Velvet & Dagger Chapter 12 The Altar of Appearances

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In this cinematic chapter, viewers watch Isabella attend a grand public ceremony at the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo to restore the Contarini family honor. Kneeling in a pious black veil amidst a sea of nobles, she locks eyes with Niccolò Barbaro, whose predatory hunger she deliberately plays upon to stoke his dangerous obsession. After Alvise announces a massive endowment for the new altarpiece, Niccolò approaches with honeyed words, only to be deftly managed as Isabella sets the final trap. As bells toll and the rain begins to fall, Isabella steps out into the cold air, eagerly awaiting the arrival of Lorenzo and his twenty black-cloaked riders who are already slipping across the causeway to claim her.