She shrugged. “Well, since your future with Nyktos includes me, I figured we could get to know each other better.” Acid pooled in the back of my throat. “My future with Nyktos has nothing to do with you.” “Is that what you think?” Veses’ laugh was as brittle as dry bones this time. “That’s what I know.” “Then what you think you know is a joke.” “The only joke I know is the one standing before me,” I spat, my restraint snapping. “And it’s a pathetic one.”
