Twilight descended upon the cliffs of Taormina in a breathtaking display of bruised indigo, deep violet, and blood-red horizon clouds. High upon Monte Tauro, Castello di Moretti stood transformed into a fortified mountain citadel preparing for total war. Along the perimeter limestone battlements, heavy sandbag emplacements had been erected, reinforced with tactical spotlights, automated motion sensors, and mounted Barrett .50-caliber anti-materiel rifles covering the narrow switchback road leading up from…
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