“Get the f**k out of here, Bahre. Sam. Take their ship and go.” Silence was no longer important, and one of us had to live. “Get back to Lucy.” Reaching behind me, I wrapped my palm around the handle of a blade I kept on my hip for emergencies.
“Who is Lucy?” the Nexus unit asked.
“None of your f*****g business.” I wanted to scream at this thing but knew it would be futile.
In my peripheral vision, I watched the Nexus unit tilt his head to the side as if curious. “I sense no fear. Good. You will be one of us now.”
I swiped up with my dagger, aiming for what I hoped would be the Nexus unit’s heart. Or central processing unit. Something… critical. The Nexus unit looked down to where my blade was buried in his chest and pulled it out slowly, the metal coated in thick, black liquid that lo
