The kettle clicked off.
Julian poured two mugs and set one in front of Kya. Chamomile. Honey. No sugar.
She waited until he sat down.
"Tell me about it," she said.
Julian looked up.
"I want to hear it from you. All of it. Not what I've pieced together, not what Sebastian knows. What you know."
He nodded and wrapped both hands around his mug.
"Richard Carney has been Donovan's partner for over twenty years. Donovan is the public face — events, press, the charity circuit. Carney stays behind everything. He's the one who structures the deals, moves the money, keeps things clean on paper." Julian paused. "The casino and hotel project — that's both of them. But the decisions about what stands in the way and how to handle it — that's Carney."
"And Luxe was in the way."
"Luxe was on the
