The Grand Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of High Spires was a monument to seven centuries of imperial extravagance. Two hundred feet of polished Belgian glass reflected the blazing light of forty colossal chandeliers, each holding eighty candles of bleached beeswax that cast a warm, golden radiance across the gathered nobility of Monteverdi. The air was a dizzying blend of expensive French perfumes, Bulgarian rosewater, aged champagne, and the…
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