. The room was small, with a faint scent of lav

words, the faces in the old photograph. Find them. Th

ade bracelet her grandfather, Theodore Blai

ing one, the one that was a fortress

Chlo, you miss me already?" Alex's si

t of tired amusement in her voice

e instantly shifted to professional. "Word is, the jade bracelet you're looki

end me the

? Your cover..." Alex'

m for argument. "And what about that p

ver you say. But I still don't get it. You're spending millions on a plo

hloe's lips. "I like the

tically. "The money's been transferred to y

hloe ack

p year' for over a year now. Want me to pull some

take the SATs. I want to try li

luxury a "normal life" was for her. "Okay,

ad bypassed The Undercroft's security, scanning their auction protocols and VIP list. She then infiltr

e, Adler sta

k. "Chloe Sterling, age twenty. Public records show she was adopted by the

ened. That was more suspici

as of a few hours ago, officially homele

eyes. It was nothing like the cool, incisive woman he had met. A penniless,

she now?"

in Queens. After that, she vanished. My men los

cold. "In New York City, Aegis

are... exceptional," Evan admitted.

into a full-blown fire. He stood, walking t

auction at The Undercroft. A jade bracelet, rumored to be an

elf, but he was a connoisseur of history

ry of the night was not the bracelet,