The Burst [A YA Apocalyptic EMP Survival Novel] (Barren Trilogy Book 1) by Harley Vex

Author:Harley Vex [Vex, Harley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Despite David reverting to his totalitarian dictator mode, I got back onto the floor of the Visitor Center and slept.

It wasn’t as if I had a choice. I joined Alana back inside the building, thanks to Gina turning on that massive flashlight, and we all found places on the floor to crash again. Being the first two people inside, Alana and I took the spot closest to the bathroom. The last thing I wanted to do was irritate anyone else by stepping over them if I had to use it.

“You’re not lying low,” Alana whispered in my ear.

Ugh. I’d suffered enough of the apocalypse, and David was not making it any better. But I had to do this for Alana. “I know I’m not, and I’m sorry. I’ll try to fall in line better tomorrow.”

Okay, so that didn’t come out the way I intended. After a quick apology, Alana and I stretched out on the floor, flat, and I stared at the darkness above me as the flashlight’s beam moved around. I was lying on top of my phone, but I wouldn’t complain. Even while off, removing it from my pocket was the bad idea of the year.

“We just have to do this until we reach Colton, and then we can probably find more working vehicles and other survivors. Then we can get on our way,” Alana whispered. “‘Night, Laney.”

“Night,” I said, not wanting to dash her hope.

Poor Bethany went to lie down near the elevator and by the safe food, and she said nothing. She’d seen reality, and Alana was still hanging onto something else. I couldn’t bear to pry her hands off whatever life preserver she was using right now. A selfish part of me wished she would figure it all out on her own before we reached Colton.

And me?

Well, we all had to cope somehow.

I closed my eyes as an exhaustion like I’d never felt swept over me, and pulled me into a world of oblivion below the Visitor Center. I sank into the mine, where Mr. Ellis would lie for eternity, and then into an underworld of compressed stone and jagged caves. At last, those broke apart into nothingness, and I drifted into it as all feeling left.

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