"Well, he is just a child, after all," Mrs. Riley said quietly to Leo. Mrs. Riley was an often guest, one who ate dinner with Leo and often did...other things.

"Quiet, Sapphire." Leo murmured. "He is a child that should know better."

Dinner was quieter than usual, with the loss of Archie's din. Kat couldn't help it; her blood felt cold, like lead in her body, and her anger was near palpable. She had a torrent of uncouth words she wanted to spit at Leo, each one a calculated cocktail of venom and precision.

"I'd like to say he was very passionate about his point, even if he was still communing with his other children." Leo swallowed. "It's good to know where he got that from."

Katherine wanted to leave, to go fish him out of the small room in which he was locked in, but that wasn't an option. She felt a-fool for even thinking it, however a thousand scenarios ran through her head seeing the .22 strapped to Leo's pants.