Councillor Iulia smiled when he said that. It was a condescending smile that he and Shadow didn’t appreciate, but they both remained calm and watched her. The last thing he wanted to do was piss off people who could end him in seconds. Iulia closed a file in front of her and pushed it away. “I am curious about you,” she drawled. “How so, ma’am?” “Your academic career has been spotless up until now. You rose the ranks in your very first semester and have proven time and time again that you are in control of your other self,” she said as she sat back in her chair and crossed her legs. Her eyes didn’t leave his face, like she was searching for any reaction. This was where he and Shadow excelled. He had been fooling people his whole life because letting anyone else know the depths of Sha

