Of course, it was coupled with making a bargain with the Crossroads, so my ability to do much was curtailed. It didn't help that while I had my own funds, they were secured in England in a vault only I or my heirs could open, ina. Covenant facility, while I was stuck in rural Michigan. As long as I was disgraced rather than rogue, the Covenant at least sent me a stipend.
[more serious]
It was probably why they kept me on the books. As long as they could pretend I would consummate the arranged marriage they set up for me, and Gwendolyn could carry off the child to be raised in the Covenant, they could hope the money could come back to them.
[And there was a thought... he wondered if Kevin and... and whatever Alice decided to name the baby... knew that they, in theory, had the ability to open the vault, with the contents belonging to them. It was a theory, as he suspected the Covenant's solution would be to find a grandchild or great-grandchild young enough to be malleable, and 'return' them to their Carew and Healy relatives.]
[[Somewhere in the multiverse, Antimony Price sneezes for no apparent reason.]]
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[This gets a smile]
Of course, it was coupled with making a bargain with the Crossroads, so my ability to do much was curtailed. It didn't help that while I had my own funds, they were secured in England in a vault only I or my heirs could open, ina. Covenant facility, while I was stuck in rural Michigan. As long as I was disgraced rather than rogue, the Covenant at least sent me a stipend.
[more serious]
It was probably why they kept me on the books. As long as they could pretend I would consummate the arranged marriage they set up for me, and Gwendolyn could carry off the child to be raised in the Covenant, they could hope the money could come back to them.
[And there was a thought... he wondered if Kevin and... and whatever Alice decided to name the baby... knew that they, in theory, had the ability to open the vault, with the contents belonging to them. It was a theory, as he suspected the Covenant's solution would be to find a grandchild or great-grandchild young enough to be malleable, and 'return' them to their Carew and Healy relatives.]
[[Somewhere in the multiverse, Antimony Price sneezes for no apparent reason.]]