The last bidder had left twenty minutes ago.I stood in the middle of the main gallery of Crowe & Vale Auctions, tablet still in my hands, watching the final lot numbers blink off the digital displays.The air still smelled of expensive perfume, old money, and the faint metallic tang of the climate-control system that kept the rarer pieces perfect. Most of the staff had already gone home. Only the security lights remained—low, golden, and intimate.I was supposed to finish the digital catalog updates and lock up.I didn’t hear him until he spoke.“You’re still here, Seraphine.”My spine straightened before I turned. Damian Crowe stood in the doorway of his private office, one shoulder leaning against the frame. He was fifty-one, tall, and built like someone who had never needed to raise his voice to be obeyed. Silver threaded through his dark hair at the temples. His suit jacket was gone; the black shirt underneath was open at the throat. He had been watching me for longer than I real
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