"Use grenades and explosives to clear the way, don't think about collateral damage!" The Eagle Captain's face was covered in soot, his bloodshot eyes glaring: "Better dead than alive!"
...
Another wave of commotion erupted outside the interrogation room, with shouting and the constant clatter of hoofbeats echoing.
Alonso, who had just lost all hope, now seemed to grasp at the last straw.
He stopped struggling and resisting, instead craning his neck and openly listening to the sounds outside the interrogation room. He stared intently at the sealed-off window, as if trying to pierce through the wooden planks to see the other side.
Winters made no effort to stop the prisoner. He coldly asked, "Still refusing to give up?"
...
The western gate was breached; up ahead lay the central guard zone of the garrison.
