00:00adrian had said marcus was already moving speaking rapidly into his earpiece as palace security
00:06scrambled to intercept the vehicle now barreling through the final checkpoint before the courtyard
00:12only one person we know fits that description adrian had said and she's supposed to be in a
00:18holding cell right now confirm marguerite hale's location he said sharply now holding facility
00:26confirms hale is still in her cell sir camera feed active and current marcus's brow furrowed
00:34then who's driving that car on the balcony above king frederick continued his address
00:40unaware of the chaos unfolding below his voice carrying steadily across the courtyard
00:46and through every broadcast feed in the country this family has spent 30 years believing that
00:53protecting our image mattered more than protecting the people who made up that image
00:57he said tonight i am telling you plainly your majesty an aide whispered urgently from just off the
01:05balcony we need you to step back from the podium immediately frederick glanced toward adrian who
01:12gave a small tense nod the king stepped back mid-sentence and adrian smoothly took the podium
01:18instead continuing the address without missing a beat buying precious seconds while security dealt
01:25with the breach below the vehicle skidded to a halt in the courtyard security teams converging from every
01:31direction weapons raised but not yet fired given the live cameras still broadcasting across every angle
01:38of the palace grounds a young man stepped out hands raised immediately clearly unarmed clearly terrified
01:46by the number of weapons now trained on him don't shoot he said quickly please i have information
01:53i need to speak to someone from the council now before it's too late marcus reached the scene moments
02:00later studying the young man carefully who are you my name is peter vos the man said i'm lord bertrand's
02:09nephew marcus escorted him quickly into a secure side room away from cameras adrian joining moments
02:16later once the address concluded and his father had regained the podium to close the broadcast properly
02:23talk marcus said fast my uncle didn't just leak the surrogate document out of political ambition peter
02:32said breathless and clearly shaken he's planning something bigger tonight during the broadcast what kind of
02:40something adrian demanded a second leak peter said time deliberately to hit right as your father finished
02:47his address designed to make the transparency look like a performance staged specifically to manipulate
02:54public sympathy right before the referendum signatures close what's in the leak adrian asked dread building
03:03forged documents peter said suggesting the entire crisis isabel's accident edmund's claim even sophia's
03:12condition was fabricated deliberately by the crown to generate public sympathy and rescue a collapsing approval
03:19rating why are you telling us this marcus asked you're his own family peter's composure cracked slightly
03:26because i've watched my uncle spend the last two days constructing an elaborate lie designed to hurt real
03:32people sophia edmund even adrian purely to secure power he's wanted his entire career i grew up admiring
03:40him i don't recognize the man i've watched operate this week do you have proof adrian asked of the forged
03:49documents of his plan peter produced a small flash drive from his jacket pocket everything draft
03:56versions of the fabricated documents his private communications coordinating the leak's timing even
04:03recordings of him discussing the referendum strategy with paid consultants specializing in exactly this
04:09kind of manufactured scandal when is the leak scheduled to hit marcus asked urgently peter checked his phone
04:17any minute now he set it to release the moment the broadcast feed showed signs of ending tell me
04:24it marcus was already moving contacting palace communications and the country's major press outlets
04:31simultaneously sending peter's evidence ahead of bertrand's fabricated documents in a desperate race
04:39to establish the truth first we need to get ahead of this adrian said not just stop the leak discredit
04:47it
04:47before it even has a chance to spread already working on it marcus said fingers flying across his phone
04:54within minutes the same press outlets that had broken every story throughout the crisis received peter's
05:01evidence directly along with a brief urgent statement from the palace confirming its authenticity
05:08and explaining precisely what bertrand had planned the forged documents when they finally surfaced online
05:16moments later exactly as peter predicted were already being debunked in real time journalists cross-referencing
05:24timestamps and metadata that proved conclusively they'd been fabricated within the last 48 hours
05:31it's working maya said watching the public reaction shift in real time across social feeds people are
05:38seen through it faster than he expected because we got there first isabel said for once this family beat the
05:46story instead of chasing it within the hour crown security located lord bertrand at a private residence
05:54outside the capital preparing according to later reports to flee the country entirely
06:00once his plan collapsed he was taken into custody without incident the charges against him expanding
06:07well beyond misconduct in office forgery conspiracy and attempted manipulation of a national referendum
06:14process now added to his growing list of legal troubles it's over marcus said delivering the news to the
06:22family gathered in the private study bertrand's finished politically legally completely and the
06:29referendum petition king frederick asked collapsing marcus said once people understood the entire
06:36campaign was built on manufactured outrage rather than genuine grievance signature withdrawals started
06:42within minutes it's not fully dead yet but i doubt it reaches the threshold now adrian found isabel alone on
06:50the
06:50balcony afterward the courtyard below finally quiet security stood down the country's attention already
06:58shifting from crisis towards something resembling cautious hope we did it isabel said softly leaning against
07:06him we're not fully done adrian said marguerite's legal proceedings sophia's long-term care edmund's actual
07:15place in this family beyond a council vote there's still so much left to build i know isabel said but
07:22tonight for the first time in weeks it feels like we're building something instead of just surviving
07:28whatever gets thrown at us next marcus appeared in the balcony doorway phone in hand his expression
07:35carrying a different kind of weight than the urgency of the past several hours something quieter more
07:41personal adrian he said i just got a call from the holding facility about bertrand adrian asked about
07:51marguerite marcus said her legal team just filed something unexpected a formal request for an accelerated
07:59sentencing hearing scheduled for tomorrow morning instead of the extended proceedings everyone assumed would
08:05take months why the rush isabel asked marcus hesitated before answering something troubled crossing his face
08:14because according to the filing he said slowly margaret's attorney says she's requesting the harshest
08:21possible sentence available under belmore law and she's asked that no one from this family attend to
08:28advocate on her behalf coming up in episode 35 the harshest sentence as marguerite inexplicably pushes for
08:36her own severe punishment adrian must uncover what she's truly protecting by refusing the mercy the family is
08:44finally ready to offer her
08:46you
