Piracy~The Leah Chronicles by Devon C. Ford

Author:Devon C. Ford [Ford, Devon C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vulpine Press
Published: 2019-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

It was only a little after midday by the time we had headed far enough inland so as to be totally alone in the world. Everywhere I looked the subtle signs of nature reclaiming the earth peeked back at me; a reflected glint of metal covered by creeping ivy or the unnatural straight edge of a distant building yet to have been pulled down to the ground by the elements.

I always enjoyed being so far away from everything, so far removed from the world entirely, but that day my mind was so preoccupied with the gruesome results of barbaric human behaviour that any enjoyment I could have taken from the journey was whipped away by the warm wind rushing around us.

It was late spring, or I guessed the start of summer, technically – not that the days and months meant anything in a life dictated by the seasons that had a habit of keeping their own schedule – and we were all sweating and breathing hard as we fought to gain elevation from sea level where we began. Rapid gains in height, especially when walking and jogging under pressure and stress, was so exhausting it sapped the will from my legs before I reached the top.

“This…” I panted as I put my head down to force my legs to dig in deeper and propel me upwards towards the ridge line ahead, “is why… we run up… and down the bloody steps… at home…”

Mitch said nothing, as his recent lack of sleep through baby-related activity had taken the edge off his usual billy goat-like fitness. Dan grunted in answer, all he could manage as he screwed his eyes up and opened his mouth wider to suck in the much-needed oxygen.

When we reached the plateau, via the most direct route to save half an hour of meandering round the long way by road, I dropped to one knee and brought up my weapon to scan the ground ahead. Beside me, Dan did the same as Mitch remained stood tall and brought his heavier, longer gun up to his shoulder to view the land ahead through his scope.

“Nothing,” Dan said first. I agreed but saved the unnecessary waste of breath in saying so. I just stood, lowered my gun into a low ready carry, and gave a short whistle to bring Nemesis to heel. The two dogs, unperturbed by the steep incline save for their tongues lolling from their mouths to lose the excess heat they had generated during the climb, stopped sniffing around in random tracks on the rocky ground and returned to us. Ash went to Dan and, being the seasoned professional he was, dropped into position by his left leg and waited to go to work. His age, and I guessed he must be almost nine years old given that we didn’t really know his age when Dan first found him, didn’t seem to slow him down. I knew it would, eventually, just as it would my Nem, but his

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