Irenicon by Aidan Harte

Author:Aidan Harte [Harte, Aidan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9781623650407
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2014-02-10T16:00:00+00:00

Halfway across the bridge, Sofia grabbed the balustrade and looked down at the water, nauseated. There was no escaping the spreading blood.

“Sofia.”

“Madonna, look at you. Tano got you a good one.” She laughed despite her tears. “Here, let me see.”

She wiped the blood from Giovanni’s face with her sleeves, then touched his nose tenderly. “It’s not broken.”

“What’s happening tonight?”

“I don’t know, but it’s not safe.”

“If the bridge brings more blood, I’ll never—Sofia, my hands are dirty already!”

She smiled sadly; he imagined he had blackened his soul by following orders, but it took far more than that. “You’re no killer,” she said, thinking of Gaetano. Killers traveled light; guilt didn’t slow them down.

“You don’t know me.”

“I know enough; you’re the first person I can drop my flag with.”

“That’s only because I can’t use one.”

“Giovanni! I want you to stay—stay forever. That’s what I wished for!”

She tore the Herod’s Sword from around her neck and pressed in it into his hands, then kissed him suddenly. “Take it. I need you to promise me something.”

“Anything,” he whispered.

“Go to Tower Vanzetti. Stay inside.”

“Are you involved?”

“Of course not! They’ll blame each other for Marcus’s murder, but General Luparelli won’t listen to conflicting versions. He needs someone to hang or he’ll raze all Rasenna.”

“What can you do?”

“Find the murderer. Now go. You promised.”

“Wait, I—”

But she was gone, swallowed by the night’s darkness.

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