When Walls Divide: A Reverse Harem Novella by Layla Pierce

Author:Layla Pierce [Pierce, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-17T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

Almost an hour goes by, and Lucas and I grow anxious about what they could be talking about downstairs. I start to pace wanting to be outside in the sun or at the very least out of the damned room.

“Are you claustrophobic?” Lucas asks suddenly.

I stop and stare at him for a moment. “Not exactly, I’m just used to being out in the open, not kept in a room.”

“The only reason that we’re waiting in here is that the general has taken a woman from here before when it wasn’t the purge. We don’t want that to happen to you. So, if he doesn’t see you again you are less likely to be taken away today.”

I sigh. “You’re trying to keep me safe, and I understand that. Which is why I’m not running to the door right now.”

“Good, because I’d hate for him to take you away just when we’re all getting to know each other.” He winks at me, and I feel myself blush. Did he know what Xavier, Antony, and I did in the foyer? Probably, because I wasn’t really quiet about it.

I turn to look out the window. People are still moving around, and trading and I feel like this is an all-day thing, the bustling of the city. Lucas comes up behind me. “Tomorrow I’ll take you to your camp to get what you need, but from now on, you’ll want for nothing here.”

There’s not much I want or need. I survive off little, and the less I have to move around from place to place is better. “How did you become a city official?”

“We actually did it in an unorthodox way.” He shrugged. “Matthew decided that there were enough people in this area to make a city, so he started gathering people to work together. He found me, Xavier and Antony among the people he was gathering. We took the lead and formed our own city. It was a few years before the government recognized us as a city and gave us the funding and supplies we needed to actually be functional.”

But at what cost? Would they have to fold to the sergeant’s demands?

“It’s amazing you were able to take control of a few hundred people and form a city.”

“It’s what we wanted, all three of us lost our families either through the purge or through violence after the EMP took everything out. That’s the one thing that ties us together, we’re all a little bit different, but it works.” He looks up as the door opens and Antony walks in with a grim look on his face.

I study the fine line of his lips and the furrow of his brow. He doesn’t look at me but to Lucas. “Meeting, now.”

I want to follow, but I know that I’m not welcomed, so I go sit back on the bed with my arms crossed.

“You too, Bella. You’ll need to understand how this works if you’re going to live in the city.” There’s no smile to him as he says my name.

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