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A muffled thump.
Good.Chase exhaled but knew that wasn’t an answer likely to last.
“Are Mom and Wade taking care of things?”
There was a long pause before the next muffled thump. Madison had to think about it.
Not good.
Chase needed to be there. But at least there was a way he could see what was going on.
“You’re doing great, kiddo. Do you have your bag?”
An instant tap.
“Is your tablet inside?”
Tap.
“Power it up. I left an extra set of eyes outside Wade’s gate just in case. Tap once you’re up and running.”
Tap.
Chase pulled out his smartphone and opened an app. His screen became a controller.
“Good girl. Just one more thing: Deactivate the obstacle avoidance.”
CHAPTER 28
SHAY HEARD THE crack of a supersonic round in the airspace her head had occupied a second earlier.
There were two of them. And they were going to flank her.
She considered running back to the mound, but she needed to lead them away from the children at all costs. She weighed her other options. It didn’t take long.
There weren’t any.
She was heading toward the other corner of the house when she heard a grunt and the sound of someone dropping.
“The fuck?” someone shouted.
Then she heard running.
It could have been a trick to draw her out, but she peered around the corner through her NODs.
There was a figure on the ground, not moving. The other figure was in a full sprint toward the road. He was at the edge of property, about to disappear into the trees.
She ripped the NODs off and stepped away from the house.
She raised the rifle, brought the scope to her eye, and tried to lead him.
There was no time to get into a good firing position. She could only pray she hit him before he vanished.
There was a blur at the edge of her vison. She whirled to meet it. Through the rifle’s night optic, she saw a dark torpedo streaking across the lawn. Moving too fast to keep in her scope.
Titus.
Wade had let slip the dogs of war.
