Chapter 35 River
River
The freeway is quiet tonight.
Too quiet.
Cyclone’s truck idles on the shoulder beneath an overpass.
Raven’s vehicle waits a hundred yards ahead.
Gideon monitors the highway cameras from a laptop in the back seat.
The city lights of Los Angeles glow faintly on the southern horizon.
Cyclone checks his watch.
“Convoy should be here soon.”
Lyon nods.
“Ten minutes.”
Nikki stands beside the guardrail, arms crossed.
Watching the empty highway.
Her expression is calm.
Focused.
But Lyon knows her well enough to see the storm underneath.
Sentinel left scars on her friend Scout.
Cyclone glances at the map.
“Boone’s helicopter is closing fast.”
Nikki looks up.
“You hear that?”
At first River hears nothing.
Then—
A distant rumble.
Rotor blades.
Cyclone grins.
“Right on time.”