Heart of Stone

I shook my head. “I won’t!”

He smiled but remained silent.

For the first time, I realized that Gavin was actually quite talkative, seeing as he’d been babbling away all afternoon. Since the matter with the AI project was settled, I wasn’t in a hurry to leave either.

So, I propped my chin on my palm and listened intently to him. “Val, all these years, I’ve been thinking about where I belong in the