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“You overthink everything,” Cade muttered while packing. “Just ‘cause you're sneaky doesn’t mean the captain
is.”
“Exactly,” Moss chimed in.
Trent's eyes drifted to the rest tent, his expression unreadable. He hoped he was wrong.
Twenty minutes later, Ellis returned with Michael in tow.
He motioned to one of the nearby team members. “Check their gear. Make sure everything's in order.”
“Yes,” the member closest to him snapped to work.
Two minutes later, he reported back. “Everyone’s got extra rations and water—except Trent Seymour.”
“Everyone except Trent, step forward.” Ellis’s tone was icy.
They stepped forward at once.
Freya's stomach dropped—her suspicion had been spot on.
“Didn’t | say no one brings anything besides what | issued?” Ellis’s tactics always caught them off guard.
“Captain Michael Miller gave it to us,” Moss explained. “He said it was...” He trailed off abruptly.
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Ellis’s eyes locked onto him, cold and unreadable. “What did he say?”
“It’s nothing.” Moss held back what he had planned to say.
“Keep enough rations for one day. Hand over the rest,” Ellis said lightly, but there was a sudden chill in his voice
that made it impossible to ignore.
Cade tried to object. “But—"
Trent gave him a sharp nudge. Cade clamped his mouth shut instantly.
Everyone except Trent handed over their supplies without a word, feeling like their spirits had been wrung dry.
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Once Ellis saw the despair settle in just the way he wanted, he issued the next command and ordered them to
move out.
Michael glanced at the pitiful group and let out a double click of his tongue. “I honestly thought they'd all buy my
story. Didn't expect one of them to be sharp-eyed. Guess they're better than the last batch.”
“It’s two,” Ellis said quietly, his gaze tracking Freya's silhouette in the distance.
Michael looked confused and asked, “What do you mean?”
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