Chapter 46The first thing Jonah noticed when Arthur broke open the door to Nicolo's apartment in Rome was the sweet smell of flowers. The fragrance only grew stronger as he followed Arthur and Stanza inside.
It wasn't what Jonah had expected. How much of a high priority could cleanliness and air freshening be among people who were all about blood-sucking and parasitic feratus and erotic rites with human-shaped blood puddles?
Then again, Jonah realized, maybe there was no one on Earth who needed strategic scent control more than vampires.
"Welcome to Castle Borgia." Stanza flipped on a light. "Looks like it's all clear," she said, but she didn't put down her gun.
"No surprise there, given the lead he has over us," said Arthur. "The question is, can we catch up to him?"
"That depen
