I Am Mustafin
His husky voice pulls me out of my thoughts.
I’ve played this game before. I know where this is going.
“Didn’t you hear the Arbiter?” My voice shakes slightly.
He doesn’t seem amused by my sarcasm. “Your real name,” he presses.
I part my lips, my name kissing the tip of my tongue. But I hesitate, remembering a valuable lesson I was taught not long ago. “Alaki Bea X,” I say, the name rolling off my tongue with an awfully bitter taste.
“Your parents gave you the last name X?” He asks with sincerity.