ent Torres debriefed her on the secure radio. The operation had been blown, but her intelligence haul was un

tted from Vincent Romano's safe is worth ten years of traditional investigation. Justice

ok out Agent Williams behind the wheel. The extraction vehicle swerved wildly across

lled twice before coming to rest on its roof. Through her ringing ears, she could hear Tor

ngle that suggested multiple fractures. Agent Rodriguez, who'd been sitting beside

king rapid Italian. The Romano family hadn't waited for the FBI to relocate he

nted English. "Make sure the federal bitch is d

un or fight. Her service weapon was pinned beneath Agent Rodriguez's body, and her emergency radio had been

Benedetto who specialized in making people disappear permanently. He studied Sofia's apparently li

s fingers into his eyes with all the strength she had left. Tony screamed an

he federal cunt

nfusion to crawl through the rear window of the overturned SUV, leaving a trail of blood on the shattered glass.

nds earlier. Sofia rolled behind a concrete barrier just as the SUV's fue

burning vehicle. "She's wounded, on foot, and has nowhere to run. Bring

ussion, multiple lacerations, no weapons, no backup, surrounded by professional killers who knew every inch of

, which meant she

riminals in America. Now it was time to use everything she'd lear

opening was barely large enough for a person, but Sofia had been small enough to fit through tight spaces sinc

. But it was also a hidden route through Brooklyn that most people-including most criminals-had forgotten ex

and shivering but alive. Her phone had been destroyed in the crash, her FBI credentials were scattered

e was complete

ould have every police scanner in the city monitored for reports of her survival. She couldn't go to a hospital-too easy to trace. She couldn't contact the FBI

Romano family wouldn't expect

spent three weeks documenting their finances, their security procedures, their personal relationships, and

t treated people with no questions asked-the kind of place where undocumented immigrants and fugitives could get help without i

nd wondered if he'd known about the hit team when he walked away from the café. Had his goodbye

urt worse than

ow do you want to pay for this?" Fifty minutes later, Sofia walked out with her arm in a professional cast

alked out

she'd stored backup copies of all the evidence she'd gathered during her undercover operation. Vincent Romano's mu

rganization in New York. The New York Times, the Post, NY1 News, the Daily News-within hours, investigative report

relocate her quietly. Now, instead of being a protected witness in federal custody, Sofia Martin

s phone-a cheap burner she'd bought with cash-bu

ght. Come alone, or the next FBI agent who gets close to

personally, or to tell her something he could

to trust the man she'd fallen in love with and betrayed, or whether walking into hi

she was do

the burner phone, and walked out into the Brooklyn nig

empire continued uploading to news servers across the city, ensuring t

imply making sure the truth surv