Chapter 22

Jaxen's POV

It didn't give me much.

That was the first thing I mentally noted during the drive back from Hartwell.

Malik was in the passenger seat checking messages on his phone, and I was watching the road while thinking about a woman who had stood by a window in a private dining room and given me just enough to make me want to know more, without offering a single additional word.

Deliberate.

Everything about her was deliberate.

"Well?" Malik asked without looking up.

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