Nobody breathed while Brax held the phone to his ear and the entire area seemed to freeze around him. Because it was her.
After days of dead ends, false leaders, staged locations and traps, it was finally her.
Talia and she was alive.
The realization hit every person standing there and Brax looked completely different.
The anger and desperation vanished. Everything vanished. Only focus remained.
“Talia.” He said as his voice sounded rougher, almost broken.
“Talia. Where are you?” Brax asked.
Silence crackled through the speaker and then her voice returned. It sounded weak and exhausted but alive.
“Brax.” She said.
The sound hit him hard. I could see it. Everyone could and his hand tightened around the phone.
“We’re coming.” Brax said.
“No. They’ll hear.” Talia said urg
