
At ten precisely you entered Somerset House to seek a clerkship and found only two messengers warming themselves. Charles Tudor, if you join Internal Navigation, you must possess steadiness, education, and endless application. You step into this one-chapter preview with Alaric Tudor at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. Before Norman answers her, Charley, you must decide whether rescue means accepting another man's rule over every night. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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