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00:03My son will replace you.
00:07Celesta Hart, my father's mistress.
00:10Now his mistress was sitting on my birthday swing,
00:13telling me her unborn son would take my place.
00:15A bastard daughter about to lose her throne should learn to step aside.
00:19Say that again.
00:21Bastard.
00:25Do you understand?
00:27I didn't cry.
00:28I didn't run.
00:29I pressed record.
00:30People in Black Harbor should mean what they say.
00:37Then I walked back to the main house.
00:42Mom, do you know what dad's little bitch just said to me?
00:46What did she say?
00:47I played the recording for her.
00:49He'll become the king of Black Harbor.
00:52Bastard.
00:53Do you understand?
00:58Mom.
01:01Can an heir really be replaced?
01:03Yes.
01:06If you only wait for someone to protect you.
01:09But if you learn to defend your place, no one can take it from you.
01:15Tonight, don't close the curtains.
01:18Why?
01:21Because I'm going to teach you your first lesson.
01:24I thought my mother was only warning me.
01:26But in Black Harbor, a warning is never just a warning.
01:32Keep watching.
01:33That night, the glass villa across from us burned.
01:36It wasn't light.
01:38It was fire.
01:39My mother wasn't losing control.
01:40She was sending Black Harbor a message.
01:44My position as heir was not open for replacement.
01:47And this was only your first lesson.
01:52By dawn, the fire was out.
01:53The glass villa across from us was nothing but Black Bones.
01:56Then my father came home.
01:57Deontay Moretti, the dawn of Black Harbor.
01:59He controlled the docks, the casinos, the shipping routes, and half the city's fear.
02:03Before I run into his arms, I stayed on the Stair Taser.
02:05I wanted to see who he had come back for.
02:07He didn't ask if I was hurt.
02:09He didn't ask why Celeste had touched me.
02:11He stormed straight into the living room.
02:13My mother was sitting on the sofa, drinking tea, as if she had been expecting him.
02:17My father stopped in front of her and slapped her.
02:20Blood appeared at the corner of my mother's mouth.
02:23Victoria Kane, have you lost your mind?
02:25Celeste almost died in that house.
02:27She is carrying my son!
02:29My son.
02:30Those two words told me everything.
02:33My mother slowly lifted her head.
02:34Then she smiled.
02:36Is that so?
02:38You knew she was inside!
02:40I was giving my daughter fireworks.
02:42How was I supposed to know your mistress would stand so close?
02:46The room went silent.
02:47Touch her again, and I'll make you regret it.
02:49My father pulled out his gun and pressed it against my mother's forehead.
02:52My mother leaned into the barrel.
02:54Shoot.
02:57Let's see how long the dawn of Black Hurwitz survives without Kane money, Kane routes, and Kane protection.
03:03His hand started to shake.
03:07I walked down the stairs.
03:09I stood beside my mother.
03:13Dad, if I had been in that villa, would you be this angry too?
03:18He didn't answer.
03:19That was the answer.
03:20The second he looked at me, my mother grabbed his wrist.
03:24The gun fell into her hand against his temple.
03:27Dante, if you're tired of this marriage, sign the divorce papers.
03:33Divorce?
03:34Unless I die, you are not leaving the Morecci family.
03:40That can be arranged.
03:42Watching them, I felt the family I had believed in for 18 years begin to crack.
03:50Neither of them fired.
03:51Not that day.
03:54My father fixed his sleeves and spoke like nothing had happened.
03:59I can pretend last night never happened.
04:03How generous.
04:05Celeste's house is gone.
04:07The doctor said she needs a quiet place to recover.
04:10My stomach tightened.
04:12I already knew what he was going to say.
04:15Tomorrow morning, I'm moving her into the main house.
04:18You're bringing her into my home?
04:23Arya, don't talk like that.
04:26This is the Moretti main house.
04:29It doesn't belong to you alone.
04:34Then what am I?
04:35Your daughter?
04:36Or an obstacle in your son's path?
04:38The guards lowered their heads.
04:40My father's face hardened.
04:42You're 18.
04:42Stop acting like a spoiled child.
04:44A spoiled child?
04:46That hurt more than the cold look in his eyes.
04:49Celeste had said her son would replace me.
04:53Now I knew she wasn't threatening me.
04:55She was saying what my father was too ashamed to say.
04:58My mother stood and walked toward him.
05:02You want me to raise the son you had with your mistress?
05:05It is the best arrangement for the family.
05:06When the child is born, he can be registered under your name.
05:10You will remain Mrs. Moriti and Arya will remain my daughter.
05:13Dante, are you scared?
05:15Scared of what?
05:17Scared everyone will remember that everything you have came from me.
05:21His eyes change.
05:22That is why you need a son.
05:24A son to prove the Moriti crown still belongs to you.
05:27A son to help you forget you only became king because a cane woman allowed it.
05:31That was when I understood.
05:33He didn't love Celeste that much.
05:35He needed a son.
05:36A son who could make him feel like a real king.
05:38Don't push me.
05:38I gave you 18 years.
05:40You brought filth in front of my daughter first.
05:45Tomorrow she's moving in.
05:47If you're unhappy, I can give you the west dock.
05:50Dante.
05:53Touch what is mine and I take your life.
05:56Hurt my daughter and I'll make sure you can't even kneel to beg.
06:01You don't scare me.
06:04Mom.
06:05As he left, my mother looked at me.
06:07I didn't ask her to protect me.
06:13I don't want a new father to know how to make him regret this.
06:17Good.
06:17That sounds like my daughter.
06:20The next morning, Celeste moved into the main house.
06:23My father held her like she was made of glass.
06:27He didn't look at me.
06:30Then Celeste saw my birthday swing.
06:34Dante!
06:35I'm scared.
06:36I fell from the swing when I was little.
06:39Every time I see one, the baby feels wrong.
06:41Take it down.
06:44Why?
06:45Arya, stop making a scene.
06:47That was my birthday gift.
06:49You called me your heir when you gave it to me.
06:52Are you tearing down the swing?
06:54Or my place in this family?
06:58Arya, don't be like this.
07:00You still don't understand.
07:01Your father wants a son.
07:04Once my son is born, the Marechi heir will change.
07:07You forgot again?
07:08The recording was still on.
07:11Dad, are you still going to say I'm the one causing trouble?
07:16Dante!
07:17She hates me!
07:18She hates our baby!
07:20Apologize.
07:21You heard what she said.
07:23I said apologize.
07:25Maybe Arya should leave the main house for a while.
07:27Her presence is bad for our son.
07:29Send Arya to the old house.
07:30You're really sending me away?
07:32For a son who isn't even born yet?
07:34Just temporarily.
07:35He didn't answer.
07:37No need.
07:39My mother's voice came from the stairs.
07:44If she says my daughter threatens her son,
07:48then let's make sure that son will never inherit Marechi.
07:52For the first time, I didn't hide behind my mother.
07:55Dad, you still have one last chance.
07:58Am I still the Marechi heir?
08:00He said nothing.
08:03I understand.
08:06Victoria, what do you mean?
08:08My mother didn't answer him.
08:10She lifted my hand and looked at the mark Salida left.
08:15Does it hurt?
08:18Not much.
08:19You've learned to endure pain.
08:21I'm not enduring it.
08:22I'm remembering it.
08:28You said your son would inherit Black Harbor.
08:31Then you should first learn what a family audit means.
08:35Men in black suits stepped out of the shadows.
08:38They weren't my father's guards.
08:41Cane people?
08:42The file.
08:44A black case opened.
08:46Inside were medical reports, a recorder, a private clinic receipt, and a secret agreement.
08:51My mother didn't take the papers.
08:54Aria, you read them.
08:56She wants to replace you.
08:58Then you should see what she planned to use.
09:00My fingers shook when I picked up the first report, but I didn't step back.
09:05Celeste had never been pregnant.
09:07For three months, a Pwingle-controlled clinic clinic forged her pregnancy records.
09:11The scans, blood tests, even the signatures were bought.
09:14The second document was worse.
09:16It was an agreement between Celeste and Blackwell's lawyers.
09:19Enter the main house.
09:20Push Aria out.
09:21Create the illusion of a male heir.
09:23She wasn't just my father's mistress.
09:26She was a weapon sent into my home.
09:29She isn't pregnant.
09:33She never had a son.
09:35And you were ready to throw me away for a child that never existed.
09:40My father froze.
09:42Celeste stopped crying.
09:44No!
09:44Dante, let me explain!
09:47Then the recorder played.
09:49Dante only wants a son.
09:51He is too easy to fool.
09:52Once I enter the main house, that girl will be gone.
09:55Black Harbor will have a new heir.
09:58I thought he would apologize.
10:00He didn't.
10:01Verify it.
10:02You still need verification?
10:04He doesn't need verification.
10:08He needs time to decide how it could be sharper than begging for his wrong.
10:15Celeste was on her knees, mascara running down her face.
10:19My father held the report like it had emptied him, but he still didn't apologize.
10:23Celeste is connected to Blackwell.
10:26If I move against her now, Black Harbor could fall into chaos.
10:29So?
10:30In my father's order of things, his real daughter always came last.
10:35Dante!
10:36I love you!
10:37Blackwell forced me!
10:39They said they would kill me if I refused!
10:42He didn't push her away.
10:45Dad.
10:48Do you know what the funniest part is?
10:53She didn't trick you.
10:54She only told you the lie you wanted to believe.
10:58You wanted to believe you had a son.
11:01You wanted to believe he would be better than me.
11:04You wanted to stop admitting that half of the Moretti crown came from Cain.
11:09I used to wait for you to choose me.
11:11I'm done waiting.
11:12Mom, I want to see the family registry.
11:15What?
11:16Now.
11:17Now.
11:19I opened it to the page for the main house.
11:21My name was written first.
11:24If the registry says this house belongs to me, then from now on this house is mine.
11:30My mother raised her hand.
11:32Cane men surrounded the entrance.
11:33Victoria, what are you doing?
11:34Clearing the house.
11:35Please take your guest and leave my main house.
11:37Second lesson, Arya.
11:39Power does not walk to you.
11:40You reach out and take it.
11:43My father's guards drew their guns.
11:44So did the Cain men.
11:46Dozens of barrels pointed across the courtyard.
11:49Celeste curled into the corner.
11:50Victoria.
11:52Are you declaring war on me?
11:54On you?
11:55You're not worth a war.
11:58Don't forget.
12:00I still have three weapons warehouses.
12:02One word from me and Black Harbor burns tonight.
12:05The three warehouses hearing that would have tear us weapon.
12:09Now, before I only wanted to know who had given him the keys.
12:12My mother made one phone call.
12:14Begin the purge.
12:15Yes, ma'am.
12:18You think scaring me works?
12:20She placed the phone on the stone table.
12:22A red countdown appeared.
12:26What is that?
12:28Arya.
12:28Come here.
12:30I stepped to the table.
12:32She didn't hide me behind her.
12:34Watch carefully.
12:36This is the kingdom your father thinks belongs to him.
12:39In ten minutes, you will see who it truly belongs to.
12:43You think Cain can touch my warehouses?
12:46My mother didn't answer.
12:47I did.
12:49Your first shipping route came from Cain.
12:51Your first dirty fortune was cleaned by Cain.
12:54Your first loyal men were taken out of prison by Cain.
12:58The countdown kept moving.
13:00Dante!
13:01They're insane!
13:02Stop them!
13:03Shut up!
13:06He called the first warehouse.
13:08Status on warehouse one.
13:12There was chaos on the other end.
13:14Then a heavy explosion.
13:16Only static remained.
13:18My father froze.
13:20First one.
13:21I looked toward the fire rising in the distance.
13:24This time, I wasn't afraid.
13:26And the countdown was still moving.
13:30My father refused to believe it.
13:32He had been Black Harbor's most feared man.
13:34Six minutes remained.
13:36Warehouse two.
13:37Lock every entrance.
13:38Don, we're surrounded.
13:40By who?
13:41No flags.
13:43Every access code shows top level clearance.
13:46Warehouse security.
13:48Second one.
13:50When did you do this?
13:52The first time you thought you could hide from her.
13:54For the first time, I saw shock in his eyes.
13:57You still have the third one, right?
13:59He called the last warehouse.
14:01Don, hold warehouse three.
14:05I'm sorry, sir.
14:07What did you call me?
14:09Under highest authority, warehouse three has been frozen.
14:12All armed personnel are released from Moretzi Control.
14:15Who gave that order?
14:16Kay.
14:17Kay.
14:18The unseen rule of Black Harbor.
14:20No one had seen Kay's face.
14:23Every Don obeyed Kay's judgment.
14:27Good.
14:28If you dare touch my warehouses, I'll request arbitration from Kay.
14:32Victoria, you're finished.
14:33Yes!
14:34Let Kay punish them!
14:35They're just two insane women!
14:37He started dialing.
14:38Before he could call, I pushed the Black Arbitration phone toward him.
14:42Then call Kay.
14:44You said the rules stand with you.
14:46Then let the rules tell me themselves.
14:49Do you have the right to take my inheritance?
14:54He dialed the number only Black Harbor's top families knew.
14:58For a moment, he seemed to recover his dignity.
15:02Black Harbor Tribunal.
15:04Please confirm applicant identity.
15:08Dante Moretti.
15:09Current head of the Moretti family.
15:11I request supreme arbitration.
15:14Respondents.
15:15Victoria Kane.
15:16And Aria Moretti.
15:18For once, he admitted I belonged in the trial.
15:20They seized Moretti assets and disrupted Black Harbor order.
15:24I demand Kay's judgment.
15:25Yes!
15:26Let Kay punish them!
15:28What right does a woman, woman her daughter have to interfere with Marati business?
15:32Afraid?
15:32No.
15:33Why?
15:34Because I already know he was never the rule.
15:38Applicant Dante Moretti.
15:39Respondents.
15:40Victoria Kane and Aria Moretti.
15:41Request supreme arbitration.
15:43Victoria Kane, please confirm.
15:44What does that mean?
15:45Why does she confirm?
15:46My mother took a small golden badge from her purse.
15:49A phoenix rose from the metal.
15:55No.
15:57Phoenix seal verified.
15:59Authority confirmed.
16:00Dante, you wanted the rules.
16:01But you forgot to ask who wrote them.
16:03I confirm.
16:06Arbitration denied.
16:08Dante Moretti has violated the highest authority.
16:12All assets under his name are frozen immediately.
16:15Port command rights revoked.
16:18Protection agreements terminated.
16:20Arya Moretti's inheritance status restored to highest priority.
16:24Judgment signed by Kay.
16:25My father stood there like he had been struck by lightning.
16:28My mother was Kay.
16:29Third lesson, Arya.
16:31Never fear a trial.
16:32As long as you know why you are standing there.
16:34I had pushed him into it myself.
16:37No.
16:38You can't be Kay.
16:40Why not?
16:40Kay is the shadow of Black Harbor.
16:43Kay existed 20 years ago.
16:45Kay made every family sign the first underground treaty.
16:49Kay.
16:51Then he remembered.
16:5320 years ago, my mother had been 18.
16:55Victoria Kane, the youngest and most dangerous heir of the Kane family.
16:58So all these years...
16:59I gave you your roots.
17:01I protected you from Blackwell.
17:02I turned Moretti from street dogs into a ruling family.
17:05I made them call you, Dawn.
17:07She's lying!
17:08You still have outside help!
17:10Call Ronan Blackthorne!
17:11Ronan Blackthorne, head of the Blackthorne family.
17:13My father's deadliest rival.
17:15Ronan, bring your men to my house.
17:17Help me kill Victoria Kane, and I'll give you half of Black Harbor.
17:20Call him.
17:21I want to see who else has forgotten their queen.
17:2510 minutes later, black SUVs flooded the courtyard.
17:29Ronan Blackthorne stepped out,
17:30a scar cutting across his face.
17:33Ronan!
17:34Kill her!
17:35She stole my warehouses and pretended to be Kay!
17:37Ronan said nothing.
17:39He walked right past my father.
17:41Ronan Blackthorne, head of the Blackthorne family.
17:45I greet the Phoenix Queen.
17:47Every man behind him knelt.
17:48My father froze.
17:50Celesta turned white.
17:52I greet the heir of Black Harbor.
17:55I stood beside my mother.
17:57This time, I stepped forward.
17:59I heard you.
18:00Then remember this serves your throne.
18:02Heir was not just a title.
18:04It was a weight I had to carry.
18:06He knelt on the stone steps.
18:08Dust on his suit.
18:09His hair a mess.
18:10Nothing left of the dawn.
18:12Victoria, I was wrong.
18:13My mother said nothing.
18:15I was stupid.
18:16Celesta tricked me.
18:17I wanted a son so badly.
18:19She didn't trick you.
18:21You wanted to be tricked.
18:22She only said what already lived in his heart.
18:24He thought a daughter wasn't enough.
18:26He needed a son to prove he hadn't lost to Kane.
18:28I was afraid everyone would know everything I had came from you.
18:30Afraid they'd say I was just a dog racer.
18:31I gave you 18 years.
18:32To be a leader.
18:33A husband.
18:34A father.
18:35You only learned to bite the hand that crowned you.
18:38Then he looked at Aria.
18:39Like she was his last chance.
18:44Aria.
18:45Please.
18:46Say something for me.
18:47I was your father.
18:48You wanted a son.
18:50Then go find your son.
18:53And from today on, I'm done waiting for you to choose me.
18:57I choose myself.
19:03Aria.
19:04Do you want to see her one last time?
19:06He wasn't the only one who had to pay.
19:13Dante!
19:14You can't abandon me!
19:16I did everything for you!
19:18My father looked down at her with empty eyes.
19:23Ronan handed her the file.
19:26My mother didn't take it.
19:28She looked at me.
19:29Aria.
19:30You read it.
19:31Inside were Celeste's records with Blackwell.
19:34She had not been forced.
19:35She had offered them a plan.
19:36Use a fake Moretti son to enter the main house.
19:37Push me out.
19:38Control my father.
19:39Then control Black Harbor.
19:40Her fake pregnancy.
19:41Her forged reports.
19:42Her manipulation strategy.
19:43All of it was written down.
19:44She wanted to erase me.
19:45She wanted to replace Swing was the real ear.
19:49You didn't just want to marry my father.
19:51You wanted to use a son who never existed to steal my inheritance.
19:55I was wrong.
19:57Please, Aria.
19:58Please.
20:02Before, I would have looked to my mother for the answer.
20:04This time, I didn't.
20:05I looked at Ronan.
20:07What is the punishment in Black Harbor for forging an heir?
20:10Identity stripped.
20:10Assets frozen.
20:11Exile from Black Harbor.
20:12I turned back to Celeste.
20:13You tried to replace me, so I'm canceling your right to ever step into Black Harbor again.
20:18No, Dante, save me!
20:19My father did not move.
20:20Had the right.
20:21No, no!
20:22Two men dragged her away.
20:24Her screams faded down the hideaway.
20:29First order.
20:30Did your hand shake?
20:33Yes.
20:34Do you regret it?
20:35No.
20:35Because I'm not punishing her for insulting me.
20:38I'm showing everyone Inherity cannot be touched with lies.
20:41My mother smiled.
20:43Fourth lesson.
20:44Never rule from anger.
20:46Rule from law.
20:47She said the rule was the rule.
20:48But I knew she was also testing me.
20:50And I had just passed.
20:52Thirty seconds remained on the countdown.
20:53My father suddenly remembered the last warehouse.
20:55That warehouse was his final weapon.
20:57His last piece of dignity.
20:58He looked at my mother like a starving man.
21:00We went to survive.
21:01Still attached to it?
21:02I can leave Black Harbor.
21:03I can give up everything.
21:04Just leave me this one.
21:05My mother lifted the phone.
21:07For a moment, I thought she would press the final command herself.
21:10Instead, she handed the phone to me.
21:11Every eye in the courtyard turned to me.
21:13You're begging the wrong person.
21:14That warehouse was about the weapon you used to threaten her.
21:17So she decides whether it stays.
21:18The screen glowed in my hand.
21:19It wasn't just a warehouse.
21:20It was the last thing my father had used to keep me afraid.
21:23Aria.
21:24I'm your father.
21:25You loved that seaside warehouse when you were little.
21:27I took you there to watch fireworks.
21:29To his eyes.
21:30I remember.
21:31I also remember you were ready to burn it all down.
21:34He froze.
21:3610.
21:379.
21:37My mother didn't rush me.
21:39She let me stand there with the choice.
21:41If you had won today.
21:42Would you have spared me and mom?
21:44His lips trembled.
21:46He could not answer.
21:47I pressed confirm.
21:490-0.
21:52A deep explosion rolled from the coast.
21:55Fire lit half the sky.
21:57The third warehouse was gone.
21:59My father collapsed to his knees.
22:02I stared at the distant fire.
22:04I didn't feel the joy I expected.
22:07Only a cold kind of clarity.
22:09Now you're finally clean.
22:11Power didn't mean you stopped hurting.
22:13It meant you could hurt and still make the decision.
22:18After that day, my father was no longer the Don of Black Harbor.
22:21His name was crossed out of every family registry.
22:23Morelli docks changed flags.
22:24The casinos changed owners.
22:26Even the black snake crest at the gate was removed.
22:28My father was locked in the old chapel behind the main house.
22:30The same chapel where he and my mother had once married.
22:33I stood outside the door and heard him calling her name.
22:35Victoria, let me see area, please.
22:37I didn't go in.
22:39I looked at the closed door.
22:40Inside the chapel, my father's voice had gone harky.
22:43My mother stood with me at the end of the hall.
22:45She didn't ask if I hated him.
22:46She didn't tell me to forgive him.
22:48She only handed me a cup of warm milk.
22:50Cold?
22:51No.
22:52I was cold, not in my body.
22:53I stared at the cup in my hands.
22:55Mom, will he die?
22:57She was quiet for a moment.
22:58No, death is too cheap for him.
23:00He'll be sent to North Island.
23:01No Marechi, no Don, no one to remember who he used to be.
23:04He was lost.
23:04He was good to me once.
23:05I know, so you are allowed to hurt.
23:07Does it make me weak?
23:08But I still feel sad.
23:09You hurt because true someone does not mean you must go back.
23:12My mother looked at me for a long time.
23:14Then she smiled.
23:15Mom, tomorrow change every inheritance document.
23:18I don't want to be Aria Moretti anymore.
23:19I want to be Aria Kane.
23:21Fifth lesson.
23:22Identity is not something people give you.
23:24It is something you choose.
23:25That was the first time I felt like the heir of Black Harbor.
23:28He was brought to the garden.
23:30In one night, he seemed to have aged ten years.
23:34Before my father was sent away, he asked to see me once.
23:36My mother asked if I wanted to.
23:38I hesitated for a long time.
23:39Then I said yes.
23:40I wanted to end the story with the once held me under fireworks.
23:43Aria.
23:44Then he took a small wooden plate from his pocket.
23:46It was from the swing.
23:47I'm going to give this back to you.
23:47I looked at it.
23:48I didn't reach out.
23:49I finally spoke.
23:50Then what happened after?
23:52He froze.
23:52When did you forget?
23:53I was greedy.
23:54I wanted your mother's power.
23:55And I want an heir who belonged to him already.
23:57I didn't want to admit everything I had came from Kane.
23:59So I lied to myself.
24:00I told myself a son was the answer.
24:01He lowered his head.
24:02His face went white.
24:04Aria, I was not a good father.
24:05He closed his eyes.
24:07You weren't.
24:09I took the wooden plate.
24:11For one second, Hope returned to his face.
24:13Then I handed it to the butler.
24:15The hope disappeared.
24:18Burn it.
24:20The wood burned in the fire bowl.
24:23Aria Morelli disappeared into ash.
24:33When it was gone, I turned to the butler.
24:35I don't want the old swing.
24:37I want a new throne.
24:38Build a new seat under that tree.
24:40A swing, Miss Kane?
24:41No.
24:42A judgment chair.
24:46My mother smiled.
24:48That was the first time I felt like the heir of Black Harbor.
24:52After my father was sent away, Black Harbor stayed quiet for three days.
24:58But quiet did not mean loyal.
25:00On the third morning, Ronan brought me a dock supervisor.
25:02The man knelt in front of me, sweating.
25:04He smuggled two boxes of weapons during the transition.
25:06Under old rules, he loses a hand and leaves the port.
25:08Perhaps Queen Victoria should decide this.
25:09I looked at him.
25:10Black Harbor will learn whose orders matter now.
25:13He lowered his head at once.
25:15I opened the ledger.
25:16The man had worked at the docks for 20 years.
25:18Under my father, he had done many dirty things for Moretti.
25:21He smuggled weapons because Blackwell had taken his son.
25:23Why didn't you report it?
25:24Under Moretti, asking for help only got you called useless.
25:27No one cared about our children.
25:29The room went still.
25:30I looked at my mother.
25:31She sat behind the desk, silent, waiting.
25:34She would not decide for me.
25:36I closed the ledger, punished the smuggling,
25:38freeze his port shares for one year, demote him.
25:41But he is not a traitor.
25:42Cane men will bring his son back.
25:45Send this order through Black Harbor.
25:47From today on, any family that uses a child as a hostage commits treason against the port.
25:52Don't thank me.
25:53I'm not showing you mercy.
25:55I'm writing my first rule.
25:56My mother finally raised her eyes.
25:59A faint smile touched them.
26:01That day, I understood what my mother had given me.
26:04Not answers.
26:04A knife.
26:05And I had to decide how to use it.
26:07That night, my mother held a banquet for me.
26:09Not a birthday banquet.
26:11An heir's banquet.
26:12I wore a black dress and a small red phoenix pin.
26:15My palms were sweating.
26:15But I didn't step back.
26:16Every important person in Black Harbor came.
26:18Before they called me, they lowered smarads.
26:20Miss Kane.
26:21Black Harbor's heir.
26:23Miss Kane is young.
26:25The title of heir sounds beautiful.
26:26But Black Harbor has never run on beautiful titles.
26:29His words were polite.
26:30His meaning was not.
26:31He was saying I was only my mother's shadow.
26:34The Harvey family.
26:34Correct?
26:36I took a file from a servant.
26:38Last month, your family stole 30% of Westport's fuel tax.
26:42Your books were clean.
26:43But the transfer feat went into your third wife's charity fund.
26:46His face changed.
26:47I'm na-
26:47That doesn't mean I can't read accounts.
26:49You can question me.
26:50But you should clean yourself first.
26:52I misspoke, Miss Kane.
26:53He didn't dare answer.
26:54Triple repayment before noon tomorrow.
26:56One minute late and Harvey leaves Westport.
26:58That was when everyone understood.
26:59The girl standing in the heir's place was not the Phoenix Queen's protected daughter.
27:02She was Area Kane.
27:03A woman who could read their books.
27:04An issue make-
27:04My mother stood across the room.
27:05She did not help me.
27:06She did not add a single word.
27:08Then the doors went quiet.
27:09Alexander Kane.
27:10My grandfather.
27:11The old head of the Kane family.
27:13An old man with white hair walked in.
27:15Mr. Kane.
27:16Every guest lowered their head.
27:17Area.
27:19You are more like your mother than I expected.
27:21Is that a compliment?
27:24Come to the study.
27:25I looked at my mother.
27:26She didn't nod.
27:28She didn't shake her head.
27:29She let me choose.
27:31And I chose to follow.
27:32I set down my glass.
27:34The study doors closed.
27:36My grandfather didn't waste time.
27:37You cannot stay in Black Harbor.
27:39This place is filthy.
27:40Why?
27:41You are a Kane heir.
27:42You need formal training.
27:44Languages, finance, negotiation, international rules.
27:47Not watching men kneel in a dirty port with your mother.
27:49I'm already learning.
27:51Ledgers.
27:51Who swears loyalty with their mouth but betrays me in the books.
27:54When to punish.
27:54When to save.
27:55How to tell whether a man kneels from fear or from law.
27:57You think that is enough?
27:58No.
27:59That is why I have to stay and learn more.
28:01Area, you are only 18.
28:0218 is not young in our family.
28:03My mother became K at 18.
28:05Victoria, is this how you teach her?
28:07No.
28:07She saw it herself.
28:09You will turn her into another you.
28:10I won't be another Victoria Kane.
28:12I won't be Dante Moretti's obedient daughter either.
28:13I will be Aria Kane.
28:17Do you understand what you're saying?
28:18Yes.
28:19My father's mistress sat on my birthday swing and said her son would replace me as heir.
28:21That was when I learned something.
28:22If I don't defend my position, any once in.
28:24And if also I've already can try to chosen.
28:26So, grandfather, stop asking whether I will return to the ancestral house.
28:31I've already chosen.
28:37What if I disagree?
28:40Then you can main the grandfather.
28:42Then the grandfather I respect.
28:44Or you can become the first obstacle before I take the throne.
28:47Are you threatening me?
28:49No.
28:49I'm telling you I learned.
28:51So, alike.
28:53Too alike.
28:55Like who?
28:56Three months.
28:57In three months, if you cannot make the four families sign new loyalty agreements, you return to the ancestral house
29:02with me.
29:03Deal.
29:03I chose to stay.
29:05So, I will prove I deserve to stay.
29:07We returned to the banquet hall.
29:10Every eye turned toward us.
29:13Before, I feared those eyes.
29:15Now, I knew fear would not make them kinder.
29:18It would only make them test me harder.
29:20Everyone, from tonight on, I will no longer use the Morelli name.
29:24My name is Aria Kane, the heir of Black Harbor.
29:27Then Kane men knelt.
29:28Black men men.
29:29I stood there.
29:30No longer thought of the inn followed.
29:32Only one name remained.
29:33Aria Kane.
29:34The name I chose for myself.
29:37My mother walked toward me.
29:39She removed the Phoenix badge from her own dress.
29:42She pinned it on my dress.
29:43It was heavier than I expected.
29:44From tonight, Kay is to question me.
29:46To harm her is to declare war on the Phoenix seal.
29:48My mother looked down at me.
29:50There were no tears in her eyes.
29:52Only fire.
29:53She placed a small silver dagger into my palm.
29:55The blade was cold.
29:56Her hand was warm.
29:57People say love is flowers, candy, and goodnight kisses.
30:00But my love for you is more than that.
30:01My love is a throne and a dagger.
30:03This time, I did not just nod.
30:04I turned to the hall.
30:05First order.
30:07Where the old swings would, build a judgment chair.
30:09From now on, all inheritance disputes in Black Harbor will be judged there.
30:12Not by tinder.
30:13Second.
30:14Not bligh lies.
30:15No soldering as hostages.
30:16No one may forge an heir in law.
30:18Break this rule and you are exiled from Black Harbor forever.
30:20Outside the windows, fireworks rose above the port.
30:24This time, it was not fire.
30:25It was celebration.
30:27Red, gold, and white burst across the night.
30:29Every ship in Black Harbor sounded its horn.
30:32Aria Kane, welcome to your throne.
30:36I looked out over the harbor.
30:37For the first time, I did not think of my father.
30:39I did not think of the old swing.
30:40I did not Celesta calling me a bastard.
30:41I thought only of the question I had asked my mother.
30:43Can an heir really be replaced?
30:44Now I knew the answer.
30:45I did not think of my father.
30:46I did not think of my father.
30:47I did not think of my father.
30:49I did not think of my father.
30:50I did not think of my father.
30:50I did not think of my father.
30:50You
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