Pickers 4: The Pick by Garth Owen

Author:Garth Owen [Owen, Garth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Spinneyhead
Published: 2015-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

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"They are going to lead all the Raiders in France right into the Valley! We will all be killed! I told you we should never have let that man back into the Valley!" Catellin was an unhealthy shade of red as she fumed. The other councillors in the room- whether they agreed with her or not- watched her, waiting for her to keel over or melt down. "Him and his nigger daughters are in league with the Raiders. They just want to destroy us!"

That was enough for at least one member of the crowd. A hand rested on her shoulder and squeezed, just enough to get her attention. "That is enough, councillor. We all know what you think. We have heard it enough times. Now sit, and let us hear the plan."

Catellin wasn't used to getting orders- and, despite the quiet delivery, it was an order, not a request. Her mouth opened, and her finger was raised, ready to make her point. But she faltered, uncertain, and looked around. The faces that still looked her way had something in their expressions, a quiet plea for her to do as she was told. She sat. The man behind her nodded to Julien before taking his own seat.

"I have been told about the equipment the truck is carrying, and I have to say that the risk it is running is worth it. I do not, for a moment, believe that it will lead Raiders into the Valley. Lucas, you have worked out a battle plan. What does it involve?"

Lucas stood over the relief map of the local mountain ranges. "There is a large concentration of Raiders around this area." He had a pointer, an old radio antenna, and used it to indicate the red ball on the map. "It is, unfortunately, close to the only route the truck can take. Remy will be doing a high speed run past the Raiders, hitting them hard if they attack the truck." Lucas traced the road the truck would be running along. "Now, there is a risk that some.... several, maybe all.... of the Raiders will give chase as the truck heads back to the Valley." There was a collective intake of breath. Lucas held up his hand to stop the inevitable clamour. His pointer tapped a spot on the map, a pass, up to a hamlet built on a cross roads. "Which is why we will be waiting for them here."

Veronique studied the map. This part of the plan, ambushing any Raiders who followed the truck, had been Lucas' idea. Which was why he had come back with the wagons to explain it. She and Tony could have presented the plan to the council, but they wouldn't have been listened to the way he was. And, he and Amandine knew the ambush location, so they could make set up there quick and easy.

"Let them die." Catellin said, her voice a sulky whine.

Veronique wanted to say something cutting, but the words just weren't coming to her.

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