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CHAPTER 77
Author: Arthea Edelweis
last update2025-04-12 22:55:52

Ambrose’s laughter echoed across the charred ruins like a choir of wraiths. The way he carried himself—elegant, untouched by the smoke or blood—sent a chill even through Valeria’s spine. He looked more like a noble at a masquerade than a monster stepping from the graves of the past.

"So much like your father," Ambrose mused, circling slowly, boots never truly touching the scorched earth. "Stoic. Proud. Blind."

Javier didn’t move. His posture remained relaxed, but Valeria could feel it—power crackling under his skin like restrained lightning.

“I was wondering when you’d crawl out,” Javier replied, his voice low, even. “The smell of rot finally gave you away.”

Ambrose chuckled, unbothered. “And here I thought we’d greet each other like family.”

“You lost that right when you sacrificed my parents for your obsession.”

Ambrose sighed dramatically, brushing imaginary dust from his robe. “They were narrow-minded. They clung to dead ideals. Alchemy was never meant to be bound by ethics or law
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