Chapter EighteenAlaric finished getting the soldier under his hands set up for Bryan's manipulation, setting up the pathways that he would connect to the bridge to let Bryan take over control of the body. Somehow Evan had found him multiple soldiers with access they needed. The man Bryan would control would be able to take them by the most direct route to the prison wing, through another secured area. After that he would be little more than another pair of hands, helping them get prisoners loaded into the truck.
When it was over, the man wouldn't be worth much, if he survived at all. He pushed away the nagging guilt over that, over how much of the man he'd had to strip away to make this work. Evan wasn't back yet, so Alaric took the moment to reach out to Mason. He was more awake and aler
