He couldn't fathom the cruelty of these family traditions and the immense burden that Eva had carried all these years.
Akuna continued, her voice tinged with sadness, "They become slaves to their Additum for the rest of their lives, and their servitude only ends when the Additum bears their first child and they just die at that moment."
Xylon struggled to find words to express his thoughts on the matter.
"This is...," he began, but the weight of the revelation left him speechless.
Akuna's tone turned somber as she added, "I didn't want to tell you earlier because you always treated Eva poorly. If you had known about the bond of slavery, you might have made her life a living hell.
I think she didn't tell you because of this as well. She hid it because you were showing signs of control."
Xylon sighed, his frustration with the Sinclair family deepening. "The Sinclairs are truly bizarre."
Akuna added one more detail that left Xylon even more perplexed.
