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00:00:01My fiancé's mother said my astrological chart clashed with his.
00:00:07I would ruin his future.
00:00:09So for seven years, every wedding night, I was locked in a dark room with an animal.
00:00:15Dog.
00:00:17Rooster.
00:00:19Cow.
00:00:21Snake.
00:00:22Every year I screamed, say no!
00:00:26No!
00:00:27The next morning, when they saw me wrecked and shaking in torn clothes, they only shook their heads.
00:00:34Still not worthy of being true, I.
00:00:37In Sicily, every Christmas Eve, unmarried girls went to the chapel to draw tokens.
00:00:42A red token meant her fiancé's boat would come to take her to the wedding.
00:00:47White means wait next year.
00:00:49For seven years, I drew white every time.
00:00:53In the eighth year, I took a handful of red tokens and sneaked to my fiancé Marco's house.
00:00:59I wanted to cheat.
00:01:01Then I heard him whispering to his brother in the courtyard.
00:01:05Tommy, switch Serafina's token to white tomorrow.
00:01:10Biana's still weak.
00:01:12I need one more year to take care of her.
00:01:14His brother hesitated.
00:01:16Aren't you afraid she'll get angry and get on another man's boat?
00:01:19Marco laughed softly.
00:01:20Everyone knows she's mine.
00:01:22She waited seven years for me.
00:01:24Even if she pulls a red token, who would dare let her on his boat?
00:01:31She's easy to fool.
00:01:33Once I take Bianca onto my boat, you just tell her Nomno collapsed again, and she needs to go home.
00:01:39Next year, I'll marry her with the greatest wedding.
00:01:42Every Mafia family will know she is my wife.
00:01:44The red token slipped silently from my hand.
00:01:48Tokens scattered across the ground.
00:01:51Then, I did back home.
00:01:53I did not tell Marco that my Nonno only had three days left.
00:01:58His last wish was to see me married.
00:02:00If Marco refused to marry me this year, I had to board another man's boat.
00:02:06The next morning, girls gathered outside the chapel in gowns made for weeding.
00:02:10Only mine was the same gown from seven years ago, faded.
00:02:15When I appeared, the girls around me stepped away.
00:02:18Serafina drew blank seven years in a row.
00:02:20Don't stand too close.
00:02:21Bad luck spreads.
00:02:22Papa stood on the dock, watching his men line the boats.
00:02:25I held my candle and walked.
00:02:27Papa warned me again in a low voice.
00:02:29Serafina, remember what you promised your grandfather.
00:02:32I looked at the token box.
00:02:33Don't worry, Papa.
00:02:34This year, I must get on a boat.
00:02:37A sudden noise from the crowd cut us off.
00:02:41Marco arrived.
00:02:43He was my fiancé, and everyone already treated him like the next Don.
00:02:47But his men surrounded Bianca like she was something precious.
00:02:52She was pale and fragile, dressed in brand new.
00:02:56I knew that dress.
00:02:59His mother, Mrs. Valenti, had sewn it herself.
00:03:02Marco had once hinted it was for me.
00:03:05I had imagined myself wearing it.
00:03:08If I had not heard the truth last night, I would have come today in plain clothes, just
00:03:13like Marco told me to.
00:03:15The Don's daughter breaking festival tradition in public.
00:03:18Papa would have been humiliated because of me.
00:03:21Again.
00:03:23The girls around us started whispering.
00:03:26Who gave Bianca the right to draw a token?
00:03:29Bianca drew every year, boarded Marco's boat every year, and never married him.
00:03:34She should have been disqualified by now.
00:03:37The moment Bianca coughed, Marco draped his coat over her shoulders.
00:03:42It's windy.
00:03:43Don't catch a cold.
00:03:47Bianca is just lucky.
00:03:48She draws a red token every time.
00:03:50And the rules never said getting on the boat means she has to marry.
00:03:53If you can't accept that, try your own luck.
00:03:55Don't blame anyone else when you draw a blank token.
00:03:58Every eye turned to me.
00:04:00Because the only girl unlucky enough to pull seven blanks was me, Marco's fiancé.
00:04:06For seven years, I watched another woman board his boat.
00:04:11In the past, I argued with Marco.
00:04:13Used my place as the Don's daughter to demand Bianca be disqualified.
00:04:18And brought up every time he had favored her before.
00:04:22Last year was the worst.
00:04:24I grabbed Bianca and kicked her into the river.
00:04:30Marco sent her to the hospital.
00:04:33Then brought his men to my house and kicked the door down while Papa was away.
00:04:37They tied me up and forced me into the freezing cold.
00:04:40Seraphina, whatever Bianca suffers, you suffer twice.
00:04:43If you want to enter the Velati family, learn your place.
00:04:47In my house, Bianca comes before you.
00:04:50By the time Papa found me, I had already passed out in the water.
00:04:54That night, my fever hit 104.
00:04:56Marco chose to stay with startled Bianca and sent me only one message.
00:05:01If you're not dead, don't bother calling me.
00:05:05After that, my body could no longer handle the cold.
00:05:08But I still refused to give up.
00:05:11The moment my fever broke, I went after Marco again.
00:05:14I wanted an answer for those seven years.
00:05:18Now, I had my answer.
00:05:21I ignored the argument and walked straight to the token chest.
00:05:25Nobody wants to draw?
00:05:28Then I'll go first.
00:05:32Marco's face flickered with panic.
00:05:34His prepared excuse got stuck in his throat.
00:05:37My calmness caught him off guard.
00:05:39He couldn't blame me like before,
00:05:41then ask Papa to punish me and push me to the end of the line.
00:05:46Now, how could he rig the token chest in front of the whole people?
00:05:50What if I really drew red token?
00:05:53Marco walked over and took my hand.
00:05:59Serafina, Bianca isn't feeling well.
00:06:01She can't stand in the cold.
00:06:02Let her pull first.
00:06:03I just want to talk to you.
00:06:05I pulled frozen hand away and looked at the thick coat around Bianca's shoulders.
00:06:10I had stayed up all night making this as Marco's birthday gift last year.
00:06:14I had sewn the cuff buttons into orange blossoms for luck,
00:06:18pouring all my love for Marco into every stitch.
00:06:22Now, it was keeping Bianca warm,
00:06:25and the sight made my eyes ache.
00:06:28I'm cold too.
00:06:30I want to draw first.
00:06:31Marco did not care my words.
00:06:33Took my cold hands and covered them with his own to warm them.
00:06:37It's this cold.
00:06:38Why didn't you dress warmer?
00:06:43Stop making a scene, Sera.
00:06:46I know you're still angry about Bianca.
00:06:48The doctor said she only needs one more year to recover.
00:06:52Next year.
00:06:53I promise I'll marry you next year, waiting for me.
00:06:57I looked at him.
00:07:00Marco, do you really think I can't live without you?
00:07:03He laughed softly and put a simple betrothal bracelet around my wrist.
00:07:11You waited seven years for me.
00:07:13No mafia man would dare let you onto his boat.
00:07:18So he had known all along.
00:07:21And he had been using my love as a leash.
00:07:24Around us, young couples were exchanging handmade bracelets as weeding token.
00:07:29Past every year, I had made one for Marco.
00:07:32He never wore them.
00:07:34His wrist always carried the same plain silver bracelet.
00:07:38I thought I had not braided it well enough, so I even paid a craftsman at the shop to teach
00:07:42me.
00:07:43But in that shop, Marco was choosing a new one.
00:07:46Bianca tugged the silver bracelet on his wrist.
00:07:49I can't believe you still wear the one I made you when we were kids.
00:07:53Marco smiled without saying anything.
00:07:55Hid the bracelet under his sleeve.
00:07:57I understood.
00:07:59No matter what I made, I could never compare to Bianca.
00:08:03I hid behind the shop and watched them choose new matching bracelets.
00:08:06They looked exactly like the one on my wrist.
00:08:10Thinking of that, I took mine off and threw it back to him.
00:08:13Marco, don't give me cheap things you bought in bulk.
00:08:15There is no next year.
00:08:16No-no wants to see me married.
00:08:18This year.
00:08:20If Bianca boards your boat again, we are done.
00:08:23He did not mind.
00:08:24He only gave me a knowing smile.
00:08:27So it's still about Bianca.
00:08:30I told you, Bianca's like an older sister to me.
00:08:32She practically raised me.
00:08:34You've drew white tokens for seven years already.
00:08:37What's one more year?
00:08:40I'll explain to your grandfather.
00:08:42As he spoke, he made the call.
00:08:43The number on the screen was burned into my memory.
00:08:46It was No-no's caregiver.
00:08:48I panicked and rushed forward to grab his phone.
00:08:50If you have something to say, say it to me.
00:08:52Don't bother, No-no.
00:08:53Last week, I visited No-no at the hospital.
00:08:56Tubes covered his body, but he was still worried about me.
00:08:59And I could not stop crying.
00:09:01I was the one he could not let go of.
00:09:04He gasped for breath, forcing out each word.
00:09:07Sarah married.
00:09:08Mama cried beside him.
00:09:09Your No-no keeps saying Sarah has suffered for seven years without getting on a boat.
00:09:14He went to the Valati family to demand an answer for you.
00:09:19If you don't board one this year, don't come see him again.
00:09:23He can't take it.
00:09:24Back at the chapel, I knew what Marco was about to say.
00:09:27So I clamped my hand over his phone.
00:09:31Let Bianca draw first.
00:09:33I agree.
00:09:37Marco scoffed and hung up.
00:09:39Now you're using No-no to cheat me?
00:09:42Cheat him?
00:09:43Maybe he was right.
00:09:44In early spring, I sat by an open window all night until I made myself sick enough for the hospital
00:09:50to stop Marco and Bianca to meet Vineyard Coppels.
00:09:55In summer, when he took Bianca sailing past the private docks with his guards,
00:09:59I lied that someone was following me and made him act as my personal bodyguard.
00:10:05In autumn, I brought pastries to his door and lied that Papa had summoned him to the estate for family
00:10:10business.
00:10:11And there were countless little things like that.
00:10:14A cut on my hand.
00:10:16A twisted ankle.
00:10:18A stomach ache.
00:10:19For seven years, I used every foolish excuse just to keep him with me a little longer.
00:10:26I did not argue.
00:10:27I let go and stepped away from the token chest.
00:10:31Marco waved Bianca over.
00:10:33She came to me.
00:10:34Sarah, let me go first.
00:10:35Maybe I'll bring you some good luck.
00:10:37You're so naughty.
00:10:38If Serafina pulls another white, she'll blame you again.
00:10:41Her eyes swept over me, waiting for me to lose my temper.
00:10:44But I didn't.
00:10:45I only stood quietly to the side and waited for her to drew her token.
00:10:50She found that boring, so she reached into the token chest and asked Marco.
00:10:55What were you two saying?
00:10:57Serafina's grandfather is sick.
00:10:59I'll visit him with her after the boats leave.
00:11:02Oh, a red token.
00:11:04Bianca could not hide the smug look on her face.
00:11:07Sorry, Sarah.
00:11:08Marco's boat is mine again this year.
00:11:10Before I could answer, Marco stepped in front of her to protect her.
00:11:13These are the San Giovanni's rules.
00:11:14Your tantrum won't change them.
00:11:17Bianca just has better token luck.
00:11:20Sarah, stop being petty.
00:11:24Let's see who dares touch my niece.
00:11:26I don't care if she's the Don's daughter.
00:11:28Mrs. Valenti hurried over and pulled Bianca into her arm.
00:11:30Don't be afraid, Bianca.
00:11:32If I say you can get on the dragon boat, then no one can stop you.
00:11:36I'd like to see who dares lay a hand on you.
00:11:39Watching them protect Bianca like that, my heart twisted once.
00:11:44For seven years, I had tried to please them.
00:11:47I remembered every birthday.
00:11:50I bought every gift.
00:11:52Whenever I visited, I helped in the kitchen, cleaned their house, and tried to make Mrs. Valenti like me.
00:11:59I even memorized Bianca's allergies and favorite foods.
00:12:03And what did I get in return?
00:12:05They always thought I was just throwing a tantrum.
00:12:08But I was only fighting for the right a fiancé should have had.
00:12:13Papa stood behind me and sighed.
00:12:17This is the family you've been desperate to marry into.
00:12:23We only wanted you to be happy with this.
00:12:27Papa, I'm drawing now.
00:12:29This time, I'll get Red Token.
00:12:34My answer was nothing like the past years, and it surprised him.
00:12:38Good, good.
00:12:40I'll wait for you.
00:12:41Even if it's not a Red Token, it's fine.
00:12:43I looked up at Marco and his mother.
00:12:46You're right.
00:12:47We follow the rules.
00:12:50I'm drawing Token now.
00:12:52Please move.
00:12:53As I walked past them, Mrs. Valenti froze, then grabbed my sleeve.
00:12:57Serafina, Marco's boat already has Bianca on it.
00:13:00Why draw it all?
00:13:02If you board another man's boat, don't ever think of entering the Valati house again.
00:13:09The Valentis don't take a bride another man has touched.
00:13:12Marco's face.
00:13:13Ma, don't say that.
00:13:14Marco panicked.
00:13:15Caught between his mother and the fiancé.
00:13:17He had never thought he married other.
00:13:20He tried to reach out to block my way, but the cold look in my eyes made him pull back.
00:13:24I stepped around the three of them.
00:13:26Nonno can't wait, and neither can I.
00:13:29Marco, I waited seven years for you.
00:13:35This year, I'm done waiting.
00:13:41Marco panicked and blocked the token box.
00:13:43Why?
00:13:45Why can't you just back down this once?
00:13:50Look around, Serafina.
00:13:51Which one of them would dare take you?
00:13:53Tell me.
00:13:54Who here would dare let Serafina Farani onto his boat?
00:13:58His voice went cold.
00:13:59Every young man looked away.
00:14:02Everyone on this coast knew I had chased Marco for seven years.
00:14:06Build a family with a woman like that, and her heart will never truly be with you.
00:14:11But I did not care.
00:14:12I never planned to marry any of them.
00:14:14Marco turned to me with fleeting eyes.
00:14:17Bianca had already used the moment to board his boat and settle safely inside.
00:14:22Sera, just wait one more year.
00:14:25Marco only wants to protect me from being married off.
00:14:28We're all family anyway.
00:14:30When you marry him, you'll have to call me sister.
00:14:33Don't pull red token and end up with no boat to board.
00:14:36That would be embarrassing.
00:14:37After saying that, she covered her mouth and laughed.
00:14:40The families who hated Papa laughed too.
00:14:43I looked at Papa's red face, and guilt filled my chest.
00:14:47All these years chasing Marco had not only humiliated me, it had humiliated my family too.
00:14:54I had backed down too many times.
00:14:56I did not want to stay soft forever.
00:14:59I pushed Marco away and reached into the token chest.
00:15:02Before I could grab one, Marco pressed down on my hand.
00:15:06Serafina, think clearly.
00:15:07Bianca's already on my boat.
00:15:09Even if you pull red token, I won't let you board.
00:15:12I nodded.
00:15:14Of course I had thought it through.
00:15:16Today, I was getting on that dragon boat, no matter what.
00:15:22When force did not work, Marco lowered voice and pleaded again.
00:15:26Serafina, if you do this, I won't go see Nomno with you.
00:15:29Can you really let him down?
00:15:30I laughed softly.
00:15:32Marco, why do you think Nomno backed you?
00:15:34It was because I loved you.
00:15:35His face froze.
00:15:36I pulled my wrist free.
00:15:37I don't love you anymore, so Nomno won't like you either.
00:15:43Move.
00:15:43I'm drawing token.
00:15:45Papa's men stepped forward and pulled Marco back.
00:15:48He looked at me unwillingly.
00:15:50Serafina, you've been mine for seven years.
00:15:52You belong to the Valiti family.
00:15:55Seven years of white tokens.
00:15:57This year will be the same.
00:15:59I ignored him and searched the chest.
00:16:02White tokens were smooth.
00:16:03Red ones were rough.
00:16:05So the token draw was never serious.
00:16:07It was just a game to make everyone laugh.
00:16:09I had really believed my luck was that bad.
00:16:12Seven years.
00:16:13Seven blank tokens.
00:16:15They had made my life into a joke.
00:16:17Then my fingers found a rough edge I had never touched before.
00:16:21I pulled the token out.
00:16:23The whole crowd erupted.
00:16:28Red!
00:16:29Serafina drew red token!
00:16:32No!
00:16:33That's impossible!
00:16:34Marco tore free and kicked over the token chest.
00:16:37Red and white tokens flew into the air.
00:16:39He turned to his younger brother in panic.
00:16:42That's impossible.
00:16:43There weren't supposed to be any red tokens.
00:16:45His brother shrank behind the crowd.
00:16:47Too scared to look at him.
00:16:48There had been too many eyes on the platform.
00:16:51He had never gotten the chance to tamper with it.
00:16:54Papa understood everything at once.
00:16:56Now he knew why I had drawn white tokens for seven years.
00:16:59His face darkened.
00:17:01She drew a red token.
00:17:02By the rules of San Giovanni.
00:17:05He looked at me.
00:17:07Serafina, get on the boat.
00:17:09Marco suddenly looked hopeful again.
00:17:11The water in front of me was empty,
00:17:13while the other boats had already pulled aside.
00:17:15So he stepped in front of his own boat.
00:17:18Sera, give in, and I'll make Bianca get off.
00:17:21I lowered my eyes to the ripples on the river and ignored him.
00:17:24A new boat was already gliding slowly toward me.
00:17:27Panic flashed across his face.
00:17:29He jumped onto his boat and pulled at Bianca.
00:17:32Bianca, get off first.
00:17:34I'm taking Sera.
00:17:35Too late.
00:17:36While they were still pulling at each other and arguing,
00:17:39a new boat came to a stop.
00:17:41A large, clean-boned hand reached out to me
00:17:44and lifted me steadily onto the boat.
00:17:48A brand new coat fell over my shoulders.
00:17:52Warmth wrapped around me at once.
00:17:54A deep voice came from above.
00:17:56Serafina, I'm sorry.
00:17:57I'm not great with boats.
00:18:00I kept you waiting.
00:18:01It's cold.
00:18:03Wear this first.
00:18:04I looked up.
00:18:05It was Nico.
00:18:06My childhood sweet friend from another mafia family.
00:18:10The boy who once walked me home with guards behind us
00:18:13before he was sent to Boston.
00:18:15I've been gone too long.
00:18:17I almost forgot the customs.
00:18:19My mother said girls are supposed to wear red today.
00:18:22Don't worry.
00:18:23It's brand new.
00:18:24My mother and grandmother made it themselves.
00:18:26After saying that, Nico sat at the bow and started rowing.
00:18:30Before I could thank him,
00:18:31the boat lurched forward and threw me back into my seat.
00:18:35Sit tight.
00:18:36We're leaving.
00:18:36I wrapped the red coat tight as the boat cut through the water.
00:18:40It came like a gust of wind and left just as fast.
00:18:43By the time Marco looked up, I was already gone.
00:18:47He scrambled onto his own boat and rowed after us.
00:18:50Left on the shore, Bianca grabbed Mrs. Valenti's arm, furious and red-eyed.
00:18:55Auntie, look what Marco did!
00:18:57I drew the token.
00:18:59I was supposed to be on that boat.
00:19:02Mrs. Valenti was shaken too.
00:19:03She turned to Papa at once.
00:19:05Don Ferrara, the children are engaged.
00:19:07We'll start preparing the wedding now.
00:19:10She needed an answer.
00:19:12Now.
00:19:13The girl who had chased her son for seven years
00:19:15and could make her son the next Don
00:19:17had actually boarded another man's boat.
00:19:20She had only wanted to teach me a lesson,
00:19:23never thinking I would really leave.
00:19:25Now she remembered Marco's face,
00:19:27empty like his soul had been pulled out.
00:19:30For the first time, she regretted listening to Bianca.
00:19:33I was the daughter-in-law she had chosen all along.
00:19:36Papa laughed coldly.
00:19:39Now you want a wedding?
00:19:41You said rules are rules.
00:19:43My daughter drew an engraved token
00:19:46and boarded her groom's boat.
00:19:48So follow the rules.
00:19:49Mrs. Valenti could not answer.
00:19:52Papa stepped closer.
00:19:53You knew she was Marco's fiancé.
00:19:57For seven years, you prepared no wedding.
00:20:00Watched her pull blanks
00:20:01and let your son take Bianca onto his boat.
00:20:06Today, you even tried to switch her token again.
00:20:10Papa grabbed Tommy by the arm
00:20:12and pulled blank tokens from his pockets.
00:20:17The white token scattered across the platform
00:20:19like dirty snow.
00:20:21The whole crowd went silent.
00:20:23Papa's voice turned hard.
00:20:25You wanted Bianca safe
00:20:26and my daughter waiting.
00:20:27But Serafina is not something
00:20:29your family can draw up and put down.
00:20:33She is my daughter.
00:20:36As of today, the engagement is over.
00:20:38Papa left them there
00:20:39and walked to the water's edge.
00:20:41He was waiting for me
00:20:42to finish the festival route
00:20:43and come home.
00:20:48Mrs. Valenti shook so hard
00:20:50she could barely stand.
00:20:51Bianca tried to hold her.
00:20:53Mrs. Valenti shoved her away.
00:20:56Go!
00:20:59When Marco comes back,
00:21:01he'll blame you.
00:21:02Bianca froze.
00:21:03Leave while you still can.
00:21:05Mrs. Valenti closed her eyes.
00:21:07She knew her son.
00:21:08If Marco could not bring me back,
00:21:10there would be hell to pay.
00:21:12Our town was built along the sea.
00:21:13The wedding route passed
00:21:15nine bends of coastline
00:21:16and nine stone bridges.
00:21:18Married women waited on the bridges,
00:21:20ready to throw flower garlands
00:21:22onto the passing boats.
00:21:24The first bridge was already ahead.
00:21:26Nico turned back to me.
00:21:27My mother and grandmother are up there.
00:21:28Don't be nervous.
00:21:30They've wanted you and my family
00:21:31since we were children.
00:21:33Even while I was away,
00:21:34they never let go of that plan.
00:21:37When they heard you agree to board my boat,
00:21:39they were happier than I was.
00:21:40The knot in my chest finally loosened.
00:21:42Last night when I called Nico Rossetti,
00:21:45I was desperate.
00:21:47Every man in town already knew
00:21:48Marco had claimed me for seven years.
00:21:51No one would dare take me.
00:21:53Then I saw Nico's update.
00:21:55He was back from Boston
00:21:56after putting his men
00:21:57and his power in place there.
00:21:59I called him.
00:22:00He said yes before I could even finish.
00:22:03He even asked me
00:22:04what he needed to prepare for the festival.
00:22:07Serafina, I'm happy you chose me for this.
00:22:10We grew up inside the close family circle.
00:22:13Why did you stop talking to me?
00:22:15I could not answer.
00:22:17Back then,
00:22:17I had feelings I did not know how to name.
00:22:20He was the best student in school.
00:22:22I was afraid that if I said the wrong thing,
00:22:24I would lose even his friendship.
00:22:26By the time I understood what I felt,
00:22:29he had gone to Boston.
00:22:30He was the Rossetti family's most promising heir.
00:22:33I knew his family had bigger plans for him,
00:22:35so I buried what I felt.
00:22:36By the time I knew I should say it,
00:22:38he went to Boston to secure their power there,
00:22:40and I stayed in this town.
00:22:42Today, Nico wore a black festival suit.
00:22:45The dark fabric stretched over his broad shoulders
00:22:47as he rode through the water.
00:22:49At the first bridge,
00:22:50a garland of red flowers fell into our boat.
00:22:52It smelled like herbs,
00:22:54sea salt and sunlight.
00:22:55I looked up.
00:22:57I could not see the women clearly through the light,
00:22:59but their laughter was warm.
00:23:00For the first time that morning,
00:23:02I smiled.
00:23:05Behind us,
00:23:06Marco was rowing like a madman.
00:23:08His eyes stayed fixed on the boat
00:23:09that had taken me away.
00:23:10He had not seen the man clearly,
00:23:12but the figure felt familiar.
00:23:14The sea route he knew by heart
00:23:16suddenly felt strange.
00:23:17All those years,
00:23:18I had watched him take Bianca onto his boat.
00:23:20Now he finally knew what it felt like.
00:23:23Helpless.
00:23:24Humiliated.
00:23:25Left behind.
00:23:26He kept asking himself
00:23:27why I had not boarded his boat.
00:23:29But the answer was obvious.
00:23:30His boat already had Bianca.
00:23:32He had never planned to let me on.
00:23:34Marco had always thought I would never leave.
00:23:36For seven years,
00:23:38he took another woman onto his boat
00:23:39and still expected me to run after him.
00:23:41The younger men once asked him how he did it.
00:23:44How do you keep Serafina and Bianca
00:23:45from tearing each other apart?
00:23:47Marco always laughed.
00:23:48It's easy.
00:23:48When I say jump,
00:23:49Serafina asks how high.
00:23:52Besides,
00:23:53Bianca's like family.
00:23:54Why would Serafina fight her?
00:23:55Even last year,
00:23:56when I pushed Bianca into the harbor,
00:23:58Marco had felt more pride than anger.
00:24:01To him,
00:24:01it proved I loved him.
00:24:03Loved him enough to fight.
00:24:04Loved him enough to lose control.
00:24:06His mother said a bride had to be trained
00:24:08before entering the Valenti family.
00:24:10So Marco listened.
00:24:11He punished me.
00:24:12When I lay there burning with fever,
00:24:14he told himself he would marry me next year.
00:24:16Then Bianca said a boss from another family
00:24:19wanted to claim her by force next San Giovanni.
00:24:21Marco hesitated again.
00:24:23One more year.
00:24:24I had waited seven.
00:24:26What was one more?
00:24:27He never thought I would run out of years to give.
00:24:30He never thought another boat would come for me.
00:24:32He had warned every man on this coast not to take me.
00:24:35So where did that boat come from?
00:24:37Marco gripped the oars higher.
00:24:38If I catch her,
00:24:39I'll make her understand.
00:24:42You don't board a stranger's boat just to make me jealous.
00:24:47The ninth bend of the coast passed my family's house.
00:24:50Mama stood by the water,
00:24:51searching every boat.
00:24:53Papa must have sent word that I had finally boarded one.
00:24:56When the boat came into view,
00:24:57she saw me at once.
00:24:59Serafina!
00:25:00Her eyes filled with tears.
00:25:02This was the first time she had ever seen me come home on a boat.
00:25:06Nico steered toward the shore.
00:25:08Careful.
00:25:09He helped me step off the boat.
00:25:11Mama stared at him,
00:25:13then smiled.
00:25:14Nico,
00:25:15you're back!
00:25:17I still remember you waiting outside the Ferrari estate every morning
00:25:20just to walk Serafina home with your guards behind you.
00:25:23Your mother said you already secured Boston.
00:25:26Where are you going next?
00:25:28Nico did not answer right away.
00:25:30He lifted the edge of my coat so it would not drag in the sand.
00:25:33Then he looked at me.
00:25:35Nowhere.
00:25:36I'm thirty now.
00:25:37It's time to settle down.
00:25:38I froze.
00:25:39He continued before I could speak.
00:25:41By town tradition,
00:25:43Serafina boarded my boat.
00:25:44That means she agreed to marry me, right?
00:25:48My family has everything ready.
00:25:50I only need her answer.
00:25:52I stared at him.
00:25:53That was not what he said last night.
00:25:56Last night,
00:25:57he said he was helping an old childhood friend.
00:26:00Board the boat.
00:26:01Finish the route.
00:26:02Then visit Nonno with me.
00:26:04How did it become a real marriage?
00:26:07Before I could ask,
00:26:08Marco's voice came from the water.
00:26:10Serafina!
00:26:10His boat had caught up.
00:26:12Nico saw Marco coming and tightened his grip on my hand.
00:26:15You boarded my boat.
00:26:17Are you going to deny it now?
00:26:22That's not...
00:26:22Then tell me what he has that I don't.
00:26:25His voice stayed low,
00:26:26but his eyes were fixed on mine.
00:26:30Or is Marco the only man you'll ever want?
00:26:34My mind was a mess,
00:26:35but one thing was clear.
00:26:36I would never marry Marco.
00:26:39Marco was almost at the shore.
00:26:40I squeezed Nico's hand back.
00:26:44Don't regret this.
00:26:45Nico answered at once.
00:26:46I won't.
00:26:47Mama's face lit up.
00:26:49Good.
00:26:50Good.
00:26:51Good.
00:26:52Serafina's dowry has been ready for years.
00:26:56Today is perfect.
00:26:57Then she looked coldly at Marco,
00:27:00who had just climbed onto the shore.
00:27:02Marco, remember to come to the wedding dinner tonight.
00:27:05Serafina waited seven years.
00:27:07Today, she finally boarded a boat.
00:27:10Marco stopped dead.
00:27:11His eyes locked on my hand in Nico's.
00:27:14Then he roared.
00:27:15I don't agree.
00:27:17Serafina is my fiance.
00:27:19Who the hell are you?
00:27:20Let go of her.
00:27:22For the first time,
00:27:23I looked at his bloodshot eyes and felt nothing.
00:27:26He reached for me.
00:27:28Nico stepped in front of him.
00:27:29I looked past Nico and saw Marco's empty boat.
00:27:33Why didn't you bring Bianca this time?
00:27:35Marco's voice shook.
00:27:37Because you were leaving me.
00:27:38I was scared you wouldn't want me anymore.
00:27:41I almost laughed.
00:27:43So you only cared when you thought I would leave?
00:27:46I turned away and took Nico's hand.
00:27:48Serafina, don't go!
00:27:51I'll go see Nonno with you.
00:27:52I have my ID.
00:27:53We can get married right now!
00:27:57The moment he mentioned Nonno,
00:27:59anger rushed up my throat.
00:28:02I turned back.
00:28:04Marco, I gave you too many chances.
00:28:07Last week, I begged you to visit Nonno.
00:28:09You said you were busy.
00:28:10You're busy was taking Bianca to a jewelry shop
00:28:13and buying matching bracelets.
00:28:14Three matching bracelets.
00:28:16One for her.
00:28:18One for you.
00:28:19One for me.
00:28:21I stared at him.
00:28:22What was I supposed to be, a bonus gift?
00:28:25Marco opened his mouth.
00:28:26No sound came out.
00:28:28I did not wait for an answer.
00:28:30I took Nico's hand and walked away.
00:28:34Nico opened the car door for me.
00:28:36Are you sad?
00:28:37I shook my head.
00:28:38I had cried enough last night.
00:28:40I was not wasting more tears on Marco.
00:28:44Let's go to the hospital.
00:28:45Nonno had waited too long,
00:28:46and I was the reason he could not leave in peace.
00:28:50Through the glass, Nonno lay in bed,
00:28:52weak and covered in tubes.
00:28:54When he saw Nico and me walk in together,
00:28:57his eyes lit up.
00:28:58Nico helped me sit by the bed,
00:29:00then held Nonno's hand.
00:29:02Nonno moved his lips.
00:29:03I understood him.
00:29:04He was saying Nico was good.
00:29:06Good.
00:29:07Whoever I chose, he would choose too.
00:29:10I held back my tears and told him everything that had happened today.
00:29:14Nico leaned close to his ear.
00:29:15Nonno, I promise.
00:29:16I'll take good care of Seraphina.
00:29:18Nonno smiled.
00:29:19A real smile.
00:29:21Papa and Mama soon arrived.
00:29:24Mama wiped her eyes and said softly,
00:29:26Seraphila is having her wedding dinner tonight.
00:29:29Married on the eve of San Giovanni.
00:29:31She will be blessed.
00:29:32After seeing Nonno,
00:29:34Papa and Mama rushed home to prepare the feast.
00:29:38Nico took me into town.
00:29:40When the rings were brought out,
00:29:42I froze.
00:29:43They were my design.
00:29:44A mountain and a wave
00:29:46leaning into each other.
00:29:48How do you have this?
00:29:50Nico looked at me.
00:29:52I saw your sketches before I left for Boston.
00:29:55I thought if you ever got married,
00:29:56you would want to wear your own design.
00:29:58So I had them made before I came back.
00:30:00He slid the ring onto my finger.
00:30:02I put the other one on him.
00:30:04Only then did it feel real.
00:30:07I was getting married.
00:30:10When we got home,
00:30:11the courtyard was already full of red and white balloons.
00:30:14A red carpet stretched from my front door to Nico's.
00:30:17Our mother stood at the entrance,
00:30:19directing the neighborhood women.
00:30:21Water boiled.
00:30:22Meat roasted.
00:30:23Relatives carried red gift boxes down the road.
00:30:26The whole street had turned into a wedding feast.
00:30:29Nico traced a circle on my palm.
00:30:31You wasted years on the wrong man.
00:30:34But somehow, you still came back to me.
00:30:36His eyes stayed on mine.
00:30:36What I didn't say before Boston,
00:30:37I can finally say now.
00:30:39Serafina Ferrari, I love you.
00:30:41Spend your life with me.
00:30:42I smiled.
00:30:43Me too.
00:30:46Then a sharp cry cut through the courtyard.
00:30:49Bianca, her red dress was gone.
00:30:51Her hair was messy.
00:30:53Her eyes were wild.
00:30:55And a large suitcase dragged behind her.
00:30:57The moment she saw me,
00:30:59she dropped to her knees.
00:31:02Serafina, please let me live.
00:31:04Go back and marry Marco.
00:31:07The Valentis are throwing me out.
00:31:09I have nowhere to go.
00:31:11Please have some pity.
00:31:13People stopped to watch.
00:31:14Whispers spread through the street.
00:31:16A flash of satisfaction crossed Bianca's face,
00:31:19and she cried even louder.
00:31:21My parents are dead.
00:31:22I have no family.
00:31:24You have a dawn for a father and a man who loves you.
00:31:27I have nothing.
00:31:28I'll kneel if I have to.
00:31:30Just go back and talk to Marco.
00:31:31There is nothing between us.
00:31:33He was only helping me.
00:31:35The neighborhood women could not take it anymore.
00:31:37Wasn't she the one who ran off with a rich man
00:31:39and got her parents killed in that crash?
00:31:42Now she's ruining the Validi family too.
00:31:45Last year she was all over Big Tony from the next town.
00:31:48Why didn't she board his boat?
00:31:50Serafina, ignore her.
00:31:52Go inside and put on your wedding dress.
00:31:55The Valentis arrived, dragging Bianca up while apologizing again and again.
00:32:01Marco came behind them, pale and silent.
00:32:04The gossip had cut into him.
00:32:06Bianca kept begging.
00:32:08Marco finally snapped.
00:32:09Bianca, baby!
00:32:10Shut up.
00:32:11Say one more word and I'll throw you into the harbor.
00:32:14Marco's eyes landed on the rings on my hand and Nico's.
00:32:18His eyes turned red, but he said nothing.
00:32:21He turned and followed his family away.
00:32:23I did not look at him again.
00:32:26I took Nico's hand
00:32:29and went inside.
00:32:34Rows of black luxury cars lined the square outside.
00:32:38The heads of every major family had come in person,
00:32:41witnessing the union between the Ferraro and Rossetti bloodlines.
00:32:45No one dared speak above a whisper.
00:32:47This marriage was more than a wedding.
00:32:49It was the beginning of a new era.
00:32:52Nico turned toward me,
00:32:53his dark eyes filled with a warmth I had never seen before.
00:32:57The priest smiled.
00:32:58You may kiss your bride.
00:33:00Nico cupped my face gently.
00:33:02I stood on my toes and closed the distance myself.
00:33:05Applause thundered through the church.
00:33:07Flower petals drifted from the balcony,
00:33:09covering us in shades of scarlet and ivory.
00:33:12For the first time in seven years,
00:33:14I smiled without forcing it.
00:33:17Outside the crowd,
00:33:18Marco stood frozen.
00:33:20His eyes never left us.
00:33:22His gaze lingered on the wedding ring resting on my finger.
00:33:25Then, on the way Nico held me
00:33:27as though I were the most precious person in the world.
00:33:30His fingers curled so tightly that his knuckles turned white.
00:33:33Without another glance,
00:33:35Marco turned and strode out of the church.
00:33:37He pulled out his phone.
00:33:42His voice was hoarse.
00:33:43I accept every condition you offered.
00:33:46But in return,
00:33:49you'll help me bring my woman back.
00:33:53The wedding celebrations continued
00:33:55until the stars began to twinkle in Sicily.
00:33:58He only led me upstairs after the last guest had left.
00:34:01The bedroom door closed softly behind us.
00:34:04Warm amber light shone on the stone walls.
00:34:07We were silent for a moment.
00:34:08Nico scratched the back of his neck,
00:34:10looking somewhat nervous.
00:34:16I, um...
00:34:17I couldn't help but chuckle softly.
00:34:19This confident mafia heir,
00:34:21who had faced countless family heads without batting an eye,
00:34:25now dared not look me in the eye.
00:34:27He cleared his throat.
00:34:30Serafina,
00:34:31if today has been too tiring for you,
00:34:34we don't need to rush.
00:34:35I can sleep in the next room.
00:34:37If you...
00:34:38Before he finished speaking,
00:34:40I approached him.
00:34:42Then I tiptoed and kissed him.
00:34:45His words vanished between our lips.
00:34:47We walked towards the bathroom,
00:34:49kissing passionately.
00:34:50Nico's robe fell away under my fingers.
00:34:53His strong upper body was exposed to the air,
00:34:55and the sudden change startled him slightly.
00:34:58Then he also took off my clothes and picked me up.
00:35:02The sudden change made me instinctively
00:35:04wrap my legs around his strong waist.
00:35:06A rose petal bath was already prepared in the tub.
00:35:09In the tub,
00:35:09his kisses traveled softly from my earlobe,
00:35:12down my neck,
00:35:12chest,
00:35:13and down to my lower abdomen.
00:35:15As I explored his warm tongue,
00:35:16I nervously clamped my legs together.
00:35:19What's wrong, my princess?
00:35:20Nico's eyes were gentle.
00:35:22I...
00:35:23I'm still a virgin.
00:35:24He smiled slightly,
00:35:25kissed my lips again,
00:35:26and said softly,
00:35:28Me too.
00:35:29Then he gently lifted me
00:35:30and carried me to the bed.
00:35:33His gentle kiss made me
00:35:35completely surrender myself to him.
00:35:37The morning sun spilled through
00:35:38the tall windows of the Rosetti estate.
00:35:40I stood on the balcony overlooking the sea
00:35:42when steady footsteps sounded behind me.
00:35:45Serafina.
00:35:45Papa had arrived.
00:35:46His eyes remained on the coastline
00:35:48stretching toward the harbor.
00:35:50You've grown.
00:35:51His voice was calm.
00:35:52So it's time.
00:35:53The Ferrari family needs its next dawn,
00:35:56and I want that person to be you.
00:35:58I lowered my gaze.
00:35:59Papa.
00:35:59He shook his head.
00:36:01You are my daughter.
00:36:02You deserved it.
00:36:03But it won't be easy.
00:36:05His expression gradually hardened.
00:36:07For seven years,
00:36:08Marco was your fiancé.
00:36:10Every capo,
00:36:12every soldier,
00:36:13every allied family
00:36:13has already begun treating him
00:36:15as the Faroni family's future dawn.
00:36:17They followed him
00:36:18and trusted him.
00:36:19Papa's eyes met mine.
00:36:21If you take this seat,
00:36:23you'll be taking it from him.
00:36:25And Marco won't surrender it quietly.
00:36:29I clenched my fingers.
00:36:30I know.
00:36:31No one understood that better than I did.
00:36:34It had been my blind love.
00:36:35My willingness to place Marco above myself.
00:36:37I was the one who had given him influence
00:36:39inside my family's territory.
00:36:41Made everyone believe he already belonged there.
00:36:44Now,
00:36:45I would have to take it back.
00:36:46I lifted my head.
00:36:48I created this.
00:36:50So I'll end it.
00:36:51After Papa leave,
00:36:53Nico put a coat cover my shoulder.
00:36:54You won't have to do it alone.
00:36:55I will always stay with you.
00:36:57He handed the folder to me.
00:36:59I opened it.
00:37:00Several photographs slid onto the table.
00:37:02Marco chatted with Tom Moretti,
00:37:04the Ferraro's oldest enemy.
00:37:06They've already started negotiating.
00:37:07I looked at the photos in silence.
00:37:10Nico quietly reached for my hand.
00:37:12Don't worry, dear,
00:37:12if he's choosing war.
00:37:14Then we'll be ready before he is.
00:37:16I tightened my grip on his hand.
00:37:17This time,
00:37:18I wasn't fighting for love.
00:37:20I was fighting for my family.
00:37:24My phone vibrated just after noon.
00:37:26An unknown number.
00:37:27Only one sentence appeared on the screen.
00:37:29Come to the old cannery by the harbor.
00:37:31I have something you need to see.
00:37:33At the bottom of the message
00:37:34was a single name.
00:37:35Bianca.
00:37:36I stared at the screen for several seconds
00:37:38before calling the number.
00:37:41She answered almost immediately.
00:37:43I knew you'd call.
00:37:45Her voice was hoarse.
00:37:46Nothing like the confident woman from the past.
00:37:48What do you want?
00:37:49A bitter laugh came through the receiver.
00:37:52I want to leave Sicily.
00:37:54I want a passport.
00:37:56A new identity.
00:37:58And enough money to survive somewhere.
00:38:00No one knows my name.
00:38:01She paused.
00:38:02I can't stay here anymore.
00:38:04I looked out toward the sea.
00:38:05You came after me for seven years.
00:38:07You tried to take everything from me.
00:38:09And now you expect me to help you?
00:38:11I don't help people who tried to destroy my life.
00:38:14Bianca didn't argue.
00:38:15Instead, she lowered her voice.
00:38:17What if I can help you first?
00:38:19Silence stretched between us.
00:38:20I know Marco's next move.
00:38:22I know which Ferrari Capos have already pledged themselves to him.
00:38:26My expression changed.
00:38:27She continued.
00:38:28They met before sunrise.
00:38:30They're waiting for the right moment.
00:38:32You can refuse.
00:38:32But once Marco makes his move...
00:38:34You won't get another chance.
00:38:35The call ended.
00:38:36I stood there without moving.
00:38:38A few moments later, Nico walked into the room.
00:38:40I quietly slipped the phone into my pocket.
00:38:42I need to go out.
00:38:45An hour later, my convoy stopped outside an abandoned factory near the docks.
00:38:49The rusted steel gates hung crookedly from broken hinges.
00:38:53The air smelled of salt, oil, and old machinery.
00:38:56My guards spread out immediately.
00:38:58Stay alert.
00:39:00I stepped inside.
00:39:02Bianca was already there.
00:39:03She looked nothing like the woman who had once stood proudly beside Marco.
00:39:07Her expensive dresses were gone.
00:39:09Her hair hung in tangled strands.
00:39:11Her face was pale.
00:39:13Her lips nearly colorless.
00:39:15Dark circles framed her hollow eyes.
00:39:17She looked as though she hadn't slept in days.
00:39:19When she saw me, she let out a cold laugh.
00:39:22You finally came.
00:39:25Her eyes were filled with resentment.
00:39:28You ruined my life!
00:39:30The Valentis threw me away.
00:39:32No family.
00:39:34No home.
00:39:38No future.
00:39:39I looked at her without changing my expression.
00:39:41I didn't come here to hear you complain.
00:39:44If you have something to say, say it.
00:39:46She continued glaring at me.
00:39:48I slowly raised my pistol.
00:39:49Then fired a single shot in the sky.
00:39:52The deafening crack echoed through the empty factory.
00:39:55Bianca screamed and stumbled backward before collapsing onto the dusty floor.
00:39:59For a heartbeat, everything fell silent.
00:40:02Then, she started laughing.
00:40:05The laughter echoed through the abandoned building, growing louder and louder.
00:40:11You still don't understand.
00:40:13She wiped tears from the corners of her eyes.
00:40:15You think Marco ever loved you?
00:40:19He didn't.
00:40:20He never loved you.
00:40:22The moment the words left her mouth, footsteps erupted from every direction.
00:40:26Men poured out from behind broken containers, rusted machines, and collapsed walls.
00:40:31Black guns were raised all at once.
00:40:33Ambush!
00:40:37One of my guards shouted.
00:40:39Gunfire exploded through the factory.
00:40:41Bullets shattered windows and ripped through steel pillars.
00:40:45My men immediately returned fire, forcing the first wave back.
00:40:48But more kept coming.
00:40:50Far more than we had expected.
00:40:52They're surrounding us!
00:40:53Another burst of gunfire echoed through the warehouse.
00:40:56One by one, my guards were forced behind cover.
00:40:59Our ammunition dwindled.
00:41:01The circle around us grew smaller.
00:41:04I fired my last round before the slide locked back with a sharp click.
00:41:08Empty.
00:41:09A man rushed forward and knocked the pistol from my hand.
00:41:13Several others seized my arms before I could reach for the knife at my waist.
00:41:17Cold restraints tightened around my wrists.
00:41:19Bianca emerged from the dust, grinning menacingly.
00:41:23The Don's daughter?
00:41:24So what?
00:41:26You've lost me again.
00:41:28She gripped my chin tightly, her eyes blazing with fury.
00:41:33I jerked my head sharply, throwing her hand away.
00:41:36A cold smile tugged at the corner of my lips.
00:41:38Is that what you think?
00:41:39I looked straight into her eyes.
00:41:41The one who loses will never be me.
00:41:44As you said, I'm the daughter of a Mafia Don.
00:41:47My husband is the heir to an even stronger family.
00:41:52As for Marco?
00:41:53I let out a quiet scoff.
00:41:56He's nothing more than trash I threw away.
00:41:58My gaze slowly swept over her.
00:42:01But what's even more pathetic?
00:42:03Is that even the trash I didn't want,
00:42:08you still couldn't pick up.
00:42:10Bianca froze.
00:42:11The next second, rage twisted her face.
00:42:14You bitch!
00:42:15A slap never landed.
00:42:16A large hand shot out of the darkness and caught her wrist effortlessly.
00:42:20She was flung aside as though she weighed nothing,
00:42:23crashed onto the concrete floor.
00:42:25The entire warehouse fell silent.
00:42:27Heavy footsteps echoed through the shadows.
00:42:30The man emerged from the darkness.
00:42:32He wore a tailored black suit beneath a long charcoal coat.
00:42:35Silver streaks touched his temples,
00:42:37but they only sharpened the authority in his cold features.
00:42:40His eyes settled on me with open admiration.
00:42:44A faint smile crossed his lips.
00:42:46The old Ferroni's daughter?
00:42:47Great.
00:42:48I am Tom Marotti.
00:42:50Glad to see you.
00:42:53Tom Moretti's eyes lingered on me, amused.
00:42:56I did not flinch, then smiled.
00:42:58Is this how the Moretti family welcomes guests?
00:43:01Something flickered across his face.
00:43:04Not anger, interest.
00:43:05He raised two fingers.
00:43:07The men behind me loosened the cords at once.
00:43:10I glanced toward my own guards, still pinned against the wall,
00:43:13guns pressed to their temples.
00:43:15Tom's small nod.
00:43:16His men lowered their weapons, then let go.
00:43:19Bianca scrambled up from the concrete,
00:43:21dust streaked across her face,
00:43:23and hurried toward him like a dog.
00:43:25Mr. Moretti, what you promised me.
00:43:27The house on the west coast is already arranged.
00:43:31Her eyes lit up.
00:43:32Thank you, thank you so much.
00:43:34Then she turned, eyes filled vicious.
00:43:37As for Serafina, don't worry, sir.
00:43:39She was nothing but a shameless woman chasing after Marco.
00:43:42I did not answer her.
00:43:44I looked past her, straight at Tom.
00:43:46Is this your partner?
00:43:47Tom laughed, low and unhurried.
00:43:50She doesn't deserve that title.
00:43:54I only want to work with you.
00:43:56And if I refuse?
00:43:57I'm not.
00:43:58Then you die here!
00:44:01I smiled at Tom.
00:44:03Let us go.
00:44:04There's still time.
00:44:06If you don't, you'll regret it, Mr. Moretti.
00:44:09Tom's expression changed,
00:44:11the smile draining from his face.
00:44:13Then it returned, colder this time.
00:44:16Honey, you're too naive.
00:44:18In a situation like this,
00:44:20you have no room to negotiate.
00:44:21You have no choice but to accept my offer.
00:44:25And if I told you my husband is coming for me?
00:44:28A flicker of hesitation crossed Tom's face.
00:44:31Bianca cut in at once.
00:44:32Impossible!
00:44:33She came here to meet Marco in secret.
00:44:36She'd never let her husband find out.
00:44:39She chased Marco for seven years.
00:44:41How could she let go of him so easily?
00:44:43Tom's gaze swung between us, uncertain.
00:44:46I let out a cold laugh.
00:44:48Marco?
00:44:49He's nothing but a dog I once kept.
00:44:51Everything he has, I gave him.
00:44:54And I can take it all back just as easily.
00:44:56I hope you won't let yourself be misled into a mistake, Mr. Moretti.
00:45:00Something in Tom's expression loosened.
00:45:03He did not want to make enemies of two families at once.
00:45:06But Bianca spoke again.
00:45:07Even if she's telling the truth, so what?
00:45:10We kill her now,
00:45:12and everything falls to Marco.
00:45:13Only Don.
00:45:15He and I will make you the only Don we ever answer to.
00:45:18A flash of cruelty crossed Tom's face.
00:45:21He raised his gun toward me and pulled the trigger.
00:45:24In that instant,
00:45:25one of my guards threw himself over me,
00:45:27knocking me to the ground.
00:45:29Chaos broke out again,
00:45:31gunfire tearing through the warehouse.
00:45:33Before he could aim at me a second time,
00:45:35outside,
00:45:36the roar of engines rose through the harbor air.
00:45:39The warehouse gate was torn open,
00:45:42the massive steel frame bending inward,
00:45:45ripped from its hinges with a shriek of metal.
00:45:47dust rolled through the opening like a thick gray wave.
00:45:51A figure stepped out of it,
00:45:53coat catching the wind behind him.
00:45:55It's Nico.
00:45:56Tom stood there,
00:45:58stunned for a second,
00:45:59then raised his hands in surrender
00:46:01and gave a self-deprecating laugh.
00:46:04Bianca was completely dumbfounded.
00:46:07Tom looked past me,
00:46:09at the men crowding the shattered gate.
00:46:12Hundred of them.
00:46:13Guns already raised.
00:46:15Nico's men filling every exit.
00:46:18He let out a short breath.
00:46:20Well,
00:46:21that settles that.
00:46:24He turned to leave
00:46:25and grabbed Bianca by the arm
00:46:27and shoved her toward me.
00:46:30Little gift.
00:46:31She's yours now.
00:46:32Bianca hit the ground at my feet.
00:46:33For a moment,
00:46:34she just stared at the men surrounding her,
00:46:37at Tom's retreating back,
00:46:39at the gun still smoking in the dirt.
00:46:42Then it hit her.
00:46:43No one was coming to save her this time.
00:46:45She scrambled forward on her knees,
00:46:48grabbing at the hem of my coat.
00:46:54Serafina, please.
00:46:56I didn't mean it.
00:46:57I was scared.
00:46:58Please.
00:46:59I did not look down at her.
00:47:01Nico crossed the floor
00:47:02in three long strides
00:47:03and pulled me into his arms,
00:47:05hands running over my shoulders,
00:47:07my arms,
00:47:08checking for blood.
00:47:10Are you hurt?
00:47:11Tell me the truth.
00:47:12I shook my head.
00:47:14I'm fine.
00:47:17Before I left the estate,
00:47:18I had told him,
00:47:19half an hour.
00:47:20If he didn't hear from me by then,
00:47:22come.
00:47:23I never told him
00:47:24where I was really going or why.
00:47:27Not because I didn't trust him.
00:47:29Because this fight was not his to carry.
00:47:32Marco's betrayal.
00:47:33The capos who had turned.
00:47:35The rot inside my own family.
00:47:38If I ever wanted to sit in Papa's chair
00:47:40and have men actually kneel for it,
00:47:42I could not let my husband
00:47:44clean up my house for me.
00:47:46A Don who needed saving every time
00:47:48would never be a Don at all.
00:47:50Nico held my face in both hands for a moment,
00:47:53studying me like he was making sure
00:47:55I was really there.
00:47:56Then his eyes moved past me,
00:47:58to Bianca still sobbing on the ground.
00:48:01His expression went cold.
00:48:03This one.
00:48:04If I let her go,
00:48:06I'll be a failed husband,
00:48:08unable to protect his wife.
00:48:09He looked at his men and shouted,
00:48:11How should the mafia treat traitors?
00:48:14She stuffs them in sacks
00:48:16and throws them into the river,
00:48:19letting God decide whether such traitors deserve to live.
00:48:22But everyone knows that no one
00:48:23can live under such circumstances.
00:48:27Night, we curled up together on the sofa,
00:48:30talking about old things.
00:48:31His years in Boston,
00:48:33my childhood tantrums,
00:48:34the guards he used to bring
00:48:35just to walk me home.
00:48:36The fire crackled low in the hearth.
00:48:38Just before midnight,
00:48:39the clock in the hall began to chime.
00:48:41Nico stood,
00:48:42pulling me up by the hand,
00:48:44leading me to the window.
00:48:46Come here.
00:48:49This is my wedding gift to you.
00:48:51The sky over the harbor
00:48:52split open in brilliant blue light.
00:48:55Fireworks blooming one after another
00:48:57against the dark water.
00:48:59For a moment,
00:49:00I only felt the wonder of it.
00:49:02Then the feeling curdled into something else.
00:49:04Blue fireworks.
00:49:06Every family on this coast
00:49:07used them for one thing only,
00:49:09to announce a victory,
00:49:11a kill,
00:49:11a war won.
00:49:12I turned to look at him.
00:49:15Nico?
00:49:17What did you do?
00:49:17He only smiled,
00:49:18tucking a strand of hair behind my ear.
00:49:20You'll know tomorrow.
00:49:22But right now...
00:49:23His eyes dropped to my lips.
00:49:25Don't you think you owe me a gift too?
00:49:28I laughed softly.
00:49:30I didn't prepare anything.
00:49:31He leaned down,
00:49:32his mouth brushing the shell of my ear,
00:49:34voice low.
00:49:35You're the only gift I want.
00:49:38Sunlight fell across my face,
00:49:40warm and unhurried.
00:49:41When I finally opened my eyes,
00:49:43the light had shifted too far.
00:49:45Almost noon,
00:49:45I remembered.
00:49:46Nico had said there was something to deal with today.
00:49:49I pushed myself up,
00:49:50and every muscle in my body ached in protest.
00:49:53The door opened.
00:49:54Nico stepped in,
00:49:56already dressed,
00:49:57a cup of coffee in hand.
00:49:58Why didn't you wake me earlier?
00:49:59He set the cup down and sat on the edge of the bed.
00:50:02You used up too much energy last night.
00:50:04If I'd taken your sleep too,
00:50:07I'd be no better than the devil.
00:50:09Heat rushed to my face.
00:50:11Pieces of the night came back to me.
00:50:13Nico carried me into the bathroom,
00:50:15gently undressed me,
00:50:16and then transformed into a tireless beast.
00:50:19The bathroom,
00:50:20the carpet,
00:50:21the balcony,
00:50:22the bed.
00:50:23By the end,
00:50:24I hadn't even had the strength left to make a sound.
00:50:26He watched me flush,
00:50:28and laughed softly,
00:50:29ruffling my hair.
00:50:30I found Marco last night.
00:50:32The family tribunal starts in half an hour.
00:50:34How did you-
00:50:36I asked.
00:50:36As I say,
00:50:37just a gift.
00:50:39We walked together to the tribunal doors.
00:50:42Nico fell half a step behind me.
00:50:44I turned back to look at him.
00:50:46Go on ahead,
00:50:47my princess.
00:50:48I'll always be the knight guarding your back.
00:50:50The doors opened.
00:50:51Inside,
00:50:52the first thing I saw was Marco,
00:50:54the man who had vanished after my wedding night,
00:50:57now sitting rigid at the long table.
00:50:59A woman beside him with a sack pulled over her head.
00:51:02He shot to his feet the moment he saw me,
00:51:05something wild in his eyes.
00:51:06I didn't look at him.
00:51:08Because past him,
00:51:09in the chair by the window,
00:51:10sat Nonno.
00:51:11My throat closed.
00:51:12My eyes filled before I could stop them.
00:51:15I crossed the room and dropped to my knees beside his chair.
00:51:18He reached out and patted my head,
00:51:20laughing softly.
00:51:22My little cookie.
00:51:23All grown up.
00:51:25Now Nomno can finally rest easy.
00:51:27Nico's arms came around me from behind,
00:51:29his voice low against my ear.
00:51:32I found the heart he needed.
00:51:33The surgery went well.
00:51:35I turned and looked at him,
00:51:36my eyes brimming with something too full to name.
00:51:40He only kissed the tip of my nose,
00:51:42indulgent.
00:51:43Silly girl.
00:51:44Let's take care of business first.
00:51:46He nodded to his men.
00:51:47The sack was torn from the woman's head beside Marco.
00:51:50It was Bianca.
00:51:52Nico stepped forward,
00:51:54addressing the room.
00:51:55Last night,
00:51:56when I gave the order for Bianca disposal,
00:51:58I had men waiting along the riverbank.
00:52:00As expected,
00:52:02someone came to save her.
00:52:04He nodded toward the doors.
00:52:05Marco.
00:52:06He turned to the guards.
00:52:07More than a dozen men were marched in,
00:52:09hands bound,
00:52:10heads down.
00:52:11Nico pointed at them one by one.
00:52:13These are Marco's men.
00:52:15His informants inside our own house.
00:52:16We've already confessed everything,
00:52:18including his dealings with the Moretti family.
00:52:20He gave a single nod toward the screen behind him.
00:52:22The footage began to play.
00:52:24Marco's face,
00:52:25lit by a phone screen,
00:52:26speaking to Tom Moretti in a dim room.
00:52:29His voice clear,
00:52:30offering the Ferraro territory in exchange for help.
00:52:33Color drained from Marco's face as he watched himself on the screen.
00:52:36He opened his mouth.
00:52:38No words came.
00:52:39One by one,
00:52:40the ten capos at the long table rose.
00:52:42Their verdict came without hesitation.
00:52:44Marco Valatti is banished from Sicily,
00:52:46permanently.
00:52:48If he ever set foot on this land again,
00:52:51he will be treated as an enemy of every family present.
00:52:55Three years passed like a single held breath.
00:52:58I became the new don of the Ferraro family.
00:53:00Nico stood beside me through every vote,
00:53:03every threat,
00:53:03every sleepless night.
00:53:05We built a life neither of us thought we'd earn.
00:53:07The morning of our son's first birthday,
00:53:09the crowd near the gate went suddenly,
00:53:11strangely quiet.
00:53:12I turned.
00:53:13A sexy woman I did not recognize stood at the edge of the garden.
00:53:17I heard the shot before I understood it.
00:53:19Then the pain came,
00:53:20blooming hot and sudden through my side,
00:53:22and the world tilted sideways.
00:53:24My son's laughter was the last clear sound I held onto.
00:53:28Then Nico's voice,
00:53:29breaking apart above me.
00:53:31Serafina,
00:53:31look at me.
00:53:32Stay with me.
00:53:33This is my fault.
00:53:34All of it.
00:53:35I did this to you.
00:53:36His hands pressed hard against the wound,
00:53:39shaking,
00:53:40red spreading between his fingers,
00:53:41no matter how tightly he held on.
00:53:43I tried to lift my hand to his face.
00:53:45It barely moved.
00:53:46The garden blurred.
00:53:48Voices scattered into noise.
00:53:49I looked up at him,
00:53:51but I could not tell him it would be alright.
00:53:52Then the doors of the emergency room swallowed the light,
00:53:55and his face was gone.
00:53:58Nico stood on the hospital's rooftop,
00:54:00coat torn,
00:54:01blood dried dark along his forearms,
00:54:03still not quite steady on his feet.
00:54:05Elena waited by the railing,
00:54:07radiant in a way.
00:54:08Her eyes carried something close to delight,
00:54:10like she'd been waiting for this moment for years.
00:54:12I heard some woman had you tied down.
00:54:14I came all this way to save you from her.
00:54:17She tilted her head,
00:54:18smiling,
00:54:19unbothered by the silence that followed.
00:54:21Don't I even get a thank you?
00:54:23Nico crossed the distance in two strides
00:54:25and closed his hand around her throat.
00:54:27She didn't flinch.
00:54:28If anything,
00:54:28she laughed,
00:54:29low and amused.
00:54:31You didn't say thank you like this before, Nico.
00:54:33He shoved her back against the railing,
00:54:35chest heaving,
00:54:36eyes bloodshot,
00:54:38a vein straining hard at his temple.
00:54:40When he spoke,
00:54:41every word came out separately,
00:54:43forced through his teeth
00:54:44like it cost him something to say them.
00:54:45She is my wife.
00:54:50The mother of my child.
00:54:52How dare you?
00:54:59Elena laughed.
00:55:00Then her face went dark.
00:55:02She pulled a pistol from the holster
00:55:04strapped to her thigh
00:55:05and pressed it under Nico's chin,
00:55:07the metal cold against his skin.
00:55:09Tell me again how you turned me down.
00:55:11You said you'd never walk into marriage.
00:55:14Not for anyone.
00:55:15Nico moved his face away for the gun.
00:55:17That's true.
00:55:18But I thought Serafina was about to marry someone else.
00:55:21In the end,
00:55:22I got her anyway.
00:55:23She's the one thing God ever gave me
00:55:25that I didn't have to fight my own family for.
00:55:28And you.
00:55:29You only want to burn it down.
00:55:30Elena shrugged,
00:55:32unbothered.
00:55:33Relax.
00:55:35She won't die.
00:55:38I've never heard a mother in my life.
00:55:40For a moment,
00:55:41something shifted in Nico's eyes.
00:55:43Then she stepped back,
00:55:45already turning toward the railing.
00:55:46A grappling line shot out
00:55:48toward the rooftop of the building
00:55:50across the street.
00:55:51She caught it in one hand,
00:55:53glancing back at him one last time.
00:55:55Welcome to revenge, dear.
00:55:57She jumped.
00:56:00Nico stood there a moment after she vanished,
00:56:03rubbing his temple,
00:56:04then turned and walked back toward the ward.
00:56:06I was already stable when he came in.
00:56:08The moment he saw me awake,
00:56:09his eyes filled.
00:56:10The doctor said,
00:56:11just flesh wound.
00:56:13Nothing vital.
00:56:14Once they pulled the bullet out,
00:56:15there would be nothing left to fear.
00:56:16I watched him standing there.
00:56:18How long were you planning to lie to me, Nico?
00:56:20He let out a breath and said nothing.
00:56:22I nodded toward the bassinet by the window.
00:56:24I need the truth.
00:56:26He looked at me for a long moment,
00:56:27then sat down heavily at the edge of the bed.
00:56:31Fifteen years ago,
00:56:32I pulled her out of the water.
00:56:34Elena was half drowned,
00:56:36covered in bruises,
00:56:37barely conscious.
00:56:38His voice was flat,
00:56:39worn thin by the memory.
00:56:41Her father's mistress killed her mother.
00:56:43Elena saw it happen.
00:56:44They tried to drown her afterward
00:56:46to keep her quiet.
00:56:47I found her by accident,
00:56:49saved her hurt.
00:56:51After that,
00:56:51she decided I belonged to her.
00:56:54That I'd help her take her father's empire back.
00:56:57I said no.
00:56:58Then I went back to Sicily,
00:56:59thinking it was all over.
00:57:00I'm sorry,
00:57:00I didn't realize you would be hurt by it.
00:57:04So why is Elena back now?
00:57:06Nico shook his head.
00:57:08I don't know.
00:57:10She's never followed anyone's rules but her own,
00:57:12and no one can predict which way she'll turn next.
00:57:14He tightened his grip on my hand,
00:57:16quick to add,
00:57:17There was never anything between us.
00:57:18I never touched her or drug business.
00:57:20I don't deal in what her family sells.
00:57:23Once she recovered,
00:57:25I gave her enough money to disappear and live safely.
00:57:28That was the end of it.
00:57:29Or I thought it was.
00:57:31Two weeks ago,
00:57:32I got an anonymous message.
00:57:33Someone wanting to discuss the baby's name.
00:57:36At first,
00:57:37I thought it was you,
00:57:37playing some game.
00:57:39Then I realized who it really was.
00:57:40I started watching my back.
00:57:42I didn't think she'd actually come today.
00:57:44He lifted my hand,
00:57:45pressing it between both of his.
00:57:47You won't be hurt again.
00:57:49She swore once that she'd never let a mother die in front of her.
00:57:52I let out a tired laugh,
00:57:54gesturing at the bandage taped along my side.
00:57:57So this is her warning.
00:57:59We're fucked with you first.
00:58:03Nico leaned down,
00:58:04and pressed his lips to my forehead like an apology that had no words attached to it.
00:58:09I'll give you an answer for this.
00:58:10I caught his hand before he left.
00:58:12I think our real enemy just came back.
00:58:15He went still.
00:58:16For a moment,
00:58:17neither of us said anything.
00:58:18Then we spoke at the same time,
00:58:20two names landing on top of each other.
00:58:23Tom.
00:58:24Marco.
00:58:25Marco had vanished the night he was cast out,
00:58:27but I knew better.
00:58:28I remembered his eyes that day.
00:58:30A man like that didn't disappear.
00:58:32Only someone who knew every gate,
00:58:34every guard rotation,
00:58:36every blind corner of our estate
00:58:38could help Elena slip that close to my son's birthday
00:58:41without a single alarm sounding.
00:58:43Only Marco knew our house that well,
00:58:45and only one man had the money and the ambition
00:58:48to turn Marco's grudge into something bigger than revenge,
00:58:51into a war for all of Sicily.
00:58:54Tom Moretti.
00:58:54Nico's jaw tightened as the pieces settled into place,
00:58:57the same conclusion arriving in both of us at once.
00:59:00Then, slowly,
00:59:01he lifted my hand and pressed his mouth to my knuckles.
00:59:05My love,
00:59:05things are about to get interesting.
00:59:08Nico moved first,
00:59:10quiet and methodical.
00:59:11Within a week,
00:59:12three of Tom Moretti's shipping companies had new owners.
00:59:15All of them fronts,
00:59:16all of them hours.
00:59:17The docks,
00:59:18the warehouses,
00:59:19the contracts that once fed the Moretti family's cash,
00:59:22gone.
00:59:23Folded into paperwork,
00:59:24bearing names Tom would never trace back fast enough.
00:59:27He came to the estate himself two days later.
00:59:30Nico met him in the study,
00:59:31arms crossed,
00:59:32unhurried.
00:59:33Did you send Marco after my wife?
00:59:35Did you send Elena to finish what he started?
00:59:37Tom's face didn't so much as flicker.
00:59:39I don't know what you're talking about.
00:59:41I have no dealings with either of them.
00:59:42Nico studied him for a long moment,
00:59:44then nodded once,
00:59:46like the answer didn't matter either way.
00:59:48Fine.
00:59:48He gave a small gesture toward the door.
00:59:50Two men stepped in and had Tom's arms pinned behind his back
00:59:53before he could finish reaching for the gun at his waist.
00:59:56Tom hadn't expected that.
00:59:57Not this fast,
00:59:58not this openly.
00:59:59There wasn't.
01:00:00By nightfall,
01:00:01he was zip-tied to a chair in the wine cellar.
01:00:04Tonight,
01:00:04Elena was already at the gate.
01:00:06She didn't ask to see Tom first.
01:00:08She came straight to the terrace instead,
01:00:09where I sat with my daughter half asleep against my shoulder,
01:00:13and dropped into the chair across from Nico like she owned the furniture.
01:00:16You know,
01:00:17she said,
01:00:18tracing one finger along the rim of his wine glass,
01:00:21uninvited.
01:00:21Forgot how good you look when you're being ruthless.
01:00:24Nico didn't move.
01:00:25She then moved closer,
01:00:27sat down beside Nico,
01:00:28and stroked his firm chest with both hands,
01:00:31then looked at me as if suddenly noticing me.
01:00:34Excuse me,
01:00:35did I disturb your married life?
01:00:36I only smiled and shifted my daughter higher on my hip.
01:00:40Elena's gaze cut to me,
01:00:41irritation flashing through the performance.
01:00:44Nothing to say?
01:00:45I looked down at my daughter's small,
01:00:47sleep-heavy face,
01:00:48then back at her.
01:00:49She's almost two now.
01:00:51Sometimes she throws herself down just to make a scene.
01:00:54I met Elena's eyes.
01:00:55That usually means she's scared no one will notice her otherwise.
01:00:58Something in Elena's expression went still,
01:01:01the smirk sliding off before she could catch it.
01:01:03Then she stood without another word,
01:01:05and walked toward the cellar stairs to get Tom.
01:01:08The car ride back to Tom's estate was silent,
01:01:11except for his voice.
01:01:12Stupid young man!
01:01:14I will kill them!
01:01:15Elena stared out the window,
01:01:16not really listening.
01:01:18Serafina's voice kept replaying in her head instead,
01:01:20quiet and unbothered,
01:01:22like she'd looked straight through
01:01:23every performance Elena had ever built.
01:01:25It usually means she's scared no one will notice her otherwise.
01:01:29She dropped Tom off without a word
01:01:30and drove straight to the bar near the fish market.
01:01:33She ordered a drink,
01:01:34then,
01:01:34through the smoke and the dim light,
01:01:36she saw Marco.
01:01:37She thought about walking over,
01:01:38got some detail about Serafina.
01:01:40She was halfway across the room
01:01:42when she saw one woman sitting with him.
01:01:44Her makeup was smeared,
01:01:45her voice cracking with old resentment.
01:01:47You did this to me, Marco.
01:01:49You told me I'd be your wife one day.
01:01:51Now look at me!
01:01:52Look what I've become!
01:01:54The cheapest whore!
01:01:55Marco didn't even bother softening his tone.
01:01:58And you cost me mine, Serafina.
01:02:00If you hadn't run your mouth,
01:02:01if you hadn't kept clinging to my boat every year,
01:02:04Serafina never would have left.
01:02:05Bianca's laugh cracked halfway through.
01:02:08Would you have even married me?
01:02:10If none of it happened?
01:02:12Marco waved a hand, already bored.
01:02:14Does it matter now?
01:02:15Elena turned to leave,
01:02:16then froze,
01:02:17her name but mentioned.
01:02:18Elena, that name Tom mentioned?
01:02:20Are you falling her now?
01:02:22Marco's hand shot out,
01:02:23clamping over her mouth
01:02:24before she could say anything else.
01:02:26Don't be stupid.
01:02:27Elena's just a good tool.
01:02:28His eyes were flat, almost bored.
01:02:30Unlike her, don't get loved.
01:02:31They get used.
01:02:34Elena drove back to Tom's estate
01:02:36with her hands too tight on the wheel.
01:02:38She found him in his study,
01:02:39already pouring himself a drink,
01:02:41unbothered as always.
01:02:42I'm out.
01:02:44I'm done.
01:02:46Find someone else
01:02:47to do your dirty work.
01:02:50Tom didn't even look up.
01:02:52That's a shame.
01:02:53He set his glass down,
01:02:54tapped something on his phone,
01:02:55and turned the screen toward her.
01:02:57A video.
01:02:58A hospital room.
01:02:59Her sister, thin and pale against white sheets,
01:03:02an IV taped to her small arm,
01:03:04oblivious to the camera.
01:03:05She stops getting treatment
01:03:07the day you walk out that door.
01:03:09In fact, she stops living, period.
01:03:12Elena lunged at him
01:03:13before she'd even decided to.
01:03:14Her hands never reached his throat.
01:03:16Two of his guards
01:03:17had her on the floor in seconds.
01:03:18One boot pressed hard
01:03:20between her shoulder blades,
01:03:21grinding her cheek into the marble.
01:03:23Look at her.
01:03:25One of them laughed.
01:03:26Still think she's in charge of anything.
01:03:29Crazy bitch.
01:03:30Elena didn't fight it.
01:03:31She lay there,
01:03:33breathing hard against the cold floor,
01:03:34and everything came apart at once
01:03:36inside her head.
01:03:37Women like her don't get loved.
01:03:39They get used.
01:03:40It usually means she's scared
01:03:41no one will notice her otherwise.
01:03:43Her sister's small,
01:03:44unknowing face on the screen.
01:03:45She closed her eyes.
01:03:47Fine.
01:03:49I'll finish my job.
01:03:52Nico and I sent the message ourselves.
01:03:54A meeting.
01:03:55A truce.
01:03:56Neutral territory
01:03:57at the old dockyard warehouse.
01:03:59By the time the doors opened,
01:04:00both sides had already stopped
01:04:02pretending this was a negotiation.
01:04:04Gunfire broke out
01:04:05before either of us
01:04:06finished a sentence.
01:04:07Marco went down early.
01:04:09Caught between two lines of crossfire
01:04:11he'd helped set up himself.
01:04:12He never got the chance to see
01:04:14who fired the shot that ended him.
01:04:16I lost count of the bodies
01:04:17moving through the smoke.
01:04:18Only aware of Nico beside me,
01:04:21then not beside me.
01:04:22Pulled into the chaos
01:04:23toward Tom's men
01:04:24near the loading doors.
01:04:26Elena appeared out of nowhere,
01:04:27blood already staining one sleeve,
01:04:30and shoved me hard
01:04:31behind a stack of crates
01:04:32just as a shot rang out
01:04:34toward where I'd been standing.
01:04:35She took me instead,
01:04:36square in the shoulder.
01:04:37Go!
01:04:38She gritted out,
01:04:39pressing a hand over the wound,
01:04:40waving me off with the other.
01:04:41I'm not done yet.
01:04:43I didn't have time to argue.
01:04:44Across the warehouse,
01:04:45Nico had Tom cornered
01:04:47near the burning drums,
01:04:48both of them bloody,
01:04:49circling each other
01:04:50like the 15 years between them
01:04:52had finally come due.
01:04:53Tom got one good hit in.
01:04:55Nico staggered,
01:04:56the dark stains
01:04:57spreading fast across his side.
01:04:59Tom raised his gun.
01:05:00Shut up.
01:05:01Tom down,
01:05:02incredibly.
01:05:03I held up the gun,
01:05:04stand at his back.
01:05:05The fire had already
01:05:06climbed the far wall by then,
01:05:08smoke thick enough
01:05:09to swallow the ceiling.
01:05:10I got to Nico.
01:05:11Lean on me.
01:05:11I've got you.
01:05:12He let out a rough laugh.
01:05:13Since when did you get
01:05:14so good with a gun, my love?
01:05:15Since the day I decided,
01:05:17I was done being the one
01:05:19who needed saving.
01:05:20We stumbled out together
01:05:21through the collapsing doorway,
01:05:23holding each other up,
01:05:24the warehouse folding into
01:05:26flame and ash behind us.
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