Angus scratched his chin. “Agents Rutherford and Fields may or may not know. I’m not sending them reports, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t keeping track.”

Oh, those two were definitely keeping track. One problem at a time, though. Raider cleared his throat. “I don’t need Brigid to go undercover with me. She’s untrained, Force.” Plus, he liked the redhead. She was sweet, and even though she’d followed the wrong path and gotten in trouble, he fully planned to help her find a good second chance. The woman deserved it.

Force shook his head. “Don’t tell me you’re falling for her.”

Raider snorted before he could stop himself. “For a wild hacker who keeps getting in trouble with the law? Um, no.”

Force’s gaze narrowed, and his upper lip tipped. “Not your type?”

“Not even close.” Sure, she was pretty and had that fragile underside, but his type was a nice girl with a calm life and no criminal record. One who’d fit in with his life and ambitions at the agency. Someday. Not now. “Regardless, I don’t require Brigid on this case.”

Force shook his head. “Yes, you do. There’s a time crunch, and you need to get through to her father. She’s an asset. But to work with her, you need to understand her. Here’s when Brigid first found herself on the wrong side of the law.” He pushed the manila file folder even closer.

Raider ignored the folder and fought against the curiosity grabbing him. “I already know she was caught hacking into a secure governmental server, sentenced, and yanked from prison by you to work for the unit. Free pass.”

Force rolled his eyes. “She’s too smart to get caught. Look beyond the pretty face that irritates you so much.”

That pretty face kept him up nights, but he’d never admit it. Raider flipped open the folder to quickly read an arrest warrant from years ago. Her first of many arrests. “She was seventeen.” He frowned, reading more. “She hacked into a hospital system to research a new drug trial.”

“Yep. Her mother had esophagus cancer, and Brigid was looking for hope. Thus began her life of crime,” Force said, sliding a second folder his way. “This one is on the arrest three months ago that sent her to federal prison until I pulled her out. Can have her returned any time I want.”

Raider glanced at the contents, but he’d already read these. She’d been working for a nonprofit and had hacked into a computer to bust a guy downloading child pornography, but he worked for the Pentagon, and the computer was on a federal server.