Calculated Decoy

~Kaelen~

Giselle answered on the third ring, which meant she had seen my name and made me wait two rings longer than necessary, which was her way of establishing that she was doing me a favor and not the other way around. It was a small performance, and I had long since stopped finding it interesting.

"Kaelen." Her voice was the particular warm-and-cool combination she had perfected for people she