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Cassandra's voice softened into something almost apologetic. “Councilor Salo has proposed a union. Not between families... but with you. Himself.”
Caitlyn blinked, her mouth parting. “You’re joking.”
Her mother’s expression remained unreadable. “He believes a partnership with the Kiramman family would be mutually beneficial. It would secure a personal alliance. Political leverage. And the coal.”
“He’s twice my age,” Caitlyn snapped. “He smells like pipe smoke and has the charisma of a wet towel. This is grotesque.”
Cassandra’s voice was calm, level. “This is the world we live in. Steam is the future. And if we do not take a place at the helm, someone else will.”
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Caitlyn needs to find someone to help her identify and develop a local coal supply to avoid being used like a pawn by her own family. Will a chance meeting of an infuriating but charming miner - Vi - be the key? Or will Caitlyn lose herself to machinations of a power-hungry Silco?