Elder Achilor's gaze did not leave the ten ancestors as he spoke, his voice calm yet carrying a weight that pressed into everyone's chest, making even the Emperor-level vampires feel like they had to listen carefully.
"If you are under her," he said slowly, his eyes narrowing just a little as he studied their expressions one by one, "then does that mean… she possesses something far greater than all of you?"
The question was simple, but the meaning behind it was heavy.
It was not just curiosity.
It was suspicion.
It was calculation.
And it was a test.
The ten ancestors of the Moonshade family did not answer immediately. Their expressions became serious, and for a brief moment, they exchanged glances with one another, as if silently confirming something that they had already understood long ago but had never needed to say out loud until now.
