Acquisitions

[Colette Moreau]

Stella Moreau didn’t exactly send her, but Colette wasn’t going to correct him the assumption. She came on her own, although she couldn’t have done so without the blessing of her family. They saw as well as she did the advantage of having Congresswoman Avalon’s friendship. An empire such as Stella Moreau didn’t grow worldwide without government support, which meant they had friends deep in Washington, but Evelyn Avalon was an altogether different type of politician. She was climbing the ladder of American power quickly, and for what Colette knew, she was doing the same in the CCD. Quietly, of course.

Colette wouldn’t share any of this with a stranger. In fact, she endured his condescending statements flawlessly. She tipped a shoulder as though it wasn’t a great concern of hers, and that her fate was only a matter of time.


“And what do you do, Mister Kane?” She sipped her drink, twirling the stem between her fingers. There wasn’t an unfriendly bone in her body despite the way she was treated. She was long accustomed to men talking down to her, and it seemed Moscow was filled with no different sorts. It didn’t mean she didn’t play her own game, and she could bite her tongue as long as necessary.