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There are soldiers," Abdul continues. "They haven't seen us. I think they're waiting for us to come out. I can see four, but there may be more. They are well armed. There's a man with them. He doesn't look like a soldier: he's tall, thin, wearing a suit. He's talking to Mehedi."

"That fucking rat!" hisses Esme. "I shouldn't have trusted him. He's probably been working for them from the start. I bet he was signaling to them, to that blasted survey plane. He's been leading them to this place!"