Her fingers trembled as she touched his cheek.
Hot.
Real.
“Mom…” whispered the boy, his eyes barely open.
Valeria fell to her knees.
—Forgive me… forgive me for not protecting you…
The tears I hadn’t shed in three years… all came out at that moment.
But then…
A voice sounded behind her.
—What a moving scene.
Valeria froze.
That voice…
It couldn’t be.
He turned slowly.
Sebastian was at the door.
Applauding.
Smiling.
Like a demon.
—I thought it would take you longer to find it.
Valeria got up.
His gaze hardened again.
—It was you.
“Of course it was me,” he replied calmly. “Did you really think I’d let everyone die?”
Valeria was trembling with rage.
—YOU THREW THEM INTO THE RIVER!
“Yes,” he replied, without emotion. “But one… would have been enough for me.”
The silence was deadly.
—Did it work…?
Sebastian walked slowly towards the child’s bed.
—My blood. My heir. The only one I needed.
Valeria felt her chest burning.
—You’re a monster…
“No,” he replied. “I’m a man who does what needs to be done.”
Valeria clenched her fists.
—And the other six…?
Sebastian looked her straight in the eyes.
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