"You sure this is what you want to do?" I asked Bexley for the millionth time.
"I think it's our best option," she replied without looking at me.
"Bexley," I said seriously. She glanced up at me, but wouldn't hold contact. "Bexley, if you're planning something behind my back-"
"I'm not Nix," she cut me off. "If I absorb one more God, that's it for me. So don't worry. Kee still needs me. You still need me. The world still needs me. So, I won't do anything stupid."
"Yeah, see, I know you better than that," I told her. "You'd absorb all of them and run from the other Gods before you let Dark Mother hurt anyone."
"We have a good plan, Nix," she said, sounding tired. "Absorbing them is only a last-ditch effort. Plan Z. Like Plankton."
I gave her a flat look.
"Why can't we ask the guys fo
