Page 26 of Her Fearless Warrior

Linc waited for Gideon to calm down and asked his question again.

“How are you going to get rid of all the shit on her phone and get the tracking working?”

“As soon as she calls in to Evers, they have a patch that they’ll run. It’ll wipe out all the stingray software and allow the tracker to work.”

“Why the fuck did they even want the stringray components in the phone to begin with?” Jase asked. “What does it do?”

“It allows her to record phone calls in her proximity and download texts. She can also install malware on a phone and take the phone over, allowing her to make outgoing calls on the phone or do outgoing texts.”

“Are you shitting me?” Jase asked.

“Nope. That tech has been around for a while. It’s just big and cumbersome. Nobody has figured out how to install it into something small and portable like a phone, before.”

Enough already!

“Gideon, love hearing about all the bells and whistles, but…

Are.

You.

Sure.

We.

Can.

Track.

Her?”

Gideon scrubbed his hand over his shaved head.

“If we can just get her to call us or take a call, it’s a done deal.” It was clear that Gideon was as frustrated as Linc was.

“Who is us? She’s called Captain Evers. Have you arranged it if she calls into him, that you can install the patch?”

“That’s the next step. Linc, you’ve got to trust me. We’re working every angle.”

Linc blew out a deep breath.

“You had a thing for her during that Turkey mission, didn’t you?” Gideon asked.

“Yes, he did,” Jase answered for him. “But it really doesn’t matter. He’d be this pissed about anybody we were trying to rescue.”

“Gideon’s right,” Linc said, turning to Jase. “Normally I wouldn’t be this emotional about the whole thing.” He turned and faced his second-in-command. “Yeah, after that whole mission, I tried to look her up when we got back home, but I couldn’t find her. I thought about having you track her down for me, but I figured there was a reason she needed to go to ground, so I left it.”

“Fuck. Is this going to make things more complicated?” Gideon asked.

“It won’t,” Linc assured him.

It won’t, he assured himself.

But an image of her long, lean body and warm bronze skin with her dark eyes flashed in his mind. How often had he thought about her? Too fucking often.

“I need another hour to work this out.”

“Then we’re out of here. We’ll go on to Al Qaryatayn and pick up a vehicle, and come back.”