Page 146 of Rangers Last Promise

“She stays away.”

I laugh.

Hampton looks at me.

“You find that funny?”

“You don't know Mara.”

“I know she's Grant’s sister.”

“Exactly.”

“She'll follow.”

“She already is.”

Hampton curses.

“I told you to come alone.”

“And I didn't.”

“Technically, you did.”

“You kidnapped me.”

“Details.”

A smile threatens.

I hate him for it.

Site Seventeen turns out to be an abandoned livestock-processing facility.

Because apparently everyone involved in this conspiracy has an affection for abandoned buildings.

Hampton pulls through a rusted gate and stops beside a long concrete structure.

I look around.

“This is your secret government facility?”

“It hasn't been government property in twelve years.”

“It smells like dead cows.”

“That part hasn't changed.”

I get out.

Hampton tosses my pistol toward me.

I catch it.

That surprises me.

“If you wanted to kill me, you had plenty of opportunities,” he says.