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Lethal Rivalry
  1. 1. The Geneva Ambush
  2. 2. The Scent of Cordite
  3. 3. The Cross-Border Exfiltration
  4. 4. The Vienna Safehouse 🔒
  5. 5. The Fake Marriage Protocol 🔒
  6. 6. A Touch of Poison 🔒
  7. 7. Balcony Crossfire 🔒
  8. 8. Wounds and Whiskey 🔒
  9. 9. The First Surrender 🔒
  10. 10. Morning Whispers 🔒
  11. 11. The Zurich Depository 🔒
  12. 12. Rooftop Extraction 🔒
  13. 13. Alpine Chalet Haven 🔒
  14. 14. Carnal Consecration 🔒
  15. 15. The Black Market of Prague 🔒
  16. 16. The Masquerade at Charles Bridge 🔒
  17. 17. Severing the Nerve 🔒
  18. 18. The Trap Springs 🔒
  19. 19. Safehouse in the Mist 🔒
  20. 20. The Interrogation 🔒
  21. 21. A Vow in the Dark 🔒
  22. 22. The Monte Carlo Infiltration 🔒
  23. 23. The High-Roller Gambit 🔒
  24. 24. The Superyacht Assault 🔒
  25. 25. Showdown on the Helipad 🔒
  26. 26. The Truth Broadcast 🔒
  27. 27. The Merger of Empires 🔒
  28. 28. A Proposal in Monaco 🔒
  29. 29. Nuptials on Lake Como 🔒
  30. 30. Consummation on the Water 🔒
  31. 31. The Paris Headquarters 🔒
  32. 32. A Positive Test 🔒
  33. 33. The Tactical Father 🔒
  34. 34. The Birth of Leo Hunt 🔒
  35. 35. Lethal Legacy: The Eternal Game 🔒

Chapter 16

The Masquerade at Charles Bridge

Lethal Rivalry · Scarlett Brooks · 6 min read

The Clam-Gallas Palace in Prague’s Old Town was an architectural marvel of high Baroque grandeur, illuminated tonight by hundreds of flickering torchères along its grand sandstone façade. Carriages and chauffeured Maybach limousines deposited two hundred masked European elites at the grand entrance, where masked footmen in powdered wigs and crimson velvet livery bowed in silent reverence. Tonight was the Imperial Bohemian Masquerade Gala—an exclusive, decadent gathering of international aristocrats, oligarchs,…

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