If he thought it intimidated me, however, he was wrong. I no longer cared. “If you want to deal with my entity in peace, you better get used to that.”
I didn’t realise how much I trembled until I stood on the gallery outside, where even the sultry Barresh breeze felt like a blizzard on my skin.
I raked a hand through my hair. A large strand came undone from my ponytail. It was damp with sweat.
I swore, loudly.
“He does that on purpose, to intimidate people,” Thayu said, after a while. Her voice was soft.
“Well I’m not going to be intimidated. I swear I’ll get to the bottom of this, I’ll—”
“We, not you.” Inclusive, intimate we.
I stared at her.
“Don’t forget what you said a few days ago: we are in the same s**t together. How about you let me in on what’s going on?” The anger shimmer
