BLOOD AND VOWS
“You think it’s locked for us?”
Bianca shook her head. “It was locked to keep something in.”
Alessio stepped forward, placed his hand on the wood.
It was cold.
And it was breathing.
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The chamber beneath was small. Nowhere near the size of the Moretti vault. This one was circular, with a domed ceiling etched in black lines that shimmered when you looked too long. In the center stood a stone chair. Empty. Around it—twelve broken chains, nailed into the ground. And in the far corner, what looked like a human skeleton, curled in a fetal position, arms covering its face.