The first of three heavily armed policemen took their ID. His face tensed in sudden recognition, and he quickly got on the radio to someone. Another officer squared off with Sparkle. “You will wait here.”
Like hell, he would. If the local police already knew who they were, then, they knew what was going down and Sparkle wasn’t going to deal with any racial and political bullshit when so much hinged on this op and Josh’s life was in danger just by being in the city. Here she didn’t trust anyone outside her team, including the police and military because she’d already learned that lesson the hard way. Every potential leak increased the chance of losing the cell.
“I’ve got twenty minutes to find out where they are. Move the hell out of the way.”
The guard bristled at Sparkle’s tone and shi
