Blood and Betrayal
“But tell them this: If they ever move toward the North Coast again, I won’t just burn a book. I’ll burn the entire market. I’ll leak every offshore account, every shell company, and every hidden villa. I’m an Ares, Silas. I know how to destroy a world better than anyone.”
Silas stared at me for a long moment, a ghost of respect flickering in his eyes. Then, without a word, he turned and vanished into the shadows of the house.
I stayed in the library until the fire died down to a pile of grey ash. The ledger was gone. The letters were gone. The “compass” was broken.
I walked out of the “House of Bone” and into the cold, clean Adirondack morning. The sun was rising over the lake, the light re