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Velum aperītur in marmore lunārī, thronus aureus adhuc calidus sanguine.

(The curtain opens on moonlit marble, the golden throne still warm with blood.)

Ego ex umbrā in lūcem prōcēdō — stola cardinalis quasi maris nocturnī tractus.

(I step from shadow into light — cardinal robes trailing like a midnight tide.)

Ō Deus meus, ō Deus meus! Dilecte mi Aurōrā, lūx ignis mātuīnī lēnis.

(O my God, o my God! My beloved Dawn, light of the morning's gentle fire.)

Quid fēcistī hāc vice, fīlī meus radiōse prīmae lucis?

(What have you done this time, my radiant child of the first light?)

Semper tam dramaticus, passīōnēs flagrantes ut aurōra in parietibus antīquīs.

(Always so dramatic, passions blazing like dawn on ancient walls.)

Haec flamma inextinguibilis aurōrae est causa quā tē super omnēs ēlēgī.

(This unquenchable flame of dawn is why I chose you above all.)

Amor meus, sōlus comes meus per saecula velāta.

(My love, my only companion through the veiled centuries.)

Sīvī tē furere, sīvī īram tuam ardēre antequam ad mē revenīrēs.

(I let you rage, I let your fury burn before you returned to me.)

Numquam tamen — numquam — tibi concessī ex sanguine meō aliōs gignere.

(But never — never — did I permit you to beget others from my own blood.)

Ut sanguisugae hae quae sē noctis rēgēs et rēgīnās audent vocāre nāscerentur.

(To give birth to these leeches who dare call themselves kings and queens of the night.)

Deus exaudīvit tē et respondit tibi —

(God has heard you and answered you —)

Deus audīvit clāmōrēs eōrum, et per mē respondet.

(God has heard their cries, and through me, He answers.)

Nōn lupī estis, sed sanguisugae in tenebrīs reptantes et multiplicātae.

(You are not wolves, but leeches crawling and multiplying in the dark.)

Sanguis quī vōs genuit ex venīs meis propriīs fluit — sanguis meus, suspīrium meum.

(The blood that begot you flows from these veins — My blood, My sigh.)

Nēmēsis advenit, manus obscūra purpurā et nigrō vestīta.

(Nemesis arrives, the dark hand clothed in scarlet and black.)

Ut messem impiam conterat et fīliōs errantēs revocet.

(To crush the impious harvest and call back the errant children.)

Intrā nunc, Éléonora — rosa dēfīēns quae fūgam coram spīnā recūsāvit.

(Enter now, Éléonore — defiant rose who refused flight before the thorn.)

Théophilus clāvibus fractīs, Lūciēnus manibus carēns sed renātus.

(Théophile with broken keys, Lucien handless but reborn.)

Et Dominicus, venātor quī prō mē in tenebrīs venābātur.

(And Dominique, the hunter who once hunted for me in the dark.)

Ecce frūctūs sacrāmentī tuī vetitī, flamma mea errāns!

(Behold the fruits of your forbidden sacrament, my errant flame!)

Clāmāvērunt tam fortiter prō Deō quī surdus vidēbātur — tamen caelum numquam dormit.

(They cried so loudly for a God who seemed deaf — yet Heaven never sleeps.)

Ego sum pater umbrārum, gladius quem Vaticānus cēlat,

(I am the shadow-father, the blade the Vatican conceals,)

Conditor ordinis venātōrum nocturnōrum.

(Founder of the order of night hunters.)

Nūlla misericordia impostōribus quī dē cibō nōn suō vescuntur.

(No mercy for impostors who feed on what is not theirs.)

Eōs sub calcem terō quasi rosās marcidās, in cinerēs et flammās redigō.

(I trample them under heel like wilted roses, reduce them to ashes and flames.)

Sanguis revertitur — eum retrahō, venā per venam, guttā per guttam cruentam.

(The blood returns — I draw it back, vein by vein, drop by crimson drop.)

Dōnec nihil remaneat nisi pulvis ubi imperium tuum nōluit dēsistere.

(Until nothing remains but dust where your empire refused to stop.)

Deus exaudīvit tē et respondit tibi —

(God has heard you and answered you —)

Deus audīvit, et per silentium quod abūsus es respondet.

(God has heard, and answers through the silence you abused.)

Nūllī falsī apostolī, nūllī mendacia noctis diffusa.

(No more false apostles, no more lies born of the night spread wide.)

Prōgeniēs hodiē fīnit, in cineribus et in vēritāte recūsātā.

(The lineage ends tonight, in ashes and in truth denied.)

Ūnus superest — Dominicus, oculīs dīlātātīs in dolōre agnitiōnis.

(One alone remains — Dominique, eyes wide in the pain of recognition.)

«Pater,» susurrat, vōce fractā quasi campana quae nōn sonat amplius.

(“Padre,” he breathes, voice broken like a bell that rings no more.)

Accēdō, manus cor quondam prō mē in tenebrīs venantem comprehendēns.

(I draw near, hand closing on the heart that once hunted for me in the dark.)

In nōmine Patris, et Fīliī, et Spīritūs Sānctī —

(In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti —)

Pressiō ultima, costae franguntur, vīta in ultimā flammā profānā effugit.

(The final pressure, ribs crack, life flees in one last profane flame.)

Catharsis effunditur quasi aulaeum theātrī rubrum, crūdum et absolūtum.

(Catharsis pours like the red theater curtain, raw and absolute.)

Scēna pūrgātur, stultitia tua ēlimināta, cyclus irritus redditus.

(The stage is cleansed, your folly purged, the cycle made void.)

Silentium dērīsis — sed caelum semper audit, semper videt.

(You mocked the silence — but Heaven always hears, always sees.)

Per mē Nēmēsin, fīnem quem supplicāvistī ut caperēs affert.

(Through Me the Nemesis, it brings the end you begged to seize.)

Deus exaudīvit tē et respondit tibi —

(God has heard you and answered you —)

Deus audīvit, et manū dīvīnā et impietōsā respondit.

(God has heard, and answered with a divine and merciless hand.)

Sanguis ad fontem revertitur, aurōra falsa in harēnā dēficit.

(The blood returns to its source, the false dawn fades to sand.)

Nūllī hērēdēs, nūllī ēchōs, nūllī rīsūs in tenebrīs.

(No heirs, no echoes, no more laughter in the darkness.)

Tantum cinerēs super marmore, et exstinctiō splendentiae tuae.

(Only ashes on the marble, and the extinction of your spark.)

In nōmine meō impium pūrgātur, voluntās caelī impleta.

(In My name the impious is purged, Heaven's will fulfilled.)

Aulaeum in aeternum cadit — et nox victa est.

(The curtain falls forever — and the night is won.)

Mon fils… mon ami… mon amant perdu…

(My son… my friend… my lost lover…)

Maintenant, une fois de plus dans les ténèbres, je vais devoir rêver seul.

(Now, once again in the darkness, I will have to dream alone.)

Mes larmes tombent sur tes cendres,

(My tears fall upon your ashes,)

et la nuit éternelle m’enlace sans toi.

(and the eternal night embraces me without you.)

Le sang est revenu à sa source…

(The blood has returned to its source…)

mais mon cœur reste vide.

(but my heart remains empty.)

Que tout repose en cendres…

(May all rest in ashes…)

…à jamais.

(…forever.)