also knew of our engagement. We were a month into it, and I still hadn’t told anyone but Uncle, not even Lena. I wasn’t even sure why I was terrified of telling people anymore. M and Magos were in Berlin, and M was adapting to his job much better than either Magos or I had imagined. There was no need for things to change, for monstrosities to be revealed, for my two lives to merge.
