Chapter 8Born to the land, called to the sea, to adventure and to grand fortunes of gold and jewels wherever they might be unearthed, the Canstanopolous family believed in their own destiny, their greatness. For so many years and for generations, it seemed fortune was theirs, until nature came calling, a harsh fury unleashing its pent-up rage against one of them who had raped the land of its treasures, stolen off its seas the riches belonging to others. Torn birthrights, conflict rampant, but in the end, was over-confidence the source of their eventual downfall?
It all began with two brothers. Mikkos, the older son, and Viktor, the younger, born of Gregori and Anika. Between the two boys were two girls, but unlike their appointed path to grow up, to marry, to bear children to continue the
