BLOOD AND VOWS
And when the final match was lit, and the fire roared to life, Emilia watched the flames eat history with something like peace behind her eyes.
Alessio stood beside her, breathing heavy.
“I didn’t think you had this in you.”
She turned to him.
“You married the wrong woman for peace,” she said. “But the right one for war.”
And he kissed her.
This time not with need, or fury, or strategy.
But with truth.
Because in that moment, surrounded by bodies, fire, and betrayal, they finally understood something simple:
The real vow was survival.
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