It was midnight when Lou Shiyi heard a stir at her window. A thickset arm gripped the sill, and a man vaulted inside. She didn't even raise her head, her attention fixed on the polish she was carefully applying to her toenails. "You're late." "The Lou residence is heavily guarded." The man's voice was flat, devoid of inflection. "Kneel." The charming facade she wore for the world had vanished, rep