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She jumped suddenly when the screen blinked and a curvy brunette with long hair flashed into view She wore cargo trousers and a forhted her lean, well-toned body She was fit and it was obvious she kept herself that ith a strict regimen

"Grace," Shea whispered

"That’s your sister?" Donovan queried

She nodded and leaned forward as Donovan resuh the house, her eyes wary and alert Clutched in her hand was the journal that Shea had found in the escape tunnel As she entered the living room, she paused and tears filled Shea’s eyes This here she and Grace had talked She atching her sister communicate with her A smile softened the tense expression that Grace had worn and then she glanced down at the journal she held and Shea knew this here she’d told Shea that they weren’t their real parents

The furnishings were still intact, which meant the ransack had occurred after Grace’s arrival Everything looked exactly as it had been before her parents were killed That hat stuck out to her There was no evidence that murder had been committed Who’d cleaned it up?

Shea focused back in on the footage to see Grace’s head jerk upward and then she fleard one of the s The sound of breaking glass and heavy footsteps filled the silent rooht, clear indecision and panic racing across her face Then her eyes hardened and she bolted into the hallway There were four fraress froh

She raced into the panic room, and slammed it shut

Donovan turned to Shea "Are there no cameras inside the panic room?"

She shook her head "Only on the outside The idea was to be able to see out, not in My father set it up so that it was the ultiood job," Garretteveryone’s attention back to theroom, and behind him, another appeared

Everyone leaned forward, coh the house,They completely destroyed the house They were responsible for the dae Shea and Nathan had encountered

"She spoke to me I mean just before she ran She said that soed her a little tighter

The rooh her parents’ house Nathan’s eyes narrowed They didn’tGrace Maybe they hadn’t even known she was there But they were looking for so and they weren’t a run-of-the-mill civilian operation

They wore black military head nets, so only their eyes were visible Nathan took in every detail of their appearance, looking for anything that could identify theues and they carried military-issue rifles

Unless soround cult was after Shea and Grace, the US military certainly was This looked special ops Probably soroup that didn’t even exist, and that e of Grace abruptly ended, Donovan keyed the more recent surveillance frorih the house and entered the kitchen His brothers frohen the sound of breaking glass occurred and he and Shea hit the floor just before the flashbang grenade detonated

Nathan leaned forward, his gaze narrowing as he studied the intruderstheir way into the house after he and Shea had disappeared into the panic room Like the men who’d been after Grace, these looked military They seemedIt was apparent they weren’t looking for so but rather so in on the panic room

He didn’t like it Didn’t like it one damn bit

"Now ain’t that some shit?" Garrett muttered "Anyone want to take a stab at this one?"

"What have you heard from Resnick?" Nathan delanced toward Donovan "Not a da, but he went radio silent shortly after"

"I don’t like it," Nathan muttered

"Neither do we," Donovan said

Shea bolted to her feet, leaving the confines of Nathan’s araze still riveted to the screen while the scene played out over and over as Donovan kept going back

"What are we going to do to help Grace?" she blurted out "She’s out there alone I’ to happen toto me I’ve tried to reach her I’m terrified for her"

Sam rose and put his hand on Shea’s shoulder "We’ll send a team I prooing to keep it We have to find her first, but we’ll do it"

He turned in Steele’s direction, but before he could open his "

Sam’s eyebroent up Garrett turned to his teaaze was riveted to the screen where Donovan had paused the replay of Grace standing in the living room

"I’ll find her I’ll protect her," Rio said shortly "These assholes won’t get their hands on her"

To Nathan’s further surprise, Shea hurried over to where Rio stood and she stared up at hi

"She’s special She’s never done anything to hurt anyone Just the opposite Don’t let theaze softened as he stared down at Shea Then he took her hands in his and offered a gentle squeeze The rest of the roo from Rio and now the rest of his team as they stepped forward

"I’ll find your sister, Shea I’ll bring her home to you"

She leaned up on tiptoe and kissed the bigover whatever fear she had of hihtly

"Thank you," she said fiercely "I’ll never be able to repay you for this Sheto me"

Rio looked a little befuddled as he stepped away and extricated himself from Shea’s hold Then he smiled down at her "I can see why Nathan is so enchanted by you"

But as he glanced back up at the monitor, where Grace was frozen on the screen, a look of fear in her eyes, his gaze hardened all over again