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Elliot didn’t understand what it meant. However, he imitated him.

“I swear on my life, I will die cruelly if I break my promise,” he assured, pounding his fist against his heart.

Elliot knew this man was a supernatural being—he had hinted at it in so many ways.

He also understood that Aldo suspected him as well. Apparently, he had revealed something when he rescued him from the river, but he didn’t dare ask, didn’t dare open up, because he wasn’t just anyone.

He was the Duke, and he ha