"Once the conditions were met and I made you believe I was gone—even though I truly did die—the Spiral activated, breathing life back into my corpse. Even now, I exist in a bizarre state between life and death. Some call me a Dead Walker. Others say 'Zombie,' 'Ghoul,' or something else. I don't mind. This state has granted me new abilities, allowing me to crush the competition and reach the power I now hold," Veynar explained.
Zorba listened, his disbelief growing as the truth of his life—of that incident that had marked him forever—unraveled. His brother was alive. He had somehow orchestrated it all from the beginning, just to gain more power. He had pushed his own little brother to commit the unthinkable.
