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Caleb smoothed a hand over her mussed hair "I promise"

"Prouarded by , he wasn’t sure she’d heard hiaze away from his and said, "There’s more"

Caleb wasn’t sure he wanted to hear it, but he knew he had to "Telso I can keep you safe"

She nodded, but he could see how hard this was for her--how fear washer limbs shake "Kara wasn’t alone I saw others, too"

Caleb bit back a curse, keeping his expression neutral He didn’t want her to stop opening up to hi onto this infor "How many?"

"The man you kiled Kara Three more who may or may not stil be alive"

"Can you identify thehtstand drawer and took out a sketchbook Her handsthe sketchbook to an eripping the pencil so hard Lines flowed onto the page as if she’d drawn them a thousand tie, each one sketched with photographic detail

Lana ripped them carefuly out of the book and handed them to Caleb "Wil this help?"

"Yes Thank you"

Lana covered his hand with hers She was tre "I need this to be over, Caleb I’ave her the most confident look he could ht back"

Caleb closed himself in the bathroom to make the cal The less Lana heard about the details the better Monroe answered before the second ring "This had better be good"

"It is Is this line secure?"

"As secure as any can be in this day and age There’s always so the latest security"

It would have to be good enough "Kara McIntire was the woman who headed up that whole mess in Armenia"

There was a brief, shocked pause before Colonel Monroe said, "I’l have her in custody within the hour"

Caleb kneas ilegal for Monroe to haveany questions about why he had someone so nearby He realy didn’t want to know, even if Monroe would have told him "Make sure you use a clean team so Kara won’t connect her capture back to Lana Also, there are three more people you need to locate Lana drew sketches"

"I’l send a ht away We’l find them, too"

"Thank you, sir"

"I’l cal you back and confiruard"

The line went dead, and Caleb let out a relieved sigh It was almost over She’d trusted hiot off the plane, already regretting his decision to come here, nopeople and their intrusive questions grated on hi heat and humidity ate at his patience until there was none left Not that he’d hadout just how badly Kara had s up

She’d been captured like some kind of amateur So had John, which was a shame John had always been useful Kara had her uses, too, but she was a serious liability If she talked, Marcus’s days of blissful, profitable anonymity were over

John would keep hisof value about Marcus’s operation Kara, on the other handif she held true to foret her to open up One gentle interrogator could ruin al his hard work

Marcus had to get to her first Good thing he had an inside source who knehere the CIA was holding her and when she’d be moved to a more secure facility

He wasn’t fond of ork hi to get his hands a little dirty now and then

The sooner he got out of this helhole and back to the coast, the better

The sun was just co up over the horizon when Lana heard Caleb’s phone vibrate He ducked into the bathroo harder as she stared out the

She prayed she hadn’t made a mistake Caleb proo wrong