Chapter 10 - The Shadow Faction
I grabbed a discarded sniper rifle from the ground and quickly stabilized the heavy barrel on a wooden crate.
Margaret’s speedboat was tearing through the dark waves, aggressively trying to reach the open ocean before the authorities arrived.
I calmly controlled my breathing, calculating the wind resistance and the exact speed of the fleeing vessel.
I pulled the trigger, sending a high-caliber round directly into the speedboat's massive outboard motor.
The engine violently exploded in a shower of sparks, instantly deadening the boat in the middle of the freezing bay.
Within minutes, dozens of heavily armed, legitimate FBI agents stormed the docks in armored boats and helicopters.
They were not on the Prescott payroll, and they aggressively arrested everyone involved in the massive treasonous conspiracy.
General Vance was hauled away in disgrace, screaming empty threats as the medics treated his shattered knee.
Ethan was found cowering in the yacht's luxury bathroom and was dragged out crying in heavy federal handcuffs.
Margaret and Brandon were fished out of the cold water and immediately charged with domestic terrorism and treason.
The massive nightmare that had tortured my daughter for years was finally and completely over.
A month later, Emily and I were sitting peacefully on the front porch of my secluded mountain cabin.
She was healthy, smiling, and finally free from the terrifying grip of the billionaire family that tried to break her.
The Prescotts were facing life in federal prison without the possibility of parole, their empire entirely dismantled.
We drank hot coffee and watched the beautiful sunrise, enjoying the perfect, quiet happy ending we had fought so hard to earn.
Just as I turned to go inside and make breakfast, a sleek black government vehicle pulled silently into my long driveway.
A tall man in a dark suit stepped out and handed me a thick, classified file marked with a strange insignia.
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"Colonel Hart, the terrorists the Prescotts were selling to weren't just random extremists," the agent said gravely.
"They are a highly funded shadow government faction, and they are now hunting you for exposing their primary supply line."
