"Then they can text me." His tone is dry and utterly unimpressed. Three days is too long to wait! What if Eleven was working with the Protector or misrepresented things? What if his father died because he spared the monster?

"Or Xaljim can deliver a message." Garrot stays stern, trying very hard not to start yelling. Because right now, he can't rule out the monster's role in his father's death. And he doesn't want to kill someone he's never met.

"It'll make things easier for both of us."