Dawn of Rebellion (Dawn of Rebellion Series Book 1) by Lynn Michelle

Author:Lynn, Michelle [Lynn, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2013-12-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

Gabby

Everyone near the fire is holding their breaths as grim looking soldiers pile out of their vehicles. They form up around their trucks waiting for something, probably orders. The last person to step out does so slowly. He walks to the front of the formation. I’m assuming this is the head guy, I’m not really up on military terms. He is a large man, tall and imposing. His shoulders are so broad that I wonder how they got his uniform to fit him. He has short cropped hair, as do all of his soldiers. His eyes are large and seem to be black but it’s hard to tell in the darkness. The glow of the fire helps me see that the leader’s uniform is different from his soldiers in that it is black with three brass buttons near the collar and a column of brass buttons down the front. His soldiers have on black pants with red jackets. The buttons on their uniforms are silver.

The leader nods to his men and they span out. Up until now, it has been completely silent, but as the soldiers begin entering huts, they start barking orders. They are going into every hut and pulling people out of their beds. Once outside, people are made to stand in three straight lines. There is so much yelling going on at this point that I can’t even make out the words. I rush over to the nearest line and stand completely still. I am still not sure if anyone got a glimpse of me in the woods so I don’t look at any of the soldiers directly. I am just glad that I had enough time to calm down and erase all indicators that I had recently been running for my life.

Once everyone is awake and lined up, the soldiers begin walking between the lines.

“Do you realize what has taken place this night?” It is the leader this time. “One of you has been outside of camp lines, beyond the fence. This is forbidden. We have reason to believe he was not alone.”

I am so nervous that I can’t even think. There are about a dozen people who saw me come in tonight. Will one of them give me up?

“They’re all here commander,” one of the soldiers announces from across the group.

“Thank you captain.” He doesn’t look pleased. I think he was hoping there was still someone out there to capture and punish. So far, no one has come forward with my name.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see movement near the back of the first truck. One of the soldiers has opened the back door and is removing something. The commander motions him forward and I am shocked to see the soldier dragging someone forward. It’s Jeremy. I want to run to him but Amanda puts her hand on my shoulder to keep me in place. I hadn’t even realized she was behind me.

Oh Jeremy. He looks terrible. His left eye is swollen shut and blood is trickling down his right cheek.

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