War and Survival: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (Falling Skies Book 5) by Harley Tate

Author:Harley Tate [Tate, Harley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-06-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

CALEB

Springfield, CO

Tuesday July 31st, 8:00 pm MST

Caleb squinted into the dark to read the time on his watch. Lana should have finished by now, but he’d heard nothing. Knowing her, she’d take her squad and post up somewhere they’d have a clear shot at anyone coming into Springfield. But it worried him all the same.

For the tenth time in the last half hour, he tugged his radio off his belt and lifted it to check in with her, then sighed and replaced it. Last thing they needed was too much radio chatter. No telling what Apex could pick up, and while their tower was up and working, they hadn’t had the time or equipment to set up any kind of security. Instead, everyone had their orders and schedules and had to carry them out as independently as possible.

Including Lana.

Boots crunched from his left, and he leaned over the railing half expecting to see her returning. Instead, Elizabeth strode up the road toward him, her hands tucked into the pockets of her jacket, eyes down and pensive, brow pinched. He could guess at the reason for her grim expression. She’d been with Amelie’s people all day, managing the kids and arranging for hide-and-evade plans meant to be a last-ditch survival effort in the event everything went to heck.

If it did, the chances of those kids or their caretakers managing to get far enough away, fast enough, and then survive whatever journey followed were… not great.

“How’d it go?” He asked as she came close enough that he didn’t have to shout.

Elizabeth paused, looking up at him as if surprised to see him there, and maybe surprised to be back at the house. She trudged up the steps to lean against one of the unpainted four-by-four posts at the top, her shoulders slumped.

“I’m not even sure how to answer that. I guess it’s not something I’ve never had to deal with before. I had to lead school shooter drills. Those broke my heart, too, but it was… different. Preparing for something that might not happen, you know? Telling these kids how to… how to hide from people with guns, how to run for their lives, and knowing that there’s a good chance they’ll have to?”

She looked away, shaking her head, and reached up to wipe her eyes.

Caleb went to her. When he was in arm’s reach, she leaned automatically into him as he opened his arms. He rested his chin on the top of her head as she pressed her face to his chest for a moment before she let out a long, shaky breath and cleared her throat. She held him a moment longer before letting him go, rubbing her eyes with the back of her sleeve as her expression hardened.

“We’ve got plans and contingencies in place. If everything goes the way we hope, none of the kids will have to run. No one else, either.”

“Hope for the best, plan for the worst.”

“And have a little faith,” he offered.

She gave him a weak smile.

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