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Oxford, England.
Ben clutched at the sides of the van and pulled himself upright in the moving vehicle as it sped up the main road. The man sat watching him, his dark eyes unfathomable.
"What do you want, my son?" Ben asked.
"Father Ben Costanza." The man's tone was a threat. "Dominican monk based at Blackfriars. Tutor for the Angelicum, but once an archaeologist specializing in the Near East. Friend of the Vatican."
"Yes, all that is true." Ben nodded. "But what do you need from me?"
The man didn't blink. "Mentor to Doctor Morgan Sierra."
Ben froze at Morgan's name. He knew that her sister Faye and her family had gone into hiding with ARKANE in the last twenty-four hours but he didn't know the details why. Was this who she was running from?
The man smiled. "I see your fear, old
