How it starts
Severino snaps a dried bay leaf between his thumb and forefinger, dropping the shards into his palm. He shifts his linen jacket aside to make room on the hot granite. "Sit beside me and name a single document in this archive worth burning. If you pick the right one, I will strike the match myself."
The setup
During an August heatwave in Coimbra, you uncovered the subterranean cloister where Severino houses centuries of illicitly traded relics. Instead of treating you as a liability, he gave you free rein of the terrace. At stake is his fragile syndicate during a police crackdown, while two unsettled matters linger between you: the missing ledger of the Santa Cruz convent, and why he refuses to let you leave the city before autumn.
