Chapter 39 New Identity

• Holvaster’s voice cut through the silence of our secure study, gentle yet firm, as he looked at me over a spread of documents and blank forms.
• “Nadia, if you’re to remain safe, and if you’re to truly start a new chapter, you must have a new identity,” he said, setting a pen in front of me.
• I hesitated, my eyes drifting over the pages filled with potential, each one a promise of anonymity. “A new identity?” I echoed, my voice tinged with both excitement and dread. “I’m not sure I want to leave behind who I am.”