The iron clanked loudly as the lock slid into place.
Overhead, a trio of air force jets zoomed low, made a wide curving arc, and flew over again. In the distance, a sea of black helicopters flooded the sky, heading with determination toward the park.
“I guess the joint chief of staff has decided to reassert himself.”
“What?” Wyatt asked.
Howard walked next to him, placing his fingers over his eyes to shade them from the slowly rising sun.
“It means our government has gone back to work.”
“Josh?” Carter questioned, turning to Wyatt.
Wyatt looked at his phone, reading messages, his eyes tearing up. “Home, safe with Mom. She’s freaking out. I have forty-five messages from her. Should I tell her we’re okay?’
Carter hooked his arm around Wyatt’s neck, ruffling his hair.
“Yep. We’re okay.”
In the rusty-orange-colored hills, the sun rose, coating them with warmth, and a lone wolf howled.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael Phillip Cash is an award-winning screenwriter and novelist. He has written twelve novels including the bestselling Brood X, Stillwell, The Flip, The After House, The Hanging Tree, Battle for Darracia series, Witches Protection Program and Pokergeist. They have won numerous awards, including the NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award and Honorable Mention to ForeWord’s Book of the Year IndieFab Awards.
His screenplay for ‘Pokergeist’ won the Grand Jury Prize in Comedy in the 2015 New York Screenwriting Contest out of 5500 screenplays, and was an Official Finalist in the Hollywood Screenplay Awards.
‘Witches Protection Program’ was an Official Finalist in the 2015 New York Screenwriting Contest & Hollywood Screenwriting Contest in Fantasy.
‘Stillwell’ was named as an Official Finalist in the 2015 Los Angeles Movie Awards. ‘Brood X’ won 4thplace out of 4500 scripts on Script Pipeline, was an Official Finalist in the 2015 New York Screenwriting Contest Horror/Sci Fi and the book version won Best Horror 2014 from Reader’s Views and Rebecca’s Reads.
Michael currently resides on the north shore of Long Island with his wife and two screaming monsters. He writes full time and is working on many more novels and screenplays.
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