Chapter 10 — Captain Brightwood

“Captain Brightwood.” His voice carried the length of the driveway, pitched to be heard, meant to be heard.

“Lieutenant Colonel Okoye, Special Operations Command.

Ma’am, I’m here to conduct your emergency extraction and transport you to Fort Meade.”

For one long second nobody moved.

Then Cato’s keys slid off his finger and hit the frozen asphalt with a small bright sound that seemed very loud.