"Sounds like he was creating a lovely new weapon in you." Vexa clicked her teeth. I went still. "I don't know why I'm bothering to explain any of this to you," I said, my voice trembling. "I didn't have a life—a purpose—until Laryk found me. I don't care how it comes across to you. I experienced it firsthand. I was drowning, and he saved me from myself."
