World Without Power (Into the Dark Post-Apocalyptic EMP Thriller Book 5) by Ryan Casey

Author:Ryan Casey [Casey, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Higher Bank Books
Published: 2018-08-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Calvin sat back in his little static caravan as the day turned to night, and he felt a twinge of regret over what he’d had to do.

Over what he was going to do.

Over everything he’d been involved in, and would be involved in.

But Rome wasn’t built in a day. And the Romans, they certainly couldn’t pretend they’d never done a thing that they didn’t feel bad about. They certainly weren’t squeaky clean.

It was all about the advancement of society.

It was all about the progression of humanity.

Sometimes progression required some… well. Unsavoury actions.

The rain peppered down on the roof of his caravan. He closed his eyes, took deep breaths. Sometimes, when he lay here in the rain, he could picture himself back at home, back before things went to hell. He could picture himself sitting in his shed after working on his latest writing project. He could picture himself falling asleep in complete comfort, under the stars, and feeling nothing but pure peace about where he was, about his situation.

He could tune in to that feeling if he really, really concentrated.

But reality always came creeping back.

And when it did, reality tasted… salty. Bitter.

Because it just reminded him of what he was doing. Of what he’d done. And of all the things he was going to do.

He’d heard about the raid on the homeless community housing spot a few miles away. It was a place they’d been scouting for quite some time. It was thriving. Well-guarded. And there were plenty of opportunities to add people to his arsenal, so to speak.

The Novichok. That had come in handy. He’d found a batch of it in a military outpost where the foreign troops had once been—before they’d been taken out. He’d been sure to gather as much of it as he could. Not as much of it as he would’ve liked, but enough to cause serious damage. Enough to cause a crisis.

And the risk he’d taken sending young Emma into that place. He knew it would result in casualties. He knew he would lose… well. Capable women. Women who fit the bill he was building towards.

But it was a risk he was willing to take.

And that risk had paid off.

Because he’d added more to his community.

His visions of the new world were sparking into fruition.

He thought about Emma. Of how she was when she’d first been brought to him. How she had an inner strength, an inner resilience.

He felt regret over what he’d crafted her into in just two short months. But someone like that… she was an asset. Especially when Calvin knew the people staying at the community they’d attacked would know her. That they’d trust her.

She was a weapon to cause maximum damage.

And that’s exactly what Emma had done.

In the distance somewhere outside, he heard crying. He’d have to get used to crying he supposed, especially when the children were born. It was a shame they had to grow up in relative poverty. But it was going to get better for them.

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