Albert Lee slowly, heavily shook his head, his face pale. "I don't know..."
Panic quietly spread like wildfire throughout the corridors of the mansion.
One younger, hot-headed Lee Family member suddenly made a desperate, reckless decision. The moment the tactical officers' attention shifted toward securing the side rooms, he quietly slipped out through a servant's corridor, sprinting at top speed toward the expansive rear gardens, hoping to scale the boundary wall and disappear into the woods.
Unfortunately for him, the entire perimeter had been locked down with military precision. The exact microsecond his feet crossed the threshold of the back patio...
BANG!
A deafening, high-calibre sniper warning shot struck the stone pavers less than a meter in front of his boots, blasting marble shrapnel into the air.
