#thread number 50

location: a palazzo in venice

Dante stepped carefully out of the gondola, offering Lucky a hand as they approached the steps of the palazzo. The winter air was cool, but not unpleasantly cold as they walked inside. Inside the monument there were countless candles lining every inch of the floors apart from a walkway. Frescoes stretched across the ceiling, magnificent and almost otherworldly. A single table was set near the arched windows, a private dinner that overlooked the Grand Canal. He glanced toward the far corner, where a string quartet began to play a quiet melody, their presence almost invisible in the grand space. "Surprise. What do you think?"