Chapter 68 When Madeline and the fighters got down the hillside to level ground, Stefan had recovered the five soldiers who had done the scanning previously. They were waiting by the graveyard flanking the abbey. They had scanned quickly, working their way through the graveyard. Madeline guessed they’d found nothing except the remains of dead bodies, both human and animal. Stefan’s nose was bleeding, and his clothes were soaking wet. Douglas asked her, “What do you want to do? We don’t have scanners. And I can’t go back to Mr. Kelley with only you after losing so many of his men.” “We have to negotiate with Stefan then. You have the real fighters. Stefan will need them when he’s up against Ciaran. I appreciate that you didn’t shoot Ciaran. I’ll make it up to you.” Douglas nodded. Th

