The tires of the Hummer rolled to a stop just past the cabin's winding dirt path. Sera didn't even bother to look up before she felt the creature inside of her tearing at her… trying to get out.
She could feel them. Strangers in her territory. Strangers that weren't hers and thus needed to die.
There were dozens of people. Moving. Breathing. Staring.
The front clearing outside the cabin was crawling with military personnel. Men and women in combat fatigues stood in loose clumps, rifles slung, hands twitching near holsters. There were at least three transport trucks pulled off the road. One had its engine still running, the low purr loud in the otherwise silent air.
One soldier was mid-step toward the porch before he stop abruptly at the sight of the Hummer.
Another pointed. Several more turned.
Lachlan cursed low under his breath while Zubair said nothing.
Sera slowly turned to look between them, Oogie Boogie still balanced on her lap.
