"What kind of creation forgets his owner?"
His glowing eyes were no longer the chaotic mix of terrified gold and lethal white; they had settled into a profound, mesmerizing crystalline blue, the exact same color they had been the day he first opened his eyes in the Origin Tech Lab.
He stayed kneeling on the edge of the mattress, his hands resting gently on either side of Nikki's hips.
He looked down at the tears streaming across her pale cheeks, entirely unbothered by the fact that she was gripping his collar like a lifeline.
