Prologue

He had sworn an oath. He had been trained; he had practised and excelled in every discipline, finally deciding on pursuing a career in intelligence. That's when they found him.

And then he had sworn another oath. So all those gifts, that ability, that skill and charm were to be utilised as he was ordered; aimed at whatever target had been set.

He was many things with a host of attributes: some that the government called on him to utilise in pursuit of his objectives, others that were sincerely and privately him.

But when it came to her - first with B6-13 and then when the President called him – all those compartments bled into one another. For her, with her, he was simultaneously a spy, an officer and a gentleman.

She was the only one who had all of him, saw all of him...and she never even knew it.