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Vega’s head snaps toward him.

“You’re not going in there without law enforcement.”

“We’re not planning to.”

Arthur’s answer surprises her.

It doesn’t surprise me.

We spent eighteen years operating as a team.

We know the difference between a rescue and revenge.

Today is a rescue.

Hayley.

The girls.

Everyone else comes second.

“We can be moving while your people are moving,” I say. “You coordinate everyone from the road. By the time we reach the mine, your deputies should be there.”

Vega considers it.

“I can live with that.”

“Good.”

“But Campbell?”

“What?”

“You follow my lead once we get there.”

I look at her.

She looks right back.

Taylor suddenly becomes very interested in the mountains.

Arthur rubs a hand over his mouth.

Will doesn’t bother hiding his smile.

“What?” Vega asks.

“Nothing,” Taylor says.

“That wasn’t nothing.”

Arthur clears his throat. “Sean doesn’t have a great history with people telling him what to do.”

“I spent eighteen years taking orders.”

“Only when you agreed with them.”

“Get in the truck, Arthur.”