The male spy slipped silently into his small, dimly lit quarters. His lips curled into a smirk as he unrolled a scrap of parchment. The ink glistened as he swiftly penned down his latest discovery—Rina’s hidden heartbreak, her foolish whispers about Lucian, and the crack forming in her loyalty.She is vulnerable, he wrote. A tool waiting to be shaped. With just the right push, she will turn against them willingly.

Finishing the message, he sealed it tightly and sent it off using their ...