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Spotters had been sent scrambling up to high vantage points in buildings near to the site of yesterday’s late-night incursion. The news they reported back wasn’t good. There was another build-up around Thomas More Street. The dead had spilled forward yet again, flooding the area immediately to the east. Piotr was in the boardroom now, poring over Dominic’s maps with a handful of others, trying to work out why. Liz Hunter heard voices and went to investigate. When she found him with Mihai, Paul Duggan, and Harjinder, all hunched over the table, talking tactics, she demanded to know what they were doing.
‘Keeping the rest of the group safe,’ Piotr told her. ‘Butt out.’
‘There’s a process for this. The council needs to be involved in any decisions.’
‘The council’s not here. Unless you’
