The radio chatter came in clipped and professional, each transmission overlapping the last. "Alpha Team in position, making entry now." "Rear garden secure. Bravo Team advancing through the back." "Second floor clear, no sign of target. Moving to third floor. Bravo Team, begin clearing ground floor rooms immediately." "Bravo Team copies." The rear door came off its frame with a sharp c***k, and the six-man stack poured through in tight formation, moving down the service corridor toward the armory at a controlled pace. Point man up, spacing correct, weapons tracking the angles. Then the armory door opened a c***k, and something round rolled out across the floor. "Grenade! Back, back!" The stack reversed into the corridor bend, pressing into the corner as the white smoke bloomed and

