rning, the

ion I'd always trusted, called, her voice

. About a special item at tonig

most exclusive, most depraved

d of item

hey're calling it the 'Ephemeral Experi

y numb fingers, clatteri

on's voice, booming with laughter, from the adjoin

e still thinks I'm just a clean freak."

himed in. "Telling you she's 'allergic' to Emily's natu

, Emily's probably desperate. Five years untouched? She'll be grateful to whoever pla

of crude

ve. As if she's worthy of the same air Sophia breathes." More di

hope withered,

ger of two dynasties. My grandfather, st

. Davies, our family attorney, holds it. If Jackson ever... causes you extreme harm, or betrays

ife

ed for my phone, dialing M

ice hoarse. "It's Emily Hamilton