After Bruce received Lisa’s call and spent a few long seconds contemplating whether to reach out to his head of security to help track Xavier, his phone rang again — this time, it was his father.

“Hello, Father,” Bruce said, his tone uncertain. He was still trying to understand why his father preferred making a regular phone call instead of using the pack link. It had almost become a habit now — whenever the king needed to speak with him, he called. But with others, he always used the ...