I laughed at Dark Mother. Hard, snorting. It was ugly, but I was absolutely dead. This woman really thinks she's powerful enough to get this stone off me? I'm not even sure Kee is powerful enough to do that.
"Phew, that was hilarious," I said as I swiped the corner of my eye. Dark Mother looked unimpressed. "Oh, sh.it, you're serious," I breathed out, realizing that she was indeed fu.cking serious. "Dark Mommy, you have no idea how powerful this stone is-"
"Dark Mommy?" she cut me off, raising her brow. I only shrugged at her, but she waved me off like I was annoying her to death. "I know exactly how powerful that stone is," she said. "I know that it holds the power of the Nexius. I know that you protect it, making sure that that power never falls into the wrong hands again. I know that
