Elara was at the disposal yard in civvies and a tactical vest she had not worn since she was a sergeant.
She had a rifle Caleb did not recognize across her back and a sidearm at her hip and an earpiece that was patched into a channel only she and the Hacker were on.
Vance was at the gate.
He nodded at Caleb once. He did not speak.
He handed Elara a set of keys.
They took an unmarked transport van out of the yard at sixteen-twenty-two.
Elara drove.
The Hacker fed coordinates through the windshield HUD.
[Hacker: The convoy is moving east on the river road. Three vehicles. Aris is in the second one. The lead vehicle has four hunters. The trail vehicle has two and a heavy machine gun. I am giving you a service road that intersects them at the bridge in nineteen minutes. You will be ahead of them by ninety seconds. Use the seconds.]
Elara drove.
She did not say anything for the first ten minutes.
At minute eleven, she said:
"You're sure about coming."
"Yes."
