Episode: 3
A nobleman vows to learn the truth about the past. Elara pulls delivery carts through heavy rain and spoon-feeds her sick daughter, Mia Vale. Intense chest pain strikes Elara in the street, but she refuses to quit. At a merchant house, she accepts an offer of one hundred gold coins to deliver a ring box. She arrives veiled at an engagement reception, where she suddenly finds herself face-to-face with Kael Draven.
A nobleman walks down a town street and pauses. He states that he must uncover the truth about what occurred seven years ago. He wants to know the full reality behind the old events.
Elara pulls a loaded wooden cart across the muddy street in pouring rain. She drops off a crate of meat for an impatient shopkeeper. She endures the wet chill without pausing her exhausting workday.
Elara returns home to her small room to tend to Mia Vale. She sits beside the bed and spoon-feeds her sick daughter. She speaks soft, comforting words to keep the resting child calm and warm.
Elara struggles with a heavy cart in the wet street. Sudden, sharp pain seizes her chest, forcing her to clutch at her coat. She pushes onward because she needs gold for the high healer to cure Mia.
A merchant at the merchant house offers Elara an urgent task. He hands over an expensive ring box and promises one hundred gold coins for the errand. Elara takes the job gratefully for the large payment.
Veiled Elara enters the Ashbourne Estate during an engagement party for Kael Draven and Princess Selene Ashbourne. Guests gossip about Kael's past. Elara kneels to deliver the ring box, and her eyes meet Kael's in shock.
“Soon I'll have enough gold for the high healer to save Mia.”
“Just deliver this ring. A hundred gold coins.”
“She means nothing to me. Don't mention her again.”
“Why does she feel so familiar”
Elara kneels on the floor of the Ashbourne Estate to present the delivery box. Her gaze locks with Kael Draven, catching both of them completely off guard. Kael wonders why this veiled courier feels so familiar. Will Kael recognize Elara under her veil, and will she escape the party without revealing her secret?