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00:00When I woke, the curtains in the White Tower infirmary were swaying softly in the wind.
00:05My first instinct was to touch my stomach.
00:08My flat stomach makes it seem as if I've never been pregnant.
00:14I tried to push myself up, but the protective charm beside the treatment bed flared at once
00:20and forced me back down.
00:26Where is my baby?
00:28Ivy, don't move.
00:30A familiar voice came from the fit of the bed.
00:32Theodore Winter stood there, his dark black eagle house robe looking cold under the white light of the infirmary.
00:38He was the youngest trainee healer at St. Rovan Academy of Magic.
00:42He had also once be once been my best friend, but now he held my healing records in his hand
00:47and his voice was so calm, it did not shake at all.
00:52The Phoenix Flame transfer was successful.
00:55Selina's curse has been stabilized for now.
00:57I stared at him.
00:59I asked you where my baby was!
01:04Theodore did not look me in the eye.
01:07The baby didn't survive.
01:11Six months along.
01:16Poor thing.
01:18My whole body went cold.
01:21Six months.
01:24My baby with Leon.
01:28The baby I had once secretly knitted tiny socks for in the White Badger House dormitory.
01:33The baby my mother had touched through my stomach and said would surely be gentle.
01:40Gone.
01:42They had taken him out of my body, pulled out the Phoenix Flame and put it into Selina.
01:49Selina lived.
01:51My baby died.
01:53I opened my mouth but no sound came out.
01:57Only tears.
01:59After a long time, I called to that book in my heart.
02:05The Book of Fate.
02:06The air beside the bed glowed faintly and a black ancient book appeared in silence.
02:17I had found it in a hidden chamber at the academy when I was 16.
02:25Back then, several Silver Serpent House students had locked me in the old tunnel by the Black Lake.
02:37By accident, I had pushed open a dusty stone door.
02:45When my blood fell onto its pages, it wrote down my fate.
02:51It said I would be betrayed by the three most important people in my life.
02:57My love anchor, Leon Valentin.
03:00My family anchor, Carlisle Ashfield.
03:04My friendship anchor, Theodore Winter.
03:10As long as any one of them truly chose me,
03:14I could rewrite the ending where I died.
03:18The Book of Fate.
03:21All three fate anchors remain incomplete.
03:28The Book of Fate.
03:30Fate cannot be rewritten.
03:33The Book of Fate.
03:35To break free, your body must die within 24 hours.
03:40The Book of Fate.
03:41What are you laughing at?
03:43I want to leave.
03:45Theodore thought I was making a scene again.
03:49Ivy Vale.
03:51Selina is your sister.
03:52She was tortured by dark wizards for so many years.
03:57You can't only think about yourself.
03:59I looked at the empty space beneath my palm.
04:03A few hours ago, my baby had still been there.
04:06Now even my grief was called selfish.
04:11After the infirmatory grew quiet,
04:14I saw my wand at the head of the bed.
04:19That hapethorn wand had been with me for seven years.
04:22It was not expensive, and its core was only ordinary moondeer tail hair.
04:29But it was the entrance gift my mother had saved for a long time to buy for me.
04:38I reached for it.
04:41As long as I cut open the engagement mark on my wrist,
04:45as long as I made it fail completely,
04:48I'd leave this fate behind.
04:50But the moment my fingers touched the wand,
04:54a disarming charm struck.
04:59My wand flew into Theodore's hand.
05:03He stood in the doorway.
05:04His face frighteningly cold.
05:10Ivy.
05:12What are you trying to do now?
05:19I looked at my empty palm.
05:22My voice was so faint I could barely hear it myself.
05:29Can't you tell?
05:32I want to die.
05:36Theodore let out a cold laugh.
05:40Are you using this to make people feel sorry for you?
05:43He walked over and took away my wand.
05:47The silver fork by the bed.
05:49The potion bottles.
05:50And even the letter opener my mother had left me.
05:56You are not dying in my infirmary.
05:59I watched him skillfully add another protective charm beside the bed.
06:09The charm locked around me.
06:11To him, this was protection.
06:14To me, it was another cage.
06:20I stared at him, somewhat lost in thought.
06:24When did we get to this point?
06:29Back then, we were still young.
06:31Theodore was not the top student of Black Eagle House yet.
06:35He was not the healing genius praised by every professor.
06:43He could even lose control of the most basic magic.
06:46And his classmates called him an idiot and a monster.
06:50They isolated him.
06:53Bullied him.
06:55I was the one who secretly brought hot soup from the white badger kitchens
06:59and stayed with him all night in an abandoned greenhouse.
07:04He had been shaking, his palms covered in cold sweat.
07:10He couldn't even speak.
07:28After he recovered, the first thing he did was make me a potion for the scrape on my knee.
07:37Ivy, when I become a healer, you'll be the first person I protect.
07:42Now, the first person who had put me on a treatment bed
07:45and personally activated the advanced healing charm was also him.
07:49I lifted my eyes to him.
07:53Theodore.
07:58When you activated that healing charm, did you hear me begging you?
08:05His eyes flickered.
08:07I said no.
08:09I said the baby would die.
08:12Did you hear me?
08:14Theodore's fingers tightened around my wand.
08:18Selina's curse had already spread to her heart.
08:22Any later, and she would have died.
08:26So?
08:28Based on the treatment outcome,
08:31it was the smallest possible cost.
08:35The words landed harder than any curse.
08:38My baby and I were not people in his eyes.
08:41We were a line in a record.
08:44I stared at him.
08:46The smallest possible cost.
08:49So, to him,
08:50my baby and I together were just the smallest cost written in a healing record.
08:56I laughed until tears spilled out.
08:59Then who pays my cost?
09:03Theodore fell silent.
09:06At that moment,
09:07the Book of Fate floated beside the bed and opened by itself.
09:12On the page for the friendship anchor,
09:14Theodore Winter's name had once been circled in pale gold.
09:18Now the gold was fading.
09:21Little by little.
09:26At last,
09:27only a thin crack remained.
09:30Theodore could not see it.
09:32He only said in a low voice,
09:35Stop making trouble.
09:38Selina wakes up today.
09:40She can't handle being upset.
09:42I slowly closed my eyes.
09:44The friendship anchor had cracked, too.
09:48Theodore turned to leave with my wand in his hand.
09:52Before he stepped out,
09:53he paused for once and second.
09:57He still said nothing softer.
09:59Selina's name had already taken up all the mercy he had left.
10:08Friendship anchor.
10:10Unstable.
10:11I did not ask him to stay.
10:14A broken anchor did not deserve another plea.
10:20The door closed behind him.
10:23And the protective charm brightened again.
10:27I stared at the place where my wand had disappeared.
10:30For the first time,
10:32I understood that even my death had to wait for their permission.
10:37Selina did nothing wrong.
10:38You shouldn't blame her.
10:42They still don't understand me enough.
10:46How could I possibly
10:47stay obediently under their control?
10:50Late that night,
10:52I pulled the needle from the back of my hand.
10:55The protective charm in the infirmary
10:57was strong against outsiders,
10:59but around patients,
11:00it was only a soft layer.
11:02I brushed my fingertips over the charm.
11:05Again and again,
11:07letting it think I was still lying in bed.
11:10Every step I took
11:11made the pain in my lower belly
11:13remind me that a baby
11:14had once been there.
11:16I went to the astronomy tower first.
11:19That was where my mother had fallen.
11:23Helena Ashford was not my birth mother.
11:25She was the lady of the Ashford family,
11:28Carlisle's mother,
11:29and the only person who had truly held me
11:31from the day I was adopted.
11:36Ivy,
11:39family is not written by a bloodline scroll.
11:43You are my daughter
11:45because you are in my arms.
11:48Later,
11:49Selina returned,
11:51and everyone said the real Miss Ashford was back.
11:59don't be afraid.
12:01You are a real Ashford girl, too.
12:04You will always be my daughter.
12:06The door to the astronomy tower
12:08had been sealed.
12:10Three layers of protective charms covered it,
12:14clearly to stop me from coming near.
12:16I slid down against the cold stone wall
12:19and touched the memory parchment
12:21I had hidden in my job for a long time.
12:25Ivy,
12:26mom loves you.
12:29Live well.
12:31Take care of the baby.
12:33Mom will always love you.
12:35I have no intention of trying to change
12:38this inevitable fate.
12:39I'm so tired.
12:40I want to go find my mother.
12:44I pressed the parchment to my chest
12:47in so much pain I could barely breathe.
12:50The baby is gone, mom.
12:52I did not take care of him.
12:54I did not protect you either.
13:00I remembered that day.
13:02Carlisle had brought Theodore and Leon
13:04to persuade mother.
13:07They said Selina's curse could not wait.
13:11They said it was only a little phoenix flame
13:14from the baby.
13:15They said I was young
13:17and I could have another baby later.
13:20Mother slacked Carlisle across the face on the spot.
13:28That is Ivy's baby too.
13:31Carlisle's eyes were red when he said,
13:34But Selina is my real sister!
13:37Mother looked at him
13:38with nothing but strangeness
13:40and disappointment in her eyes.
13:45Ivy is your sister too.
13:47No one listened.
13:53When they took me into the infirmary,
13:55Mother was left outside
13:57the off-atronomal tower.
14:02By the time I woke again,
14:05she had already fallen from here.
14:15Everyone said I had driven Mother to her death.
14:17But I knew I had not.
14:20They had pushed her toward the edge of the tower,
14:23step by step.
14:27Wind slipped through the cracks of the tower.
14:30The parchment suddenly lit up again.
14:34Don't let them take your baby.
14:38I covered my mouth
14:40and finally broke down crying.
14:42But it was too late.
14:45The sealed tower door
14:47stayed silent before me.
14:51They tried to cover up
14:53their mistakes perfectly.
14:59I'm sorry.
15:00My inevitable death
15:01has dragged down who love me
15:03and those who love me.
15:06I had barely left
15:07the astronomy tower
15:09when a red beam of light
15:10struck me.
15:16Strength drained from my body
15:18and I collapsed
15:20beside the moving stair-tace.
15:22Carlisle Ashford stood
15:23at the top of the stairs,
15:25the Crimson Lion House
15:27Prefect badge
15:28shining on his chest.
15:29He wore a dark red cloak
15:31and his eyes were full of anger.
15:33Ivy,
15:35how long are you going
15:36to keep this up?
15:38I looked up at him.
15:41This was the family
15:42I had trusted most before.
15:46He had once dragged
15:47several Silver Serapent House
15:49students
15:49straight to the dueling room
15:51after they mocked me
15:52for being muggle-born.
15:53Anyone who bullies Ivy
15:56answers to me.
16:02But now,
16:03when he looked at me,
16:05there was only
16:06impatience in his eyes.
16:08Selina just woke up
16:09and you ran to
16:11the astronomy tower
16:11to put on this show.
16:14I held the wall
16:16and forced myself
16:17to stand.
16:21I only wanted
16:22to see where Mom died.
16:25Carlisle's face darkened.
16:27You
16:28have no right
16:30to mention Mother.
16:32My fingertips
16:33went cold.
16:34He walked towards me,
16:36one step
16:37at a time.
16:41If you and Mother
16:42hadn't
16:43been so selfish,
16:44would Selina
16:45have suffered
16:46this much?
16:47She was taken
16:48by dark wizards
16:50for years.
16:52She finally
16:53came back
16:54and you couldn't
16:55even save her
16:56once.
16:59Save her?
17:00I laughed.
17:03Carlisle,
17:04didn't you
17:05already use
17:06my baby's life
17:07to save her?
17:09That was only
17:10an unborn futis.
17:12My ear's wrong,
17:13but he kept going.
17:15Ivy,
17:16you took her life
17:17for so many years.
17:19Mother loved you.
17:21I protected you.
17:23Leon got engaged
17:24to you.
17:25Theodore stood
17:26by your side.
17:27Now the real
17:28Selina is back.
17:29Why can't you give her
17:30even a little compensation?
17:32The real Selina.
17:34So all these years
17:35I had been fake
17:37in their mind.
17:38I asked him,
17:40Do you really know
17:40how she disappeared
17:41back then?
17:43Carlisle sneered.
17:44She told us
17:45you were jealous
17:47of her
17:47so you left her
17:48alone near the
17:48Forbidden Forest
17:49on purpose.
17:51She hid by herself.
17:52I had said those
17:53words countless times.
17:55Ever since Selina
17:56came back
17:57I had kept explaining.
17:59When we were babies
18:00she had hidden
18:01on purpose
18:02to scare me.
18:02Selina!
18:04Selina!
18:07Then she accidentally
18:09triggered an old
18:10portkey
18:11near the Forbidden Forest
18:12and was taken
18:12by dark wizards.
18:18But no one
18:19believed me
18:20because Selina
18:21had cried
18:22and said
18:22Carlisle
18:24Ivy didn't mean it.
18:26Don't blame her.
18:28So every crime
18:29became mine.
18:30You are still
18:32slandering her.
18:33He raised his hand
18:34and the binding
18:35charm of Crimson
18:36Lion House
18:36wrapped around me
18:37again.
18:38Ivy
18:39when did you
18:40become this cruel?
18:42The Book of Fate
18:43appeared at my side.
18:44On the page
18:45for the family anchor
18:46Carlisle's name
18:47turned from gold
18:48to dark red
18:49then split in two.
18:51Then go protect
18:52the sister you chose.
18:53Carlisle froze.
18:54I don't want you
18:55anymore.
18:57The Book of Fate
18:59showed that I had
18:59sixteen hours left.
19:03Before Carlisle
19:04threw me back
19:04into the infirmary
19:05Selina's communication
19:06crystal called him away.
19:12I took the chance
19:13to break free
19:13from the binding charm
19:15which had only
19:15half its power left.
19:25This time
19:26I went to
19:27the Black Flake.
19:28At night
19:29the Black Lake
19:31of St. Raven
19:31Academy of Magic
19:32held no light
19:34at all.
19:36The Silver Surrepent
19:37House Common Room
19:38lay beneath the lake.
19:40Green water light
19:41would shine
19:42through the underground
19:43windows
19:43and spill over
19:44the stone walls.
19:50I used to be
19:51afraid of this place.
19:55When Leon found out
19:56he once held my hand
19:58and stood with me
19:59by the lake.
20:00What are you afraid of?
20:03I'm your fiancé now.
20:05No one in
20:06Silver Surpent
20:06House
20:07will dare
20:07touch you again.
20:11At the Winter
20:12Solstice Ball
20:12that year
20:13he put the
20:14ancient Valentin
20:15family ring
20:15on my Inga.
20:17It was not
20:18a forced bond.
20:20It was a
20:21magical engagement.
20:23Pure blood families
20:25used that old
20:25witness magic
20:26during engagement
20:27ceremonies.
20:29Both sides
20:30lit the ring
20:30with their wands
20:31and spoke vows
20:32before the Great Hall
20:32and the family crest.
20:34Ivy Vale
20:34will be
20:35my only fiancé.
20:37The baby
20:38in her wasp
20:38will be recognized
20:39as the heir
20:39of the Valentin family.
20:41A pale silver mark
20:43had appeared
20:43around my wrist.
20:46I thought it was proof
20:48that fate had been rewritten.
20:50But now
20:51the mark
20:52was cracked.
20:53I walked into
20:55the Black Lake
20:55step by step.
20:57The water rose
20:58over my ankles,
20:59calves,
21:01waist,
21:02and stomach.
21:04Cold sank
21:04into my wound
21:05and the pain
21:06nearly knocked
21:07me off my feet.
21:08Good.
21:09A little farther
21:10and I could leave.
21:12I closed my eyes
21:13and let the water
21:14climb over my chest.
21:18At that moment,
21:19a silver binding charm
21:21wrapped around my waist
21:22and dragged me
21:23violently back to shore.
21:24I fell onto
21:25the wet,
21:26cold grass.
21:28Pain turned
21:29my vision black.
21:30Ivy, enough.
21:31Leon Valentin
21:32stood in the moonlight,
21:33his silver serpent
21:35house robe neat,
21:36without a single wrinkle.
21:37His wand
21:38was still glowing
21:39in his hand,
21:40but his eyes
21:40held only disappointment.
21:42You really can't stand
21:43seeing Selina
21:44get better,
21:45can you?
21:46I looked up at him,
21:47the man who had made
21:48a magical engagement
21:49with me,
21:49the father of my baby.
21:51He pointed his wand
21:52toward the lakeside.
21:54Floating candles,
21:55silver ribbons,
21:57and celebration
21:58banners hung there.
21:59Banner,
22:00congratulations on the
22:01recovery of Selina
22:02Ashfield,
22:03the prophesied girl
22:04of Crimson Lion House.
22:05My baby had just died,
22:06and they were preparing
22:08a celebration ball
22:09for Selina by the lake.
22:11She suffered under that
22:12curse for so long.
22:13Tonight,
22:14she only wants to be
22:15happy for a while.
22:17Do you have to make
22:18a scene here?
22:18I gave a small laugh.
22:22Do you know
22:23what it costs
22:24for her to live?
22:25Leon avoided my eyes.
22:26Ivy,
22:27we can have another
22:27baby someday.
22:28I looked at him.
22:29He went on.
22:30Selina only has
22:31one life.
22:32Wind swept
22:33over the black lake,
22:34cold enough to cut.
22:35The engagement mark
22:36on my wrist
22:37finally shattered.
22:39Silver fragments
22:40of light
22:41fell onto the grass.
22:44Leon saw it
22:45at last.
22:46His face changed.
22:49Ivy,
22:50your mark.
22:52But I no longer
22:53had the strength
22:54to explain.
22:56The Book of Fate
22:57turned a page
22:58beside me.
23:00The Book of Fate,
23:01Love Anchor Broken.
23:05Leon reached
23:06towards my wrist,
23:07but I pulled
23:08my hand back.
23:11The silver fragments
23:12faded between us,
23:13and with them,
23:15the last part of me
23:16that had once
23:16waited for him.
23:22Congratulations.
23:23You're free.
23:24Don't say things
23:25in anger.
23:26It's okay.
23:28I can fix it.
23:30Theodore can fix this.
23:32No.
23:33You already fixed
23:34what mattered to you.
23:35The air fell silent.
23:37He knew
23:38I was talking
23:39about Selina.
23:40Behind him,
23:41the celebration candles
23:42for Selina
23:43kept burning.
23:45In front of him,
23:46the mother
23:47of his baby
23:47could barely stand.
23:49He still looked
23:50toward the candles
23:51first.
23:52I pressed my
23:53cracked wrist
23:54against my chest
23:55and gave him
23:55no answer.
23:57If a vow
23:58could only matter
23:58after it shattered,
24:00then it had never
24:01protected me at all.
24:03Behind Leon,
24:04the celebration banner
24:05for Selina
24:06swayed in the wind,
24:07bright and untouched.
24:10Ivy,
24:11answer me.
24:12Why did the mark
24:13break?
24:14But he didn't
24:15get a reply from me
24:16because after
24:17several anchor breaks,
24:19my body couldn't
24:19hold on any longer
24:20and I fell backward
24:21in front of him.
24:24As my consciousness
24:26faded into darkness,
24:27I breathed
24:28a sigh of relief.
24:32I could die.
24:35When I woke again,
24:36my hands and feet
24:38were fixed to the
24:38treatment bed.
24:40This time,
24:41it was not an
24:42ordinary binding charm.
24:44It was a holding charm
24:45Theodore had personally
24:46placed on the bed.
24:48I could not move.
24:49What a pity that I
24:51haven't managed to die yet.
24:52When will this torture
24:54that's destined to end
24:55in death finally come
24:56to an end.
24:57Outside the infirmary,
24:59everything was lively.
25:01Tonight was Selina's
25:03recovery ball.
25:04The image mirrors
25:05in the academy hall
25:06projected the scene
25:08onto notice boards
25:09on every floor.
25:10Even the infirmary
25:11had not been spared.
25:13I turned my face
25:14and saw golden candles
25:16floating in the mirror.
25:18Selina stood in the
25:19center of the hall
25:20in a red and gold
25:21crimson lion house gown.
25:23Carlisle stood beside her,
25:25keeping the crowd
25:26from pressing to close.
25:28Theodore held a potion
25:29cup and reminded her
25:30not to tire herself out.
25:32Leon lowered his head
25:34and adjusted her shawl.
25:36They were all fine.
25:37Only I lay in the infirmary,
25:40still carrying the pain
25:41of my baby's death
25:42in my body.
25:44Martha,
25:45the female healer,
25:46could not bear to watch.
25:48She waved her hand
25:49and shut off the image mirror.
25:51Honey,
25:51don't look.
25:52She was not my mother,
25:53but she looked at me
25:55in a way that made me
25:56want to cry.
25:57The book of fate
25:58floated beside the bed.
26:00With the last of my strength,
26:02I lifted a finger
26:03and wrote on the page,
26:05Ivy's writing,
26:07I don't want them anymore.
26:08The book of fate.
26:10The fate anchors
26:12have broken.
26:13The book of fate.
26:14The condition for release
26:16remains unchanged.
26:18Seven hours left.
26:19When Martha changed
26:20my medicine,
26:21she whispered,
26:22your body shouldn't be
26:23this weak.
26:24The healing records say
26:26it was only a mild
26:27flame extraction.
26:29But you
26:31are far worse than that.
26:33I stared at her blankly.
26:35She froze.
26:36They didn't tell you?
26:38Tell me what?
26:39Martha opened
26:40the healing records
26:41and her face
26:42grew paler and paler.
26:45This has been altered.
26:48I stared at the
26:49parchment records
26:50in her hands.
26:51What should have said
26:52Phoenix flame extraction
26:53had been covered
26:54by a concealment charm
26:55and changed to
26:56ordinary fetal
26:58blood transfer.
26:59In other words,
27:00the healing notes
27:01Theodore had seen
27:02might have been false
27:03from the beginning.
27:05It turns out that
27:06from the very beginning,
27:07Selina's goal
27:08was always to kill me.
27:10Outside the infirmary,
27:11the music from the
27:12celebration ball
27:13suddenly grew louder.
27:14Through the thick walls,
27:16I heard the crowd cheering.
27:18Martha held my hand.
27:19I'm going to find
27:20Mr. Winter.
27:21I shook my head.
27:22No need.
27:23No one could save me.
27:25I looked at the healing charm
27:27beside the treatment bed.
27:28Still not fully extinguished.
27:31My Phoenix fire
27:32still lingered there.
27:34If I forced myself
27:36to finish the reverse charm
27:37and made that healing charm
27:38backfire,
27:39maybe I could end
27:40all of this.
27:42After Martha left,
27:44I began murmuring
27:45the reverse charm
27:46again and again.
27:47The magic of
27:49White Badger House
27:49was not sharp
27:50or dazzling.
27:52The professors
27:53always said
27:53we were good
27:54at tending plants,
27:56soothing magical creatures,
27:57and fixing
27:58what others had broken.
28:00I had never thought
28:01there was anything
28:02wrong with that.
28:03I liked making
28:05withered moon vines
28:06bloom again.
28:07I liked bandaging
28:08the wings of
28:09injured night ravens.
28:10I also liked
28:12bringing Leon
28:13hot soup
28:13after training,
28:15leaving bread
28:16for Carlisle
28:16after night patrol,
28:18and sitting with
28:19Theodore
28:19while he watched
28:20a potion simmer.
28:21But now,
28:22I suddenly understood.
28:24I had been
28:25fixing everyone else.
28:27No one had fixed me.
28:29The healing charm
28:30that had not yet
28:31gone out
28:31was pulled by
28:32the syllables
28:33I murmured,
28:34and it began to glow.
28:35The charms
28:36around the bed
28:37lit up layer by layer.
28:38the binding charm
28:40shook violently
28:41and cut into my wrists.
28:43It hurt,
28:44but not as much
28:45as when my baby
28:46was taken from me.
28:47I closed my eyes
28:49and spoke the final syllable.
28:51With a boom,
28:52every light
28:53in the infirmary
28:54went out.
28:55The healing charm
28:55is out of control!
28:56Go get Theodore Winter!
28:58When Theodore rushed in,
28:59his face was not calm
29:01for the first time.
29:02Ivy!
29:04In the chaos,
29:05I felt myself
29:06being pressed back
29:07onto the bed.
29:08Charms and potions
29:10fell over me
29:10in layer after layer,
29:12but I could barely
29:13feel anything anymore.
29:15Theodore threw himself
29:16to the side
29:17of the treatment bed
29:18and checked my wounds
29:19and engagement mark.
29:20The next second,
29:22his face went
29:23deathly pale.
29:25How is this possible?
29:27Martha's voice
29:28trembled beside him.
29:36I was just about
29:37to tell you
29:38she lost more
29:39than the baby's
29:40phoenix flame.
29:41Her own phoenix
29:42bloodline was damaged too.
29:44Theodore froze.
29:46He opened
29:47the healing records
29:48and turned page
29:49after page.
29:50The concealment charm
29:51had failed
29:52in the backlash
29:53and the real notes
29:54finally appeared.
29:56Extraction target,
29:58the baby's
29:58phoenix flame.
30:00Secondary loss,
30:02Ivy's own phoenix
30:03bloodline.
30:04Risk,
30:06irreversible.
30:07His hands
30:08began to shake.
30:09I didn't see
30:11this line.
30:12Martha looked at him.
30:14You see it now.
30:15I could not speak.
30:17My whole body
30:19had gone numb
30:19from pain.
30:20Only a few fingers
30:22could still move.
30:23Theodore took my hand.
30:25His eyes
30:26were terrifyingly red.
30:28Ivy,
30:29what are you
30:29trying to say?
30:31With the last
30:32of my strength,
30:33stroke by stroke,
30:34I wrote three words
30:36in his palm.
30:37Ivy's palm writing.
30:39Kill me.
30:40Theodore went
30:41completely rigid.
30:43I could no longer speak.
30:45My lips
30:46would not move.
30:48My throat
30:48could not form
30:49a full sound.
30:50The backlash
30:51from the healing charm
30:52had burned
30:53through my body.
30:54Theodore used
30:55every stabilizing charm
30:56he knew.
30:57But all he could do
30:58was keep me alive
30:59for a little longer.
31:01The book of fate
31:02hung at the foot
31:02of the bed.
31:03Five hours left.
31:05Theodore stood
31:06beside the bed.
31:07The pride he usually
31:09wore was gone
31:10from his face.
31:11Again and again,
31:13he checked the records.
31:14Again and again,
31:16he cast mending charms.
31:18But each time,
31:19the mending charm
31:20was swallowed
31:21by the hollow space
31:22where my phoenix fire
31:24used to be.
31:25Martha asked softly,
31:27Is there anything else
31:28she wants to say?
31:29Theodore looked at me.
31:32I slowly moved my fingers.
31:35Martha offered me her palm.
31:38I wrote very slowly,
31:40Mom,
31:41Baby.
31:42Martha's eyes reddened
31:44at once.
31:46What happened to her baby?
31:48The infirmary fell dead silent.
31:50Theodore lowered his head.
31:53At last,
31:54he said it.
31:57The baby's phoenix flame
31:58was extracted
31:59and given to Selina.
32:01Martha stepped back
32:02in disbelief.
32:04A six-month-old baby?
32:06No one answered.
32:08That silence
32:09was the cruelest confession.
32:12Martha looked at me again.
32:16And her mother?
32:17Theodore's face
32:18turned even paler.
32:20I heard his breathing shake.
32:22After a long moment,
32:24he suddenly turned
32:25and rushed out
32:26of the infirmary.
32:27His furious roar
32:29soon came from the hallway.
32:32Carlisle Ashford,
32:34get over here right now!
32:36Your sister
32:37is dying!
32:41I mean Ivy!
32:45Is Selina
32:46the only sister you have?
32:47His voice echoed
32:49through the corridor
32:50and struck the portraits
32:51on the walls
32:52into silence.
32:54I closed my eyes.
32:56In the past,
32:57hearing him lose
32:58his temper for me
32:59would have made me happy.
33:01Not anymore.
33:02I no longer needed
33:03anyone to stand up
33:04for me.
33:05Martha placed
33:06mother's memory parchment
33:07before my eyes.
33:09This fell from your robe.
33:10The page lit up
33:11and mother's voice
33:12sounded again.
33:14Ivy,
33:14mom loves you.
33:16Tears slid
33:16from the corners
33:17of my eyes.
33:18I wanted to tell mom
33:20that I would be leaving soon.
33:21No more pain.
33:23No more listening
33:24to them call me selfish.
33:25No more watching
33:27my baby be treated
33:28as medicine
33:28for someone else.
33:30The book of fate
33:30turned a page softly.
33:32The book of fate,
33:34friendship anchor,
33:35cannot be repaired.
33:37When Carlisle arrived
33:39at the infirmary,
33:40his first words
33:41were still blame.
33:48Doesn't Ivy know
33:50Selena can't handle
33:51being upset?
33:52The moment he finished speaking,
33:54Theodore slapped him
33:55across the face.
33:56The sound was sharp.
33:58The entire infirmary
34:00went silent.
34:01Carlisle's head
34:02snapped to the side,
34:04and the crimson lion
34:05house badge
34:06on his chest shook.
34:07He stared at Theodore
34:09in disbelief.
34:11Are you insane?
34:13Theodore's eyes
34:14were bloodshot.
34:15He pointed at me
34:17on the bed.
34:20Look at her!
34:22She is dying!
34:25Only then
34:26did Carlisle
34:27look at me.
34:27His face changed,
34:29little by little.
34:31Maybe I truly
34:32looked terrible now.
34:34The healing charm
34:35backlash had drained
34:36every trace of color
34:37from my skin.
34:39And the cracked
34:40engagement mark
34:41on my wrist
34:42was gray-white
34:43and glaring.
34:45He stood there,
34:46not daring
34:47to come closer.
34:52You are her brother.
34:54She may have something
34:55she wants to say to you.
34:56I did not move.
34:58I did not know
34:59what there was left
35:00to say to him.
35:01When I did not respond,
35:03his voice
35:04grew hoarse.
35:06Ivy,
35:07are you pretending again?
35:08Theodore lunged at him
35:10and grabbed his collar.
35:12She can't even speak!
35:15Carlisle finally
35:16looked frightened.
35:18Not guilty yet.
35:21Just frightened.
35:27At that moment,
35:29the echo orb
35:30at Carlisle's waist
35:31lit up.
35:32Selina's voice
35:33came through it,
35:34soft and sweet.
35:41Carlisle,
35:41where are you?
35:42Everyone is asking
35:43why you left the ball.
35:45Carlisle instinctively
35:46tried to shut it off,
35:48but Theodore
35:49pressed his hand down.
35:50The echo orb
35:52remained connected.
35:53Selina probably thought
35:55only Carlisle
35:56could hear her,
35:56so her voice
35:57became even softer.
36:02Carvile,
36:03Leon said
36:03Ivy's engagement
36:04mark is cracked.
36:05Does that mean
36:06they're about to
36:06break off the engagement?
36:09Everyone in the
36:10infirmary froze.
36:13Selina went on.
36:14If he ends
36:16the engagement
36:16with Ivy,
36:18will people talk
36:19if I'm with him?
36:24Carlisle's face
36:25lost all color,
36:26then Leon's gentle voice
36:28came from the other side.
36:31You just woke up.
36:33Don't think about that.
36:35Selina laughed softly.
36:38But Ivy
36:39is always making
36:40scenes like this.
36:42I'd write.
36:44I'm Sifl Ivory
36:46and seen the
36:46corn-shizzed hat.
36:48I'm so afraid
36:49she'll say
36:50I killed the baby again.
36:51All of you
36:52agreed to save me,
36:53didn't you?
36:59Leon did not deny it.
37:04She'll understand.
37:05I closed my eyes.
37:07So what they discussed
37:09at the ball
37:09was when I would
37:10finally make room
37:11for her.
37:13Theodore snatched
37:14the echo orb.
37:16Selina,
37:18do you know
37:18she's dying?
37:20The other side
37:22went quiet
37:22for a second.
37:24Then Leon's
37:25voice turned cold.
37:31stop joking.
37:32Is she making
37:33trouble again?
37:34She won't be
37:35making a scene
37:36much longer.
37:37You'll be free soon.
37:39The book of fate
37:40rose.
37:42After the echo orb
37:44incident,
37:44people quickly
37:45gathered outside
37:46the infirmary.
37:47Students from
37:48Crimson Lion House,
37:50professors from
37:51Black Eagle House,
37:52classmates from
37:53White Badger House,
37:54and several
37:55prefects from
37:56Silver Serpent House
37:57had all heard
37:58what Selina said
37:59through the
38:00communication.
38:01Leon came to.
38:03When he pushed
38:04the door open,
38:05impatience still
38:06lingered on his face.
38:08Where is Ivy?
38:09No one answered.
38:12Martha stepped aside.
38:14Leon saw me on the bed
38:16and his pupils
38:17shrank hard.
38:19How did this happen?
38:20I looked at him
38:21and did not even
38:22bother to blink.
38:24Theodore gave
38:24a cold laugh.
38:27Didn't you say
38:28she was making
38:29trouble?
38:30Leon froze
38:31where he stood.
38:33His gaze moved
38:34from my face
38:35to the grey-white
38:35engagement mark
38:36on my wrist.
38:38Carlisle stood
38:39by the door,
38:40still holding
38:40his cheek.
38:41He looked at
38:42Leon,
38:43then at me.
38:44No one could
38:45find a sentence
38:46that was not
38:46an excuse.
38:49All of you
38:50should see
38:51what you chose.
38:53At that moment,
38:54the book of fate
38:55rose from beside
38:56my bed
38:56and its black
38:57cover opened
38:58by itself.
38:59It never showed
39:00its contents
39:01to others.
39:02But now,
39:03everyone saw
39:04the words
39:05on the page.
39:06The book of fate.
39:08Fate recall begins.
39:10The book of fate
39:12forced the infirmary's
39:13recall charm awake
39:14and last night's
39:16treatment records
39:17unfolded in the air.
39:18Everyone saw me
39:20being placed
39:20on the treatment bed.
39:22They saw Theodore
39:23activate the healing charm.
39:25They saw Carlisle
39:26standing outside the door,
39:28forcing Mother
39:29to sign the consent scroll.
39:31They saw Leon
39:33silently press
39:34the Valentin family ring
39:35against the contract
39:36to confirm
39:37the baby's identity.
39:41You cannot do this!
39:44That is Ivy's life too!
39:46Carlisle's voice
39:47followed.
39:49Mother,
39:49Selina is your
39:50biological daughter.
39:51The baby in Ivy's belly
39:53is only
39:55unborn baby.
39:57Carlisle stumbled back.
40:00I didn't mean it like that.
40:03The book of fate
40:04did not stop.
40:07Every denial died
40:08before it could leave
40:09his mouth
40:10because the image
40:11had already spoken
40:12for him.
40:14Theodore's face
40:14went pale
40:15as he watched
40:16his own hands
40:17in the recall.
40:17I read the record.
40:20I thought it was only...
40:23You thought.
40:25And she paid.
40:26Leon stared
40:27at the image
40:28of his ring
40:29pressed against
40:29the contract.
40:31The ring
40:31had recorded
40:32his silence
40:33more faithfully
40:34than any witness.
40:37Ivy.
40:38I did not answer.
40:40If he wanted forgiveness,
40:42he had come
40:43to the wrong bedside.
40:44The image
40:45stayed in the air,
40:46forcing him
40:47to watch
40:47the exact moment
40:49he had traded
40:49my baby
40:50for Selina's survival.
40:52No one in the room
40:54could pretend
40:54it was a misunderstanding
40:56anymore.
40:59Stop the recall!
41:01Stop it!
41:02A second image
41:03appeared.
41:05It was by the edge
41:06of the Forbidden's
41:07Forest years ago.
41:09A young Selina
41:10hid behind a tree,
41:12watching me
41:13desperately call
41:14her name.
41:15Selina!
41:16Where are you?
41:20Stop hiding!
41:22This isn't funny!
41:24Young Selina
41:25covered her mouth
41:25and laughed,
41:26clearly waiting
41:27for me
41:28to get scolded.
41:29The next moment,
41:30an old porky
41:31lit up.
41:32A dark wizard's
41:33shadow emerged
41:34from the trees
41:35and dragged
41:35her into the dark.
41:37No!
41:38Let me go!
41:41Selina!
41:42Everyone saw
41:43it clearly.
41:44I had not
41:45abandoned her.
41:46She had hidden
41:47by herself
41:48to frame me.
41:49Carlisle's face
41:49turned deathly pale.
41:51His knees
41:52went weak,
41:52and he almost fell.
41:54No!
41:56She said...
41:57A Crimson Lion
41:58student standing
41:58near the door
41:59whispered first,
42:00You know,
42:01so Ivy was
42:02blamed for nothing?
42:03Another student
42:04lowered their head,
42:05unable to look at me.
42:07We all believed,
42:08Selina.
42:09Carlisle covered
42:10his ears,
42:10but the recall charm
42:12did not stop.
42:13His old accusation
42:14echoed in the ward,
42:15one sentence
42:16after another.
42:17Ivy,
42:17I didn't know.
42:18But not knowing
42:19had never stopped
42:20him from punishing me.
42:21I still could not speak,
42:23but the memory
42:24answered for me.
42:25The young version
42:26of me kept running
42:27toward the
42:28Forbidden's Forest,
42:29screaming Selina's name
42:30until her voice broke.
42:32That was the sister
42:33Carlisle had chosen
42:34not to hear.
42:35I called you cruel
42:37because I believed her.
42:39A third image appeared.
42:41Selina sat in a
42:42dark wizard's chamber,
42:44a bloodline scroll
42:45laid out before her.
42:46The name shown on the
42:47scroll had originally
42:48been mine.
42:49She used a concealment
42:51potion to change it
42:52to her own.
42:53As long as they believe
42:55I am the prophesied girl,
42:58Ivy's phoenix fire
42:59will be mine.
43:01The infirmary went
43:02dead silent.
43:04Leon stared at the image.
43:05Silver bloodlight began
43:07to seep from the
43:08engagement mark on his wrist.
43:09The book of fate
43:10turned to the next page.
43:12True heir of the
43:13phoenix bloodline,
43:15Ivy Veil.
43:15True sacrifice,
43:17Ivy Veil.
43:18The words hung in the
43:19air, final and
43:20undeniable.
43:22Theodore stepped back
43:23until his shoulder
43:24hit the medicine
43:25cabinet.
43:26The true heir was
43:27Ivy.
43:28And you cut into
43:29the true heir
43:30to save a liar.
43:33Carlisle's lips
43:34trembled.
43:34Selina lied to us.
43:36Leon suddenly clenched
43:38his wand.
43:39Bring Selina here.
43:40No one moved at first.
43:42They all understood
43:43that bringing Selina
43:44here would not
43:45save me.
43:46It would only show
43:47how late their
43:48justice had come.
43:49I watched the last
43:50image fade.
43:51The truth had arrived.
43:52It was useless.
43:55After the truth
43:56came out,
43:57no one in the
43:58infirmary dared
43:59to speak.
44:00Leon walked to
44:01my bedside
44:01step by step.
44:03He had once
44:03been so proud.
44:05The student
44:05president of
44:06Silver Serpent
44:07House.
44:08The heir to
44:09the Valentin
44:10family.
44:11The brightest
44:11person on
44:12the flying field.
44:13Now, he did
44:15not even dare
44:16touch my
44:16hand.
44:19Ivy.
44:20I did not
44:21look at him.
44:22His voice shook.
44:23I didn't know
44:24Selina changed
44:25the records.
44:26I thought
44:27it was only
44:27an ordinary
44:27fetal blood
44:28transfer.
44:29I thought
44:29the baby.
44:30At last,
44:31I moved my
44:32eyes and
44:33looked at him.
44:33His words
44:34died.
44:35We can have
44:36another baby
44:37someday.
44:37He had said
44:38that.
44:39How could
44:39he not know?
44:40The magical
44:41engagement was
44:42not decoration.
44:44The Valentin
44:45family ring had
44:46recorded every
44:47vow he made.
44:48It confirmed
44:49that the baby
44:50was his heir.
44:51And it also
44:52recorded his
44:52silence beside
44:53the treatment
44:54bed.
44:54The Book of
44:55Fate.
44:56Love Anchor.
44:57Leon Valentin
44:59failed.
45:00Leon's face
45:01turned ashen.
45:03Carlisle knelt
45:03beside the bed,
45:05clutching
45:05mother's memory
45:06parchment.
45:07Ivy, I was
45:09wrong.
45:09Look at me.
45:10hit me.
45:11Curse me.
45:12Just don't
45:13ignore me like
45:13this.
45:14I did not
45:15move.
45:15The Book of
45:16Fate.
45:17Family Anchor.
45:19Carlisle
45:19Ashford.
45:20Failed.
45:21Theodore stood
45:22farthest away.
45:24Ivy, I killed
45:25you with my
45:26own hands.
45:27The Book of
45:27Fate.
45:29Friendship Anchor.
45:30Theodore
45:31Winter.
45:31Failed.
45:32The Book of
45:33Fate.
45:34All three
45:35anchors have
45:36failed.
45:37The Book of
45:37Fate.
45:38Time
45:39Remaining.
45:3930 Minutes.
45:43At last,
45:44someone in the
45:45infirmary broke
45:46down sobbing.
45:47Leon suddenly
45:48turned, as if
45:49he wanted to
45:49rush out and
45:50find Selena.
45:51But I knew it
45:52no longer
45:53mattered.
45:54Selena would
45:54be judged.
45:56Leon would
45:56regret it.
45:58Carlisle would
45:59suffer.
46:00Theodore would
46:00remember what I
46:01had written in
46:02his palm for the
46:03rest of his life.
46:04But my baby would
46:05not come back.
46:06Mother would not
46:07come back.
46:08And I did
46:09not want to
46:09come back.
46:10Leon stopped
46:11at the door,
46:12his hand shaking
46:13around his wand.
46:14I'll make her
46:15pay.
46:16Ivy, I swear
46:17I'll make Selena
46:17pay.
46:18Carlisle raised
46:19his head, eyes
46:20red and broken.
46:22I'll find a
46:23spell.
46:24I'll bring
46:25mother back.
46:26I'll bring your
46:27baby back.
46:28I'll do anything.
46:29There is no
46:30spell for that.
46:32Shut up!
46:34Theodore did
46:35not fight
46:36back.
46:37If there
46:38were, I
46:39would have
46:39used it already.
46:40I listened to
46:41them argue over
46:42impossible things.
46:44For years, I
46:45had begged them
46:46to believe me
46:47while I was
46:47still alive,
46:48still standing,
46:50still able to
46:50be saved.
46:51Now they
46:52finally believed
46:53me only because
46:54I was almost
46:54dead.
46:55That was the
46:56cruelest part of
46:57fate.
46:58It did not
46:58need to lie.
46:59It only waited
47:01until people were
47:02too late.
47:03In the last
47:04thirty minutes,
47:05Theodore did
47:06something no one
47:07expected.
47:08He walked to
47:09the center of
47:10the infirmary,
47:11cut open his
47:12own palm,
47:13raised his
47:13wand,
47:14and cast the
47:15Forbidden's
47:16Transfer Charm
47:17on himself.
47:18The charm fell
47:19toward the
47:19healing charm
47:20that had not
47:21yet gone out
47:22and toward
47:23the Book of
47:23Fate.
47:24What are you
47:25doing?
47:26Theodore did
47:26not turn around.
47:28His voice was
47:29calm.
47:29I can't save
47:30her, but I
47:31can help her
47:31break free.
47:32Carlyle rushed
47:33forward to
47:34stop him, but
47:35a protective
47:35charm threw
47:36him back.
47:39Are you
47:40out of your
47:40mind?
47:41Theodore looked
47:42at me, tears
47:43falling onto the
47:44infirmary floor.
47:47She asked me to
47:48kill her.
47:49He smiled
47:50faintly.
47:50It looked worse
47:51than crying.
47:53I can't do it,
47:55but at least this
47:56time I won't
47:56choose her life
47:57for someone else.
47:57The Forbidden's
47:58Transfer Charm
47:59sank into the
48:00Book of Fate.
48:01The Black
48:01Pages lit with
48:02Phoenix Fire,
48:03and the final
48:04page slowly
48:05turned.
48:06Theodore's
48:07hand shook
48:08so badly
48:08that his wand
48:09nearly slipped.
48:10Still, he
48:11held the spell
48:12steady.
48:12This time, the
48:14pain would be
48:14his choice,
48:16not mine.
48:17Theodore,
48:18stop!
48:19If this fails,
48:20she'll die
48:21faster!
48:21She is already
48:23dying, because
48:24we were
48:24cowards!
48:26I felt my
48:26body grow
48:27lighter and
48:28lighter.
48:28The pain
48:29faded, little
48:31by little.
48:32The infirmary,
48:33the crying,
48:34Leon's shattered
48:35eyes, Carlisle's
48:37desperate calls,
48:38Theodore's pale
48:39face, all of it
48:40drifted farther
48:41away.
48:42I saw Mother
48:43standing in the
48:44light.
48:45She was holding
48:46a very, very
48:47small baby.
48:48She smiled
48:49at me.
48:50Ivy, it's
48:52time to come
48:53home.
48:53I wanted
48:54to cry, but
48:55I realized I
48:56had no tears
48:57left.
48:58The book of
48:59fate burned
48:59with golden
49:00flames in the
49:01air.
49:02Everyone saw
49:03the final lines
49:04appear.
49:05The book of
49:05fate, Ivy
49:06Veil, fate
49:08released, the
49:09book of fate,
49:10all three anchors
49:11have failed.
49:12The book of
49:13fate, welcome
49:15home.
49:16White light
49:17fell.
49:18My body
49:18stopped breathing
49:19on the treatment
49:20bed.
49:21Theodore
49:21collapsed in
49:22the center of
49:23the infirmary,
49:24his breath
49:24faint.
49:25Leon knelt
49:26beside the
49:26bed, holding
49:27the engagement
49:28mark that had
49:29lost its light,
49:30and cried out
49:31loud for the
49:31first time.
49:32Carlisle held
49:33Mother's memory
49:34parchment and
49:35called my name
49:36again and again
49:37until his throat
49:37bled.
49:38But I could not
49:39hear him anymore.
49:41In the white
49:42light, the baby
49:43reached toward me
49:44with a hand
49:44smaller than a
49:45petal.
49:46For the first
49:47time in 24
49:48hours, I was
49:49not afraid.
49:52Mom, I miss
49:53you.
49:53Welcome home,
49:54my girl.
49:58Later, St.
49:59Raven Academy
50:00of Magic held
50:01a public trial.
50:03Selina was
50:04struck by the
50:04backlash of the
50:05remaining pages of
50:06the book of fate
50:07and lost the
50:08phoenix bloodline
50:09she had stolen.
50:10Her false
50:11identity as the
50:12prophesied girl,
50:13her altered
50:14memories, and
50:16the proof of
50:16her deals with
50:17dark wizards were
50:18all exposed under
50:19the tribunal
50:20recall charm.
50:22Selina Ashfield,
50:24do you deny
50:25altering the
50:26bloodline scroll?
50:28Selina stood in
50:29the center of the
50:30hall, pale and
50:31shaking.
50:33I was scared.
50:36I only wanted
50:38to survive.
50:39You survived
50:40by stealing
50:42another girl's
50:43life.
50:44The recall charm
50:45opened again
50:46above her head.
50:47Everyone saw
50:48the dark wizard's
50:49chamber, the
50:50concealment potion,
50:51and her own voice
50:53saying Ivy's
50:54phoenix fire would
50:55be hers.
50:56She made us
50:58hate Ivy.
50:59She misled the
51:00academy and
51:01caused the death
51:02of the true
51:04phoenix heir.
51:05Selina looked
51:06toward Leon
51:07first, then
51:08Carlisle, as if
51:09one of them would
51:10still protect her.
51:13Carlisle, I'm
51:15your sister, say
51:17something.
51:19Carlisle did not
51:20move.
51:22I already chose
51:23the wrong sister
51:24once.
51:25Selina turned to
51:26Leon.
51:28Leon, you said I
51:30only had one life,
51:30nothing is more
51:31important than me.
51:32Leon's face was
51:34cold.
51:36And Ivy only had
51:37one, too.
51:39The tribunal recall
51:40charm continued to
51:41burn above the
51:42hall.
51:44The stolen
51:45phoenix bloodline
51:46tore itself out of
51:47Selina's body in
51:48golden sparks.
51:54She screamed and
51:55collapsed to the
51:56floor.
52:14The golden sparks
52:16did not return to
52:17Ivy.
52:18Nothing could.
52:21They only vanished
52:23into ash before
52:24everyone's eyes.
52:25Leon watched in
52:27silence.
52:36That was when the
52:38Valentin family elder
52:39stood.
52:44Leon Valentin, you
52:48pressed the family
52:51ring against the
52:52consent contract
52:53and confirmed the
52:55unborn heir.
52:58I know.
53:21from this day
53:23forward, you lose
53:24the right to make
53:25a magical
53:26engagement.
53:29The
53:30Valentin
53:30inheritance is
53:31withdrawn.
53:32Leon did not
53:33resist.
53:35Give it to
53:36someone who
53:38understands what
53:39a vow means.
53:41The words
53:42sounded calm, but
53:43his hands were
53:44shaking.
53:45Carlisle stood
53:46nearby, pale and
53:47motionless.
53:48Theodore lowered
53:49his eyes.
53:53everyone remained
53:54silent except for
53:55Selina, who
53:56reached out to
53:56stop the golden
53:57sparks from
53:58dissipating.
54:03No, impossible!
54:05You all clearly
54:06love me!
54:07Why are you
54:08doing this to me?
54:10No, help
54:11it!
54:14No, it's you
54:15who's been
54:15stealing our love
54:16for Ivy.
54:19Selina burst
54:20into laughter.
54:22You're all a
54:23bunch of ragged
54:24fake gentlemen!
54:25What are you
54:26pretending to be
54:26deeply in love
54:27for?
54:30If you really
54:31loved her, I
54:32wouldn't have
54:33succeeded.
54:34You just
54:35needed a
54:36scapegoat to
54:37take the blame
54:38for your
54:38mistakes!
54:41I did
54:42nothing wrong!
54:44Everyone fell
54:45silent.
54:46No one dared
54:47to utter a
54:48word in
54:48rebusher.
54:53Carlisle was
54:54removed from
54:54the Auror
54:55Candidate
54:55program.
54:57On the day
54:58he left
54:58Crimson Lion
54:59House, the
55:00Prefect Badge
55:00on his chest
55:01split in two.
55:04A man who
55:05cannot recognize
55:06his truth from
55:06tears cannot
55:07carry an Auror
55:08its badge.
55:19Carlyle took
55:20off the
55:20broken badge
55:21without arguing.
55:24I understand.
55:27But
55:27understanding
55:28had come
55:28too late.
55:32After that
55:33he kept
55:33searching for
55:34forbidden spells
55:35that could
55:35revive Mother
55:36and me.
55:39but every
55:40page gave
55:41him the
55:41same
55:41answer.
55:50Fate
55:50does not
55:51turn back
55:51for regret
55:52that comes
55:52too late.
55:56Every
55:57winter
55:57solstice
55:58Leon
55:58returned to
55:59the black
55:59lake and
56:00stood all
56:01night on
56:01the grass
56:02where the
56:02recovery ball
56:03had once
56:03been prepared.
56:05ivy
56:06I came
56:07back.
56:10The
56:11lake never
56:11answered
56:12him.
56:17The
56:18wind blew
56:18across the
56:19place where
56:20silver ribbons
56:20had once
56:21celebrated.
56:22Selina's
56:23recovery and
56:23Leon stood
56:24there until
56:24dawn waiting
56:25for forgiveness
56:26that would
56:26never come.
56:33Theodore
56:34never wore
56:34the healer
56:35badge
56:35again.
56:39He
56:40sealed his
56:40hand inside
56:41the remorse
56:41charm of
56:42Black Eagle
56:42House.
56:49Winter
56:50you are
56:51throwing away
56:52your future.
56:56I threw
56:56away hers
56:57first.
56:58That hand
56:58could still
56:59raise a
56:59wand but
57:00every night
57:00it repeated
57:01the same
57:01three words.
57:06Kill me.
57:10As for
57:11the book
57:11of fate
57:12it was
57:12returned to
57:12the underground
57:13chamber.
57:17The same
57:18chamber where
57:18I had found
57:19it at
57:19sixteen.
57:23the stone
57:24door closed
57:25again.
57:29Dust
57:29settled over
57:30the floor.
57:34The academy
57:35listed the
57:36chamber as
57:36forbiddance but
57:37students still
57:38whispered about
57:38the black book
57:39that had once
57:40judged three
57:41proud young
57:42men and
57:42one false
57:43prophesied
57:43girl.
57:47Do not
57:48touch the
57:48book of fate
57:49unless you
57:49are ready
57:50to see
57:50what
57:50your
57:50love
57:51is
57:51worth.
57:58Years
57:58later a
57:59white
57:59badger
57:59student
58:00once
58:00found
58:00the
58:01hidden
58:01door
58:01by
58:01accident.
58:03She
58:04saw
58:04the
58:04book
58:04on
58:04the
58:04stone
58:05table
58:05and
58:05reached
58:06toward
58:06it
58:06but
58:06the
58:06pages
58:07did
58:07not
58:07open.
58:17Is
58:17this
58:17the
58:17book
58:18from
58:18the
58:18Ivy
58:18Val
58:18trial?
58:21Yes.
58:25But it
58:25has been
58:26blank ever
58:27since.
58:28The pages
58:29were blank
58:29now.
58:30My name
58:31was no longer
58:31there.
58:32No anchor
58:33could ever
58:34trap me
58:34again.
58:35I was not
58:36saved by
58:37their regret.
58:38I was
58:39freed
58:40because I
58:41finally stopped
58:41waiting for
58:42them to choose
58:43me.
58:50Some
58:51deaths
58:51do not
58:52represent
58:52tragedy.
58:53They may
58:53be a
58:53liberation.
58:54The
58:54beginning
58:54of a
58:55new
58:55chapter
58:55in
58:56one's
58:56destiny.
58:58The
58:59book
58:59of
58:59destiny
58:59closes
59:00awaiting
59:00the
59:00next
59:01destined
59:01person
59:01to
59:02open
59:02it.
59:03This
59:04is
59:04neither
59:04a
59:05curse
59:05nor
59:05a
59:05blessing.
59:06It
59:06simply
59:06depends
59:07on
59:07how
59:07you
59:07write
59:07your
59:08own
59:08destiny.
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