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On the opposite ere stacks of bagged s, and a jumbled pile of weapons, frouns were stacks of canned goods and dozens of bags of tortilla chips, cookies, a store’s worth of junk food She saw a half-dozen coolers, portable heaters, Coleman stoves, and two Porta Potties All the co over one of the Coleainst a wall and strewn about on the floor

She saw Salazar, sitting in a director’s chair, his head bent low as his long fingers s He was dressed in jeans and a thick creeater, boots on his feet, looking quite co softly, but the incredible acoustics in the cave amplified the music, exploded it outward His music would cover the sounds of their movement

On either side of Salazar sat three collapsible tables, and there werecards Two of thethe chicken soup she’d smelled She counted ten of them, plus Salazar They all looked rather bored Only a few of the She supposed they’d had to live with it since he’d ht?

Bored or not, they looked like hard-asses, and they each had a SIG556 SWAT seazine, reliable as sunrise, and meant to kill hard

She looked down at her watch Brannon and his crew should be ready at the back entrance

Anna whispered to all of the members Look for available cover Then we’ll hold here until Brannon’s team sets up a crossfire"

Winkel’s Cave

Team Two

There was a yell froainst the hill, then automatic rifle fire spewed bullets out of the rear entrance One rifle, one guard Dix waited until he finished off his azine, stepped forward and fired into the cave

They heard a scream that echoed back to thee and crashed down on the rocks and the river below

There was silence again Dix said over his shoulder, "They had to have heard that, so they ht-hand wall Let’s get this done"