THE PRIVATE PLANE landed before dawn. The runway lights cut through the darkness as the aircraft slowly taxied to a stop.
Sumalubong sa kanila ang malamig na hangin ng ibang bansa—ang Greece.
The birthplace of legends and the home of their enemy.
Sa loob ng pribadong eroplano, walang excitement na mababakas sa mukha ng mga naroon dahil sama-sama man silang pamilya, hindi sila pumunta sa ibang bansa upang magbakasyon.
They went to Greece for a war.
Bumukas ang pinto ng cabin.
And one by one, members of the Laurent-Rios family stepped onto the foreign soil.
Ashriel Rios descended first. Even in his sixties, he carried the presence of a king—a monsieur. Years may have passed since he lived as the monsieur of Black Lotus, but he still possessed the aura that once terrified countle
