Chapter Twelve: Shattered

Checking her phone for the hundredth time, Serenity waited for some sort of indication that they were okay, but like the famous saying goes; no news is good news. Given the stillness of the warehouse and absence of bullets flying, Serenity could only assume they were still alive and well. 

Just as she locked her phone once more, it buzzed. Serenity hurriedly opened the message and frowned when she saw the words displayed on her screen. 

“It’s a trap.”she read aloud and before the words were fully out of her mouth shots echoed in the night and flashes of light appeared in the small windows of the warehouse. 

Scrambling up from the truck, she called to Olympia to drive the truck and sped across the street to the SUV parked across the street, th