Son of the Dragon: The Definitive History of Mihnea cel Rău

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…Father Nicodim, the man of God, the confidant, was betraying him. He was selling his secrets, his vulnerabilities, to the very enemies Mihnea had sworn to oppose. The monks, cloistered in their supposed piety, were not a sanctuary, but a viper’s nest. The incense suddenly seemed to choke him, the prayers echoing in his mind like a cruel mockery. His father’s perceived betrayal was a wound, but this, this calculated treachery from those he had sought refuge with, was a betrayal of a different, more devastating kind. The quiet sanctity of the monastery had become a stage for deceit, and Mihnea, the unwitting pawn, had been played.