The Inheritance Heist

eels this expensive - or s

y inside a borrowed clutch. The manor loomed in the distance like a silent threat, every inch of it built on decades of blood,

d Isla through the comm in Lyra's

n unreadable in the reflection of the car window.

efore the lie starts. After that

there was on

e'd never shown anyone. Her mother had kept it hidden until the day she died. The m

. "This isn't a l

ough of one to

their eyes scanning the line of guests forming before the gate. No on

s gift being u

the gate wer

minor noble family's crest purchased from an old contact who owed her more than a few favors.

the guar

d without a hitch, slipping t

. Checked the

ot visibly, just enoug

, a

, Miss Ve

belonged. And for the first time in h

t

rything reeked of powe

ghosts, silent and sharp. Everyone was dressed in black, but no one was

hard to

ushed tones from every corner. The adopted son. The heir n

She needed to read him b

about that. Tonight

w. That the old man, even on his deathbed, couldn't fully sever his secrets. Lyra didn't kn

Take the files.

er armor. Sile

caught her eye from across the

worked. But get this there's an encrypted ledger in the basement. It might h

toward the grand sta

e. She