Death City: A Post-Apocalyptic Adventure (Dark Resistance Book 1) by Stephanie Mylchreest

Author:Stephanie Mylchreest [Mylchreest, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2019-11-20T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Natália paused by the glass doors and peered out into the darkness beyond. Harper could smell smoke and the surrounding area was black, the grid down.

Natália said something in Slovak to her brothers, who shoved past Harper and moved next to her. The three of them scanned the surrounds. Harper caught sight of the ragged wound she’d inflicted with the cobra-head. The man turned and caught her staring, then growled at her menacingly.

Natália gave instructions to the men and they moved outside, searching the car park and the thicket of trees beyond. She followed them through the glass doors and watched as her brothers cleared the area. Ironically, the man attacked by Harper now gripped her cobra-head in one hand. The other wielded the gun. Harper guessed they were searching for Lukas. It didn’t surprise her that he’d left without them.

Harper shifted closer to Joe and made eye contact with Tomas, smiling reassuringly at the small boy. She reached down and patted Erik and the dog licked her hand, pressing his wet nose into her palm.

“As soon as we get the chance, we are going to have to run for it,” she whispered to Joe. “We may only get one chance to get away from them. How’s your arm? Will you be okay?”

Joe nodded. “I’m fine. Don’t worry about me.”

“Where’s Lukas?” hissed Sara. She had a deep purple bruise developing on her forehead and she ran one finger over the swollen lump.

“Hey! Stop talking or I will cut out your tongue,” the woman called to them. “Come now, it is time to go.”

“Be ready for anything,” whispered Joe. “These people are certifiably crazy.”

They walked outside and trailed behind the woman, who kept glancing over her shoulder at them. The two brothers had reached the corner of the building and pressed themselves flat against the wall, edging forward slowly. The woman paused, angling herself so she could see Harper and the others.

One man leaned out to look around the corner. He held the gun with confidence and Harper appraised him. He was comfortable with the weapon and swept the area efficiently, before motioning for them to follow him.

“Here we go,” whispered Joe.

They hurried to the corner of the aluminum-clad shopping complex and stepped onto the grassy rise that lay between them and the highway. Harper took Sara’s hand to get her attention. “I can’t see anyone, there’s no sign of Lukas,” she breathed out. The air was heavier than before, the ash and smoke catching in the back of their throats. Close by, someone’s home was burning. Harper could see the flames several blocks away.

“The city is on fire,” she whispered with a deep ache of sadness.

Her father had been born in Bratislava. The city was literally in her blood. But he spent much of his childhood in east Slovakia, the same town from which her grandfather had been abducted by the Soviets after the Second World War. She had wanted to come to Slovakia since she started her European trip.

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