REVENGE: THE ULTIMATE PLANNING
ch13
[Scene: Aeryn’s room – Late night. Desk cluttered with paper, ink stains on his fingers. A small black box rests in the center.]
(He slides the lid open. Inside: a flash drive, a hand-drawn map, and a note in shaky handwriting.)
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
Note (Elior’s handwriting):
“If you’re reading this, I’ve failed. But the truth must not.
Don’t trust what you see. The cameras lie—but the mirrors don’t.
He watches them all, but he never thought someone was watching him.”
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(Aeryn lifts the map. Marked: A hidden mirror room behind the grand library wall.)
[Scene: Library – Flickering lanterns. Dusty air. Aeryn counts shelves, presses a carved lion’s eye. A click. The wall shifts.]
(Behind it: a narrow spiral staircase down into cold, silent dark.)
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(mutters):
You left me a rabbit hole, Elior.
I’m jumping in.
[Scene: Secret Mirror Room – Walls lined with cracked glass, one-way mirrors showing bedrooms, offices… the chapel. Dozens of screens.]
(In the center: an old computer. Aeryn plugs in the flash drive. It whirs to life.)
any male
Computer(static crackling):
“Accessing: Project Neriel.”
(Videos. Dozens of them. Aeryn clicks one.)
[Video: Vaelran – 4 years ago – in a silk shirt, candlelight flickering. Laughing softly. Holding hands with a man in priest robes.]
vaelran
(video):
They would destroy me if they knew…
But I’d destroy them first.
neriel
(smiling):
Then don’t let them find out.
Not about us. Not about Caelan either.
(Aeryn freezes. Rewinds.)
neriel
Not about Caelan either.
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(shaken):
Wait… what?
[Cut to: Aeryn pacing the room. Playing more footage. Watching Vaelran hand an envelope to Neriel—marked with Caelan’s initials.]
(Inside the envelope in the footage: Photos of Caelan crying. Bruises. And a transfer form. A hospital one—never filed.)
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(coldly):
He knew.
He knew and tried to hide it with love letters and late-night touches?
[Scene: Hallway – Morning. Aeryn walks calmly, dressed in silver and blue. Elegant. Unbothered. But inside—raging fire.]
(He sees Vaelran down the hallway, surrounded by guards. Their eyes meet. Vaelran pauses.)
vaelran
(smirking):
You seem... calmer lately.
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(softly):
Storms always quiet before they flood.
[Scene: Aeryn’s secret room – Later. He writes a letter.]
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(voiceover):
“Lucien manipulated me into marrying Vaelran.
Vaelran manipulated everyone else.
But I have Elior.
And soon, I’ll have Neriel too.”
(He seals the letter with black wax.)
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(quietly):
If you’re still alive, Neriel…
It’s your turn to speak.
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