Chapter 28 - ASHES AND RECOVERY
The main cabin was completely destroyed, reduced to smoking black embers and charred timber framing.
The bodies of six syndicate operatives lay scattered across the scorched driveway near their burning vehicles.
Federal emergency vehicles and military helicopters arrived twenty minutes later, securing the entire valley.
Agent Vance stepped through the smoking debris, looking at Ethan and his surviving family with deep solemnity.
"Your father survived the blast, Ethan... he’s being treated by military medics in the command trailer," Vance reported.
Ethan walked over to the field medical tent, finding his father sitting on a cot while a medic wrapped his arm.
"You blew up a three-hundred-thousand-dollar timber cabin, Dad," Ethan said, stepping inside the tent.
"Marcus had good insurance," his father joked rasply, offering a faint, tired smile.
"What happens now?" Ethan asked, sitting down on a folding chair across from his long-lost father.
"The syndicate’s leadership in Washington has been fully identified thanks to the thumb drive data," his father stated.
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"Within twenty-four hours, federal marshals will arrest forty high-ranking officials across three government agencies," he added.
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