DEAD: Box Set 2 by TW Brown

Author:TW Brown [Brown, TW]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: May December Publications
Published: 2013-11-16T06:00:00+00:00

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Kevin peeked between the slits in the tent flap. The person standing guard—it was impossible to tell if it was male or female—was leaning forward and rubbing his or her hands together over the fire burning in the barrel. A few flakes were drifting lazily. That wasn’t a good sign. Fresh snow would be an automatic tracking device. He turned back to the expectant faces that, with the exception of Erin, all showed signs of being ready for action.

“It is dark enough,” he barely mouthed the words.

Matt nodded and took his place at the entrance of the tent. “I owe you one,” he mouthed back.

“Screw you!” Kevin yelled. He let his punch fly, catching Matt on the shoulder. Aleah timed slapping her hand on her thigh almost perfectly.

Matt fell backwards and through the flap. There was an exclamation. Kevin thought it sounded female. He shoved that piece of information someplace in the back of his mind where, hopefully, he wouldn’t find it again. He bobbed his head once…twice…a third time and charged out of the tent, tackling Matt. The pair rolled twice, coming to a stop with Kevin on top.

“Clear,” Matt whispered. His job, after being hit by Kevin and “knocked” through the tent flap, was to take a quick look around and see if there were any other guards in the immediate vicinity.

Kevin waited until he felt the hand on his shoulder and quickly grabbed the wrist, jerking the person forward and over. She—he saw her face clearly in the glow from the fire in the barrel—landed with a graceless thud on her back. He brought one hand over her mouth and the other came down hard on her throat. He would never forget the feeling of the windpipe crushing under the blow. It took a little longer than he would have liked for the thrashing to cease.

Getting to his feet, he turned to find everybody staring with open mouths and wide eyes. He tried not to feel like an animal. Briefly he wished that Shaw hadn’t been so damn altruistic at the end. If he’d survived, then it would not likely be his hands getting so damn dirty.

“Okay, lead the way,” Kevin whispered to Matt.

The plan he’d come up with was not elegant. He was familiar enough with the grounds and had observed the camp enough to have a basic idea of the layout. Plus, he’d been very vigilant about identifying possible paths to take when the time came to make a hasty exit—he’d never doubted that it would come to such a thing. The others had helped him refine things as he drew a basic sketch of the camp on the dirty floor. He doubted that Lee Marvin or the other guys from The Dirty Dozen would be envious of his map…or his plan for that matter.

The idea he’d come up with was simple: Run away. After being assured that they knew exactly where Shari and Valarie were being kept, Kevin laid it all out. There were

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