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"Coet you" There were scratches on his ar

"What about Pi in bursts

"They’re safe We got here a few hours ago"

Peter was suddenly overcohts crowded his mind from all directions He was exhausted, he needed water, the city was under attack, his son and his family were safe Two medics appeared with a stretcher; Greer and Michael lifted Ao with her to the aid station," Greer said

"No, I’ll do it"

Greer took his arm above the elbow and looked at hio do your job"

They bore her away Peter looked up to see Apgar and Chase striding toward hi

"Mr President," said Apgar, "I would appreciate it if in the future you did not cut it quite so close"

"What’s our status?"

"The attack appears to have cos elsewhere on the wall"

"What do we hear fro"

"What do you ?"

"Everybody’s off the air We ran patrols thisas far west as Hunt, south to Bandera and as far north as Fredericksburg No survivors, and almost no bodies At this point, we have to assume they’ve all been overrun"

Peter had no words Over two hundred thousand people, gone

"Mr President?"

Apgar was looking at him Peter sed and said, "Howht with"

"What about the isthot a call on the radio fro where you were They didn’t know anything about last night’s attack, so I guess the dracs missed them That or they were too suns fell silent

"Maybe that’s it for tonight," Chase said He scanned their faces hopefully "Maybe we scared thear didn’t think so, either

"We need to make so fast We should be talking about getting people out of here"