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тАЬAnd he's still got Ike McGowen with him. Medal of Honor-winner. ex-SEAL,тАЭ Admiral Calland said
respectfully.

тАЬWell, gentlemen,тАЭ General Rimel said, тАЬyou all know where I stood on invading Tri-States. I was
opposed to it. Now, IтАФnone of usтАФcandirectly come out and disobey a Presidential order, or an order
from the Congress of the United States. If we do that, we're taking sides.тАЭ He spread his hands in a
gesture of тАЬwhat next, boys?"

тАЬI suggest we speakтАФvery quietlyтАФwith our field commanders,тАЭ Preston said. тАЬBase CGs and
admirals. All conversations private and scrambled; nose to nose if at all possible. I also would suggest,
after we've done that, that we get word to Raines telling him how many of us are out of this thing."

тАЬDamn!тАЭ General Franklin said. тАЬI hate even the idea of that."

тАЬWell,тАЭ Preston smiled, needling the Marine, тАЬwe never promised you a rose garden."

тАЬOh, goddamn, Jerry!тАЭ Franklin groaned.
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Victor watched as the fifth man mounted his sister as if she were a dog. He tried to push her screaming
from his head. He could not. тАЬAll right,тАЭ the young man said weakly. тАЬGet away from her. I'll tell you
what you want to know."

The man pulled himself from the young woman and wiped his penis. тАЬGettinтАЩ kinda sloppy anyway,тАЭ he
said. тАЬShe's bleedinтАЩ from the ass."

тАЬGet a doctor to see her,тАЭ Hartline ordered one of his men. тАЬImmediately. I want the people to know if
they cooperate with me, I will be fair with them."

Rebecca was carried from the room.

Hartline knelt by Victor's chair. тАЬNow, young man, give me a name."

Late that night, a man's front door was kicked in and the man dragged from his bed. He was taken to an
old National Guard Camp in Central Virginia, temporary billeting for Sam Hartline's mercenaries.

The man was taken to an office and tossed on the floor. When he looked up, Sam Hartline was standing
over him. The mercenary was smiling.

тАЬMr. Samuelson,тАЭ Hartline said. тАЬYou have a lot of knowledge I wish you to share with me."

тАЬNo way,тАЭ Samuelson said.

The mercenary's smile widened. тАЬWhy, Mr. Samuelson, surely you don't mean that."

тАЬI mean it."
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