Miles leans forward.
“What do they get out of it?”
I answer before Wren can.
“Control.”
Everyone looks at me.
I continue.
“Disasters.”
“Missing persons.”
“Emergency response.”
“If you control the volunteers showing up first…”
Russ nods slowly.
“You control the narrative.”
Wren adds quietly,
“And the people.”
Silence fills the cabin again.
Because we all know what that means.
Adam finally asks the question sitting in everyone's mind.
“Who’s running it?”
I shake my head.
“Not Eli.”
“No way,” Russ says.
“That guy’s a recruiter.”
“Exactly.”
Blade crosses his arms.
“So who built the network?”
That’s the real question.
And the one answer we don’t have.
Wren flips to another page in her notebook.
“There’s more.”
Everyone looks at her.
