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00:00I was very wicked.
00:01Before I ever left my mother's womb, I devoured my own twin sister.
00:04When I was born, the midwife saw that I cast two shadows and went mad on the spot.
00:08My mother died in childhood.
00:10From then on, my father treated me as the Vale family's forbidden shame.
00:14He locked me inside the family chapel and forced me to learn obedience, hoping to suppress the evil in me.
00:19But when I was seven, I shoved my etiquette tutor into a pond.
00:22At ten, I burned the chapel to the ground.
00:25My father tried to whip me.
00:26That night,
00:27Father, you have such beautiful eyes.
00:29Why don't you give them to me?
00:30They'd make lovely earrings.
00:32Don't you think?
00:33That same night, Father summoned Father Malachi to exorcise me.
00:37He used a black cat as the vessel for a blood pack and sealed away my wicked soul.
00:42The cat's name was Mercy.
00:43From that day on, I cast only one shadow.
00:46I became the meek, quiet lady everyone knew, until the Vale family signed a truce with its rival.
00:51I was sent to the port city of Vespera as collateral, married to Dante, heir to the Vescari family.
00:56On our wedding night, Bianca, his mother's goddaughter, raised as his sister entered my room.
01:01Your pet had such beautiful fur.
01:03I liked it so much I had it stuffed.
01:05You're not angry, are you?
01:09Oh dear.
01:11Didn't anyone tell you this cat wasn't supposed to die?
01:16Mina, my personal attendant, went red-eyed at the sight of Mercy's body.
01:20Mercy grew up with you.
01:21You always adored her.
01:22How dare you?
01:23It was just an animal.
01:25You're not going to be petty about it, are you?
01:27Bianca mistook my silence for fear.
01:29You're a cast-off even the East Coast family didn't want.
01:32Did you think marrying the Don would turn you into royalty?
01:35Remember your place in Vestira.
01:36Our Lady runs this estate.
01:39The wicked soul, suppressed inside me for so long, was surging to life.
01:42Mina mistook it for grief.
01:43Finding her courage, she pointed at Bianca.
01:46Insolence.
01:47Lady Serafina is the Vale heiress and the Don's lawful wife.
01:51You have no right to humiliate her.
01:53Goddaughter or blood sister, you still owe her respect.
01:56Bianca's face darkened.
01:57She signaled behind her.
01:59Two bodyguards stepped forward and pinned Mina between them.
02:02Don't stop until I say so.
02:04The maid slapped Mina back and forth.
02:06Within two seconds, Mina's face was swollen and red.
02:09I pressed a hand over my pounding heart.
02:11Stop.
02:12Bianca cupped a hand behind her ear in mockery.
02:14What was that?
02:15You're too quiet.
02:16I couldn't hear you.
02:17I said, stop.
02:21And if I don't, what are you going to do about it?
02:24Now that you're in Vespira, you'll follow our rules.
02:26A low-born servant dared defy me in public?
02:28A servant like that should have been dragged out and executed long ago.
02:32But you only arrived today.
02:34I'd hate for you to earn a reputation for abusing your servants on your first night.
02:36How about this?
02:38A servant's failures reflect her mistress' poor discipline.
02:41Kneel and apologize to me, and I'll spare her life.
02:43The broken seal sent waves of vertigo through my head.
02:47Well, you won't do it?
02:49My lady, don't take this too far.
02:51The Don is handling business in the front hall.
02:53He'll return eventually.
02:54If he finds the East Coast bride treated this way, he'll punish you.
02:59What is there to fear?
03:00I'm Lady Victoria's favorite goddaughter.
03:02Dante won't truly punish me, not when it would offend her.
03:05Besides, this woman is frail to begin with.
03:08Even if I torment her to death, we can tell everyone her old illness returned.
03:12After the long journey, for the sake of the truce, Dante will go along with it.
03:16And the Vale family won't start another war over a cast-off they used to buy peace.
03:20But I heard the Don personally ask for this bride.
03:22Shut up!
03:23That's nonsense!
03:24Dante never lets women near him!
03:26Lady Victoria reserved the place at his side for me!
03:31Bianca suddenly raised her foot and ground her heel into the back of Mina's hand.
03:34Bone cracked sharply.
03:36A mouthful of blood splattered across Bianca's shoe.
03:39The room fell silent.
03:40Bianca looked down at the blood.
03:41Her brow twisting.
03:42You stained it!
03:45Since you refused to kneel, we'll find another way for you to apologize.
03:48Then I'll let the blood.
03:50What do you say?
03:52You really are too loud.
03:54I told you to stop.
03:55Why wouldn't you listen?
03:56I truly hate being ignored.
03:58And what are you planning to do with a letter opener?
04:00Is that supposed to be a gift for me?
04:02One knife isn't enough.
04:03I hear your dowry includes shares in East Coast banks and a trust fund.
04:07Give me half, and I'll spare the little maid.
04:09What do you say?
04:10I walked over to the maid, holding Mina down.
04:14A drop of blood flew into my left eye, staining my vision dark red.
04:18The maid clutched her throat, her pupils contracting sharply.
04:22Within seconds, she collapsed and convulsed.
04:25Then she stopped moving.
04:26Murder!
04:26The bride killed her!
04:27My lady.
04:29Bianca stepped back.
04:30But when armed guards rushed into the corridor, she quickly regained her composure.
04:34She killed one of mine!
04:35Seize her!
04:35The security men exchanged uncertain looks.
04:37On one side stood with the matriarch's favorite goddaughter.
04:39On the other stood the mistress their dawn had lawfully married.
04:42No one dared move first.
04:44What are you waiting for?
04:45Move!
04:47She's only a woman the East Coast discarded.
04:49Dante doesn't care about her.
04:51Defy me and I'll report you to Lady Victoria.
04:53You'll answer for mutiny.
04:54The guards looked at one another.
04:56At last, they tightened their grips on their guns and stepped forward.
05:00My gaze swept over them as a slow skrill spread across my face.
05:03Wait.
05:04Something's wrong.
05:06Look at the wall.
05:08She has two shadows.
05:12Bianca spun around, eyes filled with terror.
05:16What are you?
05:19A witch.
05:20She's a demon.
05:22Don't be afraid.
05:23The East Coast is famous for cheap tricks and superstition.
05:25She's a sickly woman.
05:26What's she gonna do, swallow you whole?
05:27A man's flesh is too tough.
05:29I doubt it tastes very good.
05:32But a young woman's.
05:34The next instant, I snatched the dead cat from the tray and hurled it into Bianca's face.
05:39The guards had no time to pull their triggers.
05:42I had already slipped behind the blinded Bianca.
05:45My eyes whitened with excitement as my hand closed around her throat.
05:49Blood poured from the wound and soaked Bianca's collar.
05:52Get her off me!
05:53Get her off!
05:54Shoot her!
05:54Help!
05:56But my hand remained locked around Bianca's throat.
05:59Mina struggled to her feet.
06:01The housekeeper with the long metal pin grabbed her and pressed its sharp point to Mina's corner.
06:04Release, Lady Bianca!
06:06Or I'll kill your attendant right now!
06:08I looked at the housekeeper through Bianca's deshambled hair.
06:11Her hands were shaking violently.
06:13Her breathing was ragged.
06:14She was no threat at all.
06:26Bianca landed on the carpet, her eyes fixed on me.
06:29She could not believe this was how she would die.
06:32The entire room fell silent.
06:34The housekeeper holding Mina shivered and collapsed.
06:36The long pin clattered to the floor.
06:38The other crumpled against the wall, a wet stain spreading beneath her.
06:41A guard called from outside the door.
06:43Dante is here!
06:49Dante cast a cold glance at Bianca's lifeless body.
06:52She attacked the Dona and jeopardized the truce.
06:54She deserved to die.
06:56Deal with her accomplices according to our rules.
06:58They were hauled out into the corridor and soon their voices disappeared.
07:02Dante took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood from my face.
07:04Does that satisfy you?
07:06I glanced at Mina on the floor and answered evenly.
07:10It will do.
07:12He immediately ordered his men to take Mina to the infirmary.
07:16Then only the two of us remained.
07:20You're covered in blood. Let me help you wash.
07:22I looked at him.
07:23I had no allies in Vestira.
07:25If I wanted to survive, I would need his power.
07:28I nodded.
07:31Dante carried me into the bathroom
07:33and lowered me into the warm water.
07:36If mercy had lived and the seal remained,
07:39I might have felt awkward.
07:41But my wicked soul was awake now.
07:43Society's rules no longer bound me.
07:45Dante remained perfectly composed.
07:47The housekeeper said you went to great lengths
07:49to make me your bride.
07:51What did she mean?
07:53Is my wife finally taking an interest in her husband?
07:57Hurried footdup sounded outside the door.
07:59Don! Lady Vittoria is here with the family council.
08:03Trouble.
08:04You're injured.
08:05You don't need to deal with her.
08:08Leave this to me.
08:10The old Serafina might have waited quietly
08:12while others decided her fate.
08:14I would not.
08:16Even if I had to die,
08:18I would take plenty of them with me.
08:20It's fine.
08:21I should learn their faces.
08:23That way, if I died and came back as a vengeful spirit,
08:26I would know exactly who to come for.
08:28Dante froze for a moment,
08:30then made no attempt to stop me.
08:33He draped a heavy black coat over my shoulders.
08:36Aren't you afraid?
08:38What do you think?
08:41Dante glanced at my two shadows
08:43and said nothing more.
08:48When we left the suite,
08:50the outer hall was filled with men dressed in black.
08:52A woman sat at its center.
08:54But when she looked at him,
08:56there was no warmth in her eyes,
08:58only wariness.
08:58She was Dante's mother,
09:00Lady Victoria.
09:01Two family elders sat beside her.
09:04A stretcher rested on the floor.
09:05The edge of a purple skirt
09:07peeked from beneath the white sheet.
09:08Bianca.
09:10Spawn of Satan!
09:11How dare you show your face!
09:13Guards!
09:14Seize her!
09:17I'd like to see anyone try.
09:19Dante!
09:20She killed your sister!
09:21I never had a sister.
09:23Bianca was merely the daughter
09:25you chose to adopt on your own.
09:27She is an outsider,
09:29yet she murdered a member of this family
09:30on the first day of her marriage.
09:33If she dares kill Bianca today,
09:35will she dare kill me tomorrow?
09:37If you do what she did,
09:38I might.
09:40Dawn!
09:41A madwoman like this cannot be our donor.
09:44The council demands that you annul the marriage
09:47and surrender her to the family court.
09:50Why are they so eager to get rid of me?
09:52They opposed the truce from the beginning.
09:54Now they want to use this to tear up the agreement.
09:57I nodded.
09:59Then I walked slowly to Bianca's stretcher.
10:02You say I'm guilty of killing her.
10:04Perhaps we should first establish
10:06why she died in my bridal suite.
10:08An outsider entered the Donna's rooms
10:10in the middle of the night with armed men.
10:12I doubt she was sleepwalking.
10:13Why don't you tell Lady Victoria
10:15exactly what happened here?
10:18Think carefully before you speak.
10:20There are two things I hate most.
10:23People who ignore me and people who lie.
10:26Give me so much as half a lie
10:28and I'll take your eyes and tongue.
10:31She's right.
10:33Lady Bianca forced her way into the suite
10:35and had the Donna's attendant beaten.
10:37She said that even if the Donna died,
10:39they only had to tell the public
10:41that an old illness returned.
10:43She also ordered the Donna
10:44to lick blood from her shoe
10:46and demanded half her fortune.
10:48Lady Victoria,
10:49are those acts crimes under family law?
10:52Insubordination and an attempt
10:53on the Donna's life
10:54are punishable by immediate execution.
10:56Then killing her outright
10:57was merciful of me.
10:59You are very merciful, my dear.
11:01Merciful?
11:02How novel.
11:03No one had ever called me that before.
11:05That is one man's word.
11:07Dante,
11:08would you really protect this woman
11:10at the cost of forgetting
11:12who is family and who is not?
11:17It was the Donna's seal,
11:18the emblem of authority over the estate.
11:22If I had truly forgotten what matters,
11:25we would be discussing this seal right now.
11:27Mother,
11:27I am married.
11:29This estate now has its rightful Donna.
11:32You have worked too hard for too long, Mother.
11:34It is time you enjoyed your retirement.
11:36From now on,
11:38Seraphina will relieve you
11:39of the family's affairs.
11:40That seal has remained in my hands
11:42since your father died.
11:43You would entrust something so important
11:46to an outsider
11:47on the first day of your marriage?
11:49You're moving too quickly, Dante.
11:51I'm in no hurry.
11:52But the war has only just ended,
11:55and our men have yet to put down their weapons.
11:57They have plenty of violence left
11:58and nowhere to spend it.
11:59If there are old scores inside this family
12:01that remain unsettled,
12:03now would be a fine time to settle them.
12:04Every great tree grows dead branches.
12:07Better to prune them early
12:08than let the rot reach the roots.
12:10Wouldn't you agree?
12:13Give her the seal.
12:15I knew you would be reasonable, Mother.
12:17Ungrateful bastard.
12:18A monster and a madwoman.
12:20You really were made for each other.
12:22Escort Lady Visteria back to her rooms.
12:24She isn't your birth mother?
12:26Of course she is.
12:28Then why does she hate you so much?
12:31Are the two mutually exclusive?
12:34No.
12:36Enough about those dreary people.
12:38You're injured.
12:39Let me tend to you.
12:42The next day,
12:43words spread throughout Vespera's underworld
12:45that the new Donna had killed Bianca,
12:47and Dante had not punished her.
12:48The rumors traveled fast.
12:49Some called me a witch.
12:51Some said I had bewitched Dante.
12:53Others claimed I cast two shadows
12:55because an evil spirit possessed me.
12:57When the news reached the estate,
12:58I was reclining on a chaise and eating fruit.
13:00I did not even lift an eyelid.
13:02On the third day...
13:03Sir, the Donna bears two shadows.
13:06We can no longer contain the rumors.
13:08To calm the family and the people of Viseria,
13:11please send her to the Venom Sanctuary
13:12to face God's trial of purification.
13:15My lady, you can't go.
13:19I've heard that cavern is full of deadly creatures.
13:22The place is cursed.
13:25More cursed than I am?
13:29I...
13:30Mina, when did you enter my service?
13:32When you were ten, my lady,
13:34I've been with you for nine years.
13:35For all nine years,
13:37I had one shadow like anyone else.
13:38Isn't that right?
13:39Mina froze and did not dare answer.
13:43Aren't you curious?
13:46Why did I suddenly gain another shadow?
13:48Why did my entire nature change?
13:51Nine years ago,
13:52Father Malachy, the exorcist,
13:53used mercy to forge a blood cact
13:55and seal away my wicked soul.
13:56Before that, I always looked like this.
13:58Two shadows are no outside anew.
13:59Not even my father.
14:01I remember fragments,
14:02but not clearly.
14:03Mina stared at me, bewildered.
14:05Mina,
14:06my mother was born a sorrel.
14:07Dante sat behind his desk,
14:09looking through a ledger.
14:10At my words,
14:10he raised his head.
14:11There was no surprise in his eyes.
14:13He had clearly known my ancestry all along.
14:15I did not expose him.
14:17If he would not speak,
14:18I would not ask.
14:19That is why I must enter the Venom Sanctuary.
14:23Seraphina,
14:24if you don't want to go,
14:25I can deal with the people outside.
14:26You may protect me once.
14:28You cannot protect me forever.
14:31If I refuse today,
14:33they'll find another excuse
14:34to question my place tomorrow.
14:35Instead of worrying about me,
14:37tell me what is inside that sanctuary.
14:39Mina immediately looked away.
14:40I stared at his arm.
14:42Everyone who has seen me like this
14:43finds me disgusting.
14:45They are not me.
14:47Why should I hate you?
14:48Something shifted in Dante's gaze.
14:50What happened to you?
14:53Dante lowered his sleeve.
14:55Seraphina,
14:55do you know why Viteria called me a monster?
14:57I shook my head.
14:58When I was seven,
14:59the old Don acquired
15:00the twelve deadliest poisons
15:01of the Seller family.
15:04My family follows an unusual faith.
15:06As the old Don weakened,
15:07he turned to forbidden packs.
15:09They cultivated Venom in his own child,
15:11feeding the child's pain
15:12to what slept below.
15:13In exchange,
15:14he sought longer life
15:15and absolute power for the family.
15:17That was deadly poison.
15:18Wasn't he afraid it would kill you?
15:20If I died,
15:21he would replace me.
15:22The old Don had more than
15:23a dozen illegitimate sons.
15:25The Abyss recognizes
15:26only the vessel that survives.
15:27Vitoria didn't stop him?
15:30Back then,
15:30she was only an unrecognized mistress.
15:33If I survived,
15:34she could use the pack
15:35to claim the matriarch seat.
15:37If I died,
15:38she would give birth
15:39to another child
15:40and send him in.
15:41Over time,
15:42my body developed a resistance.
15:43The poisons failed to kill me.
15:45Instead,
15:45they made me completely immune.
15:47That was when Vitoria began to fear me.
15:49She thought I was unnatural.
15:51She refused to come near me.
15:52Instead,
15:53she adopted Bianca
15:54and gave her all the affection
15:55I had never received.
15:57Then the rumor spread.
15:58Several senior members
15:59of the family council
16:00grew wary of me
16:01and demanded that I face a trial
16:02in the Venom sanctuary.
16:04Vitoria used the opportunity.
16:06She convinced the old Don
16:07to lock all his sons inside.
16:09Ten days later,
16:10I was the only one
16:11who walked out alive.
16:12These scars are what remained.
16:13After that,
16:14I rightfully took control
16:15of the family.
16:16Victoria became the matriarch,
16:18but she never stopped despising me.
16:19Every night in that cavern,
16:21a different swarm emerged.
16:22For ten days,
16:24sleep was impossible.
16:25I may be immune to Venom,
16:27but no ordinary person
16:28could endure the pain
16:29of their bites.
16:30Serafina,
16:31I don't want you
16:32to suffer what I did.
16:33My fingers tapped lightly
16:35against the armrest.
16:38Dante,
16:40you're lying.
16:42The concern froze
16:43on Dante's face.
16:44Mina went rigid beside him.
16:48You want me to go inside,
16:49don't you?
16:51Your past is real.
16:52Your concern is not.
16:56Either you want me
16:57to die in there,
16:59or you know
16:59I won't be harmed.
17:03Serafina,
17:03how could you think
17:04I want you dead?
17:05Then you are certain
17:06I'll be safe.
17:07Completely certain.
17:10If so,
17:10you could simply
17:11have told me.
17:13Why perform
17:14this entire scene
17:15of heartbreak?
17:16All that concern
17:16wasted on a brick wall.
17:18What did you say?
17:20I do know
17:21you'll be safe.
17:22Does this have something
17:23to do with why
17:24you specifically chose
17:25me as your bride?
17:27Serafina,
17:27you really are clever.
17:28Then it's settled.
17:29Tomorrow I'll visit
17:30the sanctuary.
17:30The Venom Sanctuary
17:31lay beneath
17:32an abandoned monastery
17:33west of the city.
17:34Officially,
17:35it was an ancient
17:35underground temple.
17:37In truth,
17:37it was an abyss
17:38that devoured lives.
17:40The priest presiding
17:41over the ritual
17:42turned around.
17:43Under the old law,
17:44anyone entering
17:45the sanctuary
17:46must go alone,
17:47unarmed,
17:47and without an antidote.
17:49If the Donna Vesquerie
17:50survives ten days
17:51and earns
17:51the sanctuary's recognition,
17:53no one can challenge
17:54her position again.
17:55Serafina,
17:56be careful.
17:57Weren't you certain
17:58I'd be fine?
17:59It isn't the creatures
18:00you need to fear.
18:01It's people.
18:02The hour has come.
18:03Donna Vesquerie,
18:04enter the temple.
18:05Mina tightened
18:06her grip on my coat.
18:07My lady,
18:08you have to come back.
18:09I took the torch
18:10and passed through
18:10the great doors.
18:11The deeper I went,
18:12the stranger I felt.
18:14The place did not
18:14seem so frightening.
18:15If anything,
18:16it felt familiar.
18:17My foot struck
18:18the scattered remains.
18:19I suppose anyone
18:20who dies in here
18:20never gets a proper grave.
18:22If they won't let me
18:23bring a weapon,
18:24I'll make one.
18:24When I grew tired,
18:25I stripped the old clothes
18:26from several skeletons
18:27and folded them beneath me.
18:29I leaned against the wall
18:30and closed my eyes.
18:31I did not know
18:31how long I had slept
18:32when I felt a black snake
18:34coiled across my legs.
18:35It faced me,
18:36tongue flicking.
18:37Get down.
18:38I said,
18:40get down.
18:44I haven't eaten snake
18:45in a long time.
18:46You'd make a hearty meal.
18:47Shall I start
18:49with you tonight?
18:52How disappointing.
18:53I leaned against the wall
18:54and looked at a skull nearby.
18:56Hey,
18:57were you a man
18:58or a woman?
18:59How old were you
18:59when you died?
19:01But the two shadows
19:02I cast on the wall
19:03trembled.
19:03I looked at the shadow
19:04that had never been
19:05sealed away.
19:06Sorry I swallowed you
19:08in our mother's womb.
19:09But you had my body
19:11to yourself for nine years.
19:12We're even.
19:14It was the same black snake.
19:16Back so soon
19:16to become my dinner?
19:17I looked down.
19:18The berries were fresh.
19:20For me?
19:21If it wanted to poison me,
19:23it could simply
19:23have bitten me.
19:25A little tart,
19:26but edible.
19:27I turned to the skull
19:28beside me.
19:29Want one?
19:30The skull remained silent.
19:31The black snake
19:32slid to my feet.
19:33They coiled quietly
19:34around me.
19:35An unfamiliar piece
19:36settled over me.
19:37Surrounded by snakes,
19:39I slept through the night.
19:41On the second day,
19:42I continued deeper
19:43into the sanctuary.
19:44The spiders on the walls
19:45did not attack.
19:46Instead,
19:47they carried several rats
19:48in their webs
19:48and pushed them toward me.
19:50I built a fire
19:50with scattered bones,
19:51roasted the rats,
19:52and ate them.
19:53On the third day,
19:54I reached an underground spring.
19:56The shore was covered
19:56in white egg clusters.
19:58As I approached,
19:59the clusters drew back
19:59on either side,
20:00clearing a path
20:01to the water.
20:01No wonder Dante
20:02said I would be safe.
20:03Every living thing
20:04here recognized me.
20:05It felt like coming home.
20:07Home?
20:07What a foreign word.
20:08I had never used it
20:10for any place in my life.
20:11A dull thud
20:12sounded behind me.
20:13The footsteps were heavy.
20:14Not a crawling creature.
20:16A living person.
20:18I drew the sharpened bone spike
20:19from inside my coat.
20:21Without turning around,
20:22I pretended to keep drinking.
20:24A faint metallic click
20:25came from behind me.
20:27The bullet grazed my hair
20:28and shattered the stone beside me.
20:30A man with a suppressed pistol
20:31stood in the shadows.
20:33Five more men emerged behind him
20:34with weapons raised.
20:35Sanctuary is sealed for ten days.
20:37How did you get in?
20:38The leader answered
20:39by raising his gun.
20:40Kill her.
20:41I ran.
20:42But this body was too weak.
20:44I crashed to the ground.
20:45Two men wrenched my arms
20:46behind me
20:47and pinned my shoulders.
20:51Forgive us.
20:51The matriarch gave her orders.
20:53If you die in the sanctuary,
20:55it will simply mean
20:56you weren't strong enough
20:57to survive God's trial.
20:59Good.
20:59Once I got out,
21:00I would know exactly
21:01whose debt to collect.
21:02I turned my head
21:03and bit the wrist
21:03of the man holding my shoulder.
21:05Then I grabbed the skull
21:06from the ground
21:06and swung it at a gun
21:07pressed to my forehead.
21:08The pistol flew from his hand
21:09and dropped into the spring.
21:10Another man drew a short knife
21:12and stabbed me in the shoulder.
21:13Drops of blood
21:14struck the earth.
21:15The cavern suddenly went quiet.
21:17Every skittering sound ceased.
21:19The leader backed away.
21:20His empty fist clenched.
21:23What's happening?
21:24Swarms of red scorpions
21:26poured from the cracks.
21:27Countless venomous creatures
21:28crawled toward the light
21:29from the walls
21:30and the cavern's depths.
21:35Fall back!
21:36It was too late.
21:37The creatures swarmed them,
21:39covering all six men
21:40from head to toe.
21:41They screamed.
21:42Some slashed with knives.
21:43Others fired their guns.
21:45Nothing helped.
21:46More black snakes
21:47slid from the darkness
21:48and coiled around their limbs.
21:49I sat on the ground,
21:50gasping,
21:51as I watched the chaos.
21:53Then,
21:53I looked at the blood
21:55on the back of my hand
21:56and at the creatures
21:57attacking the men
21:58while avoiding me completely.
21:59Did my mother leave you here?
22:01An hour later,
22:02none of the six men moved.
22:04I stood,
22:05dusted myself off,
22:06and picked up the skull.
22:08Good work, buddy.
22:09Over the next few days,
22:10I grew completely at ease
22:11in the sanctuary.
22:12There were no rules here.
22:14No one forced me to behave.
22:15Every venomous creature
22:16followed wherever I went.
22:18The spring gave me water.
22:20At night,
22:21a great snake
22:21even coiled across a crevice
22:23to shield me from the wind.
22:24On the seventh day,
22:25I discovered a stone chamber
22:27in the sanctuary's deepest reaches.
22:29Half its doorway had collapsed.
22:31The walls were covered
22:32in blood-stained scratches.
22:34I remember Dante telling me
22:35he had survived
22:36ten days here as well.
22:38With no warning,
22:40memories buried long ago
22:41and never back into my mind.
22:45I was seven that year.
22:46Went through seven tutors.
22:48The last fled while I was asleep.
22:50Father could not control me.
22:51He had heard that mother's family
22:53possessed ancient arts
22:54for controlling venomous creatures,
22:55so he sent me to their territory
22:57in the middle of the night.
22:57This was your mother's home.
22:59Perhaps they can cure you.
23:02The first time my grandfather saw me,
23:05he saw the two shadows at my feet.
23:08Two shadows?
23:10Two souls?
23:11This is a curse.
23:13That very night,
23:14someone knocked me unconscious
23:15and threw me into the sanctuary.
23:17My grandfather stood beyond the door.
23:20Serafina,
23:21I'm doing this for the whole family.
23:22If an aberration like you
23:24remains among us,
23:25you'll destroy everyone.
23:26You old bastard!
23:28I pointed at him.
23:29When I get out,
23:29I'll rip every hair from your beard!
23:32The heavy iron door closed behind him.
23:34They left me inside to die,
23:36but someone else was already there.
23:37A skinny boy lay curled in a corner,
23:39still breathing faintly.
23:40I crouched in front of him
23:41and studied him for a long time.
23:43Are you dead?
23:44No.
23:46How boring.
23:47His weak voice came from behind me.
23:49Go that way!
23:49There's a snake!
23:50I looked down.
23:51A small black snake lay coiled at my feet.
23:54The snake curled meekly around my arm.
23:56What did you just say?
23:57The boy fell silent.
23:59That boy was Dante.
24:02He was two years older than me.
24:04He had been thrown in several days earlier.
24:06By then,
24:07the creatures had bitten him
24:08until he barely looked human.
24:10But from the moment I arrived,
24:11they gathered only around me.
24:13On the fourth day,
24:14I found two wild berries.
24:16I ate one
24:16and placed the other on the ground.
24:19Is that for me?
24:20No.
24:21Then why did you put it there?
24:25I'd have an excuse to beat you up.
24:27I'm bored.
24:28He did not take it,
24:29disappointed,
24:30then kicked the berry toward him.
24:31You can have it.
24:32If you die,
24:34I'll be stuck talking to bones.
24:35On the seventh night,
24:36the creatures covered his body.
24:38I bit my finger
24:39and let my blood drip onto the stone.
24:41The swarm attacking him
24:43immediately changed direction
24:44and crawled toward my blood.
24:46Why are you helping me?
24:51I already told you.
24:52If you die,
24:53no one will be left to listen to me.
24:54Back in Mothers,
24:55my sister did too.
24:56Then they both died
24:57and no one ever spoke to me again.
24:58Dante was silent for a long time.
25:01Are you a seller?
25:02My name is Serafina.
25:05My mother was a seller.
25:07Wazufi, is sure.
25:08No wonder you can survive here.
25:10Your family bred the creatures
25:11in this place.
25:12Sera, maybe your grandfather
25:13only meant to test you.
25:14Or,
25:15he locked me in here
25:16because he knew
25:17they couldn't kill me.
25:30That year,
25:31the Vizcari family
25:32came to take Dante home.
25:33Young Dante stood inside the doorway
25:35and refused to move.
25:37Take her too.
25:38The elder overseeing the trial said,
25:40She was not admitted to this trial.
25:42She cannot leave.
25:42Then so will I.
25:44After completing the trial,
25:45Dante became the sole heir.
25:46No one in Vizcari
25:47dared defy him.
25:48He took me out of the monastery
25:49and confronted my grandfather.
25:51She's your own granddaughter.
25:52Why'd you throw her into that cavern?
25:55She's a monster.
25:56You look more like a monster to me.
25:58Shall I lock you in there too?
25:59That same day,
26:00I was sent back to the Vail family
26:02on the eastern Atlantic coast.
26:03Later,
26:04the excommunicated Father Malachi
26:06used shadow-binding magic
26:08to seal my soul.
26:09All those childhood memories
26:10were buried with it.
26:13Dante stood at the foot of the steps
26:15when I walked out.
26:15He had lost weight
26:16during the ten days apart.
26:18I walked up
26:18and tore open the collar of his shirt.
26:20The boy in the dark corner
26:21had been stung by a scorpion
26:23in the same spot.
26:24It really was you.
26:25You remember.
26:26You've been lying to me.
26:29I never lied to you.
26:31If you couldn't remember
26:32those days in hell,
26:33that would have been better for you.
26:34Dante caught my wrist
26:35and pulled my hand
26:36against his chest.
26:38Years ago,
26:38my men on the east coast
26:40sent word.
26:42That's when I learned
26:42they treated you like a monster.
26:44We're the same.
26:45People fear us wherever we go.
26:46That's why I had to take
26:47full control of the family
26:48so no one would ever
26:49dare hurt you again.
26:50It was my fault.
26:51I apologize to you, my lady.