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(she wasn't sure which), was a fierce fighter who gave absolutely no
quarter to an enemy.

"Bah!" Anna replied. "If these people are not our friends, then they
must surely be our enemies. I do not see any middle ground."

"Hush," Ben told her.

Anna was quite lovely, and very mature for her age. She also had a
figure that had caused more than one Rebel to walk into trees and poles
while watching her. But Anna had a streak of savagery in her that Ben
had not been able to rid her of.

Anna had been orphaned when she was a very small child, and had been on
her own until captured by the Rebels in Hungary; in her early years she
had to fight dogs for scraps of food. Dan Gray had remarked to Ben that
while Anna was lovely and charming and highly intelligent, she was, at
times, only a cut above a feral child.

Ben had not taken offense at the statement, for he knew what Dan said
was true.

Anna loved to get in close with an enemy and use a knife-and she was
very, very good with a blade. Anna was also fiercely loyal to Ben and
the Rebels.

"Scouts have pulled back about a mile from the protestors," Corrie said.
"They're just up ahead."

When they reached the Scouts, Cooper parked in the middle of the road
and Ben and team got out. "Are these people armed?" Ben asked.

"No, sir. Not a weapon anywhere. And it isn't an ambush. We checked the
area. It's clean."

"Let's go see these people," Ben said, climbing back into the van. "Lead
the way, boys and girls."

"What do you have in mind?" Jersey asked.

Ben smiled. "You'll see."

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"It's the devil himself!" a woman cried out as Ben stepped from the van
and walked toward the group.