Chapter 229

Jacob's Perspective The oppressive silence after our failure didn't last long. Our group's skills might be a mixed bag, but our ability to band together and focus in a desperate situation? That, we had mastered. We gathered in the clearing between the two SUVs, using the headlights like a primitive campfire, brainstorming how to crack this hard nut. "A frontal assault is out. We don't have the numbers or the firepower," Lily said, sketching a crude outline of the factory in the dirt with a stick. "And the backdoor approach just slammed in our faces and bolted itself shut." "So, we split up. Good old diversion," Xavier summarized, arms crossed, his voice a low rumble. A plan began to take shape. Lily, Xavier, Adrian, and the twins would "pay another visit" to the slaughterhouse at first light. This time, it wasn't a probe. It was a full-blown distraction. Gunfire, maximum chaos, designed to pull the guards and mo