“Rather ingenious, don’t you think?”
Craxis was sitting on the edge of her desk, smiling down at her like a predator. “You really should congratulate me,” he went on. “It took decades to set this up.”
“Why?”
Hopping to his feet, Craxis clapped his hands. “Why!” He turned his back on her and marched to the other side of her office. “She asks me why!”
Glancing back over his shoulder, he answered her with a triumphant grin. “Did you think I was on your side, Telixa?” he exclaimed. “Were you really that stupid?”
Telixa forced herself to stand, massaging her sore shoulder. She winced at a sudden burst of pain. “You said you wanted us to win. You gave us the technology.”
“And you never questioned it!”
Hobbling toward him, Telixa growled. “But why?” she demanded. “What do you get out of th
