Lights Out In Vegas (Book 4): Line of Fire by Patten Sean

Author:Patten, Sean [Patten, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | EMP | Survival
Published: 2019-12-09T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

May 17

The air was crisp and still as I made my way to the meeting point.

Kelly was back at the tent. Our parting…it had been strange, to be honest. There had been an odd kind of tension between us, both of us knowing that there was a significant chance that I might not come back. If this coup were to go sideways…

I knew I couldn’t think that way. But as I’d said my goodbyes and stepped out of the tent, part of me wanted to turn right back around tell her how I felt. Sure, I didn’t know how I felt, exactly, but hopefully I’d find the words.

I hadn’t done that, however. Instead, I’d said goodbye as if we were still married and I was going off to work and that I’d be home at the usual time around six, just in time for us to figure out where were getting takeout from for dinner.

Maybe it was just my imagination, but the camp seemed…dead. Like everyone there knew what was about to go down and they were all waiting and watching to see where the chips would fall.

But there was no way for the refugees to know plans were in motion that would potentially change their lives forever—plans in which I was going to play a key role.

I turned the corner between the first bank of supply depots and headed into the first one. Inside, fifty or so men and women were gathered, geared up like they were about to ship out. Mason stood at the head, and Steve hurried up to me as soon as he saw me.

“There you are,” he said. “Was worried you weren’t gonna show.”

“Nah,” I said. “I’m here with you all the way.”

Truthfully, it was the only reason I was there. Between Mason and Lambert…I had no idea. Lambert struck me as a good man, sure. He clearly cared about the lives he’d been entrusted with, and that was the problem. Mason had a point that he was perhaps a little too soft, that he didn’t have it in him to make the tough calls. And his lack of a cold, calculating side might end up bringing down the whole operation.

But Mason could be the devil we didn’t know. From the little time I’d spent hearing him talk, there was no doubt in my mind that he’d be everything that Lambert wasn’t. He struck me as hard, serious, willing to do whatever it took to complete his mission, even if that meant twisting the rules. What would Esperanza be like under his command, if he even managed to pull off the coup? No way to know.

And then there was the possibility that the coup would fail, and that a few hours from now I’d be lined up for a firing squad right along with my brother.

“That’s everyone,” said Mason as Steve and I formed up with the rest of the group.

He took a slow, deep breath and spoke.

“I want to thank you all for being here,” he said.

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