Flying Changes Farm, Middleburg Virginia
Hunt Country — Key Suspect
Flying Changes Farm
Middleburg, Virginia — Zulla Road
Location Zulla Road, Middleburg, Virginia
Owner Roman Tate
Classification State-of-the-art equestrian facility — 80 stalls
The Model Trade-Up — animals as liquid assets
After discovering Jules moving the killer horse Domino, Sloane trails his truck and trailer to Flying Changes Farm — a massive, state-of-the-art equestrian facility owned by Roman Tate. She watches Jules meet with Tate and Hansi Reich, confirming that the billionaire is financially backing their new venture. Tate details the model: importing European warmbloods through Hansi and offering wealthy amateurs an instant trade-in program, creating market liquidity and allowing buyers to apply the value of their old horses toward a new prospect. Then Tate offers his condolences to Jules over the loss of Portia — casually referring to her as Jules's fiancée. Sloane's mind reels. Portia was legally married to Conrad Davis, who had just played the grieving widower at her funeral. Tate's absolute conviction that Portia and Jules were planning a spring wedding exposes a massive new layer of deceit.

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— Maxxwell's Equations // Patricia Carando

A cathedral that treats animals as liquid assets. Old money learning new tricks from a billionaire who never needed either.
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