Chapter 253

• As I walked Nathaniel to the elevator, he glanced at me with a heavy sigh. “It’s tragic what happened to Ryan caught in a human trafficking ring. But in a way, surviving while the rest of his family didn’t... it’s a cruel sort of luck.”
• My expression didn’t shift. I wasn’t buying the silver lining.
• If Ryan had followed the original plan that day delivering the product samples to the Valor estate’s corporate retreat he would have returned home under my watch. I would’ve made sure of it, even if it meant delaying my own meetings and spending the night at the Northwatch estate. Had I been there when Westhaven’s corporate raiders orchestrated their hostile takedown, maybe just maybe I could have prevented the loss.