CHAPTER TWENTY
Dax didn’t wait to be announced. He went into the mansion and up the stairs to head for Maurice’s private suite. The old man liked to be the wizard behind the curtain. Even if there was business to conduct, he would leave Brad to deal with it. Mauri only came out for the important matters, and it had been that way for a few years now. That didn’t mean his influence was any less, he still pulled all the strings. But he didn’t tire himself by dealing with those lower than him, which included pretty much everyone.
Security tailed him through the house. They were paid to take down any threat, but it had been so long since anyone had threatened the patriarch in his own home that security got complacent. As a result, Dax was able to enter the outer room of Mauri’s suite, with it
