Ashleigh's mouth dropped open. A mission; with guns and fighting and terrorists…and of course she couldn't stop her mind from recalling all the news around Bin Laden's capture and death. Would Christopher be involved in something like that?

His hand squeezed hers. She looked at him, her eyes troubled. "Christopher…"

"Sweetheart, I've been putting in for a change of duty. I asked to be removed from the task force. But this came up before my commander could get it to ...