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Book 2 - Chapter 29
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Chapter 29 – Investigations
Aero
Serena was right. Viscount Daniel was everywhere. It was maybe because of the nature of his work or he just loved to travel.
For me, I say both.
I had known the man for almost three months now and had spent time with him enough on the cruise ship to say he was someone to be vigilant of. He was a careful man. His words were selective all throughout our time together in the ship. He didn’t open up the subject of his position as representative on Earth, and neither did I.
I wanted to hear these things on the point of view of another person; from Marcus dela Forte, to be exact. But the old man was still unavailable, so now I had no choice but to further step up my game.
Planning to meet the viscount, I found myself in Budapest with his scent lingering in one of the rooms
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