5 - The Brotherhood
Rome, Italy
May 28th 7.25 p.m. local time
The car stopped in front of Nr. 5, Porta San Sebastiano St., a heavy gate framed by old bricks.
The gate opened and the car vanished from sight, shielded by the vegetation lining the driveway.
Master Zakar was expected.
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The mansion was surrounded by tall, ancient trees and invisible from the street: it was the Headquarters of the Brotherhood of the Psychics, the Psychic Guild.
It had been a gift from the last scion of an old, noble Roman family that, at the time, had aroused quite a scandal, because in the Eternal City, to be the beneficiary of rich donations was usually the prerogative of the Roman Catholic Church. The villa was a small part of a much larger legacy that had aroused jealousy and criticism in very h
