Chapter Eight“You understand we are no longer a government agency.” Darvin said as he handed Alaric a stack of paperwork. “We don't actually exist in any official capacity, not that we ever did. Our history is complicated, but when my partner and I started out, we always knew our relationship with the government was tentative. We prepared to have to go underground right from the start.”
Alaric already knew that. It wasn't a government job he was after. “But you have resources.”
Darvin grinned at him and leaned back against his desk. “Like I said, we anticipated. We're not as connected as we were before the president died, but we can still function.”
Alaric nodded. “You have people no one would suspect to be Shade sympathizers.” He scanned around him and was surprised to find that there
