The Château de Delacroix, located on the outskirts of Versailles, was an awe-inspiring seventeenth-century limestone palace surrounded by four hundred acres of manicured gardens, reflecting pools, and centuries-old oak forests. For over two centuries, the House of Delacroix had convened its supreme Sovereign Council in the Grand Hall of Mirrors—a breathtaking gallery adorned with crystal chandeliers, gilded frescoes, and portraits of ancestral banking barons. At ten o'clock the following morning,…
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