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"That's actually perfect." Phoenix pulls up security feeds from Celeste's intel. "You'll be inside the estate while we're monitoring from outside. You can gather intelligence on security weaknesses, guard rotations, which alphas are Council-sympathetic."

"And I can gauge my father's true relationship with Celeste." Gio adds quietly. "See if she was lying about seducing him or if he's actually under her influence."

"She wasn't lying about that part." Celeste's voice comes from the ...