CHAPTER 27
The destiny of a knight is to die in battle,
fighting like a hero.
Andrea remembered well what Franz had told him, talking about the death of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere. Sara was supposed to go to Florence following Pietro from Arezzo, in order to report Giovanni’s last will and testament to his wife Maria.
«Now then, Sara», Andrea turned to her with benevolence, even if authoritarian. «Why didn’t you reach Florence together with Pietro, as you had been requested by Giovanni on the point of death? Why did you come all the way here to ask me to bring the embassy entrusted to you by your master to Madonna Maria Salviati?»
«Messer Franciolini, Madonna Lucia!», Sara continued almost whining. «Do you think that, if I had gone to Florence following that mad writer, desecrator, con
