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"It’s located in the middle of cornfields deep in Nebraska, open visibility in every direction"

Clay found hi of the story Tally had told hiround? There has to be so in supplies - even if it’s just replacement medical equipment It can’t be a hermetically sealed environ taken to this facility, the Psy would need to have a system in place to transport the bodies out But he kept his silence Tally’s heart was already breaking - she didn’t need to hear that

Judd’s expression shifted, beca, but I’d say that’s unlikely Tele-porters are thin on the ground - the Council would never waste them on such menial tasks"

"And," Brenna s in The traffic would give away the location"

"There has to be a hidden access point" Aniht

"Pity we don’t have a teleporter ourselves," Talin muttered

"Wouldn’t help," Judd told her "They need an is are involved Otherwise, they could end up inside a wall or stuck halfway through a ceiling Organs sliced in half, instant death"

Talin shivered

"There’s one other thing," Clay said "A witness saw Jon disappear off the street Any way to explain that if ork on the theory that this isn’t a teleporter?"

"They probably threw out a wave of telepathic interference It would’ve blocked any hu’ the snatch Sloppy work if your are Jon had disappeared - either that or the as changeling"

Clay made a note to check up on that If one of the Rats had fathered a child, he could understand their protectiveness in hiding the kid, but DarkRiver needed to know "What’s the closest safe insertion point to the lab?"

"Cinnas - only toithin any reasonable distance"

"We’ll fly there tomorrow, check it out," Clay said

Judd reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a data crystal "The exact location Keep it on an absolute need-to-know basis One slip and they’ll o in with you, call Otherwise, everything I know is on that crystal"

"There has to be a way in," Brenna , but Psy often don’t think about us animals"

"Even Psy learn," her mate responded with an amused smile that was so unexpected, Talin’s mouth fell open "They’re wary of cats and wolves now There’s a high probability the area’s been seeded with sensors calibrated to pick them up"

Clay stirred "Yeah, but what about snakes? Snakes can hide in corn and, in anih that the sensors shouldn’t go off"

"You know a snake? Oh!" She suddenly re black scales "Do you think your friend will help us?"

"I’ll ask" Clay nodded at Judd "Best-case scenario - we go in without setting off alarh-tech security like that - I’m not sure we canto turn to shit, warn me I need to alert aze "Why?" They could be undoing everything he had worked to achieve, but he hadn’t flinched

"Sometimes," he said, "you have to save the innocents you see in front of you and worry about the ones to come later"

At that instant, Talin realized that who Judd seemed was not who he was She was about to thank him when her brain suddenly presented her with the answer to a question she hadn’t been conscious of considering "You knoas always good at puzzles"

Everyone looked at her

"Hoe get infor the door? We have someone send it to us, of course"

Judd shook his head "The lab is under a blackout No PsyNet access"

"What about the Internet? Telepaths tend to ignore it, but it works just fine" Brenna sat up straighter "Judd, baby, do you have a link on the inside?"

"We have suspicions that a certain scientistturned but no proof"