Beyond Hope (Tales from the Brink Book 3) by Martyn J. Pass

Author:Martyn J. Pass [Pass, Martyn J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-02-22T18:30:00+00:00

She saw no one on the road until later that evening when the rain had eased and she felt that her ribs were telling her it was time for a break. Leading Ziggy off the highway and into the fields, she sheltered under a great oak tree and sat down to finish her cold coffee. As she looked back the way she'd come, she could see something moving along the other side of the road, walking very slowly.

She took out her monocular and raised it to her eye, scanning left and right. She could make out a man, hunched over and pulling a trolley behind him. It was a red thing like a child's truck and piled inside were all his worldly belongings. There were bottles of water, cans of food and even some books and she considered approaching him and perhaps making a trade. She'd give up some meat for those books and she had a few titles in her head that she knew Mickey was looking for.

As she thought about this, she suddenly saw something else moving to the left, just inside her peripheral vision and she swung the monocular around to have a look. There were two of them crouching down behind one of the wrecked cars, a blue one with tall sides, and they'd seen the man but he hadn't seen them. It was obvious they were planning to pounce on the poor traveller and Sarah realised that if she hadn't stopped when she did then they'd be ambushing her right now.

She returned the monocular to its pouch, mounting Ziggy once more and setting off at a brisk pace, back towards the road. From higher up on the back of the horse she had a much better view and as she got closer she could see the man and the woman still hiding, still unaware that she was coming up behind them. As the soft ground gave way to a concrete platform, they spun round; hearing the metal shoes of the horse, but it was too late. She had the rifle leveled at them and ready to fire.

“Well?” she asked. “Go on.”

“What are you on about?” asked the man.

“Looks to me like you had plans to jump that fella there,” she said. “Don't let me stop you.”

“We were just watching,” said the woman. “We didn't mean anything.”

“Really? Watching with knives and clubs?”

“Honest,” she replied. “Please don't shoot we-”

“Cross the road and keep going,” said Sarah. “Keep going until I can't see you and don't be rushing back. You should be grateful I didn't shoot first but I'm feeling generous today.”

The two stood up and the man, having seen and heard Sarah by now, stopped where he was, staring with his mouth wide open. Walking past him without looking at him, the couple crossed the highway and carried on through the next field. Sarah watched them, still aiming and she saw them pass over the horizon a short while later.

“They would've got me,” said the man, pulling back his yellow rain hood and revealing a bald pate, scarred by radiation.

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