Kessandra tilted her head, and her organic eye—a deep, smoky green—glittered with amusement. “Then you feel I won’t be a match for you?” It finally felt like she had the upper hand, and Nix couldn’t contain her smirk. She’d pay for this later, once the commander got her alone—but now, in this moment, Kess was hers. “I think you’ve spent too much time in your ichoron tower, Subarch.”
