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the demon lord claimed me after my fiancé's betrayal Burning Heart
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00:00:00To give her son a normal childhood, a mother decided to hide her billionaire status, burying her mansion underground and
00:00:07making him live in a dilapidated house.
00:00:09After her son fell asleep, she would return to her luxurious home.
00:00:13The boy studied diligently every day to escape hockey.
00:00:16Twenty years later, the boy became the world's richest man.
00:00:20One day, after completing five years of volunteer work in Africa, he was preparing to return home and propose to
00:00:26his girlfriend.
00:00:27However, a beautiful woman introduced herself to him and asked to be her husband.
00:00:31Oh wow, that's pretty cool.
00:00:34He probably didn't make a cent doing that, but the way he talks about it, like it mattered, he's unlike
00:00:39any other man I've ever met.
00:00:42I'm Anya, by the way.
00:00:44Arthur.
00:00:46Well, Arthur, this might sound totally insane, but...
00:00:52Would you mind doing me a favor?
00:00:53What favor?
00:00:55Let me introduce myself properly.
00:00:57I'm the CEO of Throne Tech, the heiress to Throne's fortune.
00:01:00I own five properties and two private estates.
00:01:02Annual income, one billion dollars.
00:01:05And...
00:01:07I want you to be my husband.
00:01:09What?
00:01:10I mean, a fake marriage.
00:01:11Just for a year.
00:01:13I need someone to play my husband, and you just feel like the right man for me.
00:01:18Is that a joke?
00:01:19I'm serious.
00:01:20You can trust me.
00:01:20Google me, you'll see that I have no scandals, no addictions, nothing shady in my past.
00:01:25If you agree, we can sign the paperwork today.
00:01:27And I'll offer a hundred thousand a month, plus a waterfront con in Midtown, in your name only.
00:01:34Tempting.
00:01:35But you have picked the wrong man.
00:01:38Already taken.
00:01:39I'm flying back to get married.
00:01:41Oh.
00:01:42I did not see that coming.
00:01:44I...
00:01:44Sorry.
00:01:47So that is it.
00:01:48Guess I just have to suck it up.
00:01:50You do not seem that helpless to me.
00:01:53Hm?
00:01:56Your AI subsidiary, underthrown tech?
00:01:59It has got potential.
00:02:00The Titan Group will be interested.
00:02:02But if that is your pitch deck, to win them over, you are toast.
00:02:08Really?
00:02:09You might be a nice guy, but you don't know a thing about how the business world works.
00:02:14We might not be getting married, but I can still help you.
00:02:17Hey, what are you doing?
00:02:19Fixing your pitch.
00:02:20You're asking for a hundred million?
00:02:22Try a hundred billion.
00:02:23Excuse me?
00:02:25What?
00:02:27There.
00:02:28Done.
00:02:29What the hell did you just do?
00:02:31You sent that?
00:02:32You actually sent it?
00:02:34You were under-saying yourself.
00:02:35You hijacked my pitch!
00:02:37Do you have any idea what you've just done?
00:02:39I saved your pitch.
00:02:41Saved?
00:02:42You've ruined it!
00:02:51Did you just touch me?
00:02:54It was an accident.
00:02:56Turbulity.
00:02:56I was trying to help.
00:02:58Oh, you've done enough to help.
00:03:01Sir?
00:03:02Ma'am?
00:03:02Is everything alright?
00:03:03We're good.
00:03:04She just scored a hundred billion dollar investment.
00:03:06She's a bit emotional.
00:03:08Emotional?
00:03:10Well, congratulations.
00:03:13Trust me.
00:03:14The Titan Group doesn't go for small gains.
00:03:17Asking for a hundred million?
00:03:18That's an insult.
00:03:19A hundred billion?
00:03:20That's where the conversation starts.
00:03:22You want to win them over?
00:03:23You need to think bigger.
00:03:25Did you seriously just say that?
00:03:27You're welcome.
00:03:28Great.
00:03:29First you messed with my file.
00:03:30Then you humiliated me in public?
00:03:32Congratulations!
00:03:33You're officially the most infuriating man I've ever met.
00:03:35Lucky we're not getting married, huh?
00:03:37This isn't over.
00:03:49Help her land a billion dollar deal?
00:03:50And not even a thank you?
00:03:52Please.
00:03:54Serena would never.
00:03:58Five years apart,
00:03:59she must be surprised when he sees me.
00:04:02You sure about this?
00:04:03Africa's far.
00:04:04It's not just a trip.
00:04:05I'm going to change the world, Serena.
00:04:07You always knew that was the dream.
00:04:12One more thing before I go.
00:04:22Serena Lee,
00:04:23will you marry me?
00:04:26Yes.
00:04:34Let's get married when I get back.
00:04:39A two million dollar necklace.
00:04:41The perfect gift for her big day.
00:04:42I hope she'll like it.
00:04:51My girl, look at this.
00:04:53An entire party just for you.
00:04:55Throne Tech doesn't do this for just anyone.
00:04:57We've officially made it.
00:04:59It's just the beginning, Mom.
00:05:00You know,
00:05:00my dream is to become someone like Anya Throne,
00:05:02the CEO.
00:05:04But she's a mystery.
00:05:05Never appears in public.
00:05:11Assuming I'll meet her today.
00:05:17After all these years of my funding,
00:05:20Serena's finally made it.
00:05:21A PhD.
00:05:23Partner at Throne Tech.
00:05:24Time to let her know that
00:05:25I'm the CEO of Titan Group.
00:05:28And start our sweet life.
00:05:36Is that Arthur?
00:05:38Isn't he begging for life abroad?
00:05:39What the hell is he doing here?
00:05:44Serena,
00:05:45congratulations.
00:05:47Arthur?
00:05:49I heard about the offer.
00:05:51Thought I'd surprise you.
00:05:52Why are you here?
00:05:54I flew back.
00:05:55For you.
00:05:56Let me guess.
00:05:57You heard about her throne offer,
00:05:59the salary,
00:06:00and you decided to claw your way back?
00:06:03What?
00:06:04Don't act surprised.
00:06:05Five years you vanished.
00:06:07The second she makes partner,
00:06:08you show up with discount flowers
00:06:10and a name that means nothing.
00:06:12You shouldn't have come, Arthur.
00:06:14This whatever we were,
00:06:15it's over.
00:06:16Let's break up.
00:06:17But we spent seven years
00:06:19building towards this.
00:06:20We are supposed to get married.
00:06:22You said you loved me.
00:06:24You thought Serena would love you?
00:06:25Don't be absurd.
00:06:26My daughter has a PhD.
00:06:28She's the youngest partner at Throne Tech,
00:06:30pulling in 30 million a year.
00:06:31And you?
00:06:31You vanished to Africa
00:06:33and worked there as a builder.
00:06:34Do you really think
00:06:35that makes you worthy of her?
00:06:37My mom is right.
00:06:38We belong to different worlds now.
00:06:40I can't marry someone like you.
00:06:42No.
00:06:53Someone like me?
00:06:55Look around.
00:06:56This is the party Throne Tech threw for me.
00:06:59These people?
00:07:00Legacy investors.
00:07:02Real powers.
00:07:03And you think I could introduce them
00:07:05to an embarrassment as my fiancé?
00:07:06I'm an embarrassment?
00:07:12So that's what this did to you.
00:07:14One job offer from Throne Tech.
00:07:17And you think you're out of my league.
00:07:19Did you know, Serena?
00:07:22To me,
00:07:23Throne Tech is just a small fish.
00:07:25You arrogant little cockroach!
00:07:27How dare you look down
00:07:28on the top firm in this country!
00:07:29You want to know
00:07:30why Throne Tech gave you that offer?
00:07:31Because someone vouched for you.
00:07:33Someone they'd never dare ignore.
00:07:35And that someone
00:07:37was me.
00:07:39I'm sorry, what?
00:07:41Confirmed?
00:07:42Are you sure?
00:07:44Madam,
00:07:45you're not going to believe this.
00:07:46The Titan Group
00:07:47just approved
00:07:48a direct investment in us.
00:07:50They what?
00:07:52One.
00:07:53Hundred.
00:07:54Billion dollars.
00:07:55What?
00:07:56It's Mr. Storm's move.
00:07:57You know,
00:07:58the ghost chairman
00:07:58who runs the Titan Group?
00:07:59It's his first formal
00:08:00return to the States.
00:08:01And we're his first target.
00:08:03We got it.
00:08:04A hundred billion.
00:08:08There.
00:08:08Done.
00:08:09He was right.
00:08:12It's one hundred billion.
00:08:15Parker.
00:08:17Find him.
00:08:18Find who?
00:08:19The man who sit next to me
00:08:20on the Nairobi flight.
00:08:22Arthur.
00:08:23I don't care what it takes.
00:08:25Find him.
00:08:27Understood.
00:08:27But
00:08:29what do you want with him?
00:08:31I'm going to marry him.
00:08:32Wait,
00:08:33what?
00:08:34I've never seen
00:08:35an incredible man
00:08:35like him before.
00:08:37He is the one I want.
00:08:38You self-importance
00:08:40little shit.
00:08:40Who the hell
00:08:41do you think you are?
00:08:42I get it, Arthur.
00:08:43You're not upset
00:08:43about the breakup.
00:08:44You're just pissed off
00:08:45at all the money
00:08:46you poured into me.
00:08:47Just name your number.
00:08:48I'll pay you off.
00:08:49And then we're done.
00:08:50For good.
00:08:51Is that what you think?
00:08:52That I'm here chasing
00:08:53the money I gave you?
00:08:54Let's settle up.
00:08:55How about
00:08:56a hundred grand?
00:08:57Two hundred thousand?
00:08:59Serena.
00:09:00Three hundred thousand dollars.
00:09:01That's more than you've ever seen.
00:09:02Three hundred thousand dollars.
00:09:03That's more than you've ever seen.
00:09:05You still think
00:09:05I came here for money?
00:09:06Take it and get out of here.
00:09:08My daughter
00:09:08should have dumped you
00:09:09ages ago.
00:09:10You've got no house,
00:09:11no car,
00:09:12no savings.
00:09:13You can't even get
00:09:13a decent job.
00:09:14You're a lost cause.
00:09:15Is that what you think of me?
00:09:16For the sake of our
00:09:17seven years together,
00:09:18don't embarrass yourself
00:09:19even more.
00:09:20Just take the money
00:09:20and leave.
00:09:21My daughter's done with you.
00:09:23Can't you get that
00:09:23through your thick head?
00:09:26He's not worth your time.
00:09:30Oh, where's Victor?
00:09:32Didn't he say
00:09:32he was coming tonight?
00:09:33Yeah.
00:09:34Said he had something
00:09:35to handle first.
00:09:36Should be here soon.
00:09:37Victor?
00:09:38Victor.
00:09:39Victor.
00:09:39Son of James West.
00:09:41Vice chair of Throne Tech.
00:09:43Practically next in line
00:09:44after Anya Throne.
00:09:47Only someone like him
00:09:48is a match for my daughter.
00:09:50Rich?
00:09:51Charming?
00:09:52Well-educated?
00:09:53And you?
00:09:54You're a penniless dropout.
00:09:55You're just a misstep
00:09:57she should have never taken.
00:09:58Arthur,
00:09:59Victor's on his way.
00:10:00You should leave.
00:10:02Trust me.
00:10:03You don't want to be here
00:10:04when he walks in.
00:10:06Because the moment you see him,
00:10:08you'll be ashamed of yourself.
00:10:10Now I see it.
00:10:11You didn't just
00:10:12break up with me
00:10:13because of the job.
00:10:14It was because of him.
00:10:16Victor.
00:10:16At least with him,
00:10:18I can build something bigger.
00:10:19Really?
00:10:20And you're so sure
00:10:21I couldn't help you
00:10:22build something better
00:10:23than anything he could?
00:10:24You?
00:10:25Please.
00:10:27So,
00:10:28you actually think
00:10:29you're better than me?
00:10:40Victor!
00:10:41My love,
00:10:42you're here!
00:10:43Let me guess.
00:10:45You're Arthur?
00:10:46Serena's ex-boyfriend?
00:10:47You look exactly
00:10:48how I pictured.
00:10:49Cheap suit,
00:10:50basic face,
00:10:52still clinging to the woman
00:10:53who left you
00:10:54behind like yesterday's trash.
00:10:56Oh,
00:10:57don't mind him.
00:10:58He never deserved
00:10:58to be with Serena.
00:11:00Just a pathetic shadow
00:11:01tagging along.
00:11:02So,
00:11:03you seriously thought
00:11:04you could compete with me?
00:11:06I'm Victor West,
00:11:08son of James West,
00:11:09vice chair of Throne Tech.
00:11:11And you?
00:11:12You're not even worth
00:11:12the dirt under my shoes.
00:11:14You're right,
00:11:14because unlike you,
00:11:15I don't need to cling
00:11:16to daddy's title to matter.
00:11:18Excuse me?
00:11:18A piece of trash like you
00:11:20dares to talk back?
00:11:21Get out!
00:11:22Now!
00:11:23Before I have security
00:11:24drag you out
00:11:25like the street rat you are!
00:11:26Exactly.
00:11:27This is a ceremony
00:11:28for elites,
00:11:30not beggars.
00:11:32What the hell
00:11:33is going on here?
00:11:34Victor,
00:11:35is everything alright?
00:11:36Why don't you ask him?
00:11:38He got dumped by Serena,
00:11:39and now he's crashing
00:11:40her party.
00:11:41Dr. Lee is our new partner,
00:11:43handpicked by
00:11:44Miss Throne herself.
00:11:45Whatever this is,
00:11:46you're way out of line.
00:11:47Exactly.
00:11:48Look around.
00:11:49These aren't just
00:11:50normal guests,
00:11:51Mr. Cooper.
00:11:52This is Throne Tech's
00:11:53A-Team.
00:11:54Top executives,
00:11:55professionals,
00:11:56the people who run
00:11:57this city.
00:11:57And then there's him,
00:11:59some college dropout
00:12:00who thinks moving bricks
00:12:01and nannying kids
00:12:02in Africa is a career.
00:12:04I was running a charity.
00:12:05Oh?
00:12:07So that's what we're
00:12:07calling unemployment now?
00:12:09Charity?
00:12:10Boy, just say you were
00:12:11broke and too proud
00:12:12to get a real job.
00:12:13We all know why he's here.
00:12:15Groveling to my daughter,
00:12:16hoping she will drag him
00:12:17out of the gutter
00:12:18so he wants to be
00:12:18a kept man and fails.
00:12:20Pathetic.
00:12:21An all-time loser
00:12:22dumped by his
00:12:23genius girlfriend.
00:12:24He should have
00:12:24seen that coming.
00:12:26You hear that?
00:12:27This is reality.
00:12:29My daughter?
00:12:29A PhD,
00:12:30a future partner,
00:12:31a successful,
00:12:32stunning woman.
00:12:33You?
00:12:34Just the mud
00:12:34on her heels.
00:12:44Now crawl back
00:12:46to the shack
00:12:46you came from.
00:12:47Your fairy tale
00:12:48is over!
00:12:49Arthur,
00:12:50a man can be broke
00:12:51or uneducated,
00:12:52but delusional,
00:12:53that's where I draw the line.
00:12:54No matter what
00:12:55you tell yourself,
00:12:56I would never marry you.
00:12:58Huh!
00:12:58Funny.
00:12:59You want to know
00:13:00my biggest mistake,
00:13:01Serena?
00:13:01Believing in you.
00:13:02Seven years of
00:13:03unconditional support,
00:13:04wiring money whenever
00:13:05you need to pay rent
00:13:06or tuition.
00:13:07I made you.
00:13:07And this is how
00:13:08you repay me?
00:13:09Don't twist it!
00:13:10I didn't force you
00:13:10to do any of this!
00:13:11I don't need to twist
00:13:13anything.
00:13:14I bank-raid your PhD,
00:13:16helped land your offer
00:13:16at ThroneTech,
00:13:18and you dropped me
00:13:19the second you made it
00:13:20upstairs.
00:13:21Don't credit yourself
00:13:22for my achievement.
00:13:23I earned all these
00:13:24by myself.
00:13:25I'm smart.
00:13:26I worked hard.
00:13:27I could have made it
00:13:28with or without you.
00:13:29No.
00:13:30You won't.
00:13:31You'll never know
00:13:32what you've lost.
00:13:33I bought this for you.
00:13:39But you don't deserve it.
00:13:44We're done.
00:13:46Oh, please.
00:13:47You think a fake
00:13:48diamond necklace
00:13:49could buy my daughter's heart?
00:13:50How much did you spend
00:13:51on this trash?
00:13:52$20?
00:13:53$50?
00:13:54Babe,
00:13:55tell them how much
00:13:55the necklace I bought
00:13:56you is worth.
00:13:58$70,000.
00:13:59My gift for you
00:14:00was auctioned
00:14:01for $2,000,000.
00:14:02But you throw it away
00:14:03for him and his
00:14:04second-rate jewels.
00:14:05I'm so tired
00:14:06of your bullshit!
00:14:07You need a wake-up call!
00:14:16He's lost it!
00:14:18He attacked my boyfriend!
00:14:19Security!
00:14:20Get him out!
00:14:20That's enough,
00:14:21young man.
00:14:22Dr. Lee's an asset
00:14:23to ThroneTech,
00:14:24and this is her party.
00:14:25She says you're out.
00:14:26You're out!
00:14:27Now get lost!
00:14:32We found Arthur, madam.
00:14:34Where?
00:14:35He's inside ThroneHQ,
00:14:36at Dr. Lee's
00:14:37welcome party.
00:14:38Sounds like
00:14:38things are getting ugly.
00:14:41Dr. Lee?
00:14:43Quick,
00:14:44head to the company now.
00:14:45Yes, madam.
00:14:47What are you waiting for, sucker?
00:14:49Door's that way.
00:14:50Just leave, Arthur,
00:14:50before this gets worse for you.
00:14:52Worse?
00:14:53How?
00:14:54How?
00:14:54Because I dared to stand
00:14:56where I don't belong?
00:14:57You want to be a laughingstock?
00:14:58Fine.
00:14:59But don't expect me to save you
00:15:01when this all blows up in your face.
00:15:02Save me?
00:15:03That's rich.
00:15:04You don't have that power.
00:15:05You never did.
00:15:06You mess with me,
00:15:07you mess with the Throne family.
00:15:09Pisans like you
00:15:09can't afford the price.
00:15:11Final warning.
00:15:12Walk out on your own
00:15:13or I'll have security drag you out.
00:15:14Go ahead.
00:15:15Call your guards.
00:15:16But let's be clear.
00:15:16I walked into this building
00:15:18because I have every right
00:15:19to be here.
00:15:19And none of you
00:15:20has the power to push me out.
00:15:22Not even Anya Thorne herself.
00:15:25Faster.
00:15:26I don't care what it takes.
00:15:27Get me to him now.
00:15:29Yes, madam.
00:15:31Do you have any idea
00:15:32what the name Anya Throne means?
00:15:34Wow.
00:15:34You're even dumber than I thought.
00:15:36You just insulted the woman
00:15:37who built this empire.
00:15:39Even my father
00:15:39wouldn't dare challenge her.
00:15:41But you?
00:15:41You're so done.
00:15:43So,
00:15:44in your world,
00:15:45Anya Thorne might be
00:15:45an untouchable goddess.
00:15:47But in mine,
00:15:48she's just a woman
00:15:48with some talent.
00:15:50I'd be more worried
00:15:51if I were you.
00:15:52Because you tried
00:15:52to put a hand on me,
00:15:53she might have
00:15:54a bigger problem with you.
00:15:55You must have a death wish.
00:15:56Arthur,
00:15:56I get that the breakup hurt.
00:15:58But now,
00:15:59you're spiraling.
00:16:00Disrespecting Lady Throne
00:16:01like that?
00:16:01I was actually gonna get you
00:16:03a janitor job here.
00:16:04But after this,
00:16:05you're not even worth that.
00:16:07You were gonna recommend me
00:16:08for a janitor position?
00:16:09Do you know how competitive
00:16:11it is just to work here?
00:16:12You should be grateful.
00:16:14Even our security guards
00:16:15have degrees.
00:16:16And you didn't even
00:16:17finish years.
00:16:18I don't need a degree
00:16:19to prove myself.
00:16:20My achievement
00:16:21speaks for itself.
00:16:22That's how real business works.
00:16:24Clearly,
00:16:24it's beyond your imagination.
00:16:26You're talking nonsense again.
00:16:27After everything happens today,
00:16:28there's no place
00:16:29for you in ThroneTech.
00:16:30You blew your only chance
00:16:31to fix your sore life.
00:16:32I never needed
00:16:32your recommendation.
00:16:34And as for whether
00:16:35ThroneTech has a place for me,
00:16:38why don't you go
00:16:39ask Anya Thorne yourself?
00:16:50Where is Arthur?
00:16:52Conference hall.
00:16:52It's tense.
00:16:53From what I heard,
00:16:54he and Serena Lee
00:16:55were involved.
00:16:56She dumped him.
00:16:57They broke up?
00:17:00Well, that saves me
00:17:01the trouble of stealing
00:17:01someone's fiancé.
00:17:04What's your goal here, Arthur?
00:17:06Seriously?
00:17:07Trying to crash
00:17:08and burn in public?
00:17:09I'll tell you what it is.
00:17:11He couldn't have you,
00:17:12so now he wants
00:17:13to drag you down
00:17:14with him.
00:17:14Ugh, pathetic ex-revenge.
00:17:17Such a petty man.
00:17:18Don't worry, Serena.
00:17:20I've got you.
00:17:21Victor's father
00:17:21is the vice chair.
00:17:23With their support,
00:17:24whatever stunt
00:17:25he's pulling ends.
00:17:26Trust me,
00:17:27once Lady Throne shows up,
00:17:29he's got maybe
00:17:30five minutes left.
00:17:31I can't believe
00:17:32how dumb you are, Arthur.
00:17:34No wonder you achieved
00:17:35nothing in our
00:17:35seven years together.
00:17:37I wasted so much
00:17:38time on you.
00:17:39Honestly,
00:17:40leaving you was
00:17:40the best decision
00:17:41I've ever made.
00:17:42Was it?
00:17:43Because when the truth
00:17:44comes out,
00:17:45you'll realize
00:17:47it was the worst
00:17:48mistake of your life.
00:17:54What?
00:17:55Lady Throne
00:17:56just arrived?
00:17:57Lady Throne,
00:17:58she came straight
00:17:59from the airport.
00:18:00She's in the lobby now.
00:18:01Wait,
00:18:02she actually came?
00:18:03Oh my god!
00:18:05She came to support
00:18:06Serena!
00:18:07You hear that?
00:18:08Anya Throne
00:18:08is here
00:18:09for my daughter!
00:18:10My daughter
00:18:11is the future
00:18:12of Throne Tech!
00:18:13This is it.
00:18:15We need to take out
00:18:16this human trash
00:18:17before Lady Throne arrives.
00:18:19She's literally
00:18:19making the room
00:18:20smell cheap.
00:18:21Hear that, dumbass?
00:18:23Throne Tech
00:18:24doesn't take in strays.
00:18:26Get out
00:18:28while you still
00:18:29have legs
00:18:30to walk on.
00:18:33Here's your last chance.
00:18:35Half a million dollars.
00:18:36Half a million?
00:18:37You're flattering him!
00:18:38It's worth it
00:18:39to keep him
00:18:40from ruining my night.
00:18:41Take the money, Arthur.
00:18:43Disappear.
00:18:44That's more than
00:18:45you'll see
00:18:45in ten lifetimes.
00:18:47Be smart.
00:18:48Take it
00:18:49and vanish.
00:18:50You talk a lot
00:18:51about power, Serena.
00:18:58But when you learn
00:18:59who I am...
00:19:11You'll be begging me
00:19:12for mercy.
00:19:13What the hell?
00:19:14You ungrateful bastard!
00:19:16You dare humiliate me?
00:19:17You really think
00:19:18you're someone now?
00:19:19Someone's gonna
00:19:20change everything?
00:19:24Then,
00:19:25make your little
00:19:26announcement.
00:19:27But if it's bullshit,
00:19:30you'll be crawling
00:19:31out of here
00:19:31kissing every shoe
00:19:32in this room.
00:19:33Oh, come on.
00:19:34This low-status nobody
00:19:36doesn't even deserve
00:19:36to kiss anyone's
00:19:38shoes here.
00:19:47He's my husband.
00:19:50Is that status
00:19:51high enough for you?
00:19:58You let them do this
00:19:59to you?
00:19:59It's okay.
00:20:00They went rogue.
00:20:01I didn't.
00:20:02Real men don't
00:20:03hit women.
00:20:04Also,
00:20:05I'm your husband?
00:20:07I don't recall
00:20:07saying yes to your
00:20:08little proposal
00:20:09on the plane.
00:20:10I never regret
00:20:11what the words
00:20:11I mean.
00:20:22So now,
00:20:24let me take out
00:20:25the trash.
00:20:30Who the hell
00:20:31are you storming
00:20:32in like this?
00:20:33Did you not hear
00:20:33me the first time?
00:20:35I'm Arthur's wife.
00:20:37This man right here,
00:20:38he's my husband.
00:20:43Wait, what?
00:20:44Lady Throne?
00:20:46Mary?
00:20:47But she's never,
00:20:47she's never show
00:20:48interest in any men.
00:20:50Oh, God.
00:20:51I'm dead.
00:20:52I'm so dead.
00:20:54Don't scroll away.
00:20:56Click the video link
00:20:57to download
00:20:57Drama Box.
00:20:58Watch all episodes
00:20:59now.
00:21:00Callum had one arm
00:21:02around Jenna
00:21:02as he sealed me inside.
00:21:04He left me there
00:21:05to die in the dark,
00:21:06surrounded by serpents,
00:21:07and he never looked back.
00:21:08The pain was beyond
00:21:09anything I had words for.
00:21:11It felt like I was
00:21:11being torn apart
00:21:12from the inside out,
00:21:13piece by piece,
00:21:13until even screaming
00:21:14became impossible.
00:21:15When I died,
00:21:16I drifted in silver light,
00:21:17endless,
00:21:17cold,
00:21:18and silent.
00:21:19There was nothing
00:21:19left of me
00:21:20but a thin thread of soul,
00:21:21too broken even to cry.
00:21:22Then a voice fell
00:21:23through the dark
00:21:23like a blade through silk,
00:21:24clear,
00:21:25ancient,
00:21:25and completely without warmth.
00:21:27Childhood lawyer,
00:21:28you died badly.
00:21:30What I offer
00:21:31is not mercy.
00:21:32It is a contract.
00:21:33Give me something,
00:21:35and I will give you
00:21:36what you want.
00:21:37I'll give up my face,
00:21:38my beauty in this life,
00:21:40all of it.
00:21:40In exchange,
00:21:41I want the Lunar Hunt Covenant,
00:21:42the Silver Sight,
00:21:43and one more life.
00:21:44Do you understand
00:21:44what it means
00:21:45to give up your face?
00:21:46I do.
00:21:47Last time,
00:21:47my beauty made it easy
00:21:48for them to use me.
00:21:49I don't need anyone
00:21:50to love my face.
00:21:51I just need to see clearly.
00:21:53Silver light
00:21:53crapped through me
00:21:54like lightning,
00:21:55and I was thrown back
00:21:56into the world
00:21:56of the Livend.
00:21:57When I opened my eyes,
00:21:58the hissing was gone.
00:21:59The air smelled of incense.
00:22:00I raised a hand
00:22:01to my face
00:22:02and felt it.
00:22:02A scar across my cheek.
00:22:04Faint silver light
00:22:04pulsing beneath it
00:22:05like a wire.
00:22:06It was the mark
00:22:06of the Covenant,
00:22:07the price Artemis
00:22:08had carved into my skin.
00:22:09I was back.
00:22:10Back to the morning
00:22:11Eleanor Hargreff
00:22:12came to beg.
00:22:13I stood in front of the mirror
00:22:14and traced the scar
00:22:15with my fingers.
00:22:16Then I smiled,
00:22:17but there was nothing
00:22:17warm left in it.
00:22:19I did not come back
00:22:21to love him.
00:22:21I came back from hell
00:22:23to collect what they owed me,
00:22:24one debt at a time.
00:22:28Rowena, please!
00:22:29I'm begging you!
00:22:30You have to save Callum!
00:22:32The old woman
00:22:32dropped to her knees
00:22:33in front of me,
00:22:34clutching the hem
00:22:34of my dress
00:22:35with both hands
00:22:35and crying
00:22:36like she had nothing left.
00:22:37The death mark
00:22:38carved into Callum's forehead
00:22:40was the final outbreak
00:22:41of decades
00:22:41of serpent resentment
00:22:42buried beneath
00:22:43the Hargrove state.
00:22:44As long as it stayed on him,
00:22:46the curse would keep spreading,
00:22:47and every Hargrove
00:22:48tied to this land
00:22:49by blood
00:22:49would carry
00:22:50the same death sentence.
00:22:52Only a Whitmore
00:22:53could even see the mark.
00:22:54Only a Whitmore
00:22:55could remove it.
00:22:56They needed me.
00:22:58That was a fact.
00:22:59But the only reason
00:23:00I was here
00:23:00was to take back
00:23:01what the Hargroves
00:23:02stole from us,
00:23:02the silver arrow
00:23:03of Whitmore.
00:23:04I stood over Eleanor,
00:23:05looking down
00:23:05at her shaking shoulders,
00:23:06and all I could think of
00:23:07was how she used
00:23:08to call me sweetheart
00:23:09while she watched
00:23:09the flames swallow me alive.
00:23:11I slowly pulled my skirt
00:23:12out of her grip.
00:23:13I can't break
00:23:13the Hargrove curse.
00:23:14There was not a single
00:23:15trace of emotion
00:23:16in my voice.
00:23:16I did not owe her that much.
00:23:18Eleanor nor froze.
00:23:19The invitation in her hands
00:23:20crumbled at the edges.
00:23:21Then Callum walked in
00:23:21from the hallway.
00:23:22He was younger than I remembered,
00:23:23sharper and more arrogant,
00:23:24with all that ugly pride
00:23:25still sitting right on the surface.
00:23:26His eyes swept over me
00:23:27and stopped on the scar
00:23:28crossing my face.
00:23:29For one second,
00:23:30he went still.
00:23:31The scar was silver,
00:23:32winding across half my cheek
00:23:33and glowing faintly
00:23:34in the morning light.
00:23:35It did not look like
00:23:35an ordinary wound.
00:23:36It looked like something
00:23:37ancient had pressed itself
00:23:38into my skin
00:23:39and left its mark there.
00:23:40His disgust was almost
00:23:41impossible to miss.
00:23:42He turned his face away
00:23:43slightly like he could
00:23:43barely stand to look at it.
00:23:44I noticed.
00:23:45I said nothing.
00:23:47In my past life,
00:23:47I had walked through
00:23:48this same door
00:23:49with an untouched face
00:23:49and he had smiled at me
00:23:50so beautifully.
00:23:51Every warm word
00:23:52had been perfectly calculated.
00:23:54Now that I had a scar,
00:23:55the mask slipped at once.
00:23:56That told me everything.
00:23:58He did not need a person.
00:23:59He needed a tool
00:24:00and apparently
00:24:01he preferred his tools pretty.
00:24:02Callum stepped closer,
00:24:04his voice sharp with disbelief.
00:24:05What the hell
00:24:06is that supposed to mean?
00:24:07We came here in good faith
00:24:08and you won't even
00:24:09give us a reason?
00:24:10You're telling me
00:24:11one curse is too much
00:24:11for a Whitmore?
00:24:13He moved into my space
00:24:14like he was used to people
00:24:15backing down when he did.
00:24:16I only looked at him.
00:24:18Go ahead.
00:24:19Look down on me, Callum.
00:24:21You have no idea
00:24:21that the mark on your forehead
00:24:23is getting darker every day
00:24:24and the only person
00:24:25in this entire world
00:24:26who can see it,
00:24:27the only one
00:24:28who can take it off you
00:24:29is standing right in front of you
00:24:30while you make that face.
00:24:31Elinor started crying harder.
00:24:33Her hands shook
00:24:34as she pulled a heavy envelope
00:24:35from her coat.
00:24:36The wax seal bore
00:24:38an old dark gold crest.
00:24:40We have nowhere else to turn.
00:24:41Please, just look at this
00:24:43for the sake of what
00:24:44our families once
00:24:45meant to each other.
00:24:47I almost did not bother
00:24:48but the moment my eyes
00:24:50touched the seal,
00:24:50my silver sight flared.
00:24:52A pulse of silver light
00:24:53cut through the surface
00:24:54of the wax
00:24:55and beneath it,
00:24:56clear and understakable,
00:24:58was the trace
00:24:58of a Whitmore silver arrow.
00:25:02The silver arrow
00:25:03was the most sacred relic
00:25:04of the Whitmore bloodline.
00:25:05The Hargroves had stolen it from us
00:25:07and it had been lost
00:25:08for generations.
00:25:11I only learned the truth
00:25:12as I was dying
00:25:13in my past life
00:25:14when it was already too late
00:25:15to do anything about it.
00:25:17Now I knew exactly
00:25:18where it was.
00:25:19That was the real reason
00:25:20I would walk into Hargrove Hall.
00:25:22Not Callum,
00:25:23the arrow.
00:25:25Callum saw me take it
00:25:26and his whole body relaxed.
00:25:28He lifted his chin slightly,
00:25:30satisfaction spreading
00:25:31across his face.
00:25:32He had already decided
00:25:33I was still hung up on him,
00:25:34that I had finally given in
00:25:36because of old feelings.
00:25:37Then he turned on
00:25:38that warm, reasonable voice,
00:25:40the one that used to make me
00:25:41believe every word.
00:25:42Good.
00:25:43All you have to do
00:25:43is come with us
00:25:44and suppress the curse.
00:25:46Once I'm better,
00:25:47I'll make sure you're rewarded.
00:25:48The Hargroves take care of people
00:25:49who prove useful to us.
00:25:51He said it like he was
00:25:52doing me a favor,
00:25:53like I was something
00:25:54he could summon,
00:25:55use and dismiss
00:25:56whenever it suited him.
00:25:57I looked at him slowly,
00:25:59the way you look at something
00:26:00that does not know
00:26:00it is already finished.
00:26:02I'm going to Hargrove
00:26:03to take back
00:26:04what belongs
00:26:05to the Whitmore family.
00:26:06I was never doing this for you.
00:26:07The smile on his face
00:26:08died, died completely.
00:26:12The next morning,
00:26:13the man had everything packed
00:26:14before I came downstairs.
00:26:16Lady, the carriages are here.
00:26:18He was the boy
00:26:19the Whitmore family
00:26:19had taken in years ago.
00:26:21Quiet, precise,
00:26:22and so still
00:26:23that most people
00:26:24mistook him for cold.
00:26:25Since I came back,
00:26:26he was the only person
00:26:26who looked straight
00:26:27at the scar on my face
00:26:28without flinching
00:26:29or glancing away.
00:26:30Two Harkrin carriages
00:26:31were waiting outside.
00:26:33Eleanor had one to herself,
00:26:34and the other
00:26:35was meant for Callum and me.
00:26:36Jenna,
00:26:36who supposedly
00:26:37could not handle
00:26:38the mountain road,
00:26:38was supposed to have
00:26:39her own space.
00:26:40I was about to step
00:26:41into the second carriage
00:26:42when a voice
00:26:43cut across the courtyard.
00:26:44Wait!
00:26:45Callum,
00:26:45I want to ride with you!
00:26:46She ran toward us
00:26:47with her skirts
00:26:48gathered in both hands,
00:26:49her cheeks flushed
00:26:50and her eyes red at the rims,
00:26:51as if she had already
00:26:52been crying.
00:26:53She was the girl
00:26:54the Hargroves
00:26:54had taken in years ago,
00:26:56the orphan daughter
00:26:56of some distant relation.
00:26:58She had grown up
00:26:59inside the estate walls,
00:27:00right beside Callum.
00:27:01Everyone said
00:27:02she was sweet and innocent,
00:27:03the one person
00:27:04Callum protected
00:27:05more than anyone else.
00:27:06She had a white silk scarf
00:27:07in her hands.
00:27:08Before Callum could answer,
00:27:09she was already
00:27:10looping it around his neck
00:27:11and smoothing it down
00:27:12with both palms.
00:27:13The mountain road
00:27:14is freezing.
00:27:15I don't want you
00:27:15getting sick again.
00:27:16Callum did not move
00:27:17away from her hands.
00:27:18In my past life,
00:27:19I thought she was
00:27:19only being kind.
00:27:20This time,
00:27:21my silver sight caught
00:27:22the edge of the scarf
00:27:23the moment it touched him.
00:27:24Faint dark lines
00:27:25were woven into the silk,
00:27:26forming the exact pattern
00:27:27of a serpent mark.
00:27:28Callum did not see
00:27:28any of it.
00:27:29He was already brushing
00:27:30a loose strand of hair
00:27:31away from Jenna's face.
00:27:32Jenna turned to me
00:27:33with wide,
00:27:33apologetic eyes.
00:27:34Lady Rowena,
00:27:35I hope you don't mind.
00:27:36I won't take up much space.
00:27:37I promise.
00:27:38She did not wait
00:27:38for my answer.
00:27:39She climbed in
00:27:40ahead of me.
00:27:41I watched her settle
00:27:42beside Callum
00:27:43and push me toward
00:27:43the window seat
00:27:44without even looking at me.
00:27:45I said nothing.
00:27:46Jenna,
00:27:47last time I missed
00:27:48every move you made.
00:27:49This time,
00:27:49I'm going to watch
00:27:50every single one.
00:27:51The carriage wound its way
00:27:52up the wet cobblestone road
00:27:53towards the Hargraf estate.
00:27:55There was barely enough room
00:27:56for two people
00:27:56to sit comfortably,
00:27:57and Jenna had made sure
00:27:58she stayed pressed
00:27:59against Callum
00:28:00for the entire ride.
00:28:01Every time the wheels
00:28:02hit a rough patch,
00:28:03she let out a soft,
00:28:04breathy sound
00:28:04and leaned into his shoulder.
00:28:06The timing was perfect,
00:28:07always within my line of sight,
00:28:08like a little performance stage
00:28:09just for me.
00:28:10Callum,
00:28:11I feel so dizzy.
00:28:12I can barely breathe.
00:28:13She twisted her fingers
00:28:14into the front of his shirt,
00:28:15lifting her eyes
00:28:16just enough to catch the light,
00:28:18looking soft
00:28:19and helpless
00:28:19and miserable.
00:28:20In my past life,
00:28:21watching this
00:28:22would have made me
00:28:22want to shrink into myself
00:28:23and disappear.
00:28:24Now I only sat still
00:28:25and watched her work.
00:28:26Callum noticed me looking.
00:28:28His expression hardened at once.
00:28:29He tightened his arm
00:28:30around Jenna
00:28:31and turned his face away from me,
00:28:32like even the air
00:28:33on my side of the carriage
00:28:34disgusted him.
00:28:34Rowena,
00:28:35stop staring.
00:28:35Jenna is kind and gentle,
00:28:37not that you would know
00:28:37anything about that,
00:28:38and stop using that face
00:28:39to scare her.
00:28:39Jenna reached over
00:28:40and touched his arm gently.
00:28:41Callum,
00:28:41don't.
00:28:42Lady Rowena
00:28:43probably doesn't mean it.
00:28:44She knows exactly
00:28:45what she's doing.
00:28:46She's had it out for you
00:28:46since the moment she saw you.
00:28:48Maybe she just doesn't like me.
00:28:50It's alright.
00:28:50I'm used to it.
00:28:51That is her problem,
00:28:52not yours.
00:28:52I don't care what she thinks.
00:28:53I did not answer.
00:28:54In my past life,
00:28:55that exchange
00:28:56would have hollowed me out
00:28:57for days.
00:28:58Now I only filed it away.
00:28:59Every word,
00:29:00every dismissal.
00:29:01I was keeping track.
00:29:02At the same time,
00:29:03through the silver sight,
00:29:04I could see what was
00:29:05really happening.
00:29:06Dark energy was seeping
00:29:07from the coral bracelet
00:29:08on Jenna's wrist,
00:29:09winding along Callum's collar
00:29:11and pushing inch by inch
00:29:12into the skin
00:29:13at the back of his neck.
00:29:14She was not dizzy.
00:29:15She was feeding the serpent.
00:29:16Callum,
00:29:16the sweet innocent girl
00:29:17you're so desperate to protect,
00:29:19is poisoning you right now
00:29:20and you're holding her tighter.
00:29:21He pulled her closer
00:29:22and pressed his cheek
00:29:23against the top of her head,
00:29:25completely blind.
00:29:26By midday,
00:29:27the carriages stopped
00:29:27in front of the Hargreth family's
00:29:29main residence.
00:29:29This was not Hargreth Hall,
00:29:31not the old estate
00:29:32with the serpent gate
00:29:33buried beneath it.
00:29:34The hall stood deeper
00:29:34inside the grounds,
00:29:35behind a locked inner courtyard
00:29:37that almost never opened.
00:29:38This was only
00:29:38where the family lived.
00:29:39When Jenna stepped down
00:29:40from the carriage,
00:29:41she grabbed the doorbraim,
00:29:42her face going pale,
00:29:43and sagged into Callum's side.
00:29:44I'm fine.
00:29:45Just cold.
00:29:46My legs feel strange.
00:29:48Callum wrapped an arm
00:29:48around her at once.
00:29:49The look he sent me
00:29:50over her shoulder
00:29:51made it clear that somehow
00:29:52this was supposed
00:29:52to be my fault.
00:29:53We passed through
00:29:54the front entrance hall.
00:29:55The moment we crossed
00:29:56the threshold,
00:29:57my silver sight erupted.
00:29:58Dark serpent energy
00:29:59crawled across every wall
00:30:00and ceiling,
00:30:01coiling and shifting
00:30:02like something alive.
00:30:03It hulged at anyone
00:30:04with Hargreth blood,
00:30:05then recoiled
00:30:06the second it touched
00:30:07the silver light
00:30:07of my mark,
00:30:08shrieking back
00:30:09into the cracks.
00:30:10Jenna was walking ahead.
00:30:11I watched her
00:30:11cross the threshold
00:30:12and I saw the exact moment
00:30:14her shoe came down
00:30:15on the protection line
00:30:16hidden beneath the doorframe.
00:30:18It was not an accident.
00:30:19The movement was too precise.
00:30:21The line snapped.
00:30:22The energy that had been
00:30:23held down broke loose
00:30:24all at once
00:30:25and a wave of freezing air
00:30:26tore down the corridor
00:30:27like a blade.
00:30:28Oh God!
00:30:29Callum, help me!
00:30:30She stumbled backwards
00:30:31straight into his arms,
00:30:32clean and practiced,
00:30:33like a stage fall.
00:30:34Callum caught her
00:30:35without even looking.
00:30:36One arm locked
00:30:36across her chest
00:30:37and his first words
00:30:38were from me.
00:30:39Rowena!
00:30:40What the hell are you doing
00:30:41just standing there?
00:30:43You're a Whitmore!
00:30:45You're supposed to handle this!
00:30:47If Jenna gets hurt
00:30:48because of you,
00:30:49I swear you'll answer for it.
00:30:51I raised one hand,
00:30:52a silver seal
00:30:53dropped across the corridor
00:30:54and the serpent energy
00:30:55shrank back into the walls.
00:30:57The hallway went still.
00:30:58I looked at Callum.
00:31:00You're welcome.
00:31:01I let the silence
00:31:02stretch for a moment.
00:31:03Then I lowered my gaze
00:31:04to the broken line
00:31:05on the floor
00:31:05before slowly lifting
00:31:06my eyes to Jenna's shoes.
00:31:08You might want to ask
00:31:09how that line broke
00:31:10in the first place.
00:31:11Callum's brow tightened.
00:31:12In his arms,
00:31:13Jenna's eyes filled
00:31:14with tears at once.
00:31:15Her lower lip trembled
00:31:16as she looked up at him
00:31:17as if she was the one
00:31:18being attacked.
00:31:18Callum looked between us
00:31:20and clenched his jaw.
00:31:21What exactly are you
00:31:22accusing her of?
00:31:23Nothing.
00:31:24Just giving you advice.
00:31:25While you're in this house,
00:31:27pay attention to what's
00:31:28right in front of you.
00:31:28Then I walked toward
00:31:29the sitting room
00:31:30without looking back.
00:31:31When we settled
00:31:32into the sitting room,
00:31:33Eleanor came in herself
00:31:34with a tray of peach blossom tea.
00:31:36Steam curled slowly
00:31:37from each cup.
00:31:38You must be exhausted
00:31:38after that ride, sweetheart.
00:31:40I made this myself.
00:31:41Drink it while it's hot.
00:31:43It will calm your nerves.
00:31:45She had the warmth
00:31:45turned all the way on.
00:31:46Deep smile lines,
00:31:47a gentle voice,
00:31:48every inch the loving grandmother.
00:31:50Jenna sat beside Callum.
00:31:51She picked up his cup first,
00:31:52blew on it softly,
00:31:53and placed it in his hands.
00:31:54Drink it while it's hot.
00:31:55It'll warm you up.
00:31:56In my past life,
00:31:57I fell for all of it.
00:31:58I drank the tea,
00:31:59and by nightfall,
00:32:00my silver sight was almost blind.
00:32:02The poison had worked slowly
00:32:03and silently the whole time.
00:32:04When I tried to suppress
00:32:05the serpents that night,
00:32:06I kept making the wrong calls
00:32:08and one of them
00:32:08tore my palm open.
00:32:09I burned with fever
00:32:10for three days straight.
00:32:12And Jenna had been there
00:32:12the entire time,
00:32:13smiling sweetly
00:32:14as she added a spoonful
00:32:15of sugar to my cup.
00:32:16Something sweet
00:32:16makes everything less bitter,
00:32:17Lady Rowena.
00:32:18This time,
00:32:19I looked into my cup
00:32:19through the silver sight.
00:32:20The tea should have been pale amber,
00:32:22but beneath the surface,
00:32:22it was deep crimson.
00:32:23Something small and dark
00:32:24moved along the bottom.
00:32:25I picked up the cup
00:32:26and drank most of it.
00:32:28I let none of it touch me.
00:32:29Under the cover of my sleeve,
00:32:31I pressed two fingers
00:32:32to my wrist
00:32:32and sealed my throat
00:32:33and chest with a silver seal.
00:32:34The poison slammed
00:32:35into the barrier
00:32:36and thrashed like a trapped thing,
00:32:38but it got nowhere.
00:32:39Jenna kept her eyes
00:32:39on my face the whole time.
00:32:41She was waiting
00:32:41for my gaze to blur,
00:32:42waiting for the sight
00:32:43to go dark.
00:32:44When I set the cup down,
00:32:45breathing evenly
00:32:46and looking straight back at her,
00:32:47I saw the corner
00:32:48of her smile crack.
00:32:49Just a twitch.
00:32:50Just one second.
00:32:51But it was there.
00:32:52Lucian picked up his own cup,
00:32:54gave it one slow sniff,
00:32:55then turned and poured
00:32:56the whole thing
00:32:57into the planter
00:32:57beside his chair.
00:32:58Too sweet.
00:32:59Hides the taste of rot.
00:33:01Eleanor's expression flickered.
00:33:03Calatin's eyes sharpened.
00:33:04My grandmother
00:33:04made that tea herself.
00:33:06You want to explain
00:33:06what the hell you're doing?
00:33:07I just did.
00:33:08Lucian looked at him calmly.
00:33:10Callum's face turned ugly.
00:33:11He was about to snap back
00:33:12when Jenna laid a hand
00:33:13on his arm.
00:33:14Callum, don't.
00:33:15We asked them to come here.
00:33:16It's fine, really.
00:33:17She said it in that soft,
00:33:18peacemaking voice.
00:33:19But as she lifted
00:33:20her own cup back to her lips,
00:33:22her eyes slid sideways to me,
00:33:24patient,
00:33:24calculating,
00:33:25waiting to see something
00:33:26that was never going to happen.
00:33:28I looked at her and said nothing.
00:33:30Jenna, I'm just getting started.
00:33:31Next time,
00:33:32I'll make sure you see it coming.
00:33:34The welcome dinner that night
00:33:35was exactly the kind of show
00:33:36the Hargroves loved to put on.
00:33:37Candles stretched down the table,
00:33:39silver gleamed at every place setting,
00:33:41and there was more food
00:33:42than anyone could finish.
00:33:43Jenna sat to Callum's left,
00:33:44cutting her food with careful,
00:33:46effortless grace.
00:33:47Then she set down her knife,
00:33:48turned to me,
00:33:48and spoke in the softest,
00:33:50most concerned voice she had.
00:33:51Ladies Rowena,
00:33:52I've been meaning to ask you something.
00:33:54With a scar like that on your face,
00:33:56do people avoid you when you go out?
00:33:57You must feel so lonely.
00:33:59I can't even imagine.
00:34:01Perfectly worded,
00:34:02perfectly gentle,
00:34:03loud enough for every servant
00:34:04in the room to hear.
00:34:05I held my knife and fork
00:34:06and did not respond.
00:34:07Jenna,
00:34:08don't say it like that.
00:34:09She's a guest,
00:34:10you'll embarrass her.
00:34:11In my past life,
00:34:12I had actually been grateful for that.
00:34:13I thought he was standing up for me.
00:34:15Now I could see it clearly.
00:34:16He did not care
00:34:17whether I was humiliated.
00:34:18He just needed me to walk
00:34:20into that hall tomorrow night
00:34:21and a scene at dinner
00:34:22would make things harder.
00:34:23That sentence was for him,
00:34:25not for me.
00:34:26Jenna's face crumpled at once.
00:34:27Her eyes filled.
00:34:28I didn't mean it that way.
00:34:29I was worried about her.
00:34:31Callum,
00:34:32why are you making it sound
00:34:32like I did something wrong?
00:34:34Her voice broke on the last word.
00:34:35Two tears slipped down her face.
00:34:37And just like that,
00:34:38Callum changed.
00:34:39The hardness left him
00:34:40and his voice turned low and gentle.
00:34:43I know you didn't.
00:34:44I'm sorry.
00:34:46I shouldn't have said it like that.
00:34:47Lucian set down his silverware.
00:34:49I have a question.
00:34:50Is this how the Hargroves
00:34:52treat guests they begged for help?
00:34:53Every sound at the table stopped.
00:34:55Jenna's tears paused mid-fall.
00:34:57Callum's head snapped up
00:34:58and the look he gave Lucian
00:34:59was full of real anger.
00:35:01Who the hell do you think you are?
00:35:02Nobody asked for your opinion.
00:35:03Lucian did not move.
00:35:05He only held Callum's gaze
00:35:06and took his time answering.
00:35:07I came with Lady Whitmore.
00:35:08As long as she is here,
00:35:10I have every right to speak.
00:35:12Callum pressed one hand flat
00:35:13against the edge of the table.
00:35:14His jaw tightened
00:35:15and his face went pale with fury.
00:35:16Rowena,
00:35:17control your people.
00:35:18I set my wine glass down slowly
00:35:20and looked at him.
00:35:21He's right.
00:35:22Callum,
00:35:22I came because your family
00:35:23begged me to save you.
00:35:24I did not come here
00:35:25to be insulted at your dinner table.
00:35:27If you can't understand the difference,
00:35:28I don't need to enter that hall tomorrow.
00:35:30I can leave tonight.
00:35:32Silence fell over the room.
00:35:33Then Callum exhaled through his nose,
00:35:35forced down his anger
00:35:36and ground out the words
00:35:37like they hurt.
00:35:37After dinner,
00:35:38I'll have Chester bring out
00:35:39the legacy book.
00:35:41I picked up my wine glass again
00:35:42and said nothing.
00:35:43Dinner ended
00:35:43and I asked for the Hargro legacy book,
00:35:45the family's hand-print record
00:35:46dating back to 1840.
00:35:47It dorted how the serpent gate
00:35:49was first sealed
00:35:49and why.
00:35:50If the silver arrow
00:35:51was hidden somewhere
00:35:51on these grounds,
00:35:52there would be a trace of it
00:35:53in those pages.
00:35:55Callum's face tightened at once.
00:35:57It's a dusty old record book.
00:35:59You're here to deal with the curse,
00:36:01not dig through our family history.
00:36:03If I'm going to suppress
00:36:04what's down there,
00:36:04I need to know what caused it.
00:36:05The answer is in that book.
00:36:06Is that too hard
00:36:07for you to understand?
00:36:08He opened his mouth to argue
00:36:09and Jenna let out
00:36:09a sharp little cry.
00:36:10Her elbow caught the wine bottle
00:36:11at the edge of the table.
00:36:12It tipped over
00:36:12and spilled half its contents
00:36:13across the tablecloth
00:36:14in a dark red wave.
00:36:15Servants rushed forward
00:36:16and the moment broke apart.
00:36:17I'm so sorry.
00:36:18I'm so sorry.
00:36:19My hands are so shaky tonight.
00:36:20Callum leaned over
00:36:21and took her hands in his,
00:36:23checking them with a deep frown.
00:36:24You didn't cut yourself.
00:36:25It's just a bottle.
00:36:26It doesn't matter.
00:36:26Then he looked at me sideways,
00:36:28contempt clear in his eyes.
00:36:29All this over one old book?
00:36:31Did you really have to push that hard
00:36:32and scare her like that?
00:36:33What is this?
00:36:34An interrogation?
00:36:34I was not looking at him.
00:36:36Through the silver sight,
00:36:37I watched dark serpent energy
00:36:38pour from Jenna's sleeve
00:36:39and curl around the cabinet
00:36:40where the legacy book was kept
00:36:41like a hand pressing the door shut.
00:36:44She had not dropped the bottle
00:36:45because her hands were unsteady.
00:36:47She had dropped it
00:36:48to keep that cabinet closed.
00:36:49I raised one hand.
00:36:50A silver seal shot across the room
00:36:51and pinned the serpent energy
00:36:52flat against the cabinet doors.
00:36:53Jenna went white.
00:36:54Lucien walked to the cabinet,
00:36:55opened it without asking
00:36:56and looked calmly
00:36:57at Chester in the corner.
00:36:57Chester, bring out the legacy book.
00:36:59Chester hesitated.
00:37:00Then he lowered his head,
00:37:01took the yellowed leather volume
00:37:02wooden box inside the cabinet
00:37:03and held it out with both hands.
00:37:04I took it and opened it.
00:37:05I caught sight of the serpent brand
00:37:06running along the edge
00:37:06of Chester's sleeve.
00:37:07I filed it away.
00:37:08The first several pages
00:37:09of the legacy book
00:37:10had been cut out.
00:37:11Clean cuts.
00:37:12Blade cuts.
00:37:13Nothing old about them.
00:37:14Callum glanced over
00:37:15and dismissed it
00:37:16without missing a beat.
00:37:16It's a 150-year-old book.
00:37:18Pages go missing.
00:37:19That's not suspicious.
00:37:20That's time.
00:37:21Jenna stepped in
00:37:21right on cue.
00:37:24Exactly.
00:37:24Lady Rowena,
00:37:25the Hargroves have been
00:37:26a respectable family
00:37:27for generations.
00:37:28There's nothing to hide here.
00:37:29Don't you think
00:37:30you're reading too much
00:37:30into this?
00:37:31I ignored them both
00:37:31and bent over the torn edges,
00:37:33looking through the silver sight.
00:37:34There it was,
00:37:35buried in the yellowed fringe,
00:37:36the faint silver glow
00:37:37of dried Whitmore blood,
00:37:38ancient and thin.
00:37:39Tangled through it
00:37:40was the serpent energy
00:37:40from the bracelet
00:37:41on Jenna's wrist,
00:37:42the exact same signature.
00:37:43She was the one
00:37:44who had cut out those pages,
00:37:45which meant she had known
00:37:46about the silver arrow
00:37:47all along.
00:37:48I was about to speak
00:37:49when the death mark
00:37:50on Callum's forehead
00:37:51split open.
00:37:52Serpent energy
00:37:53burst through his veins
00:37:54all at once
00:37:54and the whole study shook.
00:37:56From deep inside
00:37:57Hargrove Hall
00:37:57came a low,
00:37:58grinding sound,
00:37:59like something massive
00:38:00turning in its sleep.
00:38:01Callum's legs buckled.
00:38:02He caught the edge
00:38:03of a shelf,
00:38:04his face white,
00:38:05his teeth clenched,
00:38:06his breath coming
00:38:06in sharp pulls.
00:38:07Eleanor rushed across
00:38:08the room
00:38:09and grabbed my arm.
00:38:10Rowena,
00:38:10please,
00:38:11go tonight,
00:38:12you're the only one
00:38:12who can stop it.
00:38:14Please.
00:38:14I closed the legacy book.
00:38:16I'll enter
00:38:16Hargrove Hall tonight.
00:38:17But I'm going to
00:38:18question the serpent,
00:38:19not break the curse.
00:38:20Get that straight now.
00:38:21Then I turned to Jenna.
00:38:22My voice stayed calm,
00:38:23but every person
00:38:24in the room
00:38:24heard me one more thing.
00:38:25During the ritual tonight,
00:38:26Jenna does not come
00:38:26anywhere near the main hall.
00:38:27Her energy is corrupt.
00:38:28If she gets close,
00:38:29she'll provoke
00:38:29what's down there
00:38:30and the entire formation
00:38:31will collapse.
00:38:32This is not a request.
00:38:33It's a condition.
00:38:33The study went
00:38:34completely silent.
00:38:35Jenna blinked.
00:38:37Then her head lowered
00:38:38and tears rolled down
00:38:39her face without a sound.
00:38:41Callum pushed himself
00:38:42up from the shelf,
00:38:43still pale and tight
00:38:44with pain,
00:38:45and turned on me at once.
00:38:46On what ground?
00:38:48Jenna came all this way
00:38:49because she was worried
00:38:49about me.
00:38:50You don't get to throw her
00:38:51out in the cold
00:38:51just because you hate her.
00:38:52On the grounds
00:38:52that if I walk in tonight,
00:38:54you live.
00:38:55Callum stayed quiet,
00:38:56but it was not over.
00:38:57He steadied himself
00:38:58against the shelf
00:38:59and started again
00:38:59a few seconds later.
00:39:00Even if you have
00:39:01to enter the hall tonight,
00:39:02that does not give you
00:39:03the right to leave
00:39:03Jenna outside alone.
00:39:04She scares easily.
00:39:05What if something happens
00:39:06and you are not there?
00:39:07Are you going to take
00:39:08responsibility for that?
00:39:08Jenna's tears fell faster,
00:39:10but she still reached out
00:39:11and grabbed Callum's sleeve
00:39:11with both hands.
00:39:12Callum, please don't fight
00:39:13with Lady Rowena.
00:39:14This is my fault.
00:39:14I shouldn't have come.
00:39:15You go in and let her
00:39:16do what she needs to do.
00:39:17Don't worry about me.
00:39:18I'll wait outside.
00:39:18I just want you safe.
00:39:19That's all I want.
00:39:20Every word landed
00:39:21exactly where she wanted it to.
00:39:23Callum's chest rose
00:39:24and fell hard.
00:39:25Then he turned
00:39:26all that anger on me.
00:39:27You hear that?
00:39:28She's willing to stand
00:39:29out there alone in the dark
00:39:30just to make things
00:39:31easier for you.
00:39:32What kind of person are you?
00:39:33Jenna stays by the door
00:39:34tonight.
00:39:34No one is stopping her.
00:39:36I looked at them
00:39:37without anger.
00:39:38I was not even surprised.
00:39:40This was the same performance
00:39:41they had put on
00:39:42in my past life.
00:39:43Jenna cried,
00:39:44Callum exploded
00:39:44and every bit of blame
00:39:45in the room
00:39:46landed on me
00:39:46while they clung
00:39:47to each other.
00:39:48Perfectly timed.
00:39:50Perfectly practiced.
00:39:51I turned toward Hargrim Hall
00:39:53and spoke without looking back.
00:39:56Fine.
00:39:57Then keep your eyes
00:39:58open tonight.
00:40:00Whatever happens
00:40:01don't come crying to me.
00:40:04Behind me
00:40:05I heard Callum murmur
00:40:06to Jenna.
00:40:07You're okay.
00:40:09I'm right here.
00:40:09I walked into the dark
00:40:11of Hargmite Hall
00:40:11without turning around.
00:40:12I already knew
00:40:13he would open that door
00:40:14for her when the time came
00:40:15and the harder he fought
00:40:16to protect her tonight
00:40:17the worse the backlash
00:40:17would ignite.
00:40:18The main hall
00:40:19of Hargrave Hall.
00:40:20The wind howled
00:40:21through the walls
00:40:21like something was
00:40:22trying to claw its way out.
00:40:23The old chandelier
00:40:24swung overhead
00:40:25its candles
00:40:26throwing long crooked
00:40:27shadows across the room.
00:40:28The estate had gone still
00:40:29except for the dull shiver
00:40:31that rolled up
00:40:31from beneath the floor
00:40:32every few minutes.
00:40:33Whatever had been
00:40:34sleeping down
00:40:34there was starting
00:40:35to wake.
00:40:36I stood in the center
00:40:36of the hall
00:40:37and focused.
00:40:38Whitmore blood
00:40:38ignited in my veins.
00:40:40Silver seals
00:40:40poured out of me
00:40:41in rings
00:40:42spreading across
00:40:43the floor
00:40:43like a net
00:40:44of cold light
00:40:44pressing the serpent
00:40:45energy back
00:40:46into the walls
00:40:46and stone.
00:40:48Building a formation
00:40:48like this
00:40:49burned through
00:40:49everything I had.
00:40:51Power,
00:40:52focus,
00:40:52and sheer will.
00:40:53But I did not
00:40:54let it show.
00:40:55My hands were steady.
00:40:57My face was calm.
00:40:59Callum stood
00:41:00on the far side
00:41:00of the formation
00:41:01supported by
00:41:02the old butler.
00:41:03The death mark
00:41:04on his forehead
00:41:05pulsed blood red
00:41:06in the silver light.
00:41:07He was shaking
00:41:07yet he still
00:41:08looked at me
00:41:09like he was
00:41:09doing me a favor
00:41:10by letting me help.
00:41:11How sure are you
00:41:12about this?
00:41:13I did not look at him.
00:41:14Sure enough.
00:41:15A pause.
00:41:16I need more
00:41:16than questions.
00:41:17I need the death mark
00:41:18gone completely.
00:41:19Can you actually
00:41:19do that?
00:41:20I turned
00:41:21and looked at him
00:41:22properly for the first time.
00:41:23Callum,
00:41:24the only reason
00:41:24I'm standing in this room
00:41:25is because the silver arrow
00:41:26is here.
00:41:27Not because of you.
00:41:29Whether that mark
00:41:30comes off at all
00:41:31depends on whether
00:41:32the Hargroves
00:41:33start paying
00:41:33what they owe
00:41:34the Whitmans.
00:41:35We can discuss
00:41:35that later.
00:41:36He wanted to argue.
00:41:38Then the death mark
00:41:39tore at him again
00:41:39and the sound
00:41:40that left his throat
00:41:41was not one
00:41:42he meant to make.
00:41:43He swallowed it
00:41:43down hard.
00:41:44Palm up.
00:41:45Catch the light
00:41:46from the core
00:41:46of the formation.
00:41:47Whatever you hear
00:41:47whatever you see
00:41:48do not move.
00:41:49This creature
00:41:50follows Hargrove blood.
00:41:51If you move
00:41:51the backlash
00:41:52will bury you
00:41:52and I will not
00:41:53be able to pull you out.
00:41:53Callum raised
00:41:54his trembling right hand.
00:41:55This time
00:41:56he said nothing.
00:41:57The last seal
00:41:58fell into place.
00:41:59The stone floor
00:42:00cracked with a deep
00:42:01grinding boom
00:42:02that rose
00:42:02through the soles
00:42:03of my feet.
00:42:04The eternal flame
00:42:05in its copper lamp
00:42:06guttled
00:42:06until it was almost gone
00:42:08and the temperature
00:42:09dropped.
00:42:09So fast
00:42:10it felt like
00:42:10the walls themselves
00:42:11were breathing out ice.
00:42:13The floor
00:42:13began to shake
00:42:14in small
00:42:14rapid tremors.
00:42:16White mist
00:42:16bled up
00:42:17through the cracks
00:42:18spreading low
00:42:18and thick
00:42:19across the ground
00:42:20catching the faint
00:42:21silver light
00:42:21of my formation.
00:42:23Then
00:42:23from the center
00:42:24of the mist
00:42:25she came.
00:42:27Althea
00:42:27A thousand year old serpent
00:42:30white as bone
00:42:31as large
00:42:32as a river dragon
00:42:32with golden slit eyes
00:42:34burning in the dark
00:42:35like two cold fires.
00:42:36Decades of rage
00:42:37grief
00:42:38relief and imprisonment
00:42:39moved through the air
00:42:40around her
00:42:40like a physical force.
00:42:43The servants
00:42:44screamed.
00:42:46Eleanor collapsed
00:42:47to her knees.
00:42:48Callum made a sound
00:42:49he probably did not
00:42:50mean to make
00:42:50as the death mark
00:42:52as the death mark
00:42:52nearly tore itself
00:42:53open under the pressure
00:42:54of her presence.
00:42:55But when those golden eyes
00:42:57swept across the hall
00:42:58and found me
00:42:59they stopped.
00:43:01She recognized something.
00:43:03The covenant.
00:43:04The silver light
00:43:05around me.
00:43:06Something older
00:43:07than her rage.
00:43:08Althea went still
00:43:09in a way she had not
00:43:10been still in years.
00:43:12Then she lowered her
00:43:13slowly
00:43:14all the way to my feet.
00:43:16A low, grieving sound
00:43:17came from her throat
00:43:18like a creature
00:43:19finally standing
00:43:20before the person
00:43:21it had been waiting for.
00:43:22No one in the room
00:43:23could speak.
00:43:24Callum's breathing
00:43:25was loud,
00:43:25raggled,
00:43:26and stunned.
00:43:27He had spent
00:43:28his whole life
00:43:28under the shadow
00:43:29of what she had done
00:43:30to his family.
00:43:31He had never expected
00:43:32to see her bow.
00:43:33I crouched
00:43:34and touched her scales.
00:43:35They were cold,
00:43:37smooth,
00:43:37and faintly luminous.
00:43:39Althea,
00:43:40I need to ask you something.
00:43:42The silver arrow,
00:43:43the one taken
00:43:43from the Whitmore family
00:43:44a hundred years ago
00:43:45and brought into this estate.
00:43:46Where is it?
00:43:47Her whole body convulsed.
00:43:49She reared halfway up,
00:43:50her great tail
00:43:51striking the stone floor
00:43:52as she pointed deeper
00:43:54into the estate.
00:43:55Somewhere farther in.
00:43:57One more step.
00:43:58One answer.
00:43:59That was all
00:44:00it would have taken.
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00:44:04Click the video link
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00:44:09Because we're divorced.
00:44:13What do you need to do this?
00:44:15The moment the woman
00:44:16overhears her husband
00:44:17telling them
00:44:17they are already divorced,
00:44:18she rushes over
00:44:19in disbelief to confront him.
00:44:20Just three days earlier,
00:44:21she was so distracted
00:44:22by a call with her first love
00:44:23that she signed the divorce papers
00:44:25without reading them.
00:44:26The man knew
00:44:26that his wife
00:44:27had been treating him
00:44:27as nothing more
00:44:28than a stand-in for her ex
00:44:29throughout the past five years.
00:44:31When she learned
00:44:32that her ex
00:44:32had returned to the country,
00:44:33she even moved him
00:44:34into their home
00:44:34and forced her husband
00:44:35to wait on them both.
00:44:36When the man was injured
00:44:37while trying to protect her,
00:44:38she ignored him.
00:44:39to care for her ex
00:44:40who was fainting sickness,
00:44:42unable to endure
00:44:43the situation any longer.
00:44:44He decided to leave.
00:44:45Welcome back, you girl.
00:44:47You ready to get to work?
00:44:48Hugo!
00:44:49Hugo!
00:44:50Hugo!
00:44:51Hugo!
00:44:51Hugo!
00:44:51Hugo!
00:44:52Hugo!
00:44:53Woo!
00:44:53Woo!
00:44:53Yeah!
00:45:26Five minutes.
00:45:27That's a new record.
00:45:34Do you really think he can pull this off?
00:45:36Anyone can do it.
00:45:37You go.
00:45:40I'm impressed with what I see.
00:45:42You see me too.
00:45:49You go.
00:45:50You are the best.
00:45:51The best.
00:45:54Thank you so much.
00:45:57Sub leave in one week.
00:45:58I want to see you lovely.
00:46:10473 missed calls.
00:46:12Hugo, where have you been?
00:46:13I've been worried sick.
00:46:14Please, just come home.
00:46:16Sheila does care about it.
00:46:19Hugo, where are you?
00:46:22Hugo, where are you?
00:46:31Hugo, where have you been?
00:46:35You have absolutely no idea what I've been through.
00:46:38Sorry, there's no service on the seminar.
00:46:40I had to fire at least a dozen chefs because nobody understands my dietary restrictions like
00:46:44you do.
00:46:45So that's the way it is.
00:46:47You didn't miss me, you missed my smoothies.
00:46:50Hugo, I think it's time that you quit your job.
00:46:57You don't have to be a janitor anymore.
00:47:00You think I'm a janitor?
00:47:02Or whatever your title is.
00:47:03Just stay home.
00:47:05Take care of me.
00:47:06I'll increase your loans by 8%.
00:47:08I promise you, you'll be so much happier.
00:47:11Your entitlement has made you blind, Sheila.
00:47:13No matter what you say, I will never give up on my dream again.
00:47:19Sheila, we're divorced.
00:47:22Why do you keep saying that silly little thing?
00:47:25Because we are.
00:47:26You signed the papers, it's official.
00:47:28I know.
00:47:29You're upset about Bryce.
00:47:30But he's gone now.
00:47:31No more bath time.
00:47:32So please, just forget this divorce fantasy and move back in with me.
00:47:37Oh, that reminds me.
00:47:38I got you something.
00:47:42Want to know what it is?
00:47:45Your very own habit helicopter!
00:47:52A helicopter?
00:47:53What good is a helicopter under the sea?
00:48:00Well, well, well, look who's come crawling back.
00:48:04Good to see you, Hugo.
00:48:05Looks like this place is going to get more crowded, huh?
00:48:08Oh, really?
00:48:09Why is that?
00:48:10Well, I've grown tired of the rich here.
00:48:12I thought I'd move back in.
00:48:13Oh, well, Hugo was just about to move back in.
00:48:16Oh, great.
00:48:17Well, plenty of room on the couch.
00:48:19Right, Hugo?
00:48:20Sheila, I saw the helicopter.
00:48:22Finally, you bought one for Bryce.
00:48:24What?
00:48:25You bought me a helicopter?
00:48:26What was one of those?
00:48:28Mom, why do you assume the helicopter is for Bryce?
00:48:31Well, it obviously isn't for Hugo.
00:48:34You don't even buy him a card on his birthday.
00:48:37Why is Hugo holding the keys?
00:48:41Those are worth more than your life.
00:48:42You can keep your gifts, Sheila.
00:48:45The sea is my home now.
00:48:47Hot diggity dog.
00:48:49It's fitting that you got me a helicopter, Sheila.
00:48:51Is that because of my special talents?
00:48:55Oh, this is so exciting, Bryce.
00:48:57Where are you going to take Sheila first?
00:48:59Oh, good question.
00:49:00I'm thinking Park City, maybe Catalina, maybe Barcelona.
00:49:06Yeah, um, please stop.
00:49:09Hugo is right here.
00:49:11Good point.
00:49:11Hugo, why don't you grab us a couple glasses of champagne?
00:49:14Actually, what do we need?
00:49:15Four?
00:49:16Celebrate.
00:49:16I want to christen my new chopper, Sir Reginald Jr.
00:49:19She met Sir Reginald Sr. last night.
00:49:23Well, on your way.
00:49:26Look at him.
00:49:27Just staring at us like an idiot.
00:49:29Can't even pour a glass of champagne for his queen.
00:49:36Laugh it up while you can.
00:49:38In one week, I'll be a deep sea explorer and out of your life forever.
00:49:50For five whole years, Sheila, you were my world.
00:49:54I would have done anything for you.
00:49:57But today, you'll get what you really want from me.
00:50:02A divorce.
00:50:13Happy anniversary.
00:50:18Now, you can be with your one true love.
00:50:26Yeah, come for me, baby.
00:50:34Oh my god!
00:50:36Yeah, yeah.
00:50:38Oh, Bryce!
00:50:45When we first met, I nursed you back to health.
00:50:49I cooked.
00:50:51I cleaned.
00:50:52I fumigated our home so you'd be safe from mold spores.
00:50:55No matter how perfect I made your life, it was never enough.
00:51:02It's clear now.
00:51:03Your perfect life doesn't include my love.
00:51:08One final night, and then I'll give you the sweetest gift of all.
00:51:12Freedom.
00:51:17Midnight, and you're still not home.
00:51:20Normally, I'd be worried sick, but I'm done waiting around for you.
00:51:25Yeah, I just got home.
00:51:28Sheila.
00:51:28Here.
00:51:29For me?
00:51:30Sheila, this is beautiful.
00:51:32Thank you for the shell, Bryce.
00:51:34It's Bryce again.
00:51:37Ah!
00:51:38Excuse me.
00:51:41Shugos, you clumsy fuck.
00:51:43Look what you just did.
00:51:45You were out with Bryce on our anniversary?
00:51:47My god, stop with this jealousy shit!
00:51:50I just went to the beach!
00:51:51Sheila, you have a deadly coral allergy.
00:51:53You can't just go.
00:51:55I know, I know, okay?
00:51:56It was just a moonlight skinny dip.
00:51:59Skinny dipping.
00:52:00You went to skinny dipping with Bryce tonight.
00:52:02We didn't want to get our clothes wet, okay?
00:52:04I could barely see it, right?
00:52:06I was like, oh my god.
00:52:08I made you a cake.
00:52:10Oh my god, can I not get one fucking moment of peace?
00:52:13You were so goddamn annoying.
00:52:15And you know what?
00:52:15I fund your entire life.
00:52:17And if you didn't have me, you'd be a new buddy.
00:52:21No cake for nobodies.
00:52:24Thanks.
00:52:30I would be somebody if not for you.
00:52:32The ocean was to be my home.
00:52:34I was set to be the top deep sea explorer for sea lab.
00:52:41Set a course for the trench.
00:52:43Full speed ahead.
00:52:46You earned high marks and bravery.
00:52:49But sometimes dreams must take a backseat to duty.
00:52:56Hugo, you'll marry my sick and feeble daughter?
00:53:00Perry, you rescued me from that orphanage when I was a kid.
00:53:03She was my first friend.
00:53:06No question.
00:53:09You're a good man, you know.
00:53:11But now it's all over, and we can both be happy.
00:53:16Sheila, we need to talk.
00:53:18Can't.
00:53:18Late to you, Bryce.
00:53:24Sheila, you will have your whole life to be with Bryce.
00:53:28Come on, Hugo.
00:53:30Enough with this poor, pitiful me shit.
00:53:33And where is my smoothie?
00:53:35We need to discuss this, Sheila.
00:53:37Hugo, you have one job, and that's just to make me a nice smoothie in the morning so I can
00:53:41be strong.
00:53:42Can you do nothing right?
00:53:44I...
00:53:46I...
00:53:46I...
00:53:46I...
00:53:47What?
00:53:47Like, hello?
00:53:48Can you fucking speak?
00:53:49Jesus.
00:53:50What are you moping about, anyway?
00:53:51I promised your father I'd marry you.
00:53:54But it all ends today.
00:53:57Yeah.
00:53:59I...
00:54:06I'll be right there.
00:54:08You know what?
00:54:08You just signed?
00:54:09Signed.
00:54:10Don't sign.
00:54:10Who gives a shit, Hugo?
00:54:12Only if you can control your attitude.
00:54:14Sorry I'm late, Bryce.
00:54:16My so-called husband wouldn't make me a damn smoothie.
00:54:17If you need extra nutrition, I have something I can give you.
00:54:21Oh.
00:54:22So you're gonna give me what I need?
00:54:23Oh, yeah.
00:54:25It'll fill you up.
00:54:26Hear that?
00:54:27Bryce is gonna give me anything I want.
00:54:29Why can't you just be a little more like this?
00:54:30Is he now?
00:54:32Clearly that is just beyond you.
00:54:34You know, when my parents got divorced, Bryce spent years researching an entire shark species
00:54:39and he named it after me.
00:54:40I can't just do something like that.
00:54:42You think Bryce did that?
00:54:47I spent three years looking for that shark.
00:54:58This is the world's biggest shark.
00:55:04I'm gonna name it after my girl back home.
00:55:22Hugo Presley speaking.
00:55:25Hugo, James Doolittle.
00:55:26President of Sea Labs Enterprises.
00:55:28And we need the best.
00:55:30What is it?
00:55:31It's our most ambitious mission ever.
00:55:33Deep sea, one year, zero contact.
00:55:36Are you in?
00:55:37I thought you'd never ask.
00:55:39So, you're in?
00:55:41Oh, yeah.
00:55:42Outstanding.
00:55:43Your training starts in two days.
00:55:45But I've been out of the water for five years.
00:55:47How did you hear of me?
00:55:49Your father-in-law, Perry McGuire.
00:55:50Let us know you might be interested.
00:55:52Perry.
00:55:55Hugo, come on in.
00:55:57Have a seat.
00:55:58I hear congratulations in order.
00:56:01Perry, I can't thank you enough.
00:56:03Recommending you was the easy part.
00:56:04You're the right man for the job, Hugo.
00:56:07So, what about Sheila?
00:56:09Hugo, remember when Bryce left my daughter?
00:56:14I just bought a castle out there.
00:56:16Give it a sniff.
00:56:17Give it a little smell.
00:56:18The best of the best for you.
00:56:21Take that.
00:56:22Sheila, I really, I can't.
00:56:24I got a lot on my plate, so.
00:56:26Come on, ladies.
00:56:34My daughter's life could have ended that day.
00:56:38You marry my daughter, I'll pay you handsomely.
00:56:42I'm not in it for the money, Perry.
00:56:45I needed her, and now she needs me.
00:56:52You agreeing to marry Sheila saved my daughter's life.
00:56:56You go, it's been five years since you made that selfless decision to marry my decrepit daughter.
00:57:02I think it's time for you to forge your new path, son.
00:57:05Are you sure that she will be okay?
00:57:09Listen, Sheila's mother cheated on me more than I can count.
00:57:12I just waited too long to divorce her.
00:57:14That was my mistake.
00:57:16I don't want you to repeat my mistake, Hugo.
00:57:19Your debt's been paid.
00:57:20And like mother, like daughter, Sheila's going to regret letting you go until the day she dies.
00:57:25I promise you that.
00:57:27You're a good man, Hugo.
00:57:30I'm proud of you.
00:57:33Thanks, Perry.
00:57:35Oh, fuck.
00:57:37Hugo, you worthless ass.
00:57:40I've been waiting at the door for five minutes.
00:57:43Is this you, Harriet?
00:57:45Don't talk back, you dickless troll.
00:57:47Without my money, you'd be living under a bridge, which is where you belong.
00:57:52Well, I was just living.
00:57:57What's this suitcase for?
00:58:00Tell me my daughter finally kicked your worthless butt to the curb.
00:58:04No, Harriet.
00:58:05Actually, I am wanted elsewhere.
00:58:08Where do you think you're going?
00:58:11You don't get to just milk my daughter for her money and not work for it.
00:58:16Oh, fuck.
00:58:20Shine my shoes, boy.
00:58:23Wait till you see what I have planned after for us.
00:58:27Why don't you do mine next, okay?
00:58:32Oh, um, don't tip him.
00:58:33That's my husband.
00:58:36Oh, my God, Hugo.
00:58:37I didn't even...
00:58:37I thought you were the maid.
00:58:39Bryce.
00:58:43I'm so happy to hear you're moving in.
00:58:45Wait, what?
00:58:47Bryce is moving in?
00:58:48Yeah.
00:58:49Oh, quit sulking about it.
00:58:50It has nothing to do with you.
00:58:52It's my house, so I get to decide.
00:58:54Finally.
00:58:55Now Bryce and Sheila can be together.
00:58:57Oh.
00:58:58Well, I don't want to be a homewrecker.
00:59:00Wreck what?
00:59:01You're rich, successful, handsome.
00:59:04Unlike her dog of a husband, Hugo.
00:59:06Oh, Harriet, surely you're not calling Hugo a dog.
00:59:09Sheila's little bitch.
00:59:12Mom, Bryce?
00:59:14Oh, don't get upset.
00:59:15They're just teasing.
00:59:17Not upset.
00:59:19Not at all.
00:59:20Excuse me.
00:59:22Wait, where are you going?
00:59:24Does it matter?
00:59:25Hugo, if you feel uncomfortable with me staying here, I can get a hotel.
00:59:28No, you're staying here because I could use the company.
00:59:33Sure.
00:59:34I can rent out one of those nice presidential suites we can try on the headboard.
00:59:39Hugo is the only one who should be going to a hotel.
00:59:42As you wish.
00:59:44Wait, Hugo.
00:59:46There's enough room in the house for both you and Bryce.
00:59:50Bryce!
00:59:52Bryce, are you okay?
00:59:54I'll be fine.
00:59:56It's just that first class really doesn't number on my back.
00:59:59Yeah, I understand.
01:00:00Well, we'll handle that immediately.
01:00:02Hugo, go upstairs and run him an Epsom's all bath.
01:00:05Oh, thank you.
01:00:05Quickly.
01:00:07Well?
01:00:08Chop, chop.
01:00:09Bryce can run his own bath.
01:00:11Why are you being so rude?
01:00:13Bryce is our guest and he's in pain for God's sake.
01:00:16It's not my problem.
01:00:18What has gotten into you?
01:00:20Sheila, it's okay.
01:00:21If I had to run my wife's ex-a-bath, I'd be crying too.
01:00:25You was this piece of shit.
01:00:26You are not half the man, Bryce is.
01:00:28Oh, Harriet, don't worry about it.
01:00:30Sheila knows how to fix my back right now.
01:00:33You know what would really fix my back?
01:00:36Taking my two ladies to a reservation at La Rizia.
01:00:43How did you get a table?
01:00:44I pulled a few strings.
01:00:47Hugo could come too.
01:00:49Yeah, we could get him a spot at the bar.
01:00:53Wonderful.
01:00:54Thank you so much, Bryce.
01:00:56Give me your what, bitch?
01:01:01Sheila, what?
01:01:02No.
01:01:05No.
01:01:12No.
01:01:14No.
01:01:15No.
01:01:17No.
01:01:18That's a pretty brave thing I did there, Hugo.
01:01:21It's too bad I can't let you be the hero.
01:01:25Oh, does that hurt?
01:01:26Does that hurt?
01:01:29You're almost as tight as your wife.
01:01:33Ah!
01:01:34Caller's son of the bitch got me!
01:01:35Bryce, oh my god, oh my god, it's surprising, okay?
01:01:38What happened?
01:01:38I tried to fight off the mugger, but he cut me.
01:01:41I should have just ran away like you.
01:01:42Fine.
01:01:44Caller, you abandoned Bryce and almost got him killed?
01:01:46Fuck, I've been stabbed.
01:01:48Hugo, do you mind?
01:01:50Bryce got hurt trying to protect us.
01:01:52Jesus Christ!
01:01:53Hugo, you can walk to the hospital.
01:01:55Bryce, look at all this blood.
01:01:57Dad!
01:01:58If I die, I'm just happy I could have saved you, Sheila.
01:02:02No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:02:03Don't let you die.
01:02:04Hugo, call on everybody's right now.
01:02:06Bryce, don't let me know what you can.
01:02:08Hugo, do as I say now.
01:02:10You useless pussy.
01:02:11Bryce, no, no, no, no, no, Hugo!
01:02:13No, no, no, no, it's okay.
01:02:17It's okay.
01:02:37Oh, yeah.
01:02:48Hugo! Hugo, why are you spying on us? The doctor already bandaged up his scrape. You can go.
01:02:53Scrape? This isn't a scrape, Sheila. I was stabbed!
01:02:58Do you want to explain to me why Bryce is naked and shiny?
01:03:01Hugo, I don't appreciate you talking about my body like that.
01:03:04Yeah, I'm so sorry about this. Excuse us.
01:03:11Bryce's back was already hurt, and you're the one who refused to give him a bath.
01:03:14So giving him a massage, that's the least I could do after what happened last night.
01:03:18I knocked the mugger out, and I woke up on the floor.
01:03:20Okay, look, I'm not here to keep score, and honestly, a real man would just be happy that I'm safe.
01:03:27Unbelievable. I saved you, and you just want to take care of Bryce?
01:03:30God, you're imagining things. I choose you all the time.
01:03:34Sheila, would you mind giving me a sponge bath? I don't want to blow my back out.
01:03:40You want her to help you with what?
01:03:42Okay, Hugo, control yourself. The only reason why I'm giving him a bath is because
01:03:46he has oil all over him. What do you want him to do? Slip and fall?
01:03:50That's all right, Sheila. Jealous people lash out sometimes.
01:03:53Hey, if you feel uneasy with Sheila giving me a bath, maybe you could sponge me.
01:03:58Sponge yourself, Bryce.
01:04:00Hey.
01:04:01Your choice. Come on, Sheila.
01:04:04But, uh, thanks for keeping it warm for me.
01:04:09Oh, you're too great for me, Sheila.
01:04:11Oh, I know.
01:04:20I think you're, uh, missing a spot.
01:04:24Where?
01:04:25Under the towel.
01:04:32Hugo, the time has come for your sub training. Is your wife okay with you leaving for the whole year?
01:04:40That's not of her concern.
01:04:42How's that?
01:04:43Because we're divorced.
01:04:46What do you mean divorced?
01:04:53Who?
01:04:54Or are you telling me we're divorced? Some slut you're trying to cheat with?
01:05:00Sheila, it's time I tell you. We are officially divorced.
01:05:05No. No, that, that can't be.
01:05:08You signed the paperwork already.
01:05:11That's impossible. I don't sign things.
01:05:14You did. You signed it this morning in the kitchen.
01:05:18Yeah. Yeah, I'll be right there.
01:05:22No, that makes no sense. Sure.
01:05:26Hugo, I'm so sorry if I made you uncomfortable.
01:05:30You know what? It's fine, Bryce. I was just leaving.
01:05:34Really? Well, great. So we're, we're all good then.
01:05:39She was, his mind's a lot bigger. You can feel for yourself if you want to.
01:05:44Oh, oh, oh, oh, my God.
01:05:48Hugo!
01:05:52I am so sorry about him.
01:05:55Okay.
01:05:57Okay, go.
01:05:57Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:06:00Still gonna watch me helicopter?
01:06:01S-snotty boy.
01:06:05We're finished, Sheila.
01:06:07See, lab? Your captain is on his way.
01:06:10Don't scroll away.
01:06:12Click the video link to download Drama Box.
01:06:14Watch all episodes now.
01:06:16now.

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