Rules of Conflict
“He ransacked the Family records that he’d been allowed to keep, searching for any references to Rauta Shèràa Base from the early days of the civil war through the evacuation and the long journey home.
Bless you, Mother. Since Carolina van Reuter was an Abascal by birth, she had persuaded her brother—the then-Exterior Minister—to copy her on the Mistys he received from both Rauta Shèràa and Ville Louis-Philippe, the colonial port nearest Shèrá. The fraternal generosity should have ceased for sec...urity reasons as soon as conditions in Rauta Shèràa became dangerous, but owing to the pressure applied by the frantic Carolina, they never had.
Evan had found the messages, encased in parchment slipcases and bound with dark blue cord, in a set of silver brocade boxes stashed in the closet-sized spare bedroom. Well, that explained why Joaquin hadn’t claimed them. He must have taken one look at the containers, assumed Carolina’s personal missives, and allowed his sense of gallantry to overwhelm his lawyerly reason.MoreLess
Bless you, Mother. Since Carolina van Reuter was an Abascal by birth, she had persuaded her brother—the then-Exterior Minister—to copy her on the Mistys he received from both Rauta Shèràa and Ville Louis-Philippe, the colonial port nearest Shèrá. The fraternal generosity should have ceased for sec...urity reasons as soon as conditions in Rauta Shèràa became dangerous, but owing to the pressure applied by the frantic Carolina, they never had.
Evan had found the messages, encased in parchment slipcases and bound with dark blue cord, in a set of silver brocade boxes stashed in the closet-sized spare bedroom. Well, that explained why Joaquin hadn’t claimed them. He must have taken one look at the containers, assumed Carolina’s personal missives, and allowed his sense of gallantry to overwhelm his lawyerly reason.MoreLess
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