IntroductionDakota
The scent of wood, building materials, and raw flesh all set ablaze filled his nose as the ceremony descended into chaos. Terrell pulled him to the floor. He got only a brief glance of his daughter before she disappeared into the fray. He screamed her name at the top of his lungs, but he doubted that the sound traveled more than a few feet. How could he compete with gunshots and tables overturning? Desperate, he tried to crawl across the floor on his hands and knees in an attempt to find her.
But Terrell held him back. He lassoed Dakota by the stomach and used the full strength of his left arm to keep him from trying to follow Kenna.
“No!” he shouted over the chaos. “No. Not that way. It’s a death trap. We have to get out of here!”
He struggled. His teeth chattered,
