Chapter 1320

That afternoon, they finally reached the foot of the mountain.

They grabbed a quick bite-some sandwiches and coffee from a roadside diner- before hopping into a private car headed straight for the airport.

On the way, Tarquin glanced over and asked, "Those eight guys still behaving themselves?"

He was talking about the eight surviving poachers. Out of a group of over a hundred, they were the only ones who'd made it back down alive.

The wilderness out there was no joke—dangerous and unforgiving.

The driver, who was one of their own, replied, "Their heads are all messed up. Looks like the woods scared them senseless. One's rambling about seeing ghosts, another swears he saw Bigfoot..."

But no one mentioned the cabin. No one breathed a word about someone living deep in those woods.

Honestly, just making it out alive was miracle enough-their minds were shot to pieces. Remembering a random cabin? Not a chance.

Tarquin pressed on, "What about their partners on the outside? All caught?"

knew where there were hunters, there'd be buyers. Those poachers definitely had a whole network

there-hides, antlers, you name it got shipped overseas. There's another team

officials?

we could identify is locked

someone watching. I don't want a

driver gave a firm nod. "And about developing this area the higher-ups gave the

"Make sure everything stays

"Understood."

been quiet, finally spoke up, curiosity in her eyes. "You're

up the area around the mountain basically secure the entry points. If anyone shady tries to get up there again, we'll know about it right away and can stop them at the

base wasn't really developed

for

funding the renovations mainly to upgrade the entry to the wild forest. Right now, there were just a couple of

signposts-practically uselessl

a sense of adventure could just

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