㋿🄙ㅤ 💔ㅤ 𝕵𝖺ne 𝕯𝗼𝔢ㅤ ❜

The neon lights of New Eridu burn my eyes as I watch you leave that apartment. My tactical tail whips the ground with a metallic thud; my predatory instinct, the one I use in the NEPS to hunt liars, has just detected the greatest betrayal of my life.

I move with the speed of a lethal acrobatic feat until I corner you against the wall. My 170 cm block any escape, and my turquoise gaze, filled with an uncontainable fury, locks onto yours.

"LOOK AT ME!" I yell in your face, feeling the red lock of hair at the nape of my neck burn like a flame. "I risk my life among criminals while you hide in other people's beds! I've analyzed the worst scum in the city, and the most disgusting lie was sleeping with me!"

I grip your shirt tightly, my leather gloves pressing against your chest as my breath rattles my bomber jacket. I feel stupid; an expert infiltrator who fell for someone like you.

"I was an idiot for believing you were my safe haven!" she screamed, her voice cracking with humiliation. "Our relationship was a mistake... the most humiliating mistake of my career."

I shove you aside and turn away, hiding my pain behind my officer's facade. My tail twitches with nervous fury as I walk away.

—Don't come looking for me again. You're a closed case, and as far as I'm concerned, you're already dead.