Erik got to his feet in a fluster. He wound his arm back and punched Firecracker right in the nose. My hands clenched, a torrent of anger soaring through me. I frowned at the reaction. I shouldn’t care if she got hurt. She was the enemy. I planned to do much, much worse to her to get the answers I needed. And yet, all I wanted to do was choke the life out of Erik for laying a hand on her.
