From their fortified positions within town hall, Perez’s team opened up with their two M60s. Belt-fed machine gunfire splintered the air. Every muscle taut, Liam waited. Fear wrenched through him. Not for himself, but for Hannah and Quinn and everyone else. Hot anger underscored his panic. He would kill the General for this. He pushed it all down, put it in a box. He had to maintain absolute focus to end this threat.

