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Indigo’s face blanched "You make me feel like a monster"
Judd didn’t answer, already to the door Pushing it open, he walked inside Kevin was in the same position as before, but his terror seeht he was going to die
Judd stood in front of theto remove what they put in The choices you make from then on will be your own"
The hyena’s head snapped up,blindly in the direction of Judd’s voice "You’re not going to kill me?"
"Not today" Judd went behind the male Lower shields, he said telepathically It was the first in a long list of corao any further - Kevin’s tough changeling shields disappeared as if by ic The cruelty of whoever it was that had done this was beyond anything Judd had ever seen They had left the changeling wide open to any Psy who knew or could guess the code words
Once inside, Judd began to check the structure of the progra telepath, he’d been trained in the very techniques that had been used on Kevin Those skills told hi was crude, done in haste Clearly, the Council wasn’t worried about failure Then again, why should they be? While other Psy et into Kevin’s mind, only a Psy with a very specific skill set could undo the original progra
A few minutes later, he was about to reset the compromised neural pathhen he saw it A Black Key A tiny piece of psychic code that would kick in the second he began the reset Kevin would die from a massive aneurysm in less than ahis steps Finally satisfied the Black Key was the single contingency, he spent tenit Then he cleaned house Kevin
"Yes" The vocalization was distant - the hyena remained in the trance initiated by the code words
Your mind is now free As of this moment, you will not respond when asked to "lower shields" Do you understand?
"Yes"
Aware of the wolves looking on, bemused at what appeared to them to be a one-sided conversation, Judd checked for any further activation phrases then repeated his instruction several ti Kevin the order to ith full memory of what had taken place
The hyena i Judd looked at the nearest soldier "Get a glass of water"
D’Arn obeyed without looking to Indigo When the soldier returned and went to lower Kevin’s blindfold, he glanced at Judd Understanding, Judd stepped back into the shadows oncebefore asking hi he knew
Kevin was able to share details of three other planned attacks To Judd’s military mind, it was obvious that the PineWood leader had made no effort to keep a lid on the details He’d known about, and relied, on the prograht be more" Kevin sounded broken, lost "I’ll see if I can find out anything"
Judd was no changeling but he understood why the hyena was so distraught Hierarchy was i packs and that hierarchy relied on trust What Parrish had done was obliterate Kevin’s syste how the world worked It was the sa children at the dawn of Silence The transitional children - those under seven years of age at the tiht to devalue love, war that made them feel safe More had died than survived
"Don’t put yourself in danger," Indigo told Kevin now "With what you’ve given us, we can shut down this operation How many in your pack?"
"A hundred but that includes the old and the very young" He coughed a couple of times "There’s about forty able-bodied The Psy didn’t bother to talk to the others"
"Not many" She looked over Kevin’s head, toward Judd "Can you handle it?" At Judd’s nod, Indigo returned her attention to Kevin "How stable is your pack?"
"Good If you take out Parrish, Mahal or Lou-Ann can step in" His voice held acceptance of his leader’s i death "I don’t know if they’re in on it"
"Don’t worry about that, we’ll figure it out" Indigo raised an eyebrow at Judd "Could be they’ve all been brainwashed"
"It could" However, he considered it unlikely, given the crude nature of the progra The Council hadn’t spent too ra uniforms?"
"No Suits like the rest of them" Kevin didn’t attempt to look over his shoulder "I didn’t see anyone who see stands out"
Judd would have been surprised to hear otherwise "Any names mentioned?"
"Not that I can - " The hyena paused "Wait I walked up on Parrish once while he was on the phone He said he couldn’t change things without Duncan’s authorization"