Chapter 69 The Fake Order

• Arkan did not look down at his shoes. Instead, he raised one eyebrow, calm, like a man who had just heard a joke that was not particularly funny.
• "The ground around the city was wet last night, Captain. Rain fell on the eastern side before dawn, affecting all the toll roads." He shrugged. "I searched for Wilhelmina until nearly morning and found nothing. That is all."
• Yusuf stared at him half a second longer than was polite, then nodded. "Of course. My apologies, old habit, I notice the little things." He stepped inside and placed the folder on top of Aleksander's map. "We found footage from the street camera behind the compound. Mrs. Rania got into a gray van at four twenty. The license plate was fake. The last track caught by the camera leads north, toward the toll road heading into the mountains."