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Chapter 16
Eyal steps out of the barn and says, “It’s time to go. There’s a helicopter inbound and numerous vehicles.”
Anton must have reactivated the trackers.
I check my watch. It’s been three hours, on the dot.
“How numerous?” I ask, noting the sound of a diesel engine getting closer. Our ride is almost here.
“At least twenty,” Eyal replies.
For fuck’s sake. The last time these New Jersey farms saw any action was probably the Revolutionary War — and that had men standing in lines firing muskets. This is going to be a lot worse.
“Are we almost ready?”
“Explosives are set,” says Eyal. “We’re all packed, but we won’t have much time to load the van.”
I nod.
“We’ll get as much as we can,” I say, thinking of the missiles. “And the rest, we’ll use.”
Eyal grins.
“Understood.”
“What can I do?” asks Kate.
I kiss her.
“I want you to stay safe. For now, just listen to the police scanner.”
Time flies as we work. Soon the van rolls up to the barn and Baptiste gets out.
He nods to Kate and says, “It’s nice to meet you.”
“Kate, this is Baptiste, our mobile operations coordinator.”
“Good to meet you, too,” she says.
Baptiste turns to me and says, “We have ten minutes at most.”
The implant cases emit an alarm; one vibrates.
“Anton just tried to kill you,” I tell Kate. “He must have thought you were trying to escape.”
“Fucking motherfucker,” she growls.
“He’s going to pay for that. But at least now he thinks you’re dead. That’s helpful. We’ll make sure he won’t know otherwise.”
Kate nods.
“Good.”
“All right, everyone,” I call out. “Let’s pack it up. Baptiste and Eyal, mount the missile launchers and keep an eye on the radar. Stan, Hank — we’re going to get all the guns and supplies loaded. Kate, help us stack and secure the cases.”
“Hey,” she says as we all head toward our tasks. “What did Eyal mean about explosives?”
I grin.
