Mathias

There's a part of her still uncertain about all this, nervous, but Veronica has the sense, too, that will be true until she goes through with it. It's got nothing to do with not wanting to; she just needs to be sure firsthand this won't screw them up and the only way to find out is to go through with it. It's such a big step, she doesn't know if there's any going back, and she's good at backpedaling, even with him. "How does this work?" she asks, a touch more serious when she looks up again, though her smile doesn't altogether disappear. "How do we make this happen?"