Chapter 05:
Vitolo remained calm while he spoke. The monk appeared more and more like an instructor Thad once studied under at university. “This has been a place of mystery, from when the first Veneti people lived here, long before the Romans invaded.” The composure returned to the man’s face while he spoke. The excitement of the unforeseen invasion temporarily forgotten.
Outside the chapel, the men gathered. Monuments to the dead, an impromptu audience hall. The stones and wooden crosses bearing silent witness to the discussion. There were no grand tombs or ornate statues in this place of rest. Only a few markers bore the names of those planted under stones. The chances were good many bodies filled the same hole. Deceased buried one on top of the other to save space. This was no grand c
