BRYCE TIGHTENED HIS HOLD ON QUEEN and tackled her to the ground.
‘Queen, if you rushed out there, they’d mistake you for the intruder and they might shoot you.’
She heard him, but she wasn’t listening. She struggled to get up, but his stranglehold on her was iron-clad.
A split second later, Team Two of the elite NY police squad had breached the perimeter.
Officer Leah Jones’ voice rang loud from the side of the house: ‘Clear.’
Officer Sam Miller was in the garage. ‘Clear.’
Officer Juliet Callaghan entered through the main door with G. They split between the private and social zones of the house. They both declared it safe: ‘Clear.’
Team Leader, Ethan Lane, waited by the dying, gasping form of Lily as Moppet snarled at him. The three-legged golden retriever was not letting anyone com
