Chapter 6 - THE ESCAPE THROUGH THE EAST WING
Gabriel wheezed in pain, stumbling backward onto the floor as Marcus swept his legs out with brutal efficiency.
Evelyn grabbed the twin boys by their hands, guiding them toward the hidden panel behind the walk-in closet mirror.
"Marcus, we have twenty seconds before his backup squad reaches the front gates!" Evelyn shouted over the alarms.
Marcus snatched his black leather briefcase from the floor and kicked Gabriel’s weapon across the marble bathroom tiles.
He rushed into the closet, sealing the reinforced steel mirror panel just as heavy gunfire riddled the bedroom door.
Inside the narrow, concrete-walled emergency passage, Leo and Toby clung tightly to their father's navy trousers.
"Where does this tunnel lead, Daddy?" Toby whimpered, his pastel yellow star-printed pajamas covered in fine drywall dust.
"It leads to freedom, son," Marcus promised softly, kneeling down to wipe a tear from his boy's cheek.
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Evelyn pulled a glowing emergency tablet from the wall dock, tapping rapidly to initialize the mansion's lockdown protocols.
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