Chapter 3

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Caiden walked in to John Hildebrandt’s headquarters, the picture perfect image of the man he was supposed to be, down to the small scar on his elbow—left over from a childhood run-in with an angry dog. Several of the people in the room were familiar to him because of the videos he’d watched.

One of the men came over to him. “John? I thought you were going to be out of town for a lot longer. Problems?”

“Long’s wife needed emergency surgery.” It was the truth, and Zander suggested Caiden take advantage of that to explain his—Hildebrandt’s—early return. “Obviously, he’s distracted so I suggested now was not the time to worry about business and came home.”

The man accepted the excuse and then filled Caiden in on what was going on. The thing that most interested Caiden was a fundraiser being thrown for one of Hildebrandt’s political compatriots. “If you show up, it will make his day.”