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Chapter 118 – Vows in Blood and Fire

Author: The Butterfly Mind
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-02 09:37:09

The morning light pierced the Vault’s reinforced glass ceiling, filtering through in broken slats like judgment from above. But inside, there was only silence.

Sera stood alone in the strategy room, her fingers grazing the surface of the war table. The maps had been cleared, the files locked away. Yet the weight of what had happened at Echelon still clung to the air like ash.

The poison had nearly claimed her.

Lucrezia had nearly won.

And Valerio... he’d never left her side.

Not when she convulsed. Not when her pulse slowed. Not even when Bruna had screamed that they might be too late.

Now, every breath Sera took was a rebellion.

A vow.

She would finish this.

Not just for herself.

But for every soul Lucrezia had manipulated, ruined, or slaughtered in her twisted pursuit of power.

The door opened behind her, soft footsteps interrupting her reverie.

Valerio.

He said nothing as he approached—just stood beside her, his presence grounding her like gravity.

“How do you feel?” he asked quiet
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