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“Mexico?”
Rosa nodded, “But that’s all I know. I think only Tang—” She made a strangling sound.
Miranda decided it was a good thing they were still in the hospital, seated at one of the VA hospital Patriot Café’s tables. If Rosa needed a doctor—
But she cleared her throat, though she was far paler than a moment before, then continued, “I think only one of the pilots on the Ghostrider that crashed in Avalon knew where we were supposed to go.”
“But you had agreed to leave the Air Force to do this. Whatever this was!” Despite sitting in a quiet back corner booth with an untouched milkshake in front of her, Holly seemed poised for battle. There was no hint at all of her Strine accent.
“I grew up in a super-close family. But my aunt and uncle died while trying to cross the border. They
