Quotation

The Kremlin . Majestic buildings , gilded ceilings , soaring halls , all filled to the rafters with deceit , rapacious greed , and cruelty . A Palace of Treason. === Dominika was lifted on maroon waves of music at the ballet academy . At twenty - five , she calibrated a man’s lust by his scarlet halo . Now just past thirty , being able to divine men’s and women’s spirits just possibly would save her life . === His features were delicate : Jawline , cheek , and brow were finely formed , and the impossibly long lashes above the sleepy blue eyes could stir the potted palm fronds in the winter garden from across the room . === Jamshidi looked back down , met her eyes , and laughed . It was at this point that he should have heard the rustling in the long grass , the instant before grip of fang and claw .