The Perfect Human: An Abelard Chronicles Book, page 80
“He’s in Siena. He wants to meet me tomorrow. He is expecting me to call him in one hour with my answer,” Dona Maria said to her brother Angelo, more puzzled than content, “and he has the sample with him. He wants to give it to us.”
“That’s all,” Angelo asked? “He wants nothing in return?”
“In a manner of speaking. He wants our word to leave him be.”
“You know we can’t do that. Not after he killed father, never mind the others.”
“How long do you need to get men, and I mean lots of men, to Siena? He is very skilled at putting people in the ground.”
“It’s 09:00 AM; I can have a team ready by noon.”
“Good, I’ll call him now to confirm.”
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“That’s all,” Angelo asked? “He wants nothing in return?”
“In a manner of speaking. He wants our word to leave him be.”
“You know we can’t do that. Not after he killed father, never mind the others.”
“How long do you need to get men, and I mean lots of men, to Siena? He is very skilled at putting people in the ground.”
“It’s 09:00 AM; I can have a team ready by noon.”
“Good, I’ll call him now to confirm.”
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