🌅 At dawn, the city gathers for blood.

Under the aqueduct’s shadow, nobles, merchants, and workers crowd the field to witness the duel between Henrique de Alencar and his oldest enemy, Vasques.

⚔️ Ten steps. Turn. Fire.

The pistols blaze. Smoke rises. When it clears, Vasques bleeds — and Henrique stands victorious.

But instead of demanding death, Henrique does the unthinkable:

he spares his enemy.

The crowd gasps. Mercy is weakness. Mercy is shame.

But Samuel understands — Henrique is doing it for him.

💥 Betrayal strikes faster than honor.

Vasques pulls a hidden pistol and aims not at Henrique, but at Samuel.

Henrique lunges.

The gunshot splits the morning.

💔 Henrique falls into Samuel’s arms, the bullet lodged in his chest. Chaos explodes around them, but Samuel hears only the fading breath of the man who saved him.

With his final strength, Henrique whispers:

“You were the only one who saw me… Don’t waste what I leave you.”

And then he is gone.

🌑 Silence swallows the crowd.

The most feared man in the city dies — not for power, not for pride, but for Samuel.

✨ A devastating chapter where honor turns to sacrifice, and Samuel inherits a legacy forged in blood — a chain he can never escape.