---------------------- Paris, Sanctuary of the Assassins, May 1799 -------
Arno
had long considered the clothes in which he was supposed to face the Council.
Adeláire had given him time and space, as did Verne. He followed them in full
armament, but without a coat and a hood. The collar of his dark gray shirt was
open, and his casual appearance was belied by the tension in shoulders and
clenched fists.
