La princesa perdida

Previously

…He extinguished his lamp, plunging the chamber into darkness, and began to retrace his steps, his mind racing. He needed to find Aurelia, and he needed to do it before Thorne’s men, or Thorne himself, could intercept her. The game had just become far more dangerous, and far more personal. The whispers in the shadows had coalesced into a clear, urgent truth, and Valerius, the reclusive detective with a past he rarely spoke of, knew he was now inextricably bound to the fate of the lost princess. He emerged from the passage, blinking in the faint light filtering through the tapestry, a grim resolve hardening his features. The hunt was on.