Civilization (Displaced Book 2) by Stephen Drake

Author:Stephen Drake [Drake, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-02T22:00:00+00:00

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It had taken Declan quite some time to realize that he was all alone. He had been too busy pouting to hear Murdock leave, not that he heard Murdock when he moved anyway. “The man is a damned ghost,” Declan said quietly to himself. “How is it possible for anyone to move that quietly?” He wasn’t happy with Reyes or Annie Cooper. He had wanted desperately to see Doctor Harris and took it as a personal affront when he was denied. He didn’t like the guards that didn’t grant him access after he had been on the council. “When I was on the council, Reyes was nothing. Who does she think she is?” he said aloud to himself.

He sat thinking for quite some time. He had ceased talking to himself out loud as he fumed. While he sat there, he heard a strange noise coming toward him from the river. As he sat, hoping that whatever it was would make a quick ending to him, he saw a doe come haltingly toward him. He sat mesmerized by the animal and was not thinking anything, lest the animal sense his thoughts and run off. As he watched, he saw it graze cautiously, constantly watching him. More than once, Declan found that he had stopped breathing and gasped for air. On one of those gasps, the doe heard him and bounded off. As he sat watching, Declan found that his anger and frustration had left him, as if the doe had taken it from him.

As he sat there, he had no idea how he was going to survive, but that didn’t seem to matter much. He felt calmer than he had been in a very long time and figured something would come up. He was trying to figure out where he could go. The transport pod is out. Everyone there had assaulted and raped Doctor Harris or allowed it and had beaten him nearly to death. I could try for Murdock’s cabin. I do have a general idea of where it is, but doubt my apologies would be accepted. He thought of returning to the camp where Annie and Doctor Harris were, but they had kicked him out and he was unsure what would await him, should he return. He had no idea where the rest of the newcomers had gone. He thought he had over-heard Murdock and Mei Lee discussing it and seemed to remember something about going downriver.

He jumped when he heard someone talking and coming in his direction. It was then that he noticed it was close to sunset and he hadn’t eaten anything for many hours. Not having a weapon, Declan had decided to hide until they, whoever they were, had gone past. While he was hidden, he watched to see who was coming. He heard them pass downriver a few yards. He recognized their voices as those from the box canyon. He figured they were on their way to catch some fish. He followed the three men with as much stealth as he could manage.

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