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"Are you Mr Alvado?"

"Call me Jock Everybody does"

"I need you to keep her relaxed, Jock Deep breaths, and no pushing for now Can you do that for me?"

"I’ll try"

Jenny came up behind Sara "Everybody’s in," she said

Sara put her hand on Grace’s ar your baby, okay?"

The basement door was made of heavy steel, set into walls of thick concrete Sara was about to close it when the roo, and then people began to shout

"Everybody, settle down, please!" Sara said

"What happened to the lights?" a voice cried fro current to the spots, that’s all"

"That !"

"We don’t know that Everyone, just try to keep cal beside her "Is that really what they’re doing?" she asked quietly

"Do I know? Go check the storage room for lanterns and candles"

The woman returned a couple of minutes later Lamps were lit and distributed around the space The yells had fallen to whispers and, then, in the gloohed four hundred pounds Sara and Jenny pulled it closed and turned the wheel to engage the bolts

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A quarter of Apgar’s ate; the rest were spread at regular intervals along the walls and connected by radio Caleb was in charge of a squad of twelve men Six of theent who’d arrison was overrun No officers had survived, orphaning them in the chain of co down the catwalk toward him Hollis wore no uniform, but a standard-issue chest pack was cinched to his fra, sheathed knife An M4 dangled fro across his broad frame, the h

He gave a crisp salute "Private Wilson, sir"