A surge of sudden enmity roars through me. Territoriality. Aggression. I know that primal instinct has no place here and I fight it, as I have fought it since the moment I laid eyes on her in that cargo bay and she spoke words I will never forget. “I’ve seen you before….” I blink hard. Focus my mind as my mother taught me. “There is no deal between Aurora and I,” I say.
