****UNKNOWN POV*****“You had one chance, Anastasia,” I hissed, my voice like venom slicing through silence, “and you fucked it up.”She dropped to her knees, trembling, her hands shaking as she clutched the hem of her cloak. “P-Please, Mistress… mercy. It was all Santos’s fault!”I narrowed my eyes, my patience splintering. “His body has returned to dust. His soul dragged back to where it belongs. So tell me, Anastasia…” I stepped closer, magic crackling around my fingertips, “what could a pile of ash possibly do?”She didn’t answer. Instead, she shoved Laurel forward like a coward hiding behind the nearest body.“Mistress,” Laurel croaked, her voice tight with fear, “Santos… before he faded, he told his daughter the truth.”My blood ran cold for half a second—then fury took over.“WHAT?!”Magic exploded from my body in a storm of shadow and fire. The blast threw them both against the far wall like rag dolls. Their screams echoed as they crashed to the floor, the stone unforgiving an
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