When Protectors Fall
The attack came at dawn, just as the federal agents were changing shifts and the pack house was settling into what should have been the safest hour of the day. Lisa was feeding Luna Rose in their bedroom when the first explosion shattered the eastern perimeter, followed immediately by the distinctive crack of sniper fire and the screams of agents caught in a coordinated ambush.
"Contact! Multiple hostiles, eastern approach!" The federal communications crackled with panic as the careful surveillance operation Director Walsh had established dissolved into chaos. "We're taking heavy casualties! Request immediate backup!"
But backup was twenty minutes away, and the rogue cells had planned their assault with the kind of precision that suggested extensive surveillance of federal positions and timing. They'd waited until the agents were most vulnerable, then struck with overwhelming force designed to eliminate the government presence before turning their attention to
