BLOOD AND VOWS
He read it aloud, because some words were too important to be heard only once.
> “Let this be our final silence.
If this box is opened, then the vow is broken.
Blood has outlived its promise.
The Vitale and Moretti lines were bound by betrayal, not loyalty.
If one family survives the other, the seal will break.
When the seal breaks, memory will return.
And when memory returns, no empire shall stand.
The only way forward is to choose the end.
Not vengeance. Not justice.
An end.
One life, freely given, to close the door again.