Chapter 42 Seductive Charm

• Kael was now positioned in the VIP wing of the cruiser, standing behind a tall man in a slate-gray suit whose silver cufflinks bore the insignia of the Iron Dominion, one of the Sovereign Program’s most established affiliates.
• The man’s name was President Thalen Veynor—a negotiator, financier, and survivor who had made it to the upper tiers of the Sovereign’s tangled hierarchy. To most, Kael was just his bodyguard tonight, another black suit in the background.
• Thalen adjusted his tie nervously. He had watched the footage from the auction through a private screen. “She makes a spectacle of it,” he muttered, half to Kael, half to himself. “Every time. She kills in front of them so they’ll believe whatever she says. Monsters dressed as merchants.”