Time was running and fast. Claire Oxford still hadn't gotten any form of news from Gabriel Manifold. Was Ordinaz Rodrigo really that hard to find?

Reverse was certainly the case in time past.

In fact, the stout man took pleasure in showing of his not so attractive self in public even if it disgusted more than half of the street at that time. While she was his wife, he forced her to go on tours with him, as he would call it.

It seemed he found joy in such acts.

But now ...