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car, and for three seconds, the violence around him softened.
He extended one scarred hand and helped an elderly woman step onto the pavement.
Isabella Moretti.
Nona.
She wore a black velvet coat and pearls that looked older than the city. Age had not made her fragile. It had sharpened her. Every line in her face seemed carved by grief, war, and the burden continue reading …
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