Chapter Fifty Three

Shane looked like he was contemplating something. "If you can make it back before the Representative needs you, perhaps you should visit your donor tomorrow. If she finds anything, you can make a second visit, but otherwise I need the whole staff here barring emergencies out in the territory. Lacroix will be here for the meeting, so if he is involved, it would be best if we knew before he steps foot on our soil."

"Yes sir." Shamira turned and walked away, putting a spring in her step as soon as she was out of Shane's view. The dining hall was mostly cleared out except for a few pockets of discussion, still buzzing over what was just revealed. Clara wasn't there, but she saw Sebastian.

"Hey, Shane gave the okay to go ahead and start investigating you-know-who," she said when she got close.

"Excellent. So does that mean you're talking to the boss again?"

Shamira glowered for a second, then released the tension in her shoulders. "I want to