MITCH POV
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Mitch spent the days following the return processing everything Vesna's documentation and Corven's earlier intelligence had combined to reveal, and the shape of what remained was, he understood clearly, considerably more dangerous than what they'd already dismantled.
Two operatives remained unaccounted for — trained the same way Corin Vess had been trained, embedded somewhere in families that trusted them completely, waiting for instructions from a structure whose leadership was now, itself, in question.
"Vesna's position is compromised," he told the round table, laying out the current picture. "Her remaining operatives may not know she's cooperating with us. If they learn it, they may act independently, unpredictably, out of self-preservation rather than any coordinated
