THE CRIMSON VOW

"𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫."

ᴀᴠɴɪ ᴛʜᴀᴋᴜʀ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛᴀʟʏ ғᴏʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ—ᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ᴍʙᴀ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ's ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴘʀᴇsᴛɪɢɪᴏᴜs ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀsɪᴛʏ.

sʜᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴀʟᴇssᴀɴᴅʀᴏ ᴅᴇ ʟᴜᴄᴀ.

ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪʟʟɪᴏɴᴀɪʀᴇ ᴄᴇᴏ.

ɪᴛᴀʟʏ's ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀғᴜʟ ʙᴜsɪɴᴇssᴍᴀɴ.

ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴ ғᴇᴀʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴀs ɪʟ ʀᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴍɪsɪ — ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀɪᴍsᴏɴ ᴋɪɴɢ.

ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜs ᴡᴀʀ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴛᴇɴs ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇsᴛʀᴏʏ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪɴ ɪᴛs ᴘᴀᴛʜ, ᴀʟᴇssᴀɴᴅʀᴏ ᴏғғᴇʀs ᴀᴠɴɪ ᴀ ᴅᴇᴀʟ sʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ ʀᴇғᴜsᴇ.

ᴀ ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ.

ᴏɴᴇ ᴠᴏᴡ.

ᴏɴᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴏssɪʙʟᴇ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ.

ғᴏʀᴄᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴏғ sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛs, ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴇɴᴇᴍɪᴇs, ᴀᴠɴɪ sᴏᴏɴ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ғᴇᴀʀs ᴍᴀʏ ʙᴇ ʜɪᴅɪɴɢ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀ ᴄʀɪᴍɪɴᴀʟ ᴇᴍᴘɪʀᴇ.

ʙᴜᴛ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴠᴏᴡs ᴀʀᴇ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ɪɴ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ.

ᴀɴᴅ sᴏᴍᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ sᴛᴏʀɪᴇs ʙᴇɢɪɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴡᴀʀ.

"𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐞, 𝐀𝐯𝐧𝐢... 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫."

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