Page 257 of Reign

“Yes.”

“I thought you might have recovered by now.”

“I haven’t.”

He draws one precise line through Throne’s name.

The star tarnished.

I smile. “Excellent.”

His pen moves to Phoenix Sterling.

He crosses him out.

My smile slips.

Then Caine Wolfe.

“Luciano.”

Sam Villanueva disappears next.

Then Søren Cross.

I stare at him as the pen reaches Dominic James.

“Wait.”

Luciano draws the final line.

Seven names.

Seven black marks.

There isn’t a single man left.

“What are you doing?”

“Correcting the list.”

“You’ve destroyed the list.”

“It was poorly made.”

“You made it.”

“I’m aware.”

He lowers the pen to the empty space beneath Dominic’s name.

The tip moves across the page in controlled, deliberate strokes.

Luciano Castillo.

Everything inside me stops.

His name sits beneath the others in dark ink, untouched by a single line.