The estate Mezos and Severin had secured for them sat outside Verera proper, far enough from the capital that the surrounding hills swallowed most of the city noise but close enough that tomorrow's drive to the Republican Palace would take less than twenty minutes.
Liam approved of it immediately.
Not because the building was particularly beautiful, although the long stone villa had clearly once belonged to someone wealthy enough to consider three terraces and a private lake reasonable necessities, but because the security perimeter was visible only if someone knew what to look for.
Vehicles entered through a narrow road lined with old cypress trees, passed one discreet checkpoint beneath the estate wall, and disappeared into an underground garage without ever exposing the imperial delegation to the main house.
By the time Liam stepped from the car, Mezos already had personnel moving through every entrance.
