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00:03:20Vậy thì đây là mặt của anh?
00:03:23Healy, tại sao cô ấy đến đây không?
00:03:30Tôi xin lỗi vì tránh anh trước.
00:03:35Healy, tôi không muốn nói chuyện với anh trước.
00:03:38Nhưng cô ấy phấn công trước.
00:03:39Tôi nói chuyện.
00:03:41Tại sao cô ấy nói chuyện?
00:03:44Tôi nói chuyện.
00:03:44Tại sao cô ấy nói chuyện?
00:03:47Tôi nói chuyện.
00:03:49Vậy giờ thì có thể nói chuyện không?
00:03:52Vậy là không có cảm giác?
00:03:57Tôi sẽ đi rồi khiến Healy mắc mắc lại.
00:04:05Nói nào bạn đang trả lời?
00:04:08Vậy là không?
00:04:09Vậy là không?
00:04:09Vậy là một ngày.
00:04:11Vậy là một ngày?
00:04:12Vậy là một ngày?
00:04:12Vậy là một ngày.
00:04:13Vậy là một mình sẽ giết em.
00:04:14Vậy là không thể trả lời.
00:04:15Và không trả lời nhanc mắc lại.
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00:07:59My granddaughter-in-law looks beautiful in anything.
00:08:04Austin, it's getting late. The audition is about to start.
00:08:08Grandma, we're running out of time. We really have to go.
00:08:35What is this thing?
00:08:44What an ingenious mechanism. I walked for so long, yet I am still trapped inside it.
00:08:54Mr. Clark, as the host of such a high-profile charity auction, what inspired this event?
00:09:02No comment.
00:09:17Good thing I studied how to handle occasions like this on the phone.
00:09:22Since when did she become so poised and graceful?
00:09:27Ow!
00:09:30Miss Smith, are you alright? Should I have someone take you home?
00:09:33I'm fine. I can manage.
00:09:39Let me help you up.
00:09:53Next, our first item. The opening bid is $10 million, $15 million, $20 million.
00:10:00Keely, you don't come to events like this very often, do you?
00:10:03The Clark family is hosting this charity auction. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me.
00:10:09Then I appreciate it.
00:10:13Next is a ruby necklace. According to expert appraisal, it was worn by Ancient Lotility a thousand years ago.
00:10:20It features an extraordinarily rare ruby.
00:10:26Heely, my dear, this is your coming-of-age gift. You're growing up now.
00:10:32Thank you, father.
00:10:41Father, I want to marry Louis and help him become king. I want to be queen.
00:11:02You like that necklace?
00:11:05I bid $30 million.
00:11:09Darling!
00:11:10Huh? What did you just call me?
00:11:11I love that necklace. Could you lend me the money? No matter how much it costs, I will pay you
00:11:16back someday.
00:11:16Pay me back? With what? Don't tell me you're planning to use your body.
00:11:22$50 million!
00:11:24Let me be reckless just this once, darling.
00:11:28$100 million!
00:11:29My husband bids.
00:11:32Very well. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have bid $100 million. Any further bids?
00:11:37$100 million once. $100 million twice. $100 million three times sold!
00:11:42Austin?
00:11:43Miss Smith, what is so special about that necklace? It doesn't suit you at all.
00:11:47But I... I like it too.
00:11:52Thank you. Truly. This necklace means so much to me.
00:11:59If you want to thank me, say it after you've paid back the $100 million.
00:12:03It seems I need to find a way to make money.
00:12:06Next lot up for auction.
00:12:08Our first item.
00:12:09I need to use the waste room.
00:12:10$10 million.
00:12:18My precious little thing.
00:12:20A thousand years have passed. Is there a reason you have appeared now?
00:12:30Caroline, you don't look well. Are you feeling unwell?
00:12:33Healy, no one is here. You can stop pretending.
00:12:36Oh? Is that so? You are always pretending to be weak and pitiful.
00:12:40I thought you enjoyed acting with me.
00:12:42You actually made Austin spend $100 million on that piece of junk? Are you insane?
00:12:46As the young Mrs. Clark, I don't believe I need your approval to buy a little trinket.
00:12:52You... You shameless broke nobody!
00:12:57Oh my. Oh my.
00:13:01Goodness. It seems mistress really have no shame.
00:13:05Standing in front of the actual wife, who do you think you are?
00:13:08For Austin's sake, I won't stoop to your level.
00:13:11At most, you are nothing more than a lowly servant.
00:13:19I see.
00:13:24I have lived two lives as a queen.
00:13:26And this is the first time I have ever been struck by a lowly mistress.
00:13:49What do you think you're doing?
00:13:50I'm the Smith family's daughter. You wouldn't dare lay a hand on me!
00:13:54Oh?
00:13:55Oh?
00:13:56Ugh!
00:13:59Ugh!
00:14:00The Smith family's daughter?
00:14:03You're asking for it.
00:14:12Austin! Help me!
00:14:18Apologies. Merely handling a minor nuisance.
00:14:21Ah!
00:14:26What just went past me?
00:14:28That... That was Mrs. Clark.
00:14:36Aren't you going to explain?
00:14:39It is exactly as you see it.
00:14:49Take her to the hospital.
00:14:55Click to watch the full episode.
00:14:57I could finally focus on the ballet premiere I had dreamed of for so long.
00:15:05I will dance for him.
00:15:07I will dance for him.
00:15:08I will bury him.
00:15:09Isabella, you can barely stand. Just recover first.
00:15:13Please.
00:15:22Ladies and gentlemen, behold the pharaoh's favoured concubine.
00:15:27Ravishing in life, untouched by time and death.
00:15:29Please keep your voices low and do not approach the glass.
00:15:38Isabella, please.
00:15:39I have a bad feeling about this. Can we just go?
00:15:42Are you insane? The entire city is lining up for this mummy. I'm not missing my shot.
00:15:47See those guys in the photo? All dead now.
00:15:50God, so the pharaoh's curse is real?
00:15:52No matter how ridiculous it sounds, some fool will buy it.
00:15:57Isabella, stop. It's no photo allowed.
00:16:01The whole city is obsessed with mummies.
00:16:05One photo, I'll be the talk of the town.
00:16:09Disturb the pharaoh's rest, and curse shall follow thee.
00:16:14Those words, I saw them in mum's notes once. How would he know that?
00:16:20Disturb the pharaoh's rest, and curse shall follow thee.
00:16:29Who's three out of that card?
00:16:39Disturb the pharaoh's rest, and curse shall follow thee.
00:16:44Shut up, you freak. I'm sick of all this crazy bullshit. I'm taking the damn picture.
00:16:49Isabella, please. Just put it down. You don't have to tempt faith.
00:16:55Ladies and gentlemen, if we could move to the next gallery, we're closing this wing.
00:16:59There. What are you going to do about it now?
00:17:07Hey!
00:17:08No photos here.
00:17:09Miss, I must ask you to hand over that camera.
00:17:12What the hell is wrong with you?
00:17:14It's just one little photo. What's the big deal?
00:17:17Museum policy, miss.
00:17:18This is a Leica. The latest model.
00:17:20Isabella, please.
00:17:23Costs more than whatever you make in a year. Go ahead. Try me.
00:17:26Isabella, stop. Just give it to him.
00:17:28Oh, what?
00:17:29You're pissed because mom and dad got me this and not you. Is that it?
00:17:32My mom told me anyone who disturbs the pharaoh's rest will be cursed.
00:17:39REST!
00:17:42Shut up, Solis! Don't you dare bring up that crazy woman again!
00:17:48And you! In on this together, huh?
00:17:50A filthy beggar and a pathetic bat. You two really are a perfect match.
00:17:55I'm warning you one last time. Give it to me. Right now!
00:17:58Don't touch me!
00:17:59I'm Isabella Vanderwoot. Half the textile industry belongs to my family.
00:18:03Who the hell do you think you...
00:18:06You want me to stop?
00:18:08Then stop me.
00:18:10REST!
00:18:15She's been waiting thousands of years. Finally, she has found a new body.
00:18:25Lord Ashford. Heart stopped the day they opened the tomb.
00:18:29Claimed by the plague on the return voyage.
00:18:32Governor Fitzman.
00:18:34House fire.
00:18:36No survivors.
00:18:37Fell down the stairs. Neck snapped.
00:18:41It's the photo.
00:18:43Everyone who took a photo with that mummy is dead.
00:18:45The curse stays in the dark until the film finds a light.
00:18:49She's been waiting thousands of years.
00:18:51Finally, she has found a new body.
00:18:54The film. I have to get the film before it's developed.
00:19:16Isabella! That photo, it can't be developed!
00:19:21Dad! Celeste trying to destroy my camera!
00:19:24No, you don't understand. There's a curse!
00:19:26A what?
00:19:27Look!
00:19:28Every person who took a photo with the mummy is dead!
00:19:33Stop making up those crazy stories!
00:19:35It's the mother's blood, Lawrence.
00:19:37Always obsessing over the grave.
00:19:39It's only a matter of time before she needs permanent care.
00:19:43Back to your room, Celestia. This is ridiculous!
00:19:48No, can't let it.
00:19:54It's over.
00:19:55The curse stops here.
00:19:57Oh, darling.
00:19:58You really think I'd leave the most important shot of my life sitting in a box?
00:20:02The photos have already been printed out this afternoon, you little fool.
00:20:15It's a man.
00:20:16You must know something.
00:20:20Have you seen a man with a black cat?
00:20:22Ah, we got plenty, honey.
00:20:25Come here and I'll show you something better.
00:20:38Meow!
00:20:41Looking for me.
00:20:46Death.
00:20:47Upright.
00:20:48The curse has begun.
00:20:49That photo is an invitation.
00:20:51Her life for the mummy's vanity.
00:20:53Her body will waste away.
00:20:54Her hair will fall.
00:20:56Her skin will rot.
00:20:58And then...
00:20:59And then what?
00:20:59Every eye that sees the photo pulls the mummy closer.
00:21:04Step by step.
00:21:05Until she's hollow.
00:21:07Then the mummy moves in.
00:21:09Destroy the photo now.
00:21:11She might still have a chance.
00:21:13Who are you?
00:21:14How do you know all this?
00:21:22I have to stop Isabella before more people see that photo.
00:21:25Extra!
00:21:25Vanderbott Harris stuns New York with mummy photo!
00:21:29Manhattan's very own Cleopatra awakens!
00:21:32Extra!
00:21:33Read all about it!
00:21:34Hey!
00:21:38No!
00:21:43Told you.
00:21:44One photo and I'm the queen of Manhattan.
00:21:47Oh my darling.
00:21:48You are the toast of Manhattan right now.
00:21:51You published the photo in the papers?
00:21:53You have to pull it!
00:21:55Now!
00:21:56Poor thing.
00:21:57The whole city is talking about me now.
00:21:59I must be killing you.
00:22:03Go back to the laundry room.
00:22:05That's where you belong.
00:22:09Every paper.
00:22:10Her photo with the mummy.
00:22:12Everywhere.
00:22:13The curse didn't come.
00:22:15Not like I feared.
00:22:16If anything, she became New York's darling.
00:22:27Isabella, you're perfect for the lead in Cleopatra.
00:22:30No one else even comes close.
00:22:33My girl was born to be a movie star.
00:22:36Celise said that photo would bring bad luck.
00:22:39Well, look at me now.
00:22:40New York is at my feet.
00:22:45Still clutching this rag?
00:22:47You're actually planning to wear that to the ballet premiere?
00:22:50It's the only one that still fits.
00:22:53Of course it is.
00:22:55I'm on billboards all over New York now.
00:22:57You'll never have a life like this.
00:23:06Keep going.
00:23:08I need to be perfect.
00:23:11You're barely breathing, baby.
00:23:13I don't care.
00:23:13I want every woman to hate me for how slim I am.
00:23:19No matter what I say, they just call me jealous.
00:23:22But don't they see it?
00:23:23She looks like a corpse now.
00:23:28The gypsy said it's a trade.
00:23:31If Isabella is withering away,
00:23:34then the mummy will...
00:23:35Celeste!
00:23:37Celeste!
00:23:39Just a dream.
00:23:40But that rotting smell...
00:23:42Why was it so real?
00:23:50What is that stench?
00:23:52I'm drowning in Chanel and I still...
00:23:54That smell, maybe it's coming from her.
00:23:56That's it!
00:23:56I'm done!
00:24:05Isabella, sweetheart.
00:24:06Don't be upset.
00:24:08Look what I got you.
00:24:09The serpent queen's kiss?
00:24:11Only a real queen gets the real thing.
00:24:14Here, let me.
00:24:21Don't!
00:24:26That thing's cursed!
00:24:28It's stolen from the pharaoh's tomb!
00:24:30Take what is not yours and death will follow!
00:24:32Jesus, Celeste!
00:24:33You again?
00:24:33No wonder it stinks around here.
00:24:35It's...
00:24:36Bitch!
00:24:37You really think posing with a mummy makes you an actress?
00:24:39That's my role.
00:24:40Your role?
00:24:40You're already washed up, you hag!
00:24:51My hair!
00:24:52What happened?
00:24:54The curse has begun!
00:24:57The hair...
00:24:58It wasn't ripped out.
00:24:59It was like it had already died on her head.
00:25:01It's just...
00:25:03The diet.
00:25:04I've been pushing too hard for the shoot.
00:25:06That's all this is.
00:25:07Her body will waste away.
00:25:09Her hair will fall.
00:25:10Her skin will rot.
00:25:12Step by step.
00:25:13Until she's hollow.
00:25:14I'll hollow.
00:25:22Look, that's the Cleopatra.
00:25:23God, she's stunning.
00:25:25Yeah.
00:25:26But, I don't know.
00:25:27She looks like a corpse.
00:25:32Almost gone.
00:25:33It's just a bruise.
00:25:37Get off me!
00:25:38Get off me!
00:25:39Get off me!
00:25:40Isabella?
00:25:41Mom asked me to tidy up in there.
00:25:43Get lost, Celeste!
00:25:45You just want to see me like this, don't you?
00:25:47Sweetheart, you look so pale.
00:25:49Maybe we should have someone take a look at you.
00:25:52I'm tired!
00:25:53That's it!
00:25:54I just need to sleep!
00:25:55Leave me alone!
00:26:01What is this?
00:26:05First the weight, then the hair, now the rot, the gypsy's words.
00:26:09They're all coming true.
00:26:11Curse, it's real.
00:26:15What the hell is happening to your hair?
00:26:17That curse, it's real.
00:26:19No, shut up!
00:26:19I said I'm just exhausted!
00:26:22Fine.
00:26:23No more shoots, no more movies.
00:26:25Is that what you want?
00:26:26Get out!
00:26:36It's Isabella?
00:26:39I'm sorry!
00:26:40Isabella, wake up!
00:26:46She was here.
00:26:48She dragged me into her tomb.
00:26:49She's going to replace me.
00:26:51Nobody's here!
00:26:52You were choking yourself!
00:26:53Just a nightmare.
00:26:55Baby, come stay with me tonight.
00:26:58Isabella never calls me baby.
00:27:00It's not her.
00:27:04This is the gypsy's cat?
00:27:09Get that damn cat out of here!
00:27:12He sent you here?
00:27:40Is he really an exorcist?
00:27:42Is he really an exorcist?
00:27:43There's something worse than the curse.
00:27:45Who's there?
00:27:56It's you.
00:27:59Not a good idea to be downtown alone at midnight.
00:28:02It's Isabella.
00:28:04Her hair, her weight.
00:28:06Everything you said.
00:28:08It's all happening.
00:28:09She took something that wasn't hers.
00:28:11Beauty.
00:28:12Fame.
00:28:13Attention.
00:28:15The pharaoh demands balance.
00:28:17Take what is not yours.
00:28:18And doom will follow.
00:28:20My mother used to say the same thing.
00:28:22Who are you?
00:28:30Even the pharaoh bow to us now!
00:28:32Come on, everyone!
00:28:37Let's show this mummy who rules the world now!
00:28:41Stop it!
00:28:43Stop it!
00:28:44The pharaoh demands balance.
00:28:46Take what is not yours and doom will follow!
00:28:48Helena, really?
00:28:49Next you'll tell me the dead can crawl out of their tombs and attack us!
00:28:58Your mother saved me once.
00:28:59I offer this for her sake.
00:29:01The pharaoh demands balance.
00:29:02Blood for blood.
00:29:04Vanity for mercy.
00:29:05Your sister has to return.
00:29:07Shave her head before the mummy.
00:29:09And beg.
00:29:11That's her last chance.
00:29:12Sacrifice her beauty?
00:29:13No way!
00:29:15She...
00:29:15No way!
00:29:23So...
00:29:24The one who saved your life.
00:29:26How are you going to pay it back?
00:29:28I'm talking about Bastide.
00:29:31If she hadn't showed up, you'd be dead by now.
00:29:36Meow!
00:29:44Thank you, Bastide.
00:29:49It's a full moon tonight.
00:29:51Your sister must return to the Sarcolicus.
00:29:53Offer her vanity to the pharaoh.
00:29:55Only then might the curse be lifted.
00:29:57Get me out of here!
00:29:59Her...
00:29:59Her heartbeat!
00:30:00She can't be human!
00:30:04Find another doctor!
00:30:06Now!
00:30:07I don't care how much it costs!
00:30:09My poor girl.
00:30:10What is happening to her?
00:30:12My face.
00:30:14What?
00:30:15Isabella!
00:30:16Come with me!
00:30:17Tonight is your only chance to survive.
00:30:26I'm going to be a nut!
00:30:27You two are disgusting!
00:30:29No!
00:30:30My stepsister, Wendy Liddell, drugged my childhood friend.
00:30:33Here, Connor, drink this.
00:30:35It'll help you relax.
00:30:37How can I love when I'm old?
00:30:42Watching you stand by...
00:30:45After all, you've always wanted him, haven't you?
00:30:49What are you doing?
00:30:52What are you doing?
00:30:53What are you doing?
00:30:57Willow.
00:30:59It hurts.
00:31:02I'm here, Connor.
00:31:06Wendy ran off and married a cruel mafia doom.
00:31:08I got pregnant.
00:31:10At that point, he started to despise me.
00:31:12During the ten long years of marriage, he treated me and our son coldly.
00:31:18But during...
00:31:18When I next opened my eyes, I found that I had gone back in time.
00:31:22Willow.
00:31:22I had traveled back to the night when Wendy had drugged Connor and locked me in his room.
00:31:27Help me.
00:31:28Willow.
00:31:28In the previous timeline, I spent the night with him.
00:31:36I'm going to be a nut!
00:31:37You are disgusting!
00:31:39No!
00:31:39Darling, don't feel free.
00:31:41After we stopped her from doing that, she married a mafia don in her house.
00:31:45Soon after that, she passed away in an accident.
00:31:48After I got pregnant, Connor married me out of a sense of responsibility.
00:31:52I'll marry you, Willow.
00:31:54It's the right thing to do.
00:31:56This marriage is just a duty.
00:31:57Don't expect some left from me.
00:31:59Time has brought parts of me.
00:32:02Help me.
00:32:02Help me.
00:32:03I...
00:32:03After all, in the previous timeline, he had sacrificed himself to save me.
00:32:09I had to pay him back for that.
00:32:10The antidote and cold water have helped him regain some of his senses.
00:32:17Where's Wendy?
00:32:18Don't worry.
00:32:19The driver has sent her home.
00:32:20Good.
00:32:21About tonight...
00:32:22Don't worry.
00:32:23I won't tell anyone what happened.
00:32:25Besides, we didn't do anything, right?
00:32:30From the time I was a child, I loved chasing after him and calling his name.
00:32:34I was his biggest admirer.
00:32:37But now, everything has changed.
00:32:49Connor isn't feeling well.
00:32:50Please come take care of him.
00:33:04Didn't Connor ask you to stay, sis?
00:33:07Don't call me that.
00:33:13I'm only calling you that because I pity you.
00:33:16So what if you're the oldest daughter of the litter family?
00:33:21You were practically wrapped up in a bow and presented before him tonight.
00:33:27But you weren't even worth being his outlet for release.
00:33:32You can't beat me.
00:33:33I'm not interested in beating you at anything.
00:33:39Everything you have, you got from me.
00:33:54Willow!
00:33:55What have you done to your sister?
00:33:57How dare you bully her again?
00:34:01Willow, how long will you act so petrally?
00:34:04All these years, you've never given me a day of peace!
00:34:11Peace?
00:34:12Ever since she and her mother came into this house and forced my mother to her death,
00:34:16this family was never destined for peace.
00:34:24I'll fulfill the marriage agreement with that mafia Don in Herak.
00:34:29I've already written my name on the document.
00:34:31You don't have to think up ways to get me to go.
00:34:34The mafia in Herak was very powerful.
00:34:37However, he was unwilling to let his precious younger daughter marry its Don,
00:34:40whose past three wives had all died.
00:34:44Dad, Willow doesn't really want to marry him and go all the way to Herak.
00:34:49I saw her drugging Connor with my own eyes last night.
00:34:52I spent the night in the same room.
00:34:57How shameless can you be?
00:34:58You signed the marriage agreement, yet you're still trying to cling to Connor?
00:35:02He glared at me before going inside.
00:35:05When he came back out, his expression had lost the urgency of before.
00:35:09He came by my side.
00:35:10Willow, I know your mother and mine had made a marriage agreement between us,
00:35:13but I can't marry you right now.
00:35:15I can't let Wendy go to Herak.
00:35:17I scoffed internally.
00:35:19He did not seem to know that I was the one going room overseas to fulfill that marriage agreement.
00:35:24If she doesn't go, then I have to.
00:35:28I will plead the case to Mr. Lidler.
00:35:30The Gordon family will also do its best to find a way out of this marriage agreement.
00:35:34Connor looked at the document in my hand and suddenly laughed.
00:35:38Willow, were you trying to beg your father to make me marry you?
00:35:42He must have made you come out here because he's so troubled right now.
00:35:45Go inside.
00:35:46Once I make sure Wendy is safe, I'll marry you as agreed.
00:35:50You no longer have to worry Dre here.
00:35:52After saying this, Connor turned to look at me tenderly and patted the back of my hand gently.
00:35:56He behaved just as he had when he was a boy.
00:35:59Perhaps he may have liked me as we grew up together.
00:36:02However, we would inevitably torment each other and run into bad ends.
00:36:08You don't have to worry about me.
00:36:10I moved away from his touch.
00:36:12Connor frowned and grabbed the document from me to take a peek.
00:36:15What are you talking about, Willow?
00:36:16Haven't I worried about you plenty growing up?
00:36:18That was true.
00:36:19Our mother, but it was long past time that I woke up from my daydreams.
00:36:24We're all grown up now, Connor.
00:36:26This time, we'll all get what we want.
00:36:28What are you talking about?
00:36:29The marriage agreement is set in stone.
00:36:31Who else would you marry?
00:36:32I looked at him silently.
00:36:34In this timeline, I would be the one to...
00:36:36Even though I knew that everything in the previous timeline would only end in pain and heartbreak,
00:36:41the love and trust I felt for Connor was not so easily vanquished.
00:36:45In the end, I could not stand the heat of the day and fainted.
00:36:50Willow!
00:36:54Willow!
00:36:56Before I fully lost consciousness, I saw Connor worriedly pull me into his embrace.
00:37:03When I woke up, I smelled the hospital's disinfectants.
00:37:08Connor was sleeping in a chair beside the bed.
00:37:10A hand rested on the corner of my blanket.
00:37:13As I looked at him in that state, I would have believed that he really loved me too,
00:37:18if not for his last words in the previous timeline.
00:37:21As if he could sense that I had woken up, Connor quickly awakened as well.
00:37:26What's the matter with you?
00:37:29I was just telling you to chill out, and you fainted from the heat.
00:37:33Don't you know your body's always been weak?
00:37:36Connor?
00:37:37Yeah?
00:37:38Do you remember the amusement park we always went to as children?
00:37:42I looked at him and smiled.
00:37:45Take me there one more time, please.
00:37:47Connor looked a little displeased.
00:37:49Why are you talking like that?
00:37:51We can go as many times as you want after we get married in the future.
00:37:57There's no more future for us.
00:37:59Surely it would be a huge surprise to him when Wendy marries him.
00:38:05Let's go this evening.
00:38:07I feel fine now.
00:38:08All right.
00:38:09Just this once.
00:38:11After that, I still need to deal with that marriage agreement.
00:38:14Between your family and the mafia in Herak.
00:38:17Connor did not stay long.
00:38:18He returned to the office to handle some matters after making arrangements to meet at the Antic
00:38:23Me Amused Rentrance of the amusement park.
00:38:25I went back to my apartment to pack up some things.
00:38:28I looked around the empty room.
00:38:30No one will miss me here.
00:38:33After my mother died, Dad took Wendy and her mother to Little Manor.
00:38:36I moved out.
00:38:37Before Wendy showed up, Connor would make me a carved figurine every year for my birthday.
00:38:42These figurines came in various shapes.
00:38:45One was a dog I used to own, and some others were delicate bouquets of flowers.
00:38:49There was even one of my mother and myself.
00:38:51This only lasted until my 18th birthday, when Wendy was taken in.
00:38:55From then on, the figurines went to Wendy.
00:38:59The gifts I got were half-hearted things his assistant bought.
00:39:03I kept the figurine of my mother and myself on my person.
00:39:07The rest were shipped off.
00:39:11Mom, I only have you left.
00:39:14After it was all done, I stood at the rendezvous and waited for Connor.
00:39:18But even after all the lights were turned off at the amusement park,
00:39:21Connor still did not show up.
00:39:22There were also no messages or calls on my phone.
00:39:26It started to rain, but I did not have an umbrella with me.
00:39:30I also did not have a driver to pick me up.
00:39:34He stood me up again.
00:39:38The rain soaked my clothes and drouched my hair.
00:39:43I took one last look at the amusement park behind me,
00:39:46the place where Connor and I had shared so many happy memories.
00:39:50Goodbye, Connor.
00:39:51I hope we never see each other again.
00:39:54I hope you're happy in this life.
00:39:57Before I even turned to go, something hit me hard from behind.
00:40:01After that, I was released from my binds and held in a warm embrace.
00:40:05Before I blacked out, I saw Connor's teary eyes.
00:40:08I'm sorry, Willow.
00:40:09I can't bear to hurt you.
00:40:11But you should not have hurt Wendy.
00:40:13You must remember this lesson well.
00:40:15Why was Connor acting like he could not bear to hurt me
00:40:17when he was the one who ordered my torment?
00:40:19This was just like the contradictory relationship we had in the previous timeline.
00:40:24Connor brought me back to my apartment.
00:40:26After my mother's death, Connor would visit me often to look after me.
00:40:29I had even given him a key.
00:40:31He got a doctor to make a house call.
00:40:32After the doctor made sure I was okay,
00:40:34Connor spent the night at my bedside, caring for me.
00:40:40I'm sorry, Willow.
00:40:42After our wedding, I'll make it all up to you.
00:40:44That was what I heard him say at dawn before he left.
00:40:47But there will not be any weddings.
00:40:49I would make certain of it.
00:40:51Because my legs had been bound last night,
00:40:53I walked with a slight limp in Yoteg.
00:40:58The figurine of my mother was still there.
00:41:00Thankfully, the door was suddenly kicked open.
00:41:03Wendy stormed before me.
00:41:08What happened to you, sis?
00:41:11Do you know why you nearly drowned last night?
00:41:14Connor didn't go to the amusement park with you last night, did he?
00:41:20It's such a shame that he doesn't know you'll be going overseas to fulfill that marriage agreement.
00:41:25Or that you wanted to say goodbye to him last night.
00:41:28All I said to him was that you went home, threw another tantrum, and pushed me into the pool.
00:41:35After that, he arranged for someone to kidnap you to punish you.
00:41:41I paid the kidnappers extra so they would keep dunking you into the waters.
00:41:46You poor thing, Willow!
00:41:49Shut up.
00:41:50Aren't you worried that Connor will find out the truth?
00:41:53He hates liars.
00:41:56And how would he know?
00:41:58You'll be going overseas soon.
00:42:00Three wives of that Mafia Don died.
00:42:03How long do you think you'll survive?
00:42:08Didn't you say that I got everything I have from you?
00:42:11I destroy everything you have.
00:42:16By the time Connor finished his work and came to the apartment to look for me,
00:42:20the place was blanketed in darkness.
00:42:23He felt a sense of unease rise within him, and he rushed to Little It Manor.
00:42:30Mr. Linden, where is Willow?
00:42:32Willow? She should have arrived in her act by now.
00:42:37Why is she in her act?
00:42:39Oh, you still don't know, Connor?
00:42:41The other day, Willow came to talk to me.
00:42:44She said she was willing to go overseas to fulfill the marriage agreement.
00:42:47Father, I shall travel overseas to honor the betrothal.
00:42:50By now.
00:42:52Ah, it was the day you were outside the manor together.
00:42:55You young people.
00:42:56All of you are so impulsive.
00:42:58I thought Willow told you about it.
00:43:00It's a big deal, after all.
00:43:03Afterward, he called Wendy to come over.
00:43:05Connor, I can tell that you like Wendy.
00:43:07I've decided to play matchmaker and set you two up.
00:43:10Connor had thought about this many times.
00:43:12If not for his marriage agreement with Willow,
00:43:14he would want to marry Wendy.
00:43:17What consumed his mind was the thought that Willow had actually left him.
00:43:21But did he not like Wendy instead?
00:43:23The only thing he had with Willow was their marriage agreement, was it not?
00:43:27However, for some reason, his heart hurt.
00:43:30He felt like he had lost everything in the world.
00:43:33It was impossible.
00:43:35Willow would never leave him so easily.
00:43:38They had set a date to go to the amusement park together.
00:43:45Connor contacted his executive assistant,
00:43:47the Norble Sistensi to Sistri's Jukirin Grace.
00:43:50Book me a seat on the earliest flight to Herat tomorrow.
00:43:52But sir, Mr. Gordon has asked you to go home
00:43:55to discuss the matter of your engagement with Wendy Little.
00:43:58I'm sure his bodyguards are already on the way to you.
00:44:01Connor simply hung up.
00:44:03He frantically sped to Willow's apartment.
00:44:08He had spent so much time snuggled up with Willow on that couch,
00:44:11watching movies.
00:44:13He had also cooked for her in that kitchen when she was sick.
00:44:17He pushed open the door to the study.
00:44:19In a beautiful jewelry box were the figurines he had carved for Willow.
00:44:23He had carved the dog that had been with her for ten years,
00:44:26along with her favorite roses.
00:44:28She had not taken any of the figurines with her.
00:44:33The only piece that was missing was the figurine of her and her mother.
00:44:38He still remembered when Willow's mother passed away.
00:44:41He did not sleep for three days and three nights to carve that figurine.
00:44:45When he had given it to Willow,
00:44:47her ever-determined pisauld broke,
00:44:48and her eyes had been filled with tears.
00:44:50Had she taken it away with her?
00:44:52Did she still care for him?
00:44:54His tired eyes landed on a shard of something by the couch.
00:44:57He carefully picked it up.
00:44:59He was sure that he recognized it.
00:45:00It was a piece of the figurine of Willow and her mother.
00:45:03It was shattered.
00:45:05Could it be that Willow did not even want that figurine?
00:45:09A young boy's head poked in.
00:45:11He looked curiously at Connor.
00:45:12Are you here to look for the lady who lived here?
00:45:19Tell me, kid.
00:45:20What did those people look like?
00:45:21That woman with the doll-like face?
00:45:23She looked sweet and innocent like a fortune doll.
00:45:26Have you seen her, kid?
00:45:27Lots of people came here last night.
00:45:29They were so scary.
00:45:30They beat up the lady here.
00:45:32I saw it hiding behind my front door.
00:45:34They broke the lady's figurine.
00:45:36I picked this piece up at my door.
00:45:40Connor went through the pictures in his phone and picked one out.
00:45:44The boy pointed at Wendy's smiling face.
00:45:47It was her.
00:45:52It was her.
00:45:58At the graduation banquet, someone suggested playing the heartbeat resonance challenge.
00:46:02The rules were simple.
00:46:03If a boy and girl's heartbeat resonance both exceeded 130 while locking eyes,
00:46:08they had to become a contract couple for two months.
00:46:10The first pairing was me and Lucian Ashcroft, my secret boyfriend of three years.
00:46:14My heart resonance hit 150.
00:46:16Lucian showed 70.
00:46:17He looked at me like a total stranger.
00:46:21No way.
00:46:22You've grown up together your whole lives.
00:46:23Lucian doesn't even react to her?
00:46:25Damn, that's actually embarrassing.
00:46:27Have some self-respect.
00:46:29None of them knew.
00:46:30Lucian and I had been together for three years.
00:46:32Tonight, I had planned to finally make our relationship public.
00:46:35Instead, he was doing everything he could to draw a line between us.
00:46:37The second round began.
00:46:39Lucian was paired with Serafina Vale, his academic rival.
00:46:41The two argued every time they met.
00:46:43Everyone expected another disaster.
00:46:45Then they looked at each other.
00:46:46The crystal flashed.
00:46:47Serafina's reading hit 160.
00:46:49Lucian's hit 163.
00:46:50The hall erupted.
00:46:51No freaking way.
00:46:52They hate each other.
00:46:53This is fate.
00:46:55Both of them immediately demanded another test.
00:46:58But the students surrounded them, cheering loudly.
00:47:00They reluctantly agreed to be a couple for the next two months.
00:47:02My phone vibrated.
00:47:03A private message from Lucian.
00:47:05Elena, let's break up for now.
00:47:06Just two months.
00:47:07After I enter Imperial College in, we'll get back together.
00:47:10I refuse to lose to Serafina.
00:47:11I stared at the message.
00:47:12After a moment, I replied.
00:47:14For the entire summer, I had struggled over whether to tell him about my overseas application
00:47:18to Arcadia Academy.
00:47:19Now I didn't have to.
00:47:20The banquet grew louder.
00:47:21Lucian and Serafina were pushed into the center of the room.
00:47:25The two who fought non-stop every day were both bright red right now.
00:47:28Lucian draped an arm around Serafina's shoulder.
00:47:31We've been together less than a day.
00:47:33It's just a contract.
00:47:34We'll break up in two months.
00:47:35The cheering only got louder.
00:47:36Samoan suddenly pointed at me.
00:47:37Wait, what about Elena?
00:47:39Her resonance with Lucian was the highest after theirs.
00:47:42She couldn't even look him in the eye.
00:47:43All eyes turned toward me.
00:47:44Lucian glanced over.
00:47:45She's just a friend.
00:47:47Not my type.
00:47:48Just a friend.
00:47:49That one sentence erased everything we'd ever had.
00:47:50The joke started immediately.
00:47:52So what if they grew up together?
00:47:53She's so plain.
00:47:54How'd she ever think Lucian would like her?
00:47:56Lucian's the Academy's golden boy.
00:47:58She never had a chance.
00:47:59I lowered my gaze.
00:48:00I had heard these words for years.
00:48:01Every one at the Mage Academy knew I liked Lucian.
00:48:04I never hid my feelings.
00:48:05But Lucian always kept his distance from me on campus.
00:48:07He never reacted at all when people joked about us.
00:48:10Off school grounds though.
00:48:11He'd hold my hand walking me home.
00:48:12Pin me against alley walls to kiss me.
00:48:14Whenever I was upset, he'd pull me tight to comfort me.
00:48:16Elena Hart likes Lucian Ashcroft.
00:48:18That was the oldest joke in the Academy.
00:48:19Lucian Ashcroft is Elena Hart's boyfriend.
00:48:21That was a secret.
00:48:22Only I knew.
00:48:23The banquet ended after midnight.
00:48:25Rain poured across the Academy grounds.
00:48:26Students hurried toward the portal station.
00:48:28I opened my umbrella.
00:48:29Before I could leave, Lucian snatched it from my hand.
00:48:31Elena, Serafina and I don't have one.
00:48:33We'll borrow yours.
00:48:34Before I could answer, Serafina smiled.
00:48:35Thanks, Elena.
00:48:36We'll return it tomorrow.
00:48:37Lucian was already pulling her away.
00:48:39As they disappeared into the rain, I heard them arguing.
00:48:41Don't flatter yourself, Serafina.
00:48:42Two months, then we're done.
00:48:45Good.
00:48:45I don't even like you.
00:48:46Their voices faded.
00:48:47Only I noticed that the umbrella leaned almost entirely toward Serafina.
00:48:50Lucian's own shoulder was soaked.
00:48:52One by one, everyone left.
00:48:53Nobody asked how I would get home.
00:48:55I stood alone in the rain.
00:48:56My tears mixed with the water running down my face.
00:48:58Lucian knew I wasn't close with anyone in class.
00:49:00He knew nobody would stay behind for me.
00:49:02Yet he still took my umbrella and left me there, alone.
00:49:04He had promised that after graduation, we'd finally tell everyone the truth.
00:49:08Instead, I got a breakup.
00:49:09And another girl took my place.
00:49:10My phone suddenly rang, calling from overseas.
00:49:12It was my mother.
00:49:16Linum, if you still want to stay here and attend Imperial Collium, that's okay, too.
00:49:20We trust Lucian.
00:49:20If you're together, your father and I won't object.
00:49:22I closed my eyes.
00:49:24Cold rain struck my face.
00:49:27Mom.
00:49:29I've made my decision.
00:49:30Please process my enrollment paperwork.
00:49:32I'm going to Arcadia Academy.
00:49:33When I got home, I was soaked from head to toe.
00:49:35A notification chimed.
00:49:36Lucian never posted on social media.
00:49:38But he just updated his profile.
00:49:39Introducing my girlfriend, Serafinovel.
00:49:41The photo showed Lucian with an arm draped around Serafina's shoulders.
00:49:44He was grinning.
00:49:44She was glaring at him.
00:49:45The comments exploded instantly.
00:49:47I knew it!
00:49:48The Academy's favorite enemies-to-lovers couple.
00:49:51About time!
00:49:52I kept scrolling.
00:49:52Then I saw a new comment.
00:49:54Poor Elena.
00:49:54She must be crying right now.
00:49:56Why?
00:49:57She never stood a chance.
00:49:58Lucian was way out of her league.
00:50:00More comments followed.
00:50:01Some included old photos of me.
00:50:02Unflattering ones.
00:50:03The same jokes.
00:50:04The same mockery.
00:50:05I locked my screen and dropped onto the couch.
00:50:07Tears blurred my vision.
00:50:08Out of your league.
00:50:08I'd heard those words for years.
00:50:10Lucian was brilliant and handsome.
00:50:11The top-ranked mage in our Academy.
00:50:13I was ordinary and forgettable.
00:50:14The girls hated that I grew up beside him.
00:50:16The boys never missed a chance to make fun of me.
00:50:18They came up with all kinds of cruel nicknames.
00:50:20Maniless Groupie.
00:50:21At the Academy, Lucian never got close to me.
00:50:23But whenever someone picked on me, he was always the first to step in.
00:50:26The worst time, he got into a fight with a group of boys because of me.
00:50:29He nearly got suspended.
00:50:30I cried the entire time I cleaned and bandaged his wounds.
00:50:32My heart hurt too much for words.
00:50:34Not long after that, we started dating in secret.
00:50:36Back then, I truly believed I was different.
00:50:38That I meant something to him.
00:50:39Everything changed when Serafina transferred here.
00:50:41She was a gifted mage, beautiful and powerful.
00:50:43Right after she arrived, she knocked Lucian off his spot as top student.
00:50:46He could never stand to lose.
00:50:48He began bickering with her.
00:50:49Competing in mage rankings and tournament points.
00:50:51The loser had to obey whatever the winner said.
00:50:54The entire Academy shipped them together.
00:50:56Every time someone mentioned it, Lucian rolled his eyes and complained.
00:51:00But I noticed things nobody else did.
00:51:01The way his gaze followed her during presentations.
00:51:04The way he secretly left healing potions for her after training.
00:51:07The way he pushed her harder whenever she wanted to give up.
00:51:10At the time, I convinced myself it meant nothing.
00:51:12Then came the final rankings before graduation.
00:51:14Serafina dropped several places.
00:51:16For the first time, Lucian didn't celebrate finishing first.
00:51:19Instead, he spent every spare moment helping her prepare for the final mage examination.
00:51:22He canceled our plans, skipped our dates, spent every afternoon in the library with her.
00:51:27One day I asked if I could join them.
00:51:29Elena, the things we're working on are too advanced.
00:51:33You wouldn't understand.
00:51:34The words hit harder than he realized.
00:51:36You wouldn't understand.
00:51:37Just one sentence.
00:51:38Yet they drew a line between us.
00:51:40Still, he smiled afterward.
00:51:41Be patient.
00:51:43After graduation, we'll tell everyone about us.
00:51:45But the promise to go public made me wait willingly for such a long time.
00:51:48I could ignore everything as long as he came back to me.
00:51:50But it suddenly dawned on me today.
00:51:51It was never only the other students who looked down on me.
00:51:54Lucian was one of them too.
00:51:55Rain tapped against the windows.
00:51:57I cried myself to sleep.
00:51:58Morning came.
00:51:59The storm was gone.
00:52:00The doorbell rang.
00:52:01Lucian stood outside.
00:52:03Elena, I had the comments delighted.
00:52:04The post wasn't serious.
00:52:05Don't overthink it.
00:52:06He reached for my hand.
00:52:07I stepped back.
00:52:08He forced a smile.
00:52:09My mom wants you over for dinner.
00:52:10Come.
00:52:13At the Ashcroft estate, I froze.
00:52:16Serafina was there.
00:52:16She handed me my umbrella.
00:52:18Lucian forgot to return it.
00:52:19Mrs. Ashcroft appeared.
00:52:21Elena, you're here.
00:52:23This kid hid his girlfriend for this long.
00:52:25Lucian shot me a look.
00:52:26A warning.
00:52:27Don't say anything.
00:52:28I nodded.
00:52:29At dinner, Mrs. Ashcroft beamed at Serafina's grades.
00:52:31You two are perfect.
00:52:33My son should be with someone outstanding.
00:52:35My grip on the fork tightened.
00:52:37Lucian changed the subject.
00:52:38I'm going to Imperial College, Jim.
00:52:39You Serafina?
00:52:41Obviously.
00:52:41I'm not letting you beat me.
00:52:43They looked at each other.
00:52:44Like they belonged in the same world.
00:52:45Mrs. Ashcroft turned to me.
00:52:47Elena, what about you?
00:52:48Serafina answered first.
00:52:50Imperial might be difficult for Elena, but she can try somewhere nearby.
00:52:53Before the breakup, that had been my plan.
00:52:55Not anymore.
00:52:56I haven't decided yet.
00:52:57Lucian's expression darkened.
00:52:59My phone buzzed.
00:53:00What do you mean?
00:53:00We were supposed to go together.
00:53:01We'll get back together.
00:53:02I didn't reply.
00:53:04After dinner, Mrs. Ashcroft handed Lucian cash.
00:53:06Take your girlfriend somewhere nice.
00:53:08Serafina laughed.
00:53:09You should come too, Elena.
00:53:10We're all friends.
00:53:12Superiority laced with pity.
00:53:13The same look Lucian always gave me.
00:53:15Coming?
00:53:15No, I think I'm getting sick.
00:53:18You two go.
00:53:18The tension on his face vanished.
00:53:20All right.
00:53:20He left with Serafina, hand in hand.
00:53:22I watched their fingers intertwine and suddenly thought of that game.
00:53:25Maybe I'd already lost from the very beginning.
00:53:27At the graduation banquet, someone suggested playing the heartbeat resonance challenge.
00:53:31The rules were simple.
00:53:32If a boy and girl's heartbeat resonance both exceeded 130 while locking eyes,
00:53:36they had to become a contract couple for two months.
00:53:39The first pairing was me and Lucian Ashcroft, my secret boyfriend of three years.
00:53:42My heart resonance hit 150.
00:53:45Lucian showed 70.
00:53:46He looked at me like a total stranger.
00:53:50No way.
00:53:51You've grown up together your whole lives.
00:53:52Lucian doesn't even react to her?
00:53:54Damn.
00:53:54That's actually embarrassing.
00:53:55Have some self-respect.
00:53:58Known of them knew.
00:53:59Lucian and I had been together for three years.
00:54:01Tonight, I had planned to finally make our relationship public.
00:54:03Instead, he was doing everything he could to draw a line between us.
00:54:06The second round began.
00:54:07Lucian was paired with Serafina Vale, his academic rival.
00:54:10The two argued every time they met, every one expected another disaster.
00:54:14Then they looked at each other.
00:54:15The crystal flashed.
00:54:16Serafina's reading hit 160.
00:54:18Lucian's hit 163.
00:54:19The hall erupted.
00:54:20No freaking way!
00:54:21They hate each other!
00:54:22This is fate!
00:54:24Both of them immediately demanded another test, but the students surrounded them, cheering loudly.
00:54:29They reluctantly agreed to be a couple for the next two months.
00:54:31My phone vibrated.
00:54:32A private message from Lucian.
00:54:34Elena, let's break up for now.
00:54:35Just two months.
00:54:36After I enter Imperial College Inn, we'll get back together.
00:54:38I refuse to lose to Serafina.
00:54:40I stared at the message.
00:54:41After a moment, I replied.
00:54:43For the entire summer, I had struggled over whether to tell him about my overseas application
00:54:47to Arcadia Academy.
00:54:48Now I didn't have to.
00:54:49The banquet grew louder.
00:54:50Lucian and Serafina were pushed into the center of the room.
00:54:54The two who fought nonstop every day were both bright red right now.
00:54:57Lucian draped an arm around Serafina's shoulder.
00:55:00We've been together less than a day.
00:55:01It's just a contract.
00:55:03We'll break up in two months.
00:55:03The cheering only got louder.
00:55:05Someone suddenly pointed at me.
00:55:06Wait, what about Elena?
00:55:07Her resonance with Lucian was the highest after theirs.
00:55:10She couldn't even look him in the eye.
00:55:12All eyes turned toward me.
00:55:13Lucian glanced over.
00:55:14She's just a friend.
00:55:16Not my type.
00:55:17Just a friend.
00:55:17That one sentence erased everything we'd ever had.
00:55:19The joke started immediately.
00:55:21So what if they grew up together?
00:55:22She's so plain.
00:55:23How'd she ever think Lucian would like her?
00:55:25Lucian's the Academy's golden boy.
00:55:26She never had a chance.
00:55:28I lowered my gaze.
00:55:28I had heard these words for years.
00:55:30Every one at the Mage Academy knew I liked Lucian.
00:55:32I never hid my feelings.
00:55:33But Lucian always kept his distance from me on campus.
00:55:36He never reacted at all when people joked about us.
00:55:38Off school grounds though.
00:55:39He'd hold my hand walking me home.
00:55:41Pin me against alley walls to kiss me.
00:55:42Whenever I was upset, he'd pull me tight to comfort me.
00:55:45Elena Hart likes Lucian Ashcroft.
00:55:46That was the oldest joke in the Academy.
00:55:48Lucian Ashcroft is Elena Hart's boyfriend.
00:55:50That was a secret.
00:55:51Only I knew.
00:55:52The banquet ended after midnight.
00:55:53Rain poured across the Academy grounds.
00:55:55Students hurried toward the portal station.
00:55:56I opened my umbrella.
00:55:58Before I could leave, Lucian snatched it from my hand.
00:56:00Elena, Serafina and I don't have one.
00:56:02We'll borrow yours.
00:56:02Before I could answer, Serafina smiled.
00:56:04Thanks, Elena.
00:56:05We'll return it tomorrow.
00:56:06Lucian was already pulling her away.
00:56:07As they disappeared into the rain, I heard them arguing.
00:56:10Don't flatter yourself, Serafina.
00:56:11Two months, then we're done.
00:56:13Good.
00:56:14I don't even like you.
00:56:15Their voices faded.
00:56:16Only I noticed that the umbrella leaned almost entirely toward Serafina.
00:56:19Lucian's own shoulder was soaked.
00:56:20One by one, everyone left.
00:56:22Nobody asked how I would get home.
00:56:23I stood alone in the rain.
00:56:24My tears mixed with the water running down my face.
00:56:27Lucian knew I wasn't close with anyone in class.
00:56:29He knew nobody would stay behind for me.
00:56:30Yet he still took my umbrella and left me there, alone.
00:56:33He had promised that after graduation, we'd finally tell everyone the truth.
00:56:36Instead, I got a breakup and another girl took my place.
00:56:39My phone suddenly rang, calling from overseas.
00:56:41It was my mother.
00:56:45Lenon, if you still want to stay here and attend Imperial Collium, that's okay too.
00:56:48We trust Lucian.
00:56:49If you're together, your father and I won't object.
00:56:51I closed my eyes.
00:56:52Cold rain struck my face.
00:56:57Mom, I've made my decision.
00:56:58Please process my enrollment paperwork.
00:57:00I'm going to Arcadia Academy.
00:57:02When I got home, I was soaked from head to toe.
00:57:04A notification chimed.
00:57:05Lucian never posted on social media, but he just updated his profile.
00:57:08Introducing my girlfriend Serafina Ovel, the photo showed Lucian with an arm draped around
00:57:11Serafina's shoulders.
00:57:13He was grinning.
00:57:13She was glaring at him.
00:57:14The comments exploded instantly.
00:57:16I knew it!
00:57:17The Academy's favorite enemies-to-lovers couple.
00:57:19About time!
00:57:20I kept scrolling.
00:57:21Then I saw a new comment.
00:57:22Poor Elena.
00:57:23She must be crying right now.
00:57:25Why?
00:57:26She never stood a chance.
00:57:27Lucian was way out of her league.
00:57:28More comments followed.
00:57:29Some included old photos of me.
00:57:31Unflattering ones.
00:57:32The same jokes.
00:57:33The same mockery.
00:57:33I locked my screen and dropped onto the couch.
00:57:35Tears blurred my vision.
00:57:37Out of your league.
00:57:37I'd heard those words for years.
00:57:39Lucian was brilliant and handsome.
00:57:40The top-ranked mage in our Academy.
00:57:42I was ordinary and forgettable.
00:57:43The girls hated that I grew up beside him.
00:57:45The boys never missed a chance to make fun of me.
00:57:46They came up with all kinds of cruel nicknames.
00:57:49Manaless groupie.
00:57:50At the Academy, Lucian never got close to me.
00:57:52But whenever someone picked on me, he was always the first to step in.
00:57:54The worst time, he got into a fight with a group of boys because of me.
00:57:57He nearly got suspended.
00:57:58I cried the entire time I cleaned and bandaged his wounds.
00:58:01My heart hurt too much for words.
00:58:02Not long after that, we started dating in secret.
00:58:05Back then, I truly believed I was different.
00:58:07That I meant something to him.
00:58:08Everything changed when Serafina transferred here.
00:58:10She was a gifted mage, beautiful and powerful.
00:58:12Right after she arrived, she knocked Lucian off his spot as top student.
00:58:15He could never stand to lose.
00:58:16He began bickering with her.
00:58:18Competing in mage rankings and tournament points.
00:58:20The loser had to obey whatever the winner said.
00:58:23The entire Academy shipped them together.
00:58:25Every time someone mentioned it, Lucian rolled his eyes and complained.
00:58:29But I noticed things nobody else did.
00:58:30The way his gaze followed her during presentations.
00:58:33The way he secretly left healing potions for her after training.
00:58:36The way he pushed her harder whenever she wanted to give up.
00:58:38At the time, I convinced myself it meant nothing.
00:58:41Then came the final rankings before graduation.
00:58:43Serafina dropped several places.
00:58:45For the first time, Lucian didn't celebrate finishing first.
00:58:48Instead, he spent every spare moment helping her prepare for the final mage examination.
00:58:52He cancelled our plans, skipped our dates, spent every afternoon in the library with her.
00:58:56One day, I asked if I could join them.
00:58:58Elena, the things we're working on are too advanced.
00:59:01You wouldn't understand.
00:59:02The words hit harder than he realized.
00:59:04You wouldn't understand.
00:59:06Just one sentence.
00:59:07Yet they drew a line between us.
00:59:09Still, he smiled afterward.
00:59:10Be patient.
00:59:12After graduation, we'll tell everyone about us.
00:59:14But the promise to go public made me wait willingly for such a long time.
00:59:17I could ignore everything as long as he came back to me.
00:59:19But it suddenly dawned on me today.
00:59:20It was never only the other students who looked down on me.
00:59:23Lucian was one of them too.
00:59:24Rain tapped against the windows.
00:59:25I cried myself to sleep.
00:59:27Morning came.
00:59:27The storm was gone.
00:59:28The doorbell rang.
00:59:30Lucian stood outside.
00:59:31Elena, I had the comments delighted.
00:59:33The post wasn't serious.
00:59:34Don't overthink it.
00:59:35He reached for my hand.
00:59:36I stepped back.
00:59:37He forced a smile.
00:59:37My mom wants you over for dinner.
00:59:39Come.
00:59:42At the Ashcroft estate, I froze.
00:59:44Serafina was there.
00:59:45She handed me my umbrella.
00:59:46Lucian forgot to return it.
00:59:48Mrs. Ashcroft appeared.
00:59:50Elena!
00:59:50You're here!
00:59:52This kid hid his girlfriend for this long.
00:59:54Lucian shot me a look.
00:59:55A warning.
00:59:56Don't say anything.
00:59:57I nodded.
00:59:57At dinner, Mrs. Ashcroft beamed at Serafina's grades.
01:00:00You two are perfect.
01:00:01My son should be with someone outstanding.
01:00:04My grip on the fork tightened.
01:00:06Lucian changed the subject.
01:00:07I'm going to Imperial College, Em.
01:00:08You Serafina?
01:00:09Obviously.
01:00:10I'm not letting you beat me.
01:00:11They looked at each other, like they belonged in the same world.
01:00:14Mrs. Ashcroft turned to me.
01:00:15Elena, what about you?
01:00:17Serafina answered first.
01:00:18Imperial might be difficult for Elena, but she can try somewhere nearby.
01:00:22Before the breakup, that had been my plan.
01:00:24Not anymore.
01:00:25I haven't decided yet.
01:00:26Lucian's expression darkened.
01:00:27My phone buzzed.
01:00:28What do you mean?
01:00:29We were supposed to go together.
01:00:30We'll get back together.
01:00:31I didn't reply.
01:00:32After dinner, Mrs. Ashcroft handed Lucian cash.
01:00:35Take your girlfriend somewhere nice.
01:00:37Serafina laughed.
01:00:38You should come too, Elena.
01:00:39We're all friends.
01:00:41Superiority laced with pity.
01:00:42The same look Lucian always gave me.
01:00:44Coming?
01:00:45No.
01:00:45I think I'm getting sick.
01:00:47You two go.
01:00:47The tension on his face vanished.
01:00:49Alright.
01:00:49He left with Serafina, hand in hand.
01:00:51I watched their fingers intertwine, and suddenly thought of that game.
01:00:54Maybe I'd already lost from the very beginning.
01:00:56The air in the black market arena was thick with pheromones and iron.
01:00:59Humans were omega assets here, displayed inside glass-lit cages like exotic relics.
01:01:05Lot 77.
01:01:06Omega female.
01:01:08Fertility index exceptional.
01:01:10Previously unacclaimed for six months in the omega zone.
01:01:13The cage door swings open.
01:01:15I am shoved forward, barefoot, heavy iron shackles clamped around my wrists.
01:01:19My expression stays calm, unflinching.
01:01:22The traders hated that.
01:01:23Most omegas cried when they entered the arena.
01:01:25Some begged.
01:01:26Some broke.
01:01:27But I would never do that.
01:01:29The moment I believed they owned me, they would truly chain my soul forever.
01:01:33She's unmarked?
01:01:35Impossible.
01:01:36That body type survived omega zone?
01:01:38She looks expensive.
01:01:39And at the center.
01:01:40Serpent King Kale Virith.
01:01:42Half-shadowed.
01:01:43Immobile.
01:01:44Watching.
01:01:45His tail curled slowly around the throne like a living verdict.
01:01:48A single flick of his fingers.
01:01:49I will take her.
01:01:509,800,000 credits.
01:01:52Auto accepted.
01:01:53No further bids.
01:01:55Serpent King claims lot 77 at full sovereign price.
01:02:00The gavel fell.
01:02:01In the serpent world, fertility is a curse.
01:02:03Most females never conceive.
01:02:05But I gave birth to three serpent heirs at once.
01:02:07Cashin, Rowan, and Nico.
01:02:09Annual mate reconfirmation ceremony.
01:02:11The hall was filled with nobles.
01:02:13But tonight, the king did not stand beside his official mate.
01:02:17He holds Isla Saran in his arms, another omega.
01:02:20Soft.
01:02:20Fragile.
01:02:21Familiar.
01:02:22Leora Vance is no longer my mate.
01:02:24I stood at the far end of the hall.
01:02:26His eyes drifted over my body.
01:02:28I should never have brought you back from that auction.
01:02:30Isla suffered for years because of my mistake.
01:02:32You are nothing but a breeding vessel.
01:02:34I felt the room waiting for me to crumble.
01:02:36To beg.
01:02:37To prove him right.
01:02:39But I had learned long ago in the Omega Zone.
01:02:41The people who enjoy humiliating you never stop when you give them tears.
01:02:44Are you certain?
01:02:46I am the mother of the Virith line.
01:02:47The kingdom needs me.
01:02:49Need you?
01:02:50Those curves.
01:02:51That fertility.
01:02:52That's all you were.
01:02:53You may stay.
01:02:54After all, you did produce hairs.
01:02:56But you will no longer be my mate.
01:02:59My brother's household still lacks a mate.
01:03:01You will be transferred to Darius.
01:03:03The lost prince?
01:03:04He's assigning his mate to the vanished war god?
01:03:06Darius Vera.
01:03:07King's brother.
01:03:08The kingdom's most feared war god.
01:03:10He vanished during the northern campaign.
01:03:12But one thing remained unchanged.
01:03:14No one had ever dared claim his title.
01:03:16The man who had visited too often.
01:03:17Even when I was first bought at the auction.
01:03:19I remember it now.
01:03:21He was there.
01:03:22Sitting at the edge of the arena shadows.
01:03:24Not bidding.
01:03:25Just watching me.
01:03:26He wanted me.
01:03:28And that scared me more than Kale's cruelty ever did.
01:03:30My eyes met Kale's without trembling.
01:03:32If I am being transferred like property,
01:03:35then I refuse to belong to anyone who discarded me.
01:03:37At the center of the chamber floated an enormous silver scroll.
01:03:40Hundreds of glowing names drifted across its surface.
01:03:43Every bonded pair in the serpent kingdom.
01:03:45King Kale Veeroth.
01:03:47You are requesting a permanent mate transfer decree?
01:03:50Once removed from the blood scroll, this bond can never be restored.
01:03:54Do you know how many clans would start a war for an Omega like her?
01:03:57She carried triplets and survived.
01:03:59That's practically royal blood level.
01:04:01Proceed.
01:04:01He answered coldly, without looking at me once.
01:04:04The elder raised his staff.
01:04:05Runes ignited beneath my feet.
01:04:07Ancient magic awakened.
01:04:09The golden scroll slowly unfurled itself.
01:04:11Then my name appeared.
01:04:13Leora Vance.
01:04:14Mate of Kale Veeroth.
01:04:15The entire chamber trembled.
01:04:17The silver letters of my name began to crack.
01:04:20One by one.
01:04:21For a second, I couldn't breathe.
01:04:23I collapsed to my knees.
01:04:25As if all the strength had drained out of me.
01:04:27A tiny cry suddenly echoed through the hall.
01:04:29My children, the magic wasn't finished.
01:04:32Another line slowly appeared.
01:04:34Leora Vance.
01:04:35Mate of Darius Veeroth.
01:04:36Then something unexpected happened.
01:04:38Silver flames raced through the names.
01:04:40What is happening?
01:04:41The elder's face had gone pale.
01:04:44Impossible.
01:04:45For the first time all night, Kale looked up.
01:04:48The moment Prince Darius returns, the scroll will complete the claiming ceremony.
01:04:52Kale's expression changed.
01:04:53He had just given away something he would never get back.
01:04:56The next morning, the palace servants arrived.
01:04:59Not to help me move.
01:05:01To remove me.
01:05:02Careful with those.
01:05:03Anything that belonged to the former mate goes.
01:05:05Isla, wearing Kale's royal robes, issued an eviction order against me.
01:05:10Former mate.
01:05:11The word spread through the courtyard.
01:05:12Like a disease.
01:05:14Servants avoided my eyes.
01:05:15Some looked embarrassed.
01:05:17Most looked relieved.
01:05:18The king's discarded mate was no longer their concern.
01:05:21Isla pointed toward my herb garden.
01:05:23Rip it out!
01:05:24It's ugly!
01:05:27Lady Leora planted those for the royal earth.
01:05:29Isla's smile never moved.
01:05:31Then plant prettier ones.
01:05:32The roots were torn from the earth.
01:05:34One by one.
01:05:36Mama!
01:05:37It's alright, don't be afraid.
01:05:39Then Isla picked up the toy.
01:05:41That Kale had carved years ago.
01:05:42This junk too.
01:05:45The toy hit the ground.
01:05:47Crack!
01:05:48Enjoy the palace.
01:05:49Everything worth having was never yours.
01:05:52By sunset, I stood outside the palace gates.
01:05:56She has nothing.
01:05:57Where will she take the heirs?
01:05:59Poor thing.
01:06:00Three children.
01:06:01No baggage.
01:06:03Nowhere to go.
01:06:04A horn echoed across the city.
01:06:06Once.
01:06:07Twice.
01:06:08Three times.
01:06:09Every head turned.
01:06:10Black armored riders entered the capital.
01:06:12Elite royal guards.
01:06:14The crowd immediately stepped aside.
01:06:16The captain dismounted.
01:06:17Walked directly toward me.
01:06:18Lady Leora.
01:06:19The prince's household has come to escort you home.
01:06:23The estate died when the prince vanished.
01:06:26Nobody had entered Darius Veritha's estate for years.
01:06:28Not since the day he disappeared.
01:06:30The gates stood silent.
01:06:32Covered in dust.
01:06:33Like a tomb.
01:06:34The moment I stepped forward, the gates swing open on their own.
01:06:37Golden light exploded through the estate.
01:06:39Gasps everywhere.
01:06:40Ancient serpent runes ignited.
01:06:42Fountains awakened.
01:06:44Statues opened glowing eyes.
01:06:45The entire palace came alive.
01:06:48The estate recognizes its mistress.
01:06:51It never responded to anyone.
01:06:53Inside, the walls were lined with maps.
01:06:56Weapons.
01:06:57Military banners.
01:06:58Portraits.
01:06:59Then my oldest son, Cashin, stopped walking.
01:07:01A painting.
01:07:02Not of Darius.
01:07:03Of us.
01:07:04Me.
01:07:05And the triplets.
01:07:06My breath caught.
01:07:07I had never seen it before.
01:07:09Yet somehow, someone had painted every detail perfectly.
01:07:13Cashin picked up a wooden carving.
01:07:14A tiny serpent knight.
01:07:16Uncle Darius made this.
01:07:18What?
01:07:19He always brought us gifts.
01:07:21The servants exchanged looks.
01:07:23As if they suddenly understood something.
01:07:25Something I didn't.
01:07:26I entered Darius' study.
01:07:28A single sealed letter sat on the desk.
01:07:30Addressed to me.
01:07:31I broke the seal.
01:07:33Leora, if you are reading this, then my brother has failed you.
01:07:36I always feared he would.
01:07:38Kale mistakes possession for love.
01:07:40And one day that mistake will cost him everything.
01:07:42My breath caught.
01:07:44I turned the page.
01:07:45Another line waited there.
01:07:47There is something you deserve to know.
01:07:49The day I saw you in the auction arena, I...
01:07:53My lady!
01:07:54The children!
01:07:55What happened?
01:07:57It's Lady Isla.
01:07:58She's gone to find them.
01:07:59You should be grateful.
01:08:01Your mother was lucky anyone wanted her.
01:08:04Mama is the best in the world!
01:08:06The boy's eyes flashed gold.
01:08:08A warning instinct awakened.
01:08:10Don't talk about mom.
01:08:11This royal heir actually showed defensive instinct so early.
01:08:14That's the crown prince and bloodline.
01:08:16The bond mark on my wrist ignited for a second.
01:08:18What happened?
01:08:19It was Kale.
01:08:21Isla's face immediately lost color.
01:08:23Kale!
01:08:24The air in the black market arena was thick with pheromones and iron.
01:08:27Humans were Omega assets here.
01:08:29Displayed inside glass-lit cages like exotic relics.
01:08:33Lot 77!
01:08:34Omega female!
01:08:35Fertility index exceptional!
01:08:37Previously unacclaimed for six months in the Omega Zone!
01:08:41The cage door swings open.
01:08:43I am shoved forward, barefoot, heavy iron shackles clamped around my wrists.
01:08:47My expression stays calm, unflinching.
01:08:49The traders hated that.
01:08:51Most Omegas cried when they entered the arena.
01:08:53Some begged.
01:08:54Some broke.
01:08:55But I would never do that.
01:08:57The moment I believed they owned me, they would truly chain my soul forever.
01:09:01She's... unmarked?
01:09:02Impossible.
01:09:03That body type survived Omega Zone?
01:09:05She looks expensive.
01:09:07And at the center.
01:09:08Serpent King Kale Veereth.
01:09:10Half-shadowed.
01:09:11Immobile.
01:09:12Watching.
01:09:12His tail curled slowly around the throne like a living verdict.
01:09:15A single flick of his fingers.
01:09:17I will take her.
01:09:189,800,000 credits.
01:09:20Auto-accepted.
01:09:21No further bids!
01:09:22Serpent King claims Lot 77 at full sovereign price!
01:09:27The gavel fell.
01:09:28In the serpent world, fertility is a curse.
01:09:31Most females never conceive, but I gave birth to three serpent heirs at once.
01:09:35Cashin, Rowan, and Niko.
01:09:37Annual mate reconfirmation ceremony.
01:09:39The hall was filled with nobles.
01:09:41But tonight, the king did not stand beside his official mate.
01:09:44He holds Isla Saran in his arms, another Omega.
01:09:47Soft.
01:09:48Fragile.
01:09:49Familiar.
01:09:50Leora Vance is no longer my mate.
01:09:52I stood at the far end of the hall.
01:09:54His eyes drifted over my body.
01:09:55I should never have brought you back from that auction.
01:09:57Isla suffered for years because of my mistake.
01:09:59You are nothing but a breeding vessel.
01:10:02I felt the room waiting for me to crumble.
01:10:04To beg.
01:10:05To prove him right.
01:10:06But I had learned long ago in the Omega Zone, the people who enjoy humiliating you never
01:10:11stop when you give them tears.
01:10:12Are you certain?
01:10:13I am the mother of the Virith line.
01:10:15The kingdom needs me.
01:10:16Need you?
01:10:17Those curves, that fertility.
01:10:19That's all you were.
01:10:20You may stay.
01:10:22After all, you did produce hares.
01:10:24But you will no longer be my mate.
01:10:26My brother's household still lacks a mate.
01:10:29You will be transferred to Darius.
01:10:31The lost prince?
01:10:32He's assigning his mate to the vanished war god?
01:10:33Darius Vera.
01:10:34King's brother.
01:10:36The kingdom's most feared war god.
01:10:37He vanished during the Northern Campaign.
01:10:40But one thing remained unchanged.
01:10:41No one had ever dared claim his title.
01:10:43The man who had visited too often.
01:10:45Even when I was first bought at the auction, I remember it now.
01:10:49He was there.
01:10:50Sitting at the edge of the arena shadows.
01:10:52Not bidding.
01:10:53Just watching me.
01:10:54He wanted me.
01:10:55And that scared me more than Kale's cruelty ever did.
01:10:58My eyes met Kale's without trembling.
01:11:00If I am being transferred like property, then I refuse to belong to anyone who discarded me.
01:11:05At the center of the chamber floated an enormous silver scroll.
01:11:08Hundreds of glowing names drifted across its surface.
01:11:10Every bonded pair in the serpent kingdom.
01:11:12King Kale Virith.
01:11:14You are requesting a permanent mate transfer decree?
01:11:18Once removed from the blood scroll, this bond can never be restored.
01:11:22Do you know how many clans would start a war for an omega like her?
01:11:25She carried triplets and survived.
01:11:27That's practically royal blood level.
01:11:28Proceed.
01:11:29He answered coldly, without looking at me once.
01:11:31The elder raised his staff.
01:11:33Runes ignited beneath my feet.
01:11:35Ancient magic awakened.
01:11:37The golden scroll slowly unfurled itself.
01:11:39Then my name appeared.
01:11:40Leora Vance.
01:11:41Mate of Kale Virith.
01:11:43The entire chamber trembled.
01:11:45The silver letters of my name began to crack.
01:11:47One by one.
01:11:48For a second, I couldn't breathe.
01:11:51I collapsed to my knees.
01:11:52As if all the strength had drained out of me.
01:11:54A tiny cry suddenly echoed through the hall.
01:11:57My children.
01:11:58The magic wasn't finished.
01:11:59Another line slowly appeared.
01:12:01Leora Vance.
01:12:02Mate of Darius Virith.
01:12:04Then something unexpected happened.
01:12:06Silver flames raced through the names.
01:12:08What is happening?
01:12:09The elder's face had gone pale.
01:12:12Impossible.
01:12:13For the first time all night, Kale looked up.
01:12:15The moment Prince Darius returns, the scroll will complete the claiming ceremony.
01:12:19Kale's expression changed.
01:12:21He had just given away something he would never get back.
01:12:24The next morning, the palace servants arrived.
01:12:27Not to help me move.
01:12:28To remove me.
01:12:29Careful with those.
01:12:31Anything that belonged to the former mate goes.
01:12:34Isla, wearing Kale's royal robes, issued an eviction order against me.
01:12:37Former mate.
01:12:38The word spread through the courtyard.
01:12:40Like a disease.
01:12:41Servants avoided my eyes.
01:12:43Some looked embarrassed.
01:12:45Most looked relieved.
01:12:46The king's discarded mate was no longer their concern.
01:12:49Isla pointed toward my herb garden.
01:12:51Rip it out!
01:12:52It's ugly!
01:12:55Lady Leora planted those for the royal earth.
01:12:57Isla's smile never moved.
01:12:59Then plant prettier ones.
01:13:00The roots were torn from the earth.
01:13:02One by one.
01:13:04Mama!
01:13:05It's alright, don't be afraid.
01:13:07Then Isla picked up the toy.
01:13:09That Kale had carved years ago.
01:13:10This junk too.
01:13:13The toy hit the ground.
01:13:14Crack!
01:13:15Enjoy the palace.
01:13:17Everything worth having was never yours.
01:13:20By sunset.
01:13:21I stood outside the palace gates.
01:13:24She has nothing.
01:13:25Where will she take the heirs?
01:13:26Poor thing.
01:13:28Three children.
01:13:29No baggage.
01:13:30Nowhere to go.
01:13:32A horn echoed across the city.
01:13:34Once.
01:13:35Twice.
01:13:35Three times.
01:13:37Every head turned.
01:13:38Black armored riders entered the capital.
01:13:40Elite royal guards.
01:13:41The crowd immediately stepped aside.
01:13:43The captain dismounted.
01:13:45Walked directly toward me.
01:13:46Lady Leora.
01:13:47The prince's household has come to escort you home.
01:13:51The estate died when the prince vanished.
01:13:53Nobody had entered Darius Veritha's estate for years.
01:13:56Not since the day he disappeared.
01:13:58The gates stood silent.
01:13:59The gates stood silent.
01:14:00Covered in dust.
01:14:01Like a tomb.
01:14:02The moment I stepped forward, the gates swing open on their own.
01:14:05Golden light exploded through the estate.
01:14:07Gasps everywhere.
01:14:08Ancient serpent runes ignited.
01:14:10Fountains awakened.
01:14:11Statues opened glowing eyes.
01:14:13The entire palace came alive.
01:14:16The estate recognizes its mistress.
01:14:19It never responded to anyone.
01:14:21Inside, the walls were lined with maps.
01:14:23Weapons.
01:14:24Military banners.
01:14:26Portraits.
01:14:27Then my oldest son Cashin stopped walking.
01:14:29A painting.
01:14:30Not of Darius.
01:14:31Of us.
01:14:32Me.
01:14:33And the triplets.
01:14:33My breath caught.
01:14:35I had never seen it before.
01:14:37Yet somehow, someone had painted every detail perfectly.
01:14:40Cashin picked up a wooden carving.
01:14:42A tiny serpent knight.
01:14:44Uncle Darius made this.
01:14:46What?
01:14:47He always brought us gifts.
01:14:49The servants exchanged looks.
01:14:50As if they suddenly understood something.
01:14:53Something I didn't.
01:14:54I entered Darius' study.
01:14:56A single sealed letter sat on the desk.
01:14:58Addressed to me.
01:14:59I broke the seal.
01:15:01Leora, if you are reading this,
01:15:02then my brother has failed you.
01:15:04I always feared he would.
01:15:06Kale mistakes possession for love.
01:15:08And one day, that mistake will cost him everything.
01:15:10My breath caught.
01:15:11I turned the page.
01:15:13Another line waited there.
01:15:14There is something you deserve to know.
01:15:16The day I saw you in the auction arena, I...
01:15:20My lady!
01:15:22The children!
01:15:23What happened?
01:15:24It's Lady Isla.
01:15:25She's gone to find them.
01:15:27You should be grateful.
01:15:29Your mother was lucky anyone wanted her.
01:15:32Mom is the best in the world!
01:15:34The boy's eyes flashed gold.
01:15:35A warning instinct awakened.
01:15:37Don't talk about Mom!
01:15:39This royal heir actually showed defensive instincts so early.
01:15:42That's the crown prince and bloodline.
01:15:43The bond mark on my wrist ignited for a second.
01:15:46What happened?
01:15:47It was Kale.
01:15:49Isla's face immediately lost colour.
01:15:51Kale!
01:15:51uncertain. Today received
01:15:51saved saved ... Today died...
01:15:52... ...HEYedeli
01:15:52... You're not alone,
01:15:52you're fake towards a
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