REVENGE: THE ULTIMATE PLANNING
ch 14
[Scene: Morning – Grand Courtyard. Vaelran’s estate. Journalists buzzing, velvet banners fluttering. Something big is happening.]
(Aeryn steps onto the balcony, dressed in crisp ceremonial white, silver chain around his wrist. Expression: unreadable. Inside? Calculating every second.)
LUCIEN
(at the podium):
“We honor the union of two great houses.
Aeryn Caelaris and Vaelran Thorne—
their engagement marks a new era of healing, dignity, and strength.”
(Cameras flash. Applause erupts. Aeryn smiles... slightly.)
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(internally):
Healing?
I’m planning your funeral menu, sweetheart.
[Scene: Flashback – Night before. Aeryn storms into Lucien’s office.]
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
"You knew. About the cameras. About Elior. About everything.”
LUCIEN
(smirking):
“Of course. But knowledge is like wine, Aeryn—better when shared.
You want justice? Then drink with your enemy. Marry him.”
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
“You’re disgusting.”
LUCIEN
“I’m offering you the stage. Make him fall. Take the throne.
Or do you want Caelan’s suffering to stay buried under silk and silence?”
[Scene: Present – After the ceremony. Private chamber.]
(Aeryn and Vaelran sit together, alone. Silence thick as poison.)
vaelran
(cold):
“You didn’t resist the engagement. I expected fire.”
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(smiling softly):
“Fire only burns when it’s seen.
What’s more dangerous is the ember no one notices…
until the curtains catch flame.”
(Vaelran stiffens. Something in Aeryn’s tone makes his jaw clench.)
[Scene: Secret room. That night.]
(Aeryn inserts another of Elior’s flash drives. A folder labeled “Ceremony – Black Box.” Inside: encrypted audio files. He hits play.)
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
Recording – Neriel’s voice:
“...the Black Box was never a ritual—it was a threat.
A vow sealed under emotional manipulation.
If Caelan ever told the truth… something irreversible would be triggered.”
(Another file loads—a video: Caelan shaking in a ceremonial robe, Vaelran standing behind him, whispering something into his ear. Caelan nods, terrified.)
vaelran
(in the video):
“If you betray me, I will unmake you.
Even if you live, you won’t be you anymore.”
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(voice low, trembling with fury):
You don’t deserve breath, let alone a throne.
[Scene: Cliffside – Late night. Aeryn stands overlooking the city, the engagement ring in his hand.]
aeryn sulvian (mc)(RO)
(to himself):
Play the game.
Win their trust.
Burn their kingdom from within.
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