62
RUNNING OUT OF TIME
NSA Headquarters.
“Sir? I’ve got a priority flash alert coming in,” a woman said, pressing her hand against her headset.
“Oh s**t,” Uncle Bill said, “what is it?”
Cade, Jana, and Kyle looked over. It wasn’t until they saw the woman cover her mouth with her hand that alarm bells inside each of them began to blare.
The words came out in a reverent, choked tone. “Bright boy, sir.”
Stephen Latent moved toward the woman’s workstation. “Where?”
“Satellite indicates a nuclear detonation detection. Latitude, 39.1 degrees north, longitude, 125.45 degrees east. It’s coming up on screen six now.”
“Where is that?” Latent said.
It was Knuckles who confirmed. “Pyongyang, North Korea, sir.”
Bill and Latent looked at each other. “Please, God, don’t tell me we were right,”
