In the quiet, golden twilight of early October, the first gentle autumn rain began to fall over the historic rooftops of Vienna. The leaves along the grand boulevard of the Ringstraße had turned to brilliant shades of copper, amber, and deep crimson, swirling in the cool evening breeze. Inside the royal master penthouse suite on the fourth floor of the Palais von Roth, a serene, expectant hush had settled over…
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