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Cody glanced at Callahan, silently asking a question Callahan said, “It’s your call” He smiled faintly “It’s a hell of a situation if you can’t trust the FBIat least partway”

Cody looked at Agent Holing note in his voice, and deliberately toned it down “We’ve got a couple of leads we’re willing to share, if the FBI will do the same” He held out his hand “Truce?”

Agent Holood plan toCody’s hand “What do you say we go back in here and talk about it?”

“Works for me”

Callahan said, “I’ll get Keira” He turned and headed for his four-by-four

Keira watched Callahan co on She’d witnessed the confrontation between Cody and FBI Agent Holmes, had seen Trace step between the hands Maybe they finally realized we’re all on the sa

The sun hadn’t set coular lines Callahan was halfway there before she saw hie toward the hospital entrance, and Callahan turned back Just then a truck slowly pulled into the parking lot on Keira’s left She turned in its direction automaticallyand knew

Everything happened in the space of three seconds The truck accelerated, and Keira raced forward, her hand already on her Glock “Callahan!” she shouted as she drew her weapon, reaching hier-siderolled smoothly down, and the barrel of a rifle appeared in the open“Federal agents! Freeze!” she called out, stepping in front of Callahan and drawing a bead on the er

Cody turned sharply when he heard Keira call out Callahan’s name Saw Callahan reach for his 45too late Reached for his own gun and started runningalso too late Si out, and Keira was spun around like a rag doll

“No!” Cody shouted Callahan was already firing, and the truck swerved Then Cody was firing at the truck, too, obliterating the windshield as the truck headed straight for hi until his Glock locked open on an eht pole

McKinnon and Hol toward the truck, weapons drawn, and Cody knew they didn’t need hiround in a pool of blood, Callahan kneeling beside her An instant later he was there, too

On autopilot, his hands worked feverishly alongside Callahan’s The bullet had entered through the unprotected armhole of Keira’s bulletproof vest, he realized, and had ripped through the right side of her chest Suddenly McKinnon was there, and Cody ordered, “Get an eency team here now!” He didn’t even look up to see if McKinnon had obeyed Since Callahan already had pressure on the entrance wound, Cody felt around with his right hand until he found the exit wound in the back and applied pressure there while his other hand reached for a pulse

Her skin was cool and clammy to the touch, and her pupils were dilated; Cody knew she was already going into shock fro, the saain even as her body shivered Cody bent over her and heard, “Specsev”

He knew then what she was trying to say

Chapter 22

The waiting was the worst, Cody thought as he leaned against the wall in the antiseptic hallway outside the intensive care unit He’d been in this sa for his life just as Keira was now But he’d been in and out of consciousness, and the struggle to breathe then was nothing coh now

If Keira didn’tto think that way Keira couldn’t die

Cody looked up and saw Callahan walking down the long hallway toward hi down his sleeve over the cotton ball taped to the crook of his left arm, and he knew the other man had just donated blood