The lords' maid
"And do you plan to interfere in her private war?"
"No," I replied flatly. "I do not care about her personal vendetta. But I need to use this information as a threat against her."
"Why?" Lucian asked, leaning forward.
"Because for Laura to successfully forge a title as a noble lady of the House of Clinico, she must have a high-level forgery contact outside of Valenridge," I explained, my voice dropping into a focused, razor-sharp tone. "Someone in authority—a crooked official or registrar out of town—is fabricating those official documents and sealed references for her. If I can find out who that man is, I can use him to alter the fraudulent deeds Lord Sterling created for my father's lan