"That's the best part of my plan, Theseus." Xenagrosh turned her long neck to look him in the eyes. "Certainty. I know and trust Kigan, Bytra, and all core members of our team, just as I know and trust that I can kill everyone else in the Organization with ease.
"We are allies, not friends. Once our paths diverge, the gloves come off."
"Does that include me as well?" The Bastet-Meneos knew that, away from the ground, it would have been easy for the Shadow Dragon to dispose of him.
"I really hope it won't come to that." Xenagrosh said, and he felt her sincerity via the resonance between their cores. "I rescued you, Theseus, and I brought you into our fold. I consider you- What the fuck?"
She straightened her body to an almost vertical position and flapped her wings so violently that if not for the Meneos' vines anchoring him to her back, he would have been thrown off the Shadow Dragon.
