The Thief Lord

Prosper, Bo, Riccio, Mosca, and Hornet return to the Stella, where they find Victor’s message and a fixed radio. Riccio wants to go after Victor, but the others convince him they don’t need to. Hornet still wants to do the break-in, though she does not want to share the profits with Scipio. Prosper refuses to help and threatens to take Bo and leave Venice. Hornet begs Prosper to reconsider and follows Riccio.

Prosper drifts off to sleep and has nightmares of his aunt. He wakes suddenly to find everyone—including Bo—gone and the break-in supplies missing. Prosper runs to Campo Santa Margherita and finds Hornet sitting on the garden wall. Prosper yells at Hornet, and she tells him that Bo followed them and threatened to scream if he couldn’t help. Hornet throws Prosper the rope; he climbs the garden wall and jumps into the backyard. Mosca and Riccio pick the lock while Prosper tries to take Bo away. Bo protests loudly, so the others plead with Prosper to let him stay. Hornet offers to look after Bo inside, but Prosper insists on staying with Bo.

Inside, they find nothing in the kitchen and hallway. The door from the living room opens, and Scipio appears.