Jared backed off, but before he left, he shot Ethan and the others a vicious look—pretty clearly convinced this was all their idea.
Ethan shook his head. He'd basically just spotted the biggest problem with Grace's compound.
Their management style was too soft.
If Grace and her group could keep overwhelming everyone with pure strength, fine. But the second they couldn't maintain absolute dominance, things would go sideways—fast.
"Sorry," Grace said awkwardly. "That was embarrassing."
"If this were Fallen Star City," Ethan said flatly, "he'd already be dead."
"…"
Grace frowned. "Jared's contributed a lot to this compound. We wouldn't be where we are without him. And I just announced we're merging into another compound out of nowhere—his reaction is normal. It was just an argument. He doesn't deserve to die over it."
"Up to you." Ethan shrugged.
