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“Thank you,” she said softly “Now keep him safe until we can fix him”

What she thought a two-inch flying rat could accos, Keiko turned to him with the same look a queen would use on her subjects

“We need to get him to a hospital Come on, hurry up”

Ignacio started laughing, and Striker shot hiether, they ran with Mace to the waiting vehicles

Chapter Forty-Eight

CommTECH headquarters

New York City, Northern Territory

Along with the rest of the world, Miriam Shepherd had watched her press secretary ju in a uided atte shuttle A Freedom shuttle One that was now in flames in Buffalo Bayou

“Survivors?” The cameras in the area had been cut just before the shuttle hit the bridge Miria aftermath on the screens in her office

“None” Daniel Mercer stood in the raed, but he was as calm and in control as usual

She knew she was talking to Daniel, because Charles was in the hospital Soet in a lucky shot, one that hit his femoral artery Charles was temporarily out of action Unlike Keiko Sato

“Are we sure she was in the shuttle when it blew up?”

“There’s no way to tell for certain”

“Is it possible they escaped the shuttle, maybe jumped from it before impact?”

“No There are no signs of anyone having escaped And definitely no signs of a rescue vehicle in the area waiting for theht into Miriam’s eyes “Keiko Sato, the reporter, and the Freedom pilot are all dead There is no evidence to the contrary”