THE BASTARD SON OF THE VIKINGS
“Let him arrive.
Let him see the truth of what power really is…and why the daughter of Rome does not kneel.”
The city itself seemed to hold its breath. Palermo’s streets, once filled with whispering citizens, now quieted, every shadow a watcher, every alley a potential trap. The drums of Vanguard’s son’s army could be felt in the ground rather than heard yet.
She turned sharply to Enzo. “Send word to all the captains. Every alley, every roof, every barricade. The son comes, and he will find not a city to conquer, but a city to survive.”
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