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00:00:04I finally got the 10,000th. Elias will be so pleased.
00:00:15Elias, the 10,000th level 8 essence. Today's the day you take human form.
00:00:23You have no idea how dangerous it was.
00:00:34We can form the bond now, can't we? Thank you, sister.
00:00:41Thanks to 10 years of your devotion, we couldn't have bonded without you.
00:00:52Supreme essence. How dare you keep this from me all along.
00:00:57No! The Academy's shield relies on it!
00:01:04No!
00:01:05No!
00:01:20Compared to you, she's nothing.
00:01:21Pathetic. See? Elias has always chosen me, no matter how much you did for him.
00:01:27Farewell, sister.
00:01:37Alien, building, I curse you both. If I get another charge, I will not let this happen.
00:01:53Everyone is still here.
00:01:55Good. That's good. That's good.
00:01:58As tradition dictates, I now proclaim the decennial bonding ceremony of Beast Word Academy underway.
00:02:08I have returned. To the day it all started.
00:02:13Fire dragon. He boasts a pure bloodline unseen in a decade.
00:02:19Elaine Tidesong. As our premier apprentice, you are the only one fit to master him.
00:02:26Though he is not easily tame.
00:02:29The fire dragon just refused her?
00:02:30He is of noble blood. Proud beyond measure. But there's no one better than Elaine.
00:02:34Hilda! Step away, it's dangerous!
00:02:42Professor, I know I'm nothing compared to my sister. It's just... I've never seen such a magnificent creature.
00:02:48And he seems to... like me more?
00:02:51Professor Talon, since their hearts are already entwined, let them have each other.
00:02:55What? She's a mere initiate!
00:02:56I will not bond with the fire dragon. In fact, my choice lies...
00:03:03Feathered serpent! A lowly half-breed?
00:03:18Professor Talon, since the fire dragon refused to serve as my mount, I shall take this little serpent.
00:03:24Elaine, you're the premier. Only the fire dragon is worthy of you.
00:03:28Such lowly beast isn't even worthy of being the fire dragon's lackey.
00:03:32Professor, my decision stands.
00:03:35Then it's done.
00:03:36The fire dragon goes to Hilda.
00:03:39In three months, the beastware trials will judge your progress with the utmost rigor.
00:03:43Hilda, how could you do that?
00:03:45The fire dragon was meant for Elaine!
00:03:47Right! How can you steal from your own sister?
00:03:49I didn't. He chose me first.
00:03:56Brilliant. With that fire dragon, she'll be our new premier by morning.
00:04:00The newest initiate, and yet she scoops the finest prize in the hall.
00:04:04A treacherous beast was never a good choice.
00:04:07In my past life, Alias was just as arrogant.
00:04:11He refused to forge the bond with me.
00:04:16To feed his growth, I risked death on every hunt.
00:04:21Hunting man-eaters.
00:04:23Just to secure the beast essence.
00:04:28He never once spared a glass for my wounds.
00:04:32He only had eyes for what he needed.
00:04:43When I was away, Hilda would come to him.
00:04:46I knew.
00:04:47I told myself she was just trying to help.
00:04:54In this life, I won't let them betray me.
00:04:57Not again.
00:05:18A familiar shares its master's magic.
00:05:21You and Alias.
00:05:23You would have made an unstoppable pairing.
00:05:25But as you saw, Professor, he has no desire to bond with me.
00:05:29A beast's will can be guided.
00:05:31I shall speak with Hilda again and have Alias return to him.
00:05:34Professor, I seek no mighty instrument of power, but a true companion.
00:05:42He is not so bad, after all.
00:05:46Fine.
00:05:47But remember, the beastward trials is in three months.
00:05:51Academy's judgment is absolute.
00:05:53Any beast that falls short of the standard will be stripped from its master.
00:06:12Oh, Elaine.
00:06:13If you truly wanted Alias, why didn't you just ask?
00:06:16What?
00:06:16No.
00:06:17Weren't you begging him?
00:06:19Hoping the Professor hand Alias back to you?
00:06:22Ridiculous.
00:06:25My dearest sister.
00:06:27I'd love to return him, but...
00:06:31He refuses to leave with you.
00:06:33Drop the act, Hilda.
00:06:35I have no interest in your precious mount.
00:06:37Save that energy for the trials.
00:06:39Speaking of the trials, I have to apologize in advance.
00:06:44When Alias makes me the new premiere, where will that leave you?
00:06:54This time, let me see how Hilda gets this bloodsucker to take human form without me.
00:06:59Only if you can afford him.
00:07:04Of course I can.
00:07:06But can your little worm even survive three months?
00:07:32So you would defend your master, Alias?
00:07:34You just detest me.
00:07:36Elaine!
00:07:36The Fire Dragon is Academy's most precious beast in a decade.
00:07:39You will be punished if you hurt him.
00:07:41So my serpent deserves to die?
00:07:43It's just a lowly half-breed.
00:07:44There are hundreds like it in the Beast Pavilion.
00:07:47No wonder last time, he died at your hands in just a year.
00:07:54Hilda!
00:07:56Where is your familiar?
00:07:57It was too frail.
00:07:59It couldn't survive.
00:08:00I tried everything I could to save him.
00:08:02What did you try?
00:08:04What potions?
00:08:05What healing spells?
00:08:06I...
00:08:06You're an apprentice of Beast Word Academy, and you don't even know basic of beast care?
00:08:12How dare you question her?
00:08:24Halasius.
00:08:25You never answered my summons, yet here you are for Hilda.
00:08:28Have you forgotten who your master is?
00:08:30I share no bond with you.
00:08:33You!
00:08:34It's my fault.
00:08:36It's her I refuse to acknowledge.
00:08:39Halt!
00:08:40At the Premier, I speak for the Dean himself.
00:08:43I order you to stay, Hilda.
00:08:46As you wish, Elaine.
00:08:47For your incompetence and the death of your familiar.
00:08:50I sentence you to the Outer Valley to clear out the trolls.
00:08:53No!
00:08:54I can't, can't do that.
00:08:55Please, please.
00:08:56Do not panic, Hilda.
00:08:57I will come with you.
00:08:58My flames will be your shield.
00:09:00I gathered essence all on my own.
00:09:02A thousand times.
00:09:03All for you.
00:09:04And you never came.
00:09:06Not once.
00:09:10As long as he chooses me and stands by my side,
00:09:12I will treat him right in return.
00:09:15A fallen Premier and a mutt from the gutter.
00:09:17Perfect match.
00:09:18I hope you can last five minutes in the trials.
00:09:20Keep yourself and your mountain check, Hilda.
00:09:22Next time, it won't be just a splash of water.
00:09:43Seven years after his death, my husband came back to life at Flame Keep's Spring Feast.
00:09:47Adrian, you black-hearted dog.
00:09:49To feign your death upon the field, poor liar must have wept herself blind.
00:09:53So what?
00:09:54She was utterly devoted to me.
00:09:56The only reason I married her was the gold her father brought me.
00:09:59Otherwise, what makes a merchant's daughter like her think she's worthy of climbing into my bed?
00:10:03If it weren't for her, how could Leora have committed suicide after marrying my brother?
00:10:07She should feel ashamed and beg for our forgiveness.
00:10:09If not, I will not go back.
00:10:11He'd been living easy all these years.
00:10:13He had no notion that his desertion had long since been laid bare,
00:10:16nor that White Flame Keep had passed to another hand.
00:10:18The day he faked his death, but on that same day, the Iron Cavalry of Sarn smashed the gates of
00:10:23White Flame Keep.
00:10:24In a single night, he was branded a traitor and a deserter.
00:10:27The city was put to the sword.
00:10:29Nearly all were butchered, including my parents.
00:10:32There was not even enough left of them for a proper burial.
00:10:35Had Lord Roderick Harwin not descended from the sky on Dragonback,
00:10:38I would not be standing there now.
00:10:40And Torrin, the old Lord of White Flame Keep, the father Edren kept talking about.
00:10:44On the day Lord Harwin pulled him from the ruins, he confessed his son's treason and threw himself into the
00:10:50flames.
00:10:51As for me, I survived.
00:10:53But I had remarried a long time ago.
00:10:56Darren was still jeering, playing to the crowd.
00:10:59By the gods, that's cold.
00:11:01Your lyre was a beauty.
00:11:02Were you not afraid she would run off with another?
00:11:07Run off?
00:11:07She was eight months pregnant.
00:11:09What man of honor would have her?
00:11:11And she was crazy about me.
00:11:12She was likely clutching my air to her breast every night, praying for my return.
00:11:17She would never have left.
00:11:18Given how hard Lyre was obsessed with you,
00:11:20she spent all these years hiding like a rat and will die alone still whispering your name.
00:11:25Honestly, she brought it on herself.
00:11:27Shameless, the way she begged for the marriage.
00:11:29No wonder she found herself a widow so young.
00:11:31I wager she's wasting away in her grief.
00:11:33If she saw you now, she'd probably lose her mind.
00:11:37He didn't object to a single word.
00:11:39I only slept with her once, and she got pregnant.
00:11:42What does that make her, huh?
00:11:43Sounds like a whore to me.
00:11:45Several men exchanged lead grins.
00:11:47I locked my eyes on Edrin's face, and a coal fire began to burn in my veins.
00:11:51Seven years ago, he abandoned us all.
00:11:53Old Torrin was forced to drag his alien body into a suit of rested armor and ride out to meet
00:11:57the war.
00:11:58Mira and I were left behind in the war camp, huddled together,
00:12:01counting the last of our meager supplies.
00:12:03And there was nothing we could do.
00:12:09Torrin's forces were broken, again and again.
00:12:12From the rear, we heard the news from the front.
00:12:15Each report worse than the last.
00:12:16I heard my parents had been slain.
00:12:19I heard my family's law, gathered over generations, had been muted.
00:12:23On the distant ridgelines, the warning beacons were lit.
00:12:26One after another.
00:12:27Until he came.
00:12:29Down from the clouds, through the smoke and ash,
00:12:31on the back of the dragon, Lord Roderick Harland.
00:12:34The dragon lord, master of the Iron Flame throne, ruler of the Scarlet Sun Kingdom,
00:12:40lord of Flamekeep and the Dragon's Pine Sea.
00:12:42He buried the truth of Edrin's treason.
00:12:44In return, I was wed to him.
00:12:46The keeper of the Iron Flame throne held too much power for anyone to question him.
00:12:50The official story was that Torrin and Mira Castwood had died of a sudden sickness.
00:12:54It was a lie that preserved what little honor their name had left.
00:12:57Then someone in the crowd spotted me.
00:13:00His face lit up.
00:13:01He slapped Edrin on the arm and pointed straight in my direction.
00:13:06Laya?
00:13:06What are you doing here?
00:13:08Damn, Aedlin.
00:13:08You're barely back from the grave and she's already tracked you down.
00:13:11Someone's desperate.
00:13:12Have you no shame?
00:13:13This feast is Lady Harwood's.
00:13:15Were you even summoned?
00:13:16Do not disgrace me before the guards drag you out.
00:13:18The dragon lord is insanely protective of his wife.
00:13:20Lady Harwood doesn't like seeing people, so he keeps her completely hidden away.
00:13:23No one's ever seen her face.
00:13:25This is the first feast she's ever hosted.
00:13:26We all came tonight hoping for a glimpse of her.
00:13:28So, Leah, I know you missed Aedrin, but try not to ruin the feast for the rest of us.
00:13:33You just crawled out of your grave, Sir Caitlid.
00:13:36Worry about yourself.
00:13:38White flame coal is not as you remember it.
00:13:41Back then, Torrin sent him to the war hoping he'd earn some glory.
00:13:44I remember my belly was so swollen it was hard to walk, but I stood with him at the gates,
00:13:49terrified, begging him to stay safe.
00:13:51The only news we received was that he'd faked his death and fled the battlefield.
00:13:55I was eight months pregnant, hauling arrows and tending to the wounded in the rear camp.
00:14:00But the enemy broke and the adrenaline was faster than anyone feared.
00:14:03Boys, a fat-bellied one.
00:14:05Any of you had the taste?
00:14:06One of them kicked me hard.
00:14:07I hit the ground.
00:14:09Blood poured down my legs.
00:14:11You don't have to make up such pathetic lies to lure me back.
00:14:14If loneliness has made you so desperate, beg me sweetly enough and I may grant you one night in my
00:14:19bed.
00:14:20He saw the flicker of pain in my eyes and thought he'd hit the mark.
00:14:23He looked proud of himself.
00:14:39It was Leora Fane.
00:14:41She hid behind the lie that died of heartbreak and gone away with Edrin, to live as man and wife
00:14:45in some other place.
00:14:47And Edrin, who knew the whole thing was a lie, I remember.
00:14:50He once forced me to stand outside in the freezing cold all night as penance for Leora.
00:14:54My nails dug into my palms as I stared at the two of them.
00:14:57After Leora's tragedy, a healer managed to save her.
00:15:00Turns out she was already pregnant.
00:15:01She's been recovering in seclusion all these years.
00:15:03It hasn't been easy for her.
00:15:04A widow with a child.
00:15:05I couldn't just abandon them, so I decided to marry her.
00:15:07Make her my wife.
00:15:08Her son will inherit the title of White Flynn Keep.
00:15:09The least I can do to honor my brother's memory.
00:15:11You will return and make the keep ready.
00:15:13And if I hear so much as a whisper against her, you will answer for it.
00:15:16I had never heard such shamelessness uttered aloud.
00:15:19That boy was obviously his.
00:15:21His and Leora's.
00:15:22Whom you wed is no concern of mine, Sir Castwood.
00:15:26I was wed again long ago.
00:15:28Remarried?
00:15:28You think I give a damn?
00:15:30I didn't come back for a woman like you.
00:15:31I heard the dragon egg at White Flame Keep hatched.
00:15:33The ice dragon egg my family has guarded for generations.
00:15:35I, Adian of House Castwood, shall mount the ice dragon and rule as king.
00:15:39And that dragon is my blood right.
00:15:40Don't you come crying back to me, my parents.
00:15:42Of course!
00:15:43No wonder you came back now, Adrian.
00:15:45You're about to become a dragon lord!
00:15:46Even Lord Harwin will have to bow to you then, won't he?
00:15:49Already picturing himself on the back of a great ice dragon.
00:15:52And all I could think was, he has no idea that dragon hatched seven years ago.
00:15:56It hatched on the night White Flame Keep was slaughtered.
00:15:58It hatched while the Sarnrider were swimming over me.
00:16:01After my blood soaked into the dirt.
00:16:03My blood fell upon the ancient shell, already split with cracks.
00:16:06Then it broke.
00:16:07A little dragon, blue as winter ice.
00:16:10And you, the nerve you have, saying things like that.
00:16:14If I remember correctly, you were eight months pregnant.
00:16:17What man of rank would take a woman swollen with another man's bastard,
00:16:20or'd you have to go crawling to some lowborn merchant?
00:16:22Right.
00:16:22You are common trash, after all.
00:16:24The men are everything not together.
00:16:26Mother, when is father coming back?
00:16:28These people are so loud.
00:16:30You want me back that badly?
00:16:32You even brought the child with you?
00:16:35This child!
00:16:37She should be seven by now, should she not?
00:16:40Why is she so slight?
00:16:42Liar, even if you're angry with Adrien, you can't take it out on the child.
00:16:46That's just cruel.
00:16:47Just then, her son came charging back.
00:16:50He saw the unique dragon scale pendant around Alia's neck.
00:16:54Give me that!
00:16:55Mom said you and everything this woman has belongs to me.
00:17:00Give it back!
00:17:03It's my birthday present!
00:17:05It's not yours!
00:17:06It all happened so fast.
00:17:08I didn't have time to think.
00:17:10I just shoved the boy back and scooped Alia into my arms.
00:17:13The boy fell on his back and let out a piercing, theatrical shriek.
00:17:19You dare lay a hand on a child?
00:17:22Leora was right.
00:17:24You're a bitch who belongs in the slums or a brothel!
00:17:28I'd known Adrien since we were children.
00:17:30When other kids would corner me and bully me, he was the one who fought for me.
00:17:34He'd get his face bruised and bloodied, but he would always stand stubbornly in front of me.
00:17:38Back then, I thought he would protect me forever, and that I would love and cherish him forever.
00:17:43But now, in front of this whole crowd, for another woman, he had just humiliated me without a second thought
00:17:49for my dignity.
00:17:50He reeled from the slap, his rage about to explode.
00:17:54But when he saw my red-rimmed eyes, he faltered for a second.
00:17:57For the briefest instant, he looked almost ashamed.
00:18:00Leora seized the moment.
00:18:02She clutched her son to her chest and let out a choked sob.
00:18:04It seems Leora doesn't want her to come back.
00:18:07I always knew Mira preferred her.
00:18:10But now that I'm a widow, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised I'm not welcome.
00:18:14Maybe we should just leave.
00:18:16I left you in charge.
00:18:18To see to my parents and the running of the keep.
00:18:20How dare you waste the keep's money on useless things like this!
00:18:23His eyes fell on the dragon scale hanging around Alia's neck.
00:18:27Wait!
00:18:28Where did you get that dragon scale?
00:18:30That's a scale from my family's ice dragon!
00:18:32That scale is mine by blood!
00:18:34Mine!
00:18:35You have the nerve to scavenge it and wear it?
00:18:37That belongs to me!
00:18:39You've been squatting in White Flame Keep all these years.
00:18:42You probably never even got to touch the egg, did you?
00:18:45Now the dragon has hatched, and that scale is mine!
00:18:49You're a commoner's daughter.
00:18:51By what right do you touch it?
00:18:53I couldn't even be bothered to answer him.
00:18:55I turned to a handmaiden who had just rushed over.
00:18:58Get the healer.
00:19:05It's a little scratch, and you're going to bother Lord Harwin's people over that?
00:19:12Liar, what the hell is wrong with you?
00:19:13I've seven years alone surely made you so bitter.
00:19:16Are you just lonely, is that it?
00:19:18Blaming me because you've had no one?
00:19:20Ask pardon as you ought, and I may yet come to your bed.
00:19:24I have told you I am remarried.
00:19:26You need to start worrying about yourself.
00:19:36After the healer had cleaned and dressed Alia's cheek, a deep wave of exhaustion washed over me.
00:19:41I used to wonder, for a long time, if Edrin had a reason.
00:19:44Some secret hardship that made him abandon his wife, his unborn child, and his home for seven years.
00:19:50I remember the night before Meera walked into the throne room and took her own life.
00:19:54I never should have gone to your father's house with Torrid.
00:19:57I never should have promised you, on that monster's behalf, that he would be good to you.
00:20:03We did this.
00:20:05We ruined you.
00:20:06Meera had always been so full of life, a woman who refused to grow old.
00:20:10From the day I married Edrin, she treated me like her own daughter.
00:20:13But in one single night, the weight of it all had broken her.
00:20:17Liar.
00:20:18White Flame Keep has failed you.
00:20:21If that animal ever comes back, I give you my blessing to kill him yourself.
00:20:26Now you go find a good man.
00:20:28And don't you dare grieve for us.
00:20:30In the seven years since I married Roderick Harwin, I've rarely left the castle.
00:20:34This was the day the stranger took Meera.
00:20:36I hosted this feast to tell the spirit of the old woman who loved me like a daughter that I
00:20:40was okay.
00:20:40That I had finally moved on.
00:20:43I took a breath, composed myself, and walked back to the great hall.
00:20:48Edrin and Leora were sitting together, acting for all the world like a happy couple.
00:20:52I walked right past their table without even glancing.
00:20:57But as I passed, the boot caught my gun.
00:21:02I remember her.
00:21:03That's Adrian Castwood's wife.
00:21:05The one who's been lonely for seven years.
00:21:07Is she doing this to get his attention?
00:21:09How shameless.
00:21:10Is she crazy, making a scene at a feast by Lady Harwin?
00:21:13Liar!
00:21:14How could you?
00:21:17I know you're upset with Adrian, but you can't act like this at Lady Harwin's feast.
00:21:22Are you trying to make Lord Harwin angry with Adrian on purpose?
00:21:25Edrin's expression turned lethal.
00:21:27Leah, so you are here to cause trouble.
00:21:29Seven years.
00:21:31And you still haven't learned a thing?
00:21:38Before father left to join the army, he made a promise.
00:21:44If I die on the battlefield, you can find another man to marry, like the hunter on the edge of
00:21:49the village.
00:21:50But that huntsman, Vance, had a crippled leg and a scar that split his face in two.
00:21:55One punch, they said, could drop a full-grown tiger.
00:21:59They also said he'd already beaten his first wife to death.
00:22:03Marrying Mama to him was the same as sending her to die.
00:22:07Three years later, word came that father was dead.
00:22:11Grandma and the village elders collected 20 silver coins from Vance.
00:22:15They sold Mama off.
00:22:17The news arrived on the day Mama was washing clothes by the river.
00:22:20Deep winter, the water was thick with floating ice, cold enough to cut bone.
00:22:26Grandma wouldn't allow her to use hot water.
00:22:28She said firewood was precious, not for a worthless brat who couldn't produce sons.
00:22:36I'd haul extra firewood down from the mountain, but it always went straight to Uncle Dale's fire pit.
00:22:42If Mama or I used so much as one extra stick, Grandma beat us and cursed us for three days
00:22:49straight.
00:22:51I tried to help with the washing.
00:22:54Mama waved me off.
00:22:55The river's cold, little one.
00:22:57Go play over there where the sun hits.
00:22:59It's warmer.
00:23:00In the dead of winter, midday sun was the only warmth we ever had.
00:23:05When the laundry was done and we walked home, Grandma and the village elders were already waiting.
00:23:10They'd been in such a rush, but not enough to walk down to the river and find us.
00:23:16You take this long, wandering off who knows where, worthless brat.
00:23:21Roy's barely gone and already your heart's drifting.
00:23:29The soldiers sent word.
00:23:30Roy's dead.
00:23:31You killed him.
00:23:33Every bit of bad luck he had started when he married you.
00:23:36He's gone now, so hurry up and remarry.
00:23:38Don't stay here dragging our family down.
00:23:40The bundle was small.
00:23:41Two of Mama's worn-out dresses.
00:23:43Grandma didn't look like she was grieving her own son.
00:23:46She looked the same as always, like someone had told her the village dog had died.
00:23:51Mama said nothing.
00:23:52She just held my hand tighter.
00:23:56Grandma, can I bring my daughter with me?
00:23:59Mama wasn't crying much.
00:24:01She was only worried about me.
00:24:03See if the huntsman's willing to pay for her.
00:24:07A girl this size.
00:24:09Sell her to a broker and you'd get ten silver easy.
00:24:12Mama's grip went tighter around my hand.
00:24:15We both knew.
00:24:16The moment she left, Grandma would sell me.
00:24:19She wouldn't keep me a single day longer than she had to.
00:24:24Mama shouldered her bundle and held my hand.
00:24:26Grandma and the village elders herded us to Vance's house.
00:24:29He was inside, sharpening a blade.
00:24:31The scraping sound never stopped.
00:24:33His bad leg jutted stiffly to one side.
00:24:36It couldn't bend.
00:24:37A scar ran from below his left eye all the way to the right corner of his mouth,
00:24:41like something had tried to split his face in half.
00:24:44I stepped behind Mama.
00:24:46Vance looked us over.
00:24:48You people force this woman on me.
00:24:51Twenty silver is already too much.
00:24:53Don't push it further.
00:24:55He clearly hadn't wanted to take Mama, let alone me.
00:24:58Dead weight she'd dragged along.
00:25:00My Roy saved your life once.
00:25:02Now he's dead, and we're delivering this woman straight to your door.
00:25:05You should be on your knees thanking us.
00:25:07She wants to bring the girl along as your daughter.
00:25:09You get a wife and a child all at once.
00:25:12I'm not asking for much.
00:25:13Another ten silver and we're done.
00:25:15Most families earned two or three silver in a year.
00:25:19Ten silver could buy a full acre of good farmland.
00:25:22I was not worth that much.
00:25:26People in the village said he was a silent man.
00:25:28But when he opened his eyes and looked at you, really looked,
00:25:32it could stop your heart cold.
00:25:34Grandma shoved Mama hard.
00:25:36Mama's thin frame nearly went down.
00:25:38Mr. Hart, my daughter eats very little.
00:25:42She can work.
00:25:43Please, could you give us somewhere to go?
00:25:46Vance finally looked at me, a long, unreadable frown.
00:25:49Mama tugged at my hand.
00:25:51I dropped to my knees beside her with a thumb.
00:25:55Call him something.
00:25:56I stared up at Vance.
00:25:58At the scar.
00:26:00My lips shook.
00:26:01Papa.
00:26:01Vance went still.
00:26:03The scar looked even more ferocious when his face froze like that.
00:26:07Grandma's foot knucked with my back.
00:26:10Your real father's barely cold, and you're already calling some stranger Papa.
00:26:15Worthless brat.
00:26:16Just like your harlot mother, heart already belongs to someone else.
00:26:20She kept kicking.
00:26:22Let her finish, and she'd stop.
00:26:24Mama tried to crawl to me.
00:26:26One of the village elders kicked her back.
00:26:28It was always like this in Roy's household.
00:26:30Mama couldn't save me.
00:26:32She couldn't save herself.
00:26:34Enough!
00:26:35Vance stood.
00:26:36He went inside.
00:26:37He came back and threw ten silver coins onto the ground.
00:26:41This girl is my child now.
00:26:45I looked up at Vance.
00:26:47Mama hadn't caught what he said.
00:26:49I had.
00:26:50Grandma grabbed the silver and turned to leave.
00:26:52Vance blocked her.
00:26:54He demanded a written contract.
00:26:56Grandma refused.
00:26:58Vance snatched the silver right back.
00:27:00No contract.
00:27:01No silver.
00:27:02In the end, with the village elders and the village head as witnesses, the contract was
00:27:08signed.
00:27:09Both Mama and I became part of Vance's household.
00:27:12Mama put down her bundle and started working immediately.
00:27:15If she stayed busy enough, maybe Vance would let me eat more.
00:27:19Maybe he wouldn't hit me.
00:27:21Vance's house was plain.
00:27:23Three main rooms.
00:27:24A hall in the center.
00:27:25A bedroom on each side.
00:27:27Only one bedroom had a bed.
00:27:29The other was empty.
00:27:30Mama led me to the woodshed.
00:27:32The firewood was stacked clean.
00:27:34The floor was tidy.
00:27:36Mama shifted some wood and found a board.
00:27:38She built me a rough bed out of it.
00:27:42Don't be afraid, little one.
00:27:49Mama, I'm not afraid.
00:27:51At Roy's house, it had always been the same.
00:27:54When Father was home, he'd say I was in the way, always getting between him and Mama when
00:27:59they were trying for a son.
00:28:00He'd chased me to the woodshed.
00:28:02Roy's woodshed was filthier than this.
00:28:05Rats.
00:28:05Snakes.
00:28:06Frozen solid in winter.
00:28:08A furnace in summer.
00:28:09I'd survived all of it.
00:28:11Mama held me against her chest.
00:28:13Maybe, once I give him a son, things will ease up.
00:28:17I said nothing.
00:28:18I'd long suspected Father's cruelty toward Mama had nothing to do with sons.
00:28:24Mama, why did Father want you to remarry Vance?
00:28:28Before he left, Father had kept Mama on a tight leash.
00:28:31Wouldn't let her leave the village.
00:28:33Wouldn't let her look up when she passed a man.
00:28:36Grandma would curse her for it, too.
00:28:38Said she was out there tempting people.
00:28:41Mama's bitter laugh stayed locked in her throat.
00:28:46Because Vance was the only one who could pay that much.
00:28:51She didn't finish.
00:28:52She didn't need to.
00:28:54Father had sent Mama here to die.
00:28:58Father had been planning to sell Mama even before he left.
00:29:01He knew he wasn't coming back.
00:29:03He made sure Mama would have nowhere left to go.
00:29:06I'd worked this out some time ago.
00:29:08Not because I was clever.
00:29:09They'd been obvious about it.
00:29:11The whole village talked.
00:29:12Not long after we arrived, Vance came back carrying armfuls of thick wooden boards.
00:29:18He disappeared into the empty west bedroom.
00:29:20Steady hammering rang out, one blow after another.
00:29:24Mama stood outside the door.
00:29:26She wanted to ask where the food stores were so she could start dinner.
00:29:29But she didn't dare.
00:29:31After a while, Vance came back out.
00:29:33He saw us both still standing there.
00:29:35He frowned.
00:29:37Something you need?
00:29:38His voice was rough.
00:29:39I flinched and nearly stepped back.
00:29:41But we were alone here, Mama and me.
00:29:44If I stepped back, she'd be standing by herself.
00:29:47I held my ground.
00:29:49I took Mama's hand and stood beside her.
00:29:51Vance noticed.
00:29:52Something shifted in his brow.
00:29:54Mama asked carefully.
00:29:56I-I want to ask.
00:29:58It's nearly dinner time.
00:30:00If you get the grain out, I can cook.
00:30:02You've worked hard all day.
00:30:03You should eat.
00:30:04Vance frowned harder.
00:30:06He looked us up and down like we'd said something strange.
00:30:08Then he pointed at the kitchen.
00:30:10In there.
00:30:14The key.
00:30:17Vance's frown deepened.
00:30:18He walked over and kicked the kitchen door open.
00:30:21He looked back at us.
00:30:23I had the feeling he was asking with his eyes whether we were simple.
00:30:27No lock.
00:30:28No key.
00:30:29Roy's kitchen was always locked.
00:30:31The grain.
00:30:32The oil.
00:30:33The salt.
00:30:34The eggs.
00:30:34Everything in locked cabinets.
00:30:36Grandma would measure out exactly what was needed for each meal.
00:30:39Set it on the counter.
00:30:41Then stand there watching Mama cook.
00:30:43Drop a single grain of rice.
00:30:45Get a lecture that lasted half a day.
00:30:47She called us starving ghosts.
00:30:49Said we never worked.
00:30:50Only ate.
00:30:51She was afraid we'd steal food.
00:30:53Mama and I stepped into the kitchen.
00:30:55Grain.
00:30:56Oil.
00:30:56Salt.
00:30:57All of it just sitting out in the open.
00:30:59Mama stood there for a long moment.
00:31:02She glanced toward Vance.
00:31:04He'd already gone back out.
00:31:05She was almost afraid to touch anything.
00:31:08She was afraid she'd cook it wrong.
00:31:09And he'd come back angry.
00:31:11Beat her.
00:31:12Like Grandma.
00:31:13She was afraid of being accused of stealing.
00:31:17Eventually, Mama cooked.
00:31:19The food sat on the table.
00:31:20The two of us stood in the courtyard.
00:31:22Neither of us moved toward it.
00:31:24Vance came back carrying two large wicker baskets.
00:31:27He saw the food on the table.
00:31:29He saw us standing there.
00:31:30His frown deepened.
00:31:32He washed his hands.
00:31:33Sat down.
00:31:34Saw us still standing.
00:31:35He told us gruffly to sit.
00:31:37He scooped himself less than half a bowl of rice.
00:31:41Not enough food.
00:31:42Cook more tomorrow.
00:31:44He ate fast.
00:31:45Loud and efficient.
00:31:47Finished in minutes.
00:31:48But barely ate half of what was there.
00:31:51Done.
00:31:52He sat sharpening his woodcutting knife.
00:31:54Watching us eat.
00:31:55Mama hesitantly filled my bowl.
00:31:57We ate.
00:31:58Both keeping our eyes on him.
00:31:59I noticed it quickly.
00:32:00When I ate fast, he looked away.
00:32:02When I slowed down and tried to set my chopsticks down, he frowned.
00:32:06He was telling me to keep eating.
00:32:08Mama and I finished every last bite.
00:32:10Then we sat waiting to be scolded.
00:32:13Or hit.
00:32:14Vance put the knife down.
00:32:15Wash up and get some sleep.
00:32:17You've worked enough today.
00:32:20Mama hurried to heat the water.
00:32:22She waited for Vance to finish washing.
00:32:25Then, after a moment, washed her own face and hands and feet.
00:32:30It's the first day.
00:32:32If I'm clean, he'll find less to resent.
00:32:35She muttered it while she scrubbed, eyes dim.
00:32:37I used her leftover warm water.
00:32:40The heat spread up through my hands and feet all at once.
00:32:43So this was what it felt like to wash with hot water.
00:32:46No wonder Grandma and Uncle Dale always demanded extra buckets in winter.
00:32:50I went to the woodshed for the night.
00:32:53Mama stopped me at the door.
00:32:54Cover your ears.
00:32:56No matter what you hear tonight, don't come out.
00:32:59Pretend you heard nothing, you understand?
00:33:02I nodded hard.
00:33:04I knew.
00:33:05Once, when Father was hurting Mama, I'd run in crying and begged him to stop.
00:33:09He'd kicked me so hard I ached for half a year.
00:33:13This time I wouldn't make a sound.
00:33:14We both had to survive, stay alive, and there was still hope, even if I didn't yet know what
00:33:20that hope looked like.
00:33:23Then the woodshed door was kicked open.
00:33:25Vance stood in the doorway holding a lantern, staring at me where I lay in the straw.
00:33:30I shrank back.
00:33:32Cold sweat poured down my neck.
00:33:33Once, Father had come home half drunk in the middle of the night and walked into the woodshed.
00:33:39He beat me nearly to death.
00:33:40He said I was a burden.
00:33:42My fault he had no son.
00:33:44My fault he lost money gambling.
00:33:46That night, Mama grabbed the woodcutting knife and told him she'd take his life.
00:33:50That was the only thing that saved me.
00:33:52Vance was stronger.
00:33:54Could he put me down in three kicks?
00:33:56But he wasn't drunk.
00:33:58He wasn't angry.
00:33:59He reached down and grabbed me under the arms like he was picking up a stray chick.
00:34:03He carried me into the west bedroom.
00:34:05Mama was already standing there quietly.
00:34:07The empty room wasn't empty anymore.
00:34:09A wide wooden bed stood against the wall.
00:34:12Worn, but tidy.
00:34:14Vance set me down.
00:34:15He turned and walked back to his own east bedroom.
00:34:18The door closed.
00:34:19Within minutes, his snoring came through the wall.
00:34:22Mama and I stared at each other.
00:34:26That night, we slept restlessly.
00:34:28But we slept warm.
00:34:29I burrowed into the quilt and said quietly,
00:34:32Mama, it's so warm.
00:34:34I had never been this warm in winter.
00:34:36Not once.
00:34:37And I'd eaten dinner.
00:34:38My stomach was full.
00:34:39This, I thought, was what being alive was actually supposed to feel like.
00:34:43Mama stroked my hair.
00:34:45Little one.
00:34:46You called him Papa today.
00:34:48Do it again tomorrow.
00:34:50Keep calling him that.
00:34:52Okay.
00:34:53Vance was already a better father than Roy had ever been.
00:34:57The meals got bigger after that.
00:34:59And slowly, Mama didn't dare increase the amount all at once.
00:35:02She added a little each day until she finally understood his appetite.
00:35:06He ate a great deal.
00:35:08Roughly as much as Mama and I put together.
00:35:10But he never once stopped us from eating.
00:35:12If we ate too little, he'd frown.
00:35:15He hunted.
00:35:16Large catches, he sold.
00:35:17Sometimes he'd bring back a rabbit or a wild chicken.
00:35:20And he'd have Mama stew it.
00:35:22He ate half.
00:35:23The rest went to us.
00:35:25I had eaten meat three times in my life before that.
00:35:28This was the fourth.
00:35:29It was so good.
00:35:31No wonder Grandma and Uncle Dale had always been so desperate for it.
00:35:34Mama saved the extra pieces for me.
00:35:36I ate without thinking.
00:35:38Too happy to pace myself.
00:35:39That night, I woke in the dark with my stomach seizing up in cramps.
00:35:43I rolled across the bed and pinged.
00:35:46Mama rubbed my belly.
00:35:48It didn't help.
00:35:49She ran outside and scraped ash from the bottom of the cooking pot, stirred it into water,
00:35:54and brought it to me.
00:35:55I took one sip and vomited everything up.
00:35:59Vance burst through the door.
00:36:01One look at me.
00:36:02He wrapped me in the quilt, hoisted me onto his shoulder, and ran.
00:36:05Mama stumbled after him.
00:36:06She didn't say a word.
00:36:07He ran all the way to the village doctor's house at the edge of the road and kicked the
00:36:11door in.
00:36:11The whole household lurched awake.
00:36:13They started to complain.
00:36:14Then they saw his face and went quiet.
00:36:17The doctor checked my pulse, then asked what I'd been eating.
00:36:20What did she eat?
00:36:22Overeid.
00:36:23Indigestion.
00:36:23Nell's been underfed all her life.
00:36:25Eat this much meat at once and her stomach can't manage it.
00:36:28She'll be fine.
00:36:29I'll give her something to bring it up.
00:36:31Keep her warm.
00:36:32Light food for a few days.
00:36:33She'll recover.
00:36:34She gave me something.
00:36:35I vomited.
00:36:36Loudly and at length.
00:36:38The smell filled the whole room.
00:36:39The doctor's husband muttered from the corner.
00:36:42I've never had good food her whole life.
00:36:43Body can't handle it when she finally does.
00:36:46Vance looked at him.
00:36:47One hard stare.
00:36:49He retreated to the back room.
00:36:50I was humiliated.
00:36:52Getting sick from eating too much meat.
00:36:54Just like Grandma had always said.
00:36:56I was a bottomless pit with no sense.
00:37:00Vance carried me home over his shoulder.
00:37:03On the way back, he said gruffly,
00:37:05You've really never had meat before?
00:37:07I thought he was scolding me.
00:37:10This was only the fourth time before we only ever got a piece or two.
00:37:16Grandma had never let us have even the broth.
00:37:19He made a low sound.
00:37:20Eat more often enough.
00:37:22And this stops happening.
00:37:24I was wrapped too tight in the quilt and didn't quite catch it.
00:37:27The next few days, I could only drink porridge.
00:37:30Vance brought back millet.
00:37:32He brought back brown sugar.
00:37:34Millet and brown sugar were things only new mothers got after childbirth.
00:37:38A bowl or two, a little sweetness stirred in.
00:37:41I was getting a full bowl at every single meal.
00:37:45I was eating better than Mama had after giving birth to me.
00:37:49Vance watched me eat every morning until the color came back to my face.
00:37:53When it did, something in his own expression finally loosened.
00:37:59He fixed the village doctor's front gate as payment for the house call.
00:38:02Then he pulled the doctor back to check my pulse again.
00:38:06Only when she said I was fully recovered did he walk her out.
00:38:10He said he was going up the mountain to track a big animal.
00:38:13Might be gone several days.
00:38:15He told Mama to bake a stack of flatbreads for the road.
00:38:18Mama kneaded the dough with lard and mixed in brown sugar.
00:38:21The flatbreads came out golden and fragrant.
00:38:24She pressed into his hands the thick insoles and padded cap she'd sewn over the past few days.
00:38:29Vance took the flatbreads.
00:38:31He looked at the insoles and the cap.
00:38:33He looked up at Mama.
00:38:34Something in his eyes went soft.
00:38:36New year's coming.
00:38:37When I sell what I catch, we'll go buy supplies.
00:38:40Think about what you want.
00:38:42Mama held my hand as we stood at the door to see him off.
00:38:45His figure moved away from us, uneven but steady.
00:38:49I couldn't help shouting after him.
00:38:51Papa! Come home soon!
00:38:54Vance stopped.
00:38:55He didn't look back.
00:38:56He lifted a hand in our direction.
00:38:59Go inside. It's cold.
00:39:03Mom, over there!
00:39:09Impressive.
00:39:10My little fighter.
00:39:15A storm is coming.
00:39:17Leo, let's hurry inside.
00:39:23Show yourself.
00:39:24Show yourself.
00:39:27Aaaaaah!
00:39:43Aaaaaah!
00:39:45Aaaaaah!
00:39:48Aaaaaah!
00:39:52Aaaaaah!
00:39:54Aaaaaah!
00:39:56Aaaaaah!
00:39:57Aaaaaah!
00:39:57Aaaaaah!
00:39:58Aaaaaah!
00:39:58Aaaaaah!
00:39:58Aaaaaah!
00:39:58Aaaaaah!
00:39:59Aaaaaah!
00:39:59Aaaaaah!
00:40:00Aaaaaah!
00:40:01Aaaaaah!
00:40:02Aaaaaah!
00:40:02Aaaaaah!
00:40:03Aaaaaah!
00:40:04Aaaaaah!
00:40:06Aaaaaah!
00:40:08Aaaaaah!
00:45:56Find the woman with the silver owl ring.
00:45:59I must go to my mother Athena.
00:46:02Helena has been found.
00:46:08To Commander Leonos.
00:46:10To Commander Leonos.
00:46:11Congratulations.
00:46:12A divine spear gifted by the goddess of war herself.
00:46:15You are destined for greater things.
00:46:17She speaks the truth.
00:46:19The Awagreen wings, the title of supreme commander.
00:46:22Soon enough you'll be dining on Olympias
00:46:25with the gods themselves.
00:46:28I am merely a humble servant of the goddess.
00:46:34My lords and ladies.
00:46:36I have been tasked to keep the victory feast in order.
00:46:38Please don't be reckless is all.
00:46:41Of course captain.
00:46:42Commander.
00:46:43Soon enough you'll wed my sister and we'll be blood.
00:46:46When you ascend to Olympias
00:46:47don't forget what's between you and me.
00:46:50Of course.
00:46:50We'll soon be brothers.
00:46:54Dad!
00:46:56Calon.
00:46:59Karen.
00:47:00You said you had an announcement to make?
00:47:01I do.
00:47:02Very important words.
00:47:03Just stay down here and watch.
00:47:04Honored guests.
00:47:05I have big announcements to make
00:47:07before Harold Winston and the goddess of war.
00:47:09First, I want to thank someone very important to me.
00:47:12Someone who has offered tremendous help along the way.
00:47:14No doubt it is Lady Leonos.
00:47:17She bore him an heir,
00:47:18willingly became a housewife,
00:47:20and even funded his battle out of her own pocket.
00:47:23It's more than that.
00:47:24I heard the gold needed for the army
00:47:26was earned from her endless hours at the loom.
00:47:29A woman like that?
00:47:31A man's got nothing left to want.
00:47:34Dad is going to talk about you.
00:47:36When I was nobody,
00:47:38she stood by me.
00:47:39Without her support,
00:47:40I would never be who I am today.
00:47:43She is the love of my life.
00:47:47Calon,
00:47:48not in front of a crowd.
00:47:49Now,
00:47:49allow me to introduce my one and only,
00:47:52the future wife
00:47:53of the Supreme Commander.
00:47:59Lady Rhea.
00:48:08Mom,
00:48:09did father make a mistake?
00:48:12Calon's blood and sweat
00:48:13brought him where he is today.
00:48:14I just gave him a little push.
00:48:16Seven days from now,
00:48:17I will marry Rhea
00:48:18in the vaulted palace
00:48:19granted by the goddess of war.
00:48:21Helena,
00:48:22when I come back with glory,
00:48:24I promise there will be a grand wedding.
00:48:27So grand that every soul in Athens
00:48:29will know that you are my wife,
00:48:30the love of my life.
00:48:38Rhea,
00:48:40meeting you is the best thing
00:48:41that's ever happened to me.
00:48:41I will make sure everyone in this realm
00:48:43knows that you,
00:48:44Rhea,
00:48:45is my wife.
00:48:48Carolyn,
00:48:48why are you doing this to us?
00:48:50Fine.
00:48:50Let me tell you why.
00:48:52The second thing I am announcing today
00:48:54is the end of our marriage.
00:48:55What?
00:48:56I am the mightiest warrior of Aths,
00:48:57my merit in blood,
00:48:58the goddess of war herself
00:48:59is granting me the Aurean wings.
00:49:00And you,
00:49:01you're a maid
00:49:01who happens to share my bed.
00:49:02You just don't get to be my wife.
00:49:04I'm not worthy.
00:49:05Have you lost your mind?
00:49:06My dowry paid for your armor,
00:49:08and I took care of your family
00:49:09so you could fight
00:49:09with peace of mind.
00:49:10You swore to the gods
00:49:11you'd give me a proper wedding.
00:49:13Where's all that promises?
00:49:14Shut your mouth!
00:49:16Weaving?
00:49:17Cooking?
00:49:18Raising a brat?
00:49:19I don't need any of that.
00:49:20Any woman could do that.
00:49:22Helena,
00:49:22you are nothing but a slave.
00:49:24What did you just say?
00:49:26Rita is the daughter
00:49:27of the wealthiest man in Greece.
00:49:28She brings me power,
00:49:29knowledge,
00:49:30armies.
00:49:31What did you bring me, Helena?
00:49:32Nothing but a baby.
00:49:35That's right.
00:49:36I am the one who bought
00:49:37the intelligence that won him the war.
00:49:39I secured his favor
00:49:40with the goddess of war,
00:49:41and I will be his wife,
00:49:42not you.
00:49:43Liar!
00:49:43You're but a spoiled child
00:49:44of a merchant.
00:49:45You've never met the goddess of war
00:49:46and you did nothing to help him.
00:49:48That intelligence was mine.
00:49:49The victory feast,
00:49:50the wings, how dare you
00:49:51taking credit for my work?
00:49:52A lowborn housewife like you?
00:49:54You call me a housewife?
00:49:56You know I can wipe
00:49:57your entire bloodline
00:49:58out of existence
00:49:59whenever I want?
00:50:00You bitch!
00:50:04Have you completely
00:50:05lost your mind?
00:50:07How dare you
00:50:08disrespect my wife?
00:50:09Neil,
00:50:10apologize to Raya,
00:50:12now.
00:50:16No?
00:50:20Father, please don't!
00:50:23She is nobody!
00:50:25That noble lady
00:50:26is your mother now.
00:50:27Hurry up!
00:50:28Call her mother!
00:50:29I hate you!
00:50:30Don't hurt my mom!
00:50:32You little brat.
00:50:34Where's your manor?
00:50:43No!
00:50:58Leo, are you hurt?
00:51:05You'd butcher
00:51:05your own flesh and blood
00:51:06just for gold and power?
00:51:08A bastard
00:51:09is still a bastard,
00:51:11even with my blood.
00:51:14Only Rima
00:51:15can bear me
00:51:16true heirs
00:51:16worthy of the
00:51:17Lyanna's name.
00:51:18So be it.
00:51:20You did this to yourself.
00:51:22We are done.
00:51:29I will take
00:51:30everything back!
00:51:31Glaxa!
00:51:32I will take
00:51:42everything back!
00:51:43Glaxa!
00:51:48Urgent call
00:51:49from the goddess
00:51:50of war!
00:51:50Gather the legion!
00:51:52We march
00:51:52onto the temple!
00:51:58Did you honestly
00:51:59think throwing
00:52:00a tantrum
00:52:01could ruin
00:52:01my victory feast?
00:52:02She couldn't handle
00:52:03being cast aside,
00:52:04so she's completely
00:52:05lost her mind.
00:52:06So pathetic.
00:52:07A housewife
00:52:08who spends her entire
00:52:09life around a man
00:52:09and now she's abandoned?
00:52:10No wonder
00:52:11she snapped!
00:52:12A local and peasant
00:52:13thinking you can
00:52:14steal him from my sister.
00:52:16Harold Winston
00:52:16is arriving any minute.
00:52:18Let's see how long
00:52:18you can keep up
00:52:19this little act.
00:52:20Winston,
00:52:21if he hasn't arrived
00:52:22within the hour,
00:52:22I should have him
00:52:23dismissed.
00:52:24Show your respect!
00:52:25How dare you
00:52:26disrespecting the Herald!
00:52:28When Winston arrives,
00:52:29he'll have you
00:52:29executed!
00:52:32When he arrives,
00:52:33you shall be
00:52:34his first blood.
00:52:36How dare you!
00:52:38Wait.
00:52:39I want to see
00:52:40exactly what she
00:52:41thinks she can
00:52:41take back.
00:52:48I originally
00:52:49intended to hand
00:52:50this to you
00:52:50personally when
00:52:51you earned your
00:52:51Cleos,
00:52:52but now
00:52:54you are just
00:52:55not worthy.
00:52:56So the first
00:52:57thing I am
00:52:58going to take
00:52:59back is the
00:53:00Aruian wings!
00:53:01What?
00:53:02What?
00:53:10Jalavi!
00:53:23Run!
00:53:24They're after you!
00:53:25Run!
00:53:26And this
00:53:27pathetic
00:53:27bastard sister
00:53:29of mine
00:53:29is what you
00:53:30turned me down
00:53:30for?
00:53:31You simple-minded
00:53:32beast!
00:53:33If it wasn't
00:53:34the Frost
00:53:34out of nowhere
00:53:35that killed
00:53:35my dragon,
00:53:36I would never
00:53:37have even
00:53:37considered you!
00:53:40You
00:54:02have even
00:54:03been
00:54:06this stupid
00:54:07animal
00:54:08may be
00:54:08occur,
00:54:09but its
00:54:10flesh carries
00:54:10resistance to
00:54:11the Frost.
00:54:12Solve it
00:54:12and consume
00:54:13its flesh.
00:54:13You will
00:54:14all inherit
00:54:15the resistance.
00:54:21Rugen!
00:54:22Go!
00:54:23You chose
00:54:24him and yet
00:54:25you failed
00:54:26him.
00:54:27Your whole
00:54:28existence
00:54:28is a
00:54:28disgrace
00:54:29to our
00:54:29family!
00:54:32Die,
00:54:33crock roach!
00:54:40As expected,
00:54:42this gray-maned
00:54:43bear of rather
00:54:43modest
00:54:44lingonagy
00:54:44has been
00:54:45left
00:54:46unchosen.
00:54:47And in that
00:54:47case,
00:54:48Bruggen,
00:54:48it seems
00:54:49you'll be
00:54:49bound to
00:54:50our lowest
00:54:50ranking
00:54:51student,
00:54:52Emma.
00:54:53Who bound?
00:54:54Did I survive?
00:54:56Wait,
00:54:57am I back
00:54:57to the day
00:54:58when I was
00:54:58bound with
00:54:59Bruggen?
00:55:01So,
00:55:01Emma,
00:55:02though I
00:55:03suppose your
00:55:03choices are
00:55:04rather limited.
00:55:05Professor
00:55:06Rockweld,
00:55:06I'll take
00:55:07him.
00:55:08Laugh while
00:55:09you can.
00:55:10When the
00:55:10Frost takes
00:55:11over everything
00:55:11in half a
00:55:12month,
00:55:12you will
00:55:13all be
00:55:13overwhelming
00:55:14with jealous.
00:55:16Wait.
00:55:22I'm
00:55:22taking
00:55:23the
00:55:23bear.
00:55:23You
00:55:24can
00:55:24bind
00:55:24with
00:55:24the
00:55:25dragon,
00:55:25sister.
00:55:26What is
00:55:27Fiona doing?
00:55:28The
00:55:28heir to
00:55:28the
00:55:28Drake
00:55:28family
00:55:28has
00:55:29always
00:55:29bind
00:55:29with
00:55:29dragons.
00:55:30Why
00:55:30would
00:55:30she
00:55:30go
00:55:31with
00:55:31anything
00:55:31else?
00:55:32And
00:55:32that's
00:55:32an
00:55:32Aurelian
00:55:33dragon.
00:55:33They
00:55:33appear
00:55:34only
00:55:34once
00:55:34in
00:55:34centuries.
00:55:35Fiona
00:55:35must
00:55:36be
00:55:36out
00:55:36of
00:55:36her
00:55:36mind
00:55:36to
00:55:36choose
00:55:37an
00:55:37inferior
00:55:37beast
00:55:38over
00:55:38that.
00:55:38Fiona,
00:55:39I
00:55:39must
00:55:40remind
00:55:40you
00:55:40that
00:55:40the
00:55:41selection
00:55:41of
00:55:41your
00:55:41bonded
00:55:42creature
00:55:42is
00:55:46but
00:55:46also
00:55:47the
00:55:47limits
00:55:47of
00:55:47your
00:55:47future
00:55:48magical
00:55:48potential.
00:55:49Professor
00:55:49Rockwheel,
00:55:50and that's
00:55:51precisely
00:55:51why
00:55:51Emma
00:55:51needs
00:55:52the
00:55:52dragon
00:55:52more
00:55:52than
00:55:52I
00:55:53do.
00:55:54My
00:55:54grades
00:55:54speak
00:55:55for
00:55:55themselves.
00:55:56I
00:55:56can
00:55:56handle
00:55:56myself
00:55:57regardless
00:55:57of
00:55:58what
00:55:58I
00:55:58bind
00:55:58with.
00:55:58But
00:55:59Emma,
00:55:59on
00:55:59the
00:55:59other
00:56:00hand,
00:56:00look
00:56:01at
00:56:01her.
00:56:02She's
00:56:02already
00:56:02struggling.
00:56:03And
00:56:03on
00:56:03top
00:56:04of
00:56:04that,
00:56:04if
00:56:04she's
00:56:04paired
00:56:04with
00:56:05an
00:56:05inferior
00:56:05creature,
00:56:06I
00:56:06fear
00:56:07she
00:56:07may
00:56:07not
00:56:07graduate
00:56:07at
00:56:08all.
00:56:08A
00:56:08fine
00:56:09sentiment,
00:56:09Fiona,
00:56:10for a
00:56:11witch,
00:56:11power is
00:56:12secondary
00:56:12to
00:56:12character.
00:56:14And
00:56:15with a
00:56:15heart of
00:56:15gold like
00:56:16yours,
00:56:17you will
00:56:17go very
00:56:18far even
00:56:18if your
00:56:19bound
00:56:19creature is
00:56:20lesser.
00:56:20Well,
00:56:21Emma,
00:56:22don't you
00:56:22think you
00:56:23owe
00:56:23Fiona your
00:56:23gratitude?
00:56:24Um,
00:56:25thank you
00:56:25for the
00:56:25offer,
00:56:26Fiona,
00:56:27but this
00:56:27is really
00:56:28unnecessary.
00:56:28I quite
00:56:29like
00:56:29Bruggen,
00:56:30to be
00:56:30honest.
00:56:31Oh,
00:56:31come on,
00:56:31Emma.
00:56:32I'm
00:56:32trying to
00:56:33help you.
00:56:34Don't
00:56:34let your
00:56:34pride get
00:56:35in the
00:56:35way.
00:56:36No,
00:56:36it's
00:56:36really,
00:56:37ouch!
00:56:43This,
00:56:45this is
00:56:45the unique
00:56:46way dragons
00:56:46bind with
00:56:47humans.
00:56:48This
00:56:48means the
00:56:49dragon chose
00:56:49me?
00:56:51Well,
00:56:52so much
00:56:52for it's
00:56:52really
00:56:53unnecessary.
00:56:54She refused
00:56:54it,
00:56:55then bound
00:56:55the dragon
00:56:56the moment
00:56:56she could.
00:56:57Shameless.
00:56:59That's an
00:56:59Anarian
00:57:00dragon,
00:57:00some noble
00:57:01bloodline
00:57:02that appears
00:57:02once in
00:57:03centuries.
00:57:04If not
00:57:05for Fiona,
00:57:05she'd never
00:57:06have laid
00:57:06a hand
00:57:06on it.
00:57:07Lucky
00:57:08bastard.
00:57:10Lucky
00:57:11my
00:57:11ass.
00:57:12They have
00:57:13no
00:57:13idea.
00:57:14Indeed,
00:57:15Aurelian
00:57:16dragons possess
00:57:16extraordinary
00:57:17magical
00:57:18affinity.
00:57:20But
00:57:21their
00:57:21hatchlings
00:57:22are fragile
00:57:23in the
00:57:23cold.
00:57:27No!
00:57:28No!
00:57:29And that's
00:57:30exactly why
00:57:31last time
00:57:32it was killed
00:57:32in the
00:57:33frost
00:57:36in the
00:57:36fall.
00:57:38You gave
00:57:39up a
00:57:39dragon
00:57:40and took
00:57:41my
00:57:41bear.
00:57:43I see,
00:57:44sister.
00:57:45You also
00:57:46came back
00:57:46with your
00:57:46memories.
00:57:49Bruggan,
00:57:50I'm not
00:57:50worried about
00:57:51surviving the
00:57:51frost without
00:57:52you,
00:57:53but I'm
00:57:54worried,
00:57:54what if
00:57:55Fiona mistreats
00:57:56you?
00:58:02Don't worry,
00:58:03Bruggan got
00:58:04you.
00:58:13our fist
00:58:13hump.
00:58:14He remembers.
00:58:15It means he's
00:58:16alright.
00:58:17Did he also
00:58:18come back with
00:58:19his memories?
00:58:20Last time,
00:58:22Fiona drove the
00:58:22others and
00:58:23torn Bruggan to
00:58:23pieces.
00:58:24He may look
00:58:25gentle and
00:58:25simple-minded,
00:58:27but Bruggan
00:58:28never forgets.
00:58:29This time,
00:58:30this is going
00:58:31to be fun.
00:58:33Are you done
00:58:34staring at him?
00:58:36Are you
00:58:36talking to
00:58:37me?
00:58:38Your skills,
00:58:39they are
00:58:40beautiful.
00:58:40Naturally,
00:58:41I am an
00:58:42Auririan dragon.
00:58:43We do not
00:58:44choose lightly.
00:58:46You should
00:58:46feel honored,
00:58:48human,
00:58:48rather than
00:58:49getting distracted
00:58:50by lesser
00:58:51creatures.
00:58:52Fair enough,
00:58:53little one.
00:58:54But why me?
00:58:55That ferocious
00:58:56woman,
00:58:57her soul
00:58:58reeks.
00:58:58I can smell
00:59:00it out.
00:59:01But yours,
00:59:02it smells
00:59:02rather delightful.
00:59:04In fact,
00:59:04it is the most
00:59:05agreeable in
00:59:06this room.
00:59:07And do refrain
00:59:08from calling me
00:59:09little one.
00:59:10You may address
00:59:10me as your
00:59:12majesty.
00:59:13Of course,
00:59:14your majesty.
00:59:18All right,
00:59:19class,
00:59:19copy this
00:59:19formation
00:59:20exactly as
00:59:21shown,
00:59:21then speak
00:59:22the incantation,
00:59:24Voluntas
00:59:24Ligot.
00:59:26The bond
00:59:27will complete
00:59:28once you cast
00:59:29the spell.
00:59:29You may begin
00:59:30now.
00:59:41Where's
00:59:41my wand?
00:59:46I taught
00:59:46you the
00:59:47difference.
00:59:48Brugge,
00:59:49could you
00:59:49pass me
00:59:50my wand?
00:59:55Aqua.
01:00:01That's
01:00:01on me.
01:00:02I should
01:00:02have taught
01:00:03you about
01:00:03wands sooner.
01:00:04There's a
01:00:05right end
01:00:06and a
01:00:07wrong one.
01:00:09Now you
01:00:09are using
01:00:10this knowledge
01:00:11against
01:00:11Fiona.
01:00:12Clever
01:00:12Bear.
01:00:15Voluntas
01:00:15Ligot.
01:00:27When a
01:00:27wand is
01:00:28reversed,
01:00:29the magic
01:00:29turns back
01:00:30on the
01:00:30caster,
01:00:31and that
01:00:31means
01:00:32Bruggen
01:00:32has become
01:00:33your
01:00:33master.
01:00:40must
01:00:40must
01:00:41you
01:00:41keep
01:00:41exchanging
01:00:41looks
01:00:42with
01:00:42that
01:00:42bear.
01:00:43Aurelian
01:00:44dragons
01:00:44are not
01:00:44only
01:00:45of
01:00:45noble
01:00:45blood.
01:00:46We are
01:00:47also
01:00:47particular
01:00:48about
01:00:48what
01:00:48belongs
01:00:49to
01:00:49us.
01:00:49You've
01:00:50bound
01:00:50yourself
01:00:51to
01:00:51me.
01:00:52Then
01:00:52your
01:00:52attention
01:00:53should
01:00:53follow.
01:00:54Um,
01:00:55okay.
01:00:56I will
01:00:57keep that
01:00:57in mind.
01:01:00And
01:01:11as
01:01:12mentioned
01:01:13previously,
01:01:14fire
01:01:14sabamanders
01:01:15play a
01:01:15vital role
01:01:16in
01:01:16strengthening
01:01:17bonded
01:01:17creatures
01:01:18and
01:01:18accelerating
01:01:19their
01:01:19growth.
01:01:20the
01:01:21academy
01:01:21has
01:01:22procured
01:01:22a
01:01:22fresh
01:01:23supply
01:01:23from
01:01:23the
01:01:24old
01:01:24doll
01:01:24volcano.
01:01:25Each
01:01:26of you
01:01:26will
01:01:26receive
01:01:26a
01:01:27month's
01:01:27allocation.
01:01:29Collect
01:01:29your
01:01:30share
01:01:30and
01:01:31you
01:01:31are
01:01:31dismissed.
01:01:39Jalabi!
01:01:47Well
01:01:47done.
01:01:50that
01:01:50was
01:01:50a
01:01:50month's
01:01:51supply.
01:01:51She
01:01:52fed
01:01:52it
01:01:52all
01:01:52at
01:01:52once.
01:01:53Has
01:01:53she
01:01:53lost
01:01:53her
01:01:53mind?
01:01:56She
01:01:56clearly
01:01:57wasn't
01:01:57paying
01:01:57attention.
01:01:58Last
01:01:59in
01:01:59the
01:01:59class
01:01:59and
01:02:00now
01:02:00this
01:02:00poor
01:02:01Valrax
01:02:01is
01:02:01doomed
01:02:01with
01:02:02her.
01:02:02Binding
01:02:03with
01:02:03Valrax
01:02:04is
01:02:04wasted
01:02:04on
01:02:04her.
01:02:05Let
01:02:05me
01:02:05remind
01:02:06you.
01:02:06Fire
01:02:07salver
01:02:07manders
01:02:08are
01:02:08not
01:02:08easily
01:02:09obtained.
01:02:10They
01:02:11are
01:02:11to
01:02:11be
01:02:11used
01:02:11with
01:02:12care
01:02:12and
01:02:13in
01:02:13accordance
01:02:13with
01:02:14academy
01:02:14guidelines.
01:02:15Do
01:02:16not
01:02:16waste
01:02:20I
01:02:20assure
01:02:20you
01:02:20it
01:02:21wasn't
01:02:21wasted.
01:02:22We
01:02:23only
01:02:23have
01:02:23half
01:02:24a
01:02:24month
01:02:24till
01:02:24the
01:02:24frost
01:02:25arrives.
01:02:25Valrax
01:02:26has
01:02:26to
01:02:26grow
01:02:26fast
01:02:27to
01:02:27survive
01:02:28and
01:02:28protect
01:02:28me.
01:02:29If
01:02:30he
01:02:30dies
01:02:31right
01:02:31at
01:02:31the
01:02:31beginning
01:02:31again
01:02:32that
01:02:32would
01:02:32be
01:02:32the
01:02:32real
01:02:33waste.
01:02:34Class
01:02:34is
01:02:34over.
01:02:45You
01:02:46remember
01:02:46too
01:02:46don't
01:02:47you
01:02:47sister?
01:02:48Last
01:02:48time
01:02:49you
01:02:49survived
01:02:49by
01:02:50clinging
01:02:50to
01:02:50that
01:02:50curt
01:02:50bear.
01:02:51This
01:02:51time
01:02:52it's
01:02:53my
01:02:53turn.
01:02:55Then
01:02:55I
01:02:55wish
01:02:56you
01:02:56best
01:02:56of
01:02:56luck.
01:02:57Of
01:02:57course.
01:02:58I
01:02:58will
01:02:58just
01:02:58fine
01:02:59with
01:02:59him
01:02:59by
01:02:59my
01:02:59side.
01:03:00Freezing
01:03:01to
01:03:01death
01:03:01on
01:03:01the
01:03:01first
01:03:01day
01:03:02of
01:03:02the
01:03:02frost.
01:03:08Get
01:03:09that
01:03:09cursed
01:03:10feral
01:03:10creature
01:03:11of
01:03:11yours
01:03:11away
01:03:11from
01:03:12me!
01:03:12I'm
01:03:13sorry.
01:03:14But
01:03:14you
01:03:15shouldn't
01:03:15have
01:03:15woken
01:03:16him
01:03:16up
01:03:16from
01:03:16his
01:03:16nap.
01:03:30are you
01:03:30hungry
01:03:31already?
01:03:31You gotta be
01:03:32kidding me?
01:03:34Where am I
01:03:34supposed to find
01:03:35the extra
01:03:35salamirs for
01:03:36you?
01:03:36I don't have
01:03:37the money
01:03:37for it.
01:03:38Did you hear?
01:03:39A freshman
01:03:39went into the
01:03:40shadow woods
01:03:40last night.
01:03:41Got
01:03:41completely
01:03:42lost.
01:03:42I'm not
01:03:43surprised.
01:03:44That place
01:03:44is covered in
01:03:45heavy fog
01:03:45all year
01:03:46round.
01:03:47The
01:03:47shadow
01:03:48woods.
01:03:48If I
01:03:49remember
01:03:49correctly,
01:03:50before
01:03:50the
01:03:50frost,
01:03:51someone
01:03:52found a
01:03:52salamander's
01:03:53nest
01:03:53there.
01:03:54If the
01:03:54timeline
01:03:55hasn't
01:03:55changed,
01:03:56no one's
01:03:57discovered
01:03:57it yet.
01:03:58This
01:03:58is going
01:03:59to take
01:03:59forever.
01:04:00If you
01:04:01want to
01:04:01crawl
01:04:01like
01:04:02this,
01:04:02hop
01:04:03on my
01:04:03back.
01:04:04I
01:04:04will
01:04:04take
01:04:05you
01:04:05there.
01:04:06But
01:04:06you
01:04:06are
01:04:07still
01:04:07just
01:04:07a
01:04:07hatchling.
01:04:08You're
01:04:08hardly
01:04:09big
01:04:09enough
01:04:09to
01:04:09carry.
01:04:25shall
01:04:26we?
01:04:39Woohoo!
01:04:42I was
01:04:43adopted
01:04:44by a
01:04:44poor
01:04:44family.
01:04:45My
01:04:45little
01:04:45sister
01:04:46Tiffany
01:04:46was
01:04:46taken
01:04:47in
01:04:47by a
01:04:47wealthy
01:04:47family,
01:04:48the
01:04:48Sinclair
01:04:49house.
01:04:50Yet
01:04:50in less
01:04:51than five
01:04:51years,
01:04:52she was
01:04:52thrown
01:04:52out of
01:04:52the
01:04:52Sinclair
01:04:53house.
01:04:54She
01:04:54miserably
01:04:55died
01:04:55on the
01:04:55street.
01:04:57As
01:04:58for me,
01:04:58I
01:04:58studied
01:04:58hard
01:04:59and
01:04:59made
01:05:00it
01:05:00into
01:05:00an
01:05:00Ivy
01:05:00League
01:05:01school.
01:05:03Sinclair
01:05:04was
01:05:04thrown
01:05:04out
01:05:04of
01:05:04the
01:05:04Sinclair
01:05:05house.
01:05:06She
01:05:06miserably
01:05:07died
01:05:07on
01:05:07the
01:05:07street.
01:05:08Sinclair
01:05:09Eiling
01:05:09earned
01:05:10the
01:05:10sinker.
01:05:11In
01:05:11the
01:05:11end,
01:05:12I
01:05:12built
01:05:12my
01:05:12own
01:05:12business
01:05:13empire,
01:05:13married
01:05:14Tony
01:05:14with
01:05:14my
01:05:15adoptive
01:05:15parents
01:05:15blessing,
01:05:16gave
01:05:16birth
01:05:16to
01:05:17kids,
01:05:17and
01:05:17lived
01:05:17a
01:05:18long,
01:05:18happy
01:05:18life.
01:05:21Somehow,
01:05:22I
01:05:22was
01:05:22reborn.
01:05:24The
01:05:24second the
01:05:25couple from
01:05:25the poor
01:05:25family walked
01:05:26in,
01:05:27she ran
01:05:27straight to
01:05:27Tony,
01:05:29threw herself
01:05:29into his
01:05:30arms,
01:05:30called him
01:05:31her brother.
01:05:32Then she
01:05:32grabbed our
01:05:33new parents'
01:05:33hands and
01:05:34looked back
01:05:34at me with
01:05:35that smug
01:05:35little smile
01:05:36I knew
01:05:36too well.
01:05:37Audrey,
01:05:38you can
01:05:38have the
01:05:39rich
01:05:39family.
01:05:40But just
01:05:40a heads
01:05:41up,
01:05:41the
01:05:41Sinclair's
01:05:42house is
01:05:42a
01:05:42prison.
01:05:43I'm
01:05:43not going
01:05:43back there.
01:05:44I looked
01:05:45at the
01:05:45young man
01:05:46who had
01:05:46once been
01:05:46my
01:05:46husband.
01:05:47I hoped
01:05:48he would
01:05:48say
01:05:48something.
01:05:49Stay
01:05:49away from
01:05:50my
01:05:50sister.
01:05:51So in
01:05:52the end,
01:05:53with my
01:05:53sister grinning
01:05:54like she'd
01:05:54already won,
01:05:55I walked
01:05:56toward the
01:05:56Lincoln with
01:05:57a shogur.
01:05:58That was
01:05:58the moment
01:05:59it hit me.
01:06:00One look
01:06:00at her
01:06:01face told
01:06:01me
01:06:01everything.
01:06:04She had
01:06:04been reborn
01:06:05too.
01:06:08Get in,
01:06:09miss.
01:06:10The
01:06:11Sinclairs
01:06:11had sent
01:06:12no one
01:06:12but a
01:06:12chauffeur.
01:06:14Same as
01:06:14the past
01:06:15life.
01:06:15At this
01:06:16exact point,
01:06:17the director
01:06:18of the
01:06:18orphanage
01:06:18told us
01:06:19we could
01:06:19choose
01:06:20our own
01:06:20family.
01:06:21Tiffany
01:06:22stepped in
01:06:22first,
01:06:23lifted her
01:06:24ditt to
01:06:24her chin,
01:06:24and said,
01:06:25I'm not
01:06:26living broke.
01:06:27You are
01:06:27the big
01:06:28sister.
01:06:28You better
01:06:29suffer for
01:06:30me.
01:06:30Then she
01:06:31got the
01:06:31rich family
01:06:32she wanted,
01:06:32and day
01:06:33by day,
01:06:34the smile
01:06:34disappeared from
01:06:35her face.
01:06:37And now,
01:06:39I was the
01:06:40one stepping
01:06:40into the
01:06:41Lincoln.
01:06:42The chauffeur
01:06:43kept talking
01:06:44as he
01:06:44pulled away.
01:06:44He told
01:06:45me about
01:06:45the
01:06:46Sinclair's
01:06:46house rules.
01:06:48Got all
01:06:48that?
01:06:50He looked
01:06:50at me in
01:06:51the rearview
01:06:51mirror with
01:06:51those keen
01:06:52eyes,
01:06:53waiting for
01:06:53an answer.
01:06:56I got it.
01:06:59We arrived
01:07:00fast.
01:07:00I followed
01:07:01the chauffeur
01:07:02into a
01:07:02mansion.
01:07:03It looked
01:07:03less like a
01:07:04home and
01:07:04more like a
01:07:05royal palace.
01:07:06Mrs. Sinclair,
01:07:07she's here.
01:07:09An elegant
01:07:10woman sat
01:07:10on the
01:07:11sofa,
01:07:11sipping
01:07:12tea.
01:07:12She
01:07:12sized me
01:07:13up slowly
01:07:14and beckoned
01:07:14to me.
01:07:17Come here.
01:07:18I walked
01:07:19over.
01:07:21What's
01:07:22your name?
01:07:23Audrey.
01:07:24That was
01:07:24the name
01:07:25the orphanage
01:07:25had given
01:07:26me.
01:07:27Good.
01:07:28From now
01:07:29on,
01:07:29you're
01:07:29Audrey
01:07:30Sinclair.
01:07:33Brent,
01:07:34take her
01:07:34upstairs.
01:07:36Yes,
01:07:37ma'am.
01:07:39I followed
01:07:40the butler,
01:07:40step by
01:07:41step.
01:07:42Everything
01:07:42gleamed.
01:07:44Everything
01:07:44whispered money.
01:07:46But none
01:07:46of it shook
01:07:47me.
01:07:47In my past
01:07:48life,
01:07:49I had built
01:07:49this kind
01:07:50of life
01:07:50with my
01:07:50own hands.
01:07:52I knew
01:07:52what wealth
01:07:53looked like.
01:07:57Miss,
01:07:58this is your
01:07:58room now.
01:07:59He set my
01:08:00bag down
01:08:00by the bed.
01:08:01Get some
01:08:02rest.
01:08:02I'll come
01:08:02back for you.
01:08:03Then he
01:08:04left.
01:08:06I stepped
01:08:07inside and
01:08:08looked around.
01:08:09The room
01:08:09was perfect.
01:08:10And somewhere
01:08:11deep inside
01:08:12me,
01:08:12something
01:08:13stirred.
01:08:14Excitement.
01:08:15In my
01:08:16past life,
01:08:16I had no
01:08:17strong family
01:08:17background,
01:08:18yet I still
01:08:19built this
01:08:19kind of
01:08:20life with
01:08:20my own
01:08:20hands.
01:08:21This time,
01:08:22with the
01:08:23Sinclair name,
01:08:24I could
01:08:24become so
01:08:24much more.
01:08:25I was
01:08:26lost in
01:08:26thought when
01:08:26I heard
01:08:27shouting
01:08:27outside.
01:08:28A
01:08:29basketball
01:08:29came out
01:08:30of nowhere
01:08:30and slammed
01:08:31into my
01:08:31head.
01:08:31A boy
01:08:32was there.
01:08:33Zero
01:08:34manners.
01:08:35I knew
01:08:35who he
01:08:36was right
01:08:36away.
01:08:38Jasper
01:08:38Sinclair.
01:08:39He was
01:08:40into street
01:08:40racing,
01:08:41skydiving,
01:08:42anything
01:08:42dangerous
01:08:43enough to
01:08:43get him
01:08:43killed.
01:08:44Never
01:08:44serious,
01:08:45never
01:08:46still.
01:08:46In my
01:08:47past life,
01:08:47his legs
01:08:48were crushed
01:08:48in a
01:08:49racing
01:08:49accident.
01:08:50Hello?
01:08:51You
01:08:52deaf or
01:08:52what?
01:08:53His voice
01:08:53snapped in
01:08:54my ear.
01:08:54I came
01:08:55back to
01:08:55myself,
01:08:56picked up
01:08:56the ball,
01:08:57and did
01:08:57it over.
01:08:59Here
01:09:00you go,
01:09:00Jasper.
01:09:01He froze
01:09:01for half
01:09:02a second
01:09:02and said,
01:09:03What an
01:09:04ass
01:09:05hearer.
01:09:05You think
01:09:06living here
01:09:07gets you
01:09:07a cut
01:09:07of the
01:09:08Sinclair
01:09:08money?
01:09:08And
01:09:09remember,
01:09:09never
01:09:09call me
01:09:10by my
01:09:10first name.
01:09:11We're
01:09:11not that
01:09:11close.
01:09:13He
01:09:13snatched
01:09:13the ball
01:09:14and walked
01:09:14off.
01:09:16For the
01:09:16next few
01:09:17days,
01:09:17I barely
01:09:17saw Mrs.
01:09:18Sinclair.
01:09:19The
01:09:19butler
01:09:19showed me
01:09:20around
01:09:20the
01:09:20mansion.
01:09:21When
01:09:21we were
01:09:22done,
01:09:22he handed
01:09:22me a
01:09:23printed
01:09:23schedule.
01:09:26This
01:09:26is your
01:09:26schedule
01:09:27from now
01:09:27on.
01:09:28Starting
01:09:28tomorrow,
01:09:28you'll
01:09:28get private
01:09:29lessons in
01:09:29business
01:09:30management.
01:09:31Mrs.
01:09:31Sinclair
01:09:31arranged
01:09:32everything.
01:09:33Just
01:09:33study
01:09:33hard.
01:09:34If
01:09:34you
01:09:34do
01:09:34well,
01:09:35trust
01:09:35me,
01:09:35it'll
01:09:35pay
01:09:36off.
01:09:38You
01:09:38can
01:09:39handle
01:09:39that,
01:09:39right?
01:09:40In
01:09:40my
01:09:40past
01:09:41life,
01:09:41I
01:09:41didn't
01:09:41get
01:09:41to
01:09:42learn
01:09:42any
01:09:42of
01:09:42this
01:09:42until
01:09:43I
01:09:43started
01:09:43my
01:09:43first
01:09:43company.
01:09:45This
01:09:45time,
01:09:46I
01:09:47was
01:09:47getting
01:09:47it
01:09:47at
01:09:4715.
01:09:50Absolutely.
01:09:54This
01:09:54girl
01:09:54learns
01:09:55frighteningly
01:09:55fast.
01:09:56She's
01:09:57not only
01:09:57finished
01:09:57the high
01:09:58school
01:09:58curriculum,
01:09:59but she's
01:09:59also
01:10:00mastered
01:10:00obscure
01:10:01business
01:10:01theory.
01:10:04At
01:10:04this
01:10:04rate,
01:10:05she won't
01:10:05even need
01:10:06to finish
01:10:06high school.
01:10:06She
01:10:07could
01:10:07start
01:10:07applying
01:10:08to
01:10:08universities
01:10:08now.
01:10:11But
01:10:11that was
01:10:12never
01:10:12Mrs.
01:10:12Sinclair's
01:10:13plan.
01:10:14She
01:10:15wanted
01:10:15me to
01:10:15stay
01:10:16with
01:10:16Jasper
01:10:16through
01:10:16high
01:10:16school
01:10:17and
01:10:17then
01:10:17go
01:10:17to
01:10:17university
01:10:18with
01:10:18him.
01:10:19And
01:10:19she
01:10:19wanted
01:10:19me
01:10:20to
01:10:20rein
01:10:20him
01:10:20in.
01:10:22Come
01:10:22here.
01:10:22I
01:10:23walked
01:10:23over.
01:10:24She
01:10:25took
01:10:25my
01:10:25hand
01:10:26and
01:10:26pulled
01:10:26me
01:10:26down
01:10:26beside
01:10:27her
01:10:27on
01:10:27the
01:10:27sofa.
01:10:30Then
01:10:30she
01:10:30handed
01:10:31me
01:10:31an
01:10:31acceptance
01:10:31letter.
01:10:33Westfield
01:10:34High.
01:10:35A
01:10:35private
01:10:36boarding
01:10:36school.
01:10:37Super
01:10:37elite.
01:10:38You
01:10:38did
01:10:38well.
01:10:39Jasper's
01:10:40grades
01:10:40are a
01:10:40mess.
01:10:40Help
01:10:41him
01:10:41out.
01:10:43I
01:10:44don't
01:10:44expect
01:10:44miracles.
01:10:45Just
01:10:46make
01:10:46sure
01:10:46he
01:10:46passes.
01:10:49Then
01:10:50she
01:10:50looked
01:10:50me
01:10:50right
01:10:51in
01:10:51the
01:10:51eye.
01:10:51get
01:10:52through
01:10:53high
01:10:53school
01:10:53with
01:10:53him
01:10:54and
01:10:54I'll
01:10:54cover
01:10:55all
01:10:55your
01:10:55tuition
01:10:55and
01:10:56arrange
01:10:56the
01:10:56best
01:10:57change
01:10:57program
01:10:57for
01:10:57the
01:10:58two
01:10:58of
01:10:58you.
01:10:58Deal?
01:11:01And
01:11:02I
01:11:02didn't
01:11:02hesitate.
01:11:05Thank
01:11:06you,
01:11:06Mom.
01:11:08Good
01:11:09girl.
01:11:10No
01:11:10limit.
01:11:11One
01:11:12day
01:11:12off.
01:11:13Since
01:11:14arriving at
01:11:14the
01:11:14Sinclair
01:11:15house,
01:11:15it was
01:11:15the
01:11:16first
01:11:16day
01:11:16that
01:11:16actually
01:11:17felt
01:11:17like
01:11:18mine.
01:11:19I
01:11:19had
01:11:19barely
01:11:20taken
01:11:20a
01:11:20few
01:11:20steps
01:11:21when
01:11:21I
01:11:21saw
01:11:21a
01:11:21face
01:11:22I
01:11:22knew.
01:11:24Tiffany.
01:11:25She
01:11:26was
01:11:26standing
01:11:26on the
01:11:27curb
01:11:27in the
01:11:27brutal
01:11:28heat,
01:11:28handing
01:11:28out
01:11:29flyers.
01:11:30Of
01:11:30course,
01:11:30she
01:11:31had
01:11:31to
01:11:31take
01:11:31a
01:11:31part-time
01:11:32job.
01:11:33In
01:11:34my
01:11:34past
01:11:34life,
01:11:35that
01:11:35was
01:11:35me.
01:11:36Three
01:11:36jobs
01:11:36every
01:11:37summer.
01:11:38School
01:11:38on top
01:11:39of
01:11:39that.
01:11:40Housework
01:11:40after
01:11:40dark.
01:11:42Later,
01:11:42I
01:11:42found out
01:11:43why they
01:11:43took
01:11:43me
01:11:43in
01:11:43at
01:11:43all.
01:11:44Not
01:11:45because
01:11:45they
01:11:45wanted
01:11:46free
01:11:47labor.
01:11:48Hey
01:11:48there,
01:11:49want
01:11:49one?
01:11:54Audrey?
01:11:59So,
01:12:00you're
01:12:00living
01:12:00comfortably,
01:12:01huh?
01:12:01But
01:12:02don't
01:12:02say I
01:12:02didn't
01:12:02warn
01:12:03you.
01:12:03The
01:12:03Sinclair
01:12:04house
01:12:04isn't
01:12:04for
01:12:04girls
01:12:05like
01:12:05us.
01:12:05Mrs.
01:12:06Sinclair
01:12:06is
01:12:06far
01:12:07more
01:12:07evil
01:12:07than
01:12:07you
01:12:07think.
01:12:08Give
01:12:09it
01:12:09time,
01:12:09you'll
01:12:09find
01:12:09out.
01:12:10Oh,
01:12:11okay.
01:12:13My
01:12:14parents
01:12:14are
01:12:14amazing,
01:12:15she
01:12:15said.
01:12:16Tony
01:12:16even
01:12:16helps
01:12:16me
01:12:16study.
01:12:17Oh,
01:12:17by
01:12:17the
01:12:17way,
01:12:18we
01:12:18got
01:12:18accepted
01:12:18into
01:12:19Westfield
01:12:19High
01:12:19early.
01:12:21Westfield
01:12:22High?
01:12:23I
01:12:23almost
01:12:24laughed.
01:12:26The
01:12:26school
01:12:26was
01:12:27full
01:12:27of
01:12:27Rick
01:12:27kids'
01:12:27legacy
01:12:28names
01:12:28and
01:12:29a
01:12:29handful
01:12:29of
01:12:29brilliant
01:12:30scholarship
01:12:30students.
01:12:31In
01:12:31my
01:12:32past
01:12:32life,
01:12:32Tony
01:12:33and
01:12:33I
01:12:33had
01:12:33been
01:12:33the
01:12:33scholarship
01:12:34kids.
01:12:35Tiffany
01:12:35looked
01:12:35at
01:12:36me
01:12:36like
01:12:36she
01:12:36was
01:12:36already
01:12:37watching
01:12:37my
01:12:37funeral.
01:12:39Our
01:12:40lives
01:12:40are
01:12:41only
01:12:41going
01:12:41to
01:12:41get
01:12:42better.
01:12:43You?
01:12:45You're
01:12:46going
01:12:46to
01:12:46end
01:12:46up
01:12:46dead
01:12:47in
01:12:47the
01:12:47street.
01:12:49Just
01:12:49as I
01:12:49was
01:12:49about
01:12:50to
01:12:50answer,
01:12:50a
01:12:51voice
01:12:51cut
01:12:51through
01:12:51the
01:12:51noise.
01:12:52Tiff!
01:12:53Tony!
01:12:54What are
01:12:54you doing
01:12:55here?
01:12:58Tony
01:12:58walked
01:12:59over
01:12:59with a
01:12:59lunch
01:12:59bag
01:13:00in
01:13:00one
01:13:00hand.
01:13:01Mom
01:13:01sent
01:13:01me.
01:13:02She
01:13:02wanted
01:13:02me
01:13:02to
01:13:02bring
01:13:02you
01:13:02lunch.
01:13:03It's
01:13:03blazing
01:13:03out
01:13:03here.
01:13:04Want
01:13:04me
01:13:04to
01:13:04cover
01:13:04for
01:13:04you
01:13:04for
01:13:04a
01:13:04while?
01:13:06It's
01:13:06okay.
01:13:07I'm
01:13:07fine.
01:13:08The
01:13:12Same
01:13:12as
01:13:13the
01:13:13past
01:13:13life.
01:13:13Same
01:13:14pressure.
01:13:14Same
01:13:14grind.
01:13:15You're
01:13:15the
01:13:15best.
01:13:23This
01:13:23is my
01:13:23sister
01:13:24Audrey.
01:13:24You
01:13:24met
01:13:24her
01:13:24at
01:13:25the
01:13:25orphanage.
01:13:27Tony
01:13:27looked
01:13:27me
01:13:28over.
01:13:28His
01:13:29expression
01:13:29was
01:13:29cold,
01:13:30faintly
01:13:31disgusted.
01:13:32Don't
01:13:32hang
01:13:32around
01:13:32people
01:13:33like
01:13:33that.
01:13:33Come
01:13:33on.
01:13:33Let's
01:13:34go.
01:13:34He
01:13:35grabbed
01:13:35her
01:13:35hand
01:13:35and
01:13:35pulled
01:13:36her
01:13:36away
01:13:36before
01:13:36I
01:13:37could
01:13:37say
01:13:37a
01:13:37word.
01:13:39Their
01:13:40voices
01:13:40still
01:13:40carried
01:13:41even
01:13:41after
01:13:42they
01:13:42walked
01:13:42away.
01:13:45Tony,
01:13:45why are
01:13:46you being
01:13:46so mean?
01:13:47What if
01:13:48you scared
01:13:48her?
01:13:49You're
01:13:49too
01:13:49nice.
01:13:50Girls
01:13:50like that
01:13:51are
01:13:51trouble.
01:13:51Stay
01:13:52away
01:13:52from
01:13:52her.
01:13:53One
01:13:53day
01:13:53she'll
01:13:53stab
01:13:54you
01:13:54in
01:13:54the
01:13:54back.
01:13:54The
01:13:55words
01:13:55hit,
01:13:55like
01:13:56pressing
01:13:56on a
01:13:56bruise
01:13:57that
01:13:57had
01:13:57already
01:13:57healed
01:13:58wrong.
01:13:58I
01:13:59stood
01:13:59there
01:13:59for
01:13:59only
01:13:59a
01:14:00second.
01:14:00Then
01:14:01I
01:14:01looked
01:14:01down
01:14:01at
01:14:01the
01:14:02card
01:14:02Mrs.
01:14:02Sinclair
01:14:03had
01:14:03given
01:14:03me.
01:14:04I
01:14:04went
01:14:04luxury
01:14:05shopping.
01:14:06When I
01:14:06walked
01:14:07out of
01:14:07the
01:14:07stores
01:14:07with
01:14:07both
01:14:08hands
01:14:08full,
01:14:09Tiffany
01:14:09was
01:14:09still
01:14:09outside.
01:14:10The
01:14:11jealous
01:14:11look
01:14:11on her
01:14:11face
01:14:12was
01:14:12almost
01:14:12funny.
01:14:13What a
01:14:13show-off.
01:14:14You're
01:14:15still
01:14:15gonna
01:14:15die
01:14:15on
01:14:15the
01:14:15street.
01:14:16Tony
01:14:16and
01:14:17I
01:14:17were
01:14:17gonna
01:14:18run
01:14:18companies
01:14:18one
01:14:18day.
01:14:20She
01:14:20was
01:14:20so
01:14:20naive.
01:14:21The
01:14:22truth
01:14:22was
01:14:23none
01:14:23of
01:14:23the
01:14:23shopping
01:14:24was
01:14:24for
01:14:24me.
01:14:24Everything
01:14:25I
01:14:25bought
01:14:25was
01:14:26for
01:14:26them.
01:14:26For
01:14:27Mrs.
01:14:27Sinclair.
01:14:28For
01:14:29Jasper.
01:14:29For
01:14:30the
01:14:30staff.
01:14:32Jasper
01:14:32was
01:14:32home.
01:14:33That
01:14:34was
01:14:34rare.
01:14:35Well,
01:14:35look at
01:14:35that.
01:14:37You've
01:14:37been here
01:14:38for just
01:14:38a while
01:14:38and you're
01:14:39already
01:14:39spending
01:14:40money
01:14:40that
01:14:40doesn't
01:14:41belong
01:14:42to
01:14:42you.
01:14:44Jasper.
01:14:46She's
01:14:47your
01:14:47sister.
01:14:48In
01:14:49what
01:14:49world?
01:14:49I
01:14:50don't
01:14:50have
01:14:50a
01:14:50sister
01:14:50and
01:14:50I
01:14:51never
01:14:51will.
01:14:51You
01:14:51think
01:14:52I'm
01:14:52bringing
01:14:52this
01:14:52bumplad
01:14:53around
01:14:53my
01:14:53friends?
01:14:54Oh,
01:14:54please.
01:14:55Jasper
01:14:55had
01:14:56never
01:14:56liked
01:14:56me and
01:14:57I
01:14:57wasn't
01:14:57to
01:14:57push
01:14:58him.
01:14:58Mom,
01:14:59this
01:14:59is
01:14:59for
01:14:59you.
01:15:01Then
01:15:02I
01:15:02handed
01:15:02out
01:15:02gifts
01:15:03to
01:15:03the
01:15:03butler
01:15:03and
01:15:03the
01:15:04rest
01:15:04of
01:15:04the
01:15:04household
01:15:04staff.
01:15:07The
01:15:07butler
01:15:07and
01:15:07the
01:15:08rest
01:15:08of
01:15:08the
01:15:08staff
01:15:08were
01:15:08only
01:15:09Jasper'd.
01:15:10His
01:15:11face
01:15:11dropped
01:15:11on the
01:15:12spot.
01:15:12Oh,
01:15:13come on!
01:15:13You
01:15:13really
01:15:14think
01:15:14a few
01:15:14gifts
01:15:14are
01:15:15enough
01:15:15to
01:15:15buy
01:15:15people
01:15:15off?
01:15:16You
01:15:17think
01:15:17that
01:15:17makes
01:15:18you...
01:15:18Well,
01:15:18this
01:15:19one's
01:15:19for
01:15:19you.
01:15:20It
01:15:21was
01:15:21a
01:15:21custom
01:15:21race car
01:15:22model.
01:15:23I
01:15:23heard
01:15:23you're
01:15:23into
01:15:24racing.
01:15:24I
01:15:25saw
01:15:25it
01:15:25and
01:15:25thought
01:15:26of
01:15:26you.
01:15:33School
01:15:34started
01:15:34soon
01:15:35after
01:15:35that.
01:15:35I
01:15:36was
01:15:36already
01:15:36set
01:15:36to
01:15:37grab
01:15:37a
01:15:37cab
01:15:37on
01:15:37my
01:15:37own,
01:15:38but
01:15:38when
01:15:38I
01:15:38stepped
01:15:39outside,
01:15:39I
01:15:40saw
01:15:40a
01:15:40car
01:15:40waiting
01:15:41at
01:15:41the
01:15:41front.
01:15:42I
01:15:42smiled
01:15:43before
01:15:43I
01:15:43could
01:15:43help
01:15:43it.
01:15:45I
01:15:45ran
01:15:45over.
01:15:47Jasper!
01:15:49I
01:15:50told
01:15:50you
01:15:50not
01:15:50to
01:15:50call
01:15:50me
01:15:50by
01:15:51my
01:15:51first
01:15:51name!
01:15:53Well,
01:15:53get in,
01:15:54I don't
01:15:54have
01:15:54all
01:15:54day.
01:15:56Oh,
01:15:57right.
01:15:59I
01:15:59climbed
01:15:59in,
01:16:00slowly,
01:16:01on
01:16:01purpose.
01:16:03Then
01:16:03I
01:16:04handed
01:16:04him
01:16:04the
01:16:04breakfast
01:16:04the
01:16:05cook
01:16:05had
01:16:05packed.
01:16:07Mom
01:16:07said
01:16:08there
01:16:08was
01:16:08one
01:16:08for
01:16:08each
01:16:08of
01:16:09us.
01:16:10Who
01:16:10even
01:16:10eats
01:16:11breakfast
01:16:11these
01:16:11days?
01:16:12But
01:16:13he
01:16:13still
01:16:13took
01:16:13it.
01:16:16He
01:16:17was
01:16:17back
01:16:17with
01:16:17that
01:16:17we
01:16:18don't
01:16:18know
01:16:18each
01:16:18other
01:16:18face.
01:16:20Listen
01:16:20carefully.
01:16:21I
01:16:21don't
01:16:22care
01:16:22what
01:16:22Mom
01:16:22said,
01:16:23but
01:16:23at
01:16:23school,
01:16:24you
01:16:24do
01:16:24not
01:16:24tell
01:16:25people
01:16:25you're
01:16:25a
01:16:25Sinclair.
01:16:26You
01:16:26do
01:16:26not
01:16:26tell
01:16:26people
01:16:27we're
01:16:27related.
01:16:27If
01:16:28I
01:16:28hear
01:16:28any
01:16:28rumors,
01:16:29I'll
01:16:29blame
01:16:29you.
01:16:32Don't
01:16:32mind
01:16:32young
01:16:32Mr.
01:16:33Sinclair.
01:16:33He's
01:16:33always
01:16:34been
01:16:34like
01:16:34that.
01:16:35I
01:16:35know.
01:16:38I
01:16:39stepped
01:16:39out
01:16:39after
01:16:40Jasper.
01:16:41And
01:16:41there
01:16:41they
01:16:42were
01:16:42Tiffany
01:16:43and
01:16:43Tony
01:16:43right
01:16:44by
01:16:44the
01:16:44front
01:16:44gates.
01:16:45Tony
01:16:45was
01:16:46handsome,
01:16:46clean
01:16:47cut,
01:16:47straight
01:16:48A
01:16:48golden
01:16:48boy,
01:16:49the
01:16:49quiet
01:16:49kind
01:16:50that
01:16:50made
01:16:50girls
01:16:50talk.
01:16:51A
01:16:51crowd
01:16:52had
01:16:52already
01:16:52formed
01:16:52around
01:16:52them.
01:16:54I
01:16:55caught
01:16:55snipses
01:16:55as I
01:16:56walked
01:16:56by.
01:16:56Did
01:16:57you
01:16:57hear
01:16:57about
01:16:57the
01:16:58transfer
01:16:58kid?
01:16:58He
01:16:58was
01:16:59top
01:16:59of
01:16:59the
01:16:59district.
01:17:00And
01:17:00his
01:17:00sister
01:17:00too.
01:17:01She
01:17:01scored
01:17:01top
01:17:0215.
01:17:03God,
01:17:04I
01:17:04wish
01:17:04my
01:17:04brother
01:17:04were
01:17:04like
01:17:05that.
01:17:09My
01:17:09stepped
01:17:10into
01:17:10the
01:17:10classroom
01:17:10first.
01:17:11A
01:17:11few
01:17:12seconds
01:17:12later,
01:17:13Tony
01:17:13and
01:17:13Tiffany
01:17:14came
01:17:14in
01:17:14behind
01:17:14me.
01:17:17Well,
01:17:18what a
01:17:18coincidence.
01:17:19Who
01:17:20would have
01:17:20thought
01:17:20we'd
01:17:20end up
01:17:21in the
01:17:21same
01:17:21class,
01:17:22sis?
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