Even in the world of wizards, the legends surrounding the Turin Black and White Magic Triangle were dismissed as superstition. The White Magic Triangle was easy enough to understand, but San Francisco, within the Black Magic Triangle, had only been discovered in the latter half of the eighteenth century. How could it have become part of an ancient Black Magic Triangle?
Georgiana had not slept all night. Though she was exhausted, her mind had been occupied by too many things.
There was another legend about Turin: Nostradamus had once lived there briefly. At the time, many European royal houses were obsessed with alchemy, astrology, prophecy, and the like. Naturally, the House of Savoy was among them.
His residence at the time had been near Statute Square, where the "Gates of Hell" stood. It lay by Turin's western gate; beyond it was a cemetery, and that area was also considered a center of black magic.
The eastern side of the city, near the Po River, was the center of white magic. Especially this newly planned road leading from Villa della Regina to the city center: it passed Turin Cathedral and Turin's Church of Our Lady. Turin Cathedral preserved Jesus's Shroud, while the Church of Our Lady housed the legendary Holy Grail.
As for the road Bonaparte had asked her to build, it was part of Gaul Road. There was more than one route to Gaul. When Caesar crossed the Rubicon River, it had been in eastern Italy, marking the boundary between Rome proper and its colonies. He probably had not taken Gaul Road through Turin.
In short, if Murat could intercept Cheroni's letters, he could naturally intercept letters sent to Georgiana as well. It was no surprise, then, that he knew Charles Bennett was still in Gibraltar.
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