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But he was purposely walking into a trap knowing he was going to lose a great nuoal It was a difficult decision tohis eneh, even if he were able to justify losing his vamps

"Ikir" Charles said fro"

Jonny drew a breath Noto stop the plan he'd put into stea froht before Either he succeeded, and he dealt hat he felt for Ashley after the fact, or he failed, and it didn't uarantee her they had a chance at to in every way

Resolved, Jonny trailed Charles out of thethe dock and beach The leaders of each tea about the plan he'd kept under wrap all day He purposely didn't look at her

"You have one goal," he started "Keep Valon's vamps distracted No matter how e him directly He's smart, shrewd and will do what he can to ht We will take major hits We will lose a lot of vaht, we face a war of attrition and the destruction of the truce we have with the Guardians" Jonny paused and nodded to Charles His second handed out the individual team's objectives to each leader "Read those instructions Destroy them Do not stray from yourelsewhere"

He felt Ashley's gaze on hi to do with their ave the team leaders time to read their objectives and then asked, "Any questions?"

No one spoke, though Ashley's hand shot up Jonny doubted it was because of her assignh as any other team

"Yeah, Natural," Jonny said brusquely

"Hector and I faced Valon at the factory I think I figured out how to get past his weird voodoo disappearing act"

"Everyone else, join your teams Stay here, Natural," Jonny directed

Ashley approached him

Jonny waited, not about to let any es," she started "The first is you can see him from above, even if you can't see hiot the option of an aerial view or … I', use it Second, you'll see this tiny spark of red where he is before he hits you"