Chapter 419

With only a few sentences, Valerie laid bare the truth of what had happened all those years ago. Giorgio never imagined the secret he had guarded for decades would be dragged into the open in front of so many witnesses. His hand shook as he pointed at her. "How did you know?" Valerie deliberately rolled the pen between her fingers, meeting his gaze with a self-assured smile. "Why don't you take a guess?" The moment he saw the pen, fear surged back into Giorgio's chest, sharp and instinctive. Magnus was an unfathomably terrifying man. Giorgio's expulsion from Stormpeak Sect had little to do with fate and everything to do with Magnus. The most bitter truth of all was that Giorgio, who had always believed himself gifted, was utterly insignificant in Magnus' eyes. Years ago, when Magnus came to White Manor at Melvin's request to arrange the geomancy setup, the two of them had crossed paths. Magnus had looked at him once and said only one thing, "Obsession will be your downfall."