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Nicholas Boothman
Chapter 18: Tomar
The monastery in Tomar sits atop a steep hill, its
weathered stones soaked in centuries of silence.
Once a Templar stronghold, it’s now just another
relic of forgotten rituals. Henry chose it for the
same reason the Order once did: isolation, and the
power of symbols.
Inside the old chapel, Henry and Carolina faced
each other.
She had chalked the spiral onto the floor: twelve
arcs of transformation, each one linked to a
fragment. Sunlight spilled through a cracked rose
window, setting the outer ring aglow.
“This is the first time we try it at full speed,” she
said.
“One pass. No breaks. Let’s see if the sequence
holds,” he replied.
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