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Author: Angel
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Damien's point of View

The halls reek of smoke and tension.

Not from fire, but from fear the kind that lingers in the air after a storm of blood.

I can taste it on my tongue as I pace through the west wing, Luca trailing at my side, silent but alert. The mansion is a fortress, but tonight it feels like a cage of mirrors.

Every glance, every shuffled step, every whisper among my men gnaws at me.

The net I cast is working. The first traitor was flushed out, Anton’s betrayal dragging others out of the shadows like rats scurrying when the light touches them.

I had told myself his death would be enough an example, a warning. But men are greedy.

And greed makes them bold even in the shadow of fear.

And so, I set another trap.

The plan is simple: feed them false intel. Spread word of a shipment valuable, easy to intercept—unguarded but essential.

I don’t need to tell Serena this. She doesn’t need to know how many fires I light just to see where the smoke will rise.

Luca delivers the whi
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