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That kind of ingenuity was the only reason Tagaan was still alive The drive back to Manila had been a long andhisBeth Anders and her friends to them There was no other explanation for how they happened to show up at one of his most secret facilities

Negros Island hadn’t been raided, but he’d put his h alert just in case

In fact, all of their operations from now on had to be strictly controlled and protected until they kne they’d been coellan Sun this evening was critical to their plans Locsin couldn’t be there because he was focused on the iaan available

“I want you to fly down to Negros today,” Locsin said “You’ll take charge of the unloading of the Magellan Sun”

“But the dig—”

“Is going as planned I’ll send for you if I need you”

Tagaan hesitated before nodding He was just as anxious as Locsin was about their dwindling supply of Typhoon

“What’s the status of the Magellan Sun?” Locsin asked “Is it on schedule?”

Tagaan checked his phone “The GPS tracker says that it will arrive at the rendezvous as expected tonight at ht” He handed the phone to Locsin The dot on the ellan Sun had already entered the Sulu Sea west of Negros

“All right You’ll have plenty of ti able to knohere his specially o ship was at all ti, they couldn’t take any chances that it was being diverted, and the GPS tracker confir the course

Locsin was about to give the phone back when he stopped, transfixed on thewhere his ship was

An electronic tracker That had to be the explanation for how the lab compound had been found

“What did you bring back froaan

Tagaan cocked his head at Locsin, confused by the question, then shrugged “It was a short trip Just the briefcase holding the eagle finial Beth Anders ”

“Did she touch the finial?”