EPISODE 09Arc I: The AwakeningDraft
The Offer

Jonathan makes Reign an offer. She doesn't say yes. She doesn't say no.
**FADE IN:**

**INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT**

Marcus is on his knees before Reign. He’s weeping, terrified.

MARCUS
I didn’t have a choice! They have my family!

REIGN
(cold)
Who is ‘they’?

MARCUS
I don’t know! They contacted me anonymously. They showed me pictures of my kids…

Reign spends the next hour systematically purging her network. Changing codes, rerouting supply lines, cutting off every asset and communication channel that Marcus might have exposed. It’s a brutal, efficient display of power.

Finally, she turns back to Marcus.

REIGN
One last question. The bugs. You couldn’t have planted the one in my bedroom without help. Who gave you access?

Marcus hesitates, his eyes filled with a new kind of fear.

MARCUS
(whispering)
It was him. It was Jonathan.

Reign freezes. The world seems to stop for a moment.

**INT. PENTHOUSE - LATER**

Reign confronts Jonathan. He’s pouring a drink, his back to her.

REIGN
You used Marcus. You bugged our home. You bugged our bed.

Jonathan doesn’t deny it. He turns to face her, his expression a mixture of guilt and defiance.

JONATHAN
I had to know how deep it went, Reign. I had to know who you really were.

**SMASH CUT TO BLACK.**

**ON SCREEN TEXT: THE ENEMY ISN'T AT THE GATES. HE'S IN YOUR BED.**

**END OF EPISODE 9**