Ethan's point of view. After the meeting with the head of the supernaturals, I decided to call another meeting—a meeting of the commanders, my commanders. The supernaturals hadn't given me anything reasonable, so I had to hear from the commanders and see what we could do about the rogue. Even though we had disagreed on so much during the meeting with the supernaturals, there was one thing I agreed with them on: if I didn't act, I would be considered weak. And if I was considered weak, my position as defacto leader of Aldritch would be at risk. There was one problem with attacking him, though—the completion of the machine. It was close to being finished, but it wasn’t ready yet. If I went after the rogue, it could escalate into a full-blown war, and that means, I might never get the chan

