Chapter 6

"Unit 11, abort! Corrigan, stand down immediately! Do not engage! That address is flagged federal. I'm getting a DHS override on my system right now. Back away!""I've got the situation handled," Corrigan said, and turned his radio down.Tobias watched this exchange with quiet attention. He had already done what he needed to do. Sixteen seconds earlier, while Corrigan was on his radio, Tobias had pressed his thumb against a nearly invisible sensor on the side of his briefcase handle. It was a biometric panic trigger installed by his own company's security division, linked to a dedicated federal operations channel.The trigger had done three things simultaneously: transmitted his GPS coordinates, activated the audio capture on his smartwatch, and sent a priority alert to the DHS Operations Center that was currently staffed by agents whose job, specifically and exclusively, was to respond to threats against people on the infrastructure protection list.Tobias Caldwell was on that list.The response protocol was twelve minutes. Tonight, they made it in nine.Corrigan had stepped up onto the first step, his hand moving toward his cuffs. "I'm taking you in for trespassing and obstruction. Turn around and put your hands—"The sound that interrupted him was not a siren.It was the sound of three black Chevrolet Suburbans, lights strobing white and blue from behind their grilles, coming down Ridgecrest Drive at a speed that scattered the autumn leaves from the pavement in their wake. They split formation at the driveway entrance: one blocking the road, two swinging onto the property and boxing Corrigan's patrol unit against the landscaping. The vehicles were moving before they stopped, doors opening while the wheels were still rolling, and the figures that poured out wore the heavy tactical vests and matte black ballistic helmets of a federal rapid response unit.

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