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pulled me into a tight embrace. "No

me on his clothes making me nauseous. I gently pushed him away.

m. He looked at me, his mouth openin

upted from the suite next do

his face a ma

Go. He needs you. We can... talk later." I

d hurried out of the room, closing the do

he sounds of him comforting his child, his lover, and I felt... noth

at the black, starless sky. I had neve

one lit up on th

"My team reports that the internal struc

lips. "Unstable? No. We just hav

finally spoke, his fury was tightly contro

g. "Jaxon's mother. She bel

. "She has no right to command

knew. He knew what

ess again. "Video conference. Tomorrow, ten a. m. Re

ere," I pointed out

"He may listen. But you will be the one ma

out before I could stop it

voice was deeper, more serious than I had ever heard it. "Because an investment is only as

on had never once

rayal had thrown me into an abyss, but Alistair's alliance was the rope pull

tegy for the meeting. The sounds from the nex

there instinctively took a step back. They could smell it on me, a new s