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He cocked his ear as he stood silently on the stairs, but not to listen for his teammates. He hoped to hear their target. He listened for the man they hunted.

Grab him. Hand him over to the US government. Cash the check. A straightforward job for Gabe’s first op with XO-ST, a private security company, Xtreme Ops Shadow Teams.

"Target on the roof," the team leader’s voice whispered through Gabe’s earpiece.

Gabe hurried up the crumbling stairs, unburdened by the usual heavy commando equipment. Since tonight he gripped a handgun, a SIG P226, he didn’t have to be careful not to bang the stock of his M15 rifle into the peeling frescos behind him.

Centuries ago, the palace had been painted within an inch of its life. The ceiling rivaled the Sistine Chapel. All around on the walls, mythical epic battles raged between good and evil.

That good stood no closer to winning now than when ancient Romans had recorded those myths thousands of years ago would have disheartened another man. Gabe Cannon was still a SEAL, however, even if he’d left the navy—once a SEAL, always a SEAL—and SEALs didn’t do disheartened.

"East wing cleared." The information came through his earpiece.