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Juno traced the broadcast signal in six minutes.
"It's coming from the Eastern checkpoint facility. Small holding station, minimal staff. Usually used for processing exiles." She pulled up the layout. "Twelve guards registered on the roster. Kaira's been there the whole time—not the Northern facility like the file said."
"Voss fed us false location data," Rafe said.
"From the beginning," Leo said. "The file he looked at in the warehouse. He knew we'd raid the Northern facility. He sent us there on purpose."
"And tonight he walked us into a trap." Rafe's voice was controlled in the way that meant he was genuinely furious. "So why is his daughter broadcasting a distress signal?"
Nobody answered because nobody knew.
Leo was already pulling up the feed on Juno's tablet, watching Kai
