Ballistic: Icarus Series, Book Two by Aria Michaels

Author:Aria Michaels [Michaels, Aria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: teenager, apocalypse, friendship
Publisher: Aria Michaels
Published: 2016-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Survivors

“Turn right onto Beltline at the four-way, and follow it toward the bridge,” the woman said, nudging Falisha in the back. “Be quick about it. I don’t like the look of these clouds.”

“You and me both, lady,” Jake stepped in front of the buggy that held his sister and my dog.

Falisha, Riley, Ty, and Eli had been ushered ahead of the woman. The nose end of her shotgun rotated in a steady and rhythmic arc between them. The rest of us trailed behind earning little more than the occasional passing glance from the woman with the gun. She had every reason to be confident in her position. Bella was locked inside the buggy with Christa and the rest of us had our hands full. Literally. She had duct taped them to the handlebars of our bicycles.

“Who are you?” I said glaring at the back of her head. I wrenched my hands against the tape. “Where are you taking us?”

Bella growled softly in her chest, but her eyes were not on our captor. She spun restlessly within the confines of the small trailer that Zander dragged behind him. Bella lunged across Christa’s lap and perched on the sidebar of the buggy frame. She mashed her nose into the zipper, sniffing frantically. Her hackles raised, she started scratching at the mesh canopy that held her and Christa inside the buggy, and the growl moved up into her throat.

“Ow! Seriously, dog?” Christa snapped as she tried to push Bella off her. “Is this really necessary, lady? Why do I have to be locked up with the stupid dog? Can’t I just—?”

“Shut up, Christa,” Jake hissed under his breath.

“Keep moving,” the woman said in a steady voice. “If it’s all the same to you, I’d rather not be out here when the next storm hits.”

“Liv,” Zander whispered.

There was a rather large gun aimed at my best friend. I couldn’t risk my attention being drawn away from it for one second. I pressed on, as desperate for answers as I was for her to lower the weapon.

“Where the hell are we going?” I yelled, frustration building in my throat. “What do you want with us?”

“Seems to me you have more questions than answers,” she smirked over her shoulder at me and shook her head. I saw my reflection in her sunglasses. The desperation on my face pissed me off. “Here I had you pegged as the leader of these misfits. I must be losing my touch.”

“Liv,” Zander said sharply.

Was he really scolding me right now?

I glared at her, but bit my tongue and focused my hatred on the sound of my broken bike chain dragging across the concrete. As angry as I was with this woman for getting the jump on us— on me, now was probably not the best time to run my mouth. Perhaps if that gun were trained on me, it’d be less dangerous for me to speak my mind. But, then, she seemed to have already figured that out. Clever.

“If you want our stuff, why not just swipe it and let us go?” I asked, my jaw clenched.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.