“Here is where you get out,” Jana said to Cade as they pulled closer.
Cade stopped the vehicle and hopped out while Jana slid to the driver’s seat. He tucked the weapon he had taken from Stone’s bag under his shirt. “Be careful,” he said.
But just after accelerating away, she said, “Being careful is exactly what I’m not going to do.”
Cade disappeared into the tropical foliage and moved in the direction of the compound.
Jana turned the Jeep up the driveway but stopped short. She took a few breaths and glanced at her right hand. She had been gripping the steering wheel so hard she had not noticed the shaking. You’ve spent the last year training for something like this, something you hoped would never happen. She closed her eyes and exhaled in one long motion. This is it. And with that, all the jitters left her body.