Life of Danger: A Post Apocalyptic EMP Thriller by Jacob Hunter

Author:Jacob Hunter [Hunter, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2023-12-15T16:00:00+00:00

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Gregory

Gregory didn’t know why the world’s lights had gone out. Didn’t know anything about it at all. Had no idea when or how it had occurred.

But he knew one thing for damn sure.

He loved absolutely every second of it.

He recalled the first person who had asked him the question as to why the lights had gone out. An old man, balding, with a sweet voice. And a fraying, frail body.

And Gregory had shown him no mercy, running forwards and grabbing both sides of his head. Snapping it to the right, revelling in the crack that sounded.

And then letting that body drop, dead. The body of the first murder after he’d gained back his freedom.

Cars hadn’t worked, with them all being stuck in the middle of the roads, the drivers estranged. Gregory couldn’t steal one and tail it out of there before the police could come.

But there lay the most beautiful thing about the new world. The new kind of order.

The police were nowhere to be seen, officers no longer roaming the streets as they had done in Gregory’s prime. The officers now were likely shacking up with their own children, trying to escape the storm that was this blackout over Britain.

And that left the criminals, the insane, like Gregory, to run rampant around the city, causing mayhem everywhere they went. And Gregory loved that freedom to commit whatever crimes he wanted.

Gregory had made his way towards that cabin of Astrid Meadows. The one in the woods where he had murdered her son, Alex. The same place where he had been finally caught.

Gregory’s heart beat faster at the thought of how satisfying Astrid’s murder would feel. Once he got his hands on her, made her beg for mercy like her son had done, and then viciously kill her with no remorse.

Remorse wasn’t a feeling Gregory knew. His dad had made sure of that, by remorselessly beating the life out of him at every opportunity.

I’m the same as you, Pops, the cynical voice inside Gregory always spoke out. I hope you’re happy down there rotting in hell.

Gregory grabbed a few more kills on the way to the woods. A pregnant woman and her husband, walking aimlessly along, as well as a stray child who was running through the street, screaming to find her father. And screaming whilst Gregory tore her limbs apart.

Gregory really was, with his lack of empathy for children, a spitting image of his dad.

Gregory had made it to the same woods, but it was a massive affair. Colossal trees stood tall to the sky, and blocked his path to Astrid meadows. Blocked his path to redemption. To revenge.

So he had entered the thickets of green, seeking her cabin. Seeking revenge for what she had done to him all those years ago. Helping to lock him up in prison. Helping to take away his freedom to enjoy himself the way he saw fit.

And then a bandit had tried to steal from him. Tried to take his bag from him, the bag he’d stolen from the husband he’d killed earlier.

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