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“Where is the microdot?”
“Next to my social security number.”
Sergeant Stone removed my dog tags and examined them. “I’ll be damned. Tex!”
“Sir?” Tex reminded me of a muscle-bound surfer dude.
“Take care of her arm and don’t let her out of your sight.” Sergeant Stone dropped me like I had a contagious disease.
“Yes, sir.”
Lieutenant Moss walked over to us. “Reynolds is still my prisoner.”
“Not for long.” Sergeant Stone pulled out a satellite phone.
“I notified General Grandville of the situation, and he is sending a team to retrieve her.”
“Reynolds isn’t going anywhere until she’s been debriefed,” Sergeant Stone shot back.
Lieutenant Moss got in his face. “You have no jurisdiction over her.”
Stone typed a code into his phone. “Let’s see what my commander has to say about that.”
I smiled. No one was paying attention to me. I took a step back, then another and another.
No one noticed.
I ducked behind the air-conditioning unit and looked over the side of the building. There were enough handholds I could easily free climb down. I swung my legs over the wall and lowered myself to a small window ledge.
A large hand clamped around my right wrist and Sergeant Stone dead lifted me back onto the roof. “Going somewhere?”
Damn, he was strong. “I have a man to kill.”
“Unarmed?”
“I’m never unarmed. Put me down,” I snapped.
His cold gaze searched my face.
“Put.”
“Me.”
“Down.”
Stone growled. “You need to learn to obey orders and respect your superiors.”
“I’m not a Marine.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
I was suddenly upside down and the bastard was removing my boot knife and derringer. I tried to kick him, but I couldn’t get any leverage. “Put me down!”
“Yes, ma’am.” He dropped me on my head.
Swinging my right leg out, I knocked Stone off his feet and smiled as he smacked the rooftop hard.
“You little hellion!” He pinned me down.