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“You think she ht be Anja?”

“Maybe Either way, I can’t see Draco passing her up That adds another layer to Michael Proctor He didn’t mention his mother knew Draco”

“He ht not have been aware of it”

“Unlikely Let’s take a look at the flags Hot a few sealeds of his own”

“Money, prominence, connections,” Roarke said “It buys silence”

“You ought to know” She said it with a smirk, then jerked up in her chair “Wait a ot a sealed”

“More secrets? More silence?”

“Not this time I know this code It’s an old one It was in use when I went into the system A lot of the kids in state homes wanted that code more than they wanted to eat their next meal It’s the code for adoption Sealed,” she added “With the birth mother’s data inside Look at the date”

“Eight months after Stiles’s assault on Draco It won’t be a coincidence”

“This plays for nant She tells him, he dumps her Dumps her hard She falls apart, tries self-terets to her before she’s finished She has a change of heart and decides to conancy Gives the kid away, and pays a hefty fee for a seal”

“It wouldn’t have been easy”

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Eve’s eyes went flat “It’s plenty easy for some Kids are tossed aside every day”

To comfort her, he put his hands on her shoulders, rubbed “By Stiles’s account, she was in love with the baby’s father and nearly destroyed by hiave the child up, which is different, Eve, than giving the child away She paid for the seal to protect the child”

“It protects her, too”