Chapter 13
“Should I take the luggage up? ......Kyrios?” Tomasso was speaking to an empty space now, because Eros had already left the car and was striding up the steps to the palti.
Anna was following behind him closely, while Tomsso sorted out their luggage.
The giant arched corridors looked just as lonely and haunted as they had looked the first time, when Anna had the misfortune of laying her eyes on them. The wide yellow carpet and the flowery curtains might be new, but they were hardly able to hide the nerve wracking echoing silence.
Anna was wondering where Despina might be, when they reached the main salon of the palati......And she had to wonder no more. There she was, Kiriya Despina Kozakis lounging against one of the antique gilded baroque chairs in all her glory with the
