CHAPTER SEVENTEENMARCUS
DAY NINE
Marcus pulled the neck cover over his nose and mouth. He had compressed air, but he wanted to save it for Taylor – when he found her. He refused to believe the outcome would be anything less.
He and Dillon had broken through the fire line, but it was raging behind them and closing fast. He thanked his luck that the wind wasn’t too bad today. If it had been as strong as it had been in the past, they never could have broken through, let alone stay in front of it.
The fire had been started just a few minutes south of Base Camp 9. And it was burning down into the valley floor. He was glad that for once he was running downhill instead of up. The other crucial plus was that forest fires burned quicker going uphill. As the wind was pushing it towards the downh
