A Veil of Ash and Glass
They chose neutral ground that wasn’t neutral at all: a private salon on the second floor of an old club off the square, all dark wood, deep carpets, and oil paintings of dead men who had owned everything within sight.
It smelled of leather, smoke, and money that had never seen sunlight.
Luca arrived a shade late, because Ashfords never appeared eager to answer anyone’s summons, and because it irritated Laurent senior.
His father was already there. Edmund Ashford sat with the unbothered elegance of a man whose family’s factories had once armed half a continent. Perfect navy suit, cufflinks with a subtle crest, hand resting on a cane he didn’t strictly need. His posture said, “We came. That w
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