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“No, you won’t,” Gunner said with a scowl.
The two men had worked together for years and as far as Marshal knew, they typically worked as a pair.
“You won’t fit, big guy,” Felix smirked at Gunner. “So, you stay put and I’ll back up Marshal.”
Gunner looked like he’d swallowed a thundercloud and was ready to go off. Whatever that shit was, the two men would need to deal with it another fucking time.
“All right,” Marshal agreed with Felix and then turned to Jaxon. “Give us two minutes and then send in another team of two.”
Hayden handed him and Felix communication devices and Marshal tucked that into his ear.
Using his utility knife, he wedged open the access panel and slipped inside with Felix on his six.
When Jaxon and Hayden popped the panel back in place, Marshal flipped on his penlight and led the way.
He had only one thought in his mind…
If one hair on Ryker’s head was missing, he’d kill them all.
Ryker found his mother huddling in the corner of the hidden walkway and she gave a sob and launched up. He tucked his weapon away in the back of his pants just before he caught her.
Relief choked him up and he pressed her face into his chest to muffle her sobs.
“Where’s dad?” he whispered and she shook her head, clutching her fists into the lapels of his suit jacket.
“Stay as quiet as you can and head toward the garage. Marshal is waiting,” he told her and eased her away, slightly urging her down the passageway.
She clutched at him, tears filling her eyes when she realized he wasn’t going to go with her.
“Mom,” he hissed, taking both of her wrists and shoving her slightly in the direction of safety. “Go.”
She shook her head, covering her mouth with her hands. He knew leaving him would be one of the hardest things she’d ever done. They shared a bond that was born from not only being her son, but an understanding. She’d taught him the values that served him well today.
“Tell Marshal I’m taking the back passage to Dad’s office. You tell him that and send him after me,” he said, careful to keep his voice almost below a whisper.
Her watery blue eyes, so much like his own, searched his and she finally agreed with a shaky nod of her head.
She walked, but kept glancing back every so often until she was swallowed up by a turn at the end of the passageway.
Ryker pulled his weapon and gripped it in his hand.
Drawing a deep breath, he headed in the direction of his father’s office.
“We didn’t find him,” a voice said.
From where Ryker stood inside the secret walls, he could only see a fraction of the room through a slit in the hidden panel.
“Did you search every level?” A smooth-sounding man with a biting tone responded. The man was standing just outside of Ryker’s view.
“There’s no sign of the kid.”
“You’re all completely useless,” the same smooth-sounding voice snarled low and lethal.
“We’re out of time,” someone near the door urged.
“All right, let’s work our way out of here,” the man just outside of his vision said. The guy was definitely the one in charge.
A muffled grunt and gasp of pain sounded and Ryker squeezed his hand around the gun in his hand when his father was shoved into sight and down to his knees on the floor.
