In the kitchen of the Rurik mansion, the scent of fresh coffee, sweet bread baking, and hot spices filled the air.Marina, the chef, ran from one side to the other, huffing loudly while murmuring:“Now we have to use moon flour, butter churned to the sound of harps, and strawberries picked with prayers. The lady of the house is no longer just human… She is divine! Divine!” She made the sign of the cross and then an ancient gesture of lunar blessing. “And she is pregnant with the new eclipse of the world!”“I heard that!” Alexei shouted, entering with Carla and receiving a toast to the forehead as a greeting from the head cook.Sasha was already at the table, legs crossed, biting into an apple as if he were judging the coffee with critical eyes. Lyra, seated beside him, smiled at Carla with her usual serenity.“Welcome to the house of the lunatics consecrated by the moon,” Sasha said, offering Carla a bread roll filled with jam.“Thank you… I think,” she replied, sitting down. “So… Doe
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