The Cost of QuietnessWith terrifying suddenness, the brittle hope that Mateo's cryptic message had sparked wasdashed, and Vlad's familiar, oppressive presence took its place. He silently materialized in Violet's quarters, a silent expression of her worst anxieties. The tiny room's air, which only a few seconds before had been alive with the promise of alliance, became heavy, tinged with an unsaid danger that made her skin prickle. He was aware.He had known all along. His icy, perceptive eyes had not missed her nuanced questions, her desperate attempts to glean tidbits of information. Vlad took slow, deliberate steps in herdirection, but they all echoed with a terrifying finality.With an intensity that seemed to pierce her very soul, his eyes those unfathomable depths of obsidian were fixed on her. His expression was one of cold, calculated resolve, far more terrifying than anger or overt displays of fury.Violet felt a chill of dread at the sight of the small, charred objec
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