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Parked back on the deck of the USS Ashland a hundred miles offshore China and doing nothing worked for Pete—for under ten minutes.
Sofia had the Avenger aloft to keep an eye on Hangzhou Harbor. The problem was that she and her copilot were flying the RPA in the white control box back at Kadena Air Base. Which made it impossible to just “drop in” and look over her shoulder.
Aboard the Ashland, Pete bulled his way into the Plot Room—perhaps the most secure room on any ship—partly by nudging Danielle in front of him every time they met male resistance. At first she wasn’t happy with his manipulations, but eventually—if he read her correctly and he hoped he did—she was amused by how well it worked on the swabbies. After all, what chance did they stand against the power of a female Night
