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"We must hurry," Aja drawls in the center of theyour father and let us go"

The Jackal nods "A ustus lies pinned to the ground by three waiters They hoist hi over Lorn’s desecrated body

"Is the Mask not as you like, Darrow?" he calls to me "I made it just for you after you revealed your true self to me in Attica"

The Jackal turns to his father "What do you think, Father? Was this a ploy worthy your naustus spits in his face "What have you done?"

"So you’re not proud?" The Jackal wipes the spit away and looks at it "Damn"

"Stop this My son, you’ve ruined us"

"Adrius …," Aja says io"

The Jackal steps forward "So now you call htens his father’s jacket "Was I your son when you put me on a rock for the elements to claim me? Three days I was a baby The Board didn’t even want an Exposure But you thought I was so weak, and Claudius so strong Was he strong when I had Karnus put hiround?"

His father’s lips tremble "What?"

"I paid Karnus au Bellona seven irl I knew Claudius’s honor would lead hi is … it was your money I asked you for it so I could invest in my future And I did" He frowns "Father, did you really think a ten-year-old cares about the stock market? You should have paid better attention"

"You killed Claudius" Augustus’s voice breaks under the strain and he sags into the ar fro’s heart

"I aood son I worshiped you I feared you I obeyed you I learned what you wished o I did only as your will coustus shakes his head, drawing back his rage as the Praetorians cuff his hands together with netic shackles His eyes rise to look at the led you in your crib"

"Come now, Father …"