Katanya blew smoke and squinted against the glare of his headlights. She stared into the light until he rolled down the window. She looked up at him, though her vision swirled with distracting dark spots. Even with that singular question, she could already tell that the lieutenant general was a mess. It should have brought her some small feeling of pride to know that her plan had thus reduced him to this state, but it only made the pit in her stomach grow deeper. The cigarette tasted like only ashes in her mouth as she took another long drag.
“I sent them to scout the area,” she said calmly, all but interrupting him the second time he asked. Frowning when he continued to lecture her. Smoke fell slowly with her words, she did not have the same sense of urgency as he. Katanya had been waiting on him, had already gone through the motions he went through now. She had always been the calmer of the two regardless. More obedient, more level-headed. She was the opposite of him, while still being his equal. One of the reasons he had come to rely on her as readily as he did. She dropped the cigarette and crushed it beneath her boot.
She smoothed her hand over her hair. Blonde locks were pulled back into a severe looking ponytail at the top of his head. In any other situation she would have told him to calm down, but she didn’t. She needed him riled up and not thinking straight. Not that he ever listened when she offered that piece of advice.
“The team has found a structure buried into the edge of the mountains. Descriptions make it sound like an abandoned missile silo. Six armored vehicles parked around it. Thermal and night-vision imaging have detected movement. No reports of official activity being handled in or around the established base. There doesn’t seem to be any perimeter security, but we’ll only be able to get so close in the cars.”
When she was finished with her report, she stepped away from the Tahoe so she was no longer leaning on it. Her stony expression and rigid posture was enough to challenge the fact that he had questioned her and her ability to follow orders. Not that she would ever risk doing so aloud.
There was no team. Katanya had not sent anyone ahead. She rattled off details that she had specifically planted within the confines of her assigned mission. It was just her and Owen and she was leading him right into a trap.
“I sent them to scout the area,” she said calmly, all but interrupting him the second time he asked. Frowning when he continued to lecture her. Smoke fell slowly with her words, she did not have the same sense of urgency as he. Katanya had been waiting on him, had already gone through the motions he went through now. She had always been the calmer of the two regardless. More obedient, more level-headed. She was the opposite of him, while still being his equal. One of the reasons he had come to rely on her as readily as he did. She dropped the cigarette and crushed it beneath her boot.
She smoothed her hand over her hair. Blonde locks were pulled back into a severe looking ponytail at the top of his head. In any other situation she would have told him to calm down, but she didn’t. She needed him riled up and not thinking straight. Not that he ever listened when she offered that piece of advice.
“The team has found a structure buried into the edge of the mountains. Descriptions make it sound like an abandoned missile silo. Six armored vehicles parked around it. Thermal and night-vision imaging have detected movement. No reports of official activity being handled in or around the established base. There doesn’t seem to be any perimeter security, but we’ll only be able to get so close in the cars.”
When she was finished with her report, she stepped away from the Tahoe so she was no longer leaning on it. Her stony expression and rigid posture was enough to challenge the fact that he had questioned her and her ability to follow orders. Not that she would ever risk doing so aloud.
There was no team. Katanya had not sent anyone ahead. She rattled off details that she had specifically planted within the confines of her assigned mission. It was just her and Owen and she was leading him right into a trap.
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