This was Errinwright’s answer. No messages. No negotiations. Not even an acknowledgment that she’d asked him to restrain himself. Warships. The despair only lasted for a moment. Then came the anger. “Bobbie?” “Yeah.” “That part where you told me I didn’t understand the danger I was in?” “And you told me that I didn’t know how the game was played.” “That part.” “I remember. What about it?” “If you wanted to say ‘I told you so,’ this looks like the right time.”

