And he’d given her the weapons to help stop the monsters. She gazed down at the signal jammer. It was in her hands now. She was responsible to help make the escape happen. But how was she going to do it? There were forty-seven girls in those prisoner tents. She should probably try to get help from one of the other students if she could. Which one? How to recruit someone reliable? She didn’t know how to do stuff like that.

Well, she’d better learn. Lie here and think and attempt once more to block out Masenak if he decided not to send out that poor girl right away. She quickly hid the jammer and chemical away beneath her blankets. She’d find a better place later, but this would do for now. She closed her eyes. Think about the prisoner tents, picture them. Think of the posts and how the chains are fastened…

Chapter 6

Chapter
6

Border Base Camp
1:40 A.M.

Wake up,” Korgan said the minute Alisa picked up his call. “If you were even asleep. You were so annoyed with me by the time you went to bed, I thought you might be having trouble in that area.”

“I had every right to be annoyed,” she said tartly. “I was just trying to ask you questions and find out what was happening. And all day you kept closing me out and having meetings with Vogel and your other men.”

“Then come over to my tent right now and you might get a few answers.” He cut the connection.

She muttered an oath, but the next moment she was out of her sleeping bag and splashing water in her face. Two minutes later, she saw the glow of a campfire before Korgan’s tent as she crossed the grounds. He was standing beside John Gilroy, and they both had bottles of beer in their hands. “Join us?” Korgan looked up as she approached them. “Gilroy had a rather busy night and was thirsty when he came back.” He smiled crookedly. “And I thought the alcohol might fortify me for what was to come.”

“I’m not thirsty,” she said impatiently. She looked at Gilroy. “Busy? Doing what? I thought you were questioning Baldwin.”

“It didn’t turn out quite that way. Korgan found something else he thought was more important for me to do today.” He paused. “He sent me back to Masenak’s camp to make sure that Sasha was safe. He said you were worried about her.” He added gently, “You didn’t need to be concerned. Masenak doesn’t really suspect her of anything connected to Baldwin’s disappearance.”

“Thank God.” Alisa released the breath she’d been holding. “You’re sure?”