Chapter Thirty-Three The following minutes passed in the kind of easy, comfortable silence Erik had grown accustomed to when spending time around Jia. He didn’t bother to turn on recordings or bother with instrument readouts. Instead, he sat in his seat, entertaining himself by reflecting on the upcoming mission and how when it came to the war of applied arrogance, the Core kept losing to them. In the beginning, his quest might have seemed foolish or insane, but he was now traveling the galaxy defeating his enemy, drawing closer and closer to their leaders. He knew the truth about why his men had been murdered, and that fueled his vengeance. Sophia Vand had been the first, but she wouldn’t be the last. Erik grinned at the thought, not caring if that made him seem bloodthirsty. The truth