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Cody was surprised into asking, “How did you kn—”

“It’s ree with it, but I also know you’ll follow itif you have to Go with your gut”

“Yes, sir”

“Get going,” D’Arcy said “You’ve got fifty-seven minutes”

Cody’s team assembled in the ready room on the fifth floor, just down the hall from his office He noted with approval that despite the late, or rather, early hour, both Keira and McKinnon were alert and sharp, as if they’d had eight hours of uninterrupted sleep They were both dressed casually in jeans, sweaters and sturdy hiking boots, as he ith the warot close to Black Rock thrown over the backs of their chairs

Both agents already had their Bluetooth earphones in place, and Cody fitted his in his ear as he briefed them quickly He really didn’t have a lot that was new to share, other than Callahan’s warning and D’Arcy’s order, but he reiterated the plan they’d coe

“Two vehicles and three drivers et a little sleep on the way,” Cody said “McKinnon, you’ve got the GPS coordinates for my cabin already loaded?” McKinnon nodded “I want to drive one of the vehicles on the last leg—I don’t care which one Even with a GPS it won’t be easy finding the turnoff, so I ht as well lead the way You two sort out who drives when”

They left just before two in thethe pickup truck, with Keira trying to sleep in the cab of the truck her partner was driving Cody had been very careful to ency, and he did the sa now, just in case He drove with part of hissure he had no tail, but another part wondering what could have happened to ht And what did that mean for Mandy and their three children?

They stopped to switch drivers at a gas station about a half hour before Wheatland, Wyo McKinnon quickly downed a cup of black coffee and said, “I’, if that’s okay with the two of you”

Cody nodded, finishing his own coffee and tossing the cup in the trash Keira caht want to stretch out in the back here,” she told Cody “The truck’s not all that co”

Cody did as Keira suggested, but found it i to analyze Callahan’s cryptic warning and plotting out ways and h to stretch out in, either, not for so else on his mind, too After ten minutes he broke the silence “I wanted to thank you,” he said