RankNovelThe convoy turned and drove away.
Elodie watched the lead car up ahead, realizing they had no idea where they were being taken.
But...
She glanced at her colleague's basic phone-not the smartest device, but good enough. She quickly sent Jarrod a
few updates: their real-tlocation, the route, anything that could help.
To be safe, she sent sof the information to Esmeralda as well.
As soon as they got a signal, the messages would be delivered automatically.
On Esmeralda's end.
She'd been among the first group evacuated.
The chaos happened so suddenly she hadn't even gotten a chance to look for Elodie.
Now, anxiety kept her pacing, unable to sit still.
Elodie's phone had gone dark. Esmeralda had asked the person in charge here, but the answer was always the
same: "Sorry, we're still coordinating and checking. The moment we have any news, you'll know right away."
"So, you're saying Elodie might still be trapped inside?" Her breath cquick and shallow, her eyes red from
worry.
She was so agitated that the gash on her lower leg-scraped in her frantic escape -had started bleeding again.
She couldn't care less about the pain, and kept asking the squestion, over and over.
"At this time, we can't confirm anything. I'm sorry."
Each tshe heard that, Esmeralda's hope shrank a little more.
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She wasn't like Elodie, who could stay calm no matter how bad things got. Esmeralda couldn't stop imagining the
worst.
Just then, voices sounded outside the door.
Esmeralda looked up and instantly spotted Fleming at the front of the group.
For a moment, it was as if she'd seen a lifeline. Limping, she hurried toward him. "Fleming, where did you just
cfrom? Do you know anything about the situation at base camp?"
Fleming's eyes were cold and steady as he looked her over. Esmeralda was a mess-tear streaks mingled with the
dust on her face.
He was here to report on the training base.
He shook his head at her question. "It's pretty serious over there."
He'd known before he arrived that something had gone wrong at the camp.
In this country, emergencies were the norm, but this twas different—a terrorist attack, right next to a major
base.
Esmeralda didn't care about any of that now. She grabbed his sleeve, gripping so tightly her knuckles turned
white. "Can you help me? Please, can you helpfind Elodie?"
Fleming was a special-ops pilot; if anyone could fly in and get someone out, it was him.
He understood how she felt, but he looked down at her wrinkled shirt and answered in his usual official tone:
"That's not allowed. | can't just take off without orders."
Any movement at all required clearance.
Esmeralda's face went pale. "But this is an emergency, isn't it?"
"No matter the situation, it would still be a personal action," Fleming replied, not giving an inch.
His cold professionalism stung like a slap.
Her grip on his sleeve loosened. "If it weretrapped in there, would you still
stand by and do nothing? Just wait for your orders?"
Something in her words unsettled Fleming.
He pressed his lips together, staring at her, silent.
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He clearly hated hearing her say that.
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