This We Will Defend: The Continuing Story of a Family's Survival (Book Two of the What's Left of My World Series) by C.A. Rudolph

Author:C.A. Rudolph
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2017-07-16T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Devil’s Hole Mountain

George Washington National Forest

Hardy County, West Virginia

Saturday, October 16th (Present day)

Her rifle swinging in her arms in sequence with her pace, Grace managed to catch up with Christian, whose rapid gait indicated his desired level of urgency. These people had senselessly attacked the people he now considered to be his friends and family, and he had no intention of letting any of them live after such an atrocious act. As he neared the wreckage of the overturned pickup truck along the muddy gravel road, he turned around and spotted Grace when he became aware of her approach.

“What the hell are you doing?” he admonished. “Get back with the others.”

“The others are fine,” replied an out of breath Grace. “I wanted to back you up.”

“I don’t need backup, Grace,” he said gruffly. “I need you to listen and do as I tell you. This is serious.”

“I know it is, Christian. I just want to help. I’ll be careful.”

Christian gestured his disapproval. “Stay behind me, then—and I mean directly behind me,” he ordered. “If something happens, you get the hell out of the way and let me handle it, understand?”

Grace’s eyes narrowed. She nodded and moved herself in between Christian and the wrecked pickup truck not far away. She wasn’t much on being told what to do and absolutely despised being patronized, but she had to admit to herself that she appreciated Christian being so protective of her and the others. It was endearing. Lately, she’d caught him displaying sentimentalities she didn’t think he was capable of.

Grace peered past his right side to view the scene in spite of his instruction to remain parallel with him and the danger area to his twelve o’clock. Christian approached the wreckage with his rifle shouldered and scanned the area for threats. Grace watched him closely and mimicked his actions, bringing her AR-15’s buttstock against her cheek, careful not to allow the muzzle to sweep her companion. She looked left to right, right to left, just as he did. Christian lowered his non-shooting hand to just below his waist and waved back to her, which she took to indicate that he wanted her to hang back. Grace stopped walking and got down on one knee, and when Christian noticed, he nodded his approval.

Christian examined the exterior of the truck before paying close attention to the interior. The expelled rounds from Lauren’s rifle had turned the windshield into crystalline Swiss cheese, and the distorted bodies of three men who were very much deceased lay inside, their bodies tied together in a tangled mess. All of them had sustained numerous gunshot wounds to their upper bodies and one had been shot in the face and through his eye socket. Christian smiled cunningly, assuming this was Lauren’s work. Good job, he thought. He walked around to the back of the truck as his rifle led the way. Another body was in the middle of the road not far away and Christian hustled over to it, only to find that the man had expired.

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