William!
William?
Rats, all right.
Ah.
Bloody knew it. All right.
I'll pick up some traps in town then.
Love bug.
I've got to take Dad.
I'll be back before dark, all right?
All right. Come on.
You know the rules, kid.
But it isn't dark yet.
Come on. Let's go.
What took you so long?
I'm not gonna keep watching this. Enough is enough.
What will you do when she discovers the truth?
She won't.
Well, don't you look a picture?
Dinner's ready.
- Come on, love, eat please. - It's good.
Eat up or it'll get cold.
Willow, come on.
One bite, please, for Mummy.
Thank you, sweetheart.
All the animals in the pen?
Yes.
I'll go double check.
Just foxes.
Where are you always going?
Dad?
Daddy, wake up!
I've got him.
He's getting worse.
- Mama? - Yes, love?
Why are you hiding it?
Hiding what, love?
Can you pass me that plate, please?
It's nothing.
If it's nothing then why are you hiding it?
He's awake.
He is your father. Now get drying please.
Why does he always come home like this?
Mama?
Mum, I'm asking you a question.
Just go on. Go feed Winnie, and I'll finish up here.
I said go!
Quiet now. You'll be just fine.
Come on, lie down.
Lie down. Come on.
I am getting worse. Look what I'm doing to you.
Get some rest.
My oxygen's half full.
Oh. Well, better turn it off then.
Well, don't spend it all at once.
- Ready, monkey? - Ready.
What are we doing?
Mum?
What are you doing?
Two seconds.
You wouldn't happen to know of any capable drivers around here?
Well? Do you?
Me? I can drive?
Mm. Unless you wanna take a sip on that oxygen first.
You're the only one who's going to need a sip of that oxygen.
Right.
You look pretty.
Our little secret.
- All right. You ready? - Yep.
- It's stuck. - Let me have a look.
How many times have I asked your father to fix this?
All right. Got it.
Easy on the clutch, slow and steady wins the race.
Take it away, driver.
All right.
You stay in the car for me, poppet?
Will?
So?
What do you think?
I think I look quite pretty.
You do.
Very much indeed.
Oh.
I've missed my girls.
Little one in particular.
What's this?
Didn't know you got me a gift.
Come get it.
- Hey, that's mine. - Hey, come get it!
Oh!
Don't ever leave me again, huh?
Come.
Lovebug, it's me.
Can you open please, darling?
Got your favorite on the stove.
There's enough for Grandpa too, if you want.
All right?
Right.
And where are you going?
I'll be back before dark.
You're cutting it close.
Nothing changes.
Willow!
Willow, stop. Stop! Willow!
Willow! Don't go down there!
Willow, listen to me!
Listen to me!
Willow!
Willow! Willow!
Come on, sweetheart.
Come on, darling. Breathe for Mummy. Come on, breathe.
Take a breath, come on. Come on. Come on, breathe.
Please, sweetheart.
Take a breath. Come on.
Come on. Breathe, please. Breathe.
Come on, darling, just...
Come on!
Don't leave me!
Just breathe!
That's it. That's it. That's it, darling. That's it.
We can't bloody keep her trapped in there forever.
- Trapped? - Yeah.
Breakfast is ready so she needs to come home now.
That child has been trapped all her goddamn life.
- Oh, give it a rest. - She came to me...
- All right. - ...scared out of her mind.
Well, I'd like to see her, please.
Well, she doesn't want to see you.
We're her parents, Waylon.
You don't get to speak!
Get off him! Get off him.
Sweetheart. It's all right.
Hey.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Come here.
I love you when you're like this.
- Come on. - Grandad.
We're leaving. Get your stuff.
No!
You bastard. Get out of the car. What the hell is wrong with you?
Where are you going, Waylon?
Oh, here he comes, huh? The man of the moment.
Noah, can you get back inside, please?
Yeah, that's a good idea.
- You go back home, sonny. - Leave it!
You need to come with your mother and I.
- Get your hands off me! - Stay calm.
You're a fucking monster!
Now!
- I hate you! - Waylon, stop! Stay there.
Waylon, stop it!
No! Stop it!
Mum might've put up with you, but I won't!
I want you gone by the morning!
You...
You are the monster.
- Come on. - No.
- Get out of the truck. - Stop!
I hate you!
- I hate you! - That's fine.
That is fine. But I am your mother!
I am your mother!
I am your mother.
Let's take a drive.
Now!
Would you like to know what it is?
It's okay.
You don't need to be scared.
Your Grandpa Waylon's a good man.
We don't all get that lucky.
I never met my grandfather.
I heard the stories.
He was a kind man, for the most part. He had kind eyes.
It was his eyes my grandmother fell for,
a bit like your mother fell for mine.
He was a great storyteller.
He told the wildest stories.
He was good with his hands.
Strong as an ox. Nothing he couldn't fix.
Except one thing.
Once a month, when the full moon rose, he'd change.
And so every month he'd take himself off
as far from my grandmother as he could get.
Deep, deep into the woods.
And when he was there, all alone,
his bones would begin to break and crack,
his spine stretched, his fingers...
split and grew, and the pain...
the pain of his soul leaving his body would make him howl.
How-how-how-oo!
And the real pain...
the true pain comes from hiding it.
See, he hid it to protect my grandmother, to try and...
try and keep her safe.
But all secrets come to the surface eventually, Willow.
She wasn't a fool, my grandmother.
She'd known something wasn't right for years.
I guess she put it down to another woman in another town,
either way, she followed him...
deep into the woods.
And she saw what he was.
And he saw her.
The sun came up.
And my grandfather returned to himself and saw what he'd done
to his wife.
He ran home.
He took his gun.
And all those stories came to an end.
My father told me that story.
My father was a cruel man.
And I didn't want this, this...
family curse, this illness.
I am a coward.
And I'm a monster.
Because I...
I couldn't leave.
I couldn't...
I couldn't picture my life.
I couldn't.
I couldn't picture my life.
I love you when you're like this.
What do you mean...
when I'm "like this"?
♪ I left my baby lying there ♪
♪ Lying there ♪
♪ I left my baby lying there ♪
♪ To go and get blackberries ♪
I miss Grandpa. Where is he?
Could I have a go?
You want to chop wood?
I don't know.
That's a big job.
That's a lot of responsibility for a little girl.
These are my woods.
I own these woods.
I'm king of these woods.
King?
Oh, yeah. There's a whole ceremony.
A ceremony.
Kneel before your king!
Kneel?
Kneel!
I, Noah William Avery,
king of these woods,
ask thee, Willow Rose Avery,
with ancient pines as my witness,
to solemnly swear
her allegiance to this hereby forest.
Say, "I do."
- I do. - We can't hear you.
- I do. - We can't hear you!
- I do! - And do you promise to be brave?
- I do! - Do you promise to be honest?
- I do! - And do you swear...
at all costs,
to protect this family and everything in it?
I do.
Well, then,
I, Noah William Avery,
pronounce thee Princess Willow Rose Avery
of Avery Wood!
And the race is on and onward they go,
through the rocky roads in the mountains.
Avery's in sixth place. Beep, beep! Move out the way.
She's coming in third.
- And... she wins! - Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Sandwiches.
Ah.
What's wrong?
Oh, it's nothing, it's just... it's just my...
dog jaw.
I've had it since I was a kid.
Feel it.
You're so silly.
- You want some tea? - Yeah.
- This is a good sandwich. - Shut the fuck up!
Come on.
Get in the car.
Get in the car!
What are you fucking hiding?
I didn't see anyone, Noah.
I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.
I'm just scared, you know,
that one day you won't be here when I get back.
Say it.
I wanna hear you say it.
Nothing changes.
♪ I left my baby lying there... ♪
♪ Lying there ♪
♪ I lost my darling baby... ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday ♪
♪ Little monster ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
Make a wish, sweetheart.
Make a wish.
Yay!
A car just like ours.
- Yeah. - And little piggies.
New matchsticks.
- Thank you, Mum. - You're welcome, sweetheart.
Happy birthday.
It's all right.
Come in.
- Grandad! - Good evening.
- Is... is it mine? - Mm.
Hello.
- Hello. - Hi.
Mum, I got a puppy.
- Come on. - Come on.
He's so tiny.
How long are you thinking of staying, Waylon?
I hate it when you call me that.
Every single time.
You like your belly rubbed, don't you?
Belly rub. Lovely belly rub.
You can't bite me.
Hello.
So big, aren't you?
Mamma?
Yes, sweetheart?
Are we safe?
Darling, you are the most precious thing
that's ever happened to me.
Ever.
I would never let anything hurt you.
Do you understand that?
Nothing changes.
Willow.
Help me.
Let me in.
No, no, no, no, no...
No, no, no, no.
Dad?
Willow! Get back inside. Now!
It's just the wind.
It's him, isn't it?
Everything is fine.
Get some sleep.
It'll be morning before you know it.
What?
Show me the bloody gun.
It's just a gun. For protection.
Open it.
I said open it.
I should have known it was why he came back.
He's gonna kill me.
And then he's gonna kill you.
Then he's gonna go upstairs
and tear that child to pieces.
I am a monster.
Oh, Christ!
Oh, shit! It's empty. Stay with her, Waylon.
It's okay.
Come on, baby. Come on, baby. Breathe. Breathe.
Breathe, honey.
It's okay, Mummy's coming. Mummy's coming.
Stop this right now! You need to leave!
Oh, Christ!
Imogen!
Imogen, hurry!
For Christ's sake, hurry!
Imogen! She's unconscious!
He's coming in.
Where's the gun?
- Where's the gun, Imogen?! - I don't know, I don't know!
Come on, darling.
- Hide. - What?
Waylon!
Hide.
Come on, baby.
Come on, wake up! Wake up, please! Wake up!
Wake up.
Please! Please wake up. Please wake up. Please.
He is...
Please.
Please! Please wake up.
Please, darling. Please wake up.
Please wake up.
He is... coming.
I'm sorry.
We have to go.
We've got to go, come on.
Come on. We've got to go.
Come on, quick, quick, quick. Quick. Quick.
Come on. Come on.
Dad, I'm coming back.
Take this.
I'm coming back! If for some reason I don't,
you drive and you drive
and you keep on driving until you see the sun.
Do you understand me?
Do you understand me, sweetheart?
I need to hear you say it.
Yes!
All right, go.
Shh... Sh...
Move! Move, move.
Shh.
Hurry up!
Come on!
- Mum... - Get in, get in!
It won't move!
Come on!
He's coming.
Go! Go!
There's no time.
Willow.
Imogen!
Protect Willow.
Dad!
Grandad!
We've got to keep going.
I can't breathe.
Listen.
Three deep breaths.
In, two three, out, two three.
We have to keep moving, love.
We gotta keep moving.
Okay? Come on.
Come on.
All right. Let's go.
Right, let's go, come on.
He could be up there.
All right, you stay there. Stay behind the tree.
I'll go check.
We're safe, sweetheart. Come on.
Mum!
Noah!
Willow!
Noah.
Noah, put her down.
Noah.
Noah, please.
That's it.
It's all right.
Please, Noah.
Please put her down.
It's okay. It's all right, it's okay.
It's just me.
It's all right.
It's okay.
Noah. Noah.
I know you can hear my voice.
And I know you know how much we love you.
Now it's time to come back to us.
Noah, come back to us.
Noah, come back to me.
Come back to me.
I love you when you're like this.
What do you mean, when I'm like this?
And do you swear... at all costs...
to protect this family...
and everything in it?
Would you like to know what it is?
- Stop touching me! - Now!
- Why are you hiding it? - Never in front of her!
Shut the fuck up.
Don't ever leave me again, huh?
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
I am a monster.
It's time for her to know the truth.
Oh.
Hello, little monster.
♪ I left my baby ♪
♪ Lying there ♪
♪ I left my baby ♪
♪ Lying there ♪
♪ To go and gather ♪
♪ Blackberries ♪
♪ Hovan, hovan ♪
♪ Gorry o go ♪
♪ Hovan, hovan ♪
♪ Gorry o go ♪
♪ I've lost my darling baby, oh ♪
♪ Mm-mm ♪
♪ Mm ♪
♪ Mm-mm ♪
♪ I've lost my darling baby, oh ♪
♪ Hovan, hovan ♪
♪ Gorry o ♪
♪ I've lost my darling ♪
♪ Baby ♪
♪ Oh ♪