Chapter 76: Let Me Finish Him Off!

The old hands saw how easily Apollo took the bait and hurried to pledge their loyalty. He had not been that jumpy to begin with. It was the things he had done that gnawed at him, and Ethan's nesting-doll mind games made his head feel like it would split. He started seeing enemies in every face. After too long at Douglas Miller's side, some of that paranoia had rubbed off. He jumped at every rustle, and every shadow looked like a blade. The men behind him saw he was losing his grip and tried to...