Chapter 40 - The Unbreakable Dynasty

Mateo sat on the grass, watching the woman he loved and the child he had sworn to protect laughing in the bright sunlight.
He looked down at his hands. They were still the scarred, rough hands of a man who knew how to work the soil. But they were also the hands that had held an empire together, and the hands that had pulled a family from the edge of the abyss.
He looked up at the vast, clear blue sky, feeling an absolute, unparalleled sense of peace.
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The monsters were locked away in the dark. The shadows were permanently erased.
The roots of their new family were incredibly deep, the land was entirely free, and their legacy was entirely, beautifully unbreakable for the rest of time.