ROME

“Thank you for coming with me.” Prince Thayer glanced at me as I sat with him in the backseat.

“Anytime.”

He then smiled as if he had read my mind. “Or you miss your friends back home.”

I met him in the eye. “They are my brothers. We are still brothers whether I see them every day or once a year.”

He nodded in understanding. “I have a pretty good idea. Ash and Lud are like brothers to me, too.”

“Yeah. You three are pretty tight.”

“True. Three peas in a pod.”

“So they helped you kidnap your wife?”

“Yeah. We stick together even in my stupidest actions.” He...