Chapter 80: The Choices We Make

Ellis considered. “It is a little better, but his children were part of the rebellion and one of his sons died during the attack. I would suggest we get somebody completely uninvolved with the situation.” But she knew Logan wasn’t going to go that far.

“I trust Micheal’s judgment.”

Ellis took a deep breath. “How about we appoint him as the person with most power and have other, unrelated people weigh in on the judgment.”

He thought about it for a second. “I agree,” he said finally.

They went to the destroyed capital together. The hospital already looked much better. Huge tents had been erected and all of the wounded were on cots with thick blankets to keep them warm. The size of the crowd was more manageable now that more help had arrived and many of the injured had been moved out to other locations once they'd been stabilized.

They found Micheal sitting by a bed, taking dictation from a p