aron angels 00.5 - before the fall by campbell jamie

Author:campbell, jamie [campbell, jamie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-04-23T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7 - LEILA

“According to officials, the President will remain in lockdown at an undisclosed location indefinitely,” the newsreader reported. “He will continue to run the country from the state of the art location.”

The President’s face appeared at his final press conference. He looked grim, as did his multitude of advisors that surrounded him. He assured them he would still do his job but it was necessary for the survival of the political system for him to go into protective security.

Leila switched off and let her mind wander. The President wasn’t going into hiding because it was for the good of the people, he was doing it because he was scared. Just like every other one of his citizens. The only difference was they couldn’t do anything about it.

“I guess they need to protect him,” Matilda commented. “If someone attacked him we would never be able to form another government. Nobody would dare vote.”

“We couldn’t even give postal votes, the mailman hasn’t been around for weeks,” Matthew added, agreeing. “It’s all got to come to a head eventually, we can’t go on like this.”

Leila stood and kissed her parents. “I’m going to bed, goodnight.”

“Sleep tight, Honey,” Matthew answered.

“Sweet dreams,” her mother said with a smile and a pat of her back. “We’ll see you in the morning, love you.”

“I love you too.”

She snuggled into bed, trying not to worry about the new developments from the news stories. More people had been killed, even more had been robbed and attacked, and the police were still powerless to do anything about it. The world was sliding down a slippery slope into a point of no return.

Leila’s sleep was not peaceful. Images of the man watching their house filtered through her brain. No matter what she did, he was just there – watching. He never moved, despite how much she wanted him to.

In the early hours of the morning, her dreams got worse. She could smell smoke, it was making her cough as it filtered through into her lungs. She had to gasp for air in her nightmares, confused about what was happening but certain it was the man’s fault.

Suddenly, she awoke, her throat screaming for fresh air. She quickly realized it wasn’t a dream. Her bedroom really was filled with smoke, the thick haze infiltrating every crack and crevice. She coughed with the effort of breathing.

“Emily, wake up,” she yelled across the room at her sister before jumping out of bed.

“What’s going on?” Emily asked sleepily. Once she was awake, she quickly got up too. “Leila, what’s happening?”

“There’s a fire somewhere, we have to get out and wake everyone up.” She tried the door, it felt hot but not so hot she couldn’t touch it. Leila opened it slightly as more smoke filtered in. “Try the window, Emily, see if you can open it. We might not be able to get out through the door.”

Emily followed her orders and opened the window, the smoke instantly went towards it. In an effort to protect his family, Matthew had installed grills on all the windows of the house.

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