All in all, it was six months before he was assigned anything that even resembled a mission. And the target wasn’t a human being or a stash of magic necklaces at all. It was a street market on the other side of town, to pick up provisions for the group. The first approval from Adelaide that he could leave their compound and contribute something substantial.
By then, the various residents had all sort of caught on to the couple’s obvious romantic interest in each other. Too much blatant flirting and time spent alone. Late night instances of finding Gage’s bed empty and Dakota’s door locked. While Dakota had a terrible time connecting with any of them, he knew they weren’t stupid. And though he figured there would have to be a grand reveal at some point, this route turned out to be a whole
