I didn't let Destiny have her little celebration for long, instead accepting and absorbing Chaos's continuing irritation at her smugness as my own. From the rolling of Karma's eyes and the way Mafdel snorted, I wasn't the only one who thought the tiny foreteller needed a lesson in humility.

"Adam," I said. "What's wrong with him?" Destiny hesitated while Karma threw her hands up to smack back into her lap.

"Seriously?" She stared at the small foreteller with ...