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"Here," Cole said, passingunder his breath and I turned toward hiaze dead-on He looked away iainst his sleeve That flicker of fear I saw in his expression was better forhand that Cole dropped on my head as he leaned over my shoulder to study the marks I made

"I’m sure there are lanced around the rooroup if we only had three potential exits Seventeen kids Twenty-four agents, doenty froroup that had come to liberate HQ Five had died in the initial attack, and the rest had deserted Eight groups of five or so It was doable

"It’ll have to be quick and tiht," Sen said "It could be hundreds of miles before we reach an area the EMP didn’t affect All on foot"

"They had it ain and sketching out the area for them Beverly Hills to the west, Monterey Park to the east, Glendale to the north, and Coe area At least, ht and head out in a few hours--three or four AM?"

"We need to talk our strategy through," Gates protested "Gather supplies"

"No, e need is to get the hell out of this city," Cole said, "as quickly as possible The others are waiting for us at the Ranch"

I gripped his wrist, eyes flicking toward the door

He gavehis focus back onto the roo out in a few hours Yeah, that’s right, Blair," he said, turning toward one of the younger Green girls who actually gasped "That’s what I like to hear Excite our way"

"You can’ta say," Sen interrupted "You don’t make the call"

"You knohat?" Cole said "I think I just did Anyone got a problem with that?"

The rooents were a gallery of grih

"What about the people in the detention ca her way over to us to study the map for herself "We just leave them to their own fates? I’d rather stay here and--"

"Get yourself caught and put on one of those trials?" Cole cut in "You said you were in the otiation orld leaders; ould you want to table that discussion when seeing it through will help everyone? Unless you were lying about it?"