New York Run by David Robbins

Author:David Robbins [Robbins, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sf_postapocalyptic
ISBN: 9780843926064
Publisher: Leisure Books
Published: 1988-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Two more days had elapsed.

Two whole days! It was the morning of the third day!

And she hadn’t done a damn thing!

Lieutenant Farrow was up early. She’d spent another sleepless night, tossing and turning on her cot in B Block. She rose before dawn, dressed in her uniform, and slipped from the building unnoticed. Listless, haunted by her dereliction of duty, she strolled to the north and eventually reached the inner moat. Standing on the bank, she idly watched the water flowing past and contemplated her fate. In all her years as a professional soldier, she’d never exhibited any degree of indecision. She’d always performed her duty as required.

Until now.

Starlings were chattering in a nearby pine tree.

Farrow gazed up at the northern rampart and spotted one of the Warriors on guard duty. It wasn’t Yama; he was still sleeping in B Block.

After a moment she recognized the figure—the lean physique, brown shirt, buckskin pants, and broadsword dangling from his hip—as that of Spartacus, the head of Gamma Triad.

Spartacus, his right hand resting on the hilt of his sword, saw her and waved.

Farrow returned the gesture. Why? she wondered. Why did these people have to be so friendly? Her job would have been much easier if they hadn’t welcomed her with open arms. She suspected Plato and the one called Rikki were leery of her, but the rest of the Family treated her as one of their own.

The dummies!

Didn’t they know it wasn’t smart to trust strangers? To trust anyone, for that matter.

Farrow sighed and sat down on the bank. She thought of the moonlit stroll she’d taken with Yama the night before, and smiled. His affection for her was becoming more obvious every day. He’d escorted her to an open-air concert between the Blocks, an evening of musical entertainment presented by six Family members with outstanding talent. The Family owned eighteen instruments in all, from drums to a miniature grand piano, and they took great pains to maintain the instruments. The Family’s best Musicians were an accomplished lot, and the six had played a diverse selection of masterful compositions, their own compositions.

Seated under the twinkling stars, with Yama by her side, she had been in seventh heaven.

Despite her apprehensions, Yama hadn’t pried into her unstable emotional state. He seemed to be waiting for her to make the first move, to tell him what was bothering her.

And she wanted to do it.

More than anything.

But each time she opened her mouth to reveal her part in the plot against the Family, she balked, concerned she would infuriate him and kill their budding romance.

The sky was much brighter, the sun beginning to clear the eastern horizon as the world awoke to a new day.

Farrow stood and hurried toward B Block. She’d finally made up her mind. She was going to ask Yama to join her for breakfast, then spill the beans. Tell him everything. And hang the consequences! She couldn’t take another night of stifling anxiety.

The Family was coming to life. Over a dozen members were clustered near B Block, some exercising, some praying, others conversing.

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