Elena had to grin a little at that. "Is this where I lecture you on how a professional, a Turk, would act?" she teased.

"I'm not sure how much damage there is," she admitted. She needed a cigarette, right now. "I played the heavy, if you want the sympathy role. Tried to scare the shit out of her. I didn't want to have to escalate and lose my cover."

Speaking in code. She wasn't playing a cover role. But she'd hate to leave the island over a mysterious death, anyway.