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00:01In my past life, when the Rizu family raided the Veloti private island estate, my husband Dante, Don of the
00:08Veloti family, took all armed forces and sailed the flagship super yacht out to sea to celebrate the birthday of
00:14his first love, Lila.
00:15Pregnant, I crawled out through the underground maintenance utility tunnels to find him and led the men back to defend
00:20the estate that Lila was captured and brutally killed by the remaining killer. Dante wiped out the remaining enemies and
00:26did not say a single word the whole time.
00:30On the day I gave birth, he shot me in the stomach and then threw my body into the deep
00:35sea. Dante said,
00:36You let your jealousy draw the enemies here and killed her. Since you love competing with her for my favor
00:42so much, I'll make sure you die just like her.
00:49When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day the Rizu family launched their attack. This time,
00:55if he wanted to protect his first love, so be it.
01:00The moment I was reborn, I saw black assault speedboats of the Rizzo family speeding toward the shore. I pressed
01:06the estate's level one security alarm immediately.
01:09The sharp siren spread across the entire private island, but the flagship super yacht, the only vessel that could evacuate
01:14everyone, was gone.
01:16Sarah, my personal assistant, stumbled over to me with a trembling voice.
01:20Lady Alara, the Rizzo men have come ashore. Where has all the security gone? The yacht is missing too. What
01:28do we do?
01:29Before I could answer, all the spouses, maids, and clerical staff gathered around, staring at me with terrified eyes.
01:35As the only person who knew the truth, I spoke calmly.
01:38Dante took all security teams and weapons. Flagship. He sailed the flagship out to open sea for Lila's birthday.
01:50The Valenti matriarch clenched her shawl and snapped in sharp anger.
01:54Has he lost his mind? He knows the Rizzo family is always looking for a chance to strike back, and
02:00he dared to strip the island of all defenses.
02:05That woman, Lila, I always said she had bad intentions. She acts weak, strings him along, and now she will
02:13drag the whole family to hell.
02:15Her fury lit a fuse, and all the women angrily cursed Lila. When they cursed, the assault points reached the
02:22shore.
02:22The crowd grew more panicked. I forced myself to calm down, and ordered everyone to retreat to the underground bunker.
02:29This underground bunker was built by the Valenti family, specifically to deal with surprise attacks.
02:34The cramped bunker was packed with people. From above our heads came the lewd laughter of hitmen hunting for prey.
02:40Panic spread like a disease in everyone's heart. The only way to save everyone was to crawl out through the
02:46maintenance tunnels connected to the bunker, and call for backup on a spare boat.
02:50The matriarch grabbed my wrist. Her palms slipped with cold sweat.
02:55Alara, you can operate a boat. Go out. Find Dante. Tell him to bring the men back.
03:04I gave her a hollow smile. Even if I find him, he won't come back. Not for me.
03:10Silence fell over the room.
03:13Three months ago, after Dante saved Lila in a gunfight, he stayed by her side constantly, even moving his office
03:19to her seaside villa.
03:21He even sat beside her at the family's quarterly banquets.
03:23Our subordinates privately teased that, saying they looked like a real couple.
03:27He heard those rumors and did not care. If anything, he grew bolder.
03:31He stayed even closer to her, and made their bond more obvious, as if daring me to say something.
03:36I lost count of how many times I had screamed at him, and demanded to know who his wife actually
03:41was.
03:42He called me petty and jealous, and told me I was imagining things.
03:46Whatever we had once had, could not survive what he felt for her.
03:49Just when no one knew what to do, Rain stepped forward.
03:52He was Dante's biological younger brother, and the underboss of the family.
03:56Rain said,
03:57Let me go. I know everyone on the security detail.
04:00Besides, you're pregnant.
04:03If something happened to you, I'd never be able to face my brother.
04:06Before anyone could argue, he slipped into the utility tunnel entrance, and disappeared into the dark.
04:13We huddled in the underground bunker.
04:15Every breath was held.
04:16Every heart silently begged the same thing.
04:19Do not let them find us.
04:20They found us anyway.
04:21A hitman said,
04:22There's a reinforced blast door over here.
04:24I bet everyone's hiding inside.
04:26No territory this size stays empty.
04:28Another hitman said,
04:30I knew it.
04:31Put it open!
04:32Don't let a single one escape!
04:34Heavy blows from a battering ramp rang out, one after another, shaking the overhead lights.
04:38The women turned pale with fear, and could only pray the men would come back to save them soon.
04:43About half an hour later, Rain crawled back through the access hatch, covered in dust.
04:47The crowd relaxed at once, thinking backup had arrived.
04:49But he met their eyes with a red-rimmed gaze, and wiped the dirt from his face.
04:53I'm sorry.
04:56They won't come back.
04:58The matriarch grabbed his arm urgently.
05:00Why won't they come back?
05:02Their wives, children, and elderly family lovers are in here.
05:06Rain turned his face to show the swollen red mark on his cheek.
05:09He slapped me.
05:10The Rizzo family would never attack out of nowhere.
05:13He said that you and I lied to him, just to ruin Lila's birthday party.
05:17Seeing the clear handprint on his face, the crowd burned with anger and resentment.
05:22They cursed Lila as a curse, and Dante as negligent, willing to risk the whole family for one woman.
05:28Just then, a loud explosion went off.
05:30The hitman used high explosives.
05:32The bunker's blast door would hold for at most one more hour.
05:36I calmed the trembling crowd and spoke to them.
05:38Our satellite crew on Pizzo Island is 20 minutes away by boat.
05:42I'll go call for help.
05:44The matriarch squeezed my arm, her old hand shaking uncontrollably.
05:47Alara, everyone's lives depend on you.
05:50You have to bring help back.
05:53I nodded.
05:54Holding my pregnant belly, I crawled back to the surface through the moldy, stinking tunnels.
06:00I started the spare speedboat and raced full speed toward Pizzo Island.
06:06When the boat hit the beach, several armed security guards in black were already waiting there.
06:11At their head was Marco, the family's capo regime and security chief.
06:15Hadn't he gone out to sea with Dante?
06:16Why was he here?
06:17I had no time to think.
06:19I stumbled toward him, ready to explain the situation.
06:21He suddenly grabbed my arm and yanked me off the boat, his eyes full of disgust.
06:27Ilarra, how can a woman be as crazy as you?
06:31I stared at him in confusion.
06:34What do you mean?
06:35Marco let out a scornful laugh.
06:38The Don told me to wait here.
06:39He said you'd spread lies about a Ritsu attack.
06:43With Rain's help, just to ruin Miss Lila's birthday party out of jealousy.
06:48Hearing that, I shook with rage.
06:50Dante had gone so far as to post a guard on my only route to stop me from calling for
06:54help.
06:54I spoke urgently, every word sharp with urgency.
06:58The Ritsu family is already attacking.
06:59I'm not here to spread lies.
07:01I'm here for backup.
07:02If no help arrives in an hour, everyone on the estate will die.
07:06Perhaps my expression was too serious.
07:08A flicker of doubt crossed his face.
07:10After all, his wife, daughter, and mother were all on the estate.
07:14Marco was about to contact Dante on his encrypted earpiece when a guard beside him spoke in a low voice.
07:19If there really was an attack, how would the Don not know about it?
07:25The guard spoke with almost devout trust.
07:27Dante was ex-Special Forces.
07:29He was decisive and ruthless.
07:31He had led the family to fend off three waves of rival forces and built the family's defense network with
07:36his own hands.
07:37To everyone there, he was the most reliable man they knew.
07:40After less than a second of silence, Marco burst out laughing.
07:43Hey Lara, you're a good actor.
07:46You almost had me.
07:49I know exactly what kind of man the Don is.
07:52Do you think someone like him, who can identify danger in advance, would miss the attack by his arch-rival
07:58family?
07:59At his mockery, my chest tightened with pain and tears burned behind my eyes.
08:04Every minute wasted put the people inside in more danger.
08:07I tried to rush past him.
08:09Marco stepped in first and pinned me down.
08:11He bound me tightly with zip-tie restraints.
08:14With me here, you're not going anywhere today.
08:17He dragged me onto a speedboat with a cold face and turned toward the open sea.
08:21The boat cut through the waves.
08:23I watched Pizzo Island grow farther and farther away and close my eyes in despair.
08:28Out on the open sea, the Valenti flagship blazed with lights.
08:31The deck was laid with wool carpets.
08:33A string quartet played a waltz.
08:34All the corps members stood around singing happy birthday to Lila.
08:38She wore a custom evening gown and danced in Dante's arms to the song.
08:41Looking at the man who had dragged me into the abyss time and time again, an overwhelming hatred surged through
08:47my body.
08:47The estate was about to fall, and he was still dancing with his first love.
08:53When they noticed my arrival, they stopped dancing.
08:56Lila walked over to me on her own, her voice soft and delicate.
09:00Alara, this is all my fault.
09:03If it weren't for my birthday, you wouldn't have to go around spreading rumors about an enemy attack.
09:08As she spoke, she leaned softly into Dante's chest.
09:11When she met my eyes, a faint, triumphant smile tugged at the corner of her mouth.
09:15Dante stroked the top of her head affectionately, then looked at me with nothing but disgust.
09:20None of this was her fault.
09:23She was just kind and naive.
09:26You're the narrow-minded one.
09:28You actually risked putting the whole family in crisis just to get my attention.
09:33My mind was full of the people back at the estate.
09:35I had no patience for their games.
09:37I took a deep breath and spoke to him gravely.
09:40The bunker blast door won't hold much longer.
09:43If it breaks, every spouse inside will be brutalized by the Rizzo men.
09:47My warning earned me nothing but a hard slap across the face.
09:51Alara, the more you act like this, the more disgusting you are.
09:55I struggled wildly, but the restaurants were too tight to break.
09:58My eyes burned with urgency.
09:59I begged him desperately.
10:01I could accept you refusing to come back, but why was you stopping me from calling for help?
10:07Soon it would be too late.
10:09But Dante did not loosen the restraints.
10:11He gave a cold order instead.
10:12Lock her in the lower deck brig overnight.
10:15Teach her a lesson for lying.
10:17With that, he put his arm around Lila's waist and walked back to the dance floor.
10:21They began dancing against the music.
10:23I was dragged into the cold lower deck.
10:25The metal walls hummed with the chill of the sea.
10:27Laughter and music drifted down through the vents, sharp and cruel.
10:31I leaned against the wall, calculating how much longer the blast door could hold.
10:35Every second felt like torture.
10:36I knew with perfect clarity that those living, breathing people were dying fast.
10:42There was nothing I could do.
10:43I could only watch the last chance for rescue slip away.
10:46It was over.
10:51Everything was over.
10:52The birthday party lasted until early morning.
10:55Only then did the guests wind down and order the yacht to turn back.
10:58They laughed and talked the whole way back, debating Lila's gown and the vintage champagne from the party.
11:03But when the yacht docked, all they saw was collapsed ruins and bodies scattered across the ground.
11:08The whole estate was dead silent.
11:11The entrance to the underground bunker gaped open.
11:14The stench of rot and blood rolled out on the sea breeze.
11:17The shelter that had been packed with women and children now held nothing but broken limbs and torn bodies.
11:23Everything was destroyed.
11:25Marco's boots stepped into a pool of still wet blood.
11:28Half a silver thimble rested in the blood.
11:30He recognized it at once.
11:31It was the thimble his mother always used for sewing.
11:35How could this happen?
11:37His voice shook so badly, it barely sounded like his own.
11:40When he bent to pick up the thimble, his knees slammed hard into the ground.
11:44He fell to his knees and broke down, sobbing.
11:46A young guard dropped to his knees, too.
11:48He picked up a tiny pink strawberry hair clip with shaking fingers.
11:52It was the clip his little sister wore in her bangs every day.
11:55He pressed the clip to his forehead.
11:56His shoulders shook violently.
11:58He slapped himself over and over across the face.
12:01I shouldn't have left you.
12:05Regret spread through the crowd like a plague.
12:07Some punched the broken walls.
12:09Some sat on the ground, numbly, whispering the names of their dead loved ones.
12:13Some held each other and cried.
12:15I slid slowly down the wall until I sat on the ground.
12:18My chest hurt so badly I could barely breathe.
12:20A tear fell onto the back of my hand.
12:23Only then did I realize I was already crying.
12:26Looking at the carnage, Lila choked back sops and put on a face of utter grief.
12:30Why today, of all days, did the Ritzo family know it was my birthday, too?
12:36Her voice was quiet, but loud enough for everyone to hear.
12:39Those words were like cold water thrown in hot oil.
12:42Dante snapped his head up and pinned me with a furious glare.
12:45You knew the Ritzo would come, didn't you?
12:48You picked today on purpose to frame Lila.
12:51You've targeted her since the day she arrived.
12:53Now you've sacrificed the whole family just to feed your jealousy.
12:59I looked at his twisted face.
13:01I felt only absurdity.
13:03To protect Lila, he was going to blame the entire enemy attack on me.
13:07Another hard slap cracked across my face, burning hot and sharp.
13:11I stumbled backward and hid a metal cabinet behind me.
13:13The taste of blood filled my mouth.
13:15Marco grabbed me by the collar, his eyes wild with rage.
13:18You led the Ritzo here, didn't you?
13:21Just to get back at the dawn.
13:22I shook my head, tears blurring my vision.
13:25He slammed me hard into the ground and pressed his knee into my stomach.
13:31The back of my head hit the concrete floor hard.
13:35Pain exploded behind my eyes.
13:37One man stepped forward to stop him, unable to watch.
13:40You know what kind of woman Lady Elisa is.
13:42How many times has she tutored our kids?
13:45Who carried the wounded three miles during the last shootout?
13:51You don't understand.
13:52She's the one who let them in.
13:54Why else would only she be fine?
13:59My mom, my wife, my kid.
14:02How could you do this?
14:04More and more men gave in to their rage and closed in around me.
14:08Their eyes were red with hatred.
14:09They stepped closer and closer.
14:11I shrank back, curling my arms around my stomach.
14:14Just when I thought I would die there, Dante walked through the crowd and stood in front of me.
14:21The security guard stepped aside automatically to let him pass.
14:25He wore a crisp custom suit and polished leather shoes.
14:28He stood in stark, ugly contrast to the blood-covered people around him.
14:33I huddled in the corner, my fingers twisted tight in my dress.
14:37The baby inside me seemed to sense danger and gave a soft kick.
14:40Dante squatted down in front of me and brushed the messy hair off my forehead.
14:45Alara.
14:45He spoke my name like a sigh, his thumb brushing my swollen cheek.
14:50Does it hurt?
14:51His warm breath brushed my ear, but his words were poisoned.
14:54You are my wife, but you killed everyone in this family.
15:00I can't let you live.
15:02He had come to pass sentence on me.
15:04If he branded me as a traitor who had lured enemies to the island, he could execute me openly.
15:09Then no one would remember that he was the one who had stripped the island of defenses.
15:13When Dante's boot slammed hard into my stomach, I heard the sound of something alive, shattering.
15:18I curled up on the ground.
15:19My nails digging into the cracks of the concrete floor.
15:22Warm blood pooled between my legs and snaked across the gray ground in a bright, cruel trail.
15:28I shook and pressed my hand to my stomach.
15:30The soft curve that had been there only moments before was gone.
15:34Flat and cold.
15:35Five months of life.
15:36Seventeen little kicks.
15:37All the nights I'd talked to the ultrasound picture alone, all of it turned to blood under that one kick.
15:44Lila was still standing next to me, righteously accusing me.
15:47Elada, this is so wrong of you.
15:49Even if I spend time with Dante, you've always been the most important person to him.
15:54How could you joke about something like this?
15:56She blinked and let a single, perfect tear slide down her cheek.
16:00Just as Dante raised his hand to order the guards to take me away, a sharp shout cut through the
16:04air.
16:04Stop!
16:06Rain walked over with a group of children.
16:08Only then did everyone learn what had happened.
16:10To preserve the family bloodline, the matriarch had led all the women to a desperate final stand.
16:16They had given their lives to carve a path of escape for the children.
16:19The frantic men rushed forward and hugged their surviving children.
16:23The children were safe, but the mothers and grandmothers who had died would never come back.
16:27Dante's face turned deathly pale.
16:30His lips pressed into a hard, thin line.
16:32He could not speak a single word.
16:34We survived.
16:35Rain turned and pointed straight at his own brother, his eyes burning with hatred.
16:39If you hadn't taken all the men and all the weapons, none of this would have happened.
16:46You and Leela killed everyone.
16:49Marco stared at him with bloodshot eyes, his voice rough and raw.
16:53Don, you told us Lady Allura was lying out of jealousy.
16:56You told us to stay and enjoy the birthday with you and Leela.
16:59Now look, how did my mom die?
17:02Where are my wife and kid?
17:04The men who had lost their families advanced on him, furious.
17:07Dante's face went whiter and whiter.
17:10He stepped backward.
17:11I looked at all the blood on the ground and let silent tears fall.
17:14I had been reborn.
17:16I had saved myself, but I had not saved everyone.
17:19The screaming crowd lunged at Dante and Leela.
17:22Their cries of pain rose one after another.
17:24I should have felt satisfied, but all I felt was endless, hollow sorrow.
17:29The next second, I passed out.
17:31When I opened my eyes again, the sharp smell of antiseptic filled my nose.
17:37Outside the window, the occasional crash of collapsing buildings sent plumes of dust into the air.
17:42I lay in a bed at the makeshift medical station, listening to the metal frame creak under its own weight.
17:47The wound on my stomach ached dully.
17:50The flat feel under the bandages was a constant reminder of the baby I would never hold.
17:54Marco knelt straight and rigid on the floor.
17:57When he heard me move, he looked up sharply.
17:59His hard, stern face was streaked with tears and snot.
18:03He struck his forehead hard against the floor once, his voice trembling.
18:07I am not a man.
18:10I have failed you, my lady.
18:13Rain waved a hand in front of my eyes.
18:16Alara, you look terrible.
18:18He draped his tactical coat over my shoulders.
18:21I came back to my senses.
18:23I realized my nails had dug deep into my palms.
18:26The damp sea wind rolled in through the window, carrying the taste of rust.
18:30It merged eerily with the memory of blood in the delivery room.
18:33Marco kept apologizing over and over.
18:36Enough.
18:37You only trusted his judgment?
18:39As soon as I finished speaking, Rain slapped the back of Marco's head.
18:43Now you know you were wrong.
18:46Weren't you pretty tough when you grabbed her earlier?
18:49Marco did not dodge or flinch.
18:50He suddenly grabbed my hand and pressed it against his own face.
18:53His cheekbone dug into my knuckles, sharp and hard.
18:56Hot liquid dripped down our laced fingers.
18:59No one could tell if it was his tears or the blood from my palm.
19:02I deserve to die.
19:04I was blind.
19:06I...
19:07Enough.
19:09I knew the pain of losing family would be a scar on him for life.
19:12But I was also drowning in my own grief over the baby.
19:15I had no more comfort to give.
19:17After a long silence, I spoke.
19:19My voice was soft, but sharp with icy resolve.
19:22Marco, do something for me.
19:24I want Dante and Leela to pay.
19:27He lifted his head sharply.
19:29His red-rimmed eyes held firm resolve.
19:32He nodded heavily.
19:33I follow your orders.
19:35Rain was the first to stand up.
19:36That heartless bastard doesn't deserve to be Don.
19:39Why should we trust him with our lives?
19:41Marco stood in silence.
19:43He drew a custom, tactical knife from his waist.
19:45It had been a promotional gift from Dante years ago.
19:48He stamped hard on the blade with his boot.
19:51The steel blade snapped clean in two.
19:53From today on, I, Marco, swear fealty only to Lady Alara.
19:58He dropped to one knee.
19:59He held the broken blade above his head and pressed his right hand to the family crest on his chest.
20:04It was the highest oath of loyalty in a mafia family.
20:07Like a signal being lit, more people filed into the room from outside.
20:11Branch leaders, security captains, even representatives from the retired elders.
20:16They dropped to one knee, one by one.
20:19Right hands pressed to their chests.
20:21We pledge our loyalty to Lady Alara.
20:23I leaned against the headboard.
20:25Watching the dark crowd below, my fingertips trembled slightly.
20:29The pain of losing my child still gnawed at my bones.
20:32But I knew I could not fall.
20:34I pushed myself up slowly with my arms.
20:37Rain stepped forward at once to support me.
20:40Help me up.
20:43It's time to go see our good Don.
20:46In the basement holding cell, Dante and Lila were strapped to metal chairs.
20:50The once glorious Don of Valenti was now covered in blood.
20:53His suit crumpled and torn.
20:55Yet he still held his spine straight.
20:57There was no trace of cowardice or begging in his eyes.
21:00Lila huddled beside him.
21:02Her hair messy.
21:03Her face streaked with tears.
21:05She saw me walk in, and her eyes reddened at once.
21:08Mr. Alara, I know I was wrong.
21:10I shouldn't have taken your husband.
21:12I'll give Dante back to you.
21:14Please let me go, won't you?
21:15I did not look at her.
21:16My gaze fell straight on Dante's face.
21:19He glared up at me fiercely as a trapped lion.
21:21Elara, you dare betray your superior?
21:24I am the Don of the Valenti family.
21:26I walked slowly to stand in front of him,
21:29looking down with the faintest smile.
21:33Don?
21:35Dante, do you even deserve to say that word?
21:37You abandoned your post for a woman.
21:40You stripped the island of all defenses.
21:42You let enemies overrun the estate,
21:45and get our women and elders killed.
21:47Do you deserve the Valenti name?
21:50Do you deserve the dead?
21:52He strained against his chains,
21:53making them rattle loudly.
21:55Bullshit!
21:56You colluded with the Rizzo family!
21:58You led them here on purpose!
21:59You're just jealous of Lila!
22:01I laughed out loud, my tone thick with scorn.
22:03Jealous?
22:04Dante, you think far too high of yourself.
22:07You think I care about your cheap, worthless affection?
22:10What I care about is the Valenti family's hundred-year legacy.
22:14What I care about are the lives on this island.
22:17And you destroyed all of it.
22:20For some cheap mistress.
22:22Lila cried harder, gasping out her defense.
22:25No, I didn't.
22:26Dante, tell her it's not like that.
22:28Dante roared at me.
22:29Shut your mouth!
22:30Lila is innocent and kind.
22:32You drove her to this.
22:33Alara, let me go now and I'll let this slide.
22:36Otherwise, when I get out...
22:37I cut him off coldly.
22:39There will be no otherwise.
22:43Now you can talk to your brother.
22:45You can talk to your brother.
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