Days of Want Series (Book 6): Mayhem by Payne T.L

Author:Payne, T.L. [Payne, T.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | EMP | Survival | Thriller
Publisher: Shaky Rock Publishing
Published: 2020-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

Time stood still. Harmony clutched the children as tight to her chest as she could. With Chloe wailing in her ear, she couldn’t hear what the men were shouting. When the masked man grabbed hold of Maria and pulled her from the wagon, Harmony knew they were in serious trouble. She craned her neck to see where they were taking Maria.

The man and woman were yanked from the wagon seat and thrown to the ground.

“Zach,” Harmony called over the sound of Chloe’s cries.

“Harmony,” Zach yelled as he too was pulled from the wagon.

“Stop!” Harmony screamed.

“Shut that damn kid up. All that noise is giving me a headache,” the barrel-chested man holding Zach said.

Harmony handed Chloe to Dillon and started to stand. A second man raised his rifle and pointed it at Harmony. She held her hands out and eased herself back down into the wagon.

“You just sit there a second. Someone will be right with you,” the barrel-chested man said.

In Dillon’s arms, Chloe’s screams lowered to a whimper, allowing Harmony to hear the men on the opposite side of the wagon yelling instructions to the man and woman. Lady G was begging.

“Please, Rafe. I just wanted to make it back home to my kids. They’re all alone.”

“Shut up, Janie. You’re not going anywhere except back to the ranch. But your man here, he’s going upriver,” the man holding her said.

Janie began sobbing uncontrollably. “No. Please no. I’ll behave. I’ll do whatever you want. Please don’t sell him. Please, Rafe.”

“Don’t call me that. I’m not him anymore. It’s too late, Janie. The boss is fed up with you two running.”

“I won’t run anymore. I’ll stay put. Please, just don’t sell my husband. You’re my brother, for God’s sake. Please. Have some mercy.”

Harmony heard what sounded like a slap followed by the woman’s scream. Her husband was yelling and then he stopped. The man was beating him with the butt of his gun.

Harmony suddenly realized that they’d stopped and picked up a couple of escaped slaves. Slave trading had become the latest threat to everyone’s survival. Men like these were swooping down on homes and taking the occupants to be sold. Laborers were needed to work on large farming operations in the corn belt. They were being transported along the Mississippi River.

“Okay, little lady, your turn. You just hop on down from there and join your man over there,” the man said, motioning with the barrel of his rifle.

Harmony reached out to take Chloe from Dillon. “No. Leave it there. Just you,” he yelled.

It? Was this man one of the soulless ones? Would he dispose of the children?

Dillon’s eyes grew wide. He reached out and grabbed Harmony’s arm as she rose. “Don’t leave us.”

“It’s all right. I’m just going over there with Zach. We’re going to talk to these men and straighten this all out. We’ll be back on our way in a minute. You just sit tight here and take care of your sister, okay?”

Dillon nodded as tears streamed down his freckled cheeks.

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