Shane smiled as he thought about the three private messages he had just read.
Vex, Ellen, Orla… each one sounded sincere, but sincerity meant little in this world.
Strength was the only truth, and loyalty was currency rarer than gold. In this Apocalypse, there was no way he would just trust their words.
That was when a thought stirred in him…
His Territory Lord Talent.
Anyone who lived under the protection of his shelters, anyone who set down here even for a single night, would slowly give him Loyalty Points. To be exact, a whole day would give him Two Loyalty Points…
Half a day would be just a single point, and that was already impressive.
Two points sounded small, laughable even, but time was the true multiplier.
Thirty days inside? That was sixty points.
And if they already carried some loyalty beforehand, say ten, twenty, or more, then the number climbed into the seventies, maybe eighties.
Enough to shift someone from "hesitant ally" into "fierce loyalist."
