Chapter 55

I’m alone in the back seat of the black sedan that takes me to

dinner at my father’s house.

I look up at the grey stone mansion and grimace, not looking

forward to this. I know that there should probably be some

curiosity in me, some desire to know more about my family and

my heritage. But honestly? Lorenzo Alden doesn’t feel anything

like my father. That, to me, will always be David.

Kent sent two guards with me and instructed them to stay by me

at all times. For protection, presumably, but also I think–to be Kent’s eyes and ears at the meeting. Alden is his ally, but I think

even the term “ally” in this underworld has some tenuous distrust

built into it.

I had begged David to come with me but Kent denied that too.

to himself. Great. I

to go into this alone? It was

to be a

get out of the front of the car after they park

to open my door. I step out and sigh,

stables, preferably, getting to know

to the house and formally ring the bell. I twist my mouth at the irony

Chapter 55

house – shouldn’t I be able to

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it for us, giving us a kind

in

dead in my tracks. The guards

into me.

– Jerome, I

Kent’s

I murmur in response,

I’m

is like walking into a dream. I’ve been here before, I suddenly realize. I know things about this space – what’s around some

feet. The arch that leads into the dining. room – yes, I know that, and if I

hutch, filled with blue

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