"What about you?" She looked at Harry and Jordan with worried eyes - they were both wounded.
Harry sterilized Jordan's wound, and said, "We have something to discuss. When we're finished, we'll rest." He cast a glance on her, rushing her to go and leave them alone.
Lola nodded in consent, but before she entered the tent, she first searched for her wolves. They were all gone now, but when she moved forward, she spotted them strolling into the mouth of the cave.
Were there several cave exits and entrances? Confused, Lola walked back to the tent.
There were several bullet holes in the tent, but it was still usable. Lola crawled in and soon fell asleep.
Just before dawn, Lola heard the sound of a car engine. The car was used to send the guards that were seriously injured to Mando Bay and to find new guards for their mission.
There left behind only one-third of the food that had been prepared beforehand. The guards drove away in the off-road vehicle, leaving them the military van.
At the bonfire
Harry was staring gloomily at the rising flames in front of him.
"These are just some mindless minions, and that means that the big shot are still hiding behind the curtain." Jordan pondered things while looking at his people cleaning the battle scene.
"I think so as well, but without any phone signal, we can't get in touch with Thomas Herren. We don't know how are things going on his side." Their phones couldn't make any calls, just locate their position.
Jordan looked at Harry and felt a little bit surprised. "Thomas Herren? The man that has always been courting Lola?"
Harry nodded. He had never believed that Thomas Herren would ever recuperate in A Country. Their expedition must be a great opportunity for Thomas Herren. This was his last and only chance to get back what he has been longing for all this time.
In the morning, Harry went back to the tent while Lola was still sleeping like a log there.
He looked at her cheerfully. Then he lifted a corner of the quilt and coat, got in bed and fell asleep holding Lola tightly in his arms.
Later in the afternoon, they hit the road again.
This time Lola, Harry and Jordan sat in the back of the van. The vehicle didn't stop moving until it became completely dark outside.
Harry looked at the advanced tracking device, worried, and said slowly, "The guards stopped about several hundred kilometers away from here and they never moved again after that. It's been almost three hours. Only one thing could have happened - the guards were killed on their way back."
That's what Jordan was also thinking. They also stopped the van to rest in the daytime, but never for more than half an hour.
When they were setting up the tent, Lola saw Harry open a common watch, spin it, and let it do its thing.
But only after three magical sounds, Harry closed it.
"This is the SOS signal for Joey." He explained everything to Lola. But, in such a place where there was no signal or electricity, such a device would not last that long. Two times maybe, tops.
Lola took the watch and looked at it curiously. "How long will it take him to get here?"
Harry thought for a while, and answered, "At least two days." But they had only one barrel of gasoline left for the van. If Joey started the journey the next day, he could catch up with them.
No surprisingly, he would arrive tomorrow. The helicopter had been arranged for beforehand, and he only needed to prepare some other necessities.
Harry checked the food stocks. There were ten people in total, including them.
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