Arriving at the river had separated them, but Arie had felt Dennick’s presence during his preparations. When he’d temporarily disengaged the sensors—and he found it more than a little amusing Dr. Skeline modified these relays in the same way Arie had done to those at Midnight Creek—he’d flashed back to that first night and hauling Dennick’s burned body from the cavern. Memorizing the river’s terrain took him to the hours he’d walked with Dennick doing his routine checks. Dennick had been there at his shoulder every time he took aim, too.
Arie could almost forget about the fact that it had been more than a day since he’d seen Dennick. He had to hope Dennick hadn’t faced obstacles he couldn’t overcome.
Once the wounded soldiers had been collected, he climbed back onto the roof and flattene
