Chapter 27 - The Montana Standoff
At the Montana ranch, three black SUVs pulled up to the perimeter fence under the cover of the afternoon fog.
Six armed men stepped out, moving silently toward the cabin where five-year-old Lily was coloring at the kitchen table.
Inside the cabin, Jim Miller sat by the window, watching the thermal security cameras on his laptop screen.
"Target acquired. Moving in," the team leader whispered into his radio headset.
As the armed men reached the front porch, the entire lawn erupted with defensive flash-bang charges planted by Jim's team.
Blinding light and deafening booms filled the air as four former Special Forces squad members ambushed the attackers.
Jim stepped onto the porch holding his shotgun, neutralizing the lead gunman before he could even raise his weapon.
Within ninety seconds, all six attackers were disarmed, pinned to the frozen ground in heavy flex-cuffs.
Jim picked up the team leader's dropped radio, speaking clearly into the mic:
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"Tell Tessa her Montana team just failed completely."
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