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00:08At least pretend to grieve.
00:18Pretending won't bring her back.
00:21My mother died when I was eight.
00:23Everyone said grief would soften a person.
00:28It didn't.
00:31When?
00:32Put the crossbow down.
00:35I'm only going to say this once.
00:36Put the...
00:42Don't be scared.
00:44I didn't miss.
00:46From that day on, they called me a viper.
00:49A viper that smiled.
00:52When I was eight, my mother died.
00:55That woman moved in same day.
00:57I stood in my father's house.
00:59Waiting for someone to want me.
01:02No one ever did.
01:15By twenty-four, no man in the whole Northmarch dared marry me.
01:20So they sold me to Blackthorn Keep, a widowed lord who never came home.
01:25Sounded perfect to me.
01:33Are you my new mama now?
01:36Do I really have a mama now?
01:41For a moment, I was eight again.
01:43After that year, I thought I'd never need anyone again.
01:46But this little girl needed me.
01:48Then I'd be the mother I never had.
01:50Even if I had to burn every damn rule in this keep to the ground.
01:55Oh, rent, my darling.
01:57I shall miss you so.
01:59Really?
02:00Then I could just stay.
02:01But don't be absurd.
02:02Then keep my room exactly as it is.
02:04If this falls through, I'm moving back in.
02:07Quickly!
02:08Get her on the road!
02:09Now!
02:19She got the nerve to show up.
02:20But where's the groom?
02:22Viper strikes it rich.
02:23Never thought I'd see the day.
02:37Lord Blackhorn holds the Northern Pass on the king's sealed orders.
02:42He cannot be present.
02:44So I'm marrying a suit of armor?
02:46A proxy wedding.
02:48The armor stands in his place.
02:50How convenient.
02:51Pen.
03:02Let them pity me.
03:03I don't need a husband.
03:05I need a keep, a fortune, and walls thick enough to keep my past out.
03:19Welcome to Blackthorn Keep, my lady.
03:21Doesn't feel very welcoming.
03:23This way.
03:24The Lord's chambers are prepared.
03:42Are you my new mummy now?
03:45Are you my new mummy now?
03:51Yes.
03:53Really?
03:55You've got a mummy now, little one.
04:00You must be a Lara.
04:03My sister doesn't talk much.
04:06I can talk.
04:08I just don't want to talk to her.
04:11Good.
04:12At least you know how to say no.
04:20So, you're the one they sent to fill her place?
04:24And you're the sister-in-law who mistakes herself for Lady of the Keep.
04:29I've run this keep for three years while Kale's been away.
04:33Then you should know.
04:35There's a real lady of the house now.
04:37Children, off to bed.
04:43Let go.
04:46You're hurting me.
04:47Interesting.
04:50Funny you didn't think of that when you grabbed a six-year-old.
04:53I didn't hurt her.
04:56Marin, tell her.
04:57Did Aunt Viviana hurt you?
05:04I did that a thousand times before I learned to fight back.
05:09Get out.
05:11I beg your pardon?
05:13Didn't you say the children should be in bed?
05:15Then out.
05:16Now.
05:26Listen to me, both of you.
05:27Anyone in this keep who lays a hand on you, you come straight to me.
05:32I'll stand for you.
05:45What about winter?
05:47We put on another layer.
05:50A cloak?
05:52None.
05:54Shoes?
05:55They still fit.
06:10Whatever young master Percy needs, he gets at once.
06:14He's got it pretty good.
06:15Well, the young master is...
06:16Is what?
06:20He's the golden child of the keep.
06:22The only boy, after all.
06:33The kitchen doesn't know what the new lady likes.
06:35Do you hope you don't mind?
06:41You're right.
06:41I should eat what this family puts on my plate.
06:51What are you doing?
06:53What are you doing?
07:01Listen carefully.
07:02You feed me garbage, I'll feed you worse.
07:06If my kids go hungry, your precious son starves right alongside them.
07:11Try me again.
07:12I promise, you'll be begging Kale in a letter to come save you.
07:18Remake breakfast.
07:20Everyone's.
07:23So she's the one you're really afraid of?
07:26Perfect.
07:28You've got a week to get over it.
07:30Am I clear?
07:31Yes, my lady.
07:41Eat.
07:43Really?
07:43We can?
07:44It's breakfast.
07:45Eat.
07:52Slow down, sweetie.
07:54Nobody's going to take your food.
07:58Not anymore.
08:13Shut up.
08:23Get out.
08:25None of your business.
08:27Get out of this room.
08:30You touch me, my mother's going to ruin you.
08:36Your mother, she's not here right now.
08:39Let go, she's going to kill you.
08:41Tell her to get in line.
08:52How long have these marks been there?
08:56Vilara.
08:58They started three years ago.
09:00Three years.
09:03Aunt Vivian said if I ever hurt Percy, she'd write father that I'm vicious, that I can't be controlled.
09:10He'd send me to a convent.
09:12I'd never see Maren again.
09:23What are you doing?
09:25What are you doing?
09:25Let me out!
09:26Your cousins wear one thin layer in winter.
09:29Their shoes have holes.
09:31Tonight, you try it too.
09:37I'm telling my mother!
09:39Give her my regards.
09:56So that's why you never fight back.
09:58I can't lose my sister.
09:59Look at me.
10:00A blackthorn can lose.
10:02She can bleed.
10:04She can fight to the bitter end.
10:05But she never, ever lies down and takes it.
10:09But if I hurt Percy?
10:12Vivian can take it up with me.
10:14So can Lady Cordelia.
10:16You only have to fight back.
10:17I'll handle the rest.
10:20Are you going to leave?
10:22I'm not going anywhere.
10:31What did you do to my son?
10:34Your son pinned my daughter to the floor at midnight, twisted her wrist, held burning wax to her forearm, and
10:41tried to steal her dead mother's locket.
10:43He was locked in that cold room all night!
10:47You should consider yourself lucky.
10:49Lucky for what?
10:50I only left him there for one night.
10:53If he lays a hand on my girls again, the cold room will seem merciful.
11:05Spill the water and lie in bed?
11:08Get up and clean it!
11:09No mother raised you!
11:11Lord Kyle left you in our care.
11:14Not to idle like ladies at court!
11:17Who said you could speak to her like that?
11:20My lady, I nurse Lord Gareth and them have served this keep for twenty years.
11:27Lord Kale left the girls in our care.
11:30Is discipline now a crime?
11:32Their mother is standing right in front of you.
11:38Their mother is standing right in front of you.
11:42You're only Kale's second witch.
11:47I am Kale's lawfully wedded wife, the lady of this keep.
11:51If I ever hear no mother again, I'll find them standing in cold water.
11:57That slap was only the beginning.
12:07Lady Feminion, I have served this keep for twenty years!
12:12And even Lady Cordelia never humiliated me so.
12:17She struck me the moment she arrived!
12:21Wren, Agatha has served this family for years.
12:24Surely you...
12:24Fine.
12:25You want justice?
12:27Then we take it to the Great Hall, before the whole household.
12:30Or we call the constable and apply the keep's law.
12:33Whoever deserves the dungeon goes to the dungeon.
12:36While we're at it, we can settle every last account.
12:39The wax burns on Alara's arms.
12:41Every time she was locked in the undercoast.
12:44Who was behind all of it?
12:47A misunderstanding!
12:48No need to make a spectacle of ourselves so early.
12:51Agatha, come along!
12:52Now!
12:58Why provoke her?
13:00Haven't you heard?
13:01She raised her hand to her own father and stepmother.
13:14Mummy?
13:15Hmm.
13:16I'm here.
13:18I'm here.
13:36What a formidable new Lady of the Keep.
13:39A few days in, and already you forget the morning duties.
13:43The first bell from the times has only just rung.
13:46I have neglected nothing, Lady Cordelia.
13:49As Lady of this Keep, you should see the chapel opened, the hall fires lit, and the morning table laid
13:56before we rise.
13:57Arriving with the bell is beneath your station!
14:06So Blackthorn keeps such an old custon, then I have failed.
14:10Forgive me, Lady Cordelia, and pray do not anger yourself on my account.
14:15And yesterday, your treatment of Nurse Agatha...
14:19Yesterday I was new to this Keep, and ignorant of its customs.
14:22I offended Lady Vivalian and Nurse Agatha, and grieved all night.
14:27It will never happen again.
14:30You do well to know your fault.
14:35Since you know your fault, you will lay and serve the morning table yourself today.
14:41Yes, Lady Cordelia.
14:54Sal!
14:56What is the matter with you?
14:57I'm so sorry.
14:59I stepped on my hedge.
15:14You did that on purpose!
15:16I'm sorry, truly, I didn't mean it.
15:18At home, I was always the one being served.
15:21I've never... never done any of this.
15:24Get out of my sight!
15:25I don't want to look at you again!
15:27Yes, Lady Cordelia.
15:46Lady Cordelia, the chapel is open.
15:48I've come to escort you to Matent's.
15:53Lord Gareth, Lady Vivienne, the chapel is open.
15:56It's time for Matent's.
16:02Lord Gareth, Lady Vivienne, Lady Cordelia, Lady Cordelia, Lady Cordelia, Lord Gareth, Lady Vivienne.
16:18Lady Cordelia, the chapel is open.
16:21Rhyne!
16:22Have you lost your mind?
16:24What hour do you think this is?
16:26What are you doing?
16:28Your rule, Lady Cordelia.
16:30The Lady of the Keep must have the chapel open before her elders rise.
16:34We mustn't keep the priest and chapel waiting.
16:36Do get up.
16:39No!
16:42Is that mad woman coming again today?
16:44I thought a woman with her reputation would never suffer Kale's daughters.
16:48Then he would have to leave the girls, the ledgers, and the estate income with us and never dare take
16:52back the keep.
16:54Instead, she shields the girls.
16:55I put the blade in her hand and now it's at my throat.
16:58No wonder.
16:59The whole Shire calls me a smiling viper.
17:01Yet they asked for my hand.
17:03They wanted a blade to force Kale to surrender his household.
17:07They wanted a blade?
17:08Then who this blade cuts first is no longer up to you.
17:14Lord Gareth!
17:15Lady Vivienne!
17:16The chapel is open.
17:17Time for Matent's.
17:35Is that her?
17:36The smiling viper?
17:37They say she even raised a hand to her own father.
17:39Two girls who lost their mother so young and now they get the smiling viper for a stepmother.
17:57What are you making?
18:00Nothing.
18:02Use this if you need it.
18:05Mama, Ilara hasn't slept well.
18:08At night she...
18:19Where's Alara?
18:23My lady, I...
18:24I saw Lady Alara go down to the crypt alone, carrying a lamp.
18:42My lady.
18:44What are you hiding?
18:45Nothing.
18:56I won't do it again.
18:57Please don't be angry.
18:59The child who remembers and loves her mother has done nothing wrong.
19:02I could never be angry at that.
19:04I am only glad of it.
19:08What's this?
19:10It's the moon.
19:13Before Mama died, she said whenever I missed her, look at the moon.
19:17I wanted to hang a wreath at her, Nisht.
19:20Mothers everywhere say the very same thing.
19:22Mine told me that too the day she left.
19:25This one's broken.
19:26Later, we'll make a new one together for your mother.
19:29Alright?
19:30You're not angry?
19:33That I came down here in secret to pray for my mother?
19:36Why would I be?
19:37I lost my mother at your age too, and lived at others' mercy.
19:41To be hard on you would be to be hard on the child I once was.
19:45From now on, come here openly, no hiding.
19:47If you need anything, or don't know how to make something, come straight to me.
19:52Alright?
19:58There, I said she'd be here.
20:00Wren, whatever you're doing down here?
20:06It is her mother's anniversary.
20:08She only came down to pray.
20:09No defiance.
20:11Wren must have you crush her wreath and drive her here to weep alone.
20:13She won't even spare a dead mother's keepsake.
20:16A viper is a viper.
20:18How can such a stepmother be trusted with the two girls?
20:23Until this is settled, the girls return to my wing.
20:26And you will surrender the keys and the lady's seal.
20:29Every lady here can bear witness.
20:32At dawn, I shall send their statements to the Dyacian court and ask it to examine a proxy marriage made
20:37without the groom present.
20:38If that marriage is invalid, you leave Blackhorn Creep tonight.
20:42How can such a stepmother be trusted with the two girls?
20:45Do not send Mama away!
20:54She sent the child down.
20:56She crushed the ring.
20:56She led them here to catch us.
20:58She means to brand me a cruel stepmother before every lady in the Shire,
21:01then petition the Dyacian's court to declare the marriage invalid from the start and cast me out of Blackthorn.
21:06Think before you speak.
21:08If she stays, whatever happens to Maren will be your doing.
21:17Hey, Alara.
21:19Look at me.
21:20Everyone here is waiting for one word from you.
21:22You may speak, or you may not.
21:24But mark this.
21:26Whatever you say, I hold nothing against you.
21:28Whatever you don't, I know it all.
21:32She did not crush the wreath.
21:34The person who crushed it was.
21:40It's my fault.
21:41I stepped on it by accident.
21:44Alara, that cannot be right.
21:46Did she threaten you?
21:47Do not be afraid.
21:49Aunt Vivilline is here.
21:50Tell the truth.
21:52No, Aunt Viviella.
21:54You are mistaken.
21:56So it was a misunderstanding.
21:58We heard only one side.
22:00Forgive us, m'lady.
22:01And excuse me, Lester.
22:02That is what it is.
22:03Just us.
22:12They told you to lead me down here.
22:14What exactly did they say?
22:16They said you're cruel and jealous.
22:19Cruel even to your own parents.
22:20That if father had more children,
22:22he'd be cruel to me and Maren too.
22:24Do you believe them?
22:26Aunt Vivian said that if you were driven out,
22:28she could keep control of our lands and dowies
22:31and no one would stop her.
22:32Then which do you trust?
22:34What they told you?
22:35Or what you've seen with your own eyes?
22:39Before father rode to war,
22:41he said to judge people by their deeds,
22:43not by whispers.
22:46I trust what I've seen.
22:48I will never hurt you too.
22:49You can take all the time you need to see that.
22:52I know that now.
22:56Let's...
22:57Let's go make the wreath.
23:01A door that had been shut for two years
23:03finally opened.
23:05Just a crack.
23:34What happened?
23:36How did the rabbit break?
23:38I...
23:38I stepped on it by myself.
23:41I'm sorry, Mama.
23:43Stepping on it yourself
23:44scrapes both your knees?
23:47Speak.
23:48What really happened?
23:49It...
23:50It was Percy.
23:51He tried to take Lady Maren's rabbit.
23:54When she would not let go,
23:56he crushed it and pushed her down.
24:01I could march over and avenge her right now.
24:04But I can't guard her forever.
24:06When I'm not there,
24:08what then?
24:18Mama?
24:19Stand straight.
24:20Raise it.
24:22I...
24:23I don't.
24:24Look at me.
24:27When he knocked you down,
24:28did you dare fight back?
24:31I didn't dare.
24:34He'd hit me.
24:35That's exactly why he dares to hitting you again and again.
24:39Now,
24:40treat this shield as everyone who ever wronged you.
24:43Strike.
24:46I bid you strike.
24:50Harder!
24:51Has a daughter of Howe's Blackhole
24:52not one bone of courage in her.
24:54No!
24:59Again.
25:05Remember this feeling.
25:07Anyone who bullies you again,
25:09you hit them back.
25:11Just like this.
25:12If you cannot win,
25:14run back to me.
25:16No one will punish you
25:17for drawing sword in your own defense.
25:19Fear not.
25:32You little runt.
25:34Hand it over!
25:39Strike back harder.
25:40No one will punish you
25:41for drawing sword in your own defense.
25:43Fear not.
26:10You little savage.
26:12You dare strike your own cousin?
26:15You dare strike your own cousin?
26:16No one will punish you
26:21No one will punish you
26:22for drawing sword in your own defense.
26:24Wren!
26:25See what you have taught her!
26:27Percy is Cordelia's cherished only grandson.
26:30If he is harmed,
26:31can you answer for it?
26:32Her only grandson.
26:33Boy or girl,
26:35there is no high or low.
26:36Every child deserves protection.
26:43You can't raise your son,
26:44so I'll do it for you.
26:46Lay a hand on my daughter once more.
26:48And boy or future knight,
26:50I'll see he never lifts a sword again.
26:52You wouldn't dare!
26:54Try me.
26:55At your peril.
27:06The audacity of you!
27:09You suffer a girl
27:10to attack my grandson
27:11and disgrace the order of this house!
27:16I should rather ask,
27:17who gave you the audacity?
27:20Gareth collects rents for the estates.
27:22Shall I tally his household stipend?
27:24The velvet,
27:25furs,
27:26and heartfires of this keep
27:27are paid from Kale's estates.
27:29Gareth's stipend barely covers a fraction.
27:32You spend Kale's wealth
27:33and take from the dowries
27:34their mother left them,
27:35yet let his daughters go cold and hungry.
27:38Do not lecture me
27:39from the shelter of age
27:40or kinship.
27:42Kale's money,
27:42we spent it all on the girls.
27:45Oh.
27:46Did you now?
27:47Bring me three years
27:48of the estate legics
27:49and the keys to the stores
27:50in the strongroom.
27:55Estate books are no concern
27:57of a wife newly arrived
27:58at Blackthorn.
27:59When Kale returns,
28:00he will...
28:00The steward keeps the keys.
28:03They can't be gathered
28:04at such a notice
28:05if it was all spent
28:06on the children.
28:07What's there in those books
28:07you can't show me?
28:10Or is it that you have
28:11something to hide?
28:17Tomorrow after morning prayers,
28:19I want every ledger
28:20of three years
28:21on this table
28:21and every key.
28:23One book missing,
28:24one key short,
28:25and I'll take them myself.
28:27Don't say I didn't warn you
28:28when it gets ugly.
28:36Hide them well.
28:37The deeper you bury them,
28:39the sweeter the reckoning
28:40when I dig them up.
28:42Here are the books.
28:43The strongroom key
28:44was lost years ago
28:45and the old ledgers
28:46melted, so we burnt them.
28:52Neat handiwork.
28:53These were copied last week.
28:54Were they not?
28:55What nonsense
28:56are you talking about?
28:57The ink is fresh.
28:58One hand wrote every page
29:00and the edges
29:00aren't even trimmed.
29:02Burnt books.
29:03Copied this neatly?
29:06Lost keys don't matter.
29:08Locks can be opened.
29:13My lady.
29:14Without Lady Vivillian's leave,
29:17I dare not open it.
29:18I am Kale's lawful wife
29:20and his appointed castilian
29:21under a sealed mandate.
29:22Whatever follows,
29:23I answer for it.
29:25Open the door.
29:44The books say that for three years
29:45they were given winter cloaks,
29:47boots,
29:48a tutor,
29:49double firewood.
29:51Where is any of it?
29:52My lady,
29:53none of the clothing,
29:55provisions,
29:55or coin
29:56allotted to the young ladies
29:57ever reached them
29:58in those three years.
29:59You see?
30:01You never deserved
30:02anything less.
30:03They were stolen
30:03them from you.
30:07Who gave you leave
30:08to open the stores?
30:12Who gave you leave
30:13to open the stores?
30:14Stop her!
30:14All of you!
30:19Outrage!
30:20This woman means
30:21to seize the whole household!
30:24Ladies,
30:25four sets a year
30:26in the books.
30:27In the stores,
30:28not a single one.
30:36By the Lord's
30:37sealed authority,
30:38from this day forth,
30:39the Felt's ledgers,
30:40storehouses,
30:41and tre-
30:41are to be administered
30:42by me and-
30:58Papa!
30:59Papa!
31:04Papa,
31:05you're home!
31:07Papa gave you
31:08his word he'd come home.
31:15What is the meaning
31:16of this?
31:21Kale,
31:22you're back at last.
31:24This Vyru
31:24would have our blood.
31:26We've been nothing
31:27but kind to her,
31:28and yet she's insatiable.
31:30She beat Percy,
31:31and now she means
31:32to seize the estate.
31:34She'll grind us all
31:35under her heel.
31:37Outrage!
31:38This newcomer
31:39would strip us
31:40of everything!
31:44My lady,
31:46speak you true.
31:48Does what my mother
31:49and good sister say
31:49hold weight?
31:55They're lying!
31:56Mama never wronged them.
31:58They wronged Mama.
32:00Mama.
32:01I'd never have thought
32:02she'd call a woman
32:03only months here Mama.
32:07Ilara.
32:13Speak your piece.
32:16Papa,
32:17Mother has never
32:18ill-used Grandmother
32:19or Aunt Vivian.
32:20It is Aunt Vivian
32:21who has pressed her
32:22at every turn.
32:24On Mother's anniversary,
32:25Aunt Vivian told me
32:26to slander Rhyne,
32:27to tell everyone
32:28she abused me.
32:29But I would not,
32:30because Rhyne
32:31is a good and kind.
32:32I would not harm her.
32:35and Lara,
32:36have you lost
32:37your mind?
32:37What nonsense
32:38are you spouting?
32:40Kale,
32:40I would never
32:41do such a thing.
32:42Rhyne must put her
32:43up to this.
32:43The child is
32:44clearly threatened.
32:45I have already
32:46judged where
32:46the truth lies.
32:52And why did you
32:53force your way
32:53into the stores today?
32:57I wanted to see
32:58the ledgers.
32:59They have embezzled
33:00your estate.
33:01Even the dowies
33:02you set aside
33:02for the girls,
33:04spent to the last coin.
33:05You,
33:07you lie!
33:08Kale,
33:09do not listen
33:10to an outsider's provocation.
33:11Surely you trust us
33:12more than her.
33:13Watch your tongue,
33:14good sister.
33:15She is my wife.
33:16There is no stranger
33:18in this hall.
33:19Logan?
33:21Understood,
33:22my lord.
33:31Oh,
33:32my heart.
33:34Never mind
33:34the ledgers.
33:35Lady Mother
33:35has collapsed.
33:36Fetch the leech.
33:37Begone.
33:38All of you.
33:46Enough!
33:47Stop!
33:48Stop pinching!
33:51This man has more
33:53to him
33:53than I gave him credit for.
34:04Stores tallied.
34:06Actual stock
34:07is seven-tenths
34:08short
34:09of the ledger figures.
34:11The young lady's
34:12yearly allartment
34:12on record.
34:13Four winter cloaks,
34:15two pairs of leather boots,
34:16tutoring,
34:17double-fire rations,
34:18fizzith and sundries.
34:23In truth,
34:25nothing ever reached them.
34:27Not a single article.
34:29Mummy said it wasn't
34:31that we didn't deserve
34:32nice things.
34:33Someone stole them
34:34from us.
34:37Proceed.
34:40The ledgers.
34:42Cross-checked.
34:43Cross-checked.
34:43All recently compiled.
34:47One further head of expenditure
34:48requires your lordship's attention.
34:50Three years past,
34:51800 silver pieces
34:52total dispenged
34:53under two titles.
34:54Requiem mask offerings
34:55for the late lady
34:56and perpetual lamp endowment.
34:58Payet.
34:58the diacicle chancery.
35:01The diacicle chancery?
35:04That was for masses,
35:06for lamps,
35:07for the repose
35:08of the late lady's soul,
35:09pious offerings
35:10to the church.
35:11I only did it
35:13for your lady.
35:16The first payment
35:18was made three months
35:19before I arrived
35:20at Blackthorn Keep.
35:22Requiem and lamps,
35:25an entire chest
35:26of feet silver.
35:31Does my late wife's soul
35:33require 800 silver coins
35:34to rest?
35:35Or does someone else
35:36need the chancery
35:37to rest easy?
35:41Seal all of this.
35:42One set goes
35:43to the diacetal consistory.
35:45One set
35:46to the king's auditor
35:47with the army.
35:59Seven-tenths of the stores
36:00are gone.
36:01The young lady's
36:02diary chests
36:02are bare too.
36:08I have no idea
36:09that the stewards,
36:10they cover it all up.
36:12How could one woman
36:14track every entry?
36:15Three years.
36:18I left my girls
36:19in your care
36:20for three whole years.
36:22And all I get back
36:23is I have no idea.
36:25Kale, she only meant
36:26well for the family.
36:27Silence!
36:29Gareth is your own
36:31flesh and blood.
36:32You cast him out
36:33for a woman
36:34barely through the door.
36:43He is my brother, true.
36:45But above all,
36:46I am their father.
36:49Gareth is out
36:50as rent collector,
36:51effective immediately.
36:52Sees his ledgers,
36:53seals and correspondence.
36:54Not one coin
36:55under his name
36:56leaves this keep
36:57until we're through.
36:58You've no right!
36:59Logan,
37:00my lord,
37:01don't make this harder
37:02than it has to be.
37:08Your lot moves
37:09to the west annex today.
37:11Board up the inner passage.
37:13Separate kitchen,
37:14separate books.
37:17What about his furs,
37:18toys and sweetmeats?
37:19Those get their own
37:20ledger too?
37:24Easy.
37:25I don't steal from children.
37:35From today on,
37:36the keep,
37:37all feet revenues,
37:39yours to command.
37:41Oh, only now you remember
37:43I'm your wife.
37:44Knew it day one.
37:45Only one person
37:46in this keep
37:47acts like the Lady Blackhorn
37:48ought to.
37:53Take it, Mama.
37:54Then bad folks
37:55can't steal our stuff
37:56ever again.
38:15By order of the
38:16diacycle court,
38:17the proxy marriage
38:18of Lord Kale Blackhorn
38:20and Lady Wick Halloway
38:21is hereby under review.
38:28The hearing commences
38:29in two days.
38:30Pending judgment,
38:32the marriage remains
38:33provisionally validated.
38:35Who's the petitioner?
38:37Anonymous.
38:39Depositions attached,
38:40stepdaughters mistreatment,
38:42desecration of the late lady,
38:43four full seizure
38:44of the keep.
38:48Two days since the crypt,
38:50and this already bears
38:51the full seal.
38:52Hauled a hundred miles
38:54through snow,
38:55far too tidy.
38:57This rent was drawn
38:58long up ago,
38:59waiting only for word
39:00of my remarriage.
39:04Hold the courier.
39:05Check his mount,
39:07papers,
39:07and every stop
39:08along the way.
39:09At once.
39:17This side is mine.
39:19That side is mine too.
39:22And where am I to sleep?
39:25Used to sleeping in trenches?
39:27The floor's a promotion.
39:30Not about to pick
39:31a trench tussle
39:31over blankets
39:32with a woman
39:32who sleeps with a crossbow.
39:34I like my skin intact.
39:35I thought blood would count
39:36for something with mother.
39:38My brother would at least
39:39keep the books clean.
39:40I was wrong.
39:41Trusting them
39:42wasn't the mistake.
39:43Staying away three years
39:44without once looking back,
39:46that was.
39:47I had letters
39:48from the girls.
39:50Everyone said
39:51all was well.
39:53Nine years old.
39:55Same ink,
39:56same hand,
39:57every month.
39:58And you believed it?
39:59The first ledger
40:00you sent over?
40:01I turned my mountain road
40:02straight through the night.
40:04So you went and married
40:05the she-viper of Northmarch
40:06just to patch up
40:07your falling keep?
40:09Fine.
40:10Silence is admission then.
40:14Every man in Northmarch
40:15flinches at the sight of me,
40:17crosses the street,
40:18bars their door.
40:19Why me?
40:20Of all people.
40:26You wouldn't believe it.
40:27Not yet.
40:28Think so?
40:29Try me.
40:42They said
40:43if the wedding isn't real,
40:45you won't be my mama anymore.
40:54New testimony
40:55has come to light
40:56concerning the safety
40:57of the young ladies.
40:58The court may order
40:59immediate interim
41:00safeguarders
41:01at once.
41:03Every lady in the crypt
41:04saw it plain.
41:06Alara was quivering
41:06with terror.
41:07Then she changed her tune.
41:09Rint bullied her into it.
41:12She wasn't trevoring.
41:13It was your hand
41:15clamped tight
41:15on her shoulder.
41:17Your lordship,
41:18do you see?
41:19She dares threaten me
41:20before this very court.
41:25No one lays hands
41:27on my wife.
41:28Not in my keep.
41:29No one seeks
41:30to retain her.
41:31But until the claims
41:32are examined,
41:33she shall not be alone
41:35with the girls
41:35and must leave
41:37the nursery tower
41:37at once.
41:39Try it.
41:40Lord Kale,
41:41persist in defiance
41:42and the diocese
41:43will find you
41:44willfully hiding testimony
41:45and sheltering
41:47your wife.
41:50Let them dig
41:50all they like.
41:52Wren?
41:54Wren?
41:55We end this today.
41:58Otherwise,
41:58anyone gets to say
41:59I forced the girls
42:00into calling me mother.
42:03Let's just change a room.
42:05That's all.
42:08I don't want you,
42:10mummy!
42:11I'll be good.
42:12I won't ask for honey.
42:14I'll give the new shoes back.
42:16Just don't go.
42:22Who said anything
42:23about a new mummy?
42:25I'm just going downstairs
42:26for a few days.
42:28You promise?
42:29Miss?
42:30You have my word,
42:32little one.
42:35This coke's keeping
42:36an eye on you for me.
42:38One single tear
42:39and I'll know.
42:47Lady Alara,
42:49Lady Wren
42:49has left the room.
42:50You may speak
42:51without fear.
42:52Has she ever done you harm?
42:55You wanted testimony,
42:57didn't you?
43:03Here.
43:04This is your testimony.
43:08Lord Aldric Halloway states
43:10that his daughter Wren,
43:12violent and deceitful
43:13from childhood,
43:14is unfit
43:15to fulfill the duties
43:16of a wife and mother.
43:19Lady Heldly Halloway states
43:21that Wren
43:22leveled a crossbow
43:23at her stepmother,
43:25beat Seeters,
43:26tore six marriage contracts.
43:27Her very first day here,
43:30flipped the breakfast table,
43:32stormed the stores
43:33with a crossbow
43:34and slapped
43:35the old nurse-awade.
43:36A woman of her sort?
43:38Tend to children?
43:41Don't call me father.
43:43You are not my blood.
43:45Even my father's words,
43:47they've dragged
43:48into this keep
43:48to condemn me.
43:50Lady Wren,
43:51do you deny
43:52these charges?
43:55Deny?
43:56Not a one.
43:59Wine?
44:00I spilled.
44:02Door?
44:03I kicked.
44:04Agatha?
44:05I hit.
44:06Every word's true,
44:07but ask why
44:08and let the ones
44:10who took the blows
44:11have their say.
44:20There.
44:21They're three years old.
44:24These shoes were already
44:25worn out before she came.
44:27Life here was hard enough
44:28long before she arrived.
44:31Lies!
44:32The child's lying
44:33through her teeth.
44:34She put you up
44:35to all this
44:36just to play
44:37the sympathy card!
44:38Everyone says
44:39she is a wicked woman.
44:41Everyone.
44:41Her first night here,
44:43she told me
44:44I was allowed
44:44to say no.
44:45Then later,
44:47she said if people
44:48push you around,
44:49you get to push back.
44:51She forced you
44:52to call her mother,
44:53didn't she?
44:54She put you up to this!
44:55She never made me.
44:56Not once.
45:02I wanted to.
45:10Me too.
45:11I called her mama first.
45:13I did.
45:13You can't just count
45:14herses because her speech
45:15was longer.
45:16What about mine?
45:18No fair!
45:21The children's fondness
45:23speaks volumes.
45:24Lady Rent's diligence,
45:26but this marriage validity
45:27does not hinge
45:28on children's fancies.
45:37This court rules
45:38on two matters only.
45:40First,
45:40whether this proxy marriage
45:42was Lord Kale's
45:43true,
45:43uncoerced will.
45:45Second,
45:46whether Lady Wreck
45:47signed knowingly
45:48and voluntarily.
45:49Nothing but cold steel
45:50at the altar.
45:51I signed all the same.
45:53You tell me.
45:54Informed enough for you?
45:56Kale wouldn't even
45:57show up for the wedding.
45:58If he'd half a mind
45:59to marry her,
46:00why send only cold steel?
46:02This is nothing
46:03but a transaction!
46:05All any of you know
46:06is her ill repute.
46:07But the real woman?
46:09I crossed paths
46:10with her three years back.
46:12Three years back.
46:13Southgate of Blackthorn.
46:15Pouring rain.
46:16A dead-end alley.
46:18Four drunks.
46:19And a child
46:20half-dead from the cold.
46:21I don't give a damn
46:22about the tales.
46:23I knew the woman
46:24beneath all that venom.
46:26Then this proposal
46:27is of your own volition,
46:28my lord.
46:29It is.
46:31Settled three years ago.
46:33Lord Kale gave
46:34sealed authority
46:35for the proxy.
46:37Both parties
46:37freely consented.
46:38An ordained priest
46:40witnessed the proxy right.
46:41This court declares
46:43the marriage valid.
46:46So,
46:47you're still my mama, right?
46:50Always have been, sweetheart.
46:58May I come in?
47:07I owe you an explanation
47:08and an apology.
47:10I knew the girls
47:10weren't faring well.
47:11I needed someone strong,
47:13stubborn,
47:14who wouldn't be cowed.
47:16So you picked me.
47:17Fair enough.
47:19We both got ours.
47:20I used your strength.
47:21One apology won't cover it.
47:28Last time,
47:29all I gave you
47:30was my name.
47:31This time,
47:32I give you my sword.
47:34Where we go from here
47:35is your call.
47:37What if I let you up
47:38and we're right back
47:39where we were?
47:39Then I'll honor it.
47:41But one thing
47:42I will not conceal
47:43any longer.
47:43At first,
47:44I married you
47:45to be my sword.
47:47That was then.
47:49Then what am I to you?
47:50My beloved.
47:52Not my sword.
47:53Not because you
47:54hold this keep.
47:54Not even because
47:55you watched over my girls.
47:57Because it's you.
48:06How long have you
48:06two been there?
48:07Not very long,
48:09really.
48:09A little before
48:10Papa said
48:11my beloved.
48:18You're not leaving,
48:19are you?
48:26Not going anywhere.
48:32What are you
48:33kneeling there for?
48:34You're not leaving.
48:35Who are you standing there for?
48:35Who's next?
48:35Bye.
48:35Bye.
48:36Bye.
48:36I don't know.