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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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…A footstep sounded on the gravel: a stranger’s shadow, long and unfamiliar, crossing the threshold into the sunlight. The courier had returned, breathless with a new message, scroll extended. “From the Senate—urgent. Rome will hear your case at noon tomorrow.” The courtyard stilled. The world, for a heartbeat, narrowed to the words in the courier’s hand and the joined hands of Issa and Leandros. There was no time left for doubt. Only the next step, and the secrets that would walk with them into the heart of Rome.