BOUND TO THE BLOOD KING
Bianca stepped closer, brushing a trembling hand over the mark.
The glow pulsed once, twice then faded.
Matteo’s voice drifted from the doorway. “Another message from the sea?”
“Not the sea,” Bianca murmured. “The blood.”
“We ended it.”
“No,” she said softly, eyes fixed on the moonlit horizon. “We only delayed it.”
Below them, the ocean stirred. The tide rose high enough to kiss the cliffs, carrying whispers older than the house itself.
And from deep beneath those black waters, the serpent opened its golden eye once more, no longer chained, no longer waiting.
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