t. The political blogs had a field day with his

ily legacy was now blocked, so he

rget: Anna

gent, and, most importantly, the daughter of a powerful and currently influ

e I now used for my own quiet purs

asual, a little too casual. "

pensive, custom-designed sapphire necklace.

, feigning innocence. "Just a friendly

network, the one that made senators tremble. I funneled millions in "anonymous" donations to her f

d at the necklace a

ure between frien

back to

g more. No suggestions, no offe

, a note of disbelief in his

ew, you know as well as I do that your father's family and the Lesters have be

y book and

your hopes up. Some divides are too ol

eme already hitting a wall he wasn't prepared for. He h

at it was like to naviga