He spent most of his days now with a hammer or a shovel in his hand. He enjoyed the physical work; it made his mind quiet. But the world was never truly quiet.
Luna walked out of the house, her boots clicking on the wooden floorboards. She held a tablet that glowed with a harsh, blue light. Her face was not calm. It was tight with a mix of anger and sadness.
"Rex," she said. "We thought that Silas was just a greedy man looking for an army. We were wrong. He wasn't just building a power base; he was building a house of horrors."
Rex stopped hammering and asked, "What did you see, Luna?"
Luna said, "He has been running the Eastern Energy Sector for the last four months," Luna began. "Because he was your old contact, the local people trusted him. But he has been using that trust to destro
