Sabotage (Powerless Nation Book 3) by Ellisa Barr

Author:Ellisa Barr
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Published: 2015-08-19T23:00:00+00:00

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The woods were quiet except for the twitter of evening birdsong. It was almost peaceful, despite their recent experience.

“How’s your ankle?” asked Dee.

“Awful. Want to give me a piggyback ride?” Mason grinned and faked a limp.

“Nice try,” said Dee. “It’s your other ankle that was hurt. Remember?”

“Oh right,” said Mason, switching his limp to the other side.

“You’re in a good mood, considering we’re about to attempt the impossible.”

“I’m thinking how pretty you look.”

Dee blushed. She wished Mason could see her with mascara and a decent haircut. And clothes that fit. She was wearing Hyrum’s mom’s clothes. Although Angela’s old clothes were warm, her fashion sense was stuck in the 80’s—acid washed jeans and all. What Dee wouldn’t give for a suitcase and five minutes in her own closet back home.

“My teeth aren’t so bad,” said Dee, running her tongue over them. Hester had given them each their own toothbrush and trial-size tube of toothpaste. Dee inhaled deeply and let out a minty puff of air.

“Your teeth are fabulous and so is the rest of you.” Mason pulled her to him and kissed her suddenly.

They linked hands and walked in the tracks of the snowmobile. Dee had been right to think the soldiers would follow a more direct route back to the mill. They made good time, and reached the mill fence in a little over an hour. From there, it was easy to find the abandoned shack where they’d left their supplies. Once their things were stashed inside they hid themselves in some thick underbrush near the fence.

“Keep an eye out for guards,” whispered Dee. They surveilled the mill camp from several different vantage points over the next couple of hours, always taking care to stay well hidden.

Even though it was late, the prisoners were still doing drills, running around the yard. Dee thought her heart would break when she heard one of the sergeants yelling abusively at a little girl. She looked barely older than McKenna, the youngest child in Dee’s school class.

“It’s like boot camp in there, Mason. You’re right, Downey is building an army.” As Mason has suspected, the recruits were indeed being held in the main warehouse. There was a lot of open space surrounding the warehouse, and several vehicles were parked outside a garage bay.

A large fire burned in the center of the open space flanked by several smaller fires. Steam rose from a large cookpot over the main fire. When the training was finished, most of the guards took up positions around the clearing and the prisoners lined up to get their dinner from the pot.

“Look at the guards,” Mason pointed out. “They’re all facing away from us.” It was true. The guards were watching into the center of the space to keep an eye on the recruits, rather than looking toward the woods. “The fire is going to screw up their night vision.”

Dee looked for anyone she knew, and finally spotted several familiar blond heads together. “There they are!” she whispered excitedly.

Kade, Hyrum, and Jeremiah stood with a small clump of boys in one end of the clearing.

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