Chapter 29 An Alliance Of The Enemy

• Ivy entered the restaurant with one purpose.
• She had spent the morning monitoring Maria's routine and knew exactly where she went for lunch every day. The information had not been difficult to gather. Maria was predictable in the way powerful people often were. She had her habits, her preferred restaurants, her usual table, and a schedule that rarely changed.
• Ivy had watched her long enough to know that Maria usually ate alone.