21: Deva
Deva
The man was charismatic, and Deva reminded herself over and over that she couldn’t trust him. Just look how he was playing Keelin.
She didn’t interrupt, though. How could she, when Keelin was so…enamoured? And Deva could understand that—the man spoke to Keelin’s heart, to the monster inside. He knew her, in a way Deva never could.
knewIf she interrupted, Keelin would turn on her. Deva was sure of it.
So she listened, and she thought. Yeah, she might accept that the man wasn’t Kaiahive anymore, but there was more going on here. There was the whole compound. It was…too organised.
Why here? This island was supposed to be deserted, yet the company seemed to have settled into the crater, and there was this other group, outside.
Working together? No. Deva reckoned this
