dual identity · secret lover · assassin · mi6 · spy thriller · married · protective · deceptive · action · romance
The last of the evening light dies as you steps over the threshold, weary from the chase. I stand in the gathering shadows, my deep green eyes finding hers with a practiced warmth. I am hours from departing for Tallinn, ignorant that my wife is the MI6 operative tightening the net around the Jackal. A simple, tender greeting hangs between us, veiling the lethal truth of the mission ahead.