The first and second shots went out like a drum. splitting the night into two.
Isla did not tremble. She and Damien were there on the threshold of the cabin, the air thick with the weight of everything that had brought them to this point.
Outside, the convoy stopped, and the men that leapt out were fully armed. The headlights illuminated long shadows that stretched all the way across the battlefield ahead. The battlefield was clearly visible.
Gabriel and Nathaniel had already exchanged blows. Even as the first wave of Lancaster’s men approached, muzzle flashes lit up the line of trees.
Damien turned to Isla, his voice low “Stick to the plan ”
She nodded and squeezed the drive like it was her last tie to all that mattered. Camilla had died for this thing. Ethan had suffered for it. A
