Surviving The Evacuation, Book 5: Reunion by Tayell Frank

Author:Tayell, Frank
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

Thirty minutes later, Tuck and Jay were sitting on the hood of the Land Rover, watching the approaching road.

There had been only three of the men. And they had been soldiers, once, though not part of any regular unit. The man tied to the tree was named Bran. No first name nor last, just that one odd nickname. He had come from Anglesey where a community was being forged from the survivors from the mainland.

The three uniformed men, along with the two others that were already dead – killed by Bran during the fight that had seen him captured – had come from somewhere in Northumberland. So had the women. Bran had facilitated their escape, and not just those eight women but dozens more. Tuck was hazy on exactly how many, but it was self-evident why they needed to be rescued.

She patted Jay on the arm, and smiled. “You did a good job,” she signed.

He nodded and gave a weak smile back. He had his crowbar gripped tightly in his hands as if it was a talisman that would ward off evil. She knew why. Rob’s betrayal aside, he saw the world split into two; the undead which were bad, and people who were good. This had thrown all of that into sudden, brutal flux.

Bran had used the lorry to get the women out of Northumberland. They’d got a flat tyre and driven on the rim until they reached the bungalow. Thanks to the relative isolation, they’d had little trouble from the undead and had planned on a few hours’ rest before continuing their journey. And it was here that the five uniformed men had caught up with them. They had attacked at night. Bran had killed two, but then had been captured himself. The torture hadn’t started until dawn.

Tuck walked over to the truck. She kicked at the tyre. There was no spare, nor was there spare fuel. She wasn’t sure she’d take the truck anyway. It was such a remote spot that for those men to have found it spoke either of very good luck or, more likely, some kind of tracking device. Had Bran not told her about who exactly was in Northumberland, she would have thought that impossible.

“What do you think?” Jay asked, vaguely. He was subdued, shocked by the horrific reality of the situation.

“Going to Anglesey with them? That’s up to you,” she signed. She looked up at the sky. Was there a satellite watching them, even now?

Bran was going to drive the Land Rover to some safe house he knew, where they’d swap it for something else. He’d asked if they wanted to go with him. With so many passengers they’d be clinging on to the outside, but in a few days there was the prospect of safety.

“I don’t know,” Jay said. “I really don’t.” And she could see his inner torment clear on his face.

The women were walking slowly over to the Land Rover. Bran, his face and chest now roughly bandaged, was helping them as much as they were helping him.

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