Remus’ POV

“You fucking fool!” I exclaimed as I firmly grasped Russo’s collar, my anger seething.

“He’s got both of them, damn it!” I shouted, delivering a forceful punch.

“Monsieur…” His words were silenced as I tightened my grip around his neck, extracting his heart straight from his chest. The other guards present watched with anxiety, struggling to avert their eyes.

With blood covering his lifeless body, Russo dropped to the cold ground. I chose to end his life instead of letting him live, but he had only brought me disappointment.

“This is the price of incompetence!” I displayed Russo’s still-beating heart to the onlooking guards, tightly clutching it in...