"Everything's a house of cards," Saerian said with a shrug. "Doing anything successfully is a balancing act."
He smiled. There was a gut motivation to just bite her right here, and see if her power transferred to him. But that would draw far too much attention. He also wanted to push at her mind and see what was inside it, but outside of the surface things--which mostly were about him right now--that could also cause a problem. She could yell, or try to hurt him. He didn't want to take any chances.