The air was strangely dry at Baljci when they arrived. After the war years ago, people fled to go to another city or even a new country to start over. But for many people who died here, their families chose to stay and let nature claim them. He had to keep Vanessa at the safe house, where Ale, Travis, and Estefan were there to protect her. He couldn’t be in two places at once. “Are we ready?” he asked Georgina through the earpiece. She fell silent on the other end, which was a first. For someone who knew the woman, one would think that an impostor was speaking to him because aside from being talkative, she always had a solution to every problem. “I will do my best, KK. Did you give the old man a conch?” This time, Gordan answered. “I didn’t cry like a little bitch.” The old man grinn

