Brimstone: V Plague Book 16 by Dirk Patton

Author:Dirk Patton [Patton, Dirk]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-12-29T07:00:00+00:00

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We pushed through into the cramped store and I brought him to a stop. I could immediately see three men, loading liquor and beer into shopping carts. They were laughing and talking, eager for the bounty they had found. Where was the fourth guy? I’d heard five distinct voices and had my knife across the throat of one of them.

I didn’t have to wait long before he walked into view carrying an armload of wine bottles. Carefully depositing them into one of the other’s cart, he turned to go back for more. When he spotted his friend, he froze, then called out to his buddies. They turned, going stock still when they saw me.

“Everyone stay where they are,” I said in a loud voice.

“What the fuck, mate?” the wine guy said.

“Where’s the girl?” I asked.

“What girl?”

He’d answered fast, but I’d caught a brief hesitation. Was it out of fear, or was it because it took him a second to decide on a lie.

“Lie to me and your mate here gets a new smile,” I said. “Then I’ll kill each of you until I find her.”

“We ain’t lying, mate,” one of the others said. “It’s just us. We ain’t got no girl with us!”

“Then, where is she?”

I pushed on the back of my prisoner’s neck and we moved a few feet farther before I stopped him. The men exchanged worried glances then wine man spoke again.

“Look, mate. We don’t have your woman. Ain’t seen her. Don’t know nothin’ about her. But if you hurt Angus, we’re gonna kill you, knife or no knife.”

I watched his face as he spoke, quickly looking around at the others.

“Not a woman,” I said, still unsure but not quite ready to unleash mayhem on them. “A little girl. Twelve years old. We were in a car crash and when I came to, she was gone.”

As I said it, a momentary thrill of fear ran through me. What if an infected had taken her? But as soon as I had the thought, I realized I was wrong. If an infected had come along, it wouldn’t have left me alive and sure wouldn’t have taken my weapons.

“We’re telling you the truth!” my prisoner said.

Damn it, I was beginning to believe them. Sighing, I removed the blade from his throat and pushed him a few steps away, prepared in case he decided to try and deliver some retribution. Wouldn’t blame him if he did, but that didn’t mean I was going to let him have a free shot.

He stood looking at me, rubbing his throat and inspecting the blood on his hand from where the knife had cut into his skin. I didn’t feel bad. I’ve had shaving nicks on my head worse than what I did to him.

“Who else is around here that could have taken her?” I asked. “Someone that would use spike strips to stop a vehicle.”

I saw a look pass between the men, but they didn’t say anything.

“What do you know?” I growled.

“We don’t know you, mate,” Angus, my former prisoner said.

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