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“I don’t knohat happened,” Mace said in his ear, bringing his attention back to the phone conversation

“Enforcement should have followed you two, not us”

He peered out of theas he spoke The street was quiet “Did anyone chase you?”

“A couple of units It took about ten minutes before we realized we didn’t have everyone’s full attention By the tione Glad you made it out, man You had us worried for a minute there”

“I wasn’t worried,” Sandi shouted in the background,him smile

His second-in-command huffed “The more-human member of this duo orried”

With a shake of his head, Striker interrupted, otherwise the siblings would fight all night “When things settle, we need to look into why the stairs didn’t blow”

There was silence for a beat “Seriously? You’re telling es we laid?”

“Nope” He pinched the bridge of his nose “I blew up a couple of Enforcement vests”

“Fuck, Sergeant”

“Thanks for the offer, but you don’t float my boat”

“Where are you now?”

“Holed up in an empty house in South Munroe We can’t stay here” He watched Friday as she pulled herself to her feet, rolled up her pants, and started dabbing at the scrapes on her legs with a wet cloth

“We’ll get a transport to you asap I’ll text e’re close and need more specific directions” There was a pause “You don’t think she lied about taking Interferan-X, do you? They could be tracking her That would explain why they found you so fast”

The siblings had been his backup in the bar during histhat was said But Mace hadn’t been able to see her face The woman couldn’t lie worth a damn There was no way she was an Enforcement mole