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Chapter 21: The Chamber of Oaths
Author: Milky-Grip
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The passage twisted downward like a vein cut into the earth. The air stank of wet stone and something older copper and rot. Victor stumbled, still pale from the pool.

Ethan kept a steady hand on his back. “Breathe,” Ethan murmured. “You’re through the worst.”

Victor’s laugh was a hollow rattle. “That was only the beginning. I saw it, Ethan. All of you. Dead because of me. And I believed it.”

Julian walked ahead, torchlight painting his smirk in gold and shadow. “Maybe you should have believed it, cousin. The cradle doesn’t invent lies it magnifies them.”

“Shut up, Julian.” Ethan’s voice was sharp, edged with restraint. Julian turned, walking backward with an easy grin. “Oh, don’t scold me, dear heir. You know I’m right. Our bloodline is rot wrapped in silk. And you?

You’re about to inherit seventy percent of the world’s wealth and seventy percent of its hatred.” Miriam’s quiet voice slipped in like a knife. “And yet he clings to loyalty. So quaint.”

Victor whispered, “Why are you all
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