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Chapter 46 - Haus Hohenzollern Archives

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Raffaele’s POV

After lunch at Jetty 1905, we didn’t linger.

Valentina had somehow pulled herself back together to her usual poised self.

She felt less brittle and more focused.

The wine had smoothed her edges, and I could already see the excitement brimming in her eyes.

As we drove through Swakopmund, the streets shifted from wide, sandy roads to rows of pastel-colored houses with curved balconies and ornate trim.

The town, once a German outpost, still wore its colonial past—buildings in Jugendstil and Art Nouveau lining the streets like something from a misplaced European postcard.

It looked more like a seaside resort town from Germany than anything I expected in the Namibian desert. So out of place. And strangely elegant.

By the time the limousine rolled up to the colonial archives in central Swakopmund, she was practically vibrating with restrained anticipation.

The building Haus Hohenzollern had once been a hotel for German dignitaries, then a gambling den
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