Chapter 659

• She stood and paced the small space of the sphere like a caged leopard.
• “You talk about wanting things as if desire is a currency,” she said.
• “But in this facility, we don’t deal in wants. We deal in trades. This is a negotiating room, whether you like it or not. If I give you Luna, I’m signing my own death warrant with the Warden. I need to know that whatever you offer in return is worth the risk of a slow execution.”