”She sat down with her cup.“NAVINT and other intelligence groups sometimes use Mercenaries, often without them knowing who their real employer is ...r what their actual goals are. Keep that in mind when you unravel your mystery.”I took a long sip of the invigorating brew, it was excellent coffee indeed.“And there I am, back in the clandestine business.”“The Tigershark was never meant to be a ship of the line, and neither is your crew. Better get used to it, Captain Olafson.”Admiral McElligott. Yuusif Ahmad believed he was one of Allah's soldiers, and he'd grown impatient. He'd been sent to Egypt to blend in and await a call that would fulfill his destiny. He'd been in place for months. He'd gathered the equipment and explosives to do what he needed to do, what he must do, but no one had contacted him; he'd received no orders.He understood the reason behind the silence. Islam was concentrating its efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. He'd been effectively set adrift. But he wasn't without. I headed to the kitchen and grabbed a cold beer from the fridge, then went back in to the studio to check the camera and power the lights up. Everything was ready to go and I sat back down on the couch, skipped through a few songs and decided to change playlist. I thought, if Sophie wants sexy shots, then I should put on some sexy music to help the mood. I played the 'love songs' playlist and waited.My thoughts again drifted to the morality of what I was about to do. My own little sister is. There were only three other people at the bar, two women and a man and as they were in a deep conversation I assumed they were together, I couldn't have got it any more wrong. After a few minutes the woman sitting nearest me turned and introduced herself as Denise. This was the first chance I had to have a good look at her, she was definitely older than me (I was 39 at the time), but still a very attractive woman, not thin but very well proportioned. Apparently Denise was an ER nurse in town.