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“What?”

“Bribing someone to look away on the expressway requires substantial cash”

“Oh” So even the Laeren’t necessarily trustworthy

He helped her up into a Bruile version of the Stallion—took the driver’s seat

It wasn’t until they were on the expressway that she started shaking It started with her hands, travelling up her arms, until her entire body was afflicted Peirce didn’t look away fro her knuckles with his thumb

“Honey, it’s okay It’s just the adrenaline wearing off You’ll be fine”

It took a while, but her body eventually cal her exhausted Only then did she notice the fa?”

He was s, but wouldn’t turn to look at her “A place I know your father won’t look”

“Where’s that?”

“Your country estate”

There were probably better ways he could have gone about it, Peirce thought to hi beside him It had taken a while to calh to look for her somewhere he’d already searched In fact, with Eer than he’d wanted, especially since he still needed to give Douglass and Kai the new plan

Getting out of the bed was hard and only partially because she’d cosied up to hie after soher steady breathingit seemed natural

He shook his head I’ pictures of kittens and butterflies and frigging daffodils

He padded softly down the hall to one of severalin no tiht away

“Yessir?”