Page 103 of Visions, Paws, and Claws

He smiled to himself.Really.

When?

You’ll know when it happens.

Everyone would know.

Milo waited until he was alone to send a message.

F arrives Friday PM. Leaves Monday AM.

Horvan’s reply was swift.Thank you. Will send details ASAP.

He hesitated before typing again.You need to know. F has given orders to execute Jake.

WTF? When?

No clue. Seems it depends on your arrival.

With every second that followed, Milo could only imagine the pain Dellan was going through.

Not gonna happen. Not if we can help it.

Milo typed fast.I’ll send details as soon as I get them.He pocketed his phone, then headed to the barracks.

He had to find space for a certain VIP.

Then he remembered. He had another job to do. Horvan wanted to know about the deliveries schedule.

Timing would be everything if this was going to work.

HORVAN WASbone tired, but that didn’t matter. The important thing was to discover who’d betrayed them.

He clicked on Call, and Aelryn’s face filled the screen.

“You seem to be having the same issues I’m suffering from. Both of us need our beds.”

Horvan snorted. “How does the saying go? Sleep is for the weak.” He tapped the sheet in front of him with his pencil. He’d gone from a mass of scribbling to a neatly written plan. “Okay, the attack will be Sunday night. At least, that’s what you’re going to tell all your leaders, with the exception of Johan.”

Aelryn studied him. “And when do we actually go in?”

“Early hours of Saturday morning, before dawn. We’re gonna time it to coincide with the delivery. So three teams, not two.”

Aelryn nodded. “So I share the false information with all my leaders, exactly as you described.” His face hardened. “And then we wait.”

“As soon as I hear back from Milo, we’ll know which bastard sold us out.”

“I’d better start putting emails together.”

“Milo is also sending us files,” Horvan told him. “Photos of every inmate and every guard, so no one can fool us by claiming to be a prisoner. I’ll forward them to you for your team.”

“Thank you.” Aelryn grimaced. “I still cannot believe someone would do this.”

“Hey, I feel ya. We were in the same boat for the first school mission. Brick, remember? They had his parents. And we all know how that ended.”

Aelryn straightened. “I’ll get to work. We’ll be talking later, I have no doubt.”

No doubt at all.

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