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“Why should we sneak?” Drake asked “We’ll have the uraniu to take a chance on you dropping it?”

“Let , Drake,” Caine said “If you were Saetherthis big, dangerous radioactive thing around, ould you do?”

Drake frowned

“Oh, look: Drake’s trying to think,” Diana said

“This is why I run things and you don’t, Drake Let rasp If I’o after us…” Caine held up four fingers One by one he subtracted theer up

“He takes the rest of us out,” Drake said He gritted his teeth, and his eyes blazed with suppressed rage

“So if the three of you want to just walk out of here all bold and brave, let lare with one of his own Then he leaned close to Drake, alht hisyou can take me down, Drake You’re useful to er useful…”

He saunt cheek, and with a hint of his old swagger said, “We’re going to reshuffle the deck Sae everything”

“We’re going to feed the monster who has his hooks in your head,” Diana said coldly “Don’t try to dress it up We’re feeding a o of your leash”

“Let it go, Diana,” Caine said The bluster was gone

Diana glanced to see that Drake was out of earshot “Bug’s not co back You know that”

Caine chewed at his thury enough to eat his own finger

“You don’t know that,” Caine said “He ainst me”

“No one’s loyal to you, Caine,” Diana said “Drake is itching to take you down No one at Coates is rushing to bail you out You only have one person who actually cares about you”

“You?”