Avenge the Darkness: A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Survive the Darkness Book 4) by Ryan Casey

Author:Ryan Casey [Casey, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Higher Bank Books
Published: 2021-11-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Aoife waited until dark before she went back to the estate.

It felt strange being back here. Sad. The flames had gone out, but there was still the smell of smoke in the air, the taste of burning. Every now and then, she swore she heard sounds—footsteps, rustling, voices. Crows cawing. And the thought of them swooping down and eating the charred remains of so many people made her feel sick.

But she’d watched this place for a good while now.

And she knew exactly where she needed to go in order to load up and gather some supplies for the next stage of her journey.

She stood there, right by the gates of the west wall. The entire wall had been shattered with the explosions. She had to clamber over the brick and the debris to get over. Every now and then, she felt something nudge against her foot, realised it was a limb. A loose hand or an exploded leg. A reminder of all that’d happened here. Everyone she’d lost.

She felt that guilt surfacing again.

That guilt for her own hand in this.

That knowledge that vengeance and lust for revenge had got her into this mess…

Then she pushed it away.

Fuck that shit.

Grace deserved whatever she was going to get.

She hopped down off a pile of bricks and stood in the middle of the dark street.

Usually at night, the place was quiet. But this felt different. It felt ghostly. Dead.

There was nobody around at all.

The sound of a shop door creaking in the cold breeze.

Bodies lining the road.

Bricks and debris everywhere.

She walked through the street, keeping her head down, keeping her sadness at bay. Trying to stay in the moment. Trying not to get caught in the guilt. In the sadness. In the hatred.

Just walking to where she needed to go.

She went towards the end of the terraced street, past the houses that so many people called home, and saw the old mechanics up ahead.

She knew there were weapons there. Not many, just stuff they’d found on their supply runs, their scouting missions. Generally, they tried to keep rifles and shit like that out of the hands of the people.

But Aoife knew there was enough in there with plenty of ammo after what happened with Christopher’s people. Enough to at least be able to put up some kind of fight in case any shit like that ever happened again.

She went to the door. Tried to open it, but it was locked.

Walked over to the window.

When she got to the window, she noticed something.

The window was smashed. And it didn’t look like it was smashed by the explosion, either.

It looked like it’d been smashed by someone who’d come here.

She looked around at the darkened streets. She’d seen the scavengers approaching earlier, and she knew she had to be careful. Was pretty damned sure all was good on that front, though. It looked all clear. Had to be.

“Come on, Rex,” she said. “The sooner we get out of here, the better.”

She climbed in through the window.

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