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But l did see Lucian. l shot him.
You must believe me.
The chain has never been broken.
Not once.
Not in 1 4 centuries.
Not since we elders first began
to leapfrog through time.
One awake, two asleep.
That's the way of it.
lt is Marcus' turn to reign,
not mine.
-There's been a complication.
-But l had no choice.
The coven is in danger,
and Michael is the key--
Yes.
The Lycan.
Please.
Give me the chance
to get proof you require.
Fine.
I will leave it to Kraven
to collect the proof...
...if there is any.
How could you trust him over me?
Because he is not the one who
has been tainted by an animal.
l love you...
...like a daughter,
but you leave me with no choice.
These rules are in place
for a good reason...
...and they are the only reason
we have survived this long.
You will not be shown
an ounce of leniency.
When Amelia arrives, the Council
will convene and decide your fate.
You have broken the chain
and the Covenant!
You must be judged!
You should've listened to me
and stayed out of this.
Now you'll be lucky if l can convince
the Council to spare your life.
Tell me.
Did you have the nerve to cut the skin
from his arm, or did Lucian do it?
Mark my words.
Soon, you'll be
seeing things my way.
No one opens this door.
Understood?
l can't afford to have my future queen
run off with that Lycan again.
***.
Change of plans. Amelia will be
picked up by Soren and his team.
-That's our job.
-Not anymore.
-Why are you helping me?
-l'm not. l'm helping me.
-What's going on?
-The perimeter sensor's been tripped.
We're locking down the mansion.
lt's Selene. She's escaped,
to go to him, to Michael.
l want that Lycan's head on a plate.
We need to go.
Get down!
Go. Go.
-Jump.
-Are you *** kidding me?
-Any luck?
-False alarm.
The dogs would've been all over it
if anything had gotten near that fence.
-Amelia should have arrived by now.
-Yes.
Look, l want you to slip off the property
and find out what's keeping her.
You've got it.
Maybe we should pull over
and dose him.
*** him. He'll be all right.
We're almost there.
Oh, ***. He's not gonna make it.
Pull over. Pull over!
Get the kit.
Stick him. Stick him.
My lord.
l sent for Selene...
...not you.
She's defied your orders...
...and fled the mansion, my lord.
Your incompetence
is becoming most taxing.
lt's not my fault.
She's become obsessed...
...thinks that l'm at the core
of some ridiculous conspiracy.
And here's my proof.
Now, l want you to tell them
exactly what you told me.
All right, all right.
For years, we've been trying
to combine the bloodlines.
And for years, we've failed.
lt was useless.
Even at the cellular level,
our species destroyed each other.
Yet the key, we knew...
...was to locate
the rarest of bloodlines...
...a direct descendant
of Alexander Corvinus...
...Hungarian, a warlord...
...who came to power in the early
seasons of the fifth century.
Just in time to watch a plague
ravage his village.
He alone survived.
Somehow, his body
was able to change the disease...
...mold it to his benefit.
He became the first true immortal.
And years later,
he fathered at least two children...
...who inherited this same trait.
The sons of the Corvinus clan.
One bitten by bat, one by wolf...
...one to walk the lonely road
of mortality as a human.
-lt's a ridiculous legend, nothing more.
-That may be...
...but our species
do have a common ancestor.
There is a descendant
of Corvinus lying there...
...not three feet from you.
Yes.
But he's already a Vampire.
We needed a pure source...
...untainted. An exact duplicate
of the original virus.
The Corvinus strain itself,
which we learned...
...was hidden away in the genetic
code of his human descendants...
...and passed along
in its dormant form...
...down through the ages
to Michael Corvin.
His blood allows for a perfect union
between our species.
There can be no such union.
-And to speak of it is heresy.
-We'll see.
-Once Lucian has injected him--
-Lucian is dead.
According to whom?
l can assure you, my child...
...Kraven will pay with his life.
Soon, this house will lie in ruins.
-Not before you.
-No, wait. Wait.
You and you alone
will know the truth of this.
lf Lucian was able to get his hands
on the blood of a Pure-Born...
...a powerful elder like Amelia...
...or yourself...
...and inject it along
with Michael's blood....
Abomination.
Half-Vampire...
...half-Lycan, but stronger than both.
l need to speak with Kahn.
My lord...
...the Council members
have been assassinated.
-What of Amelia?
-They bled her dry.
lt has already begun.
l'm sorry l doubted you.
Fear not, my child,
absolution will be yours...
...the moment you kill the descendant
of Corvinus, this...
...Michael.
You've been given an enzyme
to stop the change.
lt may take a little time
for the grogginess to dissipate.
That's enough!
Just go and see
what's keeping Raze, will you?
l really must apologize.
He's in desperate need
of a lesson in manners.
Speaking of manners,
where are mine? Forgive me.
l'm Lucian.
l need to go.
l need to get back.
There's no going back.
There's no going anywhere.
The Vampires will kill you on sight.
Just for being what you are.
One of us.
You are one of us.
What are you doing?
-What are you doing?
-Bringing an end to this conflict.
Your war, it has nothing
to do with me.
My war?
No! No!
Sonja!
They forced you to watch her die.
Sonja.
That's what started the war.
l saw it happen as if l were there.
We were slaves once.
The daylight guardians
of the Vampires.
l was born in servitude...
...yet l harbored them no ill will.
l even took a Vampire for my bride.
lt was forbidden...
...our union.
Viktor feared
a blending of the species.
Feared it so much...
...he killed her.
His own daughter...
...burnt alive...
...for loving me.
This is his war...
...Viktor's...
...and he's spent the last 600 years...
...exterminating my species.
What are they gonna do to Selene?
We have company.
-l thought we had a deal.
-Patience.
Kraven.
These are matters
to be discussed in private.
Please escort our guests downstairs.
The Council has been destroyed.
Soon, you will have it all.
Both great covens and an ironclad
peace treaty with the Lycans.
Who l trust will not be forgotten
when the spoils are tabulated.
How do you expect me to assume
control now that Viktor's awake?
There's no defeating him.
He grows stronger as we speak.
And that is precisely why
l need Michael.
lf Viktor were so easy to dispatch...
...you'd have done it yourself
centuries ago.
Exit shaft! Move it!
Son of a ***!
Oh, ***!
lt's Viktor.
Yes.
And if you had done your job,
he'd still be in hibernation.
Where the hell is Raze?
ls there another way out?
l guess it didn't occur to you that you'll
have to bleed to pull off this coup.
Don't even think about leaving.
Silver nitrate.
Bet you weren't expecting that.
Come on! Move! Move! Move!
Move! Move!
Lucian.
Selene!
Selene!
l have to get you out.
Viktor's on his way.
And he won't be satisfied
until every Lycan's dead.
They'll kill you too,
just for helping me.
l know.
l know what started the war.
That's enough.
You're coming with me!
l hope l live to see
Viktor choke the life from you!
l bet you do.
But let me tell you a little something
about your beloved dark father.
He's the one who killed your family.
Not the Lycans.
Never could follow his own rules.
Said he couldn't abide the taste
of livestock.
So every once in a while, he went out
and gorged himself on human blood.
l kept his secrets...
...cleaned up the mess.
But it was he...
...who crept room to room...
...dispatching everyone
close to your heart.
But when he got to you...
...he just couldn't bear the thought
of draining you dry.
You, who reminded him so much
of his precious Sonja...
...the daughter
he condemned to death.
-Lies.
-Believe what you want.
Now come on.
Your place is by my side.
So be it.
Bite him!
Half-Vampire...
...half-Lycan...
...but stronger than both.
What the hell are you doing?
You may have killed me...
...cousin.
But my will...
...is done regardless.
Where is he?
Where's Kraven?
Forgive me, my child.
lt wasn't the Lycans.
lt was you.
Leave us.
How could you bear my trust...
...knowing that you'd
killed my family?
Yes.
l have taken from you.
But l have given so much more.
ls it not a fair trade, the life l have
granted you? The gift of immortality?
And the life of your daughter?
Your own flesh and blood?
l loved my daughter!
But the abomination growing
in her womb...
...was a betrayal of me
and of the coven!
l did what was necessary
to protect the species...
...as l am forced to do yet again.
No!
Time to die.
Though I cannot predict the future...
...the consequences of tonight
will reverberate through the halls...
...of both great covens
for many years to come.
Two Vampire elders
have been slain...
...one by my own hand.
Soon, Marcus will take the throne.
And a tide of anger and retribution
will spill out into the night.
Differences will be set aside.
Allegiances will be made.
And soon...
...I will become the hunted.