00:00Mr. Thorne, is Ms. Val your date tonight?
00:02Bryce and I have known each other for years.
00:04Tonight is about business.
00:06And him?
00:07My guard.
00:10You are hurt.
00:12It is nothing.
00:13He says that when it is his fault.
00:20Get behind me!
00:22Handle it.
00:25Suppress it.
00:26You are embarrassing me.
00:28I'm sorry, sir.
00:32You missed a gunman tonight?
00:34I stopped three.
00:35One was enough to kill me.
00:37I will train harder.
00:38You always say that.
00:42Look at me when I speak.
00:45Bryce, please.
00:50You missed a gunman tonight?
00:51I stopped three.
00:53One was enough to kill me.
00:56I will train harder.
00:58You always say that.
01:02Look at me when I speak.
01:05Bryce, please.
01:06Mr. Thorne.
01:13Stay with me.
01:14I will make you strong.
01:19Do you need me tonight?
01:20Only if someone tries to kill me.
01:22That is every night.
01:28Three vans.
01:29Westgate.
01:32Cut them off.
01:34I need two men.
01:35You need yourself.
01:36Go.
01:39Go.
01:39Three vans.
01:40Westgate.
01:42Cut them off.
01:45I need two men.
01:46You need yourself.
01:47Go.
01:53Did you secure the shipment?
01:55Yes.
01:56Then get up.
01:59Boss, he needs a medic.
02:01He needs discipline.
02:04I can still drive.
02:07Then drive.
02:09No, the Monaco client will not see weakness.
02:12Do you?
02:13What?
02:14See weakness when you look at me.
02:17I see what I made you.
02:27Is this alliance personal or corporate?
02:31Maybe both.
02:32It is beneficial.
02:33That is enough.
02:38Alex!
02:39Secure her.
02:40She is secure.
02:41Then do your job and stop bleeding on the carpet.
02:45He knows about your gland?
02:46He knows everything important.
02:48That was not an answer.
02:50It is the only answer I have.
02:53We leave in five.
02:55Yes, sir.
02:56He needs 72 hours off duty.
02:58He has 12.
02:59You are killing him slowly.
03:01He was built for this.
03:04Built?
03:06You rescued me.
03:07You trained me.
03:08You named me your guard.
03:09And you became the best.
03:11Did I ever become anything else?
03:14Do not start this now.
03:19I am not starting.
03:20I am ending something inside me.
03:29Stop the program.
03:31No.
03:32That is an order.
03:33Then come stop me.
03:36I am not soft because I love you.
03:41I am soft because I chose not to hurt you.
03:47You will enter through the service tunnel.
03:49The tunnel is a kill box.
03:51Then survive it.
03:52You say that like it is easy.
03:54You say that like it is easy.
03:55For you it should be.
03:57Right.
03:58Your rabbit bites bullets for breakfast.
04:00Do not be dramatic.
04:02I learned from the best.
04:09Bryce, the tunnel is rigged.
04:11Pull back.
04:11The client is already inside.
04:13Move faster.
04:18Alex?
04:20Alex X!
04:21Answer me!
04:25He needs a Glean stabilizer now.
04:28Use mine.
04:28Your pheromone is too aggressive.
04:30It may crush him.
04:32Been diluted.
04:33Just save him.
04:35Did we get the client out?
04:37Do not talk.
04:38Answer me.
04:39The client is alive.
04:41Good.
04:41I did my job.
04:47Tom!
04:47Get him out!
04:48Don't fall!
04:50Someone must take responsibility.
04:53Alex made a mistake in the tunnel.
05:00Agent Riley's error cost us $60 million.
05:03I contained the blast.
05:04You disobeyed timing.
05:06Because the tunnel was a trap.
05:08Do not make this personal.
05:10It was personal for ten years.
05:12You just never noticed.
05:19Lie down.
05:20Where is Bryce?
05:22At the board hearing.
05:24For me?
05:32Agent Riley's error cost us $60 million.
05:35I contained the blast.
05:36You disobeyed timing.
05:38Because the tunnel was a trap.
05:40Excuses do not repair contracts.
05:43Then take the repair cost from my life.
05:45You already did.
05:46Do not make this personal.
05:50It was personal for ten years.
05:52You just never noticed.
05:57Is the wedding date confirmed?
05:59Soon.
06:01Nurse, nurse one.
06:02That is his bodyguard, right?
06:04Nurse, poor thing.
06:05Bryce, clear the stage.
06:08You are supposed to be in the hospital.
06:10And you are supposed to stay alive.
06:13Move.
06:16Are you instraining me that way?
06:20Alex.
06:24Congratulations, Mr. Thorne.
06:30What is this?
06:31My resignation.
06:32Denied.
06:33I am not asking.
06:35You belong to my security division.
06:38I belong to you before I knew better.
06:40Who put this in your head?
06:42You did.
06:43Every day.
06:45I am done begging for a place beside you.
06:49You will regret this.
06:51I already regret staying.
06:58Alex.
07:00If you walk out, do not come back.
07:02I know.
07:07You signed loyalty for life.
07:09I was sixteen.
07:10I saved you.
07:12And I paid you back with ten years of blood.
07:16Stay.
07:18Say please.
07:22That is what I thought.
07:25Stop!
07:25You will tear your gland open!
07:27Better than letting you chain it.
07:31Alex!
07:38He wiped his ID trail.
07:40Find him.
07:41Sir, he used your own blind zone protocol.
07:43Then break it.
07:45Only Agent Riley knows the second key.
07:50Can I stay with you?
08:00He wiped his ID trail.
08:03Find him.
08:04Sir, he used your own blind zone protocol.
08:07Then break it.
08:08Only Agent Riley knows the second key.
08:14Can I stay with you?
08:22You lost, pretty boy?
08:24Pretty boy!
08:28Not lost.
08:29Free.
08:32Never trust a clean car, Bryce.
08:35Clean things hide dirt.
08:40Where was the sweep?
08:41We checked the perimeter, sir.
08:43Alex checked everything.
08:50You finally read them.
08:51Why did no one tell me this bad?
08:53We did.
08:54You signed every clearance.
08:56He did not leave because he stopped loving you.
08:58He left because loving you was killing him.
09:03I can't close it.
09:08Miss Fowley needs your confirmation.
09:11Cancel it.
09:12Sir?
09:14Cancel every public appearance with her.
09:19If Bryce gets angry, lower the lights.
09:22Remove sharp objects.
09:23Do not touch his left wrist.
09:29You are not here to marry me.
09:30You are here to punish yourself.
09:31No.
09:32I hurt him.
09:33You used him until he broke, then look surprised at the sound.
09:37Find him if you love him, but do not drag him back like property.
09:40What if he hates me?
09:42Then you stand there and let him.
09:43I do not know how to love without holding too tight.
09:46Learn before you touch him again.
09:55Coach Riley, what if an alpha is stronger?
09:57Then do not fight his strength.
10:00Break his balance.
10:05Class is over.
10:06Alex.
10:07Mr. Thorne, you are far from your tower.
10:10Come home.
10:12I do not have one.
10:14I can give you anything.
10:15You already gave me everything I needed to leave.
10:30I will not touch you.
10:32Good.
10:33You finally learned one rule.
10:35I am sorry.
10:37You are late.
10:38I know.
10:40Knowing does not fix a ruined gland.
10:51Do not.
10:52It is medical care.
10:54I said do not.
10:58May I help you?
11:01You are asking now?
11:02Yes.
11:04I have you.
11:05No.
11:07You are holding me.
11:08There is a difference.
11:10I am learning.
11:14You look ridiculous.
11:16I probably deserve worse.
11:17You do.
11:20Then say it.
11:22I loved you until I forgot I was allowed to hurt.
11:28I am sorry.
11:30Stop saying it.
11:31Prove it by leaving when I ask.
11:35Then I will be across the street, not closer.
11:44The rabbit ran far.
11:46Boss still misses his leash?
11:47Say that again and lose teeth.
11:52Down.
11:59Are you insane?
12:00Apparently I learned from the best.
12:03You took a bullet.
12:05I owed you more than one.
12:07Do not make your guilt my responsibility.
12:10It is not.
12:11It is mine.
12:14Two left.
12:15High beam.
12:16I see them.
12:17No, you do not.
12:18You always miss what is above you.
12:21Still correcting me.
12:23Still necessary.
12:31Pheromone crash.
12:32Scar tissue tearing.
12:33He needs a compatible alpha stabilizer.
12:35No, not him.
12:37I will not force anything.
12:41Without stabilization, you may lose scent function permanently.
12:45My choice.
12:46Then choose.
12:47Hate me.
12:48Refuse me.
12:49Curse me.
12:49But stay alive first.
12:51No control.
12:52No marking.
12:54No bond.
12:55No control.
12:57No marking.
12:58No bond.
12:59I swear.
13:03It does not smell as cruel like this.
13:05Maybe I should have learned to be gentle sooner.
13:08Yes.
13:09Yes.
13:21You can come in.
13:28Good morning.
13:29Do not sound so careful.
13:30That is weird.
13:31I am terrified of hurting you again.
13:34Good.
13:34Fear is useful.
13:37Thorn.
13:38I am here to take the asset for old mission interrogation.
13:41He is off every Thorn contract.
13:42You cannot protect a runaway asset.
13:45He is not an asset.
13:50Say it again and I will bury your company so deep your mother forgets your name.
13:54For him?
13:56Because of him, I finally know what a person is worth.
14:00Look at you, broken and still loyal.
14:04I am not loyal.
14:05I am angry.
14:07You lead.
14:09I follow.
14:10Do exactly what I say.
14:12Yes, sir.
14:17Cleared.
14:19Do not improvise.
14:20Try not to be myself.
14:23Do not improvise.
14:29Do not improvise.
14:29Still soft.
14:31No.
14:32Precise.
14:37That was my target.
14:40Sorry.
14:41Old habit.
14:43Following means following.
14:45Yes, sir.
14:55You are exposing internal liability.
14:58I am exposing myself first.
15:04Alex Riley was not reckless.
15:06I was.
15:07I sent him wounded, used him scared, called his devotion duty because I was too cowardly to call it love.
15:12This will destroy your authority.
15:14Good.
15:14It was built on his pain.
15:21That speech cost you votes.
15:23Not enough.
15:24You cannot buy forgiveness with humiliation.
15:27I know.
15:28Then why do it?
15:29Because the lie protected me and punished you, I am done letting it stand.
15:33I wanted you to say that years ago.
15:36So did the man I should have been.
15:39I should have been.
15:46May I step in?
15:50One step.
15:52You do not have to prove you are strong.
15:55I am not proving it.
15:56I am remembering it.
16:00I miss this.
16:01Do not ruin it.
16:03I will shut up.
16:06Good choice.
16:11May I?
16:12Hands where I can see them.
16:14Always.
16:18Do not look at me like that.
16:20Like what?
16:22Like I died.
16:23Part of you did because of me.
16:25Then help the rest of me live.
16:35A garden, a charity board?
16:37How inspiring.
16:41Careful.
16:42I know 17 ways to make that glass permanent in your throat.
16:49Mr. Thorne, control your...
16:51Finish that sentence and lose your invitation to every room I own.
16:55I had it handled.
16:56I know.
16:58I was admiring.
17:07For what it is worth, he broke the engagement before I did.
17:10That is supposed to comfort me?
17:11No.
17:12This is.
17:13He has not used your name once to save himself.
17:17Choose him.
17:18And the family cuts you off.
17:19Then cut clean.
17:27You are not cleared for combat.
17:29Neither are you with one shoulder.
17:30Move.
17:31I will not let you break yourself for me again.
17:33Then do not make it about you.
17:34There are civilians inside.
17:37What do you need?
17:39Light, floor plans, and no heroic nonsense.
17:42Copy that.
17:50North balcony clear.
17:52Stop staring at my vitals.
17:53I am not.
17:55Your breathing says you are lying.
17:59Bryce, do not block my light.
18:03Let's go.
18:06My fight, my win.
18:12Your win.
18:17Mr. Thade, what is Alex Riley to you now?
18:22May I answer?
18:25He is not my blade.
18:27He is not my guard.
18:28He is not a secret I get to hide behind.
18:30And I will spend the rest of my life earning the right to stand beside him.
18:37I accept the truth.
18:39The rest is still under review.
18:42Fair.
18:44You could have made it smoother.
18:45I wanted it honest.
18:47Honest is messy.
18:48So are we.
18:51Do not waste this chance.
18:55Never again.
18:58You stay back.
18:59No.
19:00This is not a romance scene.
19:02It is a kill zone.
19:03I know.
19:04That is why I am listening.
19:07Command me.
19:11Left hanger.
19:12Cut power on my mark.
19:13Yes, sir.
19:19Your fight.
19:20I am just the wall.
19:22It's got Miragor Fonsan.
19:24Good wall.
19:25Hold.
19:30Bryce!
19:31Still your wall.
19:34Did I follow orders?
19:36For once in your life, yes.
19:39Yes.
19:47Coach Riley.
19:48Is Mr. Thorne's thorn scary?
19:50Only before coffee.
19:54I heard that.
19:57Good.
19:58Improve.
20:00Still too easy.
20:02Only for you.
20:06Cold?
20:09Ask properly.
20:11May I hold you?
20:16I will spend the next 50 answering right.
20:2050?
20:22Confident.
20:23Hopeful.
20:25Good.
20:26Stay hopeful.
20:28Stay careful.
20:29Stay mine.
20:31Always.
20:33Always.
20:35Always.
20:38Always.
20:38Always.
