Bloodline of Sin
They exhaled, the smoke curling up into the stagnant air like a phantom snake.
Failure.
The word tasted bitter, worse than the ash in their mouth. It sat heavy in their gut, a leaden weight of humiliation.
They stared at the wall opposite them, where a complex diagram of the Han family tree was pinned. Red string connected names, dates, and assets. It was a web of deceit, and right now, the spider sitting in the center felt remarkably incompetent.
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