Alina watches him silently for a moment, then sighs and squares her shoulders. "Full disclosure, there's a family friend of ours who's telepathic and works for La Dama. She's not invited to this meet-up -- Probe, not La Dama, La Dama is obviously never invited -- and she's got a rule about not reading our minds. Probe again, but La Dama has promised not to ask her to break it, for whatever value you want to place on that."
She's been putting this off. Because she really, really likes Jon, and she's not sure how he's going to take this. Sharing his identity with his girlfriend's parents is one thing, but so few degrees of separation between them and a crime boss (even one who's as...reigned in as La Dama has gotten) is another thing entirely. Her life's not as squeaky-clean as she imagines his is.
She really, really likes him. And even if it makes this the worst Valentine's Day ever (because "it's not you, it's our enemies" is still them breaking up), she has to lay out every single one of the possible risks. If he's going to trust her, she's got to be worthy of it.
She adds, "Mistress Thirteen taught me some spells to mentally shield myself years ago, so even if Probe did break her rule, the team's identities aren't at risk of being compromised."
Her life may be messy and complicated, but she's not careless with those belonging to other people.
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