Shattered Empire

Vittoria

Nothing could have prepared me for this.

Not the years of training under my father’s watchful eye. Not the countless lessons in control, in power, in how to lead without letting emotions rule me. Not the blood I’d spilled, the lives I’d taken, the wars I’d won.

Nothing.

Because nothing in this world could have prepared me for the sight of my father’s lifeless body.

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