“What are you doing?” Romola asks, curiosity momentarily pushing apart her worry.

My coronary heart races as the ultimate piece clicks into place. “These rocks function a pure passcode, defending what lies past.”

As if on cue, massive boulders start to shift, grinding in opposition to each other as they separate.

“What on pricey earth…?” Romola’s phrases path off as she watches the wall half with awestruck bewilderment. I observe her as she watches the magic happen, and I’ve by no means seen such wonderment in a lady’s eyes.

The separating boulders reveal a hidden chamber.

“It’s…insane!” she whispers, her eyes following each motion. “I couldn’t, I by no means–”

“Shh,” I whisper, taking her palms in mine. “Typically, the dearth of phrases is sufficient to get the message throughout.”

She nods, her hand trembling in mine, and we stand aspect by aspect, two desert dwellers lastly standing in entrance of an oasis.

Our hearts pound and veins throb as we await the rocks to return to relaxation. Eventually, with one massive grinding halt, the partitions come to a standstill.

“Lets?” I beckon to Romola.

“Only a second,” she closes her eyes to soak within the second. Then, she opens them and appears at me, laughter enjoying on her lips. “I’m prepared.”

Collectively, we step ahead.

The sight that greets us is nothing wanting breathtaking. I may see it one million instances, and it could nonetheless have the identical impact it did as after I noticed it the primary time..

“Fiero!” Romola’s voice echoes by way of the vault as she seems round. I observe the route of her gaze, seeing this treasure trove of historic riches, untouched by the ravages of time, all by way of her eyes.

She begins on the piles of glittering, uncut diamonds and gasps on the gold cash splattered in tiny alcoves. Valuable jewels sparkle and twinkle like captured stars within the reflection of her pupils.

She sucks in a deep breath on the intricately carved stone tables embellished with inlaid rubies, emeralds, sapphires and extra.

“Madonna mia!” Romola gasps, her grip on my hand tightening. I hear her take an enormous gulp to make her throat just a bit much less dry. Fiero, what the hell is that this place?”

“It is an ideal household secret,” I admit, my chest swelling with delight. “My ancestors had been masters of deception, hiding their wealth in plain sight. To at the present time, we preserve that… custom.”

“I used to be by no means one for traditions,” she whispers, cracking a joke as is her nature in moments of awe or misery. “But when all traditions turned out like this…”

I shake my head, breaking out into a smile.

“Come,” I encourage her. “There’s yet one more factor.”

She helps me to the place I level and stops brief in her tracks. Proper there, taking centerpiece within the chamber, is the one true treasure that steals the breath from each of us. The half of a powerful blue diamond, reduce from one million angles, going past each realm of risk, shines from inside. She seems up on the cave partitions and to each side. “It’s all blue,” she murmurs. “It’s like –”

“Magic?” I end her sentence.

“However Rafaele’s,” she frowns. “It by no means shone like this.”

“Legend has it,” I clarify. “That neither did this. Our household held the diamond in our numerous castles and compounds by way of generations.”

“Castles–?” Romola sounds skeptical.

“We had a duke and duchess as soon as, just a few hundred years in the past. All the best way in England!”

“No method!” she gasps.

“That’s a narrative for an additional time,” I mutter. “However the diamond by no means glows as vibrant outdoors because it does in right here.”

Romola’s eyes widen in surprise as she gazes on the dazzling blue diamond, nearly in a trance. “Questo è incredibile,” she breathes, her voice barely a whisper. “To have saved it secure all these years…”

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