Welcome to Tales of Unusual — stories that remind us every action has a price, and some debts are paid in blood. Tonight’s tale is about karma — not the gentle idea of cosmic balance, but an ancient law older than any court: Lex Talionis — the law of retaliation. Eye for an eye, life for a life. If you believe what goes around comes around — be careful what you send out. This is Lex Talionis.
00:00Welcome to Tales of Unusual, stories that remind us every action has a price, and some debts are paid in blood.
00:10Tonight's tale is about karma, not the gentle idea of cosmic balance, but an ancient law older than any court, lex talionis, the law of retaliation, eye for an eye, life for a life.
00:25If you believe what goes around comes around, be careful what you send out. This is lex talionis.
00:33Eleanor Burke had always believed justice was blind, until the system failed her.
00:40Her husband Daniel was killed in a hit-and-run by a wealthy drunk driver.
00:45The driver, Marcus Vale, walked free after paying a fine, claiming it was an accident.
00:53Eleanor watched him smirk on the courtroom steps.
00:57That night, she sat, alone, in her dark kitchen, repeating three words she hadn't said since childhood.
01:05Lex talionis, an eye for an eye.
01:08But what if the law failed?
01:10Could the old laws still hear her?
01:13Weeks later, Eleanor found an envelope on her doorstep, inside, a single page, an ancient contract, written in Latin, signed with a seal she couldn't read.
01:26No sender, no explanation, at the bottom, strike once, the strike returns.
01:32Take a life, forfeit yours.
01:34That night, she dreamed, of a dark figure, standing at her husband's grave, whispering,
01:42Justice must be balanced.
01:44Eleanor knew, it was a warning, or, an invitation.
01:49The next day, she bought a gun.
01:51She waited outside Marcus Vale's mansion, for three nights.
01:55On the fourth, she followed him, as he stumbled from his car, drunk as ever.
02:01She didn't speak, she just raised the gun, and pulled the trigger.
02:05It was quick, it was clean.
02:08Eleanor felt nothing, only a hollow echo, where grief had lived.
02:14She dropped the gun on the steps, and walked away, into the dawn.
02:18The police called it, suicide.
02:21The tabloids buried it, by morning.
02:25But Eleanor couldn't sleep, because Lex Talianis, had heard her.
02:29Days turned to weeks.
02:32Eleanor felt a shadow, at the edge of every mirror, every dark window.
02:38She woke, with bruises, she couldn't explain.
02:41Her friends drifted away, uneasy, in her presence.
02:45One night, she found the envelope again, the contract rewritten, in fresh ink.
02:52This time, her name was at the top, and below.
02:56The words, a debt paid, demands another.
03:00She realized then, Lex Talianis, didn't care about right or wrong.
03:05It only cared about balance.
03:08Eleanor tried to run.
03:10She fled her house, her city, living under false names.
03:14But the shadow, followed.
03:17She saw Daniel, in her dreams.
03:20Not the man she loved, but a pale imitation.
03:23Mouth stitched shut, eyes wide, with silent judgment.
03:28Every reflection, showed Marcus Vale, standing behind her.
03:32Blood pooling at his feet.
03:34Lips mouthing.
03:35Debt, unpaid.
03:37She confessed, to priests, lawyers, strangers.
03:40But no cell, would hold her long enough.
03:44No court, would convict her now.
03:46Justice, had already moved on.
03:49Lex Talianis, was older than any judge.
03:53One cold winter morning, Eleanor stood on a bridge, overlooking a frozen river.
03:59She knew what had to come next.
04:01A life, for a life.
04:03Hers, for his.
04:04She whispered her husband's name, then stepped forward.
04:09But the water, never met her.
04:11She woke up, in her childhood bedroom.
04:14Alive, unaged.
04:16As if nothing had happened.
04:18On the dresser, the same envelope, sealed again.
04:22This time, the words read, debt deferred.
04:25A new balance, must be struck.
04:28Eleanor understood then, the law, didn't end with her.
04:31It would find someone new.
04:34Some say, the contract still drifts from doorstep to doorstep.
04:39Appearing to those who crave vengeance more than justice.
04:44They say, Lex Talianis, is not a curse, but a test.
04:48A question, how far will you go, and what will you pay?
04:53So next time you wish for karma to strike, remember this.
04:57The universe may listen, but the scales never close gently.
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