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And I decide for all activities to cease, effective immediately.

You must get bigger.

Close your eyes, and try to find the smells. Separate them...

Eva decided to keep Johan's stake. She's in charge now.

I am... sorry, Gustaf. But you give me no choice.

Anna-Lena, we have to talk about this! Honey, wait!

Do it.

- I'm a monster! - No, you're not a monster.

Esmeralda, listen to me!

Josefine...

- Is this Emma's jacket? - Yes, it is.

- Must be worth a fortune. - This place can't be measured in money.

If they leave the forest be, he'll let the children go.

Muns!

I've got a plan to stop the board and Thörnblad Cellulosa.

When all of this is over, we'll welcome Nicklas into our family.

The Thörnblad name will flourish once more, Eva.

Listen to this.

What...?

What's going on?

- There. You heard it? - Go back.

But what are you doing here?

He was murdered.

I think he set the barn on fire to hide the evidence.

"He"? You mean the man in the pickup truck.

We assumed he was working alone

but he may have been hired by someone, or someones, on the board.

You heard him. Dad was planning on filing for bankruptcy.

It's a motive.

Sure, it could explain the attempted hits on you.

They're afraid you'll finish what your father started.

It doesn't explain the other murders.

Ebbe, Jeppe... Why them?

They weren't human.

Let me show you.

Hundreds of sites claim to have seen what they call wrights or spirits...

...when they're not busy hunting UFOs or sea monsters.

We've had this guy in our sights for a while. Calls himself Storm.

We believe he's behind several murders of non-humans through the years.

The charm you found, I thought I recognized the symbol.

Check this out.

Storm is the man in the pickup truck.

The board must have gotten in touch with him through this site.

We've tried to trace the domain name and web address, to no avail.

He uses several different aliases, often identities of previous victims.

- Why does he do this? - Revenge, probably.

If the site is to be believed, his wife and children were murdered by non-humans.

But since we don't know who he is, it's impossible to verify.

We need to find Storm before he finds Muns.

As always, you're listening to Radio Silverhöjd. Good morning!

You lost power last night?

There was talk of sabotage down by the tennis courts.

I was putting up a painting and it went dark.

Now some music, then news. Here's a big summer hit...

Hello? Hello?

David? Hanna?

Where are you?

A monster came and took them all.

Come here.

- Hey, Viktoria. Something happened? - You didn't hear?

Five kids went missing from the hospital.

- Tom... - Five kids?!

- Tom, come here. - Yeah.

You heard. This is more than we can handle.

I've asked the National Bureau for reinforcements.

I've gone over our statement with Wass. We must be cautious with the press.

- And me? - Well...

You wouldn't go home even if I ordered you to.

The hospital sent over the children's patient files.

Try to find a common denominator.

Or anything that'll give us something to go on.

I've sent Eva and Wass to the hospital. You stay here. Okay?

Yeah, sure.

- Hi, Petra. - Tell her she can't go and see you.

Why should I?

She's all packed. Now she's waiting in the hallway.

- All right, give her the phone. - Daddy wants to talk to you.

You want to talk to Daddy? Do you?

Hi, honey. Everything all right?

You wanted to see Daddy?

I promise you will, but not right now.

Aren't you hot standing there in the hallway with your coat on?

Take it off, then Mommy and you can do something fun tonight.

And you'll come see me when it's calmed down here. Okay?

- She's taking it off. - So I'm not completely useless.

Bye, Tom.

Imagine it's Josefine you're looking for. Use it.

Muns.

What did he do to them?

There are certain decoctions that make people... docile.

It's risky. The measurements need to be precise.

Or the damage could be permanent.

What kind of damage?

Personality changes, paranoia, mental derangement, madness...

It's useful for silencing those who come too close.

Gran.

Mmm...

Muns knows what he's doing.

I don't understand why he does it. I've done everything he's asked.

They're probably deep inside the woods by now.

They went down this way.

There's something down here.

David. It's the name of one of the kids.

The guard or someone must have seen something.

Wasn't there a night guard? Someone must have seen something!

They're our children, you can't just...

- Wass, can I talk to you? - Feeling better?

- Yeah, I... - Go ahead, talk to me.

Privately. You need to see something in my office.

Can it wait, I need to...?

We're running an investigation here.

I need to see Eva Thörnblad. Thanks.

I heard what happened.

I thought it'd be over by now.

Any news about Emma?

No, I'm sorry.

- So the jacket didn't help? - What jacket?

You found Emma's jacket? The one she was wearing when she went missing?

Sorry, we've been swamped here. Who talked to you about it?

Tom Aronsson. He came by with it last night.

I was wondering if you knew where it was found.

Please...

Emma's jacket is in the lab.

That's all we can tell you. But we'll call you when we know more.

Bye now.

He hasn't submitted it as evidence yet.

He wanted to show you something in his office.

No trace of the underground people yet.

But they're here, and I'm going to find them.

We can't blast if the kids are down here.

They'd never take the kids here.

Not to the burial chamber. It's holy to them.

But these passages...

...form a maze under these woods.

If the kids are down here somewhere, I'll find them. Don't you worry.

- You wanted to talk to me? - Yes, in my office? I don't want to...

Sure, let me just get a cup of coffee first, okay?

- What's on your mind? - The jacket Emma was wearing.

I found it. Eva had it, at the Thörnblad estate.

Okay, and what were you doing there?

Did you hear what I said? You think Eva is involved in Emma's disappearance?

- Did you talk to Eva about this? - No...

- I wanted to talk to you first. - Sure...

That's a very serious allegation.

Yeah, but I've got evidence.

You're seriously suggesting Eva abducted seven children?

No, I'm saying I found Emma's jacket in Eva's bathroom.

Can you explain how it got there without Eva being in touch with Emma?

I don't know. Let's forget about this.

- You can't be serious. - What the hell...?

- Is this thing out of coffee? - You push that button there.

- The jacket's in my office. Let's go. - Just let me get my coffee.

- Jesus fucking Christ... - Tom!

What the hell...

- I put it here... - Tom, that's enough.

Someone must have taken it. Eva Thörnblad.

Tom, listen to me. This is Esmeralda's tape all over again.

- Remember? - I didn't imagine it! I put it there.

I'm sure you think you put it there.

That's how traumatic stress works. You start imagining things.

- So I'm fit for a straightjacket now? - No, you almost died five days ago.

You still haven't recovered from it. These are all clear signs of that.

I can't have imagined this.

I want you to go home, get some rest, calm down, get a lot of sleep...

If it doesn't get better, see a doctor. Promise me you will.

- Yeah... - You promise?

- Yes, I... Sure. - Good.

You need to eat, or you'll die.

You have to eat!

You want to die?

Drink something, at least.

No, no! Little girl!

I'm sorry, little girl. No, stop...

Mom! She's going to die! She's going to die!

Calm down. She's going to be all right.

Go in the house for a moment.

There... There, there, Josefine.

Eva? I trusted you.

You promised Muns you'd stop the detonations.

- And I did. You know that. - What about the blasts last night?

Why do you think the kids went missing? All bets are off now.

Fucking Borén must have defied my decision.

The girl is going to be all right. You need to get some rest.

- Josefine is also asleep. - But is she going to be all right?

- Mom? Mom... - It's fine. Don't worry about it.

But... Mom?

Lie down. Get some rest.

- So all I need is Eva's signature? - Yes, that's correct.

Do you really think Eva will agree to this?

We can come back to that.

You disappoint us, Göran.

You said you were handling it. Now, another five kids are missing.

I couldn't have stopped it. No one could have seen it coming.

If you had dealt with Eva Thörnblad, it wouldn't have gotten this far.

Is this our solution for everything now?

Naturam vita nostra tuemur.

"With our lives we protect..."

I know what it means.

It sure as hell doesn't mean we kill every poor bastard in our way. Right?

This could get worse than the Kiruna pithead in 1970.

Remember how many we had to silence that time around?

I'm getting really fucking skeptical of our so-called methods.

Is your loyalty going to be an issue now?

What about the girl? Esmeralda? Is she being handled?

Mmm.

The National Bureau is sending more people who aren't ours.

Okay... And who's in charge of all that cattle?

Reisner.

- Fuck... - Yeah.

You realize how bad this is now?

Keep Reisner in the dark for as long as you can

while we come up with a contingency plan.

Göran... We've chosen to give you a pass for now

when it comes to your handling of Eva.

But if anyone else gets close

we expect you to do what needs to be done.

- Is that clear? - Mmm.

I can't say for sure, but the silver content seems to be 3-5 percent.

- Is that a lot? - A ton.

I've never seen anything like it.

- How soon can you start blasting? - It's all been called off.

I want you to start up again, as soon as possible.

Can you make that call?

I can.

Plus ten percent of anything you find.

Okay.

You said this chamber here seems to be the hub,

tying all these underground tunnels together.

If we use explosives in there, the whole forest could collapse.

- Is that a problem? - I mean, I know the risk involved.

I'll make sure we establish a safe distance when we detonate.

- I was thinking of the forest. - But to get the silver...

- ...it's a chance you have to take? - Yes.

How soon can you be ready?

Well... If we get started today, no sooner than tomorrow afternoon.

Good... Good.

No trace of the children.

It should be, going by the safety perimeter set out by Holmström.

Definitely.

Holmström!

The underground safety perimeter has been searched and found empty.

So you can carry on doing what you have to do.

What exactly is your job here? Gerda just told me to listen to you.

Good.

Haven't we worked together before? You seem familiar to me.

Oh?

Hello?

- What are you doing here? - Did you blast in the woods last night?

Does it look like I blasted in the woods last night?

What's happened?

My wife left me.

Took the kids, too, for good measure.

If I hadn't been such a fucking coward...

If I'd only told her about Nicklas from the beginning...

- Nicklas Gunnarsson? - My and Gerda's son.

- No... - It was a huge scandal back then.

Gerda was only 17 when she got pregnant.

Nicklas is not your son.

He's my half-brother.

What are you talking about?

My dad had an affair with Gerda while you two were together.

Nicklas is my father's son.

- How the hell do you know that? - Does it matter?

Nicklas isn't your son. There's DNA evidence to prove it.

How the hell could I be so stupid?

I should have fucking known.

Of course that woman would be capable of anything.

And over all these years, I've paid her all this money.

And the fucking kid isn't even mine!

If it wasn't you blasting in the woods, then who was?

Who do you think? Gerda, of course.

She's not as innocent as you'd think. She'd do anything for Nicklas.

She came to me in the beginning, talking to me about the silver.

Said the silver wasn't just a myth, that it was there!

I was skeptical and unwilling to do it, but she threatened me.

She said she'd tell my wife about Nicklas.

And I can't...

I want you to go now. Please leave.

Hey...

I know my father was murdered.

I'm sure the board was behind it.

When this is over, I'm going to find out the truth.

You should.

You know where to find me.

- Yes? - Gerda... What are you doing?

I'm doing what I have to do. You, if anyone, should understand.

I don't understand anything.

Come by the house and we'll talk. And come alone.

Otherwise I'll have to hurt Josefine.

You have Josefine?

Hold it right there!

Drop that.

Sign.

What is that?

It's a document stating you sign over your company shares to me.

- The money's in the bag. - I don't want it! I want my daughter!

And I want my son to have a worthy life.

I don't want him ever going back to that place.

You know what they do to him? They treat him like an animal.

They pump him so full of drugs he's barely conscious.

So many times I asked your dad for help. It would have been so simple for him.

But he saw Nicklas as my problem.

He felt the money to silence me was enough.

What my dad did to you and Nicklas was unforgivable.

But you should know, he changed his mind.

He was going to recognize Nicklas as his son.

He'd never let Nicklas be his heir, he made that very clear.

He forced me to do what I did.

You killed him?

He gave me... no choice.

Sign it!

You'll get her when it's all over.

Wait at the motel outside of town. I'll call you.

If you return to Silverhöjd, I'll shoot her on the spot.

This is Josefine's medicine.

Promise me you'll give it to her, otherwise she'll die.

Yes.

It's time to go now.

What the hell...?

- Is this Emma's jacket? - Yes... it is.

I'm sure you think you put it there.

You start imagining things.

- All good? - Yes.

Tom?

Who the fuck are you?

You know who I am.

No. I thought you were my friend, but you've been lying to me all along.

I've withheld the truth, for your own good.

You withheld this for my own good? Or that jacket?

Or whoever just took five kids at the hospital?

You got me thinking I was going crazy for my own good?

- It's not what you think. - I know.

I'm just imagining this. It's all in my head.

- Tom, listen to me... - Shut the fuck up! Turn around.

Turn around!

Hands on your back.

Tom, listen to me now. Listen to me!

Are you going to calm down?

What are you and Eva up to? What did you do to the kids?

- We had nothing to do with it. - Why would I believe you?

Listen to me. I'll explain, but you can't tell a soul. Okay?!

Or else, what? You'll kill me'? You're going to kill me?

Wass... Don't do it.

Get up.

Go over there.

Sit down.

- Sit down! - Yes, okay...

What's going on?

What's happened?

Where is he now?

I need to do this first.

Get hold of Wass. He needs to know.

You can't seriously expect me to believe all that.

I'll buy that the girl who went missing from the hospital is Josefine.

That someone made Eva take Emma.

But for Eva to get shot and survive thanks to... some parasite?

Sounds like a goddamned fairy tale.

Yeah... You grew up in Silverhöjd, Tom.

You know it'd be hard to find alternate explanations for all this.

- Everything can be explained. - Really?

Even what happened between you and Esmeralda?

After she attacked you...

...you've maybe been talking to her?

Stop, I said!

Touched her?

Despite the fact that she couldn't possibly have been there. Correct?

Give me the tape.

Follow me.

Good luck.

Stop it...

- Stop it... - What are you doing?

Tom? What are you doing, Tom? Stop it, Tom! Stop it!

- Stop it! - What the...?

What the hell...?

Esmeralda is what's known in folklore as a "huldra" forest spirit.

She didn't know it herself.

That's why she didn't know how to control her powers.

It's how huldras defend themselves.

But it was never her intention to hurt you or anyone else.

Where is she now?

Safe.

I knew it.

I don't how, but somehow I knew she was.

What she did to you leaves traces.

Nothing serious, but...

...it could open doors to senses you didn't know existed.

What do you mean?

You could call it a sixth sense.

I'm sorry I lied to you, Tom. It was for your own good.

The people I work for don't want the truth to get out.

- It's too risky. - The people you work for? Who are they?

A group of people who see it as our mission

to preserve the few special individuals that still remain.

Make sure no one knows they exist.

I can't tell you more than that.

- Is Eva in on all this? - She knows what you know.

But, Torn, you really can't tell anyone about this.

Promise me.

Who would believe me, right?

This can't be right. Eva would never sell.

As you can see, she signed it.

Do you realize what you're doing?

It's no longer just Anton and Emma. He's taken five children.

Five children who'd be in danger if you do this.

Storm has searched the tunnels. There are no children down there.

We'll start blasting as soon as possible.

- I'm going to abstain. - Go ahead. It won't change a thing.

I need to talk to Eva. This is unacceptable.

Eva...!

Where are you going?

Hey, come on. Wass has told me everything.

I know you took Emma. And I can understand why.

I'm not saying it's right, but I'd have done it, too, if it was Ida.

- So I should thank you? - I didn't say that.

- Sounds like it. - I'm here because I care about you.

- I just want to help you. - I don't want your help!

- Are you getting out of my way? - No.

Put the book away.

Hands on your head.

Take out your gun.

Other hand.

With your thumb and index finger.

Drop it.

Hold on.

Let me see your ring.

So you're one of them.

I'm sorry.

Goddamn it, pick up.

- Tell me you have her, Tom. - What do you mean? Have who?

Stop it, Tom! Something you told her must have made her run off.

- Ida? - Tom, if you're pulling something...

- Is she missing? - Yes...

- Your brother is one of the missing? - David, my kid brother.

- Why was he in the hospital? - He was really sick.

But he was all better, and was due home the day after tomorrow.

I miss him a lot. I just want him to come home.

IDA IS MISSING! WHERE ARE YOU? NEED YOUR HELP!