He plucks the quill from her fingers and throws it down. He lifts her out of the chair and pins her on her back on the Bed.

AZRIEL's scar flickers as its glow drains into her.

and wraps her legs around his waist. 她没有回答。她把银链缠在手腕上，拽着链子把他拉下来，然后双腿缠住他的腰。He sinks into her. He drives into her again and again. Her nails dig into his back, and his tail cinches around her waist.

I'm his one.

He lowers his forehead to hers.

You remember sealing me. Not loving me.

I sealed you. That's all I remember.

AZRIEL stands behind her chair with his horns out, breathing hard. His tail lashes the stone.

Five hundred years of illusions. Every one of them had his eyes.

Let go of my ankle.

Five hundred years, and no one has held me. From tonight, his nest is my bed.

He pulls her down into the Nest and wraps himself around her from behind.

Will you kill me today?

...And you're the only one who can hurt me.

In the only one who can hurt me.

Then stop watching me breathe.

No one enters this room without my word. You're stuck with me.

If I take her, our two half hearts become one. My life becomes hers. I can never hurt her again.

his hand hovering above her throat. His face twists.

She doesn't even remember. Killing her now would be mercy.

You're the size of a hill. How do I get you down this mountain?

I didn't seal it. I kissed it open.

Nine lines in ten are nonsense. And it's all I have.

Take every memory I have of him. Seal him.

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）Last night… it really happened.

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）I said I'd spoil them. I did not say all at once.

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）Because you were bleeding, you idiot.

Her fingers curl against the frantic pounding under his ribs

KAEL(rough)  （粗略）You never cared before.

KAELWhy did you ask if I was in pain?

Marin's tail coils around her ankle and slides slowly up her calf.

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）Okay. Okay. This is fine. This is so not fine.

CHLOE  克洛伊How did you get in here?

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）That mark again. Why is it so hot this time?

CELIA (V.O.)  塞莉亚（原声）It's risky. But the odds are mine.

ON SCREEN:  屏幕显示：Item [Bond Blood Boil]  物品 [羁绊·热血沸腾]Contract holder's bloodline forcibly summons all beast husbands. 契约持有者的血脉强行召唤了所有的兽夫。Beast husbands' instinctual desires amplified until dawn. 野兽丈夫们本能的欲望一直持续到黎明。

ON SCREEN:  屏幕显示：Item [Heart-Eroding Draught] · Administered for 1,095 days Target's mind: Fully eroded. 物品 [心蚀药剂] · 持续施用 1,095 天 目标的意识：已被彻底侵蚀。

ON SCREEN:  屏幕显示：Marin Emotional Status: [Devoted] — Target: Vivienne 马林的情感状态：[专一] — 目标：薇薇安

ON SCREEN:  屏幕显示：[Merman Crisis] Mission Failed [人鱼危机] 任务失败Celia swipes the private interface. 西莉亚滑动了私人界面。ON SCREEN:  屏幕显示：Marin Affection gained: 0 获得的玛琳好感度：0

CYRUS (V.O.)  赛勒斯（原声）A merman shares breath with one person in his entire life. What does that fish think he's doing?

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）He's so… beautiful.

MARINBreath-sharing. All merfolk can do it.

The tips of Marin's fins flush bright red.

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）Wait. Am I… breathing underwater?

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）I'm going to die ahead of schedule.

Marin lies curled at the bottom, his scales fading from silver-blue to grayish white, cracking one after another.

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）No no no—  不不不——

CHLOE  克洛伊Marin! Wake up!

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）Kael, handled. Riven, handled. Cyrus, handled. And then that gorgeous merman…

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）Transmigrate into a villainess, and I still don't get a day off?

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）That water was disgusting.

ON SCREEN:  屏幕显示：Remedial Mission [Merman Crisis] 补救任务 [人鱼危机]Target: Marin near death → Host steps in to save him 目标：马林濒临死亡 → 主持人出手相救Expected reward: Marin Affection +30 预期奖励：玛琳好感度 +30

CELIA (V.O.)  塞莉亚（原声）How could Vivienne have known? Coincidence, or…

ON SCREEN:  屏幕显示：[Night of the Poisoned Tea] Mission Failed [毒茶之夜] 任务失败ON SCREEN:  屏幕显示：Original storyline: Vivienne drinks the poisoned tea → Riven is gravely punished → Host steps in to save him 原剧情：薇薇安喝下了掺毒的茶 → 里文遭到严厉惩罚 → 主持人出手相救ON SCREEN:  屏幕显示：Expected reward: Riven Affection +30 预期奖励：瑞文之爱 +30ON SCREEN:  屏幕显示：Actual gain: 0  当前增益：0

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）Don't remember this one from the show. Probably fine to skip.

RIVEN (V.O.)  《RIVEN》（画外音）That's it?  就这些？

CHLOE  克洛伊Good night, Riven.

Why the sudden soft spot for Kael today?

CHLOE  克洛伊Just spicing things up a little.

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）Celia. The original female lead. Vivienne's half-sister. She looks so…

RIVEN (V.O.)  《RIVEN》（画外音）Why hasn't she thrown me in the dungeon? She always does. 她为什么还没把我扔进地牢？她平时总是这么做的。

CHLOE  克洛伊I wanted to see if you'd dare.

RIVEN (V.O.)  《RIVEN》（画外音）Why does she smell so good?

Chloe looks at him. She takes the cup in one hand. With the other, she grabs Riven by the collar and pushes the cup to his lips.

Chloe slaps the cup away. Tea splashes onto a potted flower.

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）(horrified)  （惊恐地）This tea. Vivienne drank it and threw up blood for three days.

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）The wolf, spoils of war. The dragon, tricked into the contract.

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）The contract's still active. If one of them attacks me alone, most of the damage bounces back on him. That's why they took it. Until the full moon in episode thirty, when all four hit at once.

An iron cage at an auction house.

On land he grows legs,

Every hair on Chloe's body stands on end.

Chloe all but runs for the exit.

CHLOE  克洛伊(stammering)  （结结巴巴地）N-no more… beatings today. Everybody go… rest.

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）Did I just transmigrate? Into the show I wouldn't even pay nineteen ninety for? What is happening?

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）Spoil them rotten, I said. Easy, I said.

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）Did that dragon just sniff me? What is that supposed to mean?

KAEL (V.O.)  《凯尔》（原声版）What scheme is she running now? And why is my heart pounding?

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）I'm touching them. I'm actually… Not the point!

The whip never comes.

KAEL (V.O.)  《凯尔》（原声版）What did she just say?

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）Even better up close. That body… No. Wait. He's bleeding. My life is on the line and I'm thinking about this?

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）(panicking)  （惊慌失措）Is this a dream? If it's real, where's my system? My cheat powers? Where did that pop-up go?

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）The four husbands who kill her in episode thirty.

CHLOE (V.O.)  克洛伊（画外音）This framing. This wolf guy. These abs… Isn't this episode one?

ON SCREEN (BULLET COMMENTS): 屏幕显示（简短评论）：the 4 husbands got abused until she died 😭 heartbreaking 她的 4 位丈夫一直遭受虐待，直到她去世 😭 令人心碎villainess finally gone after 30 eps 💀 30 集后，反派女主角终于退场了 💀STRAIGHT. UP. REVENGE.  直截了当。一鼓作气。复仇。waited 30 episodes for THIS 等了 30 集就为了这一幕

Brooke picks up Tessa's cup and takes a sip, smiling. Brooke leans down, her lips at Tessa's ear, whispering.

TESSA (V.O.)  特莎（原声）This isn't a game. Not to me.

Paige's face is flushed.

Most of Paige's weight leans into Tessa, pressing Tessa's back against the wood side panel between thick winter coats.

Paige leans against the wall, a red plastic cup in hand, laughing too loud at a cluster of guys,

The room erupts.

toward the dark hallway.

Paige pushes herself up on shaking legs, swaying before his palm.

Paige tips her head back, laughing, flirting with whoever's closest.

TEXT FROM TESSA: "Where are you?"

PAIGE (V.O.)  《佩吉》（原声版）She's here for Brooke.

PAIGE  佩吉Ryan. He asked me out.

and crosses the narrow room.

PAIGE  佩吉Fine.

TESSA (V.O.)  特莎（原声）Date.

PAIGE (V.O.)  《佩吉》（原声版）She already has Brooke. Might as well be a good straight girl.

PAIGE  佩吉But you want to be.

PAIGE  佩吉Were you two close?  你

Brooke laughs and sets the cup down.

PAIGE (V.O.)  《佩吉》（原声版）"B"... Brooke?  “B”……布鲁克？

BROOKE  布鲁克Practice at six, Paige. Don't be late.

Paige's gaze darts from Brooke to the phone.

PAIGE  佩吉Who is it?

Paige curls on the couch in the oversized hoodie,

PAIGE (V.O.)  《佩吉》（原声版）God, it smells so good.

Tessa's knuckles turn white around her pen.

PAIGE  佩吉We're both girls. You shouldn't mind.

, and presses her hands flat over her formulas.

PAIGE  佩吉Okay. Bye.

MADDIE (on phone)  麦迪（在打电话）You're so distracted. We'll talk tomorrow.

PAIGE (V.O.)  《佩吉》（原声版）Who's "B"?  “B”是谁？

Paige paces by the desks,

Paige and Maddie walk along the concrete path.

MADDIESeriously?

MADDIEOkay. For someone you supposedly hate, you bring her up a lot.

close enough to catch every word.

the rule sheet hangs in plain view.

PAIGE (V.O.)  《佩吉》（原声版）I'm actually living with Tessa Reed.

Let’s see which rule breaks first.

PAIGE  佩吉Just in case.

Paige smiles and takes Tessa's hand.

What if I don't want to answer something?

PAIGE  佩吉System glitch. I'm your new roommate.

Paige is literally the nicest person in the world. She—

MADDIEHey. You must be Lily. 嗨。你一定是莉莉吧。LILYHi.  你好。

On the bed behind them, Paige's phone lights up. 在他们身后的床上，佩奇的手机亮了起来。PHONE SCREEN:  手机屏幕：Lily P.: Done. She's all yours 🙂 莉莉·P：搞定。她全归你了 🙂

Sorry, Maddie. I'll make it up to you. Somehow.

Absolutely not. I'm going to the housing office.

The girl who called you mediocre in front of the whole party?

Lily P.: Got assigned to Tessa Reed's room. I don't want to live with a human calculator.

flops back,

They hug.

She winces.

Wait, seriously?

Housing results are out. Roommates again next semester.

Maddie throws herself onto the mattress, waving her phone.

Paige scrolls on her bed, bored.

She keeps walking.

MADDIEOoh. So how was that bar the other night?

It was just okay.

The bar door swings open behind her.

Paige stares at the words on her screen. Turn around. Her heel skids and she stumbles. The black-framed glasses fly off and hit the pavement. No time.

AVATake good care of it for me. In thirty days, I'll take it all back—with interest.

Ava stays motionless in the middle of the one-dollar bills.

AVA (V.O.)  AVA（原声版）She knows the family rule. How does she know what Henry said to me?

Chloe turns, still smiling, and leans down as if to hug kneeling Ava. Ava's fingers slip from the necklace.

Ava reaches up and grabs the gold chain at Chloe's throat. Her knuckles turn stark white beneath the heart-shaped sapphire.

AVA (V.O.)  AVA（原声版）Those were Mom's words. To me. I'm the Sterling daughter.

AVA (V.O.)  AVA（原声版）Mom's sapphire. It's supposed to be locked in the family vault. So how is it on her?

AVA (V.O.)  AVA（原声版）Sterling? That's my name. Dad has one daughter. Me. So who is she?

Ava spreads the empty mouth wide, first toward herself, then toward Mason's livestream.

AVA (V.O.)  AVA（原声版）He dropped them on purpose. That's why it was always cash

AVA (V.O.)  AVA（原声版）That's... the day we met.

AVA (V.O.)  AVA（原声版）I will never cry in front of this scumbag.

On graduation day, I tell him who I really am.

Blake stands up.

Blake opens his eyes, flushed and breathing hard.

smile still on his face.

BLAKE (V.O.)  布莱克（画外音）Is he... avoiding me?  他……是在躲着我吗？

And for that ridiculously hot Alpha. I can do this.

Down the corridor, the locker-room door opens. Grant walks out, dressed in his uniform and tie, backpack over one shoulder, and turns into the restroom. 走廊尽头，更衣室的门开了。格兰特走了出来，身穿制服，系着领带，背包斜挎在肩上，随即走进了洗手间。A slow smile spreads across Blake's face.

What is wrong with me? I don't run. I never run.

A few paces back, three watching bullies fix their eyes on Grant's furious reaction.

Mason takes the bottle and towel in one hand. With Blake's back to Grant, Mason meets Grant's eyes and gives him a slow, provocative smile. He drapes his free arm over Blake's shoulders. 梅森用一只手拿着瓶子和毛巾。此时布莱克正背对着格兰特，梅森与格兰特四目相对，对他露出了一个慢悠悠且挑逗的微笑。他将另一只手臂搭在布莱克的肩上。MASON  梅森Don't mind if I do. 那我就不客气了。He walks off with Blake.

GRANTSaturday.

Paige tilts her head back

brow knitting.

Paige loses her footing and pitches forward, slamming full-body into Tessa's leather frame. The impact jars Paige's grip. The phone clatters face-down onto the floorboards between their boots.佩奇脚下一滑，身体向前倾倒，整个人重重撞上了泰莎的皮质车架。这一撞让佩奇的手一松，手机“哐当”一声屏幕朝下摔在了她们靴子之间的木地板上。Paige drops instantly into a low crouch between the pointed tips of Tessa's black boots

Tessa lifts her chin with effortless authority.

Paige wrenches the phone back, fingers trembling as she hunts for unsend.

The kiss deepens. Paige's eyelids flutter shut, and Tessa's eyes close with hers, their breath colliding as Tessa leans in, pressing Paige deeper into the coats.

PAIGE (V.O.)  《佩吉》（原声版）What the hell…  这到底是怎么回事……

The closet door slams shut into total darkness, but no lock turns. Clothes hang all around. Driven backward into dense hanging coats and the drywall, Paige faces Tessa, pressed almost flush against her, breath shallow. Their noses hover centimeters apart. Tessa's hands hang free at her sides, while Paige's hands tremble between their bodies. Brooke stands immediately outside the shut door with the crowd.

Paige curves her lips into her signature smirk.

FRIEND 2  朋友 2Come on. Land Grant Hale. Prove him wrong.来吧，兰德·格兰特·黑尔。证明他错了。

A long, polished table. Blake sits at the end, a practiced smile on his face. His father doesn't look up from his plate.一张长长的、打磨得光洁如新的桌子。布莱克坐在桌尾，脸上挂着一抹习以为常的微笑。他的父亲低头看着盘子，没有抬头。FATHER  父亲Useless. An Alpha, an Omega, either one would've been worth something. We got a Beta.没用。无论是阿尔法还是欧米茄，任何一个都有点价值。结果我们却得到一个贝塔。MOTHER  母亲And now everyone's talking about him. Do you know what people say about you? I can't even show my face anymore.现在大家都都在议论他。你知道别人怎么说你吗？我现在连出门都不好意思了。FATHER  父亲A useless Beta with a bad reputation. Perfect.一个毫无用处、声名狼藉的 Beta 版。太棒了。

The current keeps running. Cole forces his locked body to turn around and face her. Evelyn crosses to him, grips the front of his collar, and pulls his face down to her masked one while sustaining the current.

In the mirror, Evelyn catches Grant staring at Cole’s features.在镜子里，伊芙琳发现格兰特正盯着科尔的脸庞看。EVELYN (V.O.)  伊芙琳（画外音）Does he recognize him?  他认出他了吗？EVELYN  伊芙琳Cole. Get my handbag from storage, please.科尔，请从储物间把我的手提包拿出来。COLEYes, ma'am.  是的，女士。Scene 2  场景 2location_2: Luxury Bridal Boutique Showroomlocation_2：奢华婚纱精品店展厅time: Day 2, continuous  时间：第 2 天，持续中Cole steps past Grant and walks across the open showroom toward the storage room door at the far end. Evelyn remains at the fitting-room threshold, watching.科尔从格兰特身旁走过，穿过宽敞的展厅，朝尽头的储藏室门走去。伊芙琳仍站在试衣间门口，静静地看着。Grant turns his entire body, tracking Cole’s loose, rolling fighter's gait.格兰特转过整个身子，紧盯着科尔那松散、摇摆的拳击手步态。Quick insert: the octagon. Cole chained to the posts, blood at the corner of his mouth, glaring at the crowd.快速插入：八角笼。科尔被锁在柱子上，嘴角带血，怒视着观众。Grant’s eyes widen in sudden realization. His breath catches.格兰特猛然醒悟，眼睛睁得大大的。他屏住了呼吸。Grant turns sharply toward Cole. Evelyn grips the open fitting-room doorway as Grant’s command freezes Cole mid-stride without turning, several steps short of the storage room door, his clean hands still empty.格兰特猛地转向科尔。伊芙琳紧抓着试衣间敞开的门框，格兰特的一声命令让科尔在离储藏室门还有几步之遥的地方停下了脚步——他正迈步前行，却没来得及转身，那双干净的手依然空空如也。GRANTStop. I know you. You're—住手。我认识你。你就是——

GRANTWell. If Richard wants it that way.

Cole slips inside without permission and eases the door shut behind him. It rests closed but unlocked, with no latch engaged. He stays just inside, between Evelyn and the exit, without approaching or touching her. Evelyn turns sharply toward him in her silk slip, the gown still hanging untouched on its hook.

Cole’s shoe scrapes the polished floor as his weight surges forward, breaking rank by half a step before he forces his boots to lock and clenches his fists behind his spine.

He lifts a trembling hand to the locked leather at his throat.

Cole lifts the collar with his own scarred hands, wraps the thick leather around his throat, and pulls the front buckle tight against his skin. His breath catches against her skirts as he seals the band.

Her gloved fingers trace the collar along his throat.

Evelyn stands in the center of the private room, holding the leash slack in her left hand and the remote primed in her right. Cole towers before her, the thick collar tight against his bronze throat. Behind him, the heavy playroom exit door sits closed and unlocked.

He's only there for security, Vivian. With the wedding this close, I don't want anything to go wrong.

GRANT WHITMORE  格兰特·惠特莫尔Completely. Her guardianship passes from Richard to me.

EVELYN  伊芙琳(meekly)  （温顺地）I'm sorry, Vivian. Good morning, Father. Adrian. Grant.

Miss Evelyn. Your father, Mrs. Sterling, Mr. Adrian, and Mr. Whitmore are already waiting in the main dining room. Please hurry.

Grant turns in his seat and narrows his eyes at the masked girl in the back row. No flicker of recognition. He gives a dismissive snort and lowers his paddle. Victor Kane slams his iron gavel against the steel railing.

VICTOR  维克多(ecstatic)  （欣喜若狂）Sold! Ten million, to the lady in the back row!

EVELYN  伊芙琳(soft, courteous)  （温和、有礼貌的）Ten million dollars, if you please.

VICTOR  维克多Five hundred, going once… going twice—

GRANTFive hundred. For the stray.

masked Grant Whitmore lounges among his friends and lazily lifts his wooden paddle.