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You sent for me, Father?

It is a dark time for our people, and a dangerous time to the king.

My wounds are mortal, and I don't want you to suffer similar fate.

I understand.

You must hide the Roma crown.

One day, a Roma who is destined to be king shall

return to claim the crown.

But how will he find it?

Fortune will guide him.

Now go.

Hurry.

Whitney?

You've got a collect call from Bucharest Romania.

A Garrett Burke.

He says it's important.

Garrett? Collect call. Do you accept the charges? Yes, I accept the charges.

Go ahead, sir.

Sidney. I haven't heard from you in two years, and you have no nerve to call me

collect. I'll apologize when I see you. Right now, I'm in a bit of a bind.

What's the matter?

The vulture.

The vulture?

Listen, Sidney.

I'm on the trail of an incredible relic. I've mailed you something.

I want you to hold on to it until... Garrett?

Please, please, let me through. Excuse me, I'm a doctor.

You're too late.

I got rid of him.

Only Nigel.

Hi. Well, this is a nice welcome home, isn't it?

A little too sentimental for my taste, but appreciated nonetheless.

Sorry. We were waiting for the mailman.

It's past twelve already.

You know he's always late.

He should complain to the university.

Oh, good idea, Nigel. Take off a postal worker.

Bill? Bill?

Tarot cards. Let me see them.

These are authentic gypsy cards.

I believe the word gypsy is politically incorrect.

The correct term would be Roma.

There's no note.

Nothing else in there.

Why would he send me tarot cards?

What was he doing in Bucharest?

He must have been close to finding a relic if that vulture guy got him.

Vulture guy?

A relic hunter's worst nightmare.

His M .O. is to stalk you, swoop in, steal the relic without doing any other

work. Hence the name.

Have you ever seen him?

No one has. He's still alive to tell about it.

Now we can add Garrett Burke to the list.

Garrett Burke is dead?

Do you guys realize what these are?

It's a Penelope Cobra. I've only ever heard about this deck. They are so old.

Look, each one's got a different hand -painted design on the back.

What?

I've got hobbies.

On very special occasions, a powerful fortune teller would make these cards,

dipping them in snake blood and then setting them out under a full moon.

I've never seen her so excited about anything other than, what, shoes?

Unfortunately, one of the major Arcana cards is missing.

The Wheel of Fortune. I had no idea you knew so much about tarot.

You think I leave key decisions like who to date and what to wear up to chance?

Look, Sid, these cards have fallen into your hands for a reason.

It's like Garrett's calling to you from the grave.

What's he saying?

Just how much do you know about Tarot? A lot. A lot. A lot.

And what do you say we answer Garrett's call?

It doesn't make any sense.

A man who navigates ancient tombs and booby -trapped jungles steps off a curb

and gets hit by a truck.

He was being chased?

He's been chased before.

What was he doing here in this part of town on this street?

What's open around here?

What about that bookshop?

It looks right out at the street.

Maybe somebody saw something.

Let's find out.

Ooh, crystal ball.

I wonder what the sign says.

It says I'll be back in an hour.

May I help you?

Yes. We're looking for some information about a friend of ours that died in a

traffic accident.

Just the other day. He was hit by a truck right here on the street.

You thought?

It was so upsetting.

He had been in my shop not ten minutes earlier.

Really? Do you remember what he was looking for?

Books about Romani, especially anything regarding the legendary lost crown of

the Roma king.

Did you have any?

Unfortunately, only in old Romanian dialect.

I could have done a translation. The whole book would have taken so long.

I found an English version, and they waited while I ordered a copy from

It should be arriving today.

She'll have to return it.

No, I'll take it.

What time do you expect it in?

Hard. Postal service is most undependable. I know the feeling.

My name is Nadia.

Tell me where you're staying and I'll call you when the book comes in.

We're around the corner at the Rome Aldivian Hotel under Fox.

I think I'll check the local bars.

See if Garrett talked to anyone.

He never keep anything to himself after a couple of drinks.

Why don't you check around Garrett's hotel?

See what you can find out.

Okay.

As for me, unless Versace means something. totally different in

I will be. You'll be back at the hotel. This is a business trip, Claudia.

I need you to call the university and make sure everything's running smoothly

for my classes.

Where are the cards?

What are you talking about?

The tarot cards you got from Garrett Burke.

Who?

Don't play dumb. I know who you are.

You killed Garrett.

Mr. Burke should learn to do both ways.

Let's compare it to the map.

I knew Sydney got these for a reason.

Look at this.

The Danube.

Meanders. Just like that painted line on the card.

And this one looks like a city. It's buildings and a statue and bridges.

Right, my book rest is on the map.

My God, what happened to you?

I just met the vulture.

And you all right?

Yeah.

But he knows we've got the cards.

What did you find out?

Well, the cards form a map. Painted on the back of the Major Arcana, or face

cards. I pieced them together like a jigsaw puzzle. It was like there was

something outside of my body guiding my hand.

Look, I know it sounds crazy, but this map will lead us to a Roma relic of

awesome power.

I mean, maybe even the crown itself.

Sydney. I can feel it.

What about the car that's missing?

The Wheel of Fortune.

What's there on the real map?

Um... Mount Pentrook.

This all makes sense.

I was speaking to the concierge this morning. He said on the day that Garrett

died, he hired a car to Burak.

Burak is a small village at the base of Mount Pentrook.

Then that's where we're going.

If you're right about the crown, the vulture won't be far behind.

Wait!

The book. It came in.

Great. How are you leaving?

Just to be right. I'll be back in a few days.

Glad I caught you then.

Bye. Bye -bye. Bye.

Bye.

This is it.

This is what?

As far as I go.

Why?

Because it is.

Where's Barack?

About eight kilometers.

You are kidding.

Why didn't you tell us that back in Bucharest?

Because you wouldn't have gotten into the cab.

Nigel, what happened to that English chivalry?

I told you to pack lightly.

I did.

What's the matter?

Keep walking. We're being watched.

Watched? By what?

Who are you?

What are you doing here?

We're a tourist headed to Barack. Who are you?

Tourist. In Barack.

Yes, sir.

Oh, is that the time we should stop?

Stop.

The rat is too fast to go on foot.

We'll manage.

Nothing will be open.

Please, accept our hospitality.

We would put you up for the night if you like.

That's very kind of you. Thank you.

Oh, God.

Well? I see Roman.

You will meet him soon.

Can you tell what he looks like?

He has a great height.

All that skin.

Good looks.

Tall, dark, and handsome.

Is he rich?

He's your destiny.

I see him leading you to that which you seek.

More wine?

Good.

It's very kind of you to be so hospitable.

Our people know what it is like to be without a safe place to stay.

So, tell me. What are you wearing?

tourists doing in Birak?

I'm a college professor.

We're here doing research on nomadic culture.

Oh, we have a long history of migration. Our ancestors came from Hindustan.

Yes, I understand a great many have settled here in Romania.

Actually...

I'm particularly intrigued by a place near here called Mount Pentrook.

We were planning a visit as part of my research.

There's nothing up there.

Nothing? Only the ruins of Castle Lazlo.

Don't mind them. They are just superstitious.

Some consider it bad luck to utter the Lazlo name.

Why? Because the Lazlos were once the Roma royal family.

till a curse befell them. Eleven of twelve children died within two years.

You don't look happy to see me.

Should I be?

You abandoned your people to seek your fortune elsewhere.

Why did you bother to come back?

I don't know.

Somehow I just felt like it was time.

What are you doing?

Poor

Nigel.

Did you see the expression on his face when he found out he was staying in the

men's tent? He was just... Claudia.

Hi there.

Adrian Wright?

Mm -hmm.

I'm Claudia.

Claudia.

You seem to be the big man on campus.

You sound American.

Mm -hmm.

What are you doing out here in the Romanian countryside?

Looking for you.

Oh, really?

You sound surprised.

You are very unusual for an American.

That's what you think.

Yes.

And beautiful.

Do you believe in fate, Adrian?

More than enough.

We were meant to meet, according to the tea lady.

Your friends, they believe in fate?

Yeah.

Don't tell me they also came to have their fortunes read.

No.

Look, I know I can trust you.

I'm here with my boss, Sidney.

We're tracking down a missing Wheel of Fortune card from an ancient tarot deck.

You'd be right.

Castle Laszlo.

Many superstitions that surround that old place.

Have you ever been there?

One of the few who has.

Well, we have no idea where it is.

Do you think you could help us?

Tell me about the cards.

They're a real Penelope de Cobre.

Hundreds of years old, with beautiful hand -painted designs on the back.

No, no, that is impossible.

Only a Roma royal family possessed such cards.

Yeah, well, Sydney's got a deck.

She got them from a friend who died.

But it brought me here to meet you.

You are right.

I am?

Yes, fate has brought us together.

And tomorrow, I will guide you to Cataladlo.

What about tonight?

We have to get a rest.

My God, he is the hunkiest man I have ever met.

And so easy to talk to.

Easy to talk to?

You didn't happen to tell him why we're here, did you?

I might have mentioned the tarot cards.

And the lost crown.

Claudia! You told a total stranger?

Not just a total stranger.

A tall, dark, and handsome stranger.

Like the one the fortune teller said would lead us to that which we seek?

Claudia, you can't just go trusting a man you met through a cup of tea leaves.

Can't you see?

It's fate.

The destiny of the tarot.

And he said he'd take us to Mount Pentrick in the morning.

You all right?

Someone tried to take these.

I think it was him.

Good morning.

What's the gun for?

Wool.

I bet you're crack shot, too.

Let's go.

Before we do, there's something I'd like to get straight.

Which is?

Why you offered to guide us to the castle.

I just wanted to help.

Wouldn't happen to have anything to do with the tarot cards Claudia mentioned,

does it?

Please. Accept my apologies.

When we find the coward who attacked you... Oh, no need to go that far, Mia.

Well, it's not a great distance, but it's a difficult hike, so we should get

going before the sun rises.

Thousand blessings on your journey.

Good luck.

Steady, Nigel.

Right.

Watch your foot to pull the wrench.

There. Katsulaku.

Sidney, look, the Wheel of Fortune.

We're getting closer. I can feel it.

The Laszlo family coat of arms.

You know your tarot kind of well.

That's just one of the many things that you'll learn to love about me.

The star is very similar to the tarot pack that Garrett had.

I think there's a connection.

The Laszlo family used to live here with descendants of the great Roman king who

hid the crown two centuries ago.

What are you thinking, Sydney?

Have a look at these, Adrian.

The Panela de Cobra.

These must be the cards of legend.

Years ago, as a young boy, I became lost.

On a hunt.

Somehow, I found my way here to the castle.

And despite the superstitions, I spent the night sheltered among the ruins.

Perhaps this is why I've returned home.

The end of fate is guiding me as it did when I was lost years ago.

Come. I will show you where I've seen an image of a card like this.

Come.

I wouldn't turn my back on him just yet.

This way.

It was 20 years ago in the fog. The opening may be covered over by now.

No, wait.

Here it is.

Look.

What'd I tell you?

It is safe. Come.

You spent the night in here?

Mm -hmm.

Meet the Laslows.

Lively bunch.

There it is.

Look.

It's not something a child's mind can forget.

The rendering is amazing.

This card isn't aged and weathered like the rest of the painting.

Over time, one would expect the pigmentation to separate in this

It's covered in wax.

To preserve it from the elements?

But why just that one spot on the painting?

Because there's something underneath it?

Because it's the real card.

There's writing on this card.

From the wheel, your destiny lies three west and one south.

Three west, one through three, one south.

The death card.

No way I'm going there.

No, but death, when combined with the wheel, sometimes means inheritance.

The crown?

It's amazing.

One card missing and the rest of the pack was worthless.

What's on the back of old death?

Bucharest. The crown is back there?

Where are we going to find the crown in such a huge city?

There's something else written on this card.

At the feet of angels, the crown awaits the true king's return.

There's more, but it's in an old dialect, one I don't recognize.

The feet of angels?

In Bucharest?

The feet of angels, death, fate.

Wait a minute.

I was reading something last night.

The old pauper's cemetery was run by the fitters of Murphy of the angels.

Yes. Many of my ancestors were buried there.

So the crown of the true king is buried in a cemetery.

Stop.

You all

right? Just move my shoulder.

Are you coming for us?

We're trapped.

We'll be buried with the Lazlos.

Not if we get behind him.

Behind there.

Well, how do you know that way? Go stop behind him.

Go with the flow, Nigel.

Adrian, cover me.

No!

Only have one bullet left.

One. Why not to make it count?

The same guy that attacked me in the alley in Bucharest.

The vulture.

where it's supposed to be.

Doesn't look like those statues are marking any graves.

Besides, this is a pauper's cemetery.

Those markers would be far too elaborate.

Sisters of Mercy of the Angels. That was the name of the pauper's cemetery, too.

Excuse me.

We're looking for a pauper's cemetery somewhere on the ground.

Cemetery?

Was one here once, but was relocated to make way for the college.

What happened to the remains?

I'm not sure.

Perhaps Sister Agathe could help you.

Sister Agathe's office is on the first floor.

Thank you.

They did actually keep the original monument that marked the cemetery,

Look at the college around it.

At the feet of angels.

You think the crown is hidden inside it?

If only we could translate what's written on the wheel card.

The woman from the bookshop, she may be able to translate.

It's worth a try.

Adrian, why don't you go with him and get the translation?

What about me?

Why don't you go and see Sister Agathe? See if she'll tell us something.

While you're doing that, I'll give our friend a once -over.

If she'll tell us any of her secrets.

I always hated Catholic school.

Sir!

Sir!

Sorry, I'm closed.

Come back tomorrow.

Actually, we need to speak to Nadia.

There's no Nadia here.

Mr. Coster, she works here.

Young man.

I owned it for 20 years.

I am the only one who's ever worked here.

And who's Nadia?

Is there a gap?

Caretaker guy?

Anyone?

Hello?

Is anybody here?

Nadia.

Hey. Hi.

Where's Nigel? I don't know.

You mean you didn't come here with him?

No.

Do I want to know why?

Come with me and I'll tell you all about it.

Sidney? Did you find Sister Gath?

No.

Guess not.

Down the gun.

And let her go.

You're going to shoot me with that?

Friend didn't get the cards. What makes you think you'll find the crown?

He wasn't my friend.

In fact, I enjoyed watching you kill the competition for me. I didn't have to

chip a nail.

Now give me the cards.

You don't have the relic yet.

Sydney, what are you doing? Stay right where you are.

She's not going to shoot you, Claudia.

Trust me. One more move and she's a dead girl.

I'm the kind of three, Claudia.

Ready? No.

Now.

Vulture?

Vulture.

The bookstore owner gave us the translation.

It says, when one angel gazes toward heaven, and one toward

hell, then

you will find the crown.

Open it, Adrian.

The Roma crown.

And the true Roma king will reclaim it.

Destiny.

I told you.

So, the crown of the gypsies.

without the feet of the angel, as was told.

Welcome home, Adrian.

Cut short your Romanian vacation?

We weren't expecting you for another week.

There's only so much goulash one girl can take.

You and Adrian, not soulmates?

Until fate brings Donna Karen to Barack.

No.

Still, it was fun while it lasted.

And what about Adrian?

I'm sure he'll be just fine.

Ancient studies.

So Claudia passed up the chance to become queen of the gypsies.

Hi, Daddy. My gold card expired.

Can I get a new one?

Well, there's always a consolation prize.

Princess of Trinity University.