The Hungry (Book 3): At the End of the World by Booth Steven & Shannon Harry

Author:Booth, Steven & Shannon, Harry [Booth, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Genius Book Publishing
Published: 2013-03-14T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

“I’m telling you they won’t listen,” Crosby said for the third time.

Miller was looking down at the grounds, peering out through the slats of the wooden shutters. “Will they listen to you?”

“I wouldn’t count on it,” Crosby said. “They’re scared. We all are. No one has ever seen anything like this.”

Terrill Lee joined them. They were standing near the large second-floor window, watching the entire Stars and Stripes Brigade as it gathered down below. They were surrounded. The members were taking up what looked like very effective positions to assault the lodge. There were a lot of them and they were heavily armed. The excrement had hit the proverbial fan.

“What the hell are they doing out there in the first place?” Terrill Lee said. “Don’t they have, you know, like a Fortress of Solitude to fall back on in case of World War Three? I thought these survivalist types spent all their free time preparing for an emergency just like this. I saw a reality show on that once.”

Crosby looked pointedly at Miller. “You’ve obviously got something else they want.”

Terrill Lee figured he was a pretty good judge of character, despite what everyone else thought of him. He was starting to get the feeling that Crosby was holding out on them, but couldn’t quite put his finger on why. He knew these people better than anyone. He had to.

“Something they want? Not just the lodge?” Miller seemed surprised.

“Not necessarily. In fact, if I had to guess, I’d say what they want is you, Sheriff.”

Everyone turned to look at Crosby.

“You want to run that by me again?” said Miller.

“Look down there. That’s Martin LaGrange taking cover right now behind those boulders on the right. It looks like he busted himself out of my jail.” Crosby pointed down through the shutter slats.

“You lost your prisoner? How did that happen?”

Crosby shrugged, but had the good grace to look embarrassed. “Somebody must have broken in and found the extra set of keys. Sorry.”

“Let me see if I’ve got this straight, numbnuts,” Scratch said. “The crazy-assed son of a bitch who kidnapped the two of us in broad daylight and tried to rape Penny got free from your jail? And now he is outside with his own personal army, and they’re preparing to storm this lodge to get her back?”

“I wouldn’t phrase it exactly like that,” Crosby shifted uncomfortably, “but that does seem to be the situation.”

“I would phrase it pretty much that way,” said Miller, “except I doubt it is just me they are after. We have some other young women in here with me, and shelter, and a hell of a lot of booze. Our situation has just gone from bad to worse.”

Terrill Lee rolled his eyes. “What a shocker.”

Miller ignored him. “Okay. Gentlemen, we have problems to solve, so let’s get busy. Sheppard, I need you to go downstairs and double-check our defenses. Scratch, you and Crosby are with me. Let’s see if we can’t figure out a way out of this mess.

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