Alanna was stumped.
Megan was her hunter mentor and naturally knew her personality very well. Alanna didn't want to lie to Megan, but there was too much involved between her and Quinn. Plus, it was a relationship with an "expiration date," so she really didn't want to make it more complicated.
"I'm sorry, I can't talk about that person right now."
Alanna looked at Megan sincerely. "And, I have to admit, something unpleasant happened at the ball last night. I was overconfident. I’m sorry."
"Megan, you know that Elisa and I came from the same orphanage. I wanted to know what happened to the orphanage later, and I needed the results of the mission, so..." Alanna stopped.
The personal affair between her and Elisa shouldn't have been mixed up with the mission.
She was trapped because o
