Cleopatra (Rosewood River #6)

Part One The Witch

“[She] had the power to subjugate

the hearts of all she met.”

—Cassius Dio, Roman History

“The noble ruin of her magic.”[*]

—William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

“The contact of her presence…and the character that

attended all she said or did, was something bewitching.”

—Plutarch, Life of Antonius

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* To be ruinous and noble, both! Sometimes, when I stand very still, I hear the whispers of each rendition on the wind.

From children reciting lines on rickety stages, to wizened elders savouring the bard’s words like aged wine.

Though no matter their age or experience, all players know not of what—or whom—they speak.