章 39: Negotiations

Duke Henry Valentia was not looking forward to the conversation he was about to have with his old friend, Duke Arthur Gauthier. Having heard from Clyde's man George about Straider and Bros, he was hoping that Duke Arthur was either not aware, or that he already had a plan in place to deal with them. He was greeted at the door by Geoffrey, who graciously opened the large door to Duke Arthur's study.

"To  what do I owe this meeting,  Henry?" Arthur asked.

"Well, I do not know of a better way to do this, so, do you have any idea what the Straider and Bros have been up to?" He asked nervously, looking for any reaction at all that would prove that Arthur did not know.