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00:10It is done.
00:15Only the prophesied maiden can break it.
00:19No one knows the truth. I'm not mute. I choose silence.
00:25Duke Cassian is dying. The curse consumes him by the day.
00:29Only the prophesied maiden can break it.
00:32My task is to bring her.
00:38This is more Cain than you'll see in several lifetimes.
00:42If the Duke dies of the curse, the sacrificial bride dies with him.
00:47The wedding must happen tonight.
00:50Son! Take her!
00:51As long as the Duke's family doesn't mind a mute.
00:54She's yours!
00:55Yours! Fed her long enough. Time for she to earn her keep!
01:01My oldest sister married a blacksmith.
01:03The second one's a sweet talker and good with her hands.
01:06He'd never let her go.
01:07And me? I've never spoken a word.
01:10Trading the useless mutt for a bag of gold.
01:12In his eyes, it's a steal.
01:20Go. The prophesied maiden has been found.
01:28Five years I've fed you and not a damn sound!
01:31You useless waste of space!
01:48Once you're in that castle, nothing but a servant to the Duke, you hear me?
01:52Keep the Duchess happy.
01:54And don't you ever crawl back here!
02:05Time to go, girl.
02:06My task is complete.
02:13Time to go, girl.
02:22My task is complete.
02:23Time to go, girl.
02:26Clara's favorite honey cakes.
02:29She must have saved these for ages.
02:35She couldn't save me.
02:37This fate was never hers to change.
02:46Hmm.
03:08Before the gods, this union is sealed.
03:12So Cassian really can't even get out of bed?
03:16It is done.
03:27My lady, please hurry.
03:30The rumors are true.
03:32That coffin, it's meant to imprison the curse.
03:37Leave us.
03:58Are you afraid of me?
04:00Of course I am.
04:12Take this and go.
04:14Leave now while you still can.
04:28I'm alright.
04:29Don't call the guards.
04:33Could you pour me some water?
04:45I know my condition.
04:47You should never have been pulled into this.
04:49Forgive me.
04:50After tonight, leave this place.
04:52I will handle everything.
04:53I am.
04:59You cannot speak.
05:11If you won't go, then allow me this one selfish wish.
05:16As long as I draw breath, I will protect you.
05:19Even if the curse claims me tomorrow, I will see that you are provided for.
05:24May the goddess of life grant you a long life.
05:35Was that your voice just now?
05:40Was that your voice just now?
05:46The goddess will hear it.
05:48You will live.
05:50No one knows the truth.
05:51I'm not mute.
05:53I choose silence.
05:55Bloom.
06:04Heal.
06:05No more pain.
06:10This magic demands a cruel price.
06:13Every time I speak the words, a piece of me dies.
06:17My feelings.
06:18My warmth.
06:20Until I become cold as stone.
06:22Five years!
06:23Still mute!
06:24Useless.
06:25Dull as a rock.
06:28Sold!
06:29Take her now!
06:33Maybe marrying Duke Cassian isn't the worst fate after all.
06:40Could you help me up?
06:52Hilara.
06:54I'll come with you to the dining hall.
06:55Hilara.
06:56He knows my name.
07:02Father, this is my son.
07:04Please, he's going to be be a knight one day.
07:08Roland.
07:09It means glory and protection.
07:12Roland.
07:13A great name.
07:16And this one?
07:18Call her Hilara.
07:19A humble morning star.
07:23Roland, a name of blessing.
07:26And mine was just an afterthought.
07:35The Duke.
07:36He's walking on his own.
07:37Without his attendants?
07:46Cassian!
07:47What are you doing out of bed?
07:53The Duke of Stirling.
07:53Hilara.
07:54This is my father.
07:55The Duke of Stirling.
07:57And this is my mother.
08:02Mother, don't worry.
08:04The curse has eased a great deal.
08:06And much better.
08:08Forgive me for causing you both such grief.
08:10Oh, thank the gods.
08:12The prophecy was real.
08:15Cassian is out of bed.
08:16This bride was the right choice.
08:27Mother, you're overwhelming her.
08:34Forgive me.
08:36I nearly forgot the gift.
08:41This is the heirloom of the Lady of House Stirling.
08:44Today, it passes to you.
08:51Enough fresh air.
08:53Let's head to the dining hall.
08:56Back in that house, breakfast was burnt porridge or black bread hard as stone.
09:00The smell of butter and roast meat.
09:03Only father and my brother got to eat like this.
09:10Try this.
09:11Rosemary and honeyed apple.
09:13The head chef's specialty.
09:15I hope you'll like it.
09:18So this is what good food tastes like.
09:34Slow down.
09:35If you enjoy it, I'll have the chef prepare it for you every day.
09:42Oh, no.
09:43I must look I haven't eaten in years.
09:46I've embarrassed him completely.
09:49Compared to him, I look like a total savage.
09:54Nonsense.
09:55A healthy appetite is a blessing.
09:58House Stirling can feed her just fine.
10:00Silly girl.
10:01You're home now.
10:03Forget the rules.
10:05Eat to your heart's content.
10:08Mother.
10:10Alara just hasn't had food this good before.
10:13In time, she'll adjust.
10:17She has a pure heart.
10:19A hundred times better than those pretentious,
10:21two-faced noble ladies in the royal city.
10:28That was thoughtless of me.
10:30From now on, the kitchen will prepare your meals just the way you like them.
10:34Well said.
10:36As long as the curse leaves Cassian alone and Allura eats well, that's all that matters.
10:44Cassian, you two should go back and rest.
10:47Allara, stay with him.
10:49If anything happens, call for help at one.
10:52Yes, mother.
10:59Did you see?
11:00The duke is really out of bed.
11:02The prophecy must be real.
11:03The young lady is blessed by the gods.
11:05Blessed.
11:06She's nothing but a mute peasant girl who can't even read her own name.
11:09Pairing her with our brilliant, handsome duke, she's a stain on the sterling bloodline.
11:13Quiet. I saw her at breakfast. She ate like a starving beggar, not a trace of noble manners.
11:19She's just lucky some witch said she could break the duke's curse.
11:21Just wait. She's nothing but a tool. Once the curse is truly broken, I doubt she'll last long.
11:29Come out. Now.
11:34Your Grace, we were just talking nonsense. Please, have mercy.
11:39Who gave you of my wife like that in my own castle?
11:42It was them. We'll never do it again. Please, my lady, have mercy. My lord, forgive us.
11:48Take them away. Let the law deal with them.
11:51Permanently vanished from sterling territory.
11:55Please, no! Have mercy!
12:02I'm sorry you had to hear that.
12:06Allara, you are the Lady of Sterling. I brought you here myself.
12:11No one dares disrespect you.
12:26Don't pull away.
12:29What they said, did it upset you?
12:45The curse. It could harm you, too.
12:54May the goddess of life grant you a long life.
12:59He's so handsome. To think he's been cursed by dark magic since childhood. He's so kind to me. I want
13:06him to recover faster.
13:07I want him to recover faster.
13:15My lady.
13:18Duchess.
13:20My lady, the Duke's meals are strictly the head chef's duty.
13:22If you're hungry, I'll send refreshments to the East Wing. You do not belong here.
13:31Is she? Is she gonna cook herself?
13:43That smells incredible.
13:46Even better than the head chef's cooking.
13:48This is the one thing I can do for him. He gave me respect and warmth. I want him to
13:53get well soon.
13:57My lady, hold it right there.
14:01The Duke's health is delicate. We don't just feed him any slop.
14:05If your crude peasant cooking harms him, who will answer for it?
14:08An illiterate newt from the countryside daring to cook for the Duke.
14:12Take your tray back to the East Wing. Don't humiliate yourself here.
14:19Stop!
14:30Your Grace.
14:32Did it burn you?
14:40You dared to raise your hand against her?
14:42Your Grace, I was only afraid her peasant food might harm you. I merely...
14:48Concerned? You show your concern by blocking my wife and trying to spill the soup she made for me with
14:52her own hands?
14:56Martha has disrespected the lady of the house. Strip her rank, banish her from Stirling lands forever.
15:02Your Grace! I've served house Stirling for 12 years! Please, I beg you, show mercy!
15:12Please, let me go! I didn't mean it!
15:17You made this soup yourself?
15:25Does he think it's terrible? The kitchen maids use castle recipes. I only know the country way.
15:30It's been a long time since I tasted something so good. Honestly, it beats the head chef.
15:35He says it's better than the chef. He's just being kind. But he hasn't stopped eating.
15:47Allora, let me teach you to read.
15:50I could learn to read. A mute like me is lucky just to be breathing. Reading and writing. I never
15:56even dared to dream it.
15:59Then it's a deal. I'll teach you letters. And you'll teach me sign language. When you're happy or mad, you
16:06can write it down.
16:08Whatever you want to eat. Whatever you want to do.
16:13I'll know instantly. Alara, I want to hear you.
16:18No one has ever said that to me. In that house, I was invisible. Let alone understood.
16:40Write the letters I taught you yesterday. Let me see.
16:55Relax. Writing isn't like chopping firewood. You don't need to use all your strength.
17:07Do you know what your name means?
17:09El means light. Ara means the favored one.
17:16Alara, you are blessed by the light. Gregor said the priest just flipped to a random page and picked it.
17:21He said it meant a humble morning star. But you tell me I am blessed by the light.
17:33And this one, do you recognize it?
17:40H-O-M-E.
17:42It means home.
18:00This is the crest of house Stirling. And now, it's yours too.
18:08Home. He said this is my home.
18:25So this is why the study is so quiet. You've been playing teacher.
18:33Home. You wrote it beautifully.
18:38It's cold in here. Rest when you're tired.
18:43Drink your milk while it's warm.
18:45In that house, I chopped wood until my hands bled and no one blinked.
18:51Here, I write a few letters and they worry I'm too cold.
18:57So this is what it feels like to be family.
19:07This one. It's perfect for you.
19:13Try it on.
19:17I've never worn anything so fine.
19:20My clothes were always Clara's hand-me-downs, patched at the cuffs when they frayed.
19:25My child, you are a lady of house Stirling now. You'll need time to get used to this.
19:33Go change. I'll wait right here.
19:44I knew it.
19:47House Stirling never lets its daughters-in-laws freeze. Not in body and not in spirit.
20:09You look beautiful.
20:15Eleanor, did you pick that gown?
20:18Who else would it be?
20:23Fresh from the kitchen. Eat while it's warm. I heard you like sweets.
20:28They even know I have a sweet tooth.
20:30I remember when stepmother made honey cakes.
20:33Roland ate three and told me there was nothing left.
20:44I'll have the maids bring you more dresses this afternoon. Spring is coming. You'll need lighter things.
20:50He said spring is almost here. He's thinking about my future. In that house, no one ever cared if I
20:57even had a tomorrow.
20:58They truly see me as family.
21:05Alara! Your brother's about to enter the knight's academy and we're still short ten gold coins!
21:11I raised you all these years, and now you marry into a duke's house and forget your own blood?
21:17Ungrateful wretch! Without me, you would have starved to death long ago!
21:25You've already been paid in gold.
21:31What does that pentimus matter? Your brother is the only son of this family!
21:36You ungrateful brat!
21:53Who exactly do you think you're hitting?
22:01Elara bears the name Sterling now. She is a daughter of this house.
22:10Come child, stand behind me.
22:13She called me a daughter of this house. No one has ever shield me like this.
22:18I am her father. What right do you have to stop me from disciplining my own daughter?
22:24Because...
22:26She is my wife.
22:29And my daughter. Escort them off Sterling Lands.
22:32From this day forward, neither of them sets foot near this castle without my permission.
22:53I have a contract. Signed and sealed. Every coin spent on her keep, right here. Does a duke refuse to
22:59pay his debts?
23:00Exactly. Eighteen years of food, clothes, everything. You think that came free? She pressed her own thumbprint to this debt.
23:06What?
23:15Would you like to see it?
23:23This signature, what does it say?
23:37Write your name.
23:43A forged contract. What is the punishment for that under Sterling law?
23:50Forgery? She... she'd hurt her hand. That's why the writing is crooked.
23:56I have no memory of signing anything.
24:17Blackmailing the lady of the house and forgery. Two counts. Drag them to the territorial court.
24:26Blackmailing the lady of the house and forgery.
24:27Elara! I am your father! You will always be a child of this family!
24:35Home. I have a home now.
24:44If you don't want a sign, you don't have to.
24:49The moment you took that gold, you ceased to be my father.
25:06This is the heirloom of the Lady of House Stirling. I pass it on to you.
25:16But this...
25:20This is not from a Duchess to her daughter-in-law. It's from a mother to her daughter.
25:4920 years ago, on the night of Cassian's succession ceremony, the old temple priest tampered with the ritual.
25:55From that day on, his health deteriorated. When the dark mark spread, even breathing brought him pain.
26:00The prophecy only said a bride born under the blood moon could turn the tide of the curse.
26:05Please don't blame me, child. The prophecy never said how to break the curse.
26:09For Cassian's sake, we had no choice. Once you entered House Stirling, you became our own.
26:15I will do everything in my power to keep both my children alive.
26:19She never asked if I could save him. She simply took me in as her own.
26:34You've been avoiding me all day.
26:45Is it because of what my mother said?
26:48The prophecy belongs to others. It was never your burden to bear.
26:56Do you hear it? It's still beating.
27:01Not because of some prophecy.
27:03Because of you.
27:09He said it's not because of the prophecy.
27:23Alara, you owe no one anything. From now on, do only what you want to do.
27:29Do you know what I want most right now?
27:43Stay with me tonight.
27:45But only if you say yes.
27:47He placed the choice in my hands.
27:50So this is what love can be.
27:53Waiting for my yes.
28:09Stay a little longer.
28:15Why are you so far away?
28:17You weren't this distant last night.
28:21He did that on purpose.
28:26I meant every word I said last night.
28:29From now on, if you want to be close, be close.
28:32If you need to be alone, be alone.
28:35It's always your choice.
28:43I accept that choice.
28:55My lady, Lord Cassian looks healthier every day.
29:00Indeed.
29:01It seems spring has truly arrived.
29:15Allara, ever since I was cursed, I've always felt I was living on borrowed time.
29:19But now, I find myself growing greedy.
29:26I want to see spring, summer and autumn and many, many years.
29:32And if all those years ahead, had you in them, that would be even better.
29:58You know, I used to hate it when people came to see me.
30:03Because everyone who saw the curse was afraid.
30:07They'd look at me with pity or they'd keep their distance.
30:10Sometimes I even thought if I died, everyone would be better off.
30:16But what if, one day, the curse truly takes my life?
30:31I have you to lean on now.
30:33And from this day forward, whatever happens, I will be your rock.
30:38All my life, everything I faced, I faced alone.
30:43Now there's someone who can be my refuge.
31:01Now there's someone who can be my refuge.
31:09Duke Cassian's returning health is a blessing to all of Stirling.
31:12By tradition, the Lady of the House should offer the toast.
31:15Lady Allara, if you please.
31:17He doesn't want a toast.
31:19He wants to watch me humiliate myself.
31:30From this day forward, Allara is the heir and mistress of House Stirling.
31:36Allow me to speak the toast on her behalf.
31:40To House Stirling and to its Lady.
31:46In front of everyone, he gave me the Duke's signet ring.
31:50Since the young lady now runs the estate, perhaps she could do a good deed for the territory.
31:55The winter is harsh.
31:56The starving are many.
31:57Does my lady have a solution?
32:10By decree of Lady Allara, all surplus from tonight's banquet will be sent to the chapel tomorrow for a soup
32:17pouch.
32:30Since you've given your first decree, it's time you took the reins of the household.
32:35If my lady wishes to audit the books, I am, of course, entirely at her disposal.
32:43This is the master ledger for the past three years.
32:47Take your time, my lady.
32:49If anything is too complicated, just ask.
33:01Winter wheat.
33:02Winter wheat.
33:02The exact same shipment.
33:04Logged as received three separate times.
33:07Cassian taught me this.
33:08The same shipment arriving on the same day can only be logged once.
33:12Winter wheat.
33:13Winter wheat.
33:15Winter wheat.
33:16In the meantime.
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