her hand. She kept a tight grip on Justice's wr
ile smell of the hospital faded, replaced by
heavy oak door. She pushed it
lted ceiling. Eleonora turned the deadbolt, the metal lock sliding
he reached up and pulled a framed oil painting aw
echoed in the quiet room. She pulled the
he pulled out a worn, v
esk. She peeled back the velvet
e the box rested a rolled
a said. Her voice was thick with emotion. "Dere
enty years ago, your mother, Ser
uddenly cold. Her mother's name. This was the only rea
r was brittle, covered in strange, jagged
ords. "It states that when the Aguirre bloodline faces ex
d to the jagged symbo
t skippe
ted to the margins. Scrawled faintly along the edge, disguised as decorative bordering, was a highly specific, chaotic
he tiny symbols, her brain aut
is real, and the blood pact is binding. Embrace your destiny. P. S. Master is out of mone
t her sides, the knuckles popping in the quiet room. She felt a profound sense of solemn destiny regarding her mothe
f cold awe. She didn't let a s
oss the desk and gra
this family because of your father's greed. If you stay by
red her. If Corwin had tracked down this sacred document just to leave a pathetic ransom
Eleonora's desperate eyes
id. Her voice was quiet,
She pulled Justice across the d
e guest wing. She opened the door to a sprawl
er eyes landed on the faded, canvas backpack that had been placed neatly at the f
and pulled the backpack toward her. She unzipped the hidden bo
ran her thumb over the cold metal casing of th
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