The Dark Days: The Others - Episode 3 by Ginger Gelsheimer & Taylor Anderson

Author:Ginger Gelsheimer & Taylor Anderson [Gelsheimer, Ginger]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: GK Publishing
Published: 2014-07-06T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

I wake to sizzling bacon—it’s wonderful! I haven’t smelled hot food in weeks. I’m afraid to open my eyes because I know I must be dreaming.

When I do open them, Kane is standing above me with a stainless steel breakfast tray.

“Good morning, sunshine.” He’s such a charmer.

I sit up in the bed and he sets the tray over my lap. He has cooked up a breakfast with bacon, potatoes, toast and fruit. There’s even coffee! Have I finally woken up from this nightmare?

“Kane, this is so sweet. Thank you!” I’m gushing. “But how did you cook it?”

“Me have fire,” he says imitating a caveman. “Sorry, no eggs.”

I’ve already stuffed my mouth full of potatoes but manage to give him a small grin. I wash it down with a sip of coffee. “Are you kidding? This is wonderful.” I cram a piece of bacon in my mouth. I’m so hungry for good food, I don’t care how sexy I’m not, but hopefully I don’t have something embarrassing stuck in my teeth.

“Have to make sure you get something good to eat before you leave. Never know—it may be your last meal before execution.”

I know he’s trying to get me to stay. Unfortunately, this new world we’re in isn’t all about love affairs.

“I’ll be fine. Really. You don’t need to worry,” I reassure him.

Kane sits on the edge of the bed. “Then come back after you rescue your friends.” He puts his hand on my thigh. “Come back.”

“How will I find you? I thought you were leaving.”

“We are. The food supply will only last us another couple of weeks, and we need to save some of that for the trip west. Our plan is to leave in five days. Can you meet us before then?”

I have no idea what Dorian is going to do when I return without Elsie. “I can try.”

“Then how about this. When I take you back, we’ll look for a place to meet. You try your best to escape with your friends and take them there and wait for me.”

“When?”

“We’ll figure that out when we find a spot.”

I hate leaving him. I haven’t felt this good since even before the disaster. “You know I want to be here, right? I just can’t turn my ba-”

“You’ll never have to apologize to me for loyalty, Claudia.”

“Thank you. It means a lot that you understand.”

Kane stands up from the bed. “Eat your breakfast before it gets cold. I’ll take you whenever you’re ready.”

His words are blades of ice. I’ll never be ready, so the sooner, the better. I learned a long time ago not to carry around dread—another lesson from Mom. I’ve tried not to think much about my family because it only makes me sad, but I miss her and my dad. I tell myself that they managed to evacuate and are living in the mountains in North Carolina.

I refocus, and as much as I’d like to put on clean clothes from the stuff I gathered last night, I’ve decided to stash them before I get back to the airport.

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