The words hung in the air like a blade pressed to a throat.
Ares's voice was quiet and flat, but it rang with such weight that the room itself seemed still. The Chief sat frozen, blinking slowly as the statement sank into his bones.
"You… you killed them?" he finally managed the words to come out, disbelief cracking in his tone.
Viktor glanced sideways at the boy, but said nothing. His gaze was unreadable, his silence a statement of its own.
Ares didn't flinch. "They admitted to working with the Guild of Assassins. Anyone who sides with murderers like them deserves no mercy," he said, his voice unwavering.
The Chief's mouth opened, then closed again. Slowly, he stood from his chair, hands pressed against the table as if to steady himself.
