Chapter 508

Nobody in the council chamber moved. On the wall screen the name glowed in pale letters: Aldous Cross.

Lenora had never heard it before. She knew that from the way the silence around her split into two kinds. The younger members waited, confused. Cordelia, on the central screen, looked like a woman who had just watched a grave open.

"Aldous," Cordelia said. The word came out cracked. "My son."

Dan