The contrast between the glittering ballroom inside and the tense, shadowy confrontation on the terrace could not have been more extreme. Behind the heavy velvet curtains, the orchestra was playing a sweeping Strauss waltz, the muffled sounds of laughter and crystal champagne flutes clinking in celebration. Out on the marble terrace, bathed in the silver light of the Andalusian moon, stood Count Rodrigo Morales, looking like a hunted criminal on…
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