The Shark paced Leywin’s room after he left Shira. Of course, he could not set Travo lose on her, she was the woman he had planned to keep by his side for as long as her human lifespan would permit. He had already known he would not be able to go through with the Renaki torture, he had been a fool to even think that for once, he would bring himself to cause her pain in such an intimate way.

Leywin sat by a chair, staring out of the window, no doubt trying to keep his mouth shut.

“You can say what it is you want Leywin for fuck’s sake!”...