City of Twilight: Rise of the Hunter (The Vanguard Chronicles Book 1) by Stephenson III Donald

Author:Stephenson III, Donald
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-02-07T16:00:00+00:00

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​Elijah Vanguard looked out the window of a shabby apartment building in Lower District forty years older and much more experienced than when he first had that conversation with his father about the city. His thoughts then turned to James. He’d better be all right. Everyone knew about what happened in Capitol District last night. There were some deaths that had occurred in some of the nearby buildings as Civic Protection recklessly tried to take him down. That whole block sustained quite a bit of damage. Once again the vid networks didn’t even mention it, and Elijah had to learn of it through one of his sources.

​Apparently, James had somehow evaded the long arm of Civic Protection and the Council. Elijah wondered who the council was, after all these years. He wished he could have been there to see their reactions after James had escaped. He knew a couple of their names: Dante and Ares. He wondered who they really were, and what their relation to Father really was. Did he control them like he did the rest of the city? Did they survive the collapse, or were they responsible for it?

​He glanced out the window. There were a few people out, and cars passing by slowly. It was quiet. His thoughts moved back to James, wondering if he was alright.

​A CP patrol car drove slowly by. He moved away from the window quickly. He knew they hadn’t seen him, but he needed to be careful. It was almost one in the afternoon, and the sky was as dim as evening. Elijah wished his father had learned something about why the sky was so dark before he’d died. He wondered what could have caused the sky to behave like that during the day. There weren’t any clouds yet, and even the sun looked faded.

​The window was cracked open, and he felt a cool breeze. Summer was coming, although the weather was always unpredictable in Dirge. He turned from the window. He was on the second floor of a small apartment building. The walls were a faded green, with painted on leaves and trees. There was a small bed in the corner and a cot on the floor next to it. His daughter, Alicia, sat on the bed drawing on a data screen with a stylus. She was quietly engrossed in her picture.

​He started to leave the room and she spoke. “He'll find us, daddy. You don’t need to worry.” Elijah walked over to her and sat down on the bed next to her.

​“What do you mean, Alicia? Who will find us?”

​“The hunter,” she said, “the one with the metal monster.”

​“Alicia," Elijah said, “I thought you were afraid of him. How did you know we were friends?” She didn’t look up, instead still focusing on her picture she drew on the data screen.

​“I was afraid of him when I first saw him,” she said. “He was scary. Now, though, I can see him in my mind. I can see lots of things when I close my eyes.

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