Kaelith/Reckoning’s POV

C.G. and Mayhem exchange quick nods with me before splitting off in separate directions. Now it's just Maniac and me. Sure, I’m close with all of them, but Maniac and I? We’ve got something deeper.

"You seriously buying the crap she’s spouting?" he asks, his skepticism blatant.

I cock an eyebrow at him. "And you weren’t?"

He scoffs. "Everything that comes out of her mouth is poison."

"Telling ...