It was quiet in the truck. Joe idled it along while Jim prayed that they stayed on the road. He and Marie had their radios turned down to a whisper. Carol had met Staff and John and had sent them on their way. Rob had been called in to respond to an incident in the reserve, but Carol would be back at the detachment in minutes. Everything is going to be OK.

He wished he believed it.

Someone else had been down this road ahead of them. The weak moonlight lit tire tracks and ...