REVENGE: THE ULTIMATE PLANNING
ch 8
[Scene: Family garden – twilight. Aeryn sits alone on a bench, Elior’s nurse report in hand, staring into the darkening sky.]
LUCIEN
(approaching quietly):
You look just like him when you think.
So full of fire… like Caelan used to be.
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(cold):
Fire dies fast in this family.
LUCIEN
(smiling sadly):
Only if you let it.
He never had the strength to fight them.
You? You’re different. You bite back.
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
I don’t need your flattery.
I need the truth.
What really happened to Elior?
LUCIEN
(pauses, then sighs):
What always happens to the soft ones in this world?
They get crushed.
Especially when they come between Vaelran and what’s “his.”
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(tense):
So you knew.
LUCIEN
We all knew.
But in this family, silence is survival.
(He sits beside Aeryn, too close.)
LUCIEN
You want justice, don’t you?
Not just for Caelan… but for Elior too?
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(suspicious):
What are you getting at?
LUCIEN
(voice low, dangerous):
Marry him.
Get close.
Make him believe he’s won.
Then gut him from the inside.
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(eyes widening):
You want me to marry the man who raped my brother?
LUCIEN
(smirking):
I want you to destroy the man who killed him.
You can’t do that from outside the walls.
But once you're in—you control the house.
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(quiet, trembling):
You make it sound so easy.
LUCIEN
It won’t be.
But you won’t be alone.
I’ll help you, Aeryn.
We’ll make them pay… together.
[Scene fades to black. Aeryn stands under the moonlight, fists clenched, heart torn.]
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(internal monologue):
He’s a snake.
But he’s offering me a blade.
And I’m not walking away empty-handed this time.
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