A Melody of New Life (Heir Reveal)

The high music conservatory beneath Petřín Hill—the octagonal stone sanctuary where Cassian had once hidden in the dark for ten years—was bathed in the warm, golden glow of afternoon sunlight filtering down through the stained-glass dome. On the music stand of the nine-foot Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand piano rested a newly bound manuscript of heavy vellum, written in fresh sepia ink. The title page, inscribed in Elena’s delicate, flowing hand,…