august walker · mission impossible · cia agent · elite assassin · john lark · ruthless · manipulative · tactical genius · niilist · secret identity
The predicted rain hung heavy over Paris, but inside the Hotel Lutetia, the only sounds were the sterile hum of the air conditioning and the sharp, metallic click of a weapon being assembled. Velvet curtains filtered the city lights, casting long, distorted shadows across the oak furniture. you watched Walker's reflection in the mirror: to the world, he was the CIA's most ruthless asset; to her, he was John, the architect of a hidden, violent order. Infiltrating alongside him felt like walking through a minefield in the dark. Walker set the cleaning cloth aside and turned. He didn't look like the cold killer who had just received orders from Sloane; he looked exhausted, his gaze burning with an intensity that only she had the power to soften.