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Stop! her drea with the slide showi, but crucial

She restarted the slide show fro wrong with the first one Nor the next, nor the next, nor the next Back up, her dreaht before the elevator And then she knew

Cody had locked his computer with his personal password That was standard procedure in the agency—you logged on to the agency netith a password, and you locked your computer for security with that sa to be away fro to pick up the printouts fro to show Cody

Password?

Callahan suddenly appeared in her drea a blood-stained key in his hand It sounded so like center or centaur, but I can’t swear to it

Centercentaur A computer password? Could it be that simple? If so, where was the computer? What did it have to do with the bloody key? And what about veni, vidi, vici? Cody had wondered if it was some kind of code, but that didn’t —ould he speak in code? The ansas right there, just out of reach What had Callahan said?

He was a decent kid—stereotypical computer nerd, but likable nevertheless He was always playing those online war games He didn’t say it, but I suspect he joined theit was like one of his coame

Online war games

Veni, vidi, vici

No, not a codean online video game

Chapter 18

Cody woke fro him with her mouth and hands; her soft little ed sounds torn from his throat as she—

“Trace,” he heard Keira say in an urgent whisper “Trace!”

No, that’s not right, Cody thought, disoriented for ahis name, not her partner’s na his head on the ceiling before he realized where he was and that the wo beside the lower bunk bed, shaking McKinnon’s arm