Fall of the Traitors

The aftermath of the siege at Castello di Moretti was marked by the crisp, cool mountain dawn breaking over a silent, liberated Ionian Sea. The torrential tempest had passed eastward toward the Greek coast, leaving behind clean, ozone-washed air and skies of crystal sapphire. The rising Mediterranean sun illuminated the ancient stone fortress, casting long golden beams across the wet flagstones of the courtyard, where emergency medical teams were treating…