Chapter 39The strain of influencing Liam Granger to make him shoot two people had rendered Oriyanna unconscious. When the murkiness lifted from her mind and she regained lucidity, she found herself lying on the cool floor on her back. Opening her eyes, she twisted her head and noticed Asmodeous. He was perched on the end of a bed, his eyes fixated on the screen of the ship's computer, which displayed itself on the wall of the room. The whole situation struck her as odd, and her struggling brain couldn't quite compute what was happening, or how she'd come to be there. He must have sensed that she was awake because he turned his attention to her, a big, charismatic, but slightly unhinged smile spreading over his face.
“You're awake. Marvellous, and just in time, too,” he chirped. “The launc
