Time passed for Alex in dazed horror, made worse by not being able to do anything. She couldn’t send anyone to Mira City to assess the damage because there might be another attack. She couldn’t receive reports from the critical facilities because, if they still stood, they were shielded against a possible EMP. End poin were under comlink silence, to avoid enemy detection, until she contacted them. So, now, were Julian and Ashraf. It was as if all of Greentrees had ceased to exist except this bunker and its four people. Natalie and Ben remained as quiet and sober as she. Her Terran bodyguard, Captain Lewis, spent most of his time outside. Probably assumed that Alex was safe inside the bunker, at least from anything he could protect her against. By dawn of the third day she could no longer stand it. “I’m going outside.” Natalie looked up from her displays, which gave no new information. Her cap of black curls was limp and dirty, and black smudges sagged under her eyes. Not even the young people were sleeping well.
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