Holy shit. I hiss, all excitement gone in a flash. I pulled Vera off so I could get up.

“Alright. I’ve had it, Ryker… enough already.” She snaps at me, and I turn to look at her as though she had grown some horns.

“What do you want from me, Vera. I’m-“

“Tired?’ she cuts me off. “Since when have you ever been tired of me, for it?”

“You’re changing Ryker, and I can’t explain it, but ever since you bought her here, you haven’t been yourself.” She continued.

I scoff ...