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allway hung over the estate,

arrying

ckle. It bound me to him in a way that terr

d like they had been read, not just displayed-spines cracked, pages worn. Danie

n glance up w

" he

sa

nally lifting his eyes. They were dark, unreadable po

ice steady despite the racing of

le. If you are going to stay here, if you are going to be... wha

ack of files a

this?"

st, what my spies could gather. You were his wi

utting off a limb, even after everything he did. It was a refle

I remembered the word incubator

inside m

ed the

id, pointing to a line item, my finger trembling slightly bef

ed forward,

ined, the pieces falling into place. "He's obsessed with the image of the Dunlap dynasty. If you hit the shipping lines-the

ice smile. It was a wolfish

t," h

g with a predator's grace. He stopped right i

asked softly. "For six years.

my hands. Shame

I whispered. "I thought

liana hovered like a ghost. And finally, the truth I heard in the bank va

to pity me. I br

ed my chin up. His fingers were

vibrating with a suppressed rage that made me sh

ath hi

. You are a weapon. And now

chin and walked

m him," he said, picking up a pen. "

I didn't feel like

like a