The Rule of the Rogues
He searched her eyes with his own, checking for any hint of hesitation or manipulation but Adira maintained eye contact, calm and unmoving.
“Okay,” he nodded, “I’m going to choose to trust you on this but if you ever break that promise-”
“I won’t.” Adira cut in firmly.
He took a deep breath and nodded before he spoke, “Aspen. That was my birth name, my ‘real name’ as you call it.”
Adira simply blinked at him, “Aspen is nothing like Braxton.”
He let out a dry chuckle, shaking his head at her comment. It was true, of course, but that was entirely the purpose of having a code name.
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