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Fire beneath the stone
CHAPTER ONE - THE TWO HOUSES Begin: Pompeii at high summer. We are introduced to the House of Leandros - Roman with ties to Alexandria - and the House of Isis - Issa's family, Greek-Egyptian with ties to Rome. Both prominent, both in the…
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…Issa nodded, because that was what was expected, and she turned back to look at Leandros across the table. He was still watching her. The noise of the feast swirled around them, the songs and the laughter and the clatter of cups, but for a moment they were the only two people in the room. And she realized, with a start that felt like falling, that she did not want this to be just politics. She wanted it to be real. Leandros set down his cup and smiled—a small smile, almost private, meant only for her—and Issa felt her own mouth curve in answer. The night was warm, the stars were coming out over the Bay of Naples, and everything had changed.