#Chapter 126 Half

I swallowed thickly and looked at Candido. His eyes were hard and pensive, like he was trying to think of a way out of this, but he couldn’t. I couldn’t either. I looked back at the rest of the unit that seemed to be slumping a little against their weapons. Their eyes were trained everywhere, but they didn’t look like they were able to fight. If we were going to get to the site in time and in any shape to do anything, we had to do something. “No one leaves the jeeps,” Candido said, turning paler by the moment. “We’re surrounded by silver.” Claire went tense and her hand went to her throat where the wound had just started to close. Candido looked at me. His eyes were tense, searching mine for something. It felt like he was asking me something like he wanted me to refuse, but I looked away. There was nothing else I could do. No matter what happened next, our only hope of getting out of here alive was if I went with this woman. I stood and stepped towards her. “Oh, thank the