On the fifth morning of their rehearsals, the winter temperature in Prague plummeted to fifteen degrees below zero, sending frost creeping along the stone ventilation shafts of the subterranean vaults. Inside the grand cavern, the chill was held at bay by two roaring hearths, yet the air between Cassian and Elena was charged with a ferocious, electric heat. They were rehearsing the climactic third movement of *The Velvet Requiem*—a harrowing,…
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