Nyla Hawthorne. That’s Nadia’s real name. The one Maxwell and Corrine chose for her. The one she trusted me enough to say out loud. The one I asked her for permission to share with the person I trust most with sensitive information—Russ Cooper, the head of security at Ludus. Nadia was hesitant at first, but when I explained that Russ was who I would be giving that information to, and provided a few details about his military intelligence background, she agreed.

