“Cam is always in charge. She wouldn’t have it any other way.” Deep inside his guilty heart, Palamedes Sextus knows this isn’t entirely true. Camilla would give up her body and soul for him with barely a pause. As it is, he knows that every moment he spends in her body is another moment that he is chipping away at her very being.

But for now, she is in charge. Pal insists upon it. And it terrifies him, knowing that.

“So yes, essentially. As part of the agreement, my time is always limited. We leave notes.” Again, a gesture to the desk. “It isn’t a perfect system, but it works.”