Falls of the Hinterlands I could fight this 'til the end but maybe I don't wanna win

She smirked around the haul in her mouth as he whistled, unable to deny that he was growing on her. A few years ago she would have said fuck it in a heartbeat and followed him just to take the inevitable ride that shit had to be. Now she could only wistfully look back and recognize that her life had gotten a hell of a lot more complicated.

Doesn’t matter. I don’t care what the secret’s about so long as it’s valuable to someone. That’s what makes it valuable to me, and who knows when a secret will come in handy down the line. She carried quite a few, but none of them had been gotten by trade.

Personally I prefer to collect and keep them. Because as soon as I let one slip, it becomes worthless. And it was so much more fun to hold onto those things than the temptation for blackmail had ever been.