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"No," he answered "Just make it happen"

"I will"

It was all he could think to say Jonny began walking again and hardened himself once more as he turned the corner to the open area where his troops were gathered Charles and the tea va his search The night air was abuzz with activity and anticipation, and he joined Charles

"Which location did you choose?" Jonny asked

Charles handed hi in separate boxes With the iven free reign to choose where the teams went Jonny studied the color-coded areas Charles was always yellow

"Small location," he murmured "So you have a lead"

"Instinct We've barely h to evolve his tactics, to use a couple spots as decoys and then hide elsewhere"

"Speaking of tactics, we need to"

"Agreed I have a backup list no one else has seen" Charles maneuvered the screen to his email and sent the file to Jonny "Just have Stu send out the oes where"

Jonny nodded and observed the screen as it returned to the five raid parties So him, but he wasn't quite able to pinpoint what It was more than concern for his vaht before, more than his uncertainty about Ashley "I can't shake the feeling soht," he said for Charles' ears only "If you run into anything unusual, if anyone does, contact me immediately I can stop another ambush before it kills our people"

"At a steep cost," Charles re Valon and Brandon"

"But if I save a hundred of my people, I'll do it"

Charles nodded "The Natural cleared to go?"

"She is Make sure she doesn't try anything," he said, aware of how quickly Ashley was likely to change her er

"I've got a backup Taser," Charles replied

"Good" Jonny lowered the screen "I'll monitor from here"

Charles nodded and left his side for the s hi yelloristbands The one, Hector, she'd partnered with on her previous raid see to her while the rest of theh for Jonny But they also harbored few good feelings for any Natural