Episode: 8
Miss Hale confronts Miles Carter outdoors and insults Elliot Ashford. In response, Miles hurls a knife past her head into a tree trunk and warns her to back off, terrifying her. Later, Miles hands a metal cup to Elliot to measure his grip. Elliot grasps it for a moment before dropping it. Miss Hale films Elliot from a manor window. A man in a suit views the video and orders Miles assassinated.
Miss Hale insults Miles Carter and calls Elliot Ashford a worthless cripple. Miles throws his knife past her ear into a tree, pinning a spider. He holds the blade to her neck and warns her against verbal threats, prompting her to flee.
Miles Carter brings a metal water cup to Elliot Ashford in his wheelchair to test his grip. Elliot grasps the cup briefly before dropping it to the grass in frustration. Miles picks it up and tells him he is getting stronger.
Miss Hale secretly records video on her phone from an estate window, watching Elliot Ashford hold the metal cup. Seeing him manage to grasp the cup disturbs her, as she monitors his physical recovery.
In a high-rise office, the man in a suit watches the video of Elliot Ashford grasping the cup. Realizing Elliot might recover in time for the succession meeting, he places a call ordering someone to eliminate Miles Carter cleanly.
“Look at the cripple you are guarding. Elliot can't even stand, let alone hold a glass of water.”
“I'm Elliot's bodyguard. My job is to remove every threat around him. Whether physical or verbal, call him that again, and I'll treat you as a threat and neutralise you.”
“Getting stronger, Your Lordship. Next time, hold on two seconds longer.”
“There's a new bodyguard at the Ashford estate. His name is Miles. Make him disappear, before he gets Elliot back to full health. Keep it clean. Leave no trace.”
The episode ends in a high-rise office with the man in a suit placing a hit on Miles Carter over the phone. He demands that Miles disappear without a trace before the succession meeting. Can Miles protect Elliot from the conspirators while surviving an assassination attempt targeting his own life?