CHAPTER 60
Kori sat in the truck,both hands gripping the wheel as she watched everything play out.
The task force had arrived.
Everyone in the truck seemed okay. They were safe now.
But what about Wyatt? Had he gotten away? Or had those men caught him in the woods?
Emotion lodged in her throat at the thought.
She threw the truck into Park, pulled in a breath, and turned around. “Is everyone okay?”
Four nods.
She looked up again and saw that all the people left on the road had been apprehended. Another deputy pulled Flint from the back.
As he walked past her, he practically snarled. “You ruined everything! You always ruin everything. We were going to change the shape of this country!”
Kori only shook her head. He really believed in the mission of The Remnant, hadn’t he?
Graham motioned to her with a nod as if to indicate the danger was behind them.
She looked back at everyone in the truck. “We should be safe now.”
“Good.” Billie’s voice was rough but warm. She leaned forward from the back seat and fixed Kori with a look that left no room for argument. “Now go check on that man. We all know you need to.”
Kori glanced around the cab.
Everyone nodded in agreement. Even Thunder panted as if he understood.
Pete shifted forward. “Wyatt’s one of the best men I know. He was willing to take a bullet for every one of us.”
She glanced at her sister, and something passed between them.
Then Mackenzie nodded and opened the door.
She flagged down the nearest paramedic. “The people in the truck need to be checked.” She pointed. “Please.”
“We’ve got it,” he told her.
“Ranger King . . . he’s in the woods. Some men were chasing him. Can you let someone know?”
“I will,” the man said.
As soon as she knew that, she began to run.
Past the first cluster of officers. Past two men being placed in handcuffs. Past a radio crackling with voices she didn’t stop to listen to.
She scanned everything around her—the road, the trees, the spaces between vehicles—and she didn’t find what she was looking for.
Whoshe was looking for.
Her pace slowed.
Wyatt, please be okay. Please!
She turned in a slow circle.
