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Blackfriars. Oxford, England. 11.12am
The ‘thock’ of croquet balls echoed around the summer green quadrangle as Morgan walked into the heart of Blackfriars College, the only functioning monastery in the city of Oxford. With the Devil’s Bible stolen, she needed to know what Father Ben Costanza was keeping from her, in case it could shed some light on where they should start looking for the mysterious Thanatos organization. After the humiliation of having to be rescued from Palermo by Marietti’s backup team, she needed to make up time and hasten the search for the missing pages. Her old friend and mentor had helped her and ARKANE with the Pentecost stones, but he also kept a secret which he had only hinted at so far.
She needed to know what he was hiding.
As she reached the stone stai
