Homelander Was Injured?

At Vought International headquarters, in the Round Table Meeting room.

Today was supposed to be devoted to discussing the next phase of the crackdown on supervillains, but only five members of The Seven had arrived. Homelander and Starlight were still absent.

The five wore different expressions, each plainly preoccupied with their own thoughts.

Queen Maeve looked at Starlight's empty chair, worry written all over her face. She knew nothing about what had happened between Starlight and Queen Maeve, so she had no idea why Starlight was absent.

But it was clearly not a good sign.

As for Queen Maeve, she leaned back in her chair with a dark expression, her eyes closed. She was not angry about Homelander's late arrival; she had a fair idea why he had yet to show up.

She had suffered one defeat after another lately. The thought of being brutally beaten by several younger people in succession was hardly going to put her in a good mood.

A-Train, on the other hand, was in high spirits after coming into an unexpected sum of money. If the others had not been there, he might have started humming.

More than half an hour after the appointed time, footsteps finally sounded outside the meeting room.

Homelander had finally arrived.

His expression was grim. He glanced around, spotted Starlight's empty chair, and asked darkly, "Where's Starlight?"

During the battle at the Amusement Park, Starlight had covered herself almost completely. Since she had not made a move, neither Homelander nor Queen Maeve had recognized her.

Queen Maeve snorted. "Maybe she's too scared to come."

Queen Maeve could report Starlight and the others' attack on the Abnormal Human Research Center to CEO Edgar, but she could not tell Homelander directly.

After all, it involved Vought International secretly grooming a successor, even