Chapter 41: Crow Members

(1 DAY AFTER I DONE RECRUITING MY VILLAIN MEMBERS)

 

I stood at the center of it all.

 

A broken warehouse on the edge of Chicago. Cracked windows. Rusted steel beams. The stench of oil, blood, and forgotten dreams. A perfect nest.

 

My nest.

 

The rain tapped the roof like a ticking clock. And I stood under the single hanging lightbulb like a spider at the heart of his web.

 

And they came to me. One by one.

 

Criminals. Outcasts. Monsters the world had tried to bury.

 

I didn't make them evil.

 

I just gave them permission.

Vernon Slade was the first.