‘What is wrong?’ Her voice purred with reassuring cool. ‘I’ve changed my mind.’ He let himself into the mill house, the puppy wriggling in ahead. ‘That is very inconvenient. Removing Kat Mason and her sanctuary is now a number-one priority. We would like Lake Farm made vacant and repatriated to the estate as a matter of urgency.’ Dougie snorted at the use of ‘repatriated’, as though Lake Farm was a refugee in a war zone. ‘That’s not my problem any more.’ She gave an exasperated huff, tapping on her tablet in the background. ‘We will need to deal with this before Seth and his guests arrive next weekend. Igor will hunt and shoot both days.’ ‘Who’s Igor?’ ‘You should be aware of this. Dair has been given the security briefing to distribute. Igor is a very important guest. Read up on him.’ Dougie looked at the pile of unopened post on the table, one of which was a hand-delivered A4 envelope addressed to The Hon.
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