The summer morning in the Palace of High Spires had begun with an unusual, breathless stillness. In the private library of the Sovereign Apartments, Camilla had been attempting to review the quarterly revenue reports from the southern naval docks of Portovenere. Yet for the third time in an hour, her fountain pen had slipped from her fingers, her gaze drifting toward the open sea-balcony where the morning sun danced upon…
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