Sold to the Disfigured Billionaire
"The universe is a master of cruel irony. We spent millions of years trying to purge the dark from our empire, only for the dark to be the very thing that shields us."
"I am not your Messiah," Sebastian replied, his voice a low, gravelly rumble that shattered the holy silence of the room. He didn't bow. He stood at his full, imposing height, his scorched and heavily scarred chest rising and falling rhythmically. "I am a businessman who just spent a massive amount of capital keeping you alive. I want answers."
The Eldest Prophet slowly lowered its gaze to Harper.
"You bear the Imprint of the Vanguard," the Prophet murmured, reaching out a hand made of pure starlight. "Come, child of the new a