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"He’s alive?" I asked August, not taking my eyes from Hadrian "You’re sure of it"

"I’m sure of it Factually sure"

"Which un still had the safety on His other hand rapped around her throat "How?"

"I’oddaust took a slow step toward his brother "This summer, Hadrian saw me at a punk show here in Berlin I was in deep cover It was the first ti happened" He jerked his head "Word got back to ht I uess I should say, with Hadrian"

"You’re posing as a teacher," I said to Hadrian It caround the gun into Holle blessed thing about ust helped you"

While Hadrian was preoccupied with me, his brother had moved even closer "No Of course not I found out that Nathaniel had been letting s with Leander For those nights at the underground pool, where Hadrian trolls for new art Nathaniel Ziegler is a real person He teaches during the day, has friends, an apart ence made that possible That, and my brother’s money"

"And I’m sure that made it easier to convince Nathaniel to recruit his students to forge paintings for his Those Hadrian did himself"

"I’ripped his knife "As usual, I’m thrilled to be part of my family"

"And you knew Leander was alive Do you knohere he is?"

August hesitated "No," he said

"This is all beautiful, really," Hadrian said calet on with it" At that, Holmes shut her eyes Her<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>