21 Taipan Chambers Stealth figured the best way to make his move on releasing Veles was to get on Trish’s good side, then convince her that he needed help. Pointless, probably, considering she had already told him she didn’t want to be involved. But how else? The others had yet to return. He wasn’t sure how long he had. If he simply appeared to be training, she wasn’t likely to suspect anything of him. She would figure he’d given up, and was blowing off steam. “Can you check the stats for me?” he asked, peeking his head into the room where she was monitoring a screen with green dots moving around. She glanced back and smiled. “Sure, sure.” “What’s…” he started, but realized it as he was asking. “You have trackers on us?” “The suits,” she replied. “Of course. We have to keep tabs on

