1906 - Fortaleza Hidalgo – La GomeraLady Victoria made her way up the monastery’s steep pathway carrying wild flowers and humming to herself. Since arriving here under duress, their own lives forfeit to the secretive owners of the monastery, she had taken a prominent role, replacing the monk’s leader Francis da Silva. Since her ascent to leadership she could not recall a time when she had been so fulfilled, it had come as naturally as breathing to her. Although tragedy had struck with the death of her only daughter Veronique and husband Jack in the sinking of the “Lusitania” she had found peace. Her leadership role had been surprisingly enjoyable though offset by the occasionally stupid disputes that she had to preside over. In the six years of her leadership she had transformed the Elders
