Chapter 15 - The Sunrise Over the Ridge
The morning sun broke over the Georgia ridge, burning away the last remnants of the cold gray mist and painting the wet pine trees in shades of gold and amber. The clearing outside the old weather station was quiet, save for the gentle rustle of leaves and the steady dripping of morning dew from the branches above.
Lily sat on the back step of an unmarked military transport vehicle, wearing a dry, oversized green service jacket over her pink pastel hoodie. Her dog-eared copy of Where the Red Fern Grows lay open in her lap, though she wasn't reading. She was watching the horizon where the sky was turning a brilliant, cloudless blue.
Beside her, Staff Sergeant Gordon sat wrapped in a wool blanket, sipping a cup of steaming black coffee with his good arm while watching the local news broadcast playing on a rugged portable tablet resting on his knee.
“...breaking overnight from the Department of Defense,” the news anchor’s voice echoed clearly from the speaker. “Federal authorities have confirmed the resignation of several high-ranking officials following the public release of classified documents detailing environmental cover-ups at Sector Four. An independent congressional inquiry has been launched to investigate—”
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