Chapter 10 - The Eternal Reign
The ocean was calm. The stars were all bright. We stood on the deck. The world was below. "We are home," he said. "Home is the sea." "Home is the power." I looked at the waves. They were dark and vast. They were like the life. A life of the risk. "Are we finished now?" I asked him softly. "We are never finished." "The game never ends." "It only evolves." I looked at his face. He was old and wise. He was a titan of mind. And I was his queen. "What is the next?" "The next is the world." "We expand our reach." "We touch every shore." "We rule every gate." I felt a sharp surge. The ambition was real. It was a fire in soul. "I am ready," I said. "I am ready to lead." He smiled at my words. "Then lead we shall." We turned to the dark. The coast was ahead. The city of gold. The center of all. We landed at dawn. The people were there. They bowed to the king. They feared the queen. We walked to the throne. It was a seat of power. It was made of the stone. And the steel of the fight. I sat by his side. I felt the cold weight. The weight of the crown. The weight of the fate. I looked at the crowd. They were all waiting. Waiting for words. Waiting for law. I stood to the front. "I am Anna," I said. "The wife of the man." "But I am the force." "I am the mind." "I am the hand." "Follow the path." "Or fall to the edge." They stood in the awe. They knew the truth. The Spedaro were here. And they were for real. We ruled with an iron. We ruled with a heart. A heart of the cold. A heart of the pride. I looked at my hand. The ring was a star. It glowed in the light. The life was a dream. But it was my own. I had no regret. I had no fear. I had the power. And I had the love. The love of the hunt. The love of the throne. The love of the man. The one in the chair. We lived for the years. The empire grew large. It stretched to the world. It was a kingdom of life. A kingdom of death. I was the legend. I was the song. The song of the wife. The queen of the dark. And the story is done. But the power remains. The power is ours. For now and for ever. The Spedaro reach. The Spedaro name. It echoes in time. It whispers in night. I am the end. I am the start. I am the one. Who ruled the world. With a blade and a smile. A crown of the cold. And a life of the gold. The reign is eternal. The throne is our home. And I am the queen. Of all that I touch. The story concludes. But the game goes on. Always and ever. The queen remains. The king remains. The kingdom stays. The empire of shadows. Under the sun. Under the moon. Under the rule. Of Anna Spedaro.
