Once aboard, Chad and Duane did what any Spec Ops soldier did on a flight: they fell asleep almost instantly. Sofia had sat with her back to the rear cargo net and stared forward as if intently watching the two crew chiefs at their Miniguns and the back of the two pilots’ heads even though there was nothing to see. “We hunted narco submarines together. Chad and I, and the others.” Tanya didn’t know quite why she’d felt it necessary to start a conversation or to explain herself. Sofia nodded. “I should have recognized you from the Negev Desert fiasco.” “No one—” Tanya stopped. The only people who had seen her in that entire operation were select members of the Night Stalkers 5th Battalion D Company, mostly Kara Moretti and Justin Roberts, and also Delta Force commander Michael Gibson. Th