Riley was lying down on her back with her hands behind her head. She was replaying the last few weeks in her mind. The same 3 minutes were replaying in the princess's head for the better part of a month. Riley felt like throwing up every time she relived it.
*"Nix! Stop this shit! You could have killed him – whatever that thing is deadly!" she snarled at her wife.
Nikola was completely still and almost serene as she spoke to her wife.
"I've always been deadly, Riles. This is just the next logical step," she explained with all of the passion of a canyon in winter.
"Not like this. You're going to kill Orishas with that thing? How would that even work and why would you even want to do that? You used to be like them. You know how important they are to the people who depend on them!" Riley growled, but it sounded more like a plea than a threat.
