We had a frugal dinner, nothing more substantial than canned food with an expiration date I couldn't read, and I preferred not to press on that.
Lina had managed to communicate through a radio system - because she feared interception if she used a satellite phone or a simple cell call - with one of the Alpha Ross patrols that were patrolling the area.
They weren't far, but not close either, and they would only arrive at the shelter in the early hours of the morning. In the meantime, we would have to guard the fifteen prisoners on our own, as well as Mel.
We also had to patrol the surroundings because, despite being in Alpha Ross's territory, we were still vulnerable to an attack by the Alpha Zoe warriors.
"We are in an undeclared war," Lina asserted when she joined us at the same rusti
