"Wasn't aware that this conversation was something to be won," Royce said with irritation apparent in her voice.
At this point, Apollo was feeling a bit violated by her intrusive ability to know what he was thinking. "I don't like it when you do that."
Royce obviously didn't care what he liked. Her chief concern was the conversation at hand. “You think that I am that close minded,” she chuckled. "I resent that."
“I never said that you were close-minded. And stay out of my head.”
“Then stop being so open to me,” she replied. “I can only read what is not guarded, and for some reason you’re like an open book. For the most part, at least.” She scoffed. "And if I'm being honest...you're the first one that I've come across that way." she turned away from Apollo and shifted her stare to the
