They Came With The Snow (Book 3): The List by Coleman Christopher

Author:Coleman, Christopher [Coleman, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Zombies
Publisher: Christopher Coleman
Published: 2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00

2.

Goal 1. Map the Cordon

Goal 2. Find a Rifle

Goal 3. Kill a Crab

Goal 4. Kill a Soldier

Danielle folded the list and stuffed it back in her pocket and then glanced over at Michael who was slumbering in the far corner of the Flagon, his entire body buried amongst the cushions and blankets that Danielle had amassed over the months and formed into rather comfortable sleeping quarters.

Kill a Soldier.

Technically, it was Danielle who had executed McCormick, so she would take credit for the kill, though it wasn’t due to any need to feel fulfilled or to satisfy some nagging sense of closure on the fourth item on her list. Mainly, it was to absolve Michael from any guilt or trauma he may have felt for his part in the soldier’s death. The boy had delivered the lethal shot, there was no question about that, and had Danielle simply let the wound play out, the soldier would have been dead within minutes.

But it was Danielle who had squeezed off the round that freed McCormick from his pain, and that was the truth. She hadn’t told Michael the specifics, of course, only that she had shot the man who tried to kill her and that he was dead. Danielle knew of the potential for Michael to feel remorse about the man’s death—though, if he never saw his father again, that would likely dissipate quickly—so in the event there was some residue of blame in his young mind, Danielle wanted to shoulder the responsibility that came with taking another human’s life.

Besides, she couldn’t have guilt and hesitation clouding the boy’s thoughts; she would need his head clear and his finger steady for her next goal. If it came down to killing another of her captors, she now had someone who had demonstrated acumen and composure under pressure. Michael was a child, of course, Danielle could never forget that, and she would do what she could to prevent him from having to put another bullet in someone’s neck. But if it came to that, she felt confident he’d be willing. Escape was all that mattered now.

Escape the Cordon.

She had already mapped the perimeter and found the vulnerabilities, and if McCormick had been telling the truth about the army’s dwindling resources (which Danielle decided to assume he was; it was the only real choice she had), then escape was a possibility. Perhaps not a fantastic one, but a possibility, nevertheless.

Her second goal of finding a rifle she had accomplished ten times over and was now equipped with enough guns to arm a street gang. She wouldn’t come anywhere close to needing them all, but they’d be in the back of the truck just the same. Just in case.

Her stressful day atop the Mazda dealership had ended in the deaths of five crabs—another overachievement of a goal—and her subsequent skirmishes with Davies and McCormick gave her a proficiency for battle that would guide her through the challenges that still awaited her.

McCormick.

She’d been wrong to trust the man—that

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