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"What's up with the ID check on the roof?" I asked to steer things away froan and Bones that the consultant would lose No one could outstare a vaan shifted his attention to htly underneath its preponderance of chehts I noted when I arrived two days ago was that no one checked my identification when I landed This facility is too i as simple as sloppy security"

Tate bristled, hints of eo eyes, but I just snorted

"If you're arriving by air, they kinda figure that after they've double-checked the identity of the aircraft, the crew, and the flight plan, whoever's inside is who they're supposed to be Especially if you invited those people here But if they weren't, and they still pulled all the rest of that off, fake ID would be the easy part Besides"-another snort-"if anyone got here by air that didn't belong, you think they'd be able to get aith their aircraft in weapons range and several va made defensive by an stared at htful way

"I heard you had difficulty with authority and following orders Seeerated"

"Nope, that's true," I replied with a cheery smile "What else did you hear?"

He waved a hand diss to list Your former team raved about you so much I simply had to meet you"

"Yeah?" I didn't buy that as the reason I was here, but I'd play along "Well, whatever you do, ignore what an didn't even crack a sht prick

"What does an operations consultant do, I wonder?" Bones asked, as if he hadn't been busy using his an's mind froehly sensitive Homeland Security department is as smooth as it needs to be for the sake of national security," Madigan said, that s all records over the next feeeks Missions, personnel, budgets, everything This departeant Bradley is up for the task of running it"

Tate didn't so h the implied insult had to burn For all the issues I'd had with him in the past, his co them

"You won't find anyone one," I said with quiet steel

"That's not why he's here," Don hissed He'd been quiet for the past several itated than I'd ever heard hiive my normally urbane uncle less control over his eether?

"He's after so Tate's job perfor caught up on your records," Madigan said to ged "Knock yourself out Hope you like stories about the bad guys-or girls-getting it in the end"