“Alec,” he says. There’d only been a first name, so he didn’t have to think about whether or not he should say Campion. Relatively few people recognized the name as being associated with the Tremontaine financial empire, but relatively few is still more than Alec generally wants.

“How will we ever pass the time?” By talking? Probably not by making polite chit-chat. Alec’s not sure he can stomach such a thing.