Bug Out! California Book 3: Rebellion by Robert Boren

Author:Robert Boren [Boren, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: South Bay Press
Published: 2017-08-15T22:00:00+00:00

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Sam and One Eye sat on rocks near the fire, in the center of the group of tents.

“You okay with this?” One Eye asked.

“Ji-Ho is one crazy son of a bitch, but that’s what we need,” Sam said. “It’ll be nice to see that old lunatic.”

“He’s liable to draw Saladin right to us,” One Eye said.

“That’ll give me a chance to kill him,” Sam said.

“Don’t let the personal stuff mess with you,” One Eye said. “We’ve got a job to do.”

“He’s going to get personal,” Sam said.

“Then let him make the mistakes,” One Eye said.

Sam chuckled. “Message received, and you’re right.”

Clem and Sid walked over. “What’s going on?” Sid asked. “Saw you on the phone.”

“We just talked to another group that’s on their way here,” One Eye said.

“There’s another group coming?” asked a tiny young woman, moving closer to the fire.

“Yes, Sage Flower,” One Eye said. “Why do you ask?”

“Sage Flower,” she said, rolling her eyes, her beautiful face framed by thick shiny black hair. “My name is Megan. Don’t call me by the Indian name. I’m a grown up.”

“Yeah, I’d better not hear Still Pool, either,” a young woman next to her said. She was a larger woman, curvy with high cheekbones and the same long, shiny black hair as Megan. “I’d better not hear anything other than Kaitlyn from you and the other elders. Especially if we’ve got more men showing up. I’m not a squaw.”

Sid chuckled. “Heard that before.”

“We don’t want to abandon our culture,” One Eye said.

“We can have normal names in public and still be true to what we believe,” Kaitlyn said. “Tell us about the group.”

“It’s small,” One Eye said. “Ji-Ho is an older Asian man. Korean.”

“Who’s with him?” Megan asked.

“His niece,” One Eye said. “And three other men. One of them spoke on the call. He sounded like he was in his mid-20s.”

“Good,” Megan said.

One Eye shook his head. “We’ve got men in the tribe.”

“All the best ones are taken already,” Kaitlyn said.

“Maybe because the other women don’t balk at our traditions.”

Megan rolled her eyes. “Yes they do.”

“Relax,” Kaitlyn said. “We might not even like them, and one of them is taken anyway.”

“Why do you say that?” Sid asked.

“Think about it,” Kaitlyn said. “The old man has his niece with him, and other men who he didn’t call relations. One of them is the niece’s boyfriend, and the other two are probably his friends.”

“How do you know all of the men are in their mid-20s?” One Eye asked. He glanced at Sid and Sam, smiling.

“And I wanted a daughter,” Sam said, rolling his eyes and getting up. “I’m gonna go find a place to bed down. Just texted those GPS coordinates to Ji-Ho.”

“I saw Sarah, Yvonne, and Connie setting up tents over that way about forty yards,” One Eye said, pointing. “See you later. You know our friends are gonna arrive in the middle of the night, right?”

“Yeah, I know,” Sam said as he walked away. “All the more reason to get some sleep now.

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