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“Trent wants to know whether Navarro still has both legs.”

Hayley lowers her head.

I hear Trent in the background.

“I asked about his hands.”

Kane covers the phone and says something to him.

“What?” Trent answers. “It matters.”

“Navarro escaped from the mine,” I say.

“What mine?”

“It’s a long story.”

“We have forty miles.”

“I’ll tell you when you’re secure.”

Kane doesn’t argue.

“Where do you want us?”

“Hold position at the rest stop near Dry Creek. Switch vehicles before you go anywhere else.”

“Already did outside Caliente.”

Of course they did.

“Drive past Iron Ridge,” I say. “No approach. No communication after this call. Observe only.”

Kane’s voice changes.

“You think someone is there.”

“I think Navarro knows we’ll eventually need something from the property.”

“What?”

“Sage’s backpack.”

“Is it important?”

“To her. It’s the most important thing she has.

“Then it’s important.”

I close my eyes.

This is why these men are my family.

“Do not enter the compound.”

“We heard you the first three times.”

“Kane.”