Chapter 35: Using Thick and Thin

Meanwhile, Dr. Petrova made contact with a reliable associate in the city who was a former military communications expert and had a talent for staying out of sight. They intended to have this expert keep an eye on the cabin from a distance, prepared to warn them if their trap was discovered. When dusk arrived, the cabin had changed. The place descended into a disorderly state of "theft," with documents all over the place, furniture toppled, and wired alarms laying inert with their cables noticeably cut. They left the cabin door ajar and withdrew, disappearing into the forest's shadows, leaving no trace of their successful incursion. As they made their way into the deep forest, tension was palpable as they followed Dr. Petrova's colleague's barely discernible trail. They arrived in a meadow where a modest, unremarkable vehicle was waiting. A lady with a severe manner and a piercing glance by the name of Anya, Dr. Petrova's colleague, nodded curtly to them. "Seems like everythin