Dawn
They come in firing as soon as they see the smoldering house and Gabby running across the courtyard. Two truckloads of Moreno men send Gabby scampering back toward the barn. They pile out and surround the barn. There"s a burst of gunfire and several of them storm in through the doors. Then there"s more gunfire and shouting before everything is silent.
I look at Lee in terror and disbelief.
“It"s Gabby. She"ll figure out a way out of there,” he says, but his voice isn"t nearly as confident as his words.
We"re no match for their truck-mounted machine guns, so we stay hidden.
After a few long minutes, the soldiers begin carrying crates from the barn and loading them. It doesn"t take me long to figure out what"s going on.
“They"re taking the weapon,” I say, drawing in a sharp breath
