Content Warning: The following chapters contain self-harm and emotional distress. Reader discretion is advised.
He knew it of course he knew. Benjamin knew why she asked the question. Others might call him a fool, but he is an agent. He was top of his class, the one awarded the Silver Cross. He knows how to manipulate, how to control, how to push just enough without breaking.
And he knew what Sophia might try to use against him, how she might test him.
Still, he accepted it, because there was nothing to lose and nothing to gain,just a bit of talk, a chance to know each other, and a small lesson in who he truly was, what he stood for… the very thing Sophia wanted to hear.
