Chapter 23

Hope collapsed on the ground in tears. She had felt Leon so strongly before, now there was no emotion from Leon at all. What was she going to do? Out here by herself, lost afraid and nowhere to turn. She thought of the local authorities, could she trust them? Probably not, after what they did to Leon years ago, she had no trust in authorities. After these last three years of hell she no longer trusts the government. She was on her own. Perhaps she could reach Fang and Shadow, she had to try. First she needed rest.

Leon was still unconscious on the ground at the military base. Fang was tending to shadow. Thanks to her intervention the gunshot that was meant to kill Shadow only grazed him. Suddenly fang felt a dart not unlike the one Leon had in his neck sting her in the flank. The drug only took seconds to render her unconscious. The military personal took Fang and Leon into custody and without bothering to check shadow to see if he was dead as they abandoned him to the wilderness.