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with Madeline Cartwright and Antony Marling, the head of Titan Security, when they’d been putting Operation Assassination into action. He was also chummy with Senator Armstrong and what was left of the politicians and lobbyists I called the Cabal of Evil.
    But I didn’t write any of this down. I read on.
    What are your thoughts on Paraguay? Do you feel the situation there is under control?
    No, I did not think Paraguay was under control. Marling had confirmed there were more supersoldiers than the ones we’d captured at the end of Operation Assassination, and I was sure some were in Paraguay, just as I was sure some were in Paris or the general surrounding area. But like so many other Weapons of Mass and Scary Destruction, whenever our teams descended on the confirmed locations, the WMDs had been moved to a new secret lair.
    Why does Charles Reynolds oppose integration of Alpha Centaurion personnel and the U.S. Military?
    Huh? We had Chuckie questions now? Cantu was always trying for the Wedge of Separation between me and Chuckie, because Chuckie was the person who did the most to block Centaurion from becoming the War Division. And he opposed this integration because the A-Cs were actually pacifistic at their cores, and they were also here for reasons other than running the military-industrial complex.
    Is Charles Reynolds’ biggest weakness: a) his intelligence, b) his willingness to be insubordinate, c) his affection for aliens, d) his inability to see the big picture?
    There was no “none of the above” choice, unfortunately. In reality, and Jeff would be the first to confirm this, Chuckie’s biggest weakness was probably me. He’d been in love with me for half of our lives, though I was pretty sure he was o su, and ver that. But I was also his best friend, and we loved each other as best friends do. I knew he’d die to protect me, or Jamie. And probably Jeff, too, because I loved Jeff and he was my husband, and my safety and happiness mattered to Chuckie, just as his mattered to me.
    I looked at the last question.
    Are you prepared to answer these questions or are you prepared to die?
    Uh-oh.

    Yi

CHAPTER 11

    “E VERYBODY DOWN!”
    I followed my own order and flipped myself out of the desk and onto the floor while grabbing for my purse and wishing I’d brought my Glock and just dealt with a few extra minutes at the security checkpoints. I flung the strap over my neck—no reason to lose my purse, I was sure I was going to need its contents soon enough.
    The rest of the team were all experienced by now, and all of them, even Amy, were on the floor. Kyle was using his body to shield her.
    I looked to the front of the room. John was still sitting at his desk, gaping at me in shock and confusion.
    Sandra, however, was already moving. Straight for me.
    My brain worked at its own version of hyperspeed. Jeff hadn’t picked up anything dangerous from her, and he’d definitely monitored. But she’d done every low-key thing she could to get me in a room with her alone. Her clothes didn’t fit her right, and Susan, whom John had been expecting, wasn’t around. I had a feeling she hadn’t gone home sick but that she’d gone home dead.
    And I knew androids—really good, really believable-as-human androids—existed. Androids so good they’d fooled Jeff based on their emotional output.
    I didn’t have a lot of options, but there was a really good way to tell a human from an A-C and an A-C from an android. I jumped to my feet, grabbed the desk, and swung it at Sandra with all my strength.
    The desk shattered. Sandra jerked a little and kept on coming. It so figured.
    “Android attacking! Len, Kyle, get Amy and John out of here!” That was all the time I had before Sandra was on me.
    She grabbed me with one hand and held me at arm’s length. I tried to break free, but her grip was far too strong. The other hand she held out, fingers slightly splayed and pointed at Buchanan, who was running toward us, while Len