People kill for secrets. Especially when they're about what the government does and doesn't tell anyone about.

[But Fortescue knows, because she's the one they send to do those particularly unsavory deeds. ...or she was. She'd been Imperium's agent for so long, she has to remind herself that she's out now. For better or for worse, she's never going to spill any more blood in the name of King and Country.]

Imperium might not kill me, but they'll certainly drag me back and try to make me work for them again. And if I won't...

[She shrugs. At best, she'll live in a cell for the rest of her life.]