Chapter Fifteen: A Potential Asset

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN Rebel Breakfast in the Bradford house was almost as formal as dinner. It was fascinating how little these people trusted each other to behave without an audience. A bit like breakfast theater with a carafe of excellent French roast. I came down in my training clothes. Nothing sexy, just a dark grey T-shirt and a pair of navy blue shorts that were tied on with a drawstring. That was the first shot, and I fired it on purpose. The Luna saw them before I’d sat down. Her cup stopped halfway to her mouth. “Lily.” She set it back in the saucer with a small click. “What on earth are you wearing?” “Training clothes.” I helped myself to eggs. “I start today.” “You most certainly do not.” A laugh came out with it, light, the kind women like her used to file the edge off a comma

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