Lucius rounded on her.

“You are making a very serious mistake.”

“You were getting ready to blame all of it on me,” Seraphine answered, and her voice shook with something between fear and fury.

“I saw the messages you sent the board.” She turned to face Isadora, and for the first time that night there was no performance in her at all.

“He also hired a private consultant to write misleading reports about you — about your mental state, your judgment.

He wanted to argue that you shouldn’t be allowed to make major financial decisions.