Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Issa and Leandros sail for Rome, but a storm and a Roman patrol ship force them to confront the cost of Thalia's truth. Marcus is wounded again, and a new threat emerges from the Senate's envoy.
The ship slipped out of Alexandria's harbor before dawn, its sails catching the first pale light. Issa stood at the rail, watching the city shrink to a line of white and gold against the dark blue sea. Thalia's letter was still under her pillow in the cousins' house—she had left it there, deliberately, as though the truth could be anchored to a place that had not yet burned.
The satchel of scrolls lay at her feet. Leandros stood beside her, his hand resting on the rail close enough that their fingers almost touched.
"You should sleep," he said.
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