Florence, 1525. One bucket of lime water, one careless elbow, and the most expensive blue in the world is running down a chapel wall like dirty rain. The patron arrives at noon. The apprentice has until dawn.
Part 1 of 4 in The Night of Impossible Blue
«Los pinceles, Nardo. Todos, uno por uno, con jabón negro. Y no toques el muro ni con la mirada».
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