We don't have to do this. Just say the word and I can have a jet here in an hour. We can go anywhere

rules exist for a reason. Rules exist because when people don't follow them, people get hurt.

Kat felt her heart beat faster, adrenaline pumping through her veins, and she knew he was right. She studied him for a long time. "Do you believe in curses, Hale?" He looked at her. "I believe in you.

and then Zach said a really bad word, but I doubt DeeDee noticed because it was in Farsi

When the woman took the earbud, he didn't ask another question. She was a woman on a mission as she placed the tiny device in her ear and said, "This is Special Agent Abby Cameron. Let me talk to Macey McHenry.

And I remember "normal" might never be the same again.

Don't put your characters on a treadmill. They need to go new places, face new challenges and do new things.