Chapter 84: Getting Ready for Death

Leo was waiting for them when they arrived back at their secret house. "You're not going to believe this," he said. "But we've got a vid-call from Horace."

“Mitch’s second in command, Horace?” Ellis asked. She was shocked. It was like getting a call from the devil himself, something improbable and alarming at the same time.

“The very same,” Leo’s voice was grim.

Ellis and Logan went into the office and sat down at the desk, side-by-side. A man's face filled the viewscreen set up on the desk's edge.

“Logan,” the man said, giving a nod of greeting.

Ellis felt a dart of anger that Horace had used Logan's name instead of his title. They were not close friends or family who could use his given name with impunity. Whatever this call was for, he was certainly starting it out with a jab of antagonism.

“You have my leader’s son,” Horace said. “Return him to his father.”