Seriously? Yep. That's a really stupid way to go through life. It's how most people do. Then most people are really stupid. - James S. A. Corey

She grinned to herself. Safe. That sounded like a good plan. She should try that for a change.

You think he may be a triple agent?
It wouldn't be the first time something like that had happened. The one thing you know about someone who's willing to compromise his allies is that he's willing to compromise his allies.

Time for more smiling lies. More veiled threats. More—and he used the word as an epithet—diplomacy.