Unique by Starr Z Davies

Author:Starr Z Davies [Davies, Starr Z]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lgbtq, ordinary, thriller, talented, survival, trilogy, saga, post apocalyptic, romance, gender, powerless, last, renegades, adventure, culling, series, starr z davies, alone, trials, Dystopian, configured, unstoppable, maze runner, divergent, Science Fiction, nuclear, hunger games, superhero
ISBN: 9780578625546
Publisher: Pangea Books
Published: 2020-06-01T22:00:00+00:00

27

Occasionally, sniffles rise from in the group. Otherwise, silence settles over the group as we ride away from danger, with the exception of the hum of the shuttle’s engine. I can’t blame the tears. Jimmy may not have a hold of me anymore, but I still find it hard to breathe. Everything has shattered.

How can the Directorate allow this sort of thing to happen? They are supposed to protect the people, the city. Their sole job is to fight for our survival.

But this isn’t survival. Willow was right. This is war.

How can things be so blissfully wonderful on one side of the city and so horribly wrong on the other? How can the DMA justify tearing a father away from his child or shooting a young man in the street?

Why do these people allow it to continue?

As we ride toward the edge of the city, I stare out the darkened window. On the horizon, Paragon Tower twists into the sky, shrouded in clouds. Once a thing of beauty, majesty, and promise, the building now represents as a perverse symbol of everything that has gone wrong.

My thoughts begin to tire me. When was the last time I slept? I lean my head against the unforgiving metal wall of the shuttle and close my eyes.

“Word just came in,” the pilot says from the front cab, jarring me back awake. “Exits are closed.”

“Take us to the safehouse on Portland,” Willow says.

The hum of the engine and sway of the cab lull me to sleep.

Soon, I dream of parents being torn away from children. Innocents getting shot in the street. The DMA bombing the Shield, killing everyone within. Jimmy bloodletting those I care about while I’m helpless to stop him. And Noah, blaming me and asking me why I allowed any of this to happen.

~

The shuttle stops and the engine cuts out. I rub my eyes. Several of the others are already gone from the cab. Enid hops out as I sit up straighter. I call to her and get no response. Just a tension in her back as she disappears around the corner of the shuttle. She either doesn’t hear me or she’s ignoring me.

Chase slides Bianca out and throws her over his shoulder like a sack of flour.

I follow right behind. Once out of the vehicle, it takes a moment to get my bearings. We’re in a closed house garage. The others have already ventured inside the house. I scramble to follow Chase through the dingy kitchen and up the stairs to the second floor as he drops her down on the bed. A puff of dust flies up and I wave my hand to get it away from my face.

“Secure her,” Willow says from over my shoulder.

Chase pulls out a braided nylon rope from a wooden chest in the corner, then binds Bianca’s wrists together and tethers her to the bedposts. It won’t hold her if she wants to break free.

“Wait, let me talk to her,” I say.

“We have more important things to deal with right now,” Willow says.

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