“We’re approaching from different entry points, keeping him looking for us. He fired out of the bedroom window a few minutes ago.” Force yelled something that Wolfe couldn’t make out. “I don’t want anybody without combat training here. Mal sent Pippa off with the truck. Brigid? You get in with Pippa and get clear. Okay?”

Brigid shook her head. “No. I’ll be nearby in case somebody gets hurt and needs a ride to the hospital.”

Force sighed. “That’s exactly what Pippa said. I have no doubt she’s at the edge of the lane right now, disregarding Mal’s orders. And mine.”

Wolfe didn’t have time to worry about it. “I’m approaching from the north right now and will park and run so Gary doesn’t hear another vehicle. I don’t want him to know I’m there until I’m in front of him.” He looked at a very pale Brigid. “How do I disengage just one area of my alarm without going to the panel? Like one window?”

They hit a bump, and she dropped the phone onto her lap. “You need to go to the panel or disable the sensor somehow. Where is the panel?”

“It’s in the garage, hidden behind a false wall.” A plan started to form in his head, and he took a turn into the forest, stopping when there wasn’t any more room for the car to maneuver. “We’re about half a mile away, and I’m going to run from here.” He secured her phone and opened his door. “You stay here or retreat the way we came and meet us on the road. But stay away from the house. Yeah?”

“Okay.” She scooted over to the driver’s seat. “Good luck, Wolfe.”

“Thanks.” He turned and ran through the forest, his boots pounding, his ribs feeling as if they were cracking open, one at a time. Images of Dana propelled him faster, his lungs struggling with this newest fight.

Gulping, he circled around the trees to the side of his house, crab-walking between the trees and crouching against his fence, pressing speed dial on his phone.

“Force.”

Wolfe ducked down lower, swearing at the clear night. It was hot and humid with no cloud cover. “Here’s my plan.” He slowly laid it out, finishing with, “So, I go in first, and then you guys breach from every direction.” Hopefully shock and awe would throw Gary for just enough time.

Force was quiet. “That’s crazy.”

Wolfe closed his eyes against a wave of terror at what Dana was going through. “It’s all we’ve got.”

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Three

Dana fought against the ropes binding her wrists as she sat on the sofa. She instinctively knew that telling Rock she was pregnant would be a mistake. “You’re going to get us both killed,” she said.