Chapter 9: The Dawn of a New Beginning
As the sun crested the peaks, the authorities—not the corrupt ones, but federal agents they had managed to contact—swarmed the perimeter, capturing the syndicate's local leadership. The nightmare was over. Mark and Sarah stood on the porch of the cabin, the crisp mountain air filling their lungs. They looked down at their child, safe and sleeping soundly in the morning light. They had lost everything, but they had won the only thing that mattered. They were alive, they were free, and for the first time in a long time, the future was theirs to write.
