Lover by Valerie J. Long

Author:Valerie J. Long
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: suspense, action, adult, fantasy, lesbian, glbt, erotic romance, science fiction soft
Publisher: eXtasy Books

Chapter Seventy

Gomez had been right in some regard—on no account could I scout the entire ZONE on foot within a few days. With an estimated radius of eighty miles, that was an impossible task. Only if I knew where to look did I have a chance.

Gomez had already narrowed down the solution quite well—Baytown and vicinity were out of the question. There was no undiscovered material, but that wasn’t the reason. The area close to Houston was ZONE light, little radioactivity, many habitable buildings, many gangs, and thus many witnesses.

In the north, the frontline had been narrow, so most material there had been collected after the Invasion. The Jellies hadn’t moved east, as they had rightfully expected a trap like the European one there. Oh yes, I had asked around before I had started this mission.

To me, it was clear that I had to search for the Cartel west of the drop zone, somewhere in that part of the ZONE where the Windwraiths had cleaned up among the Jellies that the Tsar had left behind. The place had to be small enough to provide it with tight security, large enough to harbor such an installation, and preferably spared the radioactive contamination and severe battle damages.

The eastern shore of Trinity Bay recommended itself—for the Jellies this area, as a dead end, had been strategically inconvenient. Anahuac at the northern end of the Bay, shielded by the likewise-named lake, seemed quite appropriate to me. It was twenty-five miles beeline away from the eastern end of Baytown, or thirty-five miles by road, not much less for me if I didn’t want to cross a swamp area or swim the old river—and I didn’t want that, not for the wet feet, but of course for the negative effect on my camouflage.

In the end, I was left with the Interstate 10 bridge between Cove and Wallisville, at the same time a good place for a checkpoint.

No lonely car was parked here—and that would have surprised me, as I now entered another group of players’ territory, who surely didn’t communicate with the Baytown gangs frequently. After all, this group should operate secretly. So they didn’t know the newest tricks.

Instead, they had come up with their own tricks—it began with a laser light barrier across the lanes. Tremor sensors followed, and later I spotted a well-concealed camera. The Cartel didn’t want to block traffic on the Interstate, but only know about movements early on.

On the Farm to Market 563 South, which arched around Lake Anahuac’s eastern shore, the measures became more prominent—to shy off chance traffic, the track had been skillfully broken up. Some distance on I saw the wreck of a tank that surely hadn’t lost its way during the Invasion, as that would have been illogical.

Still nothing indicated that I’d be approaching a heavily secured center of organized crime. I expected anti-personnel landmines, tripwires, cameras, all kinds of motion detectors, perhaps even dogs near the village limits—accordingly I took my time.

I hadn’t expected the alligator that suddenly made its way across the pest-covered asphalt ahead of me.

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