him to the nearest hospital.”
As the Schiopettieri hurried to obey, Petro faced the others. “We can have a message to Duke Dell’este within hours. Our galleys must sail with what force we can muster in the next few hours. And no ship leaves Venice, not for the mainland or for the open sea, that could carry a message to Trieste. I don’t know exactly what Aleri was talking about, but a fleet from there can only be more bad news.”
Kat knew that it was a good twenty leagues to Ferrara. This could only imply that the Doge and the Council of Ten themselves had magical links to the duke. She squeezed Marco’s hand. She was unaware that she had been holding it. Both their hands were bloody.
Chapter 83
Manfred lay in the position that Francesca called the “twin Camellias.” Now that it was over, he reflected that this could very well give a man a permanent back injury. At the time it had seemed irresistible and exotic. Now, as he tried to disentangle his foot from a footstool, he wondered if the old-fashioned ways he had used before encountering Francesca didn’t have
As the Schiopettieri hurried to obey, Petro faced the others. “We can have a message to Duke Dell’este within hours. Our galleys must sail with what force we can muster in the next few hours. And no ship leaves Venice, not for the mainland or for the open sea, that could carry a message to Trieste. I don’t know exactly what Aleri was talking about, but a fleet from there can only be more bad news.”
Kat knew that it was a good twenty leagues to Ferrara. This could only imply that the Doge and the Council of Ten themselves had magical links to the duke. She squeezed Marco’s hand. She was unaware that she had been holding it. Both their hands were bloody.
Chapter 83
Manfred lay in the position that Francesca called the “twin Camellias.” Now that it was over, he reflected that this could very well give a man a permanent back injury. At the time it had seemed irresistible and exotic. Now, as he tried to disentangle his foot from a footstool, he wondered if the old-fashioned ways he had used before encountering Francesca didn’t have