“The one in the lab has to be Kat,” Matt whispered to Gabe, who was positioned next to him.
His team leader nodded. “Agreed.”
Matt couldn’t take his eyes off that heat signal. It wasn’t stationary, like the others. Ones Matt assumed were asleep.
Instead Kat’s blurred image would be still for a beat before slowly moving to another area of the room. After that, she’d go back to where she had started. This happened three more times in a ten-minute period.
“Fuckers are making her work in the middle of the goddamn night,” he bit out angrily.
“Bukhari is desperate,” Derek reasoned. “He knows it’s only a matter of time before we figure out he’s behind this. He wants that serum made so he can mass-market it to his entire army.”
Matt got it. Didn’t mean he fucking liked it. “Let’s pray she’s doing something to stall the bastard.”
God, it was killing him to be this close but have to wait. If they went in, guns blazing, there was a very good chance Bukhari would execute her on the spot. No fucking way was Matt taking that chance.
They stayed in position, watching and waiting until they were certain their timing was perfect. That time came when two more heat signals moved into the lab.
Bukhari and Walker. Matt knew it in his gut.
“All right, boys,” Ghost spoke up. “Let’s do this.”
Like a well-oiled machine, the two teams moved effortlessly across the open lot. Boots pressed into rock and grass, but the men had all been trained to silence their footfalls as best they could.
They were half-way to the building when the area where the lab had been constructed exploded into a fiery ball of flames.
“No!” Matt started to run forward, but Gabe’s strong grip on his shoulder held him back.
“Matt, wait!”
He looked back at the man as if he’d lost his damn mind. “Are you fucking kidding me?”
“We do this together,” Gabe growled.
Truck’s large form appeared in front of him as the man added, “All of us.”
Shit. Fuck. Motherfucker.
“Fine.” He glanced back at the burning building. “What’s the plan?”
“We go in the same way we discussed,” Ghost took charge. “Only instead of your team taking the back, see if you can get through the fire and go through the lab. I don’t know what the hell is going on, but they won’t be expecting an attack from inside the flames. Just watch your backs.”
“Roger that,” Matt, Gabe, Kole, and Derek all answered in unison.
“Now go,” Fletch told Matt. “Go get your girl. We’ll take care of Bukhari.”
With a final look, Ghost gave Matt and the others a tip of his head and said, “We’ll see you on the flip side.”
Not willing to wait another second, Matt took off for the building, knowing Derek and his Bravo brothers would have his back. Always.
With his heart in his throat and fear crawling its way down his spine, Matt pushed everything aside and focused on the most important objective of his life…
Finding Katherine and bringing her home.
Hang on, baby! I’m coming for you!
Chapter 17
Three minutes earlier…
