The Fair Sterling

***Victor***

I watched my brother’s face shift. Surprise first. Then confusion. Then shock. Then, finally—realization. A slow, dawning awareness creeping across his features like rot spreading under the skin.

“You’ve been deceived,” Logan said with a rough, humorless chuckle. Like the situation was so absurd, so twisted that he couldn't help but laugh. “Let me guess—you’re the one feeding these n