Edge of Disaster: An EMP Post-Apocalyptic Survival Prepper Series (American Fallout Book 2) by Gunwick Alex

Author:Gunwick, Alex [Gunwick, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-12-08T05:00:00+00:00

13

Elijah puffed up his chest as yet another member of his flock knocked on the door to his office. He’d lost count of the number of people who’d come by to thank him for the feast. Losing a member of the family seemed less important this morning. He now had the complete respect of his flock, which is what he’d always wanted.

He waved in the elderly married couple who waited patiently at the door. As he half-listened to their praises, he ran through a roster of everyone in the church. Since the bombing, he’d lost two strong, younger men to that woman. He needed more people, but how could he find more? It’s not like he could put an ad online. He’d have to talk to Turner about it.

After he’d shuffled the couple out of his office, he called Turner in. Always the loyal soldier, he wasn’t ever far away, unless he was running the flock through their daily exercise routine. Elijah never participated. Why should he? He was already perfect.

“Come in and close the door,” Elijah said.

Turner did as he was told before taking a seat across from Elijah.

“Now that we have a healthier food supply, we need to consider the future,” Elijah said. “We’ll need to gather more supplies before winter.”

“Winter?”

“It’s only a month or so away.”

“Do you think the grid will still be down by then?”

“I don’t know, but we have to prepare for it. We don’t know God’s will. The final battle between good and evil might not happen for several months. But we need to prepare. We’ve already seen what the agents of evil can do to us. That woman—Jezebel incarnate—she killed two of our men. We need to replace them with better men, stronger men.”

“Those were good men.” Turner frowned.

“Of course,” Elijah said quickly. “They were good, honorable men. But we need stronger men. Men who are capable of dealing with the coming darkness. We must prepare for any and all attempts to destroy our community.”

“What do you propose?”

“We need men between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five.”

“That’s awfully specific.”

“Only bring back men in their prime.”

“Bring them back from where?”

“Town. And they should be single. No families.”

“Why not?” Turner asked.

“Families are dead weight.”

“That’s rather harsh.”

“It’s the truth. Think about it. What can kids contribute to the group? Nothing. They’re just additional mouths to feed. And the women, it’s nice to have them around, I suppose, but they do nothing to strengthen us.”

“I see.”

Elijah sat silent for several seconds while he assessed Turner’s mood. Although he’d never needed to sugar-coat his intent before, maybe he should have done it when talking about people.

“Please don’t think I’m being heartless. I just want to do what’s best for our community. I want to take care of the women and children we already have living here, but I can’t do that without more men.”

“I understand,” Turner said.

“Excellent. Now, I don’t want any thugs or drug addicts.”

“I doubt there are any drugs left out there.”

“You never know.”

“What should I be looking for?”

“Soldiers.

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