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The Last Refuge (2)

Dahlia should have known better than to set off the explosives before the team was in place.

Of course, there could have been a problem. The electronics or perhaps the detonator? If that was the case, Richey wouldn’t get the chance to chastise Dahlia for her mistake.

Reassured by the feeling of the tin, he buckled down and ran as fast as he could, joining the general throng of people moving away from the growing column of smoke.

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