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“There’sus to see,” she bit out as the doors opened and he led her into the empty cubicle, followed by Rule “He knows Malachi He knows it was Malachi’staken by Council Coyotes That iving me the information I needed out of the kindness of his heart, but I can’t find any other reason for the aid he’s given us”
“What was his relationship with the others?” Lawe asked
Diane pushed her fingers restlessly through her hair as she exhaled helplessly “Apparently good The four found ways to help each other, often There were several lab techs that attempted to help them whenever they could as well When the order for termination went out, Honor Roberts had already been returned to her family No one knohat happened exactly The termination facility was destroyed but there was evidence more than one body had been placed in the creuard or assistant left alive to verify it, though their coed in and Judd and Faere terminated Brandenmore decided Gideon must have found a way to escape and destroyed the facility And Gideon was excellent with computers He could have found a way—easily—to have falsified the entries”
But why hadn’t she considered his motives sooner? She should have God, she should have She was just certain she could work around them That she could find a way to take Fawn, and hopefully Honor, out of Window Rock without Gideon realizing what she had done until it was too late
She knehy she hadn’t considered them before
Every thought had been consu the child whose innocence and sweet s for
Laas silent But she could almost hear what he could have said
He had warned her He had warned her she couldn’t possibly knoas in Gideon’s mind And she didn’t Was he there to har hi the very people who may well be Amber’s last hope?
She had expected an argument, a confident denial and assurance that Lawe knehat he was doing, yada, yada, yada She could have alument out for him, she’d heard it so many times from other Breeds
Instead, he remained quiet as the elevator made its way to the main floor
She didn’t risk glancing at his face, she didn’t dare She knew she wouldn’t be able to bear to see that arrogance, that confidence that he was always right in his expression
She should have thought of this sooner Theher, she should have knohat he would do She should have known he would have warned Gideon they were searching for hi that, Gideon would be much harder to anticipate, and much harder to slip away from
“The plans were already in place,” he said quietly “Before you ever told ured it out, Diane That’s my job It’s what I do It’s what I was trained for To take the sether, like pieces of a puzzle Once you ran froether”
Yes, that hat he was trained for And yes, he would have put it together But she should have realized he would notify the Navajo Nation of who the Bureau w
as searching for