Chapter 27
Chapter 27
Silas and Rossi flee Marcus's cabin after Senator Torres's murder, pursued by Hall's network. They hole up in a disused ranger station where Silas confronts his guilt over Eleanor's death. Evelyn Reed contacts them with a breakthrough: Patricia Okafor had stashed additional evidence. Rossi and Silas retrieve it, but the extraction reveals the conspiracy's reach has compromised their safehouses. They decide to go public with a final broadcast, knowing it may cost them everything.
The morning sun cast long shadows across the porch as Silas stood beside Rossi, the satellite phone still warm in his hand. The news of Senator Torres's death had settled over them like ash from a distant fire, fine and pervasive and impossible to brush away. Marcus stood in the doorway, his face drawn, the lines around his eyes deeper than they had been the night before.
"They knew," Silas said, his voice flat. "They knew before I even hung up the phone."
Rossi shook her head. "We don't know that. Could have been coincidence."
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