Chapter 190 Andre’s dominance

Trust Andre to keep them laser-focused despite their moment of triumph. Already, Mariama could hear the first vehicles crashing through the forest behind them as Vallejo's men started mounting an organized pursuit. His control over the situation was rapidly slipping like sand through his fingers. So with a sharp nod and that same focused intensity from before, she signaled for Rubio's team to move out. They bounded from shadow to shrub in textbook fire and maneuver formations, steadily pushing deeper into the towering mountain forest as the sounds of their pursuit faded into the distance behind them. All the while, the muted cracks of Andre's sniper fire walked just ahead, dropping any careless scouts or flankers foolish enough to risk impeding their retreat. By the time Mariama's lungs were burning and legs turning to jelly, they'd crested the high ridge linking up with their final defensive position. The reassuring whump-whump of rotor blades in the distance signaled their ride ou