Chapter 834

• "Now, Portia," Marcella cooed, sliding a flute of champagne toward her. "The Arisov girl. Katerina thinks the Northern estates are too isolated, but I say isolation is exactly what a girl of her standing needs until the papers are finalized.”
• “Tell us, did your branch of the family deal with such... delicate assets in London? Surely you have some insight into keeping a girl from running away."
• "We found that if they don't know they're in a cage," Persis whispered, her voice airy and fragile, "they don't look for the door."