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"This was your grandmother’s favorite room" William Keyes volunteered that information as he came to stand beside me "She redecorated it, shortly after Tommy died"

"Was this his roo the word "It was always a guest rooive it aset into the far wall "I believe she was hoping that Adairl hoiveyou from my wife? Froiven you the life you deserved"

That wasn’t a life that Adam--or Ivy--had wanted for me

The fact that I was here, that Ivy had sent me to a man she despised for protection, toldafter Congress to try to prove he’s in bed with Senza No down

"Whatever mess Ivy has found herself in," Willia, "I can promise it won’t touch you here"

He would protect me Ivy trusted that, even if she didn’t trust hi the benefits of an excellent defense attorney" Keyes said those words casually, but Ada echoed in my head

Favors from a man like William Keyes always come at a price

I turned to face the man head-on "What do you want?"

He assessed the way I was standing, the expression onto Adaht want to help you, Tess? That Iin return?"

I would have liked to believe that I would have liked to believe that the words he’d just said to ame of conversational chess

"In this town, people alant sorandfather’s eyes "You taught maker rocked back on his heels, his hazel eyes sharp on mine "Very well," he said after a moment "I want you to tell me why you’re here I want you to tell otten herself into"

"Why would you care?" I asked, giving o, you were perfectly happy to let Ivy die"

If that barb hit its target, the kingave no visible indication of it "I care because what she does affects you I care," he said, "because when Ivy Kendrick’s heroics inevitably set the world on fire, I’ the flas happen behind the scenes It didn’t surprise me that he kept close tabs on Ivy--or that infor for the favor I’d asked of hiressave him that information in trade for what he’d done for Asher "I don’t know the details, but I’d guess she’s out there building a case against Wilcox, preparing to bring hiaze strangely intense "Daniela Nicolae Was Wilcox her contact?" The kingmaker took a step toward me "What does the vice president intend to do with the terrorist carrying Walker Nolan’s child?"

That question sent a chill downtabs on Ivy made sense His interest in Daniela Nicolae did not

If you trust me, Tess, Adam’s voice whispered in my memory, don’t trust hiht in my throat

"Information is power, Theresa You can never know ahead of tirandfather possibly stand to gain fro what the vice president intended to do with a terrorist whose organization had been implicated in the attemaker was first used to refer to the role the Earl of Warwick played in the struggle between Lancaster and York? I stared at William Keyes as I reically is

"Where are they keeping her?" Keyes pressed again "The wo Walker Nolan’s son"