A Madness Most Discreet
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The Scout was trying so hard to let his mother be happy while fighting the instinct to protect a supposedly dead father that he still felt loyalty to. A father he had never even met.
Blind loyalty, he knew, was perhaps the worst kind.
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- Part 1 of A Madness Most Discreet
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After all, he already had long known from his Ma that his father was someone with an unwavering affection for her.
He really, really hoped some of that affection might have pity on a kid who had spent the better part of his childhood being called a bastard by the rest of the world.
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- Part 2 of A Madness Most Discreet
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“Somethin' like that, huh?” His mother chuckled. “You're lookin' for an embarrassin' story? Stickin' it to him for bein' the asshole that he is?”
“...Yeah,” he admitted, shrugging with a smirk. Caught red-handed. “Somethin' embarrassin'. Because he's an asshole.”
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- Part 3 of A Madness Most Discreet
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They were in the very delicate position of having to start from the beginning on this relationship, no matter how much he wanted to believe there was more than that between them. And so he wondered if he stood a chance of earning real respect from the man, or if he'd even recognize it under the many layers of deception that colored his words.
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- Part 4 of A Madness Most Discreet
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Glancing down again at the swiftly closing gash on his forearm, he dared to steal a quick look at the man tending his injury. Machine oil and flecks of blood dappled his clothing and masked face, sleepless lines beneath his eyes.
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- Part 5 of A Madness Most Discreet
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He turned to go, but a strong grip seized his arm before he could do so. Startled, he met his father’s blue gaze as he spun to face him. The Spy was just a touch taller than him, but the sternness that had returned to his entire being gave the Scout a visceral sense of vulnerability in the face of this man who was—in the end—the most dangerous among all of them.
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- Part 6 of A Madness Most Discreet