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Chapter 55: The usurper’s name
Author: James Neverthing
last update2025-09-23 23:15:00

“Cobra King,” Damon said at last, when his breaths finally steadied. The name slipped from his lips like poison. “That’s what he calls himself.”

“Cobra King?” Ethan echoed, the words tasting foreign on his tongue. He found himself repeating it, as though doing so might make it less menacing.

There was no doubt the name carried the weight of a man who had tasted power and sharpened it into something lethal. For the first time, Ethan felt a flicker of dread—small, but undeniable—curl in his chest.

Damon nodded grimly. “Yes, and he’s obsessed. A man who bends the rules until they break. He’s been buying oddities, relics, things that should never exist in the hands of mortals. He pays fortunes for shadows.”

“And for what exactly?” Ethan asked, his voice low, deliberate. “Why would someone hunger for such things?”

“I have no answer for that,” Damon admitted, shrugging as though the darkness he spoke of were just another passing trade. “My role is simple—link him with sellers, collect my cu
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