Outside the Privy Council Research Institute, a Rolls-Royce Phantom glided to a silent stop. Lu Hanting gazed through the polished window toward the pharmacy within, knowing she was there. He could walk in right now and find her. The ointment he’d bought for her sat on the seat beside him, a simple gift he longed to deliver. But he wouldn’t. He had only come to see this place, to close the distanc