Elunara stood at attention in Mathias' office.
He flipped through her latest report. "I often feel bad for the target." Shaking his head, he sighed. "Elunara, your work is often miraculous and your ruse is, quite frankly, disturbing. That being said, I find that it's time I move you up in our ranks, and assign you your first handler."
"My... what?"
Mathias nodded and the door opened. A man walked in and leaned against the wall.
Elunara eyed him with suspicion. "I work best alone." She turned back to Mathias. "Sir. He would just be a hindrance."
"This is Gerald, and he will be your spotter. It is common, when our top agents go out in the field, to have one stay behind, and close, in order to best direct the field operative. If the mission should go wrong, he can report back. Once he learns your code, you should be able to-"
"MY CODE?" She cleared her throat. "Sir."
"Once he learns your code, Whore, you will be able to work more in tune with each other."
"Sir, have I not proven myself over and over? Why do this now?"
"This is a promotion, Whore."
"How do I get demoted?" She growled. "Sir."
"You will be held off of missions until I am satisfied the two of you can work in perfect synchronicity. If you cannot, another will be found. You are not going out again until I am certain of the pairing."
Elunara struggled to keep her twitching to a minimum. "I fail to see the point of this."
"The point will be made clear on its own. Meanwhile, Gerald has read your file extensively. Should I deem it necessary, I will give you his. At this time, I do not find it prudent. Am I understood?"
"Of course, sir."
With a growl, Elunara made her way to a table and flopped down, chin in hand.
"You're going to have to get used to it." He flopped down opposite of her and leaned back, his arms behind his head.
"This is stupid." She snarled.
He shrugged.
Tapping her fingers, she considered her next move. "Wanna fuck?"
"Ugh, no."
"Fine." She returned to tapping her fingers.
"Want to play a round of cards?" He dropped a pack on the table.
"No."
He snorted. "You probably have nothing to bet with."
"You'd be right about that." Her foot began to twitch.
"I'd just mop the floor with you anyhow." He goaded.
She jabbed a finger in his direction. "Listen here, you. I don't play cards. I hate them. End of story. I asked you if you wanted to fuck, you said no. I accepted your answer and left you alone. Honor MY wishes and leave ME the fuck alone. I don't take an unwilling partner and you shouldn't try for one."
In complete shock, he blinked at her. "Touchy."
Her eyebrows shot up. "Want to fight about it?"
Holding up his hands, he shook his head. "No. No, I didn't mean it like that. I'm sorry. I just didn't expect..."
"Didn't expect the whore to have standards? Well, I do. I have a lot of standards. Deal with it."
He began to shuffle his deck. "So, why do you do it?"
"Huh?"
"Fuck... everything."
"Because I need to." She shrugged. "I crave it like a smoker craves a cigarette."
"Wild." He began dealing out cards to himself in various patterns.
"How are you doing that?" She cocked her head to the side.
"You have sex, I have cards. Just something I can't help." Over and over, he laid them out in various patterns, before reshuffling and trying again.
"That's... kind of fascinating."
He fanned out the cards and laid them down. "Pick one."
Holding her hand over the cards, she eyed him.
"No hinky stuff, just cards."
Flipping it, she eyed the card.
"Ace of clubs."
"Cute." She sat the card aside and pulled another.
"Three of hearts."
She sat it aside and grabbed another.
"Four of diamonds."
"How are you doing that?"
He looked around and made sure they were alone in their corner. "I feel them. My mind instantly recognizes and understands exactly where a card is in the deck at any and all times. I can't tell you how, I just know. I could run my finger over this whole spread and tell you every single card, exactly where it is. You can hand me a fresh, unopened deck and I'll do the same thing to it."
"Fascinating." She cocked her head and licked her lips. At once, she gave him his height, weight, length of his dick and size of his balls. He openly stared at her. "I'll get you're a measuring tape and weight scale if you want."
Slowly, he shook his head. "How...?" He croaked.