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“Did she get out?” Holly’s voice was dead cold. Completely unreadable. Whatever unexpected window they’d briefly ripped open into each other’s pasts had just slammed shut.
Clarissa paved over it quickly. “One hour ago. A pump failure caused the, ah, site where she was being held to flood. The automatic safety systems released her…and others. Maybe as many as seven. Information on the ground is still sketchy.”
“I don’t give a flying f**k about them. Your site should have locked down hard and let it flood.”
“You think I don’t know that? I didn’t design the damn system!” Clarissa knew she was shouting at the wrong person. She tried a deep breath; it didn’t help.
Holly waited her out.
“I lost an entire team. And…” A message appeared on her screen. “Oh s**t! Three minutes ago the Air F
