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Brent took one look at the unconscious security guards and had reversed course heading back down the steps. He had sent the rest of his team ahead, but he’d known what they were going to find. The confirmation that the trailer was empty came across the radio as his feet hit the impacted dirt and gravel parking lot. Brent ran full speed across the maze of cars, headed for the main access road. He could see cars that were filing onto the main ramp that led to the freeway. He had to get to that intersection, each heartbeat meant another car was racing away from the venue, and any of them might contain the girl he’d come here to save. His body moved back and forth in an off balance stride, straining for any more speed that his legs could give him. His muscles began to burn, and the pain gave him new strength, he wanted to be reminded of the consequences of his failure. This pain was the least of that that was to come.