CHAPTER 1 “STATUS,” Steele said in low tones. His receiver crackled in his ear and P.J. Rutherford’s response was immediate. “No shot yet. Repeat, no clear shot. Give me two minutes to reposition. I’ll get him.” Steele’s gaze swept the guard towers and simmered with impatience. They were fifteen minutes past go time and the extrication chopper would land in forty-five. Which gave them almost no time to get in, grab the girl and get out. He wasn’t entirely certain this chick wanted out, but her parents were paying KGI a mint to go in and wrest her from the grasp of Matteo Garza. During three days of round-the-clock surveillance, it had not appeared to Steele that Christina Westlake was in any sort of distress. She’d pranced around in a thong and bikini top and five-inch heels, laughing and smiling and looking smugly content. He just hoped to hell she was wearing sensible shoes today because running would be a bitch in the stilettos and he needed her steady on her feet. “Make it fast, P.J.,” Steele growled. “We’re on a timetable here.” “Cool your jets, boss man,” Cole drawled. “My girl will get the job done.” Steele rolled his eyes, and he knew damn well P.J. was doing the same. He’d suffer more bickering from the two newlyweds as soon as the mission