[Music recommendation: R. Armando Morabito - Eternals]
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A shocked gasp escaped Clair's lips and she wondered how he could possibly know.
After staying in Versailles for years, she knew that seeing through memories was King Iskara's unique ability, but she had never heard of Ivan possessing such a power.
What had changed? Had he always hidden this capability? If so, why had he waited until now to use it?
But she did not get the chance to dwell on those questions.
Ivan loomed over her and stepped onto one of her hands with such brutal force that it was crushed into a bloody pulp beneath his foot.
"Aahhhhh!" Her agonising shriek carried across the land, but he did not stop. His blood boiled with escalating fury.
Death would be a mercy for a creature like her, and the memories he had glimpsed only added fuel to his raging fire.
