Malia POV:
The Palace of Aeonite, an ancient stone castle sending slanted towers high from the base of its lower labyrinth, held silently the secrets of a long and storied history. The caravan of cars rolled over the wooden-planked drawbridge where the failed Daux Revolt of 1451 met its bloody end. The group passed through an immense door that fed them into a vast and hollowed inner chamber. Malia wished she had her camera.
“Look up," Malia said to Charles.
A diamond-studded chandelier hung above them, glistening from the narrow rays of the sun.
“In 1620, the King of France, Louis XIII, gave it to Princess Frau of Aeonia, attempting to win her favor," Malia said.
“Yeah? How'd that go for Louis?" Charles asked.
Malia shrugged. “No one knows." She looked around. “But if these walls cou
