Page 212 of Silent Target

“…Whitmore’s final…”

The transmission disappears.

“What did you find?”

Only static.

Then:

“…not finished…”

The mountain explodes beneath us.

The ground throws me to my knees.

Caleb covers me as part of the slope collapses into the valley.

Dust rolls over the trees.

Everyone stares at the second emergency opening a hundred yards away.

A figure emerges.

He stumbles into the daylight and falls to one knee.

Mac.

Relief rushes through me.

Then Victor steps out behind him.

His armor is torn. Blood covers one side of his body.

But his pistol is raised.

Pointed at Mac’s back.

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CALEB

“Mac!”

Victor fires.

Mac throws himself sideways.

The round cuts through his jacket.

Rook shoots Victor’s weapon from his hand before I can raise mine.

Mac scrambles behind a fallen tree.

Victor steps into the open.

For the first time, he sees all of us waiting.

Shadow Division stands between him and the evidence.