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Callum Murphy met the eyes of the sitting colonels one by one. Then his gaze returned to the man who had taken charge of High Command after the death of General Butcher. ‘I am telling you, Acting-General Stratton, you have nothing to fear from Jackson Kyle. He is not out to destroy the Ward. He is merely doing what all wardens have been trained to do: fight freaks.’
‘He murdered General Butcher, as well as Major Templeton. He and his renegades are responsible for numerous casualties among our wardens. And you expect us to trust him?’ Stratton’s gravelly voice echoed through the large chamber where Callum was being interrogated.
He fought a wince at the reminder of the deaths that had occurred during the ill-fated attempt to take the compound where Kyle and his people now lived.
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