“Fancy meeting you here,” the boy said. “Hello,” Elara said. “I take it you’re Ascanio Ferara. I see you know my husband.” “Yes, I do. The last time we met, he tortured me,” Ascanio said. He what? Could this get any worse? “You’re still alive,” Hugh said. “Clearly my heart wasn’t in it.” He raised the bucket and poured water over his head. “He tortured you?” she asked. “He was trying to get a friend of mine to come out of a cage, so he could take her to her father,” Ascanio said. “So he would heal me, then break me, then heal me again. I don’t remember it, but I heard such wonderful stories
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