The Survivor Chronicles: Book 4, the Risen by Stevens Erica

Author:Stevens, Erica [Stevens, Erica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: chaos, death, Mystery, Adventure, Suspense, Apocalyptic, apocalyptic fiction end of the world, Horror, SciFi, Action
ISBN: 9798864105214
Amazon: B0CKXGSKBH
Goodreads: 199488351
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2023-10-11T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Al,

Al finished hanging the chains; he wiped his hands on his pants as he took a step back to inspect them. They would do for now. He hoped to find some more wood to nail on the outside of the shack, maybe some insulation or something else that would help to keep the smell of blood from drifting out. They had made sure to get the deer they'd killed skinned and gutted as fast as possible and they'd done it away from the cabin. That might not be possible to do if they got a lot of snow this winter, and leaving tracks everywhere definitely wasn't going to help keep them hidden.

"Now what?" Claire asked.

"Now I think we should take a look at the other cabins in the area. There might be some wood and other supplies we could use to try and barricade this better," he answered.

"You want to do that now?" Mary Ellen asked.

"Might as well, unless you have more pressing plans?"

Mary Ellen smiled as she shook her head. "My calendar is pretty clear for awhile. What about the kids?"

"I'll stay with them," Claire offered. Over the past couple of weeks she'd proven to be extremely accurate with a gun. She'd been the one to take down the deer and had helped Al to set up the rabbit traps they'd established in the area. Claire had told them she'd started hunting with her father when she was nine years old. She and Jim started taking Freddie hunting when he was nine also. Al was confident that she could keep the camp protected if something went wrong.

"Donald can stay here too," Mary Ellen said.

"I'd like to take Donald with us," Al told her. "Freddie knows how to use a gun too and Nancy is competent enough to shoot, so is Rochelle, if it becomes necessary. They have the trench and alarm system here to help protect them. It would be good to have someone else with us and I think Nancy will prefer to stay here."

Nancy had calmed down a lot, and her jumpiness had eased, but she was still a little too antsy for Al's liking. Whatever had happened to Nancy before they'd discovered her had left her scarred and as timid as a field mouse. He expected it to get better with time but for now he would prefer to keep her in a calmer and less threatening environment than the woods surrounding them would offer her.

"Yeah probably," Mary Ellen agreed.

Al walked with her and Claire back to the cabin. They ate a quick lunch of rabbit and what was left of the chips before packing some water and a few granola bars to take with them. Al made sure his gun was loaded, and he had both of his knives, as Donald slung the backpack on and checked his gun. Mary Ellen slid a knife into her holster and grabbed her gun.

"We should be back before nightfall," Al told Claire. "We're just going to search the cabin on the other side of the one that Carl already went through.

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