We ran for three days straight.Through forests. Across rivers. Avoiding roads, cameras, civilization.Hope cried the first night. Silent tears that broke my heart more than screams would have."Mama, why are the police bad now?""They are not bad, sweetheart. They are confused. Someone lied to them about Daddy.""Will they take him away?"I looked at Damien. Carrying our daughter on his back. Face gaunt with exhaustion and something worse. Guilt."No one takes Daddy away. I promise."Promises I might not keep.On the fourth day, we reached Sarah's backup location. An abandoned mining facility in Idaho. Deep underground. Off every grid."This will hold us for maybe a week," she said, setting up equipment. "Then they will find us. Satellites. Thermal imaging. Dogs. They have unlimited resources. We have—" She gestured at our meager supplies. "This.""Then we need to change the game." I spread out maps. News reports. Everything Sarah had pulled from the dark web. "Victoria thinks she ha
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