‘So you decided Thysandra is the solution for you?’ I said, resting the back of my head against the cold alf steel door. ‘To your outsiderness, I mean.’ ‘Well,’ Naxi said, face darkening as she pouted, ‘at least she’s devoted her heart and soul to people without a moral compass before, hasn’t she?’ It almost sounded like a plea – as if she needed me to agree. As if her future depended on my approval. I rubbed my face, suppressing the urge to groan. ‘Right. And she isn’t scared of you.’ ‘Not of me.’ A long-suffering sigh. ‘Just of what she feels around me, really.’ You’d better keep Anaxia away
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