Lost Sentinel: Post-Apocalyptic Time Travel Adventure (Earth Survives Series Book 1) by R.R. Roberts

Author:R.R. Roberts [Roberts, R.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780995802520
Publisher: Pajama Therapy Books
Published: 2017-07-15T06:00:00+00:00

22

Missing: The Truth

Nicola rolled over in her bed, awakened with a start by something just beyond her conscience. Wide awake, she sat up, knife in hand, pulled smoothly from under her pillow. Moonlight flooded her room through the locked window. Rhea lay undisturbed beside her. Everything was as she’d left it when she’d laid down. Shotgun on her side of the bed by the night stand, boots standing at the ready should she need them, her and Rhea’s bug-out bags beside them, chair jammed under the door handle. All was quiet.

What had pulled her from her slumber?

Something. She knew she would not sleep until she was satisfied everything was as it should be, so pulled aside the blankets, making sure not to disturb little Rhea. She slipped into the boots and stood up, fully dressed. She never wore night clothes — precious seconds lost dressing could mean her life; Rhea’s life.

She slid the knife blade under her belt at the small of her back, picked up the shotgun, then quietly removed the chair and opened the door. She peered out into the main living area, what Catherine had laughingly named “the great room”. It was as it should be, kitchen clean and tidy, and pans and pots hanging, row upon row of glass jars shiny with reflected firelight lining the shelves above the butcher-block counters. The chairs were all pushed up to the dining table, now claiming much of the room’s real estate with being permanently elongated by three extra leaves to accommodate everyone. The wraparound sectional was empty, save for Ninja, who snuck up onto it nightly after the humans went to bed. Now Ninja raised her head, saw Nicola and slunk off to lay beside Hero and Xena in front of the woodstove with an annoyed huff. The surrounding walls now all sported much-needed shelves, thanks to Dan and Bill, and were filled with books for the adults and thanks to Sean and Mattea, games and toys for the children. The room was still comfortably warm, with a banked fire flickering behind the glass front of the woodstove. The doors to the other bedrooms were both closed. Nicola crossed the floor, and climbed up to the loft. All three boys were asleep, Deklin tucked in as neat as a pin, Malcom spread eagle on top of his blankets on the lower bunk, Wyatt on his stomach, one arm and one leg dangling from the upper. Good thing there was a bar to keep him from rolling out completely.

She eased back down the stairs and checked Sandy and Annie’s room. Both were fast asleep.

The utility room was good. Laundry on racks to dry, pantry shelves carefully labeled and beginning to look healthy with supplies for the winter, the inverter signaling an assuring red number that all was good with the solar panels and bank of batteries that powered their world. She closed the door, scanned the empty bathroom, then eased Wren and Catherine’s door open, peeked inside and stopped.

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