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“Directly across from the window in Julio’s room.”

“Copy.” He glanced at Levi, who scowled but gave a slight nod. “Owen, with me.” David stopped at the door to the room and glanced over his shoulder. “Sims, don’t do anything stupid, and don’t give Levi a hard time.”

“Copy that, sir.”

Seconds later, David and Owen were out the window and circling around to get to Elliot and Caleb.

“Let’s get to work,” Levi said. “We have bad guys to capture, and we need to do it fast. I have a baseball game to attend at noon. Roman’s team is playing, and he’s pitching.”

“We’ll make sure you get there, sir,” Isaac said.

They gathered their gear and traipsed down the hallway to the last room on the right. Dario was sitting beside Julio who still looked pretty groggy to Cam.

When the boy saw him, his face lit up. “Cam! You came.”

“You bet I did. No way would I leave a friend out in the woods.”

“Thanks for coming to get me.”

“Glad to do it.” He glanced at Spencer with his eyebrows raised. Had the medic been able to question Julio?

Spencer gave a slight shake of his head.

All right, then. Guess he’d talk to his buddy about what had happened.

Cam turned back to Julio. “We need to sit tight for just a couple of minutes, then we can leave. Have you ever left a room through the window?”

Julio’s eyes widened. “The window?”

“Yeah. There’s something wrong with the windows and doors, so we can’t leave any other way except through your window. Promise me something, though.”

“What?”

“Promise you won’t sneak out your window at home. Do I have your word you won’t do that?”

He nodded. “Promise.”

While he and Julio talked, Cam kept track of the military communications between Levi, The Thunderhawks, and David and Elliot. Five minutes later, when he helped Julio through the window, Cam heard a helicopter take off. It hovered for a second, then sped off toward the nearest Level One trauma center.

With David, Elliot, Owen, and Caleb out of the picture, that left Levi and the Thunderhawks to find Sedona and free her from the clutches of one of the most dangerous men on the planet. If Cam didn’t move fast enough, Sedona would become another trophy in Simpson’s collection.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

AS SOON AS Cam climbed through the window opening, he scooped up Julio and clutched him in his arms. “Buddy, do you trust me?”

The boy nodded.

“I’m going to carry you out of here, okay? You were drugged, and your balance isn’t great right now. I don’t want you to fall and hurt yourself.”

“Okay. But when I feel better, can I walk?”

“If you can walk a straight line, we’ll talk about it, all right?”

He nodded.

“One more thing, bud.”

“What?”