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"Everyone’s different, Brig We all have our own appetites" He trusted Brigid, but only Anne had the right to tell her friend of her more unusual needs "I’ll keep an eye on her"

"I will too"

"You’re a good friend"

"I know" She eyed hi sharp, boss"

"Thank you Now, let’s go wrangle infors, shall we?"

TWO hours later, it was Anne who finally broke through the doublespeak that Jetta’s team had perfected

"I don’t know about you," Anne said, interrupting Jetta’s secretary, "but while the illegal weapons trade is troubling, that’s not so the human authorities can’t handle Aren’t we here to talk about Elixir?"

"But the weapons are coh Russia," the man said Murphy couldn’t re the summit, are they?" Anne leaned forward "I’ to have to spell it out for me"

The ed a look with Jetta, who nodded

"We know that the Dutch have a special relationship with the Russians," he said "If they expect us to share information about the Elixir trade, then ant a halt to the weapons Our huovernments have very strict weapons policies and part of our responsibility is supporting that"

Rens Anker had been silent throughout the ht before, but with far less fanfare If Murphy hadn’t knohat Rens looked like, he never would have guessed the tall, academic Dutchman was anyone other than an assistant He was thin in a way that led Murphy to believe he’d not been wealthy in huular face and dark hair should haveall the Norseed to blend into the ork

It was a pleasant enough face Kind, even

But his eyes ary

Anker smoothed his tie down the front of his shirt "The Russians will do what the Russians will do To think that my brother or I have any kind of influence over them would be false"

"So they do not use your satellites?" Jetta’s secretary--who Murphy was beginning to believe was her attack dog--pointed out

"I didn’t say they don’t use our satellites," Rens said "Nor will I confirm it I would do neither, as discretion"--he pointedly looked at Jetta--"is very much part of what anizations, both human and immortal, who are valued clients But that does not make their business mine"