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Chapter 759

That incident rang like a warning bell across the great families of every nation. Without deep-rooted blood feuds, there was no need to fight to the death.

Thus, over the years, the leading families had all maintained a delicate balance, one that no one dared break.

Cole laid out the results of his investigation in detail.

“The Ferrero family is the wealthiest family in the world, with unimaginable resources. Yet, they have always kept an unusually low profile. There are rumors… that the Ferreros are cursed. Heaven granted them brilliance, wealth, and power, but in return, every Ferrero meets a tragic end.”

A faint twitch pulled at Lex’s brow. He had heard whispers of the Ferrero family before- from Uriah himself. Uriah knew all the secret histories and forgotten truths, and would always sigh with sorrow whenever the Ferreros were mentioned.

Cole continued, “Every head of the Ferrero family has died unnaturally. The first was hacked into pulp by blades. The second was crushed to death in a car accident. The third

perished in an explosion-his body was never recovered.

“The fourth died together with his wife in a murder-suicide. The fifth… was strangled to death by his own father. The Ferrero family is ancient, but it seems no family head has ever lived past the age of thirty.”

awhile, then added grimly, “And

to them rarely ended well. Even strong alliances

why almost no family

family head died, the Ferreros were said to have fallen into internal

seized the seat of power… no

wanted to deal with the Ferreros. Not because of some so-called curse, but because he knew the

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had once treated a head of the Ferrero family. He discovered that the grisly deaths were not fate’s whim but a genetic flaw-a madness carried in their

Ferreros had sought cures, desperate solutions. Yet even the greatest doctors could not erase what was written in their genes. Unless they bore no children, or had

Their

yes, but also ruthless. To give such men a

with the woman and her lover’s entire

when telling Lex of it, calling it a sin beyond measure. But even with all his skill, he had never found a way to