The private Gulfstream twin-engine jet banked smoothly through the freezing midnight fog hanging low over the Danube basin, its wingtips carving twin vapor trails through the winter sky. Looking through the oval cabin window, Vivienne watched the golden grid of Vienna emerge from the clouds like a city of glowing embers. Only seventy-two hours had passed since she had been evacuated through the flooded Roman aqueducts beneath the burning palace.…
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