Fall of the Six (The Preston Six Book 3) by Matt Ryan

Author:Matt Ryan [Ryan, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: 32 Novel Publishing
Published: 2015-04-28T23:00:00+00:00

JOEY FELT HIS HEAD JOSTLING up and down. His fingertips rubbed against fabric. The rhythmic sound of heavy breathing and the smell of sweat—where was he? One crusty eye opened and he gazed at the building next to him moving by. Passing a window, he saw their reflection. Hank carried him over his shoulder as he ran. Hank!

And Poly, with knife in hand, jogged behind him, looking in every direction with a nervous look on her face.

“Poly,” Joey whispered. His throat felt dry and the word was full of air. She didn’t hear him. “Poly,” he croaked out. Hank stopped and lowered him on his back.

“Joey?” The big guy hovered over him.

“You’re here . . . how?” Joey asked. He must be dreaming or worse, he was trapped in another scene generator and none of this was real.

Lucas’s face appeared behind Hank’s. “We rescued you, man.”

The idea wouldn’t sink into his foggy head. They all seemed so real.

Poly lay down next to him and hugged his head. “I thought we were going to lose you, don’t ever do that again.”

Samantha knelt on the other side and patted back his hair. She stared at him with blood shot eyes. Had she been crying? “How are you feeling?”

He thought of his last thoughts. He was dying in the stairwell with them. It was so hot. Now he was on a sidewalk with all of his friends surrounding him.

“I don’t know, my head hurts. Let’s see if I can get up.” If he could stand, he thought he would be able to decide if it was real. He rolled on his side and pushed himself up. His head pounded in retaliation and he sat on his knees, waiting for the wave of pain to pass. He pushed himself up to his feet. “We’re together?” he asked, taking each of his friends in. They were alive, in front of him. All of them.

The thoughts of what he’d been through flooded his mind with shocking detail. What did Lucas, Julie, and Hank have to endure to get here? “You’re alive?” he directed at Lucas.

“Yep—” Lucas started to say.

Joey hugged him, then moved to Hank, Julie, Samantha, and Poly. He never thought he would see them again. He had written off this part of his life, given up. His eyes watered and he couldn’t stop taking in each of them as if seeing them for the first time. His whole body shook with emotion and his throat clogged up with unspoken words.

“You’re a bit late to the party,” Lucas said.

“Yeah, you should have seen Lucas, bawling like a baby in the stairwell,” Hank snickered.

“Hey, don’t act like you didn’t get emotional. I didn’t think you were ever going to let go of our group hug.”

Joey smiled. With each of them surrounding him, he felt as if he could take on anything. Even his body felt better, just knowing the Six were back together.

“I can keep carrying you,” Hank offered.

The idea of flopping over Hank’s shoulder sounded like a nightmare.

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