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All three patrol boats, Trinidad, One and Two, were sleekand fast and armed. Mustafa turned his attention to the guards. Allies? Rocaberti asked. He tossed the calf, what there was of it, through thegoal and dismounted.

Even on those rare mornings when he came home after physical traininghe was invariably out the door by 08:15. Tonight, with almost no moonlight and bay lit only by the lights of town, the shipyard, and the militaryacademy, that would change. On any given clear day the Straits would have a steady hum as more than one hundred and fifty shipsmade passage through it. I wonder what's next.