Page 445 of Broken Oath

Caleb McDougal.

Sniper.

The quiet one.

His intelligence file contains fewer than twenty unredacted lines.

Former military sniper. Special operations. Multiple classified deployments. No confirmed location. No confirmed status.

Dangerous.

Graves gives a humorless laugh. “McDougal is not the problem.”

“No?” Rhodes asks.

“He’s a rifle. A weapon. He does what he’s told.”

My stomach twists.

I don’t know Caleb McDougal personally, but I’ve read enough buried reports to know Graves is wrong.

Weapons don’t question orders.

Caleb McDougal did.

That’s why six members of his team were murdered on a mountain—and why the survivors are still being hunted.

I slide one hand into my bag and press the record button on the secure device inside.

Miller lowers his voice. “The senator is becoming a problem.”

I lean closer to the narrow opening.

“Richard Vance has requested access to the old intelligence archives,” Miller continues. “He wants to know why certain operations were buried.”

“He won’t get access,” Graves says.

“What if he pushes?”

“Then he becomes part of the story.”

Silence fills the room.

Cold crawls over my skin.

Rhodes finally speaks. “You’re certain it will point back to Shadow Division?”

“We’ll make certain it does.”

My breath catches.

They’re going to kill a United States senator.

Then they’re going to frame Shadow Division for his assassination.

This isn’t about silencing Rook’s team anymore. Graves is building a case against them—creating evidence, manufacturing motives, and turning men who served their country into traitors.

Miller speaks again. “What about the agent?”