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“Don’tin behind me, as two more move toward Hadley “Identify yourself”

“Ryder Blackwood Chief of security for Senator Winters”

“Where is your weapon?” the cop asks, placing his hands over mine on my head

“Left side of round”

The cop azine “Any other weapons?”

“No, sir”

A pause

I look tothat Lee has been cleared of his weapon and now the cops are handcuffing the governor

“All clear, Blackwood,” the cop finally says “Good work” I rise to estures to the limp body a few feet away from me “I take it that’s our perp”

“Yes, sir”

“Your team disabled another one upstairs” The cop clicks his radio “One DOA We’re all clear here” Hehiuy FBI has a warrant out for his arrest From e’ve heard, he’s a hithout North A”

My blood runs cold that Hadley was anywhere near guys like that, when suddenly Alex rushes into the roo ht I called in the location and explained that we’d found the senator’s shooter when I heard you’d found Hadley” She srin “I knew a SWAT tea house around the corner, so I intercepted them”

I cup her shoulder, glad she’d obviously been listening in through my communicator This situation wasto explain it after “You did the right thing” But it’s not the cops I want to look at right now And it’s not Alex, no matter how round, fighting against the shake of my hands

Two cops are with her; one is checking her pulse I ardless that ht?”

“She’s got a strong pulse” The cop then clicks his radio “We need EMS in here”