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Chapter Eight: His Brother

Author: B.J
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-15 01:36:24

**Amelia's POV**

Every stride I made along the twisting stone path felt as though I were dragging my soul.

The fog hung low, dense as smoke from something wicked. Like a forewarning I couldn't get off, it hung onto the home, my skin, my thoughts. I found it difficult to breathe. Though my lungs received oxygen, it no longer seemed to be mine.

I did not seek permission. I don't want to.

Walking away from the garden where ghosts still whispered under roses and thorns.

Walking back to the mansion. His words still reverberated in my mind.

"Tell Nico... his brother is still alive."

The voice so quiet, methodical, was more pointed than a scream.

And the silver coin that is missing? Celine snatched it from the bench like it belonged to bloodright. Claws gripped it. her eyes flashed with anything too ancient to be just fury. A bit fishy.

While me?

The silence was left for me. And a reality I do not understand.

Walking a bit faster. My tracks faded beneath the fog. My head reeled. About how ma
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