Chapter 113

           

           Somethingwaswrong.

           LieutenantChartrandstoodoutsidethePope’sofficeandsensedintheuneasystanceofthesoldierstandingwithhimthattheysharedthesameanxiety.Theprivatemeetingtheywereshielding,Rocherhadsaid,couldsavetheVaticanfromdestruction.SoChartrandwonderedwhyhisprotectiveinstinctsweretingling.AndwhywasRocheractingsostrangely?

           Somethingdefinitelywasawry.

           CaptainRocherstoodtoChartrand’sright,staringdeadahead,hissharpgazeuncharacteristicallydistant.Chartrandbarelyrecognizedthecaptain.Rocherhadnotbeenhimselfinthelasthour.Hisdecisionsmadenosense.

           Someoneshouldbepresentinsidethismeeting!Chartrandthought.HehadheardMaximilianKohlerboltthedoorafterheentered.WhyhadRocherpermittedthis?

           ButtherewassomuchmorebotheringChartrand.Thecardinals.ThecardinalswerestilllockedintheSistineChapel.Thiswasabsoluteinsanity.Thecamerlegnohadwantedthemevacuatedfifteenminutesago!Rocherhadoverruledthedecisionandnotinformedthecamerlegno.Chartrandhadexpressedconcern,andRocherhadalmosttakenoffhishead.ChainofcommandwasneverquestionedintheSwissGuard,andRocherwasnowtopdog.

           Halfanhour,Rocherthought,discreetlycheckinghisSwisschronometerinthedimlightofthecandelabralightingthehall.Pleasehurry.

           Chartrandwishedhecouldhearwhatwashappeningontheothersideofthedoors.Still,heknewtherewasnoonehewouldratherhavehandlingthiscrisisthanthecamerlegno.Themanhadbeentestedbeyondreasontonight,andhehadnotflinched.

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