*It took a moment of staring at the phone in her hand to try to make sense of what the conversation had been about. In their line of work, you always knew each time you went out into the field that it could be your last, it was just the nature of the work they did. You just never expected it to hit closer to home. What if it had been her? Or Kaden? Both of them had come up for this assignment in the Balkans. They'd gotten out of it only because the Den was mid-construction and they'd agreed to only one sweep job a year on top of their regular duties. Both had signed off and finished the Den instead. And Jerry had paid the price.*