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“That’s where they think ill attack, which is exactly why I have chosen a et”

“Which is?”

Instead of answering, Sinduk paused as he peered at her Finally, he said, “What do you think happened to our brothers ere caught hijacking the Dahar?”

Raven didn’t hesitate to answer “How should I know?”

However, she knew exactly what happened Raven was the one who had warned the Oregon about the iroup, she’d coe on a phone that on had been able to set sail and intercept the tanker barely in time to foil the attack

“I think so on us,” Sinduk said

The two men on either side of him stared at her, stone-faced

“And you think it’s me?” Raven replied

“No, not at all In fact, we believe it was the boat driver AWe’ve since learned that his credentials claiht for ISIS in Syria were falsified”

That was fake information planted by the CIA after the hijackers were apprehended The intent was to cast blame on so the Corporation, she had been a US Arator and then an executive protection specialist As a Native American, her reddish brown coularly caused her to beher to take onmissions For this operation, her backstory was as a jihadist originally fro in Jakarta Her credentials were airtight

Nonetheless, Sinduk seemed skeptical about her

“You still suspect me?” Raven asked “Even after all the money I’ve secured for the cause?”

“I’m a careful man”

Raven tensed, ready to fight if she had to It would take tiency

“We’re two cars behind you,” came a honey-thickened Louisiana drawl in her ear It was Marion MacDougal “MacD” Lawless, who’d been listening to her through theslower than a Mardi Gras parade If this is a fake-out, it’ll take us an hour to get back to the conference center”