The Dragons of Men (The Sons of Liberty Book 2) by Jordan Ervin

Author:Jordan Ervin [Ervin, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Jordan Ervin
Published: 2015-10-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

A Plunge through Darkness Cold

Adam looked to his right, surveying the glowing haze of the nearby city with a surprising sense of wonder. The moon shone brightly overhead, illuminating the few wispy clouds that meandered through the night. Before that evening, the largest gathering of humanity Adam had seen in two months had been back at Princeton, West Virginia. None of them had expected Memphis, Tennessee, to be such a lively dwelling. It wasn’t nearly the size it had been before, but it still dwarfed everything Adam had laid eyes on since the fires of DC. He shook his head, bewildered by the idea that simply gazing upon a civilization larger than a ghost town or a small homestead now induced culture shock.

He reached down to retie his boots, looking to his left at Edward Christoff as he pulled the laces tight. Edward chewed his nails nervously as he looked off in the direction that Gene, Lev, and Alan had gone. The three men had left the convoy at the outskirts of Memphis to scout the city. They had parked their line of vehicles in an abandoned industrial parking lot just north of the Highway Sixty-One and Interstate Fifty-Five exchange on the southern side of the Memphis. Though they had all wanted to continue east, their fuel supply was running low and the convoy had little more than one hundred miles left before they’d be forced to brave the road on foot.

Adam, Edward, Jack, and William had climbed a water tower with their solar powered radios and mismatched rifles so that they may keep an eye out for unwanted company while they waited for the scouting party to return. Adam leaned forward, looking past the steel railing at the quiet group of men and women parked more than one hundred feet beneath them. The convoy had halted five miles south of downtown, far past the fringes of where most residents now lived. For those who had decided months ago to remain behind in Memphis, the mass exodus had meant free lodging in the nicer parts of the inner city. So far as Adam could tell, they were alone in a no man’s land on the edge of civilization.

“How long do you think until they’re back?” Edward asked, spitting over the edge and breaking the night’s silence. “They’ve been gone since morning.”

“They’ll be back when they’re back,” Adam replied dryly. “Just do your job, keep an eye out for anything that moves, and try not to get too bent out of shape.”

“Sorry,” Edward said, breathing deeply as he glanced over the side. “I hate heights.”

“You hate heights?” William said amusingly, turning toward Edward. “Then why the hell would you climb a water tower with us?”

“Because they terrify me,” Edward replied, glancing at William before taking a deep breath. “The way I figure it, there’s no use letting my fears control me if I’m going to survive.”

“Wise words from a man who can’t look down without wobbling,” Jack said with a grin.

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