Chapter 2
Duchy of Aragoni
Marco
AS SOON AS I WAS at my desk the next morning, I called Father and told him there was an urgent need for a very private meeting between himself and certain family members.
“If it is that important, Marco, I will set it up,” he said.
“Father, what I have to tell you concerns the safety of this family.”
That got his attention, and he said, “I’ll call you back as soon as I have commitments from the others.”
My daily stream of patients began, and I put the phone call out of my head until he called back while Dani and I were at lunch. “The best we can do is Friday evening next week,” he said. “Stefano is out of town at the moment.”
“Then Friday next week it is,” I said. “Thank you, Father.”
“Very good,” he said. “We will expect you at the house for dinne
