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That’s my emergency call sign . I’m sure you didn’t have to change it since you thought I was dead,” Stavros said quickly. “Don’t hang up , man . Y ou guys thought you lost me in that fucking shack in Iraq. I held on the lead wire so Casey could go home to Nia. Casey went back shit crazy, Zander and Zane had to drag him out before it went off. P lease believe it ’ s me.”
    There was silence on the other end for the longest time before he heard Cam speak and his voice cracked. “Stav? We buried you , man, we fucking buried you.”
    “ It wasn’t me…” Stavros began , and emotion closed his throat and he had to clear it yet again to speak. “Listen , I need to come in . I need help . S omeone kidnapped a friend … well not a friend , a woman that I love.”
    “ Of course, I’ll get you hooked up and let the others know . S hit , did you call Casey?” Cam asked.
    “I tried… I’ll just see him when I get there. It ’ s better I explain in person anyway , ” Stavros replied. “I’m flying in to Raleigh , or are you getting transpo rt to Bragg? ”
    “We privatized . W e’re in Georgia now . W e have our own facility,” Cam replied. “A lot ha s changed since you’ve been gone, Stav. I’ll have a private jet waiting in Anchorage for you at three a . m . Y ou need to head there now.”
    “Private jet , huh? It seems that a lot has changed.” Stavros chuckled. “I heard a female laugh when I called before.”
    This time it was Camden who laughed. “That’s my wife , Sable . W e’re all married now.”
    “Wait , even Malachi?”
    “Oh yeah, that big bear is a puppy now around Mae . ” Cam laughed and then the laughter drifted away. “God , Stavros, we all died a little when we buried you. You’re going to have a fucked up time trying to explain why you didn’t come back , especially to Casey and Zane.”
    Stavros sighed. “ I’ll take my licks when it comes to them. As long as I find Amari and she’s safe , I can take anything.”
    “ Gimme her full name so I can start a search by the time you get here,” Cam suggested .
    “Amari Montgomery,” Stavros replied. “I’ll head out now and see you in a few hours.”
    “God , it will be good to see you man,” Cam replied.
    “ You too… Find her for me man . ” Stavros swallowed hard. “I need her in my life.”
    “I got you man . Army B easts all the way,” Cam said.
    “Thanks.”
    Stavros hung up and went downstairs. He made sure to lock the bottom lock of her door and headed to his truck. He head ed toward Anchorage , and from there back to the life he left a year ago. He had a lot of ap o logies to make , and a whole lot of making up to do to his friends. Worrying about Amari , along with Casey and the team , filled his thoughts as he drove the dark roads heading away from Hiko , where he ’d met the love of his life. He took the blue piece of stretchy cloth from his pocket and inhaled her scent again. She was coming back to him, he would make certain of it.
     
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    Ok ay here it goes . Stavros took a deep breath outside the conference room in the new Army Beasts facility. The hours that it took him to get there seemed to fly by quickly , hurtling to ward the people who thought he was dead.
    He looked around again to the sleek walls and the gleaming marble fixtures along the h all. This place made the old building the army stuck them in outside Fort Bragg look like a dump. This building was made for CEOs and high-powered executives. Yet he could see Casey running things here as easil y as in his office from the old facility. Someone saw the worth of the Army Beasts, more so than the mi litary big wigs that were scared of who they were. Still , they had no problem with sending them into every dangerous situation.
    He couldn’t stand out there any longer, musing over the past . I t was time to face the music. Stavros opened the door and stepped inside. There was an audible gasp when he stood before the people