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“Now that the boys have their big trucks, the little red one is ours,” Grace said.She’d driven the smaller pickup back to their base.

“Awesome,” Zoe said, dredging up some enthusiasm.It was doubtful the warriors would allow them to go anywhere alone, but the vehicle would be there if they needed it.

Chapter Forty-Five

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“WE SHOULD TEST THEwalky-talkies,” Amaros said.He was still carrying the bag with two of the devices inside.

“We forgot to bring sheets, blankets and towels back from the resort,” Zoe reminded him.

“Zoe and I will drive to the resort,” Amaros decided.“Let’s pick a channel before we leave.”

Grace and Zoe began hauling containers out of the huge blue truck that rivalled Amaros’ tank in size.The guys fiddled with their radios.The women returned just in time to hear a familiar voice speaking.

“Mark my words, people,” the crazy guy ranted.“Evil will appear after comets descend from the sky.They’ll come in blazing red light, which will herald our doom.”

“He’s like an insane preacher,” Grace muttered, then shivered.

“You arrived on our world just how the prophet described, except your comet glowed with gold light,” Zoe told Amaros.

“It’s how we always descend from the Void,” he said.“If we were human, we’d die on impact.It can take a few minutes for us to recover.”

“It’s not so bad when we land in water,” Camriel said smugly.“I only got knocked out for a few seconds this time.”

Amaros gave him a sour look, then switched to a different channel.“We’ll use this frequency,” he said.

Camriel changed the frequency on his walky-talky, then grabbed a container from his truck.“We’ll take care of the supplies if you two want to head back to the resort,” he offered.

Nodding, Amaros escorted his new mate to his truck.They drove the short distance to the resort and climbed out.“Here we go,” he said and switched on the radio.“This is Amaros.Do you copy, Camriel?”His second had put batteries in them both.

“Cam here,” the knight replied with an audible grin.“These things actually work!”

“We’ll have to test their full range, but not today,” Amaros said.“I want all of the supplies and our vehicles to be under cover before the storms arrive.”

“Grace and I will get everything squared away here, boss,” Camriel said.