00:00My name is Elza Stark. The Schmitts call me The Bastard.
00:04And the Servants call me The Mute.
00:07I pretended to be a Servant, and sneaked into this banquet with the sole purpose of destroying the Schmitt family.
00:12But what the Schmitts don't know is this. I have three secret identities.
00:16First, I'm a hacker called Zero.
00:20Second, I'm Astra, an unlicensed genius doctor.
00:24Third, and the most ridiculous of all, I'm Baron Drake's Mute Wife.
00:29An asset listed in a marriage contract.
00:31My husband, Baron, stands not far away.
00:34He frowns and stares at the wine glass in his hand.
00:37It's risky. Something is wrong.
00:40I see Clotilde, my dear half-sister, smiling at me.
00:43She is the one who poisons me.
00:45Cheers, Preston.
00:47Baron begins to sway.
00:48The crystal glass slips from his hand.
00:50His pupils contract rapidly, a neurotoxin is taking effect.
00:55Dammit.
00:56I've done the math.
00:57If he collapses here, the security footage will expose my hacking trail, so I have to save him.
01:04The second day is passed and jam my shoulder against his chest to steady him.
01:07He grabs my wrist hard.
01:11Who sent you?
01:13I don't answer.
01:14My thumb presses precisely into a nerve cluster on his forearm.
01:17His grip goes slack instantly.
01:20Let go.
01:20I use leverage to support him and move toward the freight elevator.
01:23His sweat mixes with whiskey, and there is a hint of cedar.
01:26I punch a backdoor code into the control panel, a backdoor I planted in the hotel system long ago.
01:30Stop him!
01:31Don't let him get away!
01:36I drag him into the bathtub, turning on the cold water.
01:40The ice cubes hit his burning skin.
01:42He lets out an animalistic roar.
01:46Who are you?
01:48He grabs my collar, pulling me into the water.
01:50My uniform is soaked.
01:51Look at me.
01:52Pressing against his burning chest.
01:54I don't look at him.
01:55My fingers press against his carotid artery.
01:57120 feet from me, still dropping.
02:02I shove him off and climb over the balcony onto the fire escape.
02:05Don't go!
02:06His fingertips brush my sleeve, tearing off only a cufflink.
02:11I vanish into the night.
02:13He doesn't know who I am, but he will come for me.
02:17And when he does, the game will truly begin.
