Chapter 6- Marriage of Cruxius?
Last Night, Ancestral Study within the Blac family main estate,
A soft rain whispered against the tall stained-glass windows of the ancestral study. Shadows ruled the room—long, layered, and deliberate. Velvet drapes muted the storm.
The only source of light was a low-burning fire in the marble hearth, casting a gold-red glow across the rugs and shelves stacked with forbidden knowledge.
Ermond Vale stood near the doorway, posture straight, gloves pristine—befitting the butler of the Blac house.
Behind the grand oak desk, wrapped in darkness like a secret never spoken, sat the head of the Blac family.
His voice came low, grainy—like charcoal ground against steel.
"Young Cruxius brought another one, didn't he?"
A beat.
Then another.
"Yes, my lord," Ermond replied calmly.
There was the clink of crystal—glass brushing against the decanter—while the family head learned, as usual, that his son had brought another woman into his mansion to spend the night.