Chapter 32
Duchy of Aragoni
Marco
TWO WEEKS LATER, Luciano arrived in Aragoni with Pietro Vassallo in tow. Pietro had blond hair (I wondered for a moment where that had come from) and a slightly stocky build. I wasn’t quite sure what to think of him, and I suspect the feeling was mutual. It wasn’t until we visited the baths that he became fully convinced that he was by no means unique.
“All these men are members of your family?” he said, somewhat incredulously.
“Yeah. If you will observe them as carefully as you can, without seeming to stare, you will see that most of us have a couple of things in common, including an absence of hair on our chests.”
“I can hardly believe it. I’ve spent my entire life thinking that I was a freak.”
“Now you know better. I’m convinced that we’re relate
