"Who?" Dr Evans asked, leaning forward.

"The Taliban," he whispered. “Command didn’t say this would be occupied.”

Then he stiffened. “Shots fired!” he suddenly shouted, his voice ringing through the quiet office terrifyingly. “Keep your head down! Secure the west flank! No, no, no, don't go there! Get back!”

Myla jumped, startled. While Hayden and Beck froze.

Jared was mentally not in the office anymore.

He was somewhere else entirely.

"Oh, God," Myla ...