Divorced by Dawn, Queen by Dusk — Book Two: The Blood CrownChapter Fifteen: The Map of SilencesThe name James had given her was Marcus.Not her brother Marcus — not Marcus Kingsley. A different Marcus. Marcus Webb, thirty-seven years old, attorney, currently associate counsel at a mid-sized Manhattan firm that handled, among other things, family trust law. A man who had been in her general professional orbit for the duration of her year in New York without ever intersecting her life directly. A man James had watched for nine years from a distance, through a private investigator's quarterly reports, and had never approached.She did not know him personally. She had met him once, briefly, at a legal conference three months ago, introduced through Arthur's network as a specialist in cross-generational trust structures. He had been quiet and precise and had asked a question that showed he understood the material better than most people in the room. She had noted him as someone worth kno
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