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Prologue

Riley had been searching for three , of failed leads and so ht of nothing else She would find the truth and only one person knew it

She had stopped on the side of the road to look at her GPS This had to be the area She’d never seen sobrought her heavy clothes and her best hiking boots, she’d planned it all out

Pausing, she pressed the buttons on the SUV’s navigator screen This had to be it, though it would be a treacherous trek, since there weren’t any roads after a certain point She had her backpack all ready, everything she needed to be in the wilderness

After another hour of driving, the road just seeator screen and saw there was no service this far out The ie fuzzed and then the map blinked out

Gazing out the , she could see the sky looked angry The forecast had said snow but she still had at least three hours, right? Then she would be facing snow She turned in her seat to check her pack

With a sigh, she got ready to do this This location was her last hope If she wasn’t right about this, she would finally have to let it go Her o Getting out of the SUV, she stared up

This er than she’d envisioned A two hour hike, the website had said Two hours? Were the hikers wearing rocket boots?

She bit at her bottom lip Could she ain, would there be anything up there?

Yes, there had to be, she’d google earthed the area and there had been a structure there Fuzzy and out of focus, but there

Riley locked the vehicle, strapped the backpack on, and set off up the trail

After an hour of hiking while hearing only her labored breathing, she heard it

So to listen, she realized it was more than one person Panicked, she kneho they were, well not who but for months she had been followed Of course, she was—there were people out there that never wanted the truth out

Now she didn’t hike, she ran Gasping for air, she stumbled over rocks and then the snow caht behind her She never saw anyone behind her car on that lonely county road How had they found her?

A metallic sound ricocheted off the mountainside

Ducking her head, she realized they were actually shooting at her Oh, god She was going to die today

“Over there!” a man shouted