Chapter Fifteen
Everyone walks down with us, then we separate. Nero, Claudia, and I head to the Council meeting, while the others go to wait in the room where the Rite is usually performed.
“Did you know Chester was my brother?” I ask Nero as we turn the last corner on the way to the Council’s meeting room. “Or Lucretia my sister, for that matter?”
“Not exactly,” he says. “I only knew Chester was Lucretia’s brother. That was the main reason I didn’t kill him after I learned he was trying to kill you.”
“I’m glad you didn’t.” I stop next to the door that’s our destination.
“Lucky how that turned out.” Claudia looks meaningfully at her brother.
Nero nods at her, then looks at me. “As far as Lucretia being your half-sister, I only learned that when you told me. And since you also mention
