THE HIDDEN CROWN

Chapter 59

As the trio ventured deeper into the city’s shadowed districts, the night seemed to close in around them. The ancient map they found in Victor’s vault was the key to uncovering the remaining bloodlines, but it was also a curse in its own right—a guide to places long forgotten, where danger lurked at every corner.

Selene kept her eyes trained on the path ahead, the eerie silence of the city unsettling. "I can't shake the feeling that something's watching us," she muttered.

Victor, walking slightly ahead, glanced over his shoulder. "The Harbinger's influence is still strong. It knows we're closing in. We have to be ready for anything."

Julian, nervously clutching a silver dagger he had insisted on carrying, added, "I hope 'anything' doesn’t mean more of those nightmarish visions."

Victor’s expression hardened. "If we're lucky, that's all it will be."

As they approached the first marked location from the map—a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of the city—Victor felt a familiar chill