Chapter 5 - Fire in the Pines
The first bullet shattered the cabin's front window, burying itself into the timber wall inches from Leo’s head.
Evelyn tackled him to the floorboards as a barrage of automatic gunfire ripped through the cabin, turning the antique furniture to splinters. "Stay low and crawl to the back door!" she yelled over the deafening roar of the assault.
There were at least a half-dozen tactical operatives surrounding the cabin. Evelyn didn't panic; she calculated. She kicked open a floor grate, retrieving a duffel bag of smoke grenades. Pulling the pins on two of them, she lobbed them through the shattered windows.
Thick, blinding white smoke instantly flooded the clearing outside. Under the cover of the smoke and confusion, Evelyn kicked open the heavy iron back door. She laid down covering fire, her rifle echoing through the quiet mountains, dropping two operatives before they even knew she had moved.
"Run into the treeline, Leo! Don't stop!" she screamed.
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They sprinted into the dense woods, branches whipping at their faces. Behind them, a massive explosion rocked the earth. The cabin erupted in a spectacular fireball—Evelyn had rigged the propane tanks.
They were alive, but they were now on foot in the wilderness, hunted by a private army, with nowhere left to hide.
