CHAPTER 32
The calm felt deceiving for both. Elara knew that better than ever she should not drop her defenses. Being able to bring down The Phantom bore a titanic victory, but on the contrary, it had awakened the hornet's nest. Hale's network would be gunning for payback.
Elara was sitting in the command center of their safe house, going over the debrief from their mission. Blake, Lena, Maya, and Alex scrambled all across the room, hunched over in whatever project they were working on. The tension was thick; everybody felt it, waiting on pins and needles for Hale's next move.
"We need to take the fight to them. We've been on the defensive too long. We need to find out what Hale's network is planning next and hit them before they hit us."
"Right. Alex, any leads where we should start looking?"