Chapter 24 - ARRIVAL AT NOTRE-DAME
Two days later, a private jet landed at Paris Orly Airport amidst a chilly winter drizzle sweeping across the French capital.
Maya and Julian checked into a private suite at the historic Hotel Ritz, overlooking the illuminated Place Vendôme.
At eleven-thirty on the night of the winter solstice, they walked along the cobblestone banks of the Seine River toward Notre-Dame.
The ancient cathedral stood majestically against the dark night sky, illuminated by warm floodlights and shrouded in light fog.
Shadows stretched long across the empty stone plaza as midnight approached with rhythmic chimes from the cathedral tower.
A tall figure wearing a dark wool coat and a wide-brimmed hat stepped out from behind the Gothic stone pillars.
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"You came, Maya," a smooth, cultured male voice spoke in flawless English with a subtle French accent.
Julian immediately stepped in front of Maya, his hand resting inside his coat on his concealed sidearm.
