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I'm done. Should I leave the lights on?

You can turn everything off. I'll lock up.

Thanks.

Have a nice vacation.

Kai?

Why are you sitting in the dark?

Sit down.

I have something to tell you.

Everything okay?

I never told you the whole truth about myself...

Remember the summer of 1990? Mom and I were here with you again.

Have to be home before dark, or my dad will freak out again.

Let him freak out. All he does is yell.

Sometimes he grabs a stick. Look here.

That's when he hit me so hard I bled.

My father wants to kill me.

Last time he held me under water in the bathtub until I passed out...

-No shit? -That's why we're here.

Let me do it, and you watch.

-Can I have some more? -Give Dagna her tea first.

Kai, when you're done, please come out to the stable.

Alone.

Do you trust me?

Do you want this?

Tell me if you feel anything.

We can go home.

What about our hut? We haven't even fixed the roof yet.

You have to convince your dad not to tear it down.

Say it's a family heirloom or so. You'll know what to say.

We'll finish it next time.

Maybe you can come visit us.

Your mom said that your dad can never know who and where you are.

So you can always hide here.

Maybe we'll have to hide again soon.

...he's not like you.

We will see.

You can sleep in your bed again if you want to.

Or here.

Go help your mother.

I won't hurt him.

Come on out.

Where is the glass?

Come on out.

The last flood damaged the levee at the toll bridge.

I'm going to help with the repairs. You can come along if you want.

How can a levee break?

A levee breach happens when the soil is softened

from the inside by too much water pressure.

The more water the Oder carries, the more it pushes through every crevice.

Water will always find a way.

You can't stop it.

A small tunnel dug by a vole is enough...

...and the water washes away the levee.

That's old. From before.

All right, Kai. I'll believe you.

But if I find out that you’re lying to me...

Hello, Mr. Kring.

Heard you're helping with the levee.

We want to lend a hand.

Good to have you back, Kai.

How are you? Everything fine?

Here. For you.

-Thanks. -I found something you have to see.

-He won't tell me. Big secret. -We'll go there together.

-Tomorrow, after school. -They have to work here.

-Okay, then on the weekend. -Maggie, Kai, get ready.

Wait at the car. We're leaving soon.

Kai stinks!

The Medicinal Leech and its Relatives

Well... How was it in the nuthouse?

I wasn't in the nuthouse.

Everyone who was there says that. What's in that jar?

-No! -Let go, you freak!

August, stop it! Fuck off!

Are you all right?

See you later, okay?

So, what are you going to do now?

Listen to me very carefully and do exactly as I say.

What happened?

I can't remember anything.

I hit August with a stone...

You fainted when you saw him.

They say you're in shock.

Maggie, someone's here for you.

My father cleared everything up.

The Conradys won't press charges.

You just have to stay away from them.

What's wrong with Kai?

She can't remember.

Come here.

Your sister must never know what really happened.

What you and I have must stay between us.

We must protect her from the truth.

You must protect her from the truth!

-And August? -August will take it to his grave...

And so will you.

Promise me.

Say it.

I promise.

Who are you?

What do you want from me?

I want to help you.

You're wasting your time with that.

I know exactly what you're going through.

You inherited it from your father, just like I did from mine.

We don't know each other. But our fathers were allies once. Friends.

Two of the few heirs to our kind. Like you and I.

-Who is your father? -Someone who can give you a future.

Why aren't our fathers friends anymore?

The wolf fell in love with a sheep.

For your mother, he betrayed his true family...

Even his son. Since then, he's been poisoning himself with animal blood.

You're young. You'll get away with it for a while.

But soon it won't be enough. Then you'll hunger for human blood.

And then you'll need our help.

By drinking human blood, you'll age more slowly.

Your father will kill you if he finds out you're still thirsty for blood.

Your mother and sister aren't like you.

For more than 100 years, there has not been a female of our kind.

Without us, you are alone!

You have to decide.

I will never kill anyone. Never!

Join my house...

...or die in yours.

A few days later, there was an accident with a World War II grenade.

Adrian was badly injured. There was blood everywhere.

After the others carried him away, I tasted Adrian's blood.

But Maggie and my father saw me.

Then my father tried to kill me with a knife.

At the last moment, Maggie shot him.

Maggie killed your father?

No.

He survived.

But there wasn't even an ambulance.

Roland's dad was the local policeman and swept it under the rug once more...

As if it had never happened...

That same evening, my sister threatened to shoot our parents,

if they didn't take me to a doctor.

He couldn't help me. But I got a dog.

For the next few years, Maggie protected me.

My father never spoke another word with me.

My mother was like a ghost trapped in a human shell...

And the carpenter never stopped watching me.

I secretly continued to feed on animal blood.

But in the summer of '97, everything changed...

Leave me alone.

I want nothing to do with you!

My father wants to talk to you.

Shut your dog up.

Otherwise, I will.

No! Benni!

Go home.

Come.

We're close to extinction.

Our rare gene is now only being passed on to the male sex.

No females of our kind remain.

You are a wolf. Your sister and mother are sheep.

They can't help you, but I can.

Your father and I used to hide the dead here.

Today we rarely use this cellar, but...

...many are still down there.

We're trying to get rid of them one by one, but it's not that easy.

You can't escape your fate, Kai.

You have stomach cramps from animal blood. Soon you'll kill a human.

When the time comes, you'll throw the remains into this cellar.

Do you understand?

To anyone but us, this is an insignificant book.

On page 123 there is a nameless poem.

Anyone unaware of the background will be oblivious to the message

but you will understand.

It's our set of rules that you must abide by without exception.

Your survival depends on it.

For the trap door. Hide it so that no one can find it.

You'll be of age soon. My house is open to you.

All you have to do is leave yours.

I'm not like you.

You're right.

You're special, Kai.

Your father's blood is purer than mine.

You both are what we call "Strongblood".

Our kind is weakening, but you might be able to sire a female.

You can save us.

And if you succeed, you will live like a king.

I have to tell you something...

But not here.

I'll wait for you in the barn.

What I'm about to tell you has to be our secret forever.

It's probably hard to understand and not easy to explain either...

But...

We have to go to the meeting. Let's talk later.

Edith Trebur.

Don't do it, Edith.

We have no choice.

You must face the truth: This land isn't worth anything anymore.

You're the last ones who haven't sold and this is the last offer I'll make.

I've said everything, answered all questions.

I refer you again to one of your own. If you don't trust me, trust him:

Stojan Demko.

As you all know, we’ve already sold our land to Mr. Jessen.

And for good reason.

Maybe Adrian's father is right.

Stojan is a traitor. Jessen exploits the farmers' despair

and makes them sell below value. Stojan's just Jessen's henchman.

- I think he wants to help people. -Stojan Demko only helps himself.

I'm fed up with that name. We won't sell.

-Who'll run the farm? -We'll manage.

Maggie will still help when she has time off.

You didn't tell them?

-What? -Maggie and I are moving to Berlin.

Just until my trial period is over.

But Maggie never came back. Not even to help on the farm.

And then in July, it was hot and dry.

No one suspected the effect the rains in the Oder Mountains would have.

...large areas of Poland and the Czech Republic are flooded

and thousands of people are homeless.

Much of the Polish city of Opole is flooded and reports fatalities.

Numerous people are still missing.

-The floods reached the Oderbruch-- -Kai?

Heavy rains in the Czech Republic caused a second flood wave

that will inevitably push into the Oderbruch.

Where's Mom?

Asleep.

I'm sorry. I had to work a lot recently.

We are here to help with the levee.

Close the gaps, fill sandbags... Water levels keep rising.

Are you coming?

When are you coming back?

But you don't even love him!

I'm pregnant.

Let him be.

-Kai? -Kai just stopped by.

...new footage, confirming that another levee near Krewlow collapsed.

Nature is taking revenge on us.

-Mom? I have to find Kai. -He went to the forest with Benni.

Kai?

Kai?

Kai!

Kai!

You are a monster!

Hurry up, Elfriede!

-Did you get the photo albums? -No, not yet.

Just one last run.

Hello?

Are you all right?

The levee collapsed!

We can take you with us.

Come! Give us a hand, then we'll get out of here.

Just a few more belongings.

I'm Rainer Seidel. We've been living here for ages.

But I've never seen you around.

Excuse me, can I give this to you?

What are you doing?!

I went into hiding.

But I followed the rules from the book.

And I killed many people.

I have tried everything to get away from blood.

Svetlana?

Where is she?

Do you remember the day you found me?

Some junkie is squatting in the lodge again.

Wadim saw someone.

That's what you're thinking about... now?

Sorry, I just remembered it.

We haven't had sex outside the bed in ages

and you're thinking about your to-do list.

Your to-do list.

You were supposed to do it. I've told you so many times.

I'll take care of it.

Board up the windows and doors, or finally tear that thing down.

It creeps me out knowing there's some junkie squatting there.

And you know that I'm often alone out here.

Victim of the Oder flood in July 1997

Put that back.

Who are you?

Where did you get that?

You gave it to me.

Please leave.

You can't live like this.

My door is always open to you.

He doesn't look his age at all.

Just unbelievable.

It doesn't make any sense.

Maybe it's not him. Maybe his son or something?

I don't know. Maybe.

Anyway, I can't just chase him away.

He needs--

Come in.

Please don't ask him any questions.

He'll eventually talk on his own. Or not.

I don't want him to run away again.

I'm an addict.

And there's something I need help with.

Getting off human blood was very painful.

But I made it. Thanks to you and Svetlana.

-Can I ask you something? -Sure.

Do you have a job for me?

-Are you coming? -Go on.

I have to finish something before my vacation. I'll be late.

Okay. See you later.

You've been here so long now... But you never talk.

All I know about you is from Marcin's stories...

He said you were his best friend.

And he often wondered what happened to you.

At some point you have to start talking to us. Okay?

Listen, I don't believe you're Kai.

But Marcin does, and that's what matters.

And I like you, whoever you are. But we have to be honest with each--

Where's Svetlana?!

-Where's Svetlana?! -I didn't mean to! It was accidental...

Svetlana?

Svetlana!

Svetlana!

I lost control!

I wasn't myself. I thought I had it under control.

And then?