“I was,” Selene said. “I’m not anymore.” She said it the way people say things they have made peace with — not bitterly, not with relief. Just flatly, as a fact about the current state of the world. “Julian is facing a significant prison sentence and has elected to blame everyone around him for the choices he made, which is consistent with everything I know about his character.” A pause. “I decided some time ago that my loyalty had an expiration date. It expired.”
“So you came to me,” Tovia said.
“I came to the person who has the least reason to protect the people involved and the most reason to want the truth.” Selene looked at her steadily. “Julian didn’t build his campaign alone. You know that — it’s been in the papers. Edna provided intelligence. What hasn’t been in the papers —” She
