Book Two: Lt. Reilly and the Black Bird Offensive

I had lost focus for a moment. Forcing my chin up, my eye met Mitchell’s.She was evaluating me trying to decide how much more I could take. With the other man in the room I couldn’t blow my cover, so I didn’t say anything, but we had worked together long enough to communicate with the most subtle of looks. I knew what she had to do and so did she.

‘Slap!’As her hand met my face, the sound hurt my ...