‘You Don’t Get to Make the Rules Anymore.’ — Because Her Sister Was Too Afraid to Stay, an Intelligence Officer Switched Places With Her Identical Twin, Let Him Reveal Everything, and Ended His Control for Good

“You didn’t have to do that,” Mara said quietly.

Claire smiled, not sharp, not proud, just sure. “Yes, I did.”

For the first time in years, the silence around them didn’t demand vigilance.

It simply existed.

And that was enough.