L74. Branded by Blood

Item : Book: Cradle of Stars

That night, Sirius shone with a strange crimson light.

As Andre was about to leave, he looked down and saw a letter placed at the door.





Andre crumpled the letter,
"You and your kin will pay for humiliating me."

Searing hatred in his heart, Andre charged towards the appointed place with unbelievable speed.

"I have never been so insulted in my life!" he announced to no one in particular.

"How dare a bunch of uncivilized barbarians insult me? I am the Star Child!"

Andre, blinded by fury, did not notice anything strange about his surrounding. Had he looked closer, he might have seen countless beady eyes, each burning with vengeance, buried within the velvet black night.

Item : Book: Cradle of Stars

"Wisewood King, come face me!" Andre rushed to the appointed place, but no one was there.

He turned around in circles, searching in the darkness, and a feeling of extreme unease came over him.

Suddenly, the distant night sky was lit up by a fiery crimson glow.

Smoke began to rise from flames. Andre panicked; his village was ablaze!


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