Chapter 30
Duchy of Aragoni
Dani
TWO WEEKS AFTER Marco and I returned to the Duchy from Conti, the Duke summoned us to a family meeting in his official residence. The usual family members were there and greeted us warmly when we arrived. As soon as Marco and I had been handed glasses of wine, the Duke began the meeting.
“I’ve called all of you here this evening to report a potentially serious incident with our new family member in Geneva,” the Duke said. “You handled the affair, Modesto, so I will leave it to you to elaborate.”
“The twins visited Sergio two or three weeks ago,” Modesto said. “Almost the first thing he told them after their arrival was the fact that he had a new ‘friend’ named Victoria, who was talking to him mind to mind. It appears that the posthypnotic suggestions a
