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He switched screens and pulled up the raw data feed. The signal was faint but steady. A secondary magnetic contact had been installed somewhere along the doorframe.
It wasn’t on the original plans, and it wasn’t tied to the main alarm.
“There’s another sensor,” Blake announced.
Emmett lowered his frozen hand. “Can you bypass it?”
“If I can find the damn thing.”
Through the trees beyond the corner of the house, headlights swept across the private drive leading toward the front entrance. All three men dropped lower to avoid detection.
“Vehicle,” Lucas warned through the comms. “Private road. Moving toward the house.”
“How far?” Draven asked.
“Quarter mile.”
Blake’s pulse kicked harder. They were exposed. Not completely, but enough.
“Savage,” Emmett warned.
“I know.”
He ran another scan. The secondary signal pulsed.
There.
It was coming from the upper left corner of the door. Blake reached into another pocket and pulled out a thin magnet.
“Vehicle is still coming,” Lucas gave them an update. “Two hundred yards.”
Blake pressed the magnet against the frame. The signal stabilized.
“Come on, come on.”
“Hundred fifty,” Lucas warned.
Emmett shifted his weapon toward the approaching headlights. Draven did the same. With those two providing cover, Blake kept his focus on the tablet.
A green icon appeared.
“Got it.” He looked at Emmett. “Open it.”
Emmett reached out again, giving the door a firm push. It swung inward. The three men slipped inside seconds before headlights swept across the front of the estate.
Draven quietly closed the door behind them, sending the three men into total darkness. Blake listened, but heard nothing.
No alarms. No footsteps. No ominous voice coming through invisible speakers.
“So?” Gwen’s voice came through the comms. “What’s the verdict? Anyone getting arrested?”
“Not yet,” Draven whispered.
Blake glanced down at his tablet. Every indicator on the screen remained green.
“We’re clear.” He grinned.
“Copy,” Jethro’s deep drawl filled the comms for the first time since the team split up.
