The rest of the night was lighthearted, with Faith purposefully steering their conversations away from darker topics. She was supposed to be doing the opposite—get more unknown information from the Head Alpha—but her own little reveal of a memory from her past was quite unnerving to Faith. She had never done that with a target before.
Magnus, at one point, reached across the table and held onto Faith's hand. It made her wonder how others in the restaurant perceived them; if they thought they were in a serious relationship, or if it was normal for Magnus to do with his past lovers (probably not considering how none of them stuck around longer than a month).
The food was as great as Magnus claimed. Faith was stuffed by the end. When it came time to pay the bill, Magnus handed a black cre
