[ You've got my back, and I've got yours. And the words hit unreasonably, unexpectedly hard because here she is, an undercover agent right in the heart of things, and Raleigh's looking at her that way, and she's so damn sure that she's in love with him and this wasn't supposed to happen, this would just make things so much more complicated, but --
-- she shifts, her expression briefly conflicted. It's a heavy weight, the secret, and for a moment she's tempted, so tempted to tell him. ]
no subject
-- she shifts, her expression briefly conflicted. It's a heavy weight, the secret, and for a moment she's tempted, so tempted to tell him. ]
Raleigh, I --
[ But she won't. ]