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“No alcohol?” Ice razzed and poured himself a half of a cup.
“It’s bad for my health.”
“I hear ya. Hey, I’ve been meaning to ask you something,” he said.
“What’s that?”
“Whatever happened to Theodor Kada?”
Dave smiled. “Theo? He’s working for me at another site, he won’t be going back to the assassin world.”
“Ah, okay. Yeah, I didn’t see him at the warehouse, so I was wondering.”
“So, what’s going on?” Dave probed when several minutes passed.
“Did Solomon call you before I got here?”
“No.” Dave shook his head with a frown. “Nor did I call him.”
“Well, you know that I got stabbed because I was stupid. So, I went on that vacation with Seven and Hunter that you approved, but I’ve been back for months now.”
Dave nodded and lifted his own cup from the side table to sip at. Ice quickly went over the conversation he’d had with Solomon, leaving nothing out.
“So according to him, I’m out.”
“Do you want to be out?” Dave asked.
“No, I don’t. I think he wants me out because he’s jealous of Echo,” Ice said.
“You think so?” Dave placed his cup down and looked thoughtful for a moment.
“It’s just a gut feeling.”
“Have you heard about Echo’s past?” Dave asked with a sad smile.
“No. Tell me.”
“Alright. If you have the time, I’ll tell you what little I know.”
“I’ve got all the time in the world, I just got fired,” Ice joked and eased back in his chair.
Dave took a deep breath and began. “Echo made his first kill when he was eight years old. He ran away from home and was caught by a man on the streets.”
A few hours later, Ice was still trying to wrap his head around what Dave had told him.
Some diabolical madman had captured and turned Echo into a killer before he even hit puberty. Ice could only imagine the horror a young Echo had gone through. According to Dave, Solomon had taken Echo under his wing a few years ago and that was why the Erebus leader was protective.
“Who is the guy who locked him up?” Ice couldn’t keep the rage out of his voice.
“To this day, Echo won’t share who the son of a bitch is. He could be dead for all I know,” Dave concluded.
Ice squeezed the bathroom towel in his hand, wishing it was the unknown fucker’s neck.
Not only had this jack-off taught, tutored, and coached Echo into becoming a murderer, the man, according to Dave, had been very controlling with Echo. A control, according to Dave, that appeared to border on manic.
That was all Dave could get out of Echo during the hiring interview. And the only reason Echo had answered the questions was because Dave had rules and Ice suspected that Echo had complied because he very much wanted to be a part of Erebus.
Slinging the towel over the shower to dry, Ice pulled on a clean pair of gray sweats along with a black t-shirt before stepping into the big bedroom. It was a good thing he always brought a few changes of clothes, including his gear—in case he got a job.
