Anton was strolling back toward the rest of the team with Ricardo and Hannah. He didn’t know why. They were Delta Force, so it wasn’t as if he would hear anything or see anything new. He just liked the idea of walking idly toward Katie where he could still feel her holding his hand.
Just outside the gate, opened and closed by a very watchful team leader, they were less than halfway back when Katie’s grip tightened hard.
“Hold it.”
“What?” He popped back into his body and turned to look at her.
“No. Go back. I’ve lost it now.”
Because he’d just left the spot outside Skewjack’s gates, he was able to slip out there again. The fast back-and-forth volley left him feeling a little nauseous, but he did it.
“There!” Katie practically shouted in his ear.
“Easy, girl. What’s going on?”
“Walk
