Page 292 of Scars of Fate

I looked directly into the camera.

“I saw what happened to Ghost.”

Minser’s face emptied.

“And Melissa,” I added.

Ghost’s expression hardened.

Minser recovered quickly.

“Careful, Mrs. Spencer.”

“You aren’t the only person who can hurt someone from a distance.”

“Thirty seconds,” Hawk whispered.

Minser looked past me.

He had heard.

His eyes dropped toward the phone in his hand.

“Disconnect them.”

Inside the bank, the operative moved toward the vault’s control panel.

“Hawk.”

“I need ten more seconds.”

The emergency connection began closing.

Minser’s man had found our access point.

Nine.

Eight.

Seven.

I looked at Elise.

“Fire.”

Her eyes widened.

“Wynn?”

“Start a fire!”

Elise understood.

She kicked the metal chair beside her.

It struck the operative’s legs.

Camille lunged in the opposite direction.