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“Ye of little faith”

Linc led Cabrillo outside and paced off the exterior wall, again counting each step “Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred, one hundred and one”

“You unintentionally shortened your stride” Juan said flatly

“Touch the back of the building,” Linc said, knohat the Chairman would discover

Juan yanked his fingers away Theeyebrow

“The colu The ed”

“Are you sure?”

“SEAL training, ether so we better understand how to blow it up That’s a false wall in there, and behind it is a three-foot void”

“What the hell for?”

“Let’s find out”

They returned inside the sweltering warehouse Linc pulled aknife from his pack He flipped open the blade and ra the thin steel as if it were paper He wrenched down on the blade, slicing a long gash nearly to the floor Then he cut across the tear, sawing the blade back and forth with a sound that sent Cabrillo’s teeth on edge

“E the knife proudly There wasn’t a o and didn’t believe the hype I do now”

He kicked at the tornlike the pedals of a flower, until he could step into the secret rooht revealed

“Nothing It’s empty Just like the rest of this place,” Linc said with obvious disappointment

“Damn”