AIDA5 — Episode 18: Trick or Treat | Secret in the Spotlight (Book I)

Added: 2026-05-09

[00:00:01]A deal sweet enough to regret later?

[00:00:03]Better than pretending I came harmless.

[00:00:11]Good evening. Welcome.

[00:00:13]Wow, this is incredible.

[00:00:16]Welcome. I'm so glad you could make it.

[00:00:19]Welcome. Punch is left, graveyard is right, dance floor straight through.

[00:00:27]Happy Halloween. Okay, let's get a good one.

[00:00:30]>> [laughter] >> Smile, Audrey. You're supposed to look like you're having fun, not like you're calculating everyone's GPA. I am having fun. Sure. Smile. Okay, smile.

[00:00:41]Nailed it.

[00:00:44]They're here.

[00:00:46]Why did you invite them?

[00:00:48]Because people slip when they're relaxed.

[00:00:51]And tonight, they'll slip.

[00:00:53]Or they'll ruin everything.

[00:00:55]Then we don't let them.

[00:01:11]Welcome.

[00:01:13]Exquisite party, Miss Lee.

[00:01:15]Decorations, music, atmosphere. Almost enough to make Belmont forget it's being measured. Almost, but not quite.

[00:01:24]Compliments are free, but invitations aren't. So, unless you brought gifts, stop acting like you own the place.

[00:01:30]Oh, let them stay.

[00:01:32]Every fairy tale needs its villains.

[00:01:35]Villains?

[00:01:37]Only if the story demands one.

[00:01:39]Then let's hope it's a comedy.

[00:01:41]Tragedies tend to kill their best characters.

[00:01:45]Don't worry, Wolf. It's just a party.

[00:01:48]Nobody's grading your bite tonight.

[00:01:50]Wolf.

[00:01:51]Subtle.

[00:01:53]Better than pretending I came harmless.

[00:02:00]Look at him, all cool. I expected something more dramatic. A king, maybe, or a vampire. Did the crown not fit?

[00:02:08]Crowns are heavy.

[00:02:10]I'd rather keep my head free.

[00:02:13]Tonight, I will make you talk.

[00:02:18]Come on in.

[00:02:20]>> [music] [music] >> Sir Liam, come to save the party from dragons?

[00:02:40]Let's hope no bad dragons tonight.

[00:02:44]I wouldn't count on Valencia being good tonight. It fits you, but can you even dance in that? Probably not.

[00:02:52]Tragic.

[00:02:54]Hey, Flora.

[00:02:56]Liam.

[00:02:57]You look like you're guarding the place.

[00:02:59]Maybe I am.

[00:03:01]Even knights are allowed to dance, you know.

[00:03:04]Is that an invitation or an order?

[00:03:06]Maybe both.

[00:03:09]I was thinking about the proposal.

[00:03:11]We should move forward.

[00:03:15]You stand apart, like a hunter waiting in the woods.

[00:03:19]Hunters don't wait.

[00:03:21]They listen. And what do you hear?

[00:03:23]Foxes, wolves, or shepherds gone missing?

[00:03:27]Only branches [music] breaking where they shouldn't.

[00:03:31]Only echoes that don't belong.

[00:03:34]And if someone is [music] missing?

[00:03:35]Missing doesn't mean I hold the map.

[00:03:38]I hear the silence, same as you.

[00:03:41]I can't tell you where it leads.

[00:03:43]Not helpful.

[00:03:45]It's the truth.

[00:03:46]I don't know where your father went.

[00:03:48]If I did, Rye, I wouldn't dress it in riddles.

[00:03:52]And if the hunters [music] themselves bent the branches?

[00:03:55]If the forest is more than animals?

[00:03:58]Then remember, Little Red.

[00:04:00]Hunters may carry bows, but they don't choose the season.

[00:04:04]We follow where we're sent.

[00:04:06]You two should publish a book of riddles.

[00:04:09]Best seller in 5 minutes.

[00:04:12]Riddles last longer than answers.

[00:04:14]Hmm.

[00:04:15]Answers [music] end things.

[00:04:17]Riddles keep them alive.

[00:04:19]Not tonight.

[00:04:21]Oh? Why not?

[00:04:24]You're very skilled at saying nothing.

[00:04:29]Not nothing.

[00:04:31]Patience.

[00:04:32]Restraint.

[00:04:34]And sometimes sometimes survival.

[00:04:48]Alexa.

[00:04:50]Target acquired.

[00:04:52]Operation Shadow Dragon?

[00:04:54]Approved.

[00:05:01]>> [sighs] >> Hi. You look allergic to joy.

[00:05:06]You look like temptation.

[00:05:08]Compliment accepted.

[00:05:12]We were guessing your costume. I said assassin.

[00:05:16]Valencia said, "Lost prince of shadows."

[00:05:19]Close enough.

[00:05:21]But your face isn't covered.

[00:05:23]What kind of ninja forgets stealth?

[00:05:26]The kind who already knows where everyone's looking.

[00:05:29]Do you rehearse those?

[00:05:32]Only when I expect dragons.

[00:05:35]>> [laughter] >> So, you and Skyler, still a duo? Sword and shadow?

[00:05:43]Something like that.

[00:05:44]Even at parties? [music] Especially.

[00:05:47]Because parties are messy?

[00:05:50]Because people talk.

[00:05:52]And because you learn who's watching.

[00:05:54]You watching me then?

[00:05:58]Trying not to.

[00:06:00]Good luck.

[00:06:04]Okay, serious question. We heard you grew up in New York.

[00:06:08]Used to.

[00:06:10]Used to?

[00:06:11]Not much left to grow up in.

[00:06:15]So now you rebuild?

[00:06:17]Now I keep what's left standing.

[00:06:22]Then for your rebuilding efforts, brave knight, a toast to survivors.

[00:06:28]To survivors.

[00:06:39]I'm telling you it's impossible. Trust me.

[00:06:55]>> [sighs] >> Careful. Dragons staying easy.

[00:06:58]You practice that, too?

[00:07:01]Instinct. From battle?

[00:07:04]From family.

[00:07:10]A deal sweet enough to regret later?

[00:07:22]You give deals to everyone?

[00:07:25]Only survivors.

[00:07:32]Timing?

[00:07:34]Seems like it.

[00:07:36]Leaving already?

[00:07:39]Before I forget why I shouldn't.

[00:07:44]Enjoy your party, princess.

[00:07:47]Dragon princess.

[00:07:49]Fitting.

[00:08:07]Focus.

[00:08:13]Knight, here to slay dragons or just brood in corners?

[00:08:18]Observation.

[00:08:20]Observation of what?

[00:08:21]The dragons.

[00:08:25]I thought you were one of them.

[00:08:28]Careful. Around here they breathe algorithms, not fire.

[00:08:45]Skylar.

[00:08:48]Skylar.

[00:08:50]Halloween is coming. The Lees will be distracted. You and the boys will search Lance Lee's offices. His real work is off grid. I want everything he hid.

[00:09:01]You don't even know what he was building.

[00:09:03]I know enough. Lee wasn't building assistance, he was building integration.

[00:09:08]It is a system without drift, noise, or waste. I'm not stealing it back, Skylar.

[00:09:12]I'm reclaiming it. You won because you didn't flinch.

[00:09:16]Keep that. [music] Strip the rest. Systems don't reward intention, Skylar. They reward execution.

[00:09:24]>> [music] >> I feel like I'm trapped.

[00:09:31]>> [music and singing] >> This isn't real.

[00:09:36]Where am I?

[00:09:45]>> [singing] [music and singing] >> Trick or treat. Trick or treat.

[00:09:58]Trick or treat.

[00:09:59]>> [music] >> Dance in the dark. Feel the heat.

[00:10:02]Trick or treat.

[00:10:03]Trick or treat.