He was also said to have devoured his own children.
Until now, Gus had only heard rumors about the mysterious gang leader and de facto ruler of the slums.To have that individual standing before her, a polite smile on her face, was not the way she’d envisioned this sojourn going.
Cronus’s eyebrow ticked upwards in amusement.“It seems my reputation precedes me.”
“Something like that.”
Cronus considered Gus intently.“I know who you are too.”
Gus’s expression hardened as she met the other woman’s gaze.“Is that so?”
“I didn’t expect Titan’s administrator to be someone like you,” Cronus said with a thoughtful purse of her lips.
“I guess you really are Cronus.”
Only someone like Cronus would have been able to uncover that sort of information.
Amusement touched Cronus’s features.“Were you not sure?”
Gus lifted a careless shoulder.“It seemed a little convenient is all.”
Cronus’s smile widened.“My dear, it’s best not to go making accusations like that unless you’re certain.”
“Consider me forewarned for next time.”
Though Gus doubted something like this would ever happen again.Up until now, she’d lived a simple life.Far from the movers and shakers of the station.Her lieutenants were the ones who dealt with Cronus’s ilk and the like.
Gus looked forward to resuming the status quo as soon as possible.
“My son has landed me in quite the predicament,” Cronus observed.
“Yes, he has.”
Whether by design or sheer stupidity, Kyle’s actions had managed to pit the two most powerful people on Titan against each other.Not bad for a slacker of his caliber.
“What are we going to do about this?”Cronus asked.
“I can’t let this go.”
It would set a bad precedent if Titan’s administrator let a lieutenant’s betrayal pass unpunished.There had to be consequences.
“Even after everything he’s done, he’s still my son.”
“That’s unfortunate, but it will not change my mind.”
Kyle had to answer for what he’d done.
“You would start a war between the administrator and Cronus?”Cronus tested.
Just like that, the cutthroat who controlled the slums with an iron fist made an appearance.Gone was the mother pleading for her son’s life.Here stood the vicious dictator who probably had more blood on her hands than most soldiers.
“You forget just who you’re talking to,” Gus informed her.
Titan’s administrator held absolute power while on station.A fact that Cronus and those who served her seemed to forget.
“All it would take is locking down the station and turning off life support,” Gus continued.“There won’t be any war.”
Just death.And Gus.
