Red Riding Hood Page #3

I'm sorry, Henry.

That's enough!

Father Solomon!

We found someone hiding!

In the tower!

Quickly!

- It's my brother! Don't touch him!

- Get him down!

- Interrogate him!

- He's not the wolf!

Look at him!

His speech is twisted.

He communes with demons.

Get him down! Now!

He hasn't done anything!

This is proof

that he studies the black arts!

He's a conjurer.

- I know him.

- Better than I knew my own wife?

You never know

what someone is capable of.

Get him down! Come on!

Give me the name of the wolf.

Give me the name.

Tell me the name!

The Romans invented this.

An ingenious system

for extracting the truth.

How can he give you a name?

The boy can barely speak.

Listen to how he sings

of his love of Satan.

We do this for the greater good.

What's the good in this?

I killed my wife to protect my children.

Our methods of pleasing God

are sometimes flawed.

You had best develop a stomach for it.

She says it's important.

I've come to bargain

for the release of my brother.

Silver fingernails.

To kill a werewolf.

Get out.

Please, I have more than money to offer.

Turn around.

Enough. Move.

Wait, please. I have something else.

Spare my brother

and I'll give you the name of a witch.

Now, that...

...is worth something.

Tell them what you told me.

She can climb the tallest trees.

She can run faster than all the girls.

She wears a red cloak.

The devil's color.

That's nonsense. I made that cloak.

Silence! Continue.

And she can talk to werewolves.

I've seen it. With my own eyes.

- Do you deny it?

- No, I don't deny it.

And what was the nature

of this conversation?

It promised to leave Daggerhorn

in peace as long as I go with it.

The wolf is someone in this village

who wants you, Valerie.

Do you know who it is?

I'd think very hard if I were you.

Tell me.

Tell me who it is.

Give me a name.

It wants her, not you.

If you wish to save yourselves,

simply give it what it wants.

You can't give her to the wolf.

That's human sacrifice.

We've all made sacrifices.

The trial is over.

Go back to your homes.

I said go home. All of you!

- I thought you cared about her.

- I do care.

I do care.

I'm trying to be smart about it.

Go to the granary.

You're gonna try and rescue her?

- Well, I'll help.

- I'm not that desperate.

Oh, really? Then what's your plan, huh?

See, you don't have one.

Look, you've seen those locks.

I've got a shop and I've got tools.

You need me.

Okay. Fine.

But if you're the wolf,

I'm gonna chop your head off.

I will do the same to you.

Fair enough.

Go home!

Where's my brother? Father Solomon

told me you'd release him.

We did.

Grandma.

Bread. Blanket.

Do you need anything else?

I do not want you to use that knife.

- We have to find the wolf.

- By sundown?

Listen, the wolf wants you.

But first it killed your sister.

No. I didn't know it,

but Lucie was in love with Henry.

And when she found out

about my engagement...

...she gave herself to the wolf.

No. Lucie wouldn't do that.

- Your time is up.

- But she might have responded to Henry.

Please see that she gets that.

Oaf.

Cesaire.

I'm gonna save your daughter.

And then I intend to marry her.

I'd like your blessing in this,

but I can live without it.

What can I do?

We're closed.

It's me.

Hello, Henry.

- I brought you some biscuits.

- Thanks.

I just wanna thank you

for speaking up this morning.

Here, try some.

Yes.

That was very brave of you.

I said what I felt.

You know...

...I want you to know you're under no

obligation to stand up for Valerie.

You're no longer engaged to her.

She's in love with someone else.

That doesn't mean

I've stopped caring about her.

I imagine that's just how

Lucie felt about you.

She had a crush on me.

Oh, more than a crush. I think she would

have done absolutely anything for you.

Even agree to meet you on a wolf night

if you asked her to.

Why are you doing this?

Do you think I'm the wolf?

Are you accusing me of murder?

I'm not accusing you of anything.

I just want to find out the truth.

It's you.

My God, it's you.

I can smell it on you.

Heh. What can you smell on me?

The night my father died, I could smell

the wolf. It was like a deep musk.

And I can smell it all over you right now.

What do you do out there in that cabin

all by yourself in the middle of the night?

On the night that Lucie died?

You don't know, do you?

I know what you're doing. And I'm not

gonna let you turn this on me.

Oh.

You're coming with us.

- I haven't done anything.

- Just a precaution.

Father Solomon doesn't want

any trouble from the witch's family.

It's time to put on your harlot's robe.

Valerie.

I did my best to protect you.

You and Lucie.

I know, Papa.

You taught us to be strong.

Father Solomon had designed

the mask for public disgrace.

And even my friends stared, judging me.

Stop.

What if they were right?

Maybe the wolf knew something I didn't.

Maybe there was something

dark inside of me.

You should all go home!

I'm so sorry, Valerie.

I didn't mean for this to happen.

Bless you, my dear.

Prudence.

Valerie?

Roxanne wanted me

to tell you how sorry she is.

- She said those things to save her brother.

- I know. Tell her that I forgive her.

Of course.

But I wanted to say...

I don't know what to say.

But you don't have to say anything.

But I want to.

I want you to know that...

...you may have fooled Roxanne...

...but you don't fool me.

Not anymore.

You were always too good.

Too pretty.

Too perfect.

You tricked us.

Now you're gonna get what you deserve.

Prudence, I think you should go.

Yes.

It won't be long now.

The wolf is coming.

The wolf lives here.

Your neighbor. Your best friend.

Even your wife.

You're the pretty one.

- I could eat you up.

- You will be happy again.

Human eyes, dark brown.

I know you well.

Do you know how you kill a tiger,

Father Auguste?

You tie out your best goat...

...and wait.

Fire!

- Put it out!

- Unh.

Go!

I'm gonna get you out of here.

It's too much!

Don't move.

There! He's taken the bait! Fire!

Wait, that's not the wolf!

He's aiding a witch!

- Fire!

- No!

Run!

Run.

This one started the fire.

Lock him up. In the elephant!

- Go!

- Move it!

The witch has escaped!

Get over here! Find the witch!

Come on, Peter's meeting us

with the horses.

Valerie!

Valerie!

Where's Peter?

I don't know.

He said he'd be here.

If he doesn't show...

...I'm gonna take you away.

Let me take you away.

Do you think I'm the wolf?

Find the witch!

Come on! Quickly!

Go.

That way!

We should go to the church.

The wolf can't cross onto holy ground.

Some with me! This way! Let's go!

I heard something over there.

They're in here! After them!

Valerie.

Henry. Henry.

Go. Valerie, go!

No. I'm not leaving you.

- We claim sanctuary.

- You are not on holy ground yet.

- This...

- Unh.

...belongs to me.

You want her alive?!

Kill it!

Valerie.

Step across the gate,

or I'll destroy this village.

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