Chapter 29
Ethan was so immersed in his thoughts as he went down the stairs that he missed the rich French tapestries hanging from the tall stone walls and the lavish new furbishing he had ordered after Sophia had stayed there.
Originally a large and imposing structure that once housed more than a thousand persons inside its defensive walls, Altreck Caisteal had been partially destroyed by many fierce battles over the centuries, but the main building had stood intact. Standing on a peninsula, it was a rectangular-shaped three-floor keep, with four round towers and a preserved dungeon, a walled garden and formal courtyard. When the waters rose very high, the castle could be cut off from the mainland and reached only by a small ferry-boat.
Ethan’s grandfather, Niarchos Angepopoulos, had b
