I hang up and look at my team.
“Find him,” I say. “I don’t care where he’s hiding.”
Havoc smiles without humor. “We will.”
That night, Laney falls asleep with her head on my chest and Emmy between us.
I don’t sleep.
I lie there and plan a war.
Because monsters should have stayed in the dark.
And someone just knocked on my door.
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They never understand the mistake until after they make it.
The moment Saint tells me they went for the baby, the legal landscape changes completely.
“Say it again,” I tell him.
“They tried to take her,” he says. “They failed. One of them gave up Rourke Hale.”
That’s all I need.
I don’t even sit down.
“Good,” I say. “That just turned this into an emergency designation.”
“What does that mean?” he asks.
“It means I don’t need to be polite anymore.”
I’m already moving.
The U.S. Attorney answers on the first ring.
“They made a grab for an infant tied to a federal case,” I say. “We have a name and a live suspect.”
She exhales once. “Jesus.”
“Rourke Hale,” I continue. “This is your probable cause expansion.”
“Send me everything.”
I already am.
Within twenty minutes, the room fills.
FBI.
Marshals.
State AG.
