“You have something I want,” she said, placing a single gold coin on the table. It was an aureus , struck in 34 BCE, bearing the profile of Cleopatra VII—not as a Roman client queen, but as Isis incarnate. On the reverse, the face of Mark Antony, lips parted as if mid-oath.
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Doria’s hand slipped into her satchel. Lucian reached for his revolver. The mirror hummed louder—a roar now, a dissonant chord that shook dust from the ceiling. He tore his eyes away
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