stared at Benito. “You!” Then, incongruously, he burst into laughter. “It needed only this!”
Benito noticed that Kat was pushing the muzzle of her own pistol into the Spaniard’s belly. “Er. Kat. Why are you doing that?”
“He’s maybe the one behind all the magical murders!” snapped Kat. “And he probably killed the bishop, too—that you nearly got executed for killing. He’s certainly the driving force behind Venice’s woes!” The lightning progression—maybe; probably; certainly—didn’t seem to perturb Kat in the least. The youthful inquisitor, in full fury.
Benito took a deep breath. “He’s also a Legate of the Grand Metropolitan in Rome. And—well, he’s helped me.”
Lopez bowed his head and smiled wryly. The fact that a cocked pistol was pressed into his midriff didn’t seem to worry the man in the least.
“Here at the request of Metropolitan Michael to investigate the activities of the Servants of the Holy Trinity,” he elaborated, in quite a calm tone of voice. “Particularly with
Benito noticed that Kat was pushing the muzzle of her own pistol into the Spaniard’s belly. “Er. Kat. Why are you doing that?”
“He’s maybe the one behind all the magical murders!” snapped Kat. “And he probably killed the bishop, too—that you nearly got executed for killing. He’s certainly the driving force behind Venice’s woes!” The lightning progression—maybe; probably; certainly—didn’t seem to perturb Kat in the least. The youthful inquisitor, in full fury.
Benito took a deep breath. “He’s also a Legate of the Grand Metropolitan in Rome. And—well, he’s helped me.”
Lopez bowed his head and smiled wryly. The fact that a cocked pistol was pressed into his midriff didn’t seem to worry the man in the least.
“Here at the request of Metropolitan Michael to investigate the activities of the Servants of the Holy Trinity,” he elaborated, in quite a calm tone of voice. “Particularly with