Jennah hung up the phone and looked back out the window.  It was snowing lightly, creating a peaceful scene.  Peaceful was something she wasn’t feeling.  Brody hadn’t been any help.  Sitting at home recovering from a gunshot took him out of the information loop as much as she was.  She hadn’t heard from Dominic since he’d been called to assist the team.  The only thing she knew at this point, according to Brody, was Warden Light was now behind bars, as were the rest of his associates.  He’d told her not to worry.She understood that Dom was probably up to his neck in statements, reports, and all of that, and it was just as important to her that every ‘t’ was crossed and every ‘i’ dotted so evidence was airtight and there were no holes for the Warden to slip through during prosecution, but her heart didn’t understand.  She had gotten used to him being here and missed him now.&nb

She lifted her face as the rose petals cascaded down over her skin.  They tickled along her cheeks lightly, making her smile from the feeling.  She inhaled the light, sweet scent of the velvet soft petals. A calmness surrounded her, enveloped her in a serene feeling.“Jennah...”Dom’s voice whispered through her.  Just the way he said her name filled her with love and warmth.The smell of coffee filled her nostrils, causing her to frown.  How did she go from roses to coffee?  Pushing her face into the cushion in a sleepy haze, she realized all of it was a dream.  Dreaming of coffee was probably not a good sign.  Stretching, she rolled over and opened her eyes.  She was on the couch still. She blinked a few times to help focus and looked toward the window. It was near dawn.She closed her heavy eyes and opened them too see on the table a few feet from her.  She squinted. There had to be two doz

Forcing her eyes to look anywhere but at Brody took a lot of concentration, Tess could feel his eyes on her and refused to give in.  He was always looking at her with those dark brooding eyes and it unnerved her.  Rubbing her aching temples she turned her attention back to the Captain, her uncle, and the decorated Military Colonel.  So far they’d all sat around the room while the two men had talked quietly while looking over some papers.  Smithy looked tense and didn’t take his eyes off them, which worried Tess; he would be listening in on their conversation— while it was still inside their head.  Whatever it was, it was serious.When they finally turned around, Tess didn’t need to be a mind reader to know this was as serious as it got. Her Uncle cleared his throat, all eyes turned to him.  “This is Colonel Reynolds and from this moment on you are to discuss none of this with anyone not in this room.&rdq

Pausing inside the door, he scanned the room until Tess was in beside him.  She closed the door and then moved away in the other direction.  They’d entered into a room that was roughly twenty feet square and completely empty.  The cement floor was covered in dust, making it look like no one had been in it for a long time.   They had two doors to choose from to leave the room.  “Door one or two, Tess, your call.”“Let’s take door number two and see if the grand prize is on the other side.”  She moved over and quickly snapped a picture of the pad attached to the doorknob.  “Another puzzle for you to solve Gray.” While they waited, both looked all around the space.  “This is eerily weird, Brody.”  She whispered.“Yep, I’m with you there.”“You sent me a picture of a lock not activated.”  Grayson sounded bored

“How long have we been in here?”  Tess sat down beside Brody and watched him pry at the fourth rivet. He glanced at his watch.  “Two hours.” Sighing, she leaned her head back and closed her eyes.  “The team will come looking for us soon.” And hopefully it was before they were discovered.“Probably, but I’m not going to just sit here and wait.”  He hissed loudly.  “My knife is toast, but I think I’ve got it enough we can try to pry it open and take a look.”Opening her eyes, she knelt beside him.  “Pry it open?”Brody nodded.  “Any thoughts on what we could use?”Tess stood up.  “I might have something.”  Pulling her pant leg free from her boot, she stood up.  As she lifted her pant leg up, Brody turned and shone the flashlight on her.   Opening the snap on the case