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Isla

Detroit had become a grid of possible answers and closed doors. There were whispers about old syndicates, smoke-filled rooms where men like Nathaniel could buy favors with smiles. Alexander’s voice had hardened whenever Nathaniel’s name came up. His jaw tightened like someone pinched a thread you did not want pulled.

He did not accuse the Blakes in public, but the look in his eyes was a kind of accusation all the same. I knew, in the cold part of myself that Nathaniel had ground down ove
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