Aleigha (LeighLee) Marie✞❀❦’s Reviews > Foul Lady Fortune > Status Update

"Her eyes latched on to his arm. His sleeves were pushed to his elbow. And right at the crook, there was a dot of red."
"A sob echoed into the night. She didn't realize that it was her making the noise until a second joined in. The chemical killings. It was here. And she was wasting time by crying instead of saving her handler. "
"Help!, she screamed. Help!"

"She ran an inspection along his middle, searching for the site of the injury. She could stanch it. Hold it down until help arrived. Her heart was pounding so loudly in her ears that she could hear nothing else save her own breathing. But saw no wound. No bullet hole. No signs of stabbing. Perhaps the light of the moon was too weak. But what could possibly take a grown man down—"

"She wandered into the living room. Stood there like a polished statue."
"Who's sending you mail from Taicang? I haven't a clue."
"Her father handed over a letter opener. It was silver plated, engraved with their family name at the base. Open it."

" Now, would you look at that. Indeed it is. I wonder how it got there."
"You don't sound the least bit puzzled."

"You must be one of the new hires, I've never seen you here before."

"That's quite alright. She stepped back, over the door's threshold again. "I will be on my way unless you need anything more."

"You're so selfish. Have you ever stopped to consider that I value your life just as much? If you want to protect me, don't you think that I want to protect you, too? "

"That's the risk I take as an agent. That's the risk I am willing to bear while fighting for the nation. If I get shot, I get shot. You don't put yourself in my firing line like that."

"Oh sure. Nation over everything, right? Even your life."

"Nation over everything, but not you sweetheart. Never your life in exchange."

“If I knew you were investigating this, maybe I would have known what to expect! Maybe we would both be sitting happily in the shop right now.”

“Please, in what universe are you will to sit around happily even if I had given you information? It wouldn’t hurt to tell me what instructions you’re under. You don’t have to give details, just don’t lie to me.”

“There are some things that I need to figure out first before I go putting you in danger with the knowledge. It is nothing you need to worry about.”

“She recalled that look of recognition on his face when they were at the warehouse. Her question about whether he had been there before and his quick switch of the topic. What are you hiding from me?”