[ZAFFUTO]
"Your precious Liana… She begged me to take her life. In exchange, I would spare the lives of everyone else. She pleaded. She cried. She was fully pregnant and already pushing her son when I walked in.
"She was perfectly spread out, open, and with no one to guard her. Those who tried to fight for her, she refused. Said something about their lives being precious and all. She sounded so beautiful and broken.
"And maybe I shouldn't have murdered her. But she was the only weakness in your life. And the heir… The heir you never knew was a daughter or a son. I took that from right under your nose.
"You weren't able to do anything other than lock yourself up like a coward. But I just want to congratulate you today, Zaffuto. You stepped out in the sun after ages of haunting the shadows," Ashton mocked.
Zaffuto listened carefully.
