The ground where they stood trembled faintly beneath them as an explosion lit the sky beyond the bushes, messing up their eardrums.
Mitch let go of Lucrezia, suddenly stepping back as the ground shook before moving his hands to the inside of his pocket and collecting his shotgun from his pants.
He turned around, scanning his environment wearily as his eyes narrowed and the same could be said for his colleague who was behind him.
A bead of sweat formed on their foreheads as they realized where the explosion came from and reality slowly hit them.
Their men...
The men Mitch had ordered to stand by the stream and make sure Gavin was dead before they left.
It had just been minutes before he gave them this order so he was certain they hadn't left the vicinity yet or at least far enough to not be affected by the explosion.
