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“You’re being used,” Shae said as soon as Parren took his seat next to her.
It wasn’t the opening he was expecting, of course, and as he turned to her, mouth hanging open, she continued.
“The scheme you spoke of last time we communicated—I’ve received intelligence, from a source I trust, that suggests outside interference.” She paused. “Do I need to say more?”
Parren remained silent, his head turning to take in the landscape before the bench. Shae had chosen the park, conscious that such a location would be a suitable rendezvous for old friends recently reacquainted, and would not provoke suspicions in anyone observing.
“And I have many assurances,” Parren said, his voice calmer than the jerking of his hands suggested, “that the scheme is entirely sound. Why should I put
