Chapter 12
The fire had the dry forest in its sights and it seemed that no matter what they did, it wasn’t going down.
Evan had led the strike team of Krista, Nick, Ant-man, Axe, and Riverboat two thousand feet up the side of the South Fork Divide. They created a firebreak line the whole way up in order to narrow and focus the fire toward where he knew the battle would be.
Akbar, Ox, and the rest of the first plane load were headed down the valley of the South Fork Nooksack River. It would be a far more difficult target to secure. When the second load of smokies jumped, they’d probably all go to help Akbar.
He’d wished he’d watched the fire more during his jump, but when Krista hadn’t jumped, then followed him late, he’d spent all his attention willing her to pull her ripcord. At any a
