Salient Invaders: A Young Adult Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Series (The Separation Trilogy Book 2) by Felisha Antonette

Author:Felisha Antonette [Antonette, Felisha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Feliant Publishing
Published: 2020-07-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

The wind is heavy, blowing the morning dew, as Luke and I race across the obstacle course. It’s not as hot as it’s been, and the breeze is refreshing. I left my hair down, and the freedom from allowing the light brown strands to whip around and enjoy the breeze is stimulating.

I hit the wall, quickly climbing it. Luke and I are on each other’s tails, gaining inches on each other.

The ground is hard, despite the moisture in the air. I jump from the wall, landing hard, feeling the shock rack my legs. Up and over or down and under, I clear the six sets of logs and quickly come upon the barbed wire. Relief hits me on the third run when we are crawling through the tunnel.

Finish line in sight, it’s only three feet away from me, but Luke’s zipping past me. I didn’t even see him coming. I bend over on my knees, catching my breath. “I’m done,” I say through heaving breaths. “That’s four laps of this course.”

Luke slaps my back, and I jerk from the abruptness of the strike. “Let’s go eat breakfast, Ky.”

“As long as we’ve been out here,” I start, straightening, “breakfast is over.”

“We haven’t been out that long. Can you run back?”

If I tell him no, he’ll force me to run anyway. “Yes.” He takes off. Shaking my head, I force myself to run after him.

He was right. We grab our food and sit at our usual table. I’m talking myself out of stabbing Collins with my fork, juggling it between my fingers. Her presence has begun to annoy me. She must know what she’s doing, and she has to be doing this stuff on purpose. One day she’s flirting with Luke; another day she’s flirting with Marc.

Sir Jord clears his throat, grabbing everyone’s attention. “The bridges have been placed, and the labs are finished. Luke, Kylie, Cory, Hanley, Collins, Cecilia, Marc, and Sean will go out for a final sweep. Respond!”

“We understand!”

Hands drawn behind his back and head bowed, Jord strides out into the morning. Lately, he’s seemed a little detached from everyone. He gives direct orders; he doesn’t check in on anyone, requiring Luke to do it instead, and he hangs his head with every departure. He hasn’t been himself.

The group of us called to sweep the new area for the labs head out at noonday. We drive the Humvees ten miles from base, across open desert land to the hole. The sun sparkles against the platinum beams that make up the bridge. We exit the vehicles.

Sean says, “Looks like they went all out on this garbage.” He slams his door and draws his M27 IAR to his chest, one hand gripped around the handle and the other near the barrel. The magazine of his firearm holds fifty rounds of the Creation Zombie bullets. Sean is an excellent shot. He prefers landing two in the body, one in the heart and one in the head. “For good measure,” he always says.

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