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00:03My son will replace you.
00:07Celesta Hart, my father's mistress.
00:10Now his mistress was sitting on my birthday swing, telling me her unborn son would take my place.
00:15A bastard daughter about to lose her throne should learn to step aside.
00:19Say that again.
00:21Bastard.
00:25Do you understand?
00:26I didn't cry. I didn't run. I pressed record.
00:29People in Black Harbor should mean what they say.
00:36Then I walked back to the main house.
00:41Mom, do you know what dad's little bitch just said to me?
00:45What did she say?
00:46I played the recording for her.
00:48He'll become the king of Black Harbor.
00:51Bastard.
00:52Do you understand?
00:57Mom.
01:00Can an heir really be replaced?
01:02Yes.
01:05If you only wait for someone to protect you.
01:08But if you learn to defend your place, no one can take it from you.
01:14Tonight, don't close the curtains.
01:17Why?
01:19Because I'm going to teach you your first lesson.
01:23I thought my mother was only warning me.
01:25But in Black Harbor, a warning is never just a warning.
01:30Keep watching.
01:31That night, the glass villa across from us burned.
01:35It wasn't light.
01:36It was fire.
01:37My mother wasn't losing control.
01:39She was sending Black Harbor a message.
01:42My position as heir was not open for replacement.
01:45And this was only your first lesson.
01:49By dawn, the fire was out.
01:51The glass villa across from us was nothing but black bones.
01:54Then my father came home.
01:55Deontay Moretti, the dawn of Black Harbor.
01:57He controlled the docks, the casinos, the shipping routes, and half the city's fear.
02:00Before I run into his arms, I stayed on the Stair Taser.
02:03I wanted to see who he had come back for.
02:05He didn't ask if I was hurt.
02:06He didn't ask why Solista had touched me.
02:08He stormed straight into the living room.
02:11My mother was sitting on the sofa, drinking tea, as if she had been expecting him.
02:15My father stopped in front of her and slapped her.
02:17Blood appeared at the corner of my mother's mouth.
02:20Victoria Kane, have you lost your mind?
02:22Celesta almost died in that house.
02:24She is carrying my son!
02:26My son.
02:27Those two words told me everything.
02:30My mother slowly lifted her head.
02:31Then she smiled.
02:32Is that so?
02:35You knew she was inside!
02:36I was giving my daughter fireworks.
02:39How was I supposed to know your mistress would stand so close?
02:42The room went silent.
02:44Touch her again, and I'll make you regret it.
02:46My father pulled out his gun and pressed it against my mother's forehead.
02:49My mother leaned into the barrel.
02:51Shoot.
02:53Let's see how long the dawn of Black Harbor survives without Kane money, Kane routes, and Kane protection.
03:00His hand started to shake.
03:03I walked down the stairs.
03:05I stood beside my mother.
03:07Dad.
03:10If I had been in that villa, would you be this angry too?
03:14He didn't answer.
03:15That was the answer.
03:16The second he looked at me, my mother grabbed his wrist.
03:20The gun fell into her hand against his temple.
03:23Dante.
03:24If you're tired of this marriage, sign the divorce papers.
03:29Divorce.
03:30Unless I die, you are not leaving the Morecci family.
03:35That can be arranged.
03:38Watching them, I felt the family I had believed in for 18 years begin to crack.
03:45Neither of them fired.
03:47Not that day.
03:50My father fixed his sleeves and spoke like nothing had happened.
03:55I can pretend last night never happened.
03:58How generous.
04:00Celeste house is gone.
04:02The doctor said she needs a quiet place to recover.
04:05My stomach tightened.
04:07I already knew what he was going to say.
04:11Tomorrow morning, I'm moving her into the main house.
04:13You're bringing her into my home?
04:18Arya, don't talk like that.
04:21This is the Moretti main house.
04:24It doesn't belong to you alone.
04:28Then what am I?
04:29Your daughter?
04:30Or an obstacle in your son's path?
04:32The guards lowered their heads.
04:34My father's face hardened.
04:36You're 18. Stop acting like a spoiled child.
04:39A spoiled child?
04:40That hurt more than the cold look in his eyes.
04:44Celeste had said her son would replace me.
04:47Now I knew she wasn't threatening me.
04:49She was saying what my father was too ashamed to say.
04:52My mother stood and walked toward him.
04:56You want me to raise the son you had with your mistress?
04:59It is the best arrangement for the family.
05:00When the child is born, he can be registered under your name.
05:03You will remain Mrs. Moretti and Arya will remain my daughter.
05:07Dante, are you scared?
05:09Scared of what?
05:11Scared everyone will remember that everything you have came from me.
05:15His eyes change.
05:16That is why you need a son.
05:18A son to prove the Moretti crown still belongs to you.
05:20A son to help you forget you only became king because a cane woman allowed it.
05:25That was when I understood.
05:26He didn't love Celeste that much.
05:28He needed a son. A son who could make him feel like a real king.
05:31Don't push me.
05:32I gave you 18 years.
05:33You brought filth in front of my daughter first.
05:38Tomorrow she's moving in.
05:40If you're unhappy, I can give you the West Dock.
05:43Dante.
05:46Touch what is mine and I take your life.
05:49Hurt my daughter and I'll make sure you can't even kneel to beg.
05:54You don't scare me.
05:57Mom. As he left, my mother looked at me.
05:59I didn't ask her to protect me.
06:06I don't want a new father to know how to make him regret this.
06:09Good. That sounds like my daughter.
06:12The next morning, Celeste moved into the main house.
06:16My father held her like she was made of glass.
06:19He didn't look at me.
06:22Then Celeste saw my birthday swing.
06:27Dante! I'm scared.
06:29I fell from a swing when I was little.
06:31Every time I see one, the baby feels wrong.
06:33Take it down.
06:36Why?
06:37Arya, stop making a scene.
06:39That was my birthday gift.
06:41You called me your heir when you gave it to me.
06:44Are you tearing down the swing?
06:46Or my place in this family?
06:50Arya, don't be like this.
06:51You still don't understand.
06:53Your father wants a son.
06:55Once my son is born, the Morecci heir will change.
06:59You forgot again. The recording was still on.
07:03Dad, are you still going to say I'm the one causing trouble?
07:07Dante! She hates me! She hates our baby!
07:11Apologize.
07:12You heard what she said.
07:14I said apologize.
07:16Maybe Arya should leave the main house for a while. Her presence is bad for our son.
07:20Send Arya to the old house.
07:22You're really sending me away? For a son who isn't even born yet?
07:25Just temporarily.
07:26He didn't answer.
07:28No need.
07:30My mother's voice came from the stairs.
07:35If she says my daughter threatens her son, then let's make sure that son will never inherit Moretti.
07:42For the first time, I didn't hide behind my mother.
07:46Dad, you still have one last chance.
07:49Am I still the Moretti heir?
07:51He said nothing.
07:54I understand.
07:56I understand.
07:57Victoria, what do you mean?
07:58My mother didn't answer him.
08:01She lifted my hand and looked at the mark Salida left.
08:05Does it hurt?
08:08Not much.
08:09You've learned to endure pain.
08:11I'm not enduring it.
08:12I'm remembering it.
08:18You said your son would inherit Black Harbor.
08:21Then you should first learn what a family audit means.
08:25Men in black suits stepped out of the shadows.
08:28They weren't my father's guards.
08:30Cane people?
08:32The file.
08:34A black case opened.
08:36Inside were medical reports, a recorder, a private clinic receipt, and a secret agreement.
08:40My mother didn't take the papers.
08:43Aria, you read them.
08:45She wants to replace you.
08:47Then you should see what she planned to use.
08:49My fingers shook when I picked up the first report.
08:52But I didn't step back.
08:54Celeste had never been pregnant.
08:56For three months, a Pwingle controlled clinic clinic forged her pregnancy records.
09:00The scans, blood tests, even the signatures were bought.
09:03The second document was worse.
09:05It was an agreement between Celeste and Blackwell's lawyers.
09:07Enter the main house, push Aria out, create the illusion of a male heir.
09:12She wasn't just my father's mistress.
09:15She was a weapon sent into my home.
09:18She isn't pregnant.
09:21She never had a son.
09:24And you were ready to throw me away for a child that never existed.
09:29My father froze.
09:31Celeste stopped crying.
09:32No! Dante, let me explain!
09:36Then the recorder played.
09:37Dante only wants a son.
09:39He is too easy to fool.
09:40Once I enter the main house, that girl will be gone.
09:43Black Harbor will have a new heir.
09:46I thought he would apologize.
09:48He didn't.
09:49Verify it.
09:50You still need verification?
09:52He doesn't need verification.
09:56He needs time to decide how it could be sharper than begging for his wrong.
10:03Celeste was on her knees, mascara running down her face.
10:06My father held the report like it had emptied him.
10:09But he still didn't apologize.
10:10Celeste is connected to Blackwell.
10:13If I move against her now, Black Harbor could fall into chaos.
10:17So?
10:18In my father's order of things, his real daughter always came last.
10:22Dante! I love you!
10:25Blackwell forced me.
10:26They said they would kill me if I refused.
10:30He didn't push her away.
10:32Dad.
10:35Do you know what the funniest part is?
10:39She didn't trick you.
10:41She only told you the lie you wanted to believe.
10:45You wanted to believe you had a son.
10:48You wanted to believe he would be better than me.
10:51You wanted to stop admitting that half of the Moretti crown came from Cain.
10:55I used to wait for you to choose me.
10:57I'm done waiting.
10:59Mom, I want to see the family registry.
11:01What?
11:02Now.
11:05I opened it to the page for the main house.
11:08My name was written first.
11:11If the registry says this house belongs to me, then from now on this house is mine.
11:17My mother raised her hand.
11:18Cane men surrounded the entrance.
11:20Victoria, what are you doing?
11:21Clearing the house.
11:21Please take your guest and leave my main house.
11:24Second lesson, Aria.
11:25Power does not walk to you.
11:27You reach out and take it.
11:28My father's guards drew their guns.
11:30So did the Cane men.
11:32Dozens of barrels pointed across the courtyard.
11:35Celeste curled into the corner.
11:36Victoria.
11:38Are you declaring war on me?
11:39On you?
11:41You're not worth a war.
11:44Don't forget.
11:46I still have three weapons warehouses.
11:48One word from me and Black Harbor burns tonight.
11:51The three warehouses hearing that would have Terrace Weapon.
11:54Now, before I only wanted to know who had given him the keys.
11:57My mother made one phone call.
12:00Begin the purge.
12:01Yes, ma'am.
12:03You think scaring me works?
12:05She placed the phone on the stone table.
12:07A red countdown appeared.
12:11What is that?
12:12Aria, come here.
12:15I stepped to the table.
12:17She didn't hide me behind her.
12:19Watch carefully.
12:21This is the kingdom your father thinks belongs to him.
12:24In ten minutes, you will see who it truly belongs to.
12:28You think Cain can touch my warehouses?
12:30My mother didn't answer.
12:32I did.
12:34Your first shipping route came from Cain.
12:36Your first dirty fortune was cleaned by Cain.
12:39Your first loyal men were taken out of prison by Cain.
12:43The countdown kept moving.
12:44Dante!
12:45They're insane!
12:47Stop them!
12:48Shut up!
12:51He called the first warehouse.
12:53Status on warehouse one.
12:56There was chaos on the other end.
12:59Then a heavy explosion.
13:00Only static remained.
13:02My father froze.
13:04First one.
13:05I looked toward the fire rising in the distance.
13:08This time, I wasn't afraid.
13:10And the countdown was still moving.
13:14My father refused to believe it.
13:16He had been Black Harbor's most feared man.
13:18Six minutes remained.
13:20Warehouse two!
13:21Lock every entrance!
13:22Don, we're surrounded!
13:24By who?
13:25No flags.
13:26Every access code shows top level clearance.
13:30Warehouse security.
13:32Second one.
13:34When did you do this?
13:35The first time you thought you could hide from her.
13:38For the first time, I saw shock in his eyes.
13:41You still have the third one, right?
13:42He called the last warehouse.
13:45Don, hold warehouse three.
13:48I'm sorry, sir.
13:50What did you call me?
13:52Under highest authority, warehouse three has been frozen.
13:55All armed personnel are released from Moretzi Control.
13:58Who gave that order?
13:59Kay.
14:01The unseen rule of Black Harbor.
14:03No one had seen Kay's face.
14:06Every Don obeyed Kay's judgment.
14:10Good.
14:11If you dare touch my warehouses, I'll request arbitration from Kay.
14:15Victoria, you're finished.
14:16Yes!
14:17Let Kay punish them!
14:18They're just two insane women!
14:19He started dialing.
14:20Before he could call, I pushed the Black Arbitration phone toward him.
14:24Then call Kay.
14:26You said the rules stand with you.
14:29Then let the rules tell me themselves.
14:32Do you have the right to take my inheritance?
14:36He dialed the number only Black Harbor's top families knew.
14:40For a moment, he seemed to recover his dignity.
14:44Black Harbor Tribunal.
14:45Please confirm applicant identity.
14:49Dante Moretti.
14:51Current head of the Moretti family.
14:53I request supreme arbitration.
14:55Respondents.
14:56Victoria Kane.
14:58And Arya Moretti.
15:00For once, he admitted I belonged in the trial.
15:02They seized Moretti assets and disrupted Black Harbor order.
15:05I demand Kay's judgment.
15:07Yes! Let Kay punish them!
15:09What right does a woman, woman, her daughter have to interfere with Moratti business?
15:13Afraid? No.
15:15Why?
15:15Because I already know he was never the rule.
15:19Applicant, Dante Moretti.
15:21Respondents, Victoria Kane and Arya Moretti.
15:23Request supreme arbitration.
15:24Victoria Kane, please confirm.
15:25What does that mean? Why does she confirm?
15:27My mother took a small golden badge from her purse.
15:30A phoenix rose from the medal.
15:36No.
15:38Phoenix seal verified. Authority confirmed.
15:40Dante, you wanted the rules, but you forgot to ask who wrote them.
15:45I confirm.
15:47Arbitration denied.
15:49Dante Moretti has violated the highest authority.
15:52All assets under his name are frozen immediately.
15:56Port command rights revoked.
15:58Protection agreements terminated.
16:01Arya Moretti's inheritance status restored to highest priority.
16:04Judgment signed by Kay.
16:05My father stood there like he had been struck by lightning. My mother was Kay.
16:10Third lesson, Arya. Never fear a trial, as long as you know why you are standing there.
16:14I had pushed him into it myself.
16:17No. You can't be Kay.
16:20Why not?
16:20Kay is the shadow of Black Harbor. Kay existed 20 years ago. Kay made every family sign the first underground
16:27treaty.
16:29Kay.
16:31Then he remembered. 20 years ago, my mother had been 18.
16:34Victoria Kane, the youngest and most dangerous heir of the Kane family.
16:38So all these years...
16:39I gave you your roots. I protected you from Blackwell.
16:42I turned Moretti from street dogs into a ruling family. I made them call you Dawn.
16:47She's lying! You still have outside help! Call Ronan Blackthorn!
16:50Ronan Blackthorn. Head of the Blackthorn family. My father's deadliest rival.
16:54Ronan, bring your men to my house. Help me kill Victoria Kane and I'll give you half of Black Harbor.
16:59Call him. I want to see who else has forgotten their queen.
17:0410 minutes later, black SUVs flooded the courtyard. Ronan Blackthorn stepped out, a scar cutting across his face.
17:12Ronan! Kill her! She stole my warehouses and pretended to be Kay!
17:16Ronan said nothing. He walked right past my father.
17:20Ronan Blackthorn. Head of the Blackthorn family. I greet the Phoenix Queen.
17:25Every man behind him knelt. My father froze. Celesta turned white.
17:30I greet the heir of Black Harbor.
17:33I stood beside my mother. This time, I stepped forward. I heard you.
17:38Then remember this serves your throne.
17:41Heir was not just a title. It was a weight I had to carry.
17:45He knelt on the stone steps. Dust on his suit. His hair a mess. Nothing left of the Dawn.
17:50Victoria, I was wrong.
17:52My mother said nothing.
17:53I was stupid. Celesta tricked me. I wanted a son so badly.
17:57She didn't trick you. You wanted to be tricked.
18:00She only said what already lived in his heart. He thought a daughter wasn't enough.
18:03He needed a son to prove he hadn't lost a cane.
18:06I was afraid everyone would know everything I had came from you. Afraid they'd say I was just a dog
18:09-
18:09I gave you 18 years.
18:10To be a leader. A husband. A father.
18:13You only learned to bite the hand that crowned you.
18:15Then he looked at Aria. Like she was his last chance.
18:21Aria. Please. Say something for me. I was your father-
18:26You wanted a son. Then go find your son. And from today on, I'm done waiting for you to choose
18:34me. I choose myself.
18:41Aria. Do you want to see her one last time?
18:44He wasn't the only one who had to pay.
18:50Dante! You can't abandon me! I did everything for you!
18:55My father looked down at her with empty eyes.
19:00Ronan handed her the file.
19:02My mother didn't take it.
19:04She looked at me.
19:06Aria. You read it.
19:08Inside were Celeste's records with Blackwell.
19:10She had not been forced.
19:11She had offered them a plan.
19:12Use a fake Moretti son to enter the main house.
19:14Push me out. Control my father.
19:16Then control Black Harbor.
19:16Her fake pregnancy.
19:17Her forged reports.
19:18Her manipulation strategy.
19:19All of it was written down.
19:20She wanted to erase me.
19:21She wanted to replace Swing was the real ear.
19:25You didn't just want to marry my father.
19:28You wanted to use a son who never existed to steal my inheritance.
19:31I was wrong! Please Aria! Please!
19:38Before, I would have looked to my mother for the answer.
19:40This time, I didn't.
19:41I looked at Ronan.
19:43What is the punishment in Black Harbor for forging an heir?
19:46Identity stripped.
19:46Assets frozen.
19:47Exile from Black Harbor.
19:48I turned back to Celeste.
19:49You tried to replace me.
19:50So I'm canceling your right to ever step into Black Harbor again.
19:53No Dante! Save me!
19:55My father did not move.
19:56Had the right.
19:57No! No!
19:57Two men dragged her away.
19:59Her screams faded down the hideway.
20:05First order.
20:06Did your hand shake?
20:08Yes.
20:09Do you regret it?
20:10No.
20:11Because I'm not punishing her for insulting me.
20:13I'm showing everyone inherity cannot be touched with lies.
20:16My mother smiled.
20:19Fourth lesson.
20:20Never rule from anger.
20:21Rule from law.
20:22She said the rule was the rule.
20:23But I knew she was also testing me.
20:25And I had just passed.
20:27Thirty seconds remained on the countdown.
20:28My father suddenly remembered the last warehouse.
20:30That warehouse was his final weapon.
20:32His last piece of dignity.
20:33He looked at my mother like a starving man.
20:35We went to survive.
20:35Still attached to it?
20:37I can leave Black Harbor.
20:38I can give up everything.
20:39Just leave me this one.
20:40My mother lifted the phone.
20:42For a moment, I thought she would press the final command herself.
20:44Instead, she handed the phone to me.
20:46Every eye in the courtyard turned to me.
20:48You're begging the wrong person.
20:49That warehouse was about the weapon you used to threaten her.
20:51So she decides whether it stays.
20:52The screen glowed in my hand.
20:53It wasn't just a warehouse.
20:54It was the last thing my father had used to keep me afraid.
20:57Aria.
20:58I'm your father.
20:59You loved that seaside warehouse when you were little.
21:02I took you there to watch fireworks.
21:03To his eyes.
21:04I remember.
21:05I also remember you were ready to burn it all down.
21:08He froze.
21:10Ten.
21:11Nine.
21:11My mother didn't rush me.
21:13She let me stand there with the choice.
21:15If you had won today.
21:16Would you have spared me and mom?
21:18His lips trembled.
21:20He could not answer.
21:21I pressed confirm.
21:23Zero, zero.
21:26A deep explosion rolled from the coast.
21:29Fire lit half the sky.
21:31The third warehouse was gone.
21:33My father collapsed to his knees.
21:35I stared at the distant fire.
21:38I didn't feel the joy I expected.
21:40Only a cold kind of clarity.
21:42Now you're finally clean.
21:44Power didn't mean you stopped hurting.
21:47It meant you could hurt and still make the decision.
21:51After that day, my father was no longer the Don of Black Harbor.
21:54His name was crossed out of every family registry.
21:56Morelli docks changed flags.
21:58The casinos changed owners.
21:59Even the black snake crest at the gate was removed.
22:01My father was locked in the old chapel behind the main house.
22:03The same chapel where he and my mother had once married.
22:06I stood outside the door and heard him calling her name.
22:08Victoria, let me see Aria, please.
22:10I didn't go in.
22:12I looked at the closed door.
22:13Inside the chapel, my father's voice had gone harky.
22:16My mother stood with me at the end of the hall.
22:18She didn't ask if I hated him.
22:19She didn't tell me to forgive him.
22:21She only handed me a cup of warm milk.
22:23Cold?
22:24No.
22:24I was cold, not in my body.
22:26I stared at the cup in my hands.
22:28Mom, will he die?
22:29She was quiet for a moment.
22:31No.
22:31Death is too cheap for him.
22:32He'll be sent to North Island.
22:34No Morecci.
22:34No Don.
22:35No one to remember who he used to be.
22:36He was lost.
22:37He was good to me once.
22:38I know.
22:38So you are allowed to hurt.
22:39Does it make me weak?
22:40But I still feel sad.
22:42You hurt because true someone does not mean you must go back.
22:44My mother looked at me for a long time.
22:46Then she smiled.
22:47Mom, tomorrow change every inheritance document.
22:50I don't want to be Aria Moretti anymore.
22:51I want to be Aria Kane.
22:52Fifth lesson.
22:54Identity is not something people give you.
22:56It is something you choose.
22:57That was the first time I felt like the heir of Black Harbor.
22:59He was brought to the garden.
23:02In one night, he seemed to have aged ten years.
23:06Before my father was sent away, he asked to see me once.
23:08My mother asked if I wanted to.
23:09I hesitated for a long time.
23:11Then I said yes.
23:12I wanted to end the story with the once held me under fireworks.
23:15Aria.
23:16Then he took a small wooden plate from his pocket.
23:18It was from the swing.
23:18How did he give this back to you?
23:19I looked at it.
23:20I didn't reach out.
23:20I finally spoke.
23:22Then what happened after?
23:23He froze.
23:24When did you forget?
23:25I was greedy.
23:26I wanted your mother's power.
23:27And I wanted an heir who belonged to him already.
23:28I didn't want to admit everything I had came from Kane.
23:30So I lied to myself.
23:31I told myself a son was the answer.
23:33He lowered his head.
23:33His face went white.
23:35Aria, I was not a good father.
23:37He closed his eyes.
23:38You weren't.
23:40I took the wooden plate.
23:42For one second, hope returned to his face.
23:45Then I handed it to the butler.
23:47The hope disappeared.
23:48Burn it.
23:51The wood burned in the fire bowl.
23:54Aria Morelli disappeared into ash.
24:03When it was gone, I turned to the butler.
24:06I don't want the old swing.
24:07I want a new throne.
24:09Build a new seat under that tree.
24:11A swing, Miss Kane?
24:12No.
24:13A judgment chair.
24:16My mother smiled.
24:18That was the first time I felt like the heir of Black Harbor.
24:22After my father was sent away, Black Harbor stayed quiet for three days.
24:27But quiet did not mean loyal.
24:30On the third morning, Ronan brought me a dock supervisor.
24:32The man knelt in front of me, sweating.
24:34He smuggled two boxes of weapons during the transition.
24:36Under old rules, he loses a hand and leaves the port.
24:38Perhaps Queen Victoria should decide this.
24:39I looked at him.
24:40Black Harbor will learn whose orders matter now.
24:43He lowered his head at once.
24:45I opened the ledger.
24:46The man had worked at the docks for 20 years.
24:48Under my father, he had done many dirty things for Moretti.
24:50He smuggled weapons because Blackwell had taken his son.
24:53Why didn't you report it?
24:54Under Moretti, asking for help only got you called useless.
24:56No one cared about our children.
24:59The room went still.
25:00I looked at my mother.
25:01She sat behind the desk.
25:02Silent.
25:03Waiting.
25:04She would not decide for me.
25:05I closed the ledger.
25:06Punish the smuggling.
25:08Freeze his port shares for one year.
25:09Demote him.
25:10But he is not a traitor.
25:12Cane men will bring his son back.
25:14Send this order through Black Harbor.
25:16From today on, any family that uses a child as a hostage commits treason against the port.
25:21Don't thank me.
25:22I'm not showing you mercy.
25:24I'm writing my first rule.
25:25My mother finally raised her eyes.
25:27A faint smile touched them.
25:30That day, I understood what my mother had given me.
25:33Not answers.
25:33A knife.
25:34And I had to decide how to use it.
25:36That night, my mother held a banquet for me.
25:38Not a birthday banquet.
25:39An heir's banquet.
25:40I wore a black dress and a small red phoenix pin.
25:43My palms were sweating.
25:44But I didn't step back.
25:45Every important person in Black Harbor came.
25:47Before, they called me.
25:48They lowered some reds.
25:49Miss Kane.
25:49Black Harbor's heir.
25:51Miss Kane is young.
25:53The title of heir sounds beautiful.
25:55But Black Harbor has never run on beautiful titles.
25:57His words were polite.
25:58His meaning was not.
26:00He was saying I was only my mother's shadow.
26:02The Harvey family.
26:03Correct?
26:05I took a file from a servant.
26:06Last month, your family stole 30% of Westport's fuel tax.
26:10Your books were clean.
26:11But the transfer feat went into your third wife's charity fund.
26:14His face changed.
26:15I'm na-
26:15Doesn't mean I can't read accounts.
26:17You can question me.
26:18But you should clean yourself first.
26:20I misspoke, Miss Kane.
26:21He didn't dare answer.
26:22Triple repayment.
26:23Before noon tomorrow.
26:24One minute late and Harvey leaves Westport.
26:25That was when everyone understood.
26:26The girl standing in the heir's place was not the Phoenix Queen's protected daughter.
26:29She was Aria Kane.
26:30A woman who could read their books.
26:31An issue make-
26:32My mother stood across the room.
26:33She did not help me.
26:34She did not add a single word.
26:35Then the doors went quiet.
26:37Alexander Kane.
26:38My grandfather.
26:39The old head of the Kane family.
26:40An old man with white hair walked in.
26:43Mr. Kane.
26:43Every guest lowered their head.
26:45Aria.
26:46You are more like your mother than I expected.
26:49Is that a compliment?
26:51Come to the study.
26:52I looked at my mother.
26:54She didn't nod.
26:55She didn't shake her head.
26:57She let me choose.
26:58And I chose to follow.
27:00I set down my glass.
27:01The study doors closed.
27:03My grandfather didn't waste time.
27:04You cannot stay in Black Harbor.
27:06This place is filthy.
27:07Why?
27:08You are a Kane heir.
27:09You need formal training.
27:11Languages.
27:11Finance.
27:12Negotiation.
27:13International rules.
27:14Not watching men kneel in a dirty port with your mother.
27:16I'm already learning.
27:17Ledgers.
27:18Who swears loyalty with their mouth but betrays me in the books.
27:20When to punish.
27:21When to save.
27:22How to tell whether a man kneels from fear or from law.
27:24You think that is enough?
27:25No.
27:26That is why I have to stay and learn more.
27:27Aria, you are only 18.
27:2918 is not young in our family.
27:30My mother became Kay at 18.
27:31Victoria, is this how you teach her?
27:33No.
27:34She saw it herself.
27:35You will turn her into another you.
27:37I won't be another Victoria Kane.
27:38I won't be Dante Moretti's obedient daughter either.
27:40I will be Aria Kane.
27:43Do you understand what you're saying?
27:44Yes.
27:45My father's mistress sat on my birthday swing and said her son would replace me as heir.
27:47That was when I learned something.
27:48If I don't defend my position any once in.
27:50And if also I've already can try to chosen.
27:52So grandfather.
27:54Stop asking whether I will return to the ancestral house.
27:57I've already chosen.
28:03What if I disagree?
28:06Then you can main the grandfather.
28:08Then the grandfather I respect.
28:10Or you can become the first obstacle before I take the throne.
28:13Are you threatening me?
28:14No.
28:15I'm telling you I learned.
28:16So alike.
28:18Too alike.
28:20Like who?
28:21Three months.
28:22In three months, if you cannot make the four families sign new loyalty agreements,
28:26you return to the ancestral house with me.
28:28Deal.
28:29I chose to stay.
28:30So I will prove I deserve to stay.
28:32We returned to the banquet hall.
28:35Every eye turned toward us.
28:38Before, I feared those eyes.
28:40Now I knew fear would not make them kinder.
28:43It would only make them test me harder.
28:46Everyone.
28:46From tonight on, I will no longer use the Morelli name.
28:49My name is Aria Kane.
28:50The heir of Black Harbor.
28:51Then Kane men knelt.
28:53Black men men.
28:54I stood there.
28:55No longer thought of the inn followed.
28:56Only one name remained.
28:58Aria Kane.
28:59The name I chose for myself.
29:02My mother walked toward me.
29:03She removed the Phoenix badge from her own dress.
29:06She pinned it on my dress.
29:07It was heavier than I expected.
29:09From tonight, Kay is to question me.
29:10To harm her is to declare war on the Phoenix seal.
29:12My mother looked down at me.
29:14There were no tears in her eyes.
29:16Only fire.
29:17She placed a small silver dagger into my palm.
29:19The blade was cold.
29:20Her hand was warm.
29:21People say love is flowers, candy, and goodnight kisses.
29:24But my love for you is more than that.
29:25My love is a throne and a dagger.
29:27This time, I did not just nod.
29:28I turned to the hall.
29:29First order.
29:31Where the old swings would, build a judgment chair.
29:33From now on, all inheritance disputes in Black Harbor will be judged there.
29:36Not by Tinder.
29:37Second.
29:38Not by lies.
29:39No sultan as hostages.
29:40No one may forge an heir in law.
29:42Break this rule and you are exiled from Black Harbor forever.
29:44Outside the windows, fireworks rose above the port.
29:47This time, it was not fire.
29:49It was celebration.
29:50Red, gold, and white burst across the night.
29:53Every ship in Black Harbor sounded its horn.
29:55Arya Kane, welcome to your throne.
29:59I looked out over the harbor.
30:00For the first time, I did not think of my father.
30:02I did not think of the old swing.
30:03I did not Celesta calling me a bastard.
30:04I thought only of the question I had asked my mother.
30:06Can an heir really be replaced?
30:07Now I knew the answer.
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