Chapter Seven
THE REMUS INVITED US to stay on the Aventine while we were figuring this out. He reasoned that if someone wanted us dead, we’d be better off in a place that was difficult to infiltrate. Because legends had been known to assimilate into human society without anyone realizing for years, even decades. Often, they were never found out at all, or so the Remus claimed.
Which meant that there might have been legends, even now, living within the safety zone. In my neighborhood of Trastevere. As we didn’t know which House wanted us dead, it was better to be safe.
Dr. Berti accepted the invitation on all of our behalves (even after hearing that the Aventine would occasionally host guests from other Houses, who the Remus totally insisted he could protect us from). That meant, in orde
