The days following my conversation with Diogo are agony. He wants to talk about everything, discover every facet of my life. With each discussion, I can see his brain turning over and over, thinking about my upbringing and my time within his city walls. I feel that I'm on the verge of bringing our Warlord around to a new way of thinking. Knowing that I must betray him burns a hole right through me, eats me alive with every conversation. With every kiss and every touch.

I'm as ...