Once Levi left, Arkady and I hashed out the best approach, while Rafael and Priya worked on their respective tasks. We threw out Arkady posing as my bodyguard, because it was too overtly aggressive, and also, we didn't want to tip our hand of his abilities if things went south.

None of the other suggestions were viable until Arkady snapped his fingers. "You need a reason to go see him out of the blue and ask him about Adam. What if I go as your fiancé? If you were getting married, ...