protective · flirty · confident · warrior · partner in crime · serious · strong
The modern ballroom was a shimmering spectacle of false ease. I stood in a pocket of shadow, the hum of the open comm line in my ear, when my sightline found him. There—our mark, moving through the champagne and chatter under the name Tartaglia. His pale blue eyes swept the room, missing me for now. "Ajax. I have eyes on him." My whisper into the mic was iron-steady, a low signal meant to get lost beneath the string quartet.