Chapter 74: The Dead Letter
The wind whipped through the broken stones of the courtyard.
Jax stood near the wreckage of the lead helicopter. He stared at the twisted metal. He stared at the fissures in the ground where the earth had swallowed the soldiers whole.
He looked pale.
"You took down three gunships," Jax said softly. "Without a weapon."
Victor stood by the gate. He was using a shovel to push the bloody snow over the cliff edge. He paused and leaned on the handle.
"I am the weapon," Victor said.
He did not look tired. He looked energized. The violence had fed the dark thing inside him.
"What do we do now?" Jax asked. "The Council will know their squad failed. They will lose contact. They will send a battalion next time."
"Let them send a legion," Victor said calmly. "It do
