I said it as lightly and brightly as I could manage. The outcome was far from certain, and the risk was enormous.
Every time I'd pushed through something impossible before, it was because I'd had confidence.
Confidence that it would succeed, or at least bring about something good.
But there was no telling what would happen once I stirred Julia up.
What if I provoked her and still couldn't find anything to prove Janice's innocence? What if Julia caught my trail?
Karman wouldn't let that slide. I couldn't count on Cassion's protection either.
I might get my engagement broken off over this.
Rumdrax's whole life, built on his con-artist's living, would be shattered, and whatever bond Cho had built with Karman would be finished too. Karman might even crack down hard on Chorni as a whole.
To put…
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