en him Fourty eight hours to find the lady and her kiddnapers, but he had waited another Fourty Eig

were asleep. Even those awake were on the low end of thei

oman, the guards had grown sloppy and complacent. They patrolled the estate on a schedule now, instead of at ra

y bedroom windows. The third one from the left had drapes open, which allowed

rained in dance... And the lifestyles of the rich a

shift his binoculars to her. She was the target, but incidental to the moment. What he really

rking in shifts of two. Except at night. From midnigh

a chair in the corner of the room. From the tilt

for him, she would be fired. But she di

nch doors and opened them. After glancing over her shoulder to make sure her ke

Two weeks ago she had been living in her rich woman world and now she was he

oice murmured int

e. He was the operative closest to the house. Un

past four days studying everything about her. He knew her age, her relationship status, distinguishing marks, where she liked to shop

o be very high main

ly time. He talked once on his e

ss than five seconds. He preferred something a little faster, but he couldn't risk the potential

of the house. He didn't have much sympathy or patience for kidnappers. The

k their ideas from bad spy movies. To his mind they

he "All clear" signal on his earpiece. A quick double click told Asher that the system was down. Tanner was good enough to keep the cameras

pened was that a guard st

eld him immobile for five seconds. He dropped the dead weight not too gently onto

twice. Three more indi

" a soft voi

f range of the action. He kept an eye on everything happening. On

stom acid mixture turned the locking mechanism to mush and he was in. He pulled on night vision goggles, double cli

But he didn't head to the door midway down the hallway. Not until he h

l cl

en Kimberly Blake, she had been on the balcony. Given her few freedoms in the past couple of weeks, he doubted she would have mov

the second blast of acid from the back end. A