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The look she gave me could have chilled a man — or laid him out on a morgue slab. “My father died three weeks ago; he left the clan and his seat on the High Table to me. With that seat comes certain responsibilities.”
“I’m retired,” I said.
“You were retired,” she said. “And while you were content to play house, or to drink yourself to death, or to drive around in your car wasting away — you were not my concern. But you chose to return to the board.”
“Get out of my house,” I said.
Gianna ignored me. “I do not want to be here, John. I came to call in a favor.”