Chapter 16Xavier stood holding the phone to his ear for a good few seconds after Oriyanna had disconnected the call. Absently, he watched two squirrels squabbling over a nut in his yard, the small grey animals providing a tempting distraction as they jumped and pounced on each other, both eager to be the victor and claim the prized piece of food. Watching the mammals was far more appealing than processing what he'd just been told. He knew things were going bad the moment he'd gotten the panic alert from John Remy two weeks ago, and over the past twenty-four hours, 'bad' had turned into the proverbial 'worst'.
Thanks to the wonder of internet forums, he'd been able to keep a fairly close eye on developments in the Rockies; the news never reported what was really happening when it came to s
