:05:20The same five who were supposed to stand behind me.
00:05:23Now all of them stood in front of her,
00:05:26protecting her from me.
00:05:28Something in my memory snapped open.
00:05:30One year ago,
00:05:31not long after Vivian arrived at Iron Moon.
00:05:33That night,
00:05:34I carried healing broth to Caelan's quarters.
00:05:36He'd been injured during border patrol.
00:05:39He told me not to come.
00:05:40I still did.
00:05:41His door wasn't fully shut.
00:05:44Caelan,
00:05:45are you really
00:05:46going to mark Lyra?
00:05:48My hand froze on the doorframe.
00:05:51No.
00:05:53I won't mark her.
00:05:54My chest tightened
00:05:55before I even understood why.
00:05:57Then why
00:05:57did you agree
00:05:59to Alpha Ronan?
00:06:00Because
00:06:01that's the only way
00:06:02I can become
00:06:03Alpha of Iron Moon.
00:06:05And
00:06:05Lyra,
00:06:07she's just stepping stone.
00:06:08Once
00:06:09I take control,
00:06:10I'll send her
00:06:10away.
00:06:13Then what about me?
00:06:16You?
00:06:17You're the only one I want.
00:06:20Once I take Alpha,
00:06:21I'll mark you publicly.
00:06:23You'll be my Luna.
00:06:27She can't even shift right.
00:06:29Luna?
00:06:30Seriously?
00:06:32She's only valuable
00:06:33because of her bloodline.
00:06:35Nothing else.
00:06:38Does she actually believe
00:06:39we'd choose her?
00:06:42When she finds out,
00:06:44she's going to break.
00:06:47Like it was already decided.
00:06:49Then you won't
00:06:50lie to me.
00:06:52Right?
00:06:53I swear.
00:06:55Only you.
00:06:57The bowl slipped
00:06:58from my hands.
00:06:59It hit the ground
00:07:00and shattered.
00:07:03Who's there?
00:07:04I moved into the shadow
00:07:06beside the doorway
00:07:07and held my breath.
00:07:08Kaelin stepped out.
00:07:09His eyes dropped
00:07:10to the broken bowl.
00:07:12A cat.
00:07:14I stayed where I was.
00:07:15Didn't speak.
00:07:16Didn't cry.
00:07:17Didn't make a sound.
00:07:19Only when the silence settled
00:07:20did I step back.
00:07:21Into the moonlight.
00:07:23It spilled across my face
00:07:24like something too clean
00:07:25for what I was feeling.
00:07:29The next morning
00:07:30I met Vivian in the garden.
00:07:31She was holding
00:07:32a bowl of flower essence,
00:07:33smiling like she had
00:07:34been waiting for me.
00:07:36Good morning, Lyra.
00:07:39Sleep well?
00:07:40Now there was ease
00:07:41in her expression.
00:07:42Confidence.
00:07:43I did.
00:07:44She paused.
00:07:45Just for a second.
00:07:47Lyra,
00:07:48this was my mother's.
00:07:49I wanted you to have it.
00:07:51Thank you
00:07:52for everything
00:07:53you've done for me.
00:07:54Before I could respond,
00:07:55Kaelin appeared.
00:07:57You're seriously
00:07:58taking her mother's relic?
00:08:00Now?
00:08:01I froze.
00:08:03Vivian dropped instantly,
00:08:04knees to the ground.
00:08:06It wasn't Lyra.
00:08:08I gave it to her.
00:08:10Please,
00:08:10don't blame her.
00:08:11She slammed her forehead
00:08:12into the ground.
00:08:13Again.
00:08:14Blood showed
00:08:15almost immediately.
00:08:16Merrick arrived first.
00:08:17Then Corbin,
00:08:18Orion,
00:08:19Riven.
00:08:20Lyra!
00:08:21Enough!
00:08:22You're the heir,
00:08:24not a bully.
00:08:25You have everything.
00:08:26And you still take
00:08:28the only thing she has?
00:08:30Riven drew his dagger
00:08:31in one smooth motion.
00:08:33Apologize.
00:08:34And Alpha Air
00:08:35boxed in on all sides.
00:08:37They weren't asking.
00:08:38They were pressing me down,
00:08:40forcing submission,
00:08:41forcing my neck
00:08:42exposed to an Omega
00:08:43who was clearly
00:08:44playing a game
00:08:45they refused to see.
00:08:47Vivian kept her head lowered,
00:08:48but I caught it anyway.
00:08:50That small,
00:08:51satisfied curve
00:08:51at the corner
00:08:52of her mouth.
00:08:53I didn't fight back,
00:08:54because somewhere
00:08:55deep down,
00:08:56there was still
00:08:57a stupid,
00:08:58fragile part of me
00:08:59that waited.
00:08:59Maybe Kalen would step in.
00:09:01Maybe he'd say,
00:09:02this doesn't add up.
00:09:03He didn't.
00:09:06Apologize,
00:09:06or I don't
00:09:08mark you.
00:09:09That line
00:09:10landed harder
00:09:10than anything else,
00:09:11because I had already
00:09:13given him
00:09:13everything I had in me.
00:09:15I couldn't afford
00:09:16to lose him.
00:09:16Not then.
00:09:17So I lowered my head.
00:09:19My throat burned
00:09:20as I exposed my neck.
00:09:21I'm sorry.
00:09:22And that moment,
00:09:24that single submission,
00:09:26lasted a year.
00:09:27After that day,
00:09:28Vivian changed
00:09:29how she moved around me,
00:09:30like I was something dangerous.
00:09:32Sometimes she dropped
00:09:33to her knees
00:09:33the moment she saw me.
00:09:35Sometimes she hid
00:09:36behind the five of them,
00:09:37shaking,
00:09:37crying on cue,
00:09:39and I did nothing.
00:09:40Once,
00:09:40she tripped in the garden,
00:09:42a shallow scrape
00:09:43on her knee.
00:09:43Nothing serious,
00:09:44but she ran straight
00:09:46to Kalen in tears,
00:09:47claiming I had pushed her.
00:09:49No questions asked.
00:09:50All five of them
00:09:51came for me.
00:09:52They tore through
00:09:52my quarters like a storm.
00:09:54Everything broken.
00:09:55Everything scattered.
00:09:56If you touch her again,
00:09:58break our wolf legs myself.
00:10:00I almost laughed.
00:10:02Wolf legs.
00:10:03I couldn't even shift properly,
00:10:04but it didn't matter.
00:10:06They believed her.
00:10:07Always her.
00:10:08The memory snapped back
00:10:09like a pulled thread.
00:10:11Vivian was still
00:10:12behind Kalen now,
00:10:13smiling faintly,
00:10:14like she had already
00:10:15won something
00:10:16no one else could see.
00:10:17If you're that afraid,
00:10:18I'll hurt her.
00:10:19You might as well
00:10:20leash her to your side.
00:10:21Are you threatening me?
00:10:23What are you planning
00:10:24to do to her?
00:10:26Let me guess.
00:10:27Now that we gave Vivian
00:10:28a Starfall Sanctum,
00:10:29you're finally snapping?
00:10:30You already have everything,
00:10:32and she has nothing.
00:10:34It's just Starfall Sanctum.
00:10:36Why are you acting like
00:10:37this is some tragedy?
00:10:38My gaze sharpened.
00:10:40Starfall Sanctum?
00:10:41Starfall Sanctum
00:10:42wasn't just a place.
00:10:43It was a buried lunar basin
00:10:45deep under Iron Moon territory.
00:10:46When it hit the sacred waters,
00:10:48it refracted into something
00:10:49that looked like a galaxy
00:10:51trapped underground.
00:10:52My father spent 18 years
00:10:54building it.
00:10:55For me,
00:10:56a coming-of-age gift.
00:10:57Half a year ago,
00:10:58as it neared completion,
00:11:00he handed oversight
00:11:01to Kalen.
00:11:02He was supposed to present it
00:11:03to me on my ceremony day.
00:11:05Instead,
00:11:06it never reached me.
00:11:07It went to Vivian.
00:11:08My eyes locked on Kalen.
00:11:10He was the one
00:11:11who controlled Final Access.
00:11:12No one entered
00:11:13without his approval.
00:11:15Vivian grew up
00:11:16on the outskirts of the pack.
00:11:17She's never seen
00:11:18a real night sky.
00:11:19I gave her a moment.
00:11:21That's all.
00:11:23The Sanctum is still
00:11:24yours on paper.
00:11:26Don't turn this
00:11:27into something it isn't.
00:11:28And stop making a scene.
00:11:30If it comes to it,
00:11:31I'll announce
00:11:32our mating bond
00:11:32at your coming-of-age
00:11:33ceremony next month.
00:11:34That should satisfy
00:11:35you enough, right?
00:11:37The way Kalen looked at me,
00:11:39calm,
00:11:39almost magnanimous,
00:11:42made something cold
00:11:44twist in my chest.
00:11:45For a second,
00:11:46I almost wondered
00:11:47if I was the one
00:11:49who didn't belong here.
00:11:50If anything,
00:11:51they looked at him
00:11:52like he was making
00:11:52some kind of
00:11:53noble sacrifice.
00:11:55You really don't
00:11:55have to go this far.
00:11:57Lyra's spoiled.
00:11:58Ruthless.
00:11:59Marking her
00:12:00is no different
00:12:00than marking
00:12:02a stone.
00:12:03At least you'll finally
00:12:04get what she's been
00:12:05chasing for years.
00:12:06Kalen,
00:12:07don't do this for me.
00:12:08If it helps,
00:12:09I'll kneel to her.
00:12:10I'll beg.
00:12:11I'll do anything
00:12:12she wants.
00:12:13I swallowed once.
00:12:14Hard.
00:12:15I won't choose you.
00:12:16Kalen's brow
00:12:17lifted slightly,
00:12:18like he was still
00:12:19deciding whether
00:12:19I was serious.
00:12:21Merrick and Corbin
00:12:21exchanged a look,
00:12:22like they were more
00:12:23afraid I'd choose
00:12:24them instead.
00:12:25That alone
00:12:26hit something
00:12:26deep in my chest.
00:12:28Ten years,
00:12:29standing behind them,
00:12:30and still,
00:12:31I was the only one
00:12:32treated like I didn't
00:12:33belong in the same space.
00:12:35I turned to leave.
00:12:36Vivian caught my wrist.
00:12:37Then she dropped
00:12:38instantly,
00:12:39knees to the ground,
00:12:40head lowered.
00:12:41Please,
00:12:42don't make this harder
00:12:43for Kalen.
00:12:44The five of them
00:12:45were brought into
00:12:46Iron Moon.
00:12:47They were never equal
00:12:48to begin with.
00:12:48If you're going to
00:12:49report this over
00:12:50Starfall Sanctuary,
00:12:51I'll apologize.
00:12:52I'll do whatever
00:12:53you want.
00:12:54Then she started
00:12:55bowing.
00:12:56Fast.
00:12:57Hard.
00:12:58Her forehead
00:12:58hit the ground
00:12:59until blood appeared.
00:13:00Kalen moved
00:13:01immediately.
00:13:02He pulled her up,
00:13:03jaw tight.
00:13:03So you say
00:13:05you won't
00:13:05choose me,
00:13:06but when the time
00:13:07comes,
00:13:07don't change
00:13:08your mind.
00:13:09This whole thing,
00:13:11you're just trying
00:13:12to pressure her
00:13:12indirectly.
00:13:14You just want
00:13:14an excuse to
00:13:15report her
00:13:16and force her
00:13:16out,
00:13:16don't you?
00:13:17I don't care
00:13:18what you think.
00:13:18I won't choose
00:13:20you.
00:13:22Kalen grabbed
00:13:23my wrist,
00:13:24hard.
00:13:24Not me?
00:13:25Then who?
00:13:27Marek?
00:13:28Corbin?
00:13:29Mark wants
00:13:30freedom.
00:13:31Corbin wants
00:13:31peace.
00:13:32Haven't you
00:13:32already taken
00:13:33enough from
00:13:33them?
00:13:35If you agree
00:13:35to stop
00:13:36targeting Vivian,
00:13:37I'll mark
00:13:37you.
00:13:39Just stop
00:13:40this.
00:13:41That's all
00:13:41I'm asking.
00:13:42For the first
00:13:43time,
00:13:43he looked
00:13:43exhausted,
00:13:44like I had
00:13:45been the one
00:13:45wearing him
00:13:46down for
00:13:46years.
00:13:47I held his
00:13:47gaze for a
00:13:48long moment,
00:13:49then said
00:13:49quietly,
00:13:50Everything will
00:13:51go the way
00:13:51you want.
00:13:52He was afraid
00:13:53I'd hurt Vivian.
00:13:54He refused
00:13:55to mark me.
00:13:56Fine.
00:13:56Once I became
00:13:57Daemon Bloodfang's
00:13:58mate, none of
00:13:59this would matter
00:13:59anyway.
00:14:00The day of my
00:14:01coming of age
00:14:01ceremony,
00:14:02arrived.
00:14:03Iron Moon had
00:14:04been transformed.
00:14:05Everyone knew
00:14:06why they were
00:14:07here.
00:14:07Not just my
00:14:0818th birthday,
00:14:09my mate
00:14:10declaration.
00:14:11And everyone
00:14:12already knew
00:14:13the outcome.
00:14:15Kalen Stone.
00:14:16Because I had
00:14:17chased him for
00:14:1810 years.
00:14:19Because the
00:14:20entire pack had
00:14:21watched it
00:14:21happen.
00:14:22The five of
00:14:22them stood in
00:14:23the front row.
00:14:24Even the guests
00:14:25looked at them
00:14:26more than they
00:14:26looked at me.
00:14:27Like this
00:14:28ceremony belonged
00:14:29to them.
00:14:30I was about
00:14:31to shut down
00:14:32the whispers
00:14:32when a servant
00:14:33screamed.
00:14:34Help!
00:14:35Vivian is
00:14:36missing!
00:14:36There's a
00:14:37note!
00:14:37She's been
00:14:38kidnapped!
00:14:39The shift
00:14:40was immediate.
00:14:41Merrick
00:14:42moved first.
00:14:44Before I could
00:14:45even turn,
00:14:46my head snapped
00:14:47to the side.
00:14:48Silence
00:14:49swallowed the
00:14:50entire hall.
00:14:51The pain
00:14:51landed a beat
00:14:52too late.
00:14:53Around us,
00:14:54people scattered
00:14:55instinctively.
00:14:56Kalen grabbed
00:14:57Merrick's arm
00:14:58before he could
00:14:58swing again.
00:14:59Then he
00:15:00looked at me.
00:15:02We already
00:15:03stood here
00:15:03like you're
00:15:04choosing between
00:15:04us, like
00:15:05we're disposable,
00:15:05and it still
00:15:06isn't enough!
00:15:07His voice
00:15:07sharpened.
00:15:09Do you want
00:15:09her dead?
00:15:10I stared
00:15:11back at him.
00:15:12Corbin looked
00:15:12at me like I
00:15:13was something
00:15:13contaminated.
00:15:14You waited
00:15:15until she was
00:15:16alone and
00:15:16staged this.
00:15:17You really
00:15:18think we
00:15:18won't see
00:15:19through it?
00:15:19That's when
00:15:19it clicked.
00:15:20Not confusion.
00:15:21Clarity.
00:15:22Vivian had
00:15:23done this
00:15:24again.
00:15:24And this
00:15:25time, she'd
00:15:27done it in
00:15:27front of
00:15:27everyone.
00:15:28No one
00:15:29moved to
00:15:30intervene.
00:15:30Not after I
00:15:31was slapped
00:15:32in public.
00:15:33Not after I
00:15:33stood there
00:15:34bleeding pride.
00:15:36Because they
00:15:36had already
00:15:37made their
00:15:37decision.
00:15:39Iron Moon
00:15:39wasn't mine
00:15:40in their
00:15:40eyes.
00:15:41Apologize.
00:15:42He let
00:15:43out a short,
00:15:43humorless
00:15:44laugh.
00:15:46Vivian nearly
00:15:46lost her
00:15:47innocence,
00:15:47and you're
00:15:48worried about
00:15:48a slap?
00:15:49Then she
00:15:50appeared,
00:15:51crying,
00:15:52running,
00:15:53her dress
00:15:54torn.
00:15:54Dirt
00:15:55stained,
00:15:55like she
00:15:56had barely
00:15:56escaped
00:15:57something
00:15:57violent.
00:15:58It was
00:16:00Lyra.
00:16:01She had
00:16:01me taken.
00:16:03She said
00:16:04she'd have
00:16:05rogue wolves
00:16:05to violate
00:16:07me,
00:16:08so I'd
00:16:08never come
00:16:09back.
00:16:09The hall
00:16:10detonated.
00:16:12Whispers
00:16:12turned into
00:16:13outrage,
00:16:14shock into
00:16:15judgment.
00:16:16Kaylin didn't
00:16:17hesitate.
00:16:18He pulled
00:16:18his coat
00:16:19around her
00:16:19like she
00:16:20was something
00:16:20fragile and
00:16:21irreplaceable.
00:16:22Then he
00:16:23looked at
00:16:23me.
00:16:23You
00:16:24don't
00:16:24stop,
00:16:25do you?
00:16:25His voice
00:16:26dropped.
00:16:27I will
00:16:28never mark
00:16:28someone like
00:16:29you.
00:16:30The world
00:16:31below is
00:16:32a hundred
00:16:32times tougher
00:16:33than stone!
00:16:36That
00:16:36skinning knife
00:16:37of yours
00:16:37could never
00:16:38cut through
00:16:38the iron
00:16:39wall of the
00:16:39god's will!
00:16:46other
00:17:06more
00:17:09than
00:17:10who
00:17:20Everything has a weakness.
00:17:28Even the gods.
00:17:34I've lived for thousands of years, and this is the first time a mortal has defeated me.
00:17:39And you've only trained for a mere dozen years.
00:17:41Master, I'm going down the mountain. I need to find my birth parents.
00:17:45The world below is a mire of divine rule.
00:17:48You bear no spark of divinity, no blessing from the gods.
00:17:52Those self-proclaimed noble beings will never accept you.
00:17:55I don't want pity from Olympian. All I seek is the truth.
00:17:59When I found you at the bottom of the Abyss Valley all those years ago, this ring was on you.
00:18:05Go. Tear down those hypocritical figures perched high above all else.
00:18:14Agus was still holding back.
00:18:16Though he cannot wield divine power like those with a divine spark,
00:18:19he still carries the pure blood of a titan.
00:18:22Blood unseen in millennia.
00:18:24No one in this world will ever be able to defeat him.
00:18:34Father. Mother. How do I find you?
00:18:45Princess Elara! There's nowhere left for you to run!
00:18:47A prince, miss?
00:18:49You'd go so far as to wipe out the heirs of other bloodlines.
00:18:52For what? Just to force more people to serve the god of war?
00:18:56Your actions bring nothing but shame to Erest.
00:18:59The Zeus you worship is powerless.
00:19:00Sparta's throne deserves a new ruler.
00:19:02Our leader!
00:19:07Still here. You want to die or what?
00:19:09This is a feud between our houses.
00:19:11Don't rag an innocent bystander into it.
00:19:13Let him leave.
00:19:14Just a lowly Majerus.
00:19:15No one will care if he dies.
00:19:17Though you, princess,
00:19:19I've always wondered what it would be like to have you.
00:19:23I'll hold them off!
00:19:25Run while you can!
00:19:40Now it's your turn.
00:20:02Did you save me?
00:20:05Princess, you're awake.
00:20:07Those soldiers, the Erest Seelitz, did they hurt you?
00:20:12No.
00:20:12Thank the gods, but you are immortal.
00:20:16How were you able to rescue me from foes wielding a god's blessing?
00:20:21Remember this.
00:20:23The pure blood of a titan runs through your veins.
00:20:26Until you are strong enough to stand against Olympus,
00:20:30you must guard this knowledge.
00:20:33Otherwise, the gods will hunt you down and destroy you.
00:20:40I've lived on Mount Pelia my whole life,
00:20:42since I was born without a divine spark.
00:20:44I worked as a ritual skinner at the temple for years.
00:20:46I'm far stronger and more agile than ordinary men.
00:20:49The chaos that broke out from the fight
00:20:51was enough to slip out with you unnoticed.
00:20:53I see.
00:20:54May the gods watch over you.
00:21:06We've never met before.
00:21:08So why do I feel such a strange sense of closeness to this princess?
00:21:11If father hadn't cast my younger brother into the abyss all those years ago,
00:21:15he would be about this tall now.
00:21:19Princess, where will you go next?
00:21:21Back to the royal palace in Sparta.
00:21:27Lord Zeus,
00:21:29if my child still walks this earth,
00:21:32please protect him and keep him safe.
00:21:35If punishment must fall,
00:21:38let it fall on me,
00:21:39this worthless mother.
00:21:43A god forsaken outcast without a divine spark?
00:21:46Lycaon.
00:21:47He died in the abyss long ago.
00:21:50Why do you still grieve for him after all these years?
00:21:53Sparta prides itself on the gods' favor.
00:21:55If other city sheds learn,
00:21:57I fathered a useless son,
00:21:59lacking divine grace.
00:22:01How could I ever hold my head high as a ruler of Greece?
00:22:04My lord!
00:22:05Your majesty!
00:22:07Princess Alara has returned.
00:22:09Why, Alara?
00:22:16Thank you for saving my daughter, young man.
00:22:18No need.
00:22:19I was just passing by.
00:22:20Nothing more.
00:22:22A lowly temple magimus.
00:22:25Leaving his temple and coming to Sparta.
00:22:27What precisely brings you here?
00:22:29I'm searching for my birth parents.
00:22:32I don't know who they are.
00:22:35I only have this.
00:22:37I hope to find answers through this ring.
00:22:52My child, this ring holds fragments of Lock of Prometheus.
00:22:56It hides your aura.
00:22:59Grow up safe and sound, my little one.
00:23:03You've done well, Hecara.
00:23:07Let me feel the blessed radiance Olympus has bestowed upon our firstborn son.
00:23:18Not only has Zeus refused to bless him,
00:23:21he doesn't even have a divine spark!
00:23:24I can't.
00:23:26Sparta will never tolerate such a godforsaken abomination.
00:23:28If word spreads, our city will be mocked and destroyed.
00:23:31Cast him into the abyss.
00:23:32Tell everyone the child died at birth.
00:23:33No!
00:23:33My baby!
00:23:34Wake on you, pal!
00:23:36Leave him free!
00:23:38This is the ring I used to seal.
00:23:40It's his era.
00:23:42My child.
00:23:43The son I thought lost to the ababyss.
00:23:46He's alive.
00:23:52Ha ha!
00:23:53Young man, you saved Princess Ellara!
00:23:56The House of Sparta owes you a debt.
00:23:58We shall aid you in your search for your birth family.
00:24:01Stay as our guest in the palace for a few days.
00:24:04Very well.
00:24:08The queen's reaction is far too strange the moment I showed the ring.
00:24:12Why do I feel such a pull towards her?
00:24:14Could it be she knows who I am?
00:24:18This ring holds fragments of Locke of Prometheus!
00:24:23I sealed them inside with my own hands.
00:24:25I could never be mistaken.
00:24:27He is the son we cast into the abyss.
00:24:30Why won't you let me acknowledge him?
00:24:32That Majakos?
00:24:34He's my brother?
00:24:35Silence!
00:24:36Ah!
00:24:36He was abandoned the moment he was born without a divine spark.
00:24:40Sparta prides self on being favored by the gods.
00:24:43If the deities and other city stage learn my son is not just a Megarius,
00:24:47but also lacks a divine spark,
00:24:49how could I uphold Sparta's rule and our family's reputation?
00:24:53Yes!
00:24:58Mark my words.
00:24:59No matter what happens,
00:25:00you will never acknowledge him.
00:25:02If you do,
00:25:03I'll charge you both for saccharinj
00:25:05and cast you out of Sparta forever.
00:25:19This sacred monument was carved from divine stone
00:25:22sent by none other than Zeus himself.
00:25:24In all of Greece,
00:25:25there has only been one warrior
00:25:26to have left his mark on its blessed surface.
00:25:28That was Athena's chosen.
00:25:30To my oath!
00:25:32We should be praying to the gods for more power
00:25:35instead of acting like certain lowly commoners.
00:25:42You, lowly Megarius.
00:25:44What could you possibly know of battle?
00:25:47I only know how to flay carcasses,
00:25:49not fight.
00:25:51I thought as much.
00:25:53A mortal without so much as a trace of a divine spark,
00:25:57Ants Roroas Nush thinks himself grand
00:25:59just from skinning a few beasts.
00:26:03Let me warn you.
00:26:05You got lucky that night.
00:26:07Don't think you'll be able to leech off of the king and queen
00:26:09just because you saved the princess.
00:26:11You're nothing but a stinking worthless nobody,
00:26:13worlds apart from warriors blessed with divine power.
00:26:16Know your place
00:26:17and crawl back to your temple.
00:26:20Move!
00:26:26Master Chidon was right.
00:26:29Those lofty champions of divine rule
00:26:31are nothing but fools
00:26:32cloaked in hypocrisy and arrogance.
00:26:38Zeus' blessing?
00:26:39Is it truly as unbreakable as they claim?
00:26:48Oh my God!
00:26:51No, I am a weak man.
00:26:53Oh my God!
00:27:06To be a monster!
00:27:06You're part of the cage!
00:27:06I am a weak man!
00:27:07I am a weak man!
00:27:08And here, I am a weak man!
00:27:09I am a weak man!
00:27:11Ares worshippers!
00:27:12from the city-state of Arg watch us,
00:27:14greedily caviting our title as Greece's mightiest warrior state.
00:27:17They will likely come to challenge us before long.
00:27:27My... my lord!
00:27:29The sacred monument!
00:27:34How could the monument end up like this?
00:27:38The god is perfectly even.
00:27:40It was split clean with a single blade strike.
00:27:44Even the great Timaeus could only leave a half-centimeter mark on this monument.
00:27:48Whoever split it in two wields power far surpassing the peak of divine blessings.
00:27:53My lord!
00:27:53If we could gain the aid of such a mighty figure,
00:27:55we would have nothing to fear from those who worship Ares.
00:27:58Sparta could rise to glory once more and hold fast to our title as Greece's greatest power.
00:28:02Aye, but who in the world could this be?
00:28:05Only Agus came near the monument today.
00:28:08Could it have been him?
00:28:22Agus...
00:28:23I had this armor made for you.
00:28:26Try it on and see if it fits.
00:28:28Oh.
00:28:29Thank you, your majesty.
00:28:31Put it on quickly.
00:28:35My dear son has grown into a noble, towering warrior.
00:28:48What's happening?
00:28:51The Reapers of Ares have come for us.
00:28:53The Reapers of Ares.
00:28:55Oh my God.
00:29:17I don't know.
00:29:32I guess why are you still here?
00:29:34You cannot wield divine power.
00:29:36Leave!
00:29:36At once, before you're dragged into this!
00:29:38A worthless Majarchius of sacrificial beasts dares intrude on a battle of the god-blessed?
00:29:55Surrender your title as Greece's mightiest warrior state,
00:29:58or none of you will leave this square alive!
00:30:02Creons, you're but a youth!
00:30:06How dare you lead an invasion into Sparta's royal city?
00:30:11Did your father teach you nothing of divine authority?
00:30:16Divine authority...
00:30:31...you took a step away from the ship to the ship?
00:30:35Of course it's a Ahaaaaaah!
00:30:38...bublessed,
00:30:39And what you'reesti-
00:30:44...with their opponents?
00:30:45Oh, let me all be careful!
00:30:46Oh, let me all be careful!
00:30:47You don't need to be careful!
00:30:50Zeus' blessings are nothing but a hollow pretense.
00:30:53Lord Aerys' power is the true sovereignty.
00:31:18Father!
00:31:29Monster!
00:31:31Get away from my father!
00:31:44Now it's my turn.
00:31:55Today, every last spark in here dies.
00:32:01In our end!
00:32:03No!
00:32:07Run!
00:32:08I'll hold him off!
00:32:11Agus!
00:32:11My son!
00:32:13Run!
00:32:16The queen is my mother.
00:32:20My greatest sin in life was abandoning you at birth.
00:32:23Simply because you didn't have a divine spark forced to yield to divine rule.
00:32:27But to see you grow into such a brave warrior before I die, I have no regrets.
00:32:32My own mother would sacrifice herself just to let me escape.
00:32:38Agus!
00:32:39My brother!
00:32:40Sparta's ruin is not your burden!
00:32:42Without the god's blessing, you cannot stand against him.
00:32:47Leave now while you can.
00:32:48Go back to Mount Pellae!
00:32:50No wonder I felt such warmth in my blood-stained heart whenever I was new.
00:32:53They're my own flesh and blood.
00:32:54My mother and my sister.
00:33:01Today, I'll send the entire royal house of Spock into the underworld.
00:33:05Die!
00:33:09Die!
00:33:10Die!
00:33:11Die!
00:33:28Let's get divorced.
00:33:29I'd rather leave without taking any property.
00:33:31Settle your gambling debts on your own.
00:33:33Don't drag me into this mess.
00:33:35I kept explaining that it was Timmy Luntz who had lost money betting on underdog matches,
00:33:38but she refused to listen.
00:33:39It's Timmy Luntz who owes the money.
00:33:41Not me.
00:33:43You want to trick my daughter into pay your debts?
00:33:46And you even dare to slander my son?
00:33:49Celia Lynch!
00:33:50Divorce him at once!
00:33:51She then laid all her cards on the table.
00:33:53To tell you the truth, Celia Lynch is pregnant.
00:33:56The child's father is one of your...
00:33:58...your place and sign the divorce agreement right now.
00:34:01I was utterly stunned.
00:34:03Just last night, I won a 100 million USA prizes from football bets.
00:34:06I'd even planned to help Timmy Lynch pay off his debt,
00:34:08yet things had suddenly come to a head over a divorce.
00:34:10Very well.
00:34:11Let them handle this dug debt on their own.
00:34:13Meet me at the courthouse at 9 tomorrow morning.
00:34:15Anyone who doesn't show up is a coward.
00:34:20Now that the creditors had come knocking,
00:34:22the two women shamelessly tried to force me to take on the debt.
00:34:25Celia Lynch froze for a moment,
00:34:26clearly not expecting me to agree so readily.
00:34:28In her eyes, I was just a pathetic man scraping by on a small lottery shop.
00:34:33She had assumed I would drop to my knees and beg the second she brought up divorce.
00:34:37Her face twisted with scorn.
00:34:41Don't put on a brave front.
00:34:43Do you really think a divorce will get you out of this mess?
00:34:50She pulled out a pen and paper from under the coffee table, speaking in a stern tone.
00:34:56Sign this debt liability document.
00:34:59State clearly in black and white that the 100 million US dollars in gambling debts are solely the responsibility of
00:35:06Zach Lorenz
00:35:06and Celia bears no liability whatsoever.
00:35:10I glanced at the paper and thought it was completely ridiculous.
00:35:13He recklessly bet 50 million US dollars,
00:35:16backing the underdog Sherdrum team to beat the Acontia team.
00:35:19Unsurprisingly, he lost every penny and ended up drowning in massive debt.
00:35:23Now that the creditors had come knocking,
00:35:24the two women shamelessly tried to force me to take on the debt.
00:35:27I crumpled the paper into a ball and tossed it into the trash can and retorting coldly,
00:35:32Your brother is the debtor.
00:35:33Go collect the money from him.
00:35:35I agree to a divorce,
00:35:37but I will never take the blame for his mistakes.
00:35:40Do you want to bring disaster upon the whole family?
00:35:44Celia hurried over and dug her well-groomed nails hard into my arm.
00:35:50She shouted furiously,
00:35:53Timmy is steady and sensible.
00:35:55He would never gamble.
00:35:57You're the one who keeps company with gamblers
00:35:59and ran up a debt of over a hundred million.
00:36:01Do you want to bring disaster upon the whole family?
00:36:06I stared coldly at her hysterical look.
00:36:12We had been married for three years.
00:36:14I toiled from dawn till dusk in my shop less than 200 square meters
00:36:18and handed over every penny I earned to her.
00:36:23Yet she spent my hard-earned money
00:36:25buying luxury items for Edwin.
00:36:27Worse still,
00:36:28she was pregnant with his child.
00:36:32I slowly plied her fingers off.
00:36:38My tone was so calm
00:36:40that even I felt astonished.
00:36:43You can go ask Timmy
00:36:44whether he is really as well-beating as you believe.
00:36:47I agree to the divorce.
00:36:49I'll let you be with Edwin.
00:36:58You lowly nobody.
00:36:59Just wait until Edwin shows up.
00:37:02I'll see how arrogant you can be then.
00:37:06Errol stormed into the bedroom
00:37:08and began smashing things frantically.
00:37:11You won't sign, will you?
00:37:14Then I'll go cause trouble at your shabby shop
00:37:16and put an end to your business!
00:37:19She grabbed her Hermes handbag
00:37:21and walked straight out the door.
00:37:24Celia followed closely behind,
00:37:26sneering with contempt in her eyes.
00:37:30You lowly nobody.
00:37:32Just wait until Edwin shows up.
00:37:34I'll see how arrogant you can be then.
00:37:38The two slammed the door
00:37:39and left in anger.
00:37:41I took a deep breath
00:37:42as I looked around the messy living room.
00:37:49Just then, my phone vibrated.
00:37:52A message from the lottery center
00:37:53reminded me to keep the winning ticket
00:37:55worth 120 million US dollars safe
00:37:58and to the city center
00:37:59to claim the prize as soon as pucidly.
00:38:01I touched the lottery ticket
00:38:02hidden close to my body.
00:38:09Since you've dug your own graves,
00:38:11don't blame me for letting things run their course.
00:38:17The owner of this shop gambles illegally
00:38:19and owes hundreds of millions
00:38:21in loan shark debts!
00:38:26Zack had just arrived around the corner by taxi
00:38:29when loud shouting and abuse
00:38:30assaulted his ears.
00:38:32Mariel Unley stood at the shop entrance
00:38:34with a megaphone,
00:38:34shouting for all to hear.
00:38:37Come one, come all!
00:38:38The owner of this shop
00:38:40gambles illegally
00:38:40and owes hundreds of millions
00:38:42in loan shark debts!
00:38:43He'll even drag his wife and child
00:38:45down with him!
00:38:48Regular customers
00:38:49who were checking the lottery results inside
00:38:51were utterly shocked.
00:38:52They gathered at the door,
00:38:54whispering and pointing.
00:38:55I never thought he'd be someone like this.
00:39:01eyes glistening with feigned tears,
00:39:04Celia Lynch held up her phone
00:39:05to start a live stream,
00:39:07putting on a wronged expression
00:39:08for the camera.
00:39:13Hello, everyone!
00:39:15This is my cold-hearted ex-husband!
00:39:18I chose to leave with nothing
00:39:20just to end our marriage!
00:39:24Please,
00:39:25never marry a gambler!
00:39:32I pushed through the crowd
00:39:33and strode into the shop.
00:39:38I won't let you get away with this
00:39:41unless you pay the money
00:39:43today!
00:39:45Stop causing trouble in my shop.
00:39:48Instead of backing down,
00:39:50Meryl grew even more reckless
00:39:52when she saw me.
00:40:00I won't let you get away with this
00:40:02unless you pay the money
00:40:05today!
00:40:08As it happens,
00:40:09I have matters to settle
00:40:11with you two as well.
00:40:15I pulled the receipt for the TV
00:40:17out of my wallet.
00:40:18I pulled the receipt for the TV
00:40:22out of my wallet.
00:40:25This television
00:40:27costs 800 U.S. dollars.
00:40:29I will call the police
00:40:31and demand full compensation
00:40:32from you.
00:40:37Hundreds of millions in debt!
00:40:40He'll probably end up
00:40:41rotting in prison
00:40:42for the rest of his life!
00:40:49Go ahead and call the police!
00:40:51You owe hundreds of millions
00:40:53to loanharks
00:40:54and they'll arrest you,
00:40:55the fraudners,
00:40:56the second they show up!
00:40:57She planted her hands
00:40:58on her hisps,
00:41:00turned to the onlookers
00:41:01and raised her voice.
00:41:05Everyone,
00:41:06be the judge!
00:41:09This man lost hundreds
00:41:11of millions
00:41:12on sports betting,
00:41:13yet now he tries
00:41:14to extort
00:41:14800 dollars
00:41:15from me
00:41:16for damages!
00:41:17A cold-blooded scoundrel
00:41:19like him
00:41:20deserves his come-up in!
00:41:22Murmurs broke out
00:41:23among the crowd.
00:41:24Several elderly regulars
00:41:25who often bought
00:41:25lottery tickets here
00:41:26stared at me doubtfully.
00:41:28He always seemed
00:41:29honest enough.
00:41:31I never thought
00:41:32he'd be such
00:41:33a reckless gambler.
00:41:34Hundreds of millions
00:41:35in debt!
00:41:36He'll probably
00:41:37end up rotting
00:41:38in prison
00:41:39for the rest
00:41:40of his life!
00:41:50Celia held up
00:41:51her phone,
00:41:52aiming the camera
00:41:53straight at me.
00:42:00The child you carry
00:42:01is Edwins.
00:42:02If you can't
00:42:02stand the hardship,
00:42:03go to him.
00:42:04Why put on a show
00:42:05in my shop?
00:42:06Comments flooded
00:42:07the live stream rapidly,
00:42:08with Netsits
00:42:09jerling insults
00:42:10and trashing me
00:42:10relentlessly.
00:42:13Celia spoke
00:42:14in a tearful voice.
00:42:17Zack,
00:42:18if you sign
00:42:19the debt agreement
00:42:19and admit
00:42:20this is your
00:42:20personal liability,
00:42:21I'll leave it once
00:42:22and never bother
00:42:23you again!
00:42:24As she spoke,
00:42:25the stream
00:42:26was soon filled
00:42:27with sympathetic
00:42:27comments and gifs.
00:42:29Watching her clumsy,
00:42:31hypocritical act,
00:42:32I snired coldly.
00:42:33The child you carry
00:42:34is Edwins.
00:42:35If you can't
00:42:36stand the hardship,
00:42:37go to him.
00:42:38Why put on a show
00:42:39in my shop?
00:42:42My voice was quiet
00:42:43yet clear enough
00:42:44for everyone present
00:42:45and all viewers
00:42:45online to hear.
00:42:49The noisy crowd
00:42:50fell dead silent
00:42:51for a moment,
00:42:52then broke
00:42:53into louder murmurs.
00:42:55Celia froze
00:42:56on the spot,
00:42:57panic flashing
00:42:57across her eyes.
00:43:08Zach!
00:43:09What's going on?
00:43:10Why is everything
00:43:11in such a mess here?
00:43:21Celia quickly composed
00:43:22herself,
00:43:23tears streaming
00:43:24down her cheek.
00:43:29You lack ability
00:43:30yourself,
00:43:31yet you forcefully
00:43:31accuse me
00:43:32out of nowhere!
00:43:40Enraged by her words,
00:43:42Meryl charged forward
00:43:43and grabbed at my clothes.
00:43:47You heartless brute!
00:43:50You got your own issues
00:43:52and still you dare
00:43:54to deface my daughter!
00:44:00Just then,
00:44:01an anxious voice
00:44:02rang out
00:44:02from beyond the crowd.
00:44:05Zach!
00:44:07What's going on?
00:44:08Why is everything
00:44:09in such a mess here?
00:44:15I spun around
00:44:16and saw my mother Darla
00:44:18pushing her way
00:44:18through the crowd
00:44:19with difficulty,
00:44:20a thermal container
00:44:21in her hand.
00:44:25In-law!
00:44:26Just look at what
00:44:27your son has done!
00:44:31She had gone
00:44:32to the hospital
00:44:32for a blood pressure
00:44:33check today
00:44:34and dropped by
00:44:35the shop
00:44:35on her way back
00:44:36with some homemade soup.
00:44:41Stepping inside
00:44:41and seeing the total mess
00:44:43with the broken television
00:44:44lying on the floor,
00:44:46mother's hands
00:44:47shook uncontrollably.
00:44:55Dear in-law,
00:44:56you can resolve
00:44:57disputes through discussion.
00:44:59How could you
00:45:00bandish other race property
00:45:02like this?
00:45:03She hurried forward
00:45:04to pull Meryl aside.
00:45:06Burning with rage
00:45:07and eager to vent
00:45:08her anger,
00:45:09Meryl roughly shook
00:45:10off her hand
00:45:11and smeared.
00:45:19In-law!
00:45:21Just look at what
00:45:22your son has done!
00:45:23He's run up
00:45:24massive gambling debts
00:45:26and now tries
00:45:27to drag my daughter
00:45:28into paying them
00:45:34mother turned deathly pale
00:45:35at once.
00:45:36What?
00:45:38Hundreds of millions
00:45:39in debt?
00:45:42Zack, what on earth
00:45:43is going on?
00:45:45Let me tell you
00:45:46the truth,
00:45:47old woman.
00:45:48This child
00:45:49isn't your sons
00:45:50at all.
00:45:52I supported
00:45:53my mother
00:45:53and explained
00:45:54in a low voice.
00:45:57Mom,
00:45:58don't listen
00:45:58to her nonsense.
00:45:59The debt
00:46:00was incurred
00:46:00by Timmy.
00:46:01It's nothing
00:46:02to lease with me.
00:46:06Everyone
00:46:07take a good look.
00:46:08This
00:46:09is the gambler's
00:46:10mother.
00:46:14Zack would never
00:46:15gamble.
00:46:16You're pregnant
00:46:17so don't get upset.
00:46:18Let's talk
00:46:19this over
00:46:19calmly.
00:46:21Soft-hearted
00:46:22as ever,
00:46:23she still cared
00:46:24about the unborn
00:46:24child.
00:46:27A malicious
00:46:28smirk tugged
00:46:29at Celia's lips.
00:46:30She leaned
00:46:31close to my
00:46:32mother's ear
00:46:32and spoke
00:46:33slowly.
00:46:34Let me tell
00:46:35you the truth,
00:46:36old woman.
00:46:37This child
00:46:38isn't your sons
00:46:39at all.
00:46:41It belongs
00:46:42to his friend
00:46:42Edwin.
00:46:44Your family
00:46:45line ends here.
00:46:46My mother's
00:46:47eyes widened.
00:46:48Mom!
00:46:53Mom!
00:46:56Call an ambulance
00:46:57right away!
00:47:05You all
00:47:06witnessed this.
00:47:07Their whole
00:47:08family is staging
00:47:09a...
00:47:23honey,
00:47:24I'll defend you.
00:47:26We used to be
00:47:27friends after all.
00:47:28Take this money
00:47:29for your mother's
00:47:30medical capement.
00:47:31The rest
00:47:31is for milk
00:47:32petter for Celia's
00:47:33unborn child.
00:47:36step aside!
00:47:38Everyone move
00:47:38back!
00:47:45The bank
00:47:46coats hit me
00:47:47hard in the face
00:47:47and scattered
00:47:48into the spilled
00:47:49soup on the floor,
00:47:50soon covered
00:47:50in greasy stains.
00:47:52I stared
00:47:52firmly at Edwin
00:47:53Grant's
00:47:54insolent face.
00:47:58Cutting through
00:47:58the bustle
00:47:59of the street.
00:48:05Step aside!
00:48:06Everyone move
00:48:06back!
00:48:15Treat my mother
00:48:16immediately.
00:48:19As the door slid
00:48:21shut, I caught sight
00:48:22through the window
00:48:22of Edwin Grant Grant,
00:48:23throwing a victory sign
00:48:25towards the livestream
00:48:26camera, while Celia Lynch
00:48:27leaned against his chest
00:48:28with a triumphant smile
00:48:29on her face.
00:48:31$20,000.
00:48:41The patient has suffered
00:48:43a severe cerebral hemorrhage
00:48:44and needs an immediate
00:48:45craniotomy.
00:48:45A deposit of $20,000
00:48:47must be paid first.
00:49:04$20,000.
00:49:15$20,000.
00:49:18All my savings
00:49:19were kept by Celia Lynch.
00:49:20She had even
00:49:20secretly changed
00:49:21the password
00:49:22of the bank card
00:49:22for monthly business revenue.
00:49:24Right then,
00:49:25apart from the winning
00:49:26lottery ticket
00:49:27worth $120 million
00:49:28hidden close to my body,
00:49:29I did not even have
00:49:30$200 on me.
00:49:31The prize claim process
00:49:33would take time.
00:49:34Even if everything
00:49:34went as fast as possible,
00:49:35the money would not arrive
00:49:36until the next day.
00:49:40Uncle Will,
00:49:41my mother has suddenly
00:49:42suffered a rebal hemorrhage.
00:49:44I need $20,000
00:49:46for her surgery.
00:49:46Right away.
00:49:47You could lend me
00:49:48the money to shrug me over?
00:49:50I really can't
00:49:51lend you any money.
00:49:56Zach Lawrence,
00:49:57it's not that
00:49:58I don't want to help.
00:50:05Celia Lynch just said
00:50:06in her live stream
00:50:07that you owe hundreds
00:50:07of millions
00:50:08in gambling debts.
00:50:09Our small sum of money
00:50:10won't make any difference.
00:50:12You'd better figure this
00:50:13out on your own.
00:50:19I've heard what happened.
00:50:21Let's cut off
00:50:21all contact.
00:50:25I really can't
00:50:26lend you any money.
00:50:30Our family disowns
00:50:32a disgrace like you.
00:50:34Celia Lynch's live stream
00:50:35had not only ruined
00:50:36my reputation,
00:50:37but also completely
00:50:39severed
00:50:39all my connections
00:50:40and ways out.
00:50:44desperate and cornered,
00:50:45I was about to
00:50:46swallow my pride
00:50:47and turn to loan sharks
00:50:51when the click
00:50:52of high heels
00:50:53echoed from the end
00:50:54of the corridor.
00:51:02Hey!
00:51:03What are you doing?
00:51:11I already gave you
00:51:12a fresh one.
00:51:13How could you eat
00:51:14a hot dog off the ground?
00:51:16I just...
00:51:17Don't stop me!
00:51:19Lucas.
00:51:23That's my mother.
00:51:24She suffered head trauma
00:51:26and lost all her memories
00:51:27after getting hurt.
00:51:29She hasn't eaten in days.
00:51:30She's really hungry.
00:51:36Dan, pull over.
00:51:38Boss, what's wrong?
00:51:39You might need help.
00:51:39Let's go take a look.
00:51:44Why didn't you just say so, kid?
00:51:45I'll go make another one for you.
00:51:46Sir, I already got one for free.
00:51:48I just can't take more.
00:51:51What a sweet kid.
00:51:53Just breaks my heart.
00:51:56Yeah.
00:51:58No idea who his dad is.
00:52:00What kind of heartless bastard
00:52:01just walks out on a kid
00:52:02and his mom like that?
00:52:04Here.
00:52:05Take this.
00:52:06Make sure you eat, okay?
00:52:07You're still just a kid.
00:52:08Here.
00:52:09Take it.
00:52:10Don't feel bad, okay?
00:52:11Just stay strong
00:52:12and pay it forward
00:52:14when you can.
00:52:21I promise I'll repay you.
00:52:26Go on.
00:52:27Go find your mom.
00:52:45Let's go, mom.
00:52:49Come on, Arthur.
00:52:53Wait.
00:52:59Can I help you, sir?
00:53:11The man standing in front of you
00:53:13is Alexander Clark.
00:53:14You guys are lucky today.
00:53:25Why does she look so familiar?
00:53:33I know you.
00:53:35Alexander.
00:53:36You're Alexander.
00:53:40Who doesn't know Alexander Clark?
00:53:43You're just pretending to be crazy
00:53:44to get money, aren't you?
00:53:46Mom!
00:53:47Cinda, what are you doing here?
00:53:50Saw your car while I was shopping.
00:53:52So I thought,
00:53:53why not say hi?
00:53:59You, a woman like her.
00:54:01Filthy,
00:54:02trashy,
00:54:02no-buns.
00:54:03They don't deserve your kindness.
00:54:05You're too soft, Alexander.
00:54:21Thanks.
00:54:23Thanks.
00:54:31Want to see what's underneath?
00:54:41Ryan,
00:54:42will you marry me?
00:54:48You're the only one I'll ever love.
00:54:50I'll give you everything.
00:54:51I promise.
00:54:54I love you, Alexander.
00:54:56All I need is you.
00:55:09Alexander.
00:55:10Alexander.
00:55:12Mom.
00:55:13Mom, what's wrong?
00:55:14What's happening to her?
00:55:16Ugh, she's obviously crazy.
00:55:18Let's get out of here fast.
00:55:21Alexander.
00:55:23But she's saying my name.
00:55:25How would she ever know me?
00:55:26Everyone in Tech City knows who you are.
00:55:29They're just faking hardship
00:55:30to manipulate your sympathy.
00:55:33When I look at her,
00:55:34I always feel like I've met her before.
00:55:39Alexander!
00:55:40It's me!
00:55:44You crazy woman!
00:55:46I know you've got an ulterior motive.
00:55:48How dare you even lay a finger on Alexander!
00:55:51You need to apologize to my mom!
00:55:56People like you are nothing but scammers.
00:55:58Pretending to know Alexander
00:56:00just to steal his money.
00:56:01Disgusting stats.
00:56:06I must be out of my mind.
00:56:08How could I think that woman was Brianna?
00:56:10Brianna was always so gentle.
00:56:12And she's been dead for years.
00:56:13I know you.
00:56:14I know you.
00:56:15Miss,
00:56:16I think you've mistaken me for someone else.
00:56:18I don't know you.
00:56:19I only stopped because I felt sorry
00:56:20for you and your son.
00:56:21No,
00:56:22you do know me.
00:56:23I'm, I'm...
00:56:26Mom!
00:56:27Mom, are you okay?
00:56:31But I know you.
00:56:33I know you.
00:56:34Alexander, let's go.
00:56:35This is just a pity act
00:56:36to swan your sympathy
00:56:37and your money.
00:56:38Sir, Miss Cinda's right.
00:56:40People like them
00:56:40will do anything for cash.
00:56:42My mom doesn't lie!
00:56:44You pushed her!
00:56:45She got hurt because of you!
00:56:47Still playing games?
00:56:49You touched this?
00:56:52Are you out of your mind?
00:56:53This is a 2026 runway piece.
00:56:55Selling you and your crazy-ass mom
00:56:56wouldn't even pay for a sleeve.
00:56:58We're not lying!
00:57:00Say sorry to my mom right now!
00:57:02Stop!
00:57:04Kid,
00:57:06you belong in school,
00:57:07not out here hustling strangers
00:57:09with your mom.
00:57:09We're not liars!
00:57:10You don't get to talk about
00:57:12about my mom like that!
00:57:13No one's buying it.
00:57:14Tell your mom to quit the act.
00:57:16She's not even good at pretending.
00:57:19It's not your fault.
00:57:21After all,
00:57:22you have such an irresponsible mother.
00:57:23Don't you dare talk about
00:57:24my mom like that!
00:57:25She's the best mom
00:57:26in the whole world!
00:57:29People like you
00:57:30don't deserve to live.
00:57:31Where's your dad?
00:57:34I don't have dad.
00:57:38No wonder.
00:57:40Being a mother
00:57:41comes with responsibility.
00:57:43Stop this madness
00:57:43dragging your son into it.
00:57:45You're ruining that child.
00:57:47Take this.
00:57:47Use it
00:57:48to send him to school.
00:57:55Money!
00:57:56So much money.
00:57:59Mom!
00:57:59We can't take this!
00:58:02I need it!
00:58:03Money!
00:58:03See, Alexander?
00:58:05I told you.
00:58:06Crocodile tears
00:58:06and open hands.
00:58:07Classic scammer move.
00:58:09Boss,
00:58:09she's clearly faking it.
00:58:10Why waste your time?
00:58:11I pitied the kid.
00:58:13Not her.
00:58:14Let's go.
00:58:14Little bastard.
00:58:15Lucky today.
00:58:18With this money,
00:58:19I can save Alexander!
00:58:21I can pay for his surgery!
00:58:24Alexander!
00:58:25I have money now!
00:58:31Mom,
00:58:32please help!
00:58:33Somebody help my mom!
00:58:36Boss,
00:58:37they're acting again.
00:58:38Don't fall for it.
00:58:39Alexander,
00:58:39let's just forget about them.
00:58:41I booked that French place you loved
00:58:42after dinner.
00:58:44Comfort.
00:58:44Don't touch me.
00:58:45I told you.
00:58:46I don't want you.
00:58:46The only woman I've ever loved
00:58:48is Brianna.
00:58:49Alexander,
00:58:49Brianna's dead!
00:58:50Mom!
00:58:51Next time I see you,
00:58:51it better be business.
00:58:52Nothing else.
00:58:56Filthy beggars!
00:58:58They ruined everything!
00:59:00Mom,
00:59:01please,
00:59:02wake up!
00:59:09Please,
00:59:11save my mom.
00:59:47Don't touch me!
00:59:48Get away!
00:59:49Touch me!
00:59:50Don't touch me!
00:59:50No!
00:59:51No!
00:59:52No!
00:59:57Mom,
00:59:58it's okay.
00:59:59You're safe now.
01:00:00We're at the hospital.
01:00:15She seems mentally unstable.
01:00:18Could be long-term.
01:00:21Yeah.
01:00:22She's been like this forever.
01:00:24Totally out of it.
01:00:26You got her name?
01:00:28Any family?
01:00:29No clue.
01:00:30Just that poor kid.
01:00:31Her mind was already fragile.
01:00:33Something pushed her over the edge.
01:00:34Probably a huge shock.
01:00:36I know you.
01:00:38Alexander!
01:00:39Alexander!
01:00:39You're Alexander!
01:00:40It was him.
01:00:41He made mom snap?
01:00:43So what now?
01:00:43How do we help her?
01:00:45She needs brain surgery.
01:00:47And important meds.
01:00:49Without it,
01:00:50she wouldn't last more than a few days.
01:00:51Then start the treatment,
01:00:53please!
01:00:59Please!
01:00:59Please!
01:01:00Save my mom.
01:01:01She's all I have left.
01:01:04Look, kid.
01:01:05It's not that I don't care.
01:01:07The only hope is this new drug from Clark Corp.
01:01:10I sold scrap.
01:01:12This is all I got.
01:01:14Can it buy medicine?
01:01:16I'll pay for it.
01:01:17Just, please!
01:01:18Get her the meds!
01:01:19Do something!
01:01:22That drug's still in development.
01:01:24Clark Corp hasn't released it yet.
01:01:25Please!
01:01:26I can't lose her!
01:01:28Alexander Clark runs that company.
01:01:30Big on charity, they say.
01:01:31If you can get access to ask him directly,
01:01:33maybe he'll help.
01:01:33It could be your only shot.
01:01:35Alexander?
01:01:37Clark?
01:01:38The man standing in front of you
01:01:39is Alexander Clark.
01:01:41You guys are lucky today.
01:01:42So it's him.
01:01:48Don't worry, Mom.
01:01:50I'll find a way to save you.
01:01:58Please!
01:01:59I need to see Mr. Clark!
01:02:00You think just anyone can meet Mr. Clark?
01:02:03Get lost!
01:02:04Hey!
01:02:07I said get out of here, kid!
01:02:24Jesus!
01:02:24Are you trying to get yourself killed?
01:02:26Please!
01:02:27Do you know Mr. Clark?
01:02:28Can you take me?
01:02:29What the hell?
01:02:30Who are you?
01:02:30You think you can just walk up
01:02:32to the richest guy in town?
01:02:33Go away!
01:02:36I'm sorry, sir.
01:02:46Mom, I'm sorry.
01:02:48I still couldn't find him.
01:02:50Please, hang on!
01:02:55Mr. Clark's gone for the day.
01:02:57If you're that desperate,
01:02:59try his house.
01:03:01Don't tell anyone.
01:03:04Thank you, sir!
01:03:10Brianna,
01:03:12I miss you so much.
01:03:18Alexander,
01:03:19Cinda waited all day.
01:03:20You didn't even show your face.
01:03:22I've told you,
01:03:23I won't marry.
01:03:24My heart died with Brianna.
01:03:26Brianna's been gone for years.
01:03:28You really gonna die alone for a ghost?
01:03:30Yes.
01:03:31In this life,
01:03:32she's the only one I'll ever marry.
01:03:34Alexander, enough!
01:03:35This ends now!
01:03:38It's okay, Mr. Clark.
01:03:40If he doesn't want to see me,
01:03:41I'll just leave.
01:03:42No, Cinda.
01:03:43You're staying.
01:03:44I don't care how stubborn he is.
01:03:45I'll make him marry you.
01:03:59Then I'm done with this house.
01:04:00With all of it.
01:04:04Fine!
01:04:05Walk out!
01:04:06And don't come back!
01:04:08Please,
01:04:09don't be upset, Mr. Clark.
01:04:10He just needs time.
01:04:12One day,
01:04:13he'll realize
01:04:14Brianna's not coming back.
01:04:17Their wedding ring.
01:04:19Get rid of it.
01:04:20It's the only way he'll move on.
01:04:22Go on.
01:04:23Throw it as far away as you can.
01:04:28Yes, sir.
01:04:31He's awful.
01:04:32But Mom needs that medicine.
01:04:34If I just beg hard enough,
01:04:36maybe he'll help us.
01:04:41Yes, sir.
01:04:43Yes, sir.
01:04:45Yes, sir.
01:04:48Sir, there's a kid outside
01:04:49asking for Mr. Alexander.
01:04:51Kid?
01:04:52In this rain?
01:04:53Bring him in, now.
01:05:06Grab a towel.
01:05:07Quickly, he'll catch cold.
01:05:12Who are you?
01:05:14Why are you looking for Alexander?
01:05:16I need medicine.
01:05:17For my mom.
01:05:19She'll die without it.
01:05:23Your mom.
01:05:25What's her name?
01:05:29Her name is...
01:05:30Hey.
01:05:36Sir, here's the towel.
01:05:43He looks just like Alexander did.
01:05:47Thanks, but my mom's running out of time.
01:05:52Kid, wait!
01:05:54Nate, did you see that kid?
01:05:56He looks exactly like Alexander did
01:05:57when he was seven.
01:05:59No doubt.
01:06:01If you want to be sure, sir,
01:06:02we can test the hair on that towel.
01:06:06Do it.
01:06:07If he really is Alexander's son,
01:06:09we have to bring him back at once.
01:06:10I'm leaving all my fortune to him.
01:06:18I miss you so much.
01:06:29The ring.
01:06:30Where is it?
01:06:33Sir.
01:06:33Our wedding ring is gone!
01:06:35Everyone here knows how much it means to you.
01:06:37No one would touch it.
01:06:38It's all I have left of Brianna.
01:06:39It can't just vanish.
01:06:41Put out a reward.
01:06:42Anyone who finds it gets whatever they want.
01:06:44Right away, sir!
01:06:50Massive reward for return of Alexander Clark's wedding ring.
01:06:58That ring!
01:06:59That's the one mom always wears.
01:07:02She's always so protective of it.
01:07:04But now, she needs that medicine more.
01:07:07Maybe I can trade mom's ring to get the medicine from him.
01:07:11Mom, I have to do this for your illness.
01:07:14I hope you can forgive me.
01:07:21Sir!
01:07:22The ring!
01:07:23It's been found!
01:07:26Where is it?
01:07:27A kid found it.
01:07:28He's waiting at the Clark's hospital.
01:07:30Let's go!
01:07:30Now!
01:07:44Mr. Alexander!
01:07:50You again?
01:07:53Is this the ring you're looking for?
01:07:59Sir!
01:08:00That's your missing ring!
01:08:02This little thief stole it!
01:08:04I didn't steal it!
01:08:05I found it!
01:08:05Cut the crap!
01:08:07The boss's ring was kept safely in the drawer.
01:08:09There's no way you just happened to find it.
01:08:11I could tell from the start you two were trouble.
01:08:13Turns out you're not just con artists putting on an act for money.
01:08:16You're thieves too!
01:08:17It was my mom's!
01:08:18I need Clark meds for her!
01:08:19That's why I...
01:08:20That ring was Mr. Alexander's wedding ring!
01:08:22For his late fiancé!
01:08:24What's your mom got to do with it?
01:08:25We let you off once!
01:08:26Now this?
01:08:27You know how much this means to him!
01:08:34Hand it over.
01:08:36Now.
01:08:38I didn't steal it.
01:08:39You can have it, but please, give me the medicine first.
01:08:42I don't deal with thieves.
01:08:44You're not worth it.
01:08:45Give it to me!
01:08:55Give it back!
01:09:01This ring?
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