The Matriarch pulled a piece of paper from her bag, a paper that turned out to be the financial verification report she had requested while I was still in London.
"Senator Vance has enormous secret financial affiliations. Not just with some ordinary shell companies. All the funds he used to finance his political campaign, which he used to pressure Valerian, all cycled through an organization registered in Switzerland."
She placed the paper in front of me. I looked down at the name.
"Geneva Asset Management Firm," I whispered, recognizing the same name Agent D had mentioned before I left for D.C. "Coven headquarters."
The Matriarch nodded slowly, her expression calm, as if this were ordinary to her. "I told you, Cassian, Coven has roots far deeper than just the Northern Faction. Vance i
