Apocalypse Harem Book One: MFFF Contemporary Harem Series (Apocalypse Harem) by Carley Hitchens

Author:Carley Hitchens [Hitchens, Carley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

When we finished lunch, Morgan stood up by the deck railing, leaning over it, looking down at the solar panels I had set up outside the house. They were heavy duty panels, 100-cell, 500-watt rigs. I had five set up in the grass, wired back to the house, along with another three sets of panels up on the roof.

“God, with all these solar panels, you must be living like…like a regular life in this house,” she said admiringly, and maybe even a little enviously.

“Not quite that normal,” I said. “These panels are all residential units, built for supplemental power, not to be a sole power source. Mostly, I reserve the power for running my freezers, my fridge, and powering batteries for tools and stuff.”

“Aw crap,” she said, shooting me a performative grimace. “So you’re telling me that this dump doesn’t have central air conditioning?”

I stood by her side then leaned over the rail, pointing at the big Bosch central air unit down at the western face of the house. “That big boy would run through my power like a hot knife through butter,” I laughed. “Earlier, I used to get tempted to fire it up, just to feel normal again. But, well…these days, the summers don’t get quite as hot. That figures, right? Considering there’s hardly any people left on the planet.”

Morgan laughed, somewhat bitterly. “No more planes and cars and trucks and tanks burping out carbon dioxide to cook the atmosphere,” she said. “Turns out we could clean up all the pollution on Earth. Trouble is, there’s hardly anyone left around to appreciate it.”

I noticed a sudden, dour glint in her eye. “Hey, c’mon,” I chided her gently. “We agreed not to talk about other people…or monsters…or the apocalypse.”

She smiled. “Yeah, you’re right.”

A fresh breeze blew in from the west, gusting down over the mountains, making the tree branches rattle across the hills. Morgan closed her eyes, relishing the cool air gusting across her bare skin, and even shivered a little.

“You know, I forgot to ask you where the hell we are,” she said.

I slapped myself in the forehead. “Christ, I’m sorry. It never occurred to me…” I shook my head. “Anyway, we’re in the Pocono Mountains. Northeastern Pennsylvania.”

“Near Philadelphia?” she asked.

“Couple hours north,” I answered. “We’re about halfway between Philly and New York City, actually. We’ve got East Stroudsburg to the south, a pretty decently-sized college town. The Lehigh Valley’s farther south, couple of mid-sized cities there, Bethlehem and Allentown, mostly. I take it you’re not familiar with the neighborhood.”

She chuckled. “I’m a California girl,” she said. “A real beach bunny, honestly.” She laughed wistfully, but a bit sadly. She rubbed her bare arms, her pale skin. “Back before everyone disappeared, I actually had a nice tan, believe it or not.”

“Oh awesome,” I said. “So you’re telling me that if we step through that portal, we’ll end up on the Golden Coast?”

“Nope,” she said with a brisk shake of her head. “I was nowhere near home when the world ended.

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