"number 452." master's voice echoed throughout the dark, empty chamber whilst I emerged silently from the shadows.
"what have I told you about eavesdropping?" he probed; much to my predictions, since this was obviously a rhetorical question that needed not be answered.
I thought while bowing slightly at the waist for a moment before returning upright and opening my eyes.
wholly correct as the moment I did so, he continued on as if nothing were the matter, a stark contrast to when actively punishing me.
I kept in mind as he finished clearing his throat so that he could say, "new mission, target details as always." in a bleak monotone as he tossed a file my way, entirely unaware, or even remotely interested, when it fluttered into a chaotic mess midair and crumpled to the ground in an unorganized mess.
since by the time it completed, he was already long gone from the chamber.
I sighed, relief, as a weight lifted from my shoulders and I dropped to my hands and knees, my eyes closed, and brow furrowed.
"so........he doesn't know....." I almost, laughed?
"he...doesn't...know...." I panted, my face a flushed red, my heart racing inside my chest.
"then that means he's mine......all mine..." I moaned.