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How much longer will you make me wait,

[music]

Aurelian?

>> My name was Asher Vale. I was half

human, half vampire, accepted by neither

side. In Redveil, I was only the lowest

blood servant.

>> A traitor's son should at least die

beautifully.

>> They planned to offer me to Nightlord's

King, [music] the vampire cursed for a

thousand years.

Cassian, my former [music] blood-bonded

partner. He once promised to protect me,

but tonight, he chained me himself.

>> Asher,

don't hate me.

>> Severin, Duke of Redveil, was the man

who branded my [music] parents as

traitors.

>> The blood moon has risen. Offer the

sacrifice to the king.

>> Lucian Draven is standing in front of

me.

Everyone thought he would drain me dry.

[music]

Your majesty, Redveil offers you a

sacrifice.

If you're going to kill me, [music] do

it. Impossible.

>> Who allowed you to hang my queen [music]

on an altar?

>> Queen?

In Redveil, [music]

when nobles erred, it was a joke.

When servants erred, was a crime.

>> You filthy blood servant, kneel. Lick it

clean.

>> You tripped [music] me.

>> Who saw it?

>> Cassian, you saw it.

>> Asher, [music]

apologize.

>> So, you think I should kneel, too?

[music]

>> Now you look like a servant.

>> Lick.

>> Dream on. [music]

>> Red Veil wanted to see me cry. I refused

to give them that.

>> On Blood Moon night, [music] a sinner's

heir must be offered to the king. Your

parents owed Red Veil a life. Now you

will pay it.

>> [music]

>> Cassian.

Don't blame [music] me.

I won't blame you.

>> [music]

>> I'll just remember you.

>> Move faster. The king doesn't like

waiting for food.

>> I'm not food.

>> Once you enter that door, there's no

difference.

We need to sever our old blood bond so

the king won't misunderstand.

>> You were the one who swore to protect

[music] me for life, and now you're the

one sending me to the altar.

>> Hurry. Don't let the king think [music]

you still have ties to a blood servant.

>> Asher.

From now on, our blood bond is broken.

>> [music]

>> Good.

Then when I die,

I won't have to remember you anymore.

>> The vampire king has arrived.

>> Who allowed you to hang my queen on an

altar.

>> Queen?

>> Your majesty, he is only a blood

servant. Your majesty, if he displeases

you, Red Veil can offer

>> Silence.

Everyone involved in the offering will

kneel until dawn. I did not die on the

altar, but I knew I had only fallen from

Red Veil's blade [music] into the arms

of another beast.

>> [music]

>> What did you mean by queen?

I would like to know why that word came

[music] out of my mouth.

Impossible.

>> What's impossible?

>> [panting]

>> Your blood should not affect me like

this.

Oh, really?

>> [screaming and groaning]

>> Let me go.

>> Your life belongs to me. [music] Without

my permission, even death is forbidden.

>> bowed.

They only waited for another chance to

push me back down.

Your majesty, Red Veil has learned its

fault. [music] Those who know their

fault do not speak with heads raised.

>> Your majesty, he is injured [music] and

should change out of his blood-stained

clothes. According to Red Veil's old

writ, a new queen must cleanse before

taking the seat, washing away old blood.

>> They called it cleansing, but they meant

I was unclean.

She no longer dared call me a servant,

[music]

so she chose a prettier word. You sound

like you know it well.

>> Noble ladies of Redveil learn such

things from childhood. [music]

>> Then demonstrate.

>> What?

>> You said it is etiquette. Then kneel

[music] and wash your hands first.

Show me how noble this right is.

>> I am the daughter of the Duke [music] of

Redveil.

>> I stand beside the king now.

Did you not just call me the new [music]

queen? Or was your respect only on your

lips, not in your heart? Answer him.

>> I

would not dare.

>> [music]

>> Then wash.

Does it hurt?

>> No, it doesn't.

>> Then wash properly. [music]

We cannot let outsiders say a noble lady

of Redveil does not [music] know basic

etiquette.

Leave the robe. Remove the basin.

>> Yes, [music]

queen.

>> Don't say it so smoothly. I haven't

accepted that title,

but you can learn how [music] to kneel

first.

I thought locking [music] the door could

keep Lucian away, but that bite mark

brought another man's dream into my

body.

>> Aurelian!

>> [music]

>> Lucian, don't save me.

>> No.

>> Lucian, [music]

don't save me.

>> Open the door.

>> Don't come in.

>> What did [music] you just say?

>> I said, don't save me.

>> I looked at him, my chest turning cold.

Had he found me or the man from my dream

who had been swallowed by fire? [music]

You only found a half-blood who looks

[music] like him. He seemed convinced I

was tied to Aurelian,

but he did not [music] let me go.

Worse,

I could no longer tell whether he wanted

to devour me or keep me. Are you

standing that far because you fear me

[music] or yourself? Both. The vampire

king fears things? I fear losing [music]

the same person again. I told you

I am not him.

>> [music]

>> I know. You don't. You only want to

believe it.

Your majesty, [music]

Red Veil sent medicine. They say it is

an apology for the queen. Apology?

After kneeling all night, they probably

only learned how to poison better.

>> [music]

>> Silver powder. Who sent it? A maid from

Serafina's [music] side. Don't kill her.

You want to spare her? Send her back to

tell [music] Serafina that next time she

poisons me, she should not use something

I can smell. You are harsher than I

thought. Red Veil taught me [music]

well.

What is this? Royal blood has [music]

claimed you. Speak clearly. Once the

bond begins, when you are hurt, I feel

it, too. So, if they hurt me, they can

hurt you, too?

>> [music]

>> Yes.

I thought I was only the blood servant

Red Veil wanted dead.

>> [music]

>> Only now did I realize I had become the

blade they could use against Lucian.

After the sovereign bond began, I was

not safer.

More people wanted access to me.

Asher!

You shouldn't be here.

I only wanted to make sure you were all

right. Did you make sure of that on the

night I was offered?

I

had

no choice.

I regret it.

>> Since Lucien kissed me

>> Come [music] with me. I can take you

away from him.

>> Let go.

>> He's a monster.

>> So are you.

>> [music]

>> You were just better at pretending to be

human.

Were you this devoted when you held me

down and locked the chains?

Let go.

>> Your majesty, I was only

>> Let's go.

Take him to the Blood Moon Hold.

>> [panting]

>> Redvein loved judging the weak.

Tonight, Cassian knelt inside the rules

he once protected.

>> Your majesty, Cassian was only worried

about him.

>> He touched my queen.

>> I still haven't accepted that title.

>> I know.

But he did not ask before touching you

[music] either.

>> They used to have a blood bond.

>> Cassian broke it himself. Did you

forget?

>> Which hand touched [music] him?

>> My right hand.

Asher!

>> When I watched you lock the silver

chains on me, you did [music] not stop.

>> I was wrong.

>> Too late.

>> Cassian!

>> Is it enough? Before Cassian's pain

would soften me.

But that softness never saved me.

Enough.

>> You've become cruel.

>> You taught me well.

The Ashan Rose bloodline has appeared.

The sovereign bond has begun.

Kill him and the king will go mad.

>> I had not accepted [music] being queen,

but Red Veil already tried to kill me

like one.

>> Your highness, [music]

wine.

>> Who sent you?

>> This is wine for honored guests. [music]

>> Anyone who survived Red Veil knew one

thing, never drink what [music] someone

else hands you.

>> Why aren't you drinking, your highness?

Afraid it's poisoned? [music]

>> When you rush me, I get more cautious.

Then [music] drink it for me.

>> Why should I?

>> Didn't you say it wasn't poisoned?

>> [music]

>> Stop.

If you won't drink, she will.

>> Your highness, I can't [music]

>> You brought the wine.

What are you afraid of?

>> [crying]

>> Blood poison.

Who gave you the poison?

>> [music]

>> Not my lady,

Saint Vea.

>> Don't look at me like [music] that. Your

body reacted when you heard Saint Vea,

so you already knew they were tied to

[music] me?

Lucian, are you afraid of them or afraid

I'll remember?

>> [music]

>> Who is Saint Vea?

A church that hunts [music] vampires.

And?

They burned many [music] people alive.

Including Aurelian?

>> [music]

>> The moment he fell silent, I knew I had

touched the wound. But he was not the

only one allowed to hurt.

>> [music]

>> They know your blood. Stop using my

blood as an answer. Speak plainly.

Your blood [music] can save me. It can

also kill me.

So, you kissed me because I'm a cure?

No.

Then why?

>> [music]

>> Don't answer with your eyes.

>> Clover,

>> [music]

>> a knight of Nightthorn.

She had walked beside Lucian for a

century. [music]

And everyone thought she would become

queen.

>> Your majesty, [music] the hall has been

cleared.

>> Trace Saint Vair.

>> I already have.

But I would rather know why you still

let [music] him stand here.

>> You can ask me directly.

>> You are not the king's blessing. [music]

You are his weakness.

>> Clover.

>> He hurts. You hurt. [music]

He dies, you go mad.

>> Then why didn't you kill me?

>> Because the moment he [music] saw you,

the world had color again.

Saint Vair Abbey sent a letter.

They are looking for him, too.

>> [music]

>> Your majesty.

>> Leave.

>> I only [music] worry for you.

Tonight there was poison, Saint Vair,

and a blood servant with an unknown

identity.

>> He is not [music] a blood servant.

>> Then what is he? A half-blood just

offered to you is worthy to be queen?

>> Say that [music] again.

>> I understand the court better than he

does.

I also know better how to serve a king.

>> You are not worthy to say his name.

[music] Lucian had only called me to

change my dressing. But when Serafina

saw me come from his inner chamber, she

looked worse than if [music] she had

been poisoned.

>> Why are you here?

>> I was about to ask [music] you the same

thing.

>> A blood servant dares speak to me like

that?

>> Correction. The blood servant you

mentioned is now [music] standing beside

the bed you want to climb into.

Drag her out.

>> [music]

>> Don't stop. I want to know whether you

see me when you touch me

>> [music]

>> or him.

No answer [music] is still an answer.

>> Since he treasures that wound so much,

I'll make it rot open for everyone to

see.

>> After leaving Lucian's chamber, I

returned to my room to change my

dressing. The moment the maid's medicine

[music] touched my wound, silver poison

burned through my flesh. Only then did I

understand.

>> [music]

>> Seraphina had not only threatened me,

she had someone mix silver poison into

my wound medicine.

>> Asha.

Don't touch me. It burns.

>> It's silver [music] poison.

>> Then stay away.

Silver poison hurts you, too.

>> Be quiet.

>> Are you insane?

>> Drink. [music]

It is not an order. I am begging you.

Drink. I [music] cannot lose you again.

His blood was cold, but it pushed down

the fire in my body. I could not tell if

I wanted to shove him away or hold on

tighter.

>> Slowly.

>> Don't command [music] me.

>> Then bite softer. Does it hurt?

>> Yes.

>> Good. Don't look at me like that.

>> How am I looking at you?

>> Like before. [music]

>> Lucian.

Don't save me.

>> [music]

>> The silver poison faded, but the kiss

[music] in my dream did not.

I did not ask Lucian, and Lucian did not

explain.

>> [music]

>> So, the next night, I put on the black

and gold robes and stepped into the ball

where everyone waited to laugh [music]

at me. His Majesty lets this blood

servant join the ball tonight, too?

Perhaps he is only His Majesty's new

favorite.

The favorite you speak [music] of made

you kneel all night.

Want to try again?

>> [music]

>> Kneeling for one night does not mean we

accept you. The sovereign bond is not

complete. You are merely under His

Majesty's temporary protection. [music]

>> Then you may keep refusing.

You seem rather practiced at kneeling,

anyway.

>> [music]

>> I never said I would dance. Then reject

me after dancing.

I did not pull my hand away. Not because

I accepted the title. I simply refused

to look afraid [music] before them. More

dangerous than a kiss was him kissing my

bond mark in public.

>> [music]

>> It was not flirtation. It was a claim.

My queen.

Any objections?

>> The sovereign [music] bond is not

complete. He is not queen yet.

>> Then keep your eyes open and watch him

become one. Asher.

Everyone saw him [music] kiss my bond.

But what I saw in their eyes was another

[music] name.

Aurelian.

I did not want to be a replacement for a

past life. [music]

And I would not hand my life to a bond

before knowing the truth.

>> Your Highness, His Majesty ordered that

you may not leave alone.

>> I have not accepted [music] that title.

Move.

>> [music]

>> Where are you going?

>> Somewhere away from you.

>> The bond on your wrist will not allow

that.

>> [music]

>> Then I have even more reason to leave.

Asher.

Don't [music] say my name so gently.

When you look at me, are you thinking of

me or Aurelian?

Stop [music] following me. You are

shaking. That is cold, not fear.

>> [music]

>> You always do this. You decide for me

first, then make it look gentle. I only

do not want to see you [music] hurt. But

when I am hurt,

is it really me you see? I am

learning.

Learning what? [music] Learning to ask

before I come closer.

>> [music]

>> Is this another trick of yours? No, the

bond is answering you. I did not believe

in fate.

>> [music]

>> But that flower blooming in the snow

seemed to remind me

what tied us together

>> [music]

>> would not break so easily.

After the rose maze,

>> [music]

>> Lucian did not lock me in.

But Clover

looked at me as if she was ready to draw

her sword.

>> Your highness.

>> You sound unwilling.

>> I only obey the king's command. [music]

>> Then why stop me?

>> To warn you. Lucian loves you, but his

love is not tenderness. [music] It is

obsession.

>> You should tell him that.

>> I have said it for a hundred years. He

never listened.

>> So you envy me?

>> [music]

>> I envy that you made him see red again.

>> [music]

>> He couldn't see color before?

>> After Aurelian died, his world was only

black and white.

Until you looked up in Red Veil.

>> I [music] remembered Lucian's eyes when

he saw me.

It was not possession.

It was like a man freezing to death

touching [music] fire.

>> [music]

>> Saint Veyar knows, too.

The letter has only one sentence.

Kill Asher, [music]

and the king will go mad.

>> [music]

>> They want to use you to destroy Lucian.

The blood moon is near. That night his

curse [music] will awaken. If you go

near him, you may die.

>> He has tried to bite me to death. He

failed.

>> He still had reason then. Next time, he

may not. [music]

>> She wanted me to fear him.

But the pain from the bond told me the

one truly [music] breaking was Lucian.