PART 20

Miller grabbed the radio.
“Do not advance! I repeat, do not advance!”
A second later, the bomb squad channel exploded with confirmations.
Vance’s voice came through.
“Who identified that device?”
Miller looked at me.
I shook my head.
He understood.
“Your medical officer,” he said.
Static.
Then Vance said, “That’s impossible.”
The word barely left the radio before I caught the Engineer in my scope again.
He was climbing toward a motorbike hidden behind a rock shelf.
I could have taken the shot.
Clean.
Easy.
But my mission had never been revenge.
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Alive, he could talk.
Alive, he could name the leak.