“What did it say?” Mara asked.

“It said he’s still breathing.”

“Raymond?” she asked. “Or is Voss trying to pull you into the open?”

“I don’t know,” I said. “But I’m going to the old estate in Maryland. If there is any proof left, it’s in the bunker under the study.”

“Natalie, that place is restricted,” Mara said. “Voss had sensors placed around the perimeter after the seizure.”

“I know the blind spots,” I said. “My father showed them to me when I was a child. He called it a game.”

“It wasn’t a game,” Mara said. “He was training you even back then.”

The words tasted like copper in my mouth.

“I’ll be there in two hours,” I said. “Where are you?”

“I’m trying to lose a tail near Baltimore,” Mara said. “Voss’s people are everywhere. If I clear them, I’ll head your way.”

“Keep your head down,” I said.

“You too, Colonel,” she said. “If they catch you there, they won’t bring you in. They’ll bury you.”

She hung up.

I tossed the phone onto the passenger seat.