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A wave of relief rolled through him “Has Friday’s name come up anywhere outside of the Territories?” What he was really asking hether Enforcement had made a deal with Bolivian security to pick her up for them

“No You’re good to go, boss Anything else?”

“Oneinto?” As the point of contact for all of their teams in the field, Hunter would know exactly what issue Striker was talking about Mace had gone off hunting the mole on their team

“He’s following a lead” Hunter’s voice was tight “We think the leak is a guy calling himself the Broker”

“Seriously?” That was a relief “At least we know it isn’t one of our team”

“Yeah, nobody on this team would use that lame ass-name”

“Any idea of the identity of this ‘Broker’?”

“Mace is checking out a hunch, and I’e transportation and weapons He’s got Sandi for backup”

“Keep reement

Friday’s eyes hen he turned to her “Does your teayback on other people’s?”

As usual, it wasn’t the question he’d expected See but him And didn’t that make him feel ten feet tall?

…

They drove through a built-up, industrial area of the city, that seeo on forever Friday watched it all pass as she held Striker’s hand, fighting the ever-present weariness that made her bones ache Tension was heavy in the car, as they were both painfully aware that each delay ate up tilanced at the clock on the dashboard Nineteen hours until the Interferan-X activated And they weren’t even inside the old city yet The roadblocks had stolen time from them

“We’re about half an hour froet you that antidote”

His gaze stayed firmly on the road in front of him, his eyepatch in place to hide his snake fronificent in his entirety, both halveswhole None of it should have been hidden from the world