Chapter Fifteen: Meerings saves Destin’s ass, againMeerings had arrived just moments after the intruders had entered the building. Quickly evaluating the situation based on years of active duty, he called back to his ship, ordering a remote activation of Destin's ship. One of his lieutenants would remotely pilot Destin's ship as a decoy, to draw away the threat. They would take off after the ship that it was logical for them to assume Deacon was on. That was Meerings' reasoning. His plan had worked.
Meerings was feeling a bit cocky. He couldn't wait to 'save' Destin, and really 'rub it in'. He would be enjoying this for months to come. He wouldn't let Destin live it down. But first to actually 'save' him. 'Now where was the 'old man'?', he thought to himself.
He'd waited until the polic
