Chapter 45
11:57 p.m.
The United States Naval Academy - Annapolis, Maryland
It was a strange place to meet.
Luke was dressed entirely in black. He wore black gloves. There was a black hood stuffed in his pocket.
The dark football field of the Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium spread out in front of him. The vast empty stands towered above him. GO NAVY was painted in massive letters across the upper tier of seats. In the night, the words looked white, but he knew that in the daytime they were yellow against a dark blue background.
He hung back, lingering in the shadows of the end zone concourse ramp. He watched the darkened broadcast booth at the top of the stadium, looking for the slightest movement. If he were a sniper, that was where he would be.
A man walked across the field tow
