Chapter 15 - The State Police Interception
For thirty agonizing minutes, the family lay motionless inside the freezing cave while the mercenaries searched the forest floor.
Suddenly, the distant wail of state police sirens echoed through the valley, accompanied by the thrum of a helicopter rotor.
Red and blue emergency lights swept through the high canopy of the pines as three tactical units closed in on the property.
The mercenaries panicked, abandoning their search and fleeing deeper into the wilderness toward an unmarked getaway truck.
State troopers swept the area with trained bloodhounds, locating David, Ethan, and Lily inside the granite cave within minutes.
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"Mr. Vance! Drop the weapon, state police!" a officer shouted before recognizing David's exhausted face.
David lowered the shotgun, collapsing onto his knees in the snow as his children clung to his coat in wild, hysterical relief.
