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him
somewhere where he could be transferred to a different
vehicle.”
    “That’s where I’m going to need your expertise,” Cade said. “I figure if we put our heads together, we
can narrow it down. However, I think we need something more solid
to go on, which is why I’m proposing we go back into Atlanta and
see what we can find.”
    “Atlanta?” Remy repeated. “ Atlanta? You actually think we’re going to be willing to go back to that
hellhole? We almost died there, Cade!”
    “While I’m aware of that, please, hear me
out,” Cade protested. “I was thinking maybe we could go back to the
Tabernacle. Brandt told us the military was using it as a staging
area during the outbreak, and I thought we could see if there’s any
information there that we could use, perhaps stuff that involves
military personnel evacuation. I was mostly unconscious when we
were there and don’t remember much, but Remy, you weren’t. Weren’t
there papers all over the place? Stuff the military left
behind?”
    “I don’t think it’s a good idea to go all the
way to Atlanta just to dig through those papers,” Remy said.
    “You thought it was a perfectly fine idea to
go all the way to Atlanta just to dig through some papers the first
time,” Cade pointed out.
    “That was different.”
    “How so?” Cade countered.
    “That time, I didn’t comprehend the danger in
Atlanta,” Remy said. “And that was before Nikola, Theo, Avi, and
Gray died, and Ethan and I got infected in that damned city. And before you got kidnapped by that crazy-as-fuck lady and
her cronies.” She looked at Dominic and added, “No offense.”
    “None taken,” Dominic replied. “Cade has a
point though. Our best bet is to get to a military installation
that would be most likely to have the type of information that
she’s hoping for. We could drastically narrow our search corridors
if we can get our hands on intel like that, and that means we could
find Brandt’s location that much faster.”
    “That doesn’t even take into account trying
to figure out how to get him out of wherever they have him,” Keith
said.
    “That’s a stone we’ll have to step on when we
get to it,” Dominic said. “Needless to say, it won’t be easy, and
we’ll have to negotiate it carefully. This trip is going to take a lot of planning if we expect to pull it off.” He skimmed
over everyone again, trying to gauge how serious they were taking
this—very, not that he’d expected otherwise—and he asked, “When are
we leaving?”
    “One week,” Cade said, and every eye in the
room turned to her.
    “ One week? ” Keith repeated. “You’re
kidding, right?”
    “No, I’m not kidding,” she said. “The sooner
we get moving, the quicker we can narrow the lead they have on us.
The longer we wait, the more screwed we are.”
    There was silence in the room again while
everyone processed this. Dominic rubbed his thumb and middle finger
over his eyes and sighed. “Let’s all break and go get some rest.
Start thinking about what you believe we’ll need on the trip, and
write it all down. We’ll compare notes later.” He locked eyes with
Derek, even as he moved to Remy and leaned over, murmuring so only
she could hear, “You go get some sleep. I’ll join you shortly.”
    She nodded and scooted off the bed, slipping
her knife into its sheath on her belt and moving toward the door.
Her movement was the spark needed for everyone else to head for
their own rooms. Sadie pushed away from the dresser and said a few
words to Jude before walking out, and Jude followed her with Keith
on his heels. Isaac wasn’t long behind them, and then it was just
Dominic, Cade, and Derek left in the bedroom.
    “Doc, I’ve got to talk to you,” Dominic said
before he could leave. “Both of you,” he added, deciding to include
Cade in the conversation. “I don’t think either of you is going to
like what I have to say.”
    “Oh no,” Derek said. “This doesn’t