The First Patrol

Scott towered behind Bianca and looked at them one by one.

This was on purpose, Ciara thought. As if Scott hadn’t tortured her enough by having to see his face every morning and night, they were even on the same sub-team.

“From now on we are in the same sub-team,” said Scott. “I hope you can work together and I don’t want to hear any more team members whining to be transferred to another sub-team.” Then he looked at Bianca. “If you do it one more time, I’ll kick you out.”

Bianca nodded obediently, though she didn’t look happy with the decision. She walked over while grumbling and stood next to Vaire.

“We will be patrolling the north border area. There are two shifts overnight, and we get the first shift. We will carry the patrol out for three hours and after that, we will exchange with other sub-teams.”

Everyone nodded, understanding Scott’s explanation.

“Any questions?” he asked.

Vaire raised a hand. “What if there is an attack? What should we do? Should we call in reinforcements?”

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