The Wolves Within: A Post-Nuclear Survival Series (Desolation Book 3) by David Lucin

Author:David Lucin [Lucin, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Highway 3 Publishing
Published: 2020-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

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White-hot anger filled Jenn’s throat. Hoping she’d misread the words or imagined them, she blinked hard, then again. The sign was still there. Then she saw a second one: REMEMBER VALERIA FLORES. Then a third. And a fourth. They were everywhere. Where had they come from? Why were there so many? News had quickly spread about Val dying in the attack at the Go Market, but before today, none of the demonstrators had so much as mentioned her name. Why all of a sudden?

She swallowed, tasting blood. In her rage, she’d bitten the inside of her cheek so hard the skin broke.

Grierson. He must have made these signs and given them to the protesters. There was no other explanation. First, he orchestrated the attack that killed Val, and now he was appropriating her name to further his cause. She had become his false martyr and rallying cry. Not only had he taken her life, but he was also soiling her memory. Val hated CFF. Never would she have supported Grierson or what he stood for. Attaching her to his movement was the worst possible betrayal.

Dizziness washed over her as she tunneled in on Val’s name. It was all she could see anymore. She wanted to burn these signs and stomp out the embers. If she could, she’d vaporize them into their component atoms, but even that wouldn’t be enough; the person behind them had to be punished—he had to pay.

Jenn clutched her rifle tight, hoping Grierson was among the crowd bearing down on the roadblock. If he was and rose above the marchers to speak, giving her a clear shot, would she be able to resist taking it?

“Jansen,” Bryce said. His voice was raised, but even so, she could hardly hear him over the shouting of the refugees and the chanting of the protesters. “Jansen!”

Her legs had become jelly. “They have no right,” she muttered to him, still not able to tear her gaze away from those signs.

“I know.” Lightly, he put a hand to her cheek and turned her head so it was facing his. “But you’ve gotta stay with me, okay? Try not to worry about them. They don’t matter. This is real close to getting out of control, so you need to focus.”

Once again, her attention drifted toward the mob.

Bryce shifted his body to block her view. “You with me here, Jansen? What would Val do?”

The question shattered her stupor. She hated those signs, but Bryce was right: now was not the time to dwell on them. Hundreds were marching from the west, and all that stood between that mob and the dorms was a thin line of police and Beaumont guards.

“Yeah,” she said and shook her head. “Sure, okay.”

“Atta girl.” With a solid shove, he pushed her back into line at the barricade; she hadn’t noticed that she’d wandered several steps away and toward the protesters.

Once more, she focused on the refugees. Many were shouting. A few were pleading with the guards to be let past. One in front of Jenn was screaming so loudly that spittle flew from his lips.

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