The City Revolts by Michael Anderle

Author:Michael Anderle [Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2018-12-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Silver Creek, Silver Creek Forest, Old Ontario

“Holy fuck.”

Mary-Anne couldn’t believe the evidence of her own eyes. Everywhere she looked, Mad clawed at her from between the bars as they hungered for her flesh—five in some cells, ten in others, and in some, more than a dozen.

She looked at the bars and wondered how the force of the Mad’s desperation hadn’t buckled the metal and released them. She supposed it was a credit to the architects who put the whole thing together.

The vampire walked slowly, almost overwhelmed by the smell. She saw faces of people she recognized. Many had yet to turn completely Mad and smiled weakly as she passed, seemingly already surrendered to their fate.

“What’s happened in here?” she asked one woman who sat inside a cell with her back to the wall. Her dank hair clung to her face as she struggled to breathe.

“They’re gone,” she said, simply. “They’re all gone. We’ll all be gone soon, too.”

She continued her exploration and marveled at the number of Mad as she tried to comprehend how on earth this could have happened. The vampire had seen towns and cities fall to the Madness and had been there on the day it had all fallen to shit, but it had been years since then. A tiny part of her had hoped that Silver Creek would be immune from attack.

It’s really true. Nowhere is safe these days.

Mary-Anne prepared to leave, her ears ringing at the cries and shrieks of the Mad, but she picked up the scent of people following her. She turned and saw a man and a woman who stood side by side near the prison’s entrance with a sword aimed directly at her chest.

“Who goes there?” a shaky voice asked, barely audible over the sound of the Mad.

Mary-Anne dashed forward and stopped directly in front of the man. The tip of the blade rested against her chest.

“Someone who could help you. Do you really want to risk it all by spilling my entrails across the floor?”

The woman recoiled behind him. He tried his best to remain confident, but his facade slipped.

“No,” he gulped.

“Good. Then get me out of this pigsty and tell me what the fuck has happened to this town.”

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