"I can save your wife."
Ethan believed him. Instantly. However, the training Jordan gave him would have been for naught if he showed it exactly at that moment.
Instead of answering, he took out his phone and waved it in front of Jordan.
"I came down here alone but you know the others are up, right?" he asked, "One call, and you'll have two special forces captains after your head. And that of your daughter's," he added the last few words just for good measure, but it looked like it had an effect on Jordan who exhaled out loud.
"I sent my daughter earlier thinking you would be much more receptive towards her. The opposite of what I expected was what happened," he said, "Let my daughter go and you can be rest assured concerning your wife."