The calm discipline they had maintained while preparing to leave dissolved into swift, practiced movement— weapons drawn, defensive positions taken, several wolves vanishing into the surrounding trees to determine where the attack had originated.
More shots rang out, this time from two different directions, and a guard attempting to reach the vehicle cried out as a bullet struck his shoulder, spinning him onto the wet stone before two others dragged him behind cover.
"They've surrounded the eastern approach!" someone shouted from beyond the courtyard.
"No," another voice answered almost immediately. "They're on the northern ridge too!"
Searchlights swept across the canopy, bright white beams cutting through the rain as helicopters moved overhead, and what had once been a hidden sanctuary now stood exposed beneath the circling aircraft.
Dakota felt her heart surge.
Kade.
He had found her.
