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Chapter 97 Negotiations

The butler met me in the foyer.

‘Signor Bastien is in the study,’ he said quietly.

I followed him upstairs.

At the study door, the butler knocked once, then opened it.

Bastien looked up from behind the desk, lifted a hand, and waved him out.

Once the door shut, Bastien stood.

He gestured toward the ...