Without Law 10 by Eric Vall

Author:Eric Vall [Vall, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

We reached Tea Island just as the sun dipped below the horizon. We had spent the rest of the afternoon practicing with the Barrett, and all four of the girls had gotten a chance to fire the thing from standing and prone positions. I knew their shoulders would be sore in the morning, but it was important to understand your weapons.

“There’s a dock over there,” Bailey pointed out.

“The place looks totally abandoned,” Tara said as she looked at the small resort that sat on the island.

“Could someone survive here?” Anna asked.

“I’m not sure,” I said. “There’s probably some wildlife to hunt, but most likely only small game.”

“We should have found an island to live on,” Tara said.

“I like the campus,” Bailey said with a frown.

“I mean, yeah,” the platinum blonde said. “But nobody would be able to get to us on an island.”

“Which is why we need to be careful here,” I said. “We’ll clear the place, but don’t shoot unless you’re under threat. If someone does live here I don’t want to cause problems, we only need to stay here for the evening.”

“Why don’t we just park the boat on the side of the island?” Anna asked. “That way we wouldn’t be by the resort.”

“That could work,” I agreed. “I don’t want anyone sneaking up on us, though.”

“Someone will be on guard all night,” Paige pointed out.

“Alright,” I said. “Let’s find a place on the side of the island to park.”

“Dang,” Tara pouted. “I was hoping to get into that resort and see what was left.”

“That isn’t a bad idea,” Anna said. “But we’re going to have to leave the boat to walk to the refinery, so even if we found stuff we would have to risk it getting stolen anyways.”

“We’re going to find somewhere to hide the boat, aren’t we?” Tara asked.

“Well, yes,” Paige answered. “But that doesn’t mean someone couldn’t find it. There’s always that risk.”

“Fine,” the platinum blonde said. “But next time we go by a resort we are totally stopping to check it out. They always have the best pillows.”

“Sure,” I chuckled. “Next time.”

Paige took over the rudder and led us to the side of the island as the sun dipped even lower and the sky darkened. She found a large tree to tie us to for the night, and I scanned the area to make sure there were no signs of life nearby. It looked empty, and Tara was right. The resort did look abandoned, though we had been surprised more than once by a place that looked like nobody lived there.

Still, I felt we were safe in the area that we chose. Even if someone was at the resort, it would have been a long walk for them to get to the other side of the island where we had anchored ourselves to a tree, and I doubted that was worth it to anybody, especially in the dark.

So we built up our fire, and Tara took the uneaten fish from earlier and made a stew out of it.

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