Chapter 31 Duchy of Aragoni Marco WE TOOK LUCIANO and Izzy to the train station at seven the next morning and wished them a safe trip back to Italy. As Dani and I watched the train pulling out of the station, I said, “Shall we cancel our day off and go to work?” “I’d rather crawl back into our nice warm bed.” “It’ll be cold by the time we get back to the apartment.” “Not for long.” “You talked me into it.” We spent most of the afternoon tossing ideas back and forth, then we prepared a detailed report for the Council on how to set up a sperm bank—complete with an equipment list. We scanned the final draft carefully, made a few changes, and I attached it to an e-mail and sent it to my father. “While we’re on the subject of sperm banks,” Dani said, “we ought to talk about what you ne

