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Carolyn's stomach was in knots as they drove up to the gate of the Light Keepers compound around mid-afternoon the next day. Tobias drove, of course. Anything else would look suspicious. They drove in Tobias’s Land Rover, because it was guaranteed that the guards would check his license plate as soon as the surveillance camera took a picture of it. They would instantly know about Tobias—his military service, his father's murder, his recent departure from the Army.
Maybe they would see Tobias, with that background, as a good fit for the Light Keepers Brigade. That would make Carolyn and her would-be husband even more appealing to the group; at least that was their working theory.
He'd even put a few temporary tattoos on his arms and shoulders. Flames, a cross, a skull, a chain link. T
