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Chapter 37

           DespiteClement’sfalsechargesandbesteffortstoeradicatethem,theKnightshadpowerfulallies,andsomemanagedtoescapetheVaticanpurges.TheTemplars’potenttreasuretroveofdocuments,whichhadapparentlybeentheirsourceofpower,wasClement’strueobjective,butitslippedthroughhisfingers.ThedocumentshadlongsincebeenentrustedtotheTemplars’shadowyarchitects,thePrioryofSion,whoseveilofsecrecyhadkeptthemsafelyoutofrangeoftheVatican’sonslaught.AstheVaticanclosedin,thePriorysmuggledtheirdocumentsfromaParispreceptorybynightontoTemplarshipsinLaRochelle.»

           «Wheredidthedocumentsgo?»

           Langdonshrugged.«Thatmystery’sanswerisknownonlytothePrioryofSion.Becausethedocumentsremainthesourceofconstantinvestigationandspeculationeventoday,theyarebelievedtohavebeenmovedandrehiddenseveraltimes.CurrentspeculationplacesthedocumentssomewhereintheUnitedKingdom.»

           Sophielookeduneasy.

           «Forathousandyears,»Langdoncontinued,»legendsofthissecrethavebeenpassedon.Theentirecollectionofdocuments,itspower,andthesecretitrevealshavebecomeknownbyasinglenameSangreal.Hundredsofbookshavebeenwrittenaboutit,andfewmysterieshavecausedasmuchinterestamonghistoriansastheSangreal.»

           «TheSangreal?DoesthewordhaveanythingtodowiththeFrenchwordsangorSpanishsangremeaning‘blood’?»

           Langdonnodded.BloodwasthebackboneoftheSangreal,andyetnotinthewaySophieprobablyimagined

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