The Van Helsing Conjecture – Excerpt No. 115

“You’ll have to thank Ethereal for passing on her wisdom,” Evelyn said.

“I will.”

“To be clear, you’re going there alone based on little more than conjecture… at best a guess…”

“So was accepting your offer to assist me,” Clara countered. “It worked out well for both of us.”

Mon Dieu, oui!” (My lord, yes!)

One of the men disappeared entirely from sight.

“Do you suppose he’s using the alleys to get behind us,” Clara said in Latin.

“Evidently,” Evelyn responded in a rusty latin. “They are drunks, not Rommel on manoeuvres.”

a highly detailed, historically accurate, and cinematic photograph of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, clad in his signature Afrika Korps uniform, wearing a pair of dusty goggles and a weathered leather jacket, standing atop a dusty ridge, surveying the terrain with a mix of intensity and contemplation, as a massive sandstorm brews in the background, with German Panzer III and IV tanks, camouflaged in desert tan and brown, advancing in formation, kicking up clouds of sand and dust, under a foreboding, ochre-tinted sky, with hints of orange and yellow, capturing the rugged, unforgiving environment of the North African desert, shot in a wide-angle lens, with a shallow depth of field, to emphasize Rommel's strong facial features, weathered skin, and piercing blue eyes.

Disclaimer: This novel is an work in progress and readers may encounter grammatical errors and inconsistencies. Please view this a draft and not a published work.



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