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“Re back to Becker’s lab for analysis”

He nodded “Yes, but then I will coo deeper into the forest Safe from those who mean to kill them”

“We are on the sae, then”

Nik glanced at her “The first page”

The helicopter bounced and shook

“Sorry about bumpy ride”

Helicopters handled turbulence better than planes “Not bad, if you don’told junkets”

“What is junket?”

“This helicopter must be decades old”

“It’s an M-8 Works good This one survived the Afghan War of 1985” He frowned “Don’t judge book”

Another, idioe a book by its cover “Still, was this the best your comrades could provide?”

“Belonged to foster father”

“A human?”

“Yes, top KGB operative who saved my ass”

Cricket had filled her in about what she knew of Nikolay The entire tiht he was the only olf He’d been taken in by a retired KGB agent, who kept hie The man must have been surprised when the wolf turned hu Sokolov?”