The blueprint that Charlie had painted for Ten Thousand Armies made Porter feel extraordinarily excited.

He did not show any hesitation, and he immediately made assignments to his subordinates. In addition to leaving some of his elites behind to be based in Aurous Hill at Charlie’s disposal, he planned to wait for Charlie to lead some of the others back to the Middle East with him immediately. He also intended to use his connections to prepare several forward bases in the Gulf of Aden coast fi