Chapter 51: The Sealed Covenant and Uninvited Guests

The air in the secret chamber beneath the Peyton estate was thick with the scent of aged stone and forgotten time. But as Jeffrey Peyton pressed a nearly invisible seam in the far wall, a section of rock ground inwards, revealing a passage that led even deeper. The air that wafted out was different—colder, heavier, carrying the weight of millennia. “Where… where does this lead, Father?” Daniel asked, his voice a hushed echo in the confined space. The revelations about their ancestor...