Summary: A month after the Battle of Scarif, Jyn and Cassian are sent undercover
to a brothel in the Coruscant Underworld– not a nice place to be. Their mission: to serve as a drop
for other agents deep undercover working to take down the Empire.
Cassian is serving as The Heartmoon Club’s “silencer,” an enforcer of
the rules who protects the brothel at all costs. Jyn, the ilasha,
“The One Who Cannot Be Touched,” is Cassian’s gift to the brothel. It
is a role specifically chosen for her so she will not have to cross the
line for the Rebellion. They’re forced into cramped spaces every few
nights to debrief on what they know, and all around them, the sounds of
pleasure, while they struggle to work out how they feel about each
other, when they can’t get a moment to themselves to just be.
Jyn
could never disappoint him. Jyn represented the unattainable, perfection, and
his feelings for her had been tangled since day one. He was still sorting them
out.
One thing he knew for
sure, though, that dangerous as this liaison with her right now was, he didn’t
want to stop. He wanted more, more, more, to touch every part of her as much as
he could, even though he knew it was a risk in more ways than one. He craved
her touch and her body against his.
say you love me 