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to point out to him was ridiculous.
    At the time, he hadn’t known about the capture of the team—he hadn’t learned about it until they were rescued. Typically, the circles he ran in would let him catch wind of such a kidnapping, especially of American military, but DMH had kept it under wraps.
    Caleb and the other Delta operatives by rights should be dead now. They should all be, hundreds of times over, and it was only by the grace of something bigger than themselves that most of them had survived.
    Gray had not.
    “Reid’s running around the Amazon jungle on the tip of another merc, looking for the last of the DMH guys,” Dylan told him.
    “Reid’s not going to be happy you found him,” Cam commented after a long gulp of his coffee.
    “Reid got found because he was sloppy. That’s not like him at all.” Dylan’s temper rose hot.
    “So what are you saying?” Cam asked.
    “They need out.”
    “And you’re going to go gather them up under your wing and, what, comfort them with a great big hug?” Cam raised a brow.
    “Don’t be an asshole.”
    “It’s just fun watching you get all soft and cuddly.”
    “Use the word
soft
around me one more time, buddy, and see what that gets you.”
    Cam grinned, and then he grew serious. “Noah’s never going to let you take his whole team. Not without skinning you first and then doing the same to me for fun.”
    “He might not have a choice.”
    “Caleb’s not remembering?”
    “He is, but slowly,” Dylan said somberly. “These guys need something more than orders. You and I both know that. So does Mace.”
    “You told him?”
    “Not yet.”
    “And you haven’t found Kell, I’m assuming,” Cam said dryly. The man went more rogue than Dylan, if that was possible.
    “I called, but he’s not answering.”
    Cam snorted because that wasn’t unusual at all. If Kell had answered, they’d probably have something far greater to worry about.
    “We’ll head to the bar in a few days and see what’s what,” Cam agreed finally.
    “That’s all I’m asking.” But that wasn’t true; Dylan was asking for a whole hell of a lot more. And he would be giving the men a lot more too. More risk, for sure, but also stability the military wouldn’t necessarily be interested in doling out.
    Old soldiers never die … they simply fade away
.
    His soldiers wouldn’t be allowed to fade unless that was their choice. Working together, they would be secret. Silent. Not for hire per se, but they would choose their own jobs.
    They would be deadly.
    No one would ever know the number of men and women involved, or their names. All locations would be kept separate. No paper trails, no bank accounts to be traced. Dylan would see to all of that.
    They would be unstoppable without the bullshit red tape. And if the men he wanted weren’t ready now, that was all right. The door would always be open for them, no matter what.
    J esus, Dylan, your timing sucks.” Everyone’s timing did these days, but the thought of having to explain to Caleb that the team would all be leaving the Army and working with Dylan and Cam on their crazy spy-for-hire shit made his head hurt.
    “I’m not asking you to do it now, just mull it over.” Dylan paused and Mace held the phone tightly, the tension building inside him. “Cam and I will come up this week and talk to you guys about it.”
    Come work with me, with me and Cam and Riley. There’s plenty of work, not a lot of structure. We take on what we want, we leave behind what we don’t
.
    He wondered if it was too soon to talk to Caleb about Dylan’s offer and decided yes.
    It was intruiging, would give them all more freedom than they’d ever had in the military, but it would also leave them flying without a net … except for one another.
    “He’s going to get his memory back,” Mace told Dylan now. “And you know he’ll want to stay in if he does. He’s Army, through and through—he’s never itched to get out.” Neither had