My focus narrowed to a single, critical objective, retrieving the acoustic frequency. I knew I couldn't free Dominic in a conventional firefight, Carter's team would be too large and too prepared.

I had to get in, get the code, and get out, leaving Elena to complete the ultimate mission.

I entered the third floor through a broken maintenance window. My years of training, my instinct for neutralizing emotion warred violently with the panic rising in my chest.

"The man who loved me is dying." I ...