“Nice of you to join us,” a male voice said.
“You have one of my people,” Murdock said, as his feet touched down.
“Yes, we do. We caught her spying on us.”
“She was, at my instruction.” Murdock looked the man over and wasn’t impressed.
He’d seen him before, a most unremarkable person.
“Why?”
“I wanted to know what you’re doing here by yourselves and away from the rest. Some would say you were acting strange.” Murdock smirked. “To me, that warrants investigation.”
The man narrowed his eyes. “We do not know your name. We do, however, know you as an agent of our ancient enemy.”
Murdock glanced around. We? “The person you have is an agent of mine. I’d like her released… unharmed.”
“There is time to discuss her …situation,” the man said. “We want to know how you managed to escape from
