Blackout: A Tale Of Survival In A Powerless World- Book 1 by Alexandria Clarke

Author:Alexandria Clarke [Clarke, Alexandria]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-11-13T07:00:00+00:00

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The crowd cheered with mass approval, but when I saw the look of horror on Jacob’s face, I wondered if I had given the people of Camp Haven too much credit before. Before the EMP blast, Jove would have considered being expelled from the compound a blessing. He would have fired up his Humvee and driven it down the mountain back into the city without a glance over his shoulder at what he’d left behind. Things were different now. There was nothing to go back to in Denver except for disastrous trouble. Jove had never been camping a day in his life. I doubted he even knew how to get a fire started without a blow torch, let alone set up a shelter for himself or find food. The animals were starting to burrow away in preparation for the incoming snow storms. It was rare to find one out and about these days, but if a rabbit did stick its head out of its cubby hole, Jove wasn’t keen enough to catch it. Camp Haven had all but condemned Jove to death.

“No,” Jacob shouted over the crowd. Ludo’s security guards kept the onlookers from climbing the stage. Jove, whose hands were bound to the chair, rocked to and fro in an attempt to free himself from the restraints. “You can’t do this!”

“Silence!” Jax said, and the crowd fell quiet. “The decision will be taken to Sylvester for the final review. In the meantime, I cannot condone this behavior while we wait for his confirmation. Please disperse. Return to your dormitories.”

The people of Camp Haven erupted into loud complaints. This was the event of the season, and Jax was cutting it short. I was grateful. The jeering crowd was making all of this worse. Jacob grew more tense with every shout. The whites of Jove’s eyes shone in the dark night as he yelled at the tribunal to cut the ropes around his hands. Jax put two fingers in her mouth and let out an earsplitting whistle.

“This camp will come to order!” she boomed. “Now! Unless you all want a demerit?”

The residents of the compound recognized that she was not bluffing, and the throng finally began to disperse. I slipped in with a group of people heading back to the dormitories, but Jacob leapt off the stage, bullied his way through, and caught me by my coat.

“What are you doing?” I asked, tugging free.

“Me?” he said. “What about you? You brought us here, Georgie! To keep us safe, you claimed. Did you hear what they said? They’re kicking him out. He won’t survive out there. He doesn’t know how.”

“I don’t know what you expect me to do about it,” I told him.

“You have pull with people here,” Jacob said, pleading with his eyes. “Everyone likes you. You could talk to Ludo or Jax. Tell them that he didn’t mean it. Tell them that we’ll make sure he toes the line from now on.”

Behind Jacob, Jove argued with the tribunal from his chair.

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